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NBC News political director Chuck Todd is in China with a team covering Barack Obama’s visit, and when they asked US ambassador Jon Huntsman about the craziness wracking the Republican Party back in the States, Huntsman laconically replied, “It’s a good time to be in Beijing.” By the way, ...
The Onion News Network has been bought out by the Chinese, but thankfully it hasn’t affected their content. [Video]
Here’s some important science news from last week that slipped through LGF’s cracks: the discovery of a four-fingered theropod that fills in another step in the evolution of dinosaurs into birds. Image credit: James Clark A newly discovered dinosaur provides a fossil snapshot of the reptiles’ evolution into birds, ...
Despite the feng shui expert, they’ve taken the monkeys off the table. LOS ANGELES (AP) — The Los Angeles Zoo may have the nation’s only monkey lair approved by a feng shui expert. There’s only one problem: No monkeys. The city spent $7.4 million building the China-themed primate enclosure ...
Utah Governor Jon Huntsman Jr., one of the very few top GOP politicians who isn’t a creationist, doesn’t oppose gay rights, and doesn’t issue blanket denials of climate change, will be Barack Obama’s ambassador to China. President Barack Obama named Republican Utah Gov. Jon M. Huntsman Jr. as his ...
Jon Huntsman, GOP, Republican Party, Evolution, Science, China, Ambassador
Chinese robots. The Internet is lousy with them. WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. concerns about the potential for cyber-attacks on critical infrastructure extended to the American electrical power grid on Wednesday and experts pointed the finger anew at Chinese hackers, among others. U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano told reporters ...
Joltin’ Joe Biden warned that Obama would be tested; now it’s China’s turn. WASHINGTON — The Pentagon charged Monday that five Chinese ships shadowed and maneuvered dangerously close to a U.S. Navy vessel in an apparent attempt to harass the American crew. Defense officials in the Obama administration said ...
Here’s a tale of the kind of sheer idiocy that gives blogs a bad name, as Pamela Geller has another meltdown: Atlas Shrugs: OBAMA GRANTS EMINENT DOMAIN RIGHTS TO AMERICAN LAND TO CHINA. The story may have originated with this Bloomberg article, about the Chinese asking Obama for assurances that ...
Pamela Geller, Hal Turner, Neo-Nazis, China, Conspiracy Theories, kooks
Imagine if this had been said by a Bush administration official: Activists ‘shocked’ at Clinton stance on China rights. WASHINGTON (AFP) – Amnesty International and a pro-Tibet group voiced shock Friday after US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton vowed not to let human rights concerns hinder cooperation with China. ...
Internet Explorer has a really really big security hole, and Chinese hackers are exploiting it like crazy: Microsoft issuing emergency fix for browser flaw. Update ASAP so we don’t have to block your IP address when your PC goes zombie.
Internet, Technology, Security, Hackers, China, Internet Explorer, Microsoft
Sometimes it’s good to be the President. Careful with that hand, George.
The broadcast media are doing that antiquated “time-delay” thing again, and the Olympics opening ceremonies are just about to start being shown on the West Coast. So here’s an open thread, as NBC does their best to suck up to the Chinese communists while pretending they aren’t.
A gang of non-Buddhists threw grenades at a police station in China’s Xinjiang region today. BEIJING (Reuters) - A police station in China’s restive Xinjiang region was attacked on Monday morning, four days before the Beijing Olympics begin, killing 16 officers and wounding 12, state media reported. “Rioters drove ...
If you plan on visiting Beijing for the Olympics, watch out what you do on the Internet. WASHINGTON, July 29 (Reuters) - China has installed Internet-spying equipment in all the major hotel chains serving the 2008 Summer Olympics, a U.S. senator charged on Tuesday. “The Chinese government has put ...
LGF, China, Olympic Games, Olympics, Security, Privacy, Spyware, Internet
Zombie has posted a major update of the Olympic Torch Relay photo/video report. Among many awesome pictures:
LGF, Zombie, Olympics, torch, Protest, San Francisco, China, taiwan
Good for Steven Spielberg; this is the right thing to do. Spielberg Quits As Olympics Adviser. Steven Spielberg is ending his involvement as an artistic adviser for the Beijing Olympics. The film director made the decision Tuesday, hours after actress Mia Farrow and several humanitarian groups assailed him for ...
Ill-behaved robots are becoming a nuisance at LGF. I’ve discovered that web crawlers have been going through our comments pages, opening every user profile, even though there are tags that should specifically prohibit them from doing this. The crawlers are coming mostly from our pals in China, which doesn’t give ...
LGF, Technical Info, Javascript, Ajax, Internet Archive, Open Thread, China, Web Robots
Agence France Presse berates Chinese media for failing to join Western media in a barrage of hysterical, alarmist articles on the highly questionable UN report on global warming: China media downplays UN climate change report. The word “barrage” is no exaggeration. There are currently more than 3,000 news articles online ...
Environment, Global Warming, Climate Change, United Nations, MSM, Mainstream Media, China
Following worldwide criticism, Google co-founder Sergey Brin admits they compromised their principles by allowing the Chinese government to censor search results. WASHINGTON - Google Inc. co-founder Sergey Brin acknowledged Tuesday the dominant Internet company has compromised its principles by accommodating Chinese censorship demands. He said Google is wrestling to make ...
Venezuela appears to be struggling to avoid defaulting on oil contracts, and the possible repercussions are enormous: RIGZONE - Venezuela Buys Oil to Meet Contracts. (Hat tip: anon.) A Sudden Plunge In Production? Is Venezuela’s oil production rapidly waning? One source reports that the world’s fifth largest oil producer is ...
Fausta makes an excellent point about the machinations of Hugo Chavez: Caribbean oil, Caribbean drugs, and major players.
The moonbat mayor of London, “Red Ken” Livingstone, is at it again—in China this time: Livingstone compares poll tax riots to China massacre. (Hat tip: LGF readers.) Ken Livingstone began a tour of China yesterday by comparing the Tiananmen Square massacre to London’s 1990 poll tax riot. Looking out over ...
Here’s something you don’t see every day: Chinese bikini models proudly featuring the flag of the Islamic Republic of Iran. (Hat tip: The Pool Bar.) If I were a mullah, I’d be very confused.