Here’s a little known fact: The Chinese cornered the market on Vitamin C production way back in 2005. How did they do that, you ask? By using ancient, capitalist strategy, or undercutting everyone else to put them out of business, then raising prices. After China dominated the manufacturing sector, it was as simple as fortune cookie.
The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation has funded a ‘condom condom’ ringtone designed to introduce the youth of India to the humble condom. Statistics for HIV in India put the disease at almost 2.5 million, but to speak of AIDS is taboo. Not surprisingly, the use of any penis covering device is also taboo.The ‘condom, condom!’ ringtone, which can be downloaded for free, features a 55 second, rousing, musical rendition of the word condom sung a capella by enthusiastic men in five part harmony. What are you waiting for, folks? Get your butts over to condomcondom.org!
The victorious moment of which I’m speaking happened last night at the Democratic National Convertion, where Barack Obama was hailed by many as one of the greatest orators of our time. Even the critical Pat Buchanan, “right from the beginning”, looked shellshocked. This former presidental candidate called Obama’s acceptance speech the best and most important political convention speech he had ever heard, going back 48 years.
According to the Times Online there is now proof that China used underage gymnasts—thanks to the free part of the internet, that is.
A U.S. hacker used his chop-chops to uncover Chinese Government documents proving that He Kexin and Yang Yilin are only 14.
According to the People’s Daily Online, the “Golden Gymnasts” are [...]
Three Clicks to Prosperity
Beijing air got tested the good old fashioned way—by the marathon runners. Of all the athletes, everyone agreed that they were the ones most likely to keel over dead from exposure to Carbon Monoxide and small particle pollutants. Marathon runners breathe more times than the normal person, plus they need a ton [...]
Bad news, folks: Lietuva, my favorite men’s basketball team, fell to Espana in the semi-finals 91-86. It was close for most of the game, but Spain inched by and now plays for Gold against the U.S..
Must I root for my own country? Pulling for ten NBA ringers just goes [...]
…when everything goes wrong and you want to curl up and die? How much control do we have over each day? —that is the question.
Yesterday was a doozy. The power, as in electrical, personal and corporate, went on the rampage. My body feels slammed, spirit included.
Waves of electrical Surges (compliments of Pacific [...]
Here’s a rub or two: The young 19 year old woman (Nastia Liukin) on the left received second-place-silver, while thirteen year old (He Kexin) on the right got the Gold. Both had the same scores, but the built-in tiebreaker did its nasty thing, giving first place to an underage gymnast. How could this happen? [...]
Liu Xianghui (L) and his grandma Xiao Xincui gesture as people take photos of them in Beijing on August 6, 2008. [Rednet.cn]
I don’t know about you, folks, maybe it’s my age, but when I look at that so-called gesture, I see ‘Peace’.
Moving on. [...]
Lately I feel like life is just a whirlwind. In other words, there’s barely enough time to breathe, much less keep in touch with the people I love. The fact is, though, I miss my family so much that talking about ‘em makes me teary-eyed.
You see, folks, I grew up as the oldest of five [...]