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发帖数: 5617 | 1 https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/us-warned-kushner-about-wendi-deng-
murdoch/ar-AAuK3U1
U.S. Warned Kushner About Wendi Deng Murdoch
WASHINGTON—U.S. counterintelligence officials in early 2017 warned Jared
Kushner, President Donald Trump’s son-in-law and senior adviser, that Wendi
Deng Murdoch, a prominent Chinese-American businesswoman, could be using
her close friendship with Mr. Kushner and his wife, Ivanka Trump, to further
the interests of the Chinese government, according to people ... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 6723 | 2 【 以下文字转载自 Mod_CHN_Hist 讨论区 】
发信人: Mayingba (吳鐘學), 信区: Mod_CHN_Hist
标 题: 奉天兵工厂
发信站: BBS 未名空间站 (Sun Jan 28 20:29:57 2018, 美东)
https://wwiiafterwwii.wordpress.com/2017/04/03/mukden-arsenal-after-wwii/
Mukden Arsenal after WWII
April 3, 2017 jwh19752 Comments
(Zhang's Gate, the old entrance to Mukden Arsenal)
For people interested in Japanese firearms of WWII, the name Mukden Arsenal
is familiar. The history of the facility after Japan's defeat is less well
known. Under various names, it did surv... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 5309 | 3 转自《华盛顿邮报》原文
A complete timeline of the events behind the memo that threatens to rip D.C.
in two
Before the election
Sep. 11-12, 2012. Terrorists attack two American facilities in Benghazi,
Libya, killing four people including Ambassador J. Christopher Stevens.
Feb. 1, 2013. Hillary Clinton steps down as secretary of state. During her
tenure, she used a private email address for department business, hosted on
a server located at her home in Chappaqua, N.Y.
June. Carter Page, an energy industry co... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 4796 | 4 影评家们高潮连连。票房会不会破纪录？将军们会去看吗？我对黑人没兴趣，所以不太
可能去看。
The Revolutionary Power of Black Panther
TIME Staff
The RevolutionaryPower of Black Panther
Marvel’s new movie marks a major milestoneBy JAMIL SMITH
The first movie I remember seeing in a theater had a black hero. Lando
Calrissian, played by Billy Dee Williams, didn’t have any superpowers, but
he ran his own city. That movie, the 1980 Star Wars sequel The Empire
Strikes Back, introduced Calrissian as a complicated human being who still
did the right t... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 4796 | 5 White House adviser’s business arrangements were considered
Officials in at least four countries have privately discussed ways they can
manipulate Jared Kushner, the president’s son-in-law and senior adviser, by
taking advantage of his complex business arrangements, financial
difficulties and lack of foreign policy experience, according to current and
former U.S. officials familiar with intelligence reports on the matter.
Among those nations discussing ways to influence Kushner to their adv... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 20965 | 6 A shooting at an Alabama high school has left one student dead and two other
people wounded, police and firefighters told local media.
The shooting took place at Huffman High in Birmingham, a statement from the
city’s school district said. Police told reporters that they believe the
shooting was accidental, according to AL.com. One student died on the way to
the hospital and another was in critical condition. A staff member who was
wounded was treated at the high school and released.
Birmingham ... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 3 | 7 来华美国青年感叹:这不是我们教科书里写的那个中国!
