GZ Expat, Part II

links for 2010-06-25

• Two big military scalps for Michael Yon
  Well, I wouldn’t cross Michael Yon, the intrepid independent war reporter and photographer who has covered the conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan with distinction and dogged intensity. For weeks, he was fulimating about two men – Brigadier-General Daniel Menard of the Canadian Army and General Stanley McChrystal. Then, two things happened. First, Menard was fired. Then, McChrystal was fired.

links for 2010-06-23

• Guangzhou hotels may require couples to present proof of marriage

links for 2010-06-22

• ISS Crew Captures Beautiful Image of Green Aurora Over the Indian Ocean | Popular Science

links for 2010-06-14

• Stars to fall into Canadian hands - The Globe and Mail
  The sale is now down to a two-horse race between Calgary oil man Bill Gallacher and Vancouver businessman Tom Gaglardi...both Gallacher and Gaglardi are already hockey team owners. They both own junior clubs in the Western Hockey League. Gallacher owns the Portland Winter Hawks, while Gaglardi is the majority partner in the Kamloops Blazers
  (tags: winterhawks)

links for 2010-06-10

• Hossa+with+cups.jpg (JPEG Image, 640x426 pixels)

links for 2010-06-09

• Obama’s antagonism to BP is rooted in desperation and prejudice | The Spectator
  BP is to blame for the leak, but it is being demonised by an American President whose desperate populism and prejudice is masquerading as principled leadership; it is the latest British institution to be victimised by Barack Obama.
• Ducks dismiss QB Masoli
  What a moron...

links for 2010-06-02

• 'Tiananmen Mothers' demand China address crackdown - Yahoo! Singapore News
  In 2009 we asked the government to provide us with a timetable for dialogue... we have asked for a dialogue every year, yet each year you dare not respond. We do not fear your silence.
• Ford to drop Mercury brand - Washington Times
  It's doom was sealed when they dropped the Cougar from the line...
• Officially Official: Ford kills Mercury to expand Lincoln lineup — Autoblog
  GZE2 - sad day

links for 2010-05-31

• To surprise of no one, Michael Jordan now wearing NIKE skates - Puck Daddy - NHL  - Yahoo! Sports

links for 2010-05-29

• RConversation: More problems in Facebookistan

links for 2010-05-24

• Sayonara, iPhone: Why I'm Switching to Android - Techtonic Shifts Blog - Newsweek.com
  We've seen this movie before. In the 1980s, Apple jumped out to an early lead in personal computers, but then got selfish.Today the battlefield is mobile devices, and just as before, Apple jumped out to an early lead. And just as before, Jobs got selfish. He won't support Flash, or any cross-platform tools—because he wants developers locked into his platform, and his App Store, where he collects a 30 percent commission.