a shameful waste of madhouse time

ponderings of a pococurante

a shameful waste of madhouse time header image 4

Is Soya actually bad for you?

July 30th, 2006 · No Comments

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

[Read more →]

Tags: America · China · Food · Life · politics · violence

More on Regina Ip and Savantas

July 30th, 2006 · No Comments

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 [...]

[Read more →]

Tags: China · politics · violence

“Di Zi Gui” For Character Building For Young Chinese

July 30th, 2006 · No Comments

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 [...]

[Read more →]

Tags: China · politics · violence

China officials misused $2.8 bln in six months: Xinhua

July 30th, 2006 · No Comments

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 [...]

[Read more →]

Tags: China · politics · violence

Regina Ip back in the political spotlight

July 30th, 2006 · No Comments

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 [...]

[Read more →]

Tags: China · politics · violence

Defiant U.S. policy involves big risks

July 30th, 2006 · No Comments

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 [...]

[Read more →]

Tags: America · politics · violence