来源：环球时报 作者：张一德 何平 李冬梅 时间：2018-04-04
24 0 美国 字号:A-A+
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编者按：“中国已经这样了吗？”“中国太了不起了，跟美国课本里写的不一样！”今
年年初，16名参加“2018年美国密苏里州精英青年来华研修项目”的美国青年发出这样
的感慨。在美国，青少年获取中国信息的主要渠道还是通过学校课程、历史教材。总是
强调“美国先进、欧洲先进”的教材已让他们有些审美疲劳，实际看到的中国又处处让
他们觉得新鲜。美国灵活的教学方式也让很多学生主动查阅课外读物或网络资料，他们
读中国小说的英文译本、浏览老师从中国带回的最新材料、和同学们就中国话题展开讨
论……感受着教科书中没有的中国之“酷（cool）”。《环球时报》记者近日特邀在美
国读书的学生和学者讲述美国的教科书如何写中国。
美国教科书，跟不上中国变化
文/张一德（Daniel Zhang）
我所在的欣斯代尔中心高中（HCHS）是伊利诺伊州一所以教学严谨而出名的公立高中，
代表着较高水平的美国中学教育。在高中阶段，涉及中国历史和文化的教... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 4796 | 8 犹太人唠唠叨叨他们这个所谓大屠杀70多年了。耳朵都磨出茧子了。别的民族经历的屠
杀都不重要，就他们的这个重要。够了！
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Holocaust Is Fading From Memory, Survey Finds
For seven decades, “never forget” has been a rallying cry of the Holocaust
remembrance movement.
But a survey released Thursday, on Holocaust Remembrance Day, found that
many adults lack basic knowledge of what happened — and this lack of
knowledge is more pronounced among millennials, whom the survey de... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 38600 | 9 "No Attacks, No Victims": Syria Chemical Attack Video Participants Speak At
OPCW Briefing
https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2018-04-27/no-attacks-no-victims-syria-
chemical-attack-video-participants-speak-opcw-briefing
11-yr-old Syrian boy Hassan Diab says Chemical Attack in Douma Staged
Netherlands: 'Caught them red-handed' - Russian OPCW Rep. on US, UK and
France *EXCLUSIVE* |
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发帖数: 621 | 10 https://www.wsj.com/articles/china-rejects-u-s-target-for-narrowing-trade-
gap-1526756661
A last-ditch effort by the Trump administration failed to get China to
accept its demand for a $200 billion cut in the U.S. bilateral trade deficit
, as Chinese officials resisted committing to any specific targets after two
days of contentious negotiations.
The two days of deliberations in Washington ended with both sides arguing
all night on Friday over what to say in a joint statement, people briefed on
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发帖数: 617 | 12 五月，高通律师团队开开心心到了北京。 好像，一切问题都解决了。
三天， 就差三天。 川普下手了， 一举杀了高通的并购案。
https://www.ft.com/content/223c3d30-9091-11e8-b639-7680cedcc421
In late May, a team of Qualcomm lawyers arrived in Beijing to seal a
deal with Chinese competition regulators, optimistic that they would soon
clear the last hurdle in the US semiconductor company’s proposed $44bn
acquisition of the Dutch-owned NXP.
“All the technical issues had been resolved,” said one person briefed on
Qualcomm’s discussions in Beijing. “From Qua... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 3509 | 13 NIH Investigating Researchers Who May Have Failed to Disclose Foreign
Government Contributions
Multiple institutions may have such conflicts
By Lev Facher, STAT on August 23, 2018
NIH Investigating Researchers Who May Have Failed to Disclose Foreign
Government Contributions
The National Institutes of Health is investigating roughly a half-dozen
research institutions based on suspicions that researchers with federal
grants failed to disclose significant financial contributions from foreign
govern... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 1 | 14 美国检方指控华为CFO 全文
Summary of Facts
事实摘要
Wanzhou Meng （“Meng”），also known as “Cathy Meng”and “Sabrina Meng，
”is the Chief Financial Officer （“CFO”）of Huawei Technologies Co. Ltd.
（“Huawei”），a corporation organized under the laws of the People's
Republic of China （“PRC”）and the world's largest telecommunications
equipment company. Meng is a citizen of the PRC and a daughter of Huawei's
founder，Ren Zhengfei. In addition to her role as CFO，Meng currently serves
as Huawei's Deputy Chairwoman of the Boar... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 6723 | 15 http://www.bcbay.com/news/2018/12/08/612357.html
美国检方指控华为CFO孟晚舟全文
www.bcbay.com | 2018-12-08 10:02:33 温哥华港湾
转发，文章内容不代表本博观点。
Summary of Facts
事实摘要
Wanzhou Meng (“Meng”), also known as “Cathy Meng” and “Sabrina Meng
,” is the Chief Financial Officer (“CFO”) of Huawei Technologies Co. Ltd.
