GZ Expat, Part II

links for 2010-01-31

• Argentine president: Eat pork, spice your sex life - Yahoo! Finance
  "I didn't know that eating pork improved sexual activity," Fernandez said (GZE2 - And we think Obama says some stupid stuff)
• Thais Say North Korea Arms Were Iran-Bound - NYTimes.com
  A large shipment of North Korean weapons seized here in December was bound for an airport in Iran, according to a Thai government

links for 2010-01-30

• Police Log - Jan. 28
  Saturday, Jan. 23 - A man wearing one slipper was seen in front of Woodland Heights Assisted Living, 9355 S.W. McDonald St. The man stood at the front door making faces at himself in the mirror.
• Justice Dept.: President Obama's administration may take action on BCS - NCAA Football - SI.com
  In 2008, Obama said he was going to "to throw my weight around a little bit" to nudge college football toward a playoff system
• Democrats shelve health care overhaul - Washington Times
  Democratic leaders on Thursday shelved plans to push through a major health care overhaul, casting aside President Obama's top legislative goal, which has bedeviled congressional Democrats for more than a year.
• FT.com / UK / Politics & policy - Responsibility but no regrets, says Blair
  “This is an alliance we have with the United States. It is not a contract.” He said haggling or dealmaking should have no place in relations with Washington. “We would not have done Iraq if I had not thought it was right – full stop,” he said.
• Chinese company pre-emptively clones iPad - Yahoo! Singapore News
  "We don't understand. Why did they make the same thing as us?"

links for 2010-01-24

• Barrett-Jackson - The World's Greatest Collector Car Events™
  GZE2 - A beautiful 1969 Cougar...but $79K?!?!?! Baahahahaa

links for 2010-01-23

• Winterhawks on the way back
  “As a turnaround, both business and on-ice, we’ve done a great job,” President Doug Piper says. “At the same time, we hired big-time coaches and spent money at the higher levels of this league, and our revenues aren’t there yet.
• The Curtains are Down, Let’s Play Hawkey!!!! « After The Whistle
• In Arizona, a Growing Stream of Illegal Chinese Immigrants - NYTimes.com
  Chinese immigrants commonly pay smugglers upward of $40,000 each to lead them from their homeland to the United States, Mr. Jimarez said. In comparison, he said, illegal immigrants from Mexico commonly pay $1,500 to $3,000
• Power Line - Pants on the ground
  Platt is not your standard Idol outtake (and not only because he's well over the cut-off age of 28). Beaten by law enforcement officers during the 1965 "Bloody Sunday" march in Alabama, Platt earned the nickname "General" for his role in the civil rights era.

links for 2010-01-22

• The Green Men Speak - Nucks Misconduct
• China disqualifies marathon 'cheats' - Yahoo! Singapore News
  If they run a marathon in good time, students can earn extra points for the "'gaokao", the entrance examination for China's highly competitive universities that some children and their parents will go to huge lengths to shine in.

links for 2010-01-19

• Ron MacLean not sorry for criticism of Canuck Alex Burrows

links for 2010-01-18

• Avatar on road to Oscars after Golden Globe wins (contains video)
  China plans to pull Avatar from most cinemas, despite the long queues for tickets, to make way for a more patriotic film the censors deem more appropriate...The move comes amid government anxiety that many Chinese are making a link between the plight of the film's Na’vi, who face being displaced form their homeland, and that of those in China who are subject to often brutal evictions by property developers.
  (tags: china)
• Alex Burrows ignores character assassination, scores as Canucks thump Pens to end a tough week
  “My mom is a school principal. They always tell their kids to make sure they don't get bullied, and to make sure they tell if they do. It shows courage. At the same time, she told me to keep my mouth shut next time.”
  (tags: canucks)

links for 2010-01-13

• channelnewsasia.com - JI-cum-MILF member detained under ISA
  This muzzie terror organization in SE Asia needs to seriously look at its choice of acronym, if it wants to be taken seriously in the west.
  (tags: waronterror)

links for 2010-01-12

• FT.com / Iran - Nuclear scientist dies in Tehran bomb attack
  Massoud Ali Mohammadi, a professor of physics and nuclear energy at Tehran University, was the third Iranian nuclear scientist known to have died or disappeared since 2007. (GZE2 - Hmmm...Mitch Rapp at work here??)

links for 2010-01-07

• BBC News - Tenants who spit could face eviction in China city
  A city in southern China is considering issuing a penalty system for anti-social behaviour which could lead to public-housing tenants being evicted. The potential offences in government housing in Guangzhou include spitting in public, parking illegally or drying laundry on fences.
  (tags: china guangzhou)