Bleatings From a Caps Nut (Free subscription) | 11/26/2009
We didn't see that one coming... Onto the Battle Damage Assessment... THE GOOD: No we're still not sold yet but Semyon "The Saviour" Varlamov had an outstanding game tonight. While, the Buffaslugs have a pathetic offense, he still did very well keep them off the scoreboard and deserved the shutout. Perennial whipping boy, Jeff "Sergeant" Schultz played a solid game tonight, finishing...
SI.com (Free subscription) | 11/21/2009
MOSCOW (AP) -- The head of skiing's governing body says the Russian federation and Olympic committee could face sanctions if there are more doping cases involving the country's skiers.
Soc 202 - Current Events (Free subscription) | 11/13/2009
Jessie Lucas November 13th 5:35 PM President Obama needs to press upon China the importance of upholding human rights next week when he makes his first official visit there. Thousands of human rights activists as well as lawyers for the same cause are facing detention, harassment, imprisonment, and unfair trials. China also continues to execute more people than the entire world combined. The “re-education...
Evening Standard - News (Free subscription) | 10/16/2009
Athletes competing at the London Olympics face regular bedroom raids by anti-doping officials, ministers said
The Plank (Free subscription) | 10/05/2009
Rather than risk alienating China before a summit with Hu Jintao next month, Obama won't meet with the Dalai Lama when the Tibetan visits Washington this week. I can understand if Obama has judged that Chinese cooperation on Iran, the economy and global warming are more important than the Tibetan cause. What's striking is how few clues to this subordination of human rights--which he has also applied...
Division of Labour (Free subscription) | 10/03/2009
First, obviously, is the Duran Duran album. My subjective criteria for a "great band" are (1) they have three songs I like; (2) all the songs are at least ten years old; (3) I like the songs for reasons other than nostalgia. Thus Duran Duran is a great band, but all of the songs are on Rio. Perhaps I need more discriminating criteria. Second, I'm relieved that U.S. citizens (of both the at-large...
The Sports ITeam Blog (Free subscription) | 10/01/2009
It lasted only two hours, and was attended by only two senators, but Tuesday's Senate hearing on the proliferation of steroids within the relatively unregulated nutritional supplement industry must have sent a little tremor of fear through that $25 billion industry. With senators exploring the closing of loopholes , federal agents staging a series of raids on distributors and the head of the U.S....
Gristmill (Free subscription) | 09/30/2009
by Tom Philpott Arches, now deserted, built for the 2004 Athens Olympics. As healthcare reform shipwrecks and climate legislation lurches toward a similar fate , President Obama is ... preparing to jet to Copenhagen to shill for Chicago as 2016 Olympic site ? Really? What an absurd and ignoble use of time and prestige. When I think of the Olympics, I remember the spookily quiet, deserted “Olympic...
The Economist (Free subscription) | 09/03/2009
China celebrates a milestone with a new round of repression IN THE West many people retire at 60. China’s Communist Party is still going strong. And strong is the word. Amid the global financial crisis, asserted one leading newspaper, a huge military parade due to take place in Beijing on October 1st to mark the 60th anniversary of the communist nation’s founding will be an “effective...
FreeThoughtManifesto (Free subscription) | 08/30/2009
By Kent Ewing August 28, 2009 Courtesy Of Asia Times Online HONG KONG - Why is it that, as cocktail glasses clink and urbane voices clatter across the Western world, China's repressive policies in Tibet are generally regarded with outrage while the plight of Muslim Uyghurs in the restive Xinjiang region rarely rates a mention? No one hung a "Free Xinjiang" banner from San Francisco's Golden...
Toshiba Delays Final HD DVD yamata. (Free subscription) | 08/14/2009
Astronave di Himika ucciso dal dio della. CEO says Yahoo needs time, not Microsoft. Said Santoro afterwards, before confirming he will be back for more next year. Murray and Starace are out on court lots of empty seats, as is the norm for these early starts in Paris From Foscari on Andy Murray should win as long as he does not play quot. Damn the boy goes hard with his points lol why does this all...
Tibet Will Be Free (Free subscription) | 08/09/2009
London, 6 th August'09 – Protesters gathered opposite the Chinese Embassy, braving the torrential 'summer' rain to mark the anniversary of the release of the film 'Leaving Fear Behind' ( Jigdrel) , Tibetans and supporters protested against the imprisonment of Dhondup Wangchen. The Chinese government has charged Dhondup Wangchen, the Tibetan film-maker who made Leaving Fear Behind, of "inciting...
The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 08/03/2009
Hamburg - The International Olympic Committee aims for athletes to name their doctors and physiotherapists at the start of each season in a stronger crackdown against doping. Experts are currently looking into the legal aspects of the plan which is n...
The Daily (Maybe) (Free subscription) | 07/21/2009
More reports from the sports desk (that's twice now!); Baseball... Breaking news: Obama throws a ball! Actually it turns out there is a real news story there, courtesy of the ever excellent David Zirin. more ... Swimming... Well done Rebbecca Adlington for refusing to use the high tech sports gear. Why should the competition be about who has the richest sponsor? more ... Olympics ... Whilst the London...
Nasir Khan blog (Free subscription) | 07/09/2009
Islam Online , July , 9 2009 By Politics in Depth Team Xinjiang region is to the north-west of China. Watching China’s 2008 Olympic Mascots jumping around in their colorful customs and fireworks lightning the sky of the massive country, you would be witnessing the bright side of the communist regime. On the other side stands a picture painted with red and green. In its dark green uniform, the...
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