(Huawei”), a corporation organized under the laws of the People’s
Republic of China (“PRC”) and the world’s largest telecommunications
equipment company. Meng is a citizen of the PRC and a daughter of Huawei’s
fo... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 3227 | 16 美国检方指控华为 CFO 全文（中英文对照）
2018-12-08
Summary of Facts
事实摘要
Wanzhou Meng (“Meng”), also known as “Cathy Meng” and “Sabrina Meng,”
is the Chief Financial Officer (“CFO”) of Huawei Technologies Co. Ltd. (
Huawei”), a corporation organized under the laws of the People’s Republic
of China (“PRC”) and the world’s largest telecommunications equipment
company. Meng is a citizen of the PRC and a daughter of Huawei’s founder,
Ren Zhengfei. In addition to her role as CFO, Meng currently serves as
Huawei’s Dep... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 1 | 17 科学有故事
Summary of Facts
事实摘要
Wanzhou Meng （“Meng”），also known as “Cathy Meng”and “Sabrina Meng，
”is the Chief Financial Officer （“CFO”）of Huawei Technologies Co. Ltd.
（“Huawei”），a corporation organized under the laws of the People's
Republic of China （“PRC”）and the world's largest telecommunications
equipment company. Meng is a citizen of the PRC and a daughter of Huawei's
founder，Ren Zhengfei. In addition to her role as CFO，Meng currently serves
as Huawei's Deputy Chairwoman of the Board，and ser... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 38600 | 18 "5,000 Troops To Colombia" To Quell Venezuela Crisis? John Bolton Flashes
Notepad Contents At Briefing
During a Monday White House press briefing national security adviser John
Bolton was photographed carrying a notepad — presumably as he was fresh out
of a national security meeting — and one of the things which appears to be
handwritten on the pad is "5,000 troops to Colombia".
https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2019-01-28/5000-troops-colombia-quell-
venezuela-crisis-john-bolton-flashes-notepad-con... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 2730 | 19 是什么印度有印度的说法，巴基斯坦有巴基斯坦的说法，你愿意相信谁是你的事情。但
是歪曲人家印度媒体对AIM 120残荷的解释而小将还居然相信，真是脑残了。
首先看一下国内媒体怎么说,根据新浪“印媒脑洞大开：印度只用8架军机就击退巴铁24
架战机”作者:
"印度媒体今天还曝出了发现的巴军AIM-120C-5空空导弹的残骸，证明确实击落了F-16
战机（这个逻辑施佬理解不了……求帮助）
这件事的真相是啥不清楚，8架拦截24架确实不可信，但是印度媒体真的是要用“AIM-
120C-5空空导弹的残骸，证明确实击落了F-16战机”吗？
看一下印度媒体到底是怎么说的，印度“theweek"https://www.theweek.in是这样说
的：
“During the press briefing, wreckage of the missile was displayed as a
proof of Pakistani aggression.”
印度斯坦时报（hindustantimes)是这么说的：
“India presented at a joint briefing on Thurs... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 2730 | 20 Hindustantimes说：
“
India presented at a joint briefing on Thursday parts of an AMRAAM missile
fired by Pakistani F-16 jets at military installations in Jammu and Kashmir
’s Rajouri to contradict Islamabad’s claim that it had not used F-16 jets
in its aerial strike yesterday.
”
人家用AIM 120残荷去证明巴方使用了F16，人家的意思清清楚楚。link在下面。
https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/parts-of-pak-s-amraam-missile-
found-in-j-k-proof-shown-at-defence-briefing/story-2aMgP6pRDL1hmfUznQLrjN.
html
countrymen
responding
tur... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 19630 | 21 这是烙印被打脸以后改口了。
菌斑早就证实了这种导弹其它飞机也能挂。
：)
: Hindustantimes说：
: “
: India presented at a joint briefing on Thursday parts of an AMRAAM
missile
: fired by Pakistani F-16 jets at military installations in Jammu and
Kashmir
: ’s Rajouri to contradict Islamabad’s claim that it had not used F-16
jets
: in its aerial strike yesterday.
