Shanghaiist: What $40 billion gets you these days

stoli

Sat, 22 Nov 2008 09:50:28 +0700

sarcasm |ˈsärˌkazəm| noun the use of irony to mock or convey contempt : his voice, hardened by sarcasm, could not hide his resentment. ORIGIN mid 16th cent.: from French sarcasme, or via late Latin from late Greek sarkasmos, from Greek sarkazein ‘tear flesh,’ in late Greek ‘gnash the teeth, speak bitterly’ (from sarx, sark- ‘flesh’ ).

Shanghai Pete

Sat, 22 Nov 2008 08:58:33 +0700

.....uh, ever here of sarcasm? Might be time for a break from China.

BBC1

Fri, 21 Nov 2008 21:36:48 +0700

""Shockingly, China did not place in the top 10 in either the Environmentalism or Political Freedom categories."" How is that shocking? Everyone knows China don't have clean air or is a democracy. You have to be very naive to think China will crack the 10 in Environmentalism. China's spending of 40 Billion in the Olympics is peanuts compared to the amount the US is blowing away every month in futile wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.