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• Commented on Today's Links: Al Qaeda stirs up stuff, spies make secret visits, and all sports were originally Chinese
  The sports story is just dumb. First of all, the article seems to equate past games with the present. "Man uses stick to hit ball into hole" does not equal "golf", for example. How many cultures have had a game...
• Commented on Mao III: a new general is born
  Heh! I love it! He doesn't like American history books because they overexaggerate Granddaddy's disasters, which killed millions and destroyed the lives of millions more. But I am willing to bet he has no beef with the Chinese history books,...
• Commented on Beijing 60th anniversary preparations: exciting plans, dull knives
  As a cartoon in the SCMP says today: This should stop them, as long as nobody remembers to bring knives from home....
• Commented on Today's Links: Punny, veeery punny!
  Of course, nobody has proven that the money Wu moved about abroad was illegal. Therefore, it is hard to say that Chen and family laundered money. This just one hole in a case with oh so many. I would rely...
• Commented on The dark side of solar initiatives
  The article is valuable for one reason. While anyone should hesitate to jump to conclusions from reading one article, it is valid to ask about how much carbon goes into creating solar cells. This would be a great topic for...