: ”
: 人家用AIM 120残荷去证明巴方使用了F16，人家的意思清清楚楚。link在下面。
: https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/parts-of-pak-s-amraam-
missile-
: found-i... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 1 | 22 我可以看得到，copy paste将就看下吧
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Where Does Affirmative Action Leave Asian-Americans?
A high-profile lawsuit against Harvard is forcing students and their
families to choose sides.
CreditCreditPhoto illustration by Joan Wong. Photographs by Ronghui Chen for
The New York Times.
By Jay Caspian Kang
Photographs by Ronghui Chen
Published Aug. 28, 2019
Updated Sept. ... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 1 | 23 https://www.cdc.gov/flu/pandemic-resources/2009-pandemic-timeline.html
April 15
First human infection with new influenza A H1N1 virus detected in California.
April 17
Second human infection with the new influenza A H1N1 virus detected in
California about 130 miles away from first infection, with no known
connection to previous patient.
April 18
First novel 2009 H1N1 flu infections were reported by CDC to the World
Health Organization (WHO) through the U.S. International Health Regulations
Progra... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 1 | 24 https://www.cdc.gov/h1n1flu/cdcresponse.htm
2009 H1N1 was first detected in the United States in April 2009. This virus
was a unique combination of influenza virus genes never previously
identified in either animals or people. The virus genes were a combination
of genes most closely related to North American swine-lineage H1N1 and
Eurasian lineage swine-origin H1N1 influenza viruses. Because of this,
initial reports referred to the virus as a swine origin influenza virus.
However, investigations... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 499 | 25 CDC expects ‘community spread’ of coronavirus, as top official warns
disruptions could be ‘severe’
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Tuesday warned that it
expects the novel coronavirus that has sparked outbreaks around the world to
begin spreading at a community level in the United States, as a top
official said that disruptions to daily life could be “severe.”
“As we’ve seen from recent countries with community spread, when it has
hit those countries, it has moved quite rapidly... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 4465 | 26 In a closed-door briefing to members of Congress about government
surveillance, a senior Justice Department official was asked a surprising
question.
Rep. Jackie Speier, a California Democrat, prefaced her question by saying
it was a bit off-topic. According to two sources with knowledge of the
briefing, Speier then asked John Demers, the Assistant Attorney General of
the National Security Division at the Justice Department, whether Jeffrey
Epstein had ever worked as an undercover FBI asset. The... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 261 | 27 3月5号就发货了100万套试剂盒，后续跟进至少2千万套
每天都有国会听证会， White House briefing, CDC, NHH 的briefing。美国边学边做
，纠错极快，实事求是。Trump和药厂开会，说给所有绿灯。目前有四个approach 开发
疫苗，疫苗2到3 周全部进入第一阶段，但为了安全，必须follow 严格的protocol, 所
以要一年多。但治疗药物几个月后出来，极大可能夏天就可以全面使用
Trump说了，大家不要怕，杀手锏是国家战争法，那样所有药厂，医护生产厂家都要为
这个病毒抑制服务，希望不要。
Trump还说了一条，就是以后医护用品，抗菌素，generic drugs 要全部美国产. 甚至
放在2到3个民主国家都不可以。
[在 threestick (天马行空) 的大作中提到：]
:到现在还说试剂不够， 每天检测能力那么低
:连德国的试剂都不肯采购
:要么是想一批老人自生自灭
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发帖数: 7 | 28 自己解读
8 min ago
White House starts temperature checks for those who come into contact with
Trump, Pence
From CNN's Jason Hoffman and Veronica Stracqualursi
The White House said today it will start conducting temperature checks for
individuals who come into close contact with President Trump and Vice
President Mike Pence amid the coronavirus outbreak.
