Why does nature have it out for Asia?
May 12th, 2008
First the cyclone in Myanmar, now a 7.8 earthquake in China… be wary, Korea.
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The national news media rediscovers the world outside the United States
May 8th, 2008
They suddenly rediscovered Beruit is politically unstable after being unable to select a president for over a year, and will only become more so. It didn’t hurt that a CNN camera crew was trapped in the fracas.
They remembered what a terrible place Myanmar is after a cyclone killed upwards 100,000 of its citizens and the dictatorship barely lifted a finger to provide disaster relief.
If this reawakening continues unhindered, they might start reporting on Pakistan again: how they’re testing a nuclear-capable missile, how the not-entirely-stable coalition are about to reinstate the judges Musharraf fired, or how the declining rupee is only going to increase discontent among the country’s poor and angry. That’s if they’re not distracted by something shiny.
I’m not saying that California’s doomed…
April 14th, 2008
But California, especially the half with Disneyland in it, is 99.7% doomed.
China can stop the rain?
January 31st, 2008
Don’t play God, China. Or is that Gods? Whatever. We know you’re like super jazzed about showing the world how sports are awesome and you’re totally not overpopulated, overpolluted and a little bit scary, but you have to draw the line somewhere. You’ve learned how to stop light rain in preparation for this summer’s Olympics? Toying with the weather is a bit much. I don’t want to see Los Angeles hit with a category 5 hurricane because you wanted international athletes to throw javelins on a Tuesday. Or do I?