links for 2008-04-13

• FT.com / Asia-Pacific / China - China and Taiwan hold historic talks
  The People’s Republic of China has never ruled Taiwan. The island was a Japanese colony until 1945 and then came under control of the Republic of China government which was defeated on the mainland in the Chinese Civil War in 1949.
  (tags: china taiwan politics)
• J.K. Rowling⊘s The Tales of Beedle the Bard
  The very fact of its existence (an artifact pulled straight out of a novel) is magical, not to mention the facts that only seven copies exist in all the world and each of the never-before-told tales is handwritten and illustrated by J.K. Rowling herself.
  (tags: books)
• FOXNews.com - Alicia Keys: 'Gangsta Rap' Created to Convince Black People to Kill Each Other - Celebrity Gossip | Entertainment News | Arts And Entertainment
  "'Gangsta rap' was a ploy to convince black people to kill each other. 'Gangsta rap' didn't exist." (GZE2 - along with AIDS, Sickle Cell Anemia, Terrorism, etc...these people are nuts!)
  (tags: music political)

Comments

[FlyRice]

Perhaps, she should talk to Bill Cosby and see what he thinks about her theory.