"Out of an abundance of caution, temperature checks are now being performed
on any individuals who are in close contact with the President and Vice
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发帖数: 2038 | 29 以后每天的new briefing就叫Chinese virus briefing，
Pence的小组更名为 Chinese Virus Task Force |
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发帖数: 1124 | 30 https://www.reuters.com/article/brief-henry-schein-announces-the-availab/
brief-henry-schein-announces-the-availability-of-a-coronavirus-2019-point-of
-care-antibody-rapid-test-idUSFWN2BJ0U5
March 26 (Reuters) - Henry Schein Inc:
* HENRY SCHEIN ANNOUNCES THE AVAILABILITY OF A CORONAVIRUS 2019 (COVID-19)
POINT-OF-CARE ANTIBODY RAPID TEST
* HENRY SCHEIN INC - TEST DELIVERS RESULTS WITHIN 15 MINUTES FROM A PINPRICK
WITH NO INSTRUMENTATION REQUIRED
* HENRY SCHEIN - ANTICIPATES HAVING AT LEAST SEVERA... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 942 | 32 天天briefing太浪费时间了，briefing一小时，准备估计就得1到2个小时吧 |
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发帖数: 9787 | 33 【 以下文字转载自 Military 讨论区 】
发信人: Plasma50 (Plasma50), 信区: Military
标 题: Advances in PLA C4ISR Capabilities
发信站: BBS 未名空间站 (Sun Feb 21 17:01:47 2010, 美东)
Publication: China Brief Volume: 10 Issue: 4
February 18, 2010 01:56 PM Age: 2 days
Category: China Brief, Home Page, Military/Security, China and the Asia-
Pacific, Featured
By: Carlo Kopp
C4ISR (Command Control Communication Computer and Intelligence Surveillance
Reconnaissance) systems are a key measure of military capability, and an
area in wh |
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发帖数: 2226 | 34 【 以下文字转载自 Military 讨论区 】
发信人: VEU (我的马甲), 信区: Military
标 题: How MI6 was fooled by Taleban impostor
发信站: BBS 未名空间站 (Fri Nov 26 18:49:14 2010, 美东)
http://freedomsyndicate.com/fair0000/times0048.html
Times Online
How MI6 was fooled by Taleban impostor
MI6 became convinced it had achieved an 'historic breakthrough' in forging
contacts between the Taleban and the Afghan Government
Tom Coghlan , Michael Evans and Daniel Lloyd
British Intelligence has suffered its most embarrassing setback since Ira... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 8422 | 35 肥水不流外人田-Boeing Wins Contract for Air Force Tankers
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/02/25/business/25tanker.html?_r=1&h
Boeing Wins Contract to Build Air Force Tankers
By CHRISTOPHER DREW
Published: February 24, 2011
In a surprise twist in a long-running saga, the Air Force on Thursday
awarded a $35 billion contract for aerial fueling tankers to Boeing rather
than to a European company that builds Airbus planes, according to
congressional aides and industry executives who were briefed on the decision... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 8422 | 36 土鳖真的露脸了
U.S. Struggles To Evacuate Libya; Others Don't
U.S. efforts to evacuate hundreds of Americans from Libya are being stymied
by bad weather on the coast — and by the refusal of Moammar Gadhafi's
government to allow American charter planes to land there.
Some 285 people have been sitting on the Maria Dolores, a chartered ferry,
since Wednesday, as the ship's crew waits for the stormy seas to calm,
according to State Department spokesman P.J. Crowley says.
The ship isn't likely to leave port... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 195 | 37 http://ansnuclearcafe.org/
NUCLEAR ENERGY INSTITUTE March 17, 2011, 21:00 GMT
It is unlikely that radiation released from the nuclear reactors in Japan
will harm anyone in the United States, President Obama said in a press
briefing this afternoon.
“We do not expect harmful levels of radiation to reach the United States,
Hawaii, Alaska or U.S. territories in the Pacific,” Obama said. He added
that the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention “does not recommend
that people in the U.S. take prec... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 8422 | 38 Pentagon: 110 missiles fired on Libya thus far
Posted by Joshua Norman
Sites of coalition missile strikes in Libya on Saturday, March 19, 2011.
