a shameful waste of madhouse time

這是從王寧先生的博客摘的：
据说，陈光诚案明日将开庭，可以肯定，结果一定不会好。但无论如何，对他的关心和支持不应有所改变或减弱。中国缺少真正的英雄，尤其是反抗现代专制的英雄，即便懦弱如我辈、整日浑浑噩噩混日子者，不能提供任何实质性的帮助和支持，虽不至于拆台，但至少应该了解、关注。仅仅说敬佩已经是那么无力，甚至虚伪了。[tags]chen guangcheng, activist, blind, china, rights, human rights, politics, government, repression, 人权，中国，陈光诚，活跃分子，专制[/tags]

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Originally from the NY Times via Truthout:
If Mr. Lieberman had once stood up and taken the lead in saying that there were some places a president had no right to take his country even during a time of war, neither he nor this page would be where we are today. But by [...]

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Christian residents in Communist China’s eastern Zhejiang province clashed with police after authorities sought to demolish a church they said was unlawful, a human rights group and police said.
Xiaoshan, a booming industrial suburb of the province capital Hangzhou, is home to many hundreds of Protestant Christians who reject state administration of religion.
In recent years, they [...]

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We’re fucked if it is. But that’s what this report from the

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There is yet another article in The Standard about Regina Ip and Savantas, and it has some interesting tidbits that i didn’t see in earlier articles:
Ip deliberately distanced herself from political queries and tried instead to focus on economics. But her earlier claims to form her own party, together with her master’s thesis calling for [...]

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Malaysian-Chinese people are worried that their children don’t have positive moral values:
Instilling moral values among the Chinese children in their early age could help to reduce social problems which could affect them in later years, he told reporters after launching the book which was compiled by Wanita MCA at its headquarters here.
He said many of [...]

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From Reuters:
Officials in Chinese government departments misappropriated 22.3 billion yuan ($2.8 billion) in funds during the first half of the year, according to the official Xinhua news agency citing an audit office report.
The National Audit Office found that 252 people in 184 government departments at all levels were involved in the misuse of money, Xinhua [...]

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From The Standard:
Having advocated 2012 as the date for universal suffrage and amendment of the Basic Law, former security chief Regina Ip Lau Suk-yee will launch her own think tank next week.
Ip will unveil the Savantas Policy Institute at the Grand Hyatt Hotel on July 18.
Ip, a fluent French speaker, will tell an invited audience [...]

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From Naharnet:
The deaths of 55 civilians in Israeli raids on the village of Qana on Sunday fuelled anger at the Jewish state’s military onslaught and gave tragic new impetus to ceasefire plans.
U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice cancelled a trip to Lebanon where thousands of furious demonstrators attacked the U.N. headquarters, burning curtains, destroying furniture [...]

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From the LA Times via Truthout:
Ghaleb Abu Zeinab, a member of the Hezbollah politburo, said in an interview that the group’s leaders decided to take the step after showing that its militia could hold its own on the battlefield despite an intense air and ground campaign by Israeli forces.
“The Israeli enemy [...]

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