(Credit: CBS News) In initial United Nations-authorized action against
Libyan military targets, thus far French jets have struck military targets
inside Libya and about 110 Tomahawk missiles have been fired from U.S. and
British ships against air defense systems.
Deputy National Security Advisor for Strategic Communications Ben Rhodes
said today at a pre... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 4978 | 39 英文原文：
Who Will Command China's Aircraft Carriers?
Publication: China Brief Volume: 11 Issue: 12
July 1, 2011 04:34 PM Age: 3 days
By: Russell Hsiao
China has reportedly postponed the sea trial of its long-awaited aircraft
carrier to an unspecified date in August. The Varyag, which was purchased
from Ukraine and is under refurbishment at Dalian port, was widely believed
to set sail on July 1 for a trial run. Ostensibly to demonstrate the Party's
indispensible role in bringing about the “new China... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 2045 | 40 Air Force's U-2 aircraft get new lease on life
The draft of the federal budget for 2013 takes an ax to the rival Global
Hawk program. An Air Force general says the U-2, a design that dates to the
1950s, is "the stronger system."
Read more: http://news.cnet.com/8301-11386_3-57382692-76/air-forces-u-2-aircraft-get-new-lease-on-life/
Score one for old-school aircraft against the upstart drones.
Perhaps it's just a brief respite from the seemingly inevitable winds of
change propelling unmanned aircr... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 1 | 41 https://asiancorrespondent.com/2017/05/north-korea-fires-short-range-scud-
class-ballistic-missile-japan-protests/#WVcyR3tDmBhEYiZL.97
NORTH Korea fired what appeared to be a short-range ballistic missile on
Monday that landed in the sea off its east coast, the latest in a series of
missile tests defying world pressure and threats of more sanctions.
The missile was believed to be a Scud-class ballistic missile and flew about
450km (280 miles), South Korean officials said. North Korea has a large... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 4174 | 42 http://www.aclu-nj.org/news/aclurenewscallforequalityw.htm
该LINK附有原PDF文件。
Although courts have allowed legislatures to enact separate systems of
rights for minorities in the past, the ACLU brief explains that judges have
always struck down those systems when they are shown to perpetuate
disparities. Moreover, the ACLU-NJ argues that a history of excluding a
minority group from access to rights is not in itself a public interest that
can justify continued exclusionary practices.
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发帖数: 4174 | 43 Agument on Page 15:
Rights cannot exist merely in theory or on paper; they must exist in reality
or they are meaningless. And where rights are not equal in application or
practice, then the promise and guarantee of equal rights remains unfulfilled.
As presented in Plantiffs’ briefs and the briefs of fellow amici, by
creating a separate system of rights andd by injecting language and titles
not understood or easily incorporated into existing real0life events and
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发帖数: 1822 | 45 Court Orders End to DADT
By Michelle Garcia and Andrew Harmon
A three-judge panel of the Ninth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled
Wednesday that the U.S. military can no longer enforce the "don't ask, don't
tell" policy.
Though President Barack Obama asserted in a news conference last week that
certification of DADT repeal passed by Congress will be completed in "weeks,
not months," the ninth circuit panel ruled that its stay on a federal judge
's 2010 ruling against the policy should be imme... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 4174 | 46 Posted on Advocate.com August 15, 2011 09:40:00 AM ET
The Most Important LGBT Group You’ve Never Heard Of
By Andrew Harmon
How to conduct an accurate count of the American population — an estimate
that controls congressional seat allocation and the disbursement of billions
in federal dollars to cash-strapped states and municipalities — is a
reliable flashpoint of controversy when the U.S. Census rolls around every
10 years.
What seems to have drawn little controversy in the release of the 2010
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发帖数: 4174 | 47 SAN FRANCISCO -- California's same-sex marriage ban faces its next legal
test Tuesday when the state's highest court attempts to shed light on
whether the voter-approved measure's backers have legal authority to appeal
the federal ruling that overturned Proposition 8.
The California Supreme Court is scheduled to hear an hour of arguments on
that question, which could prove crucial to the future of the voter-approved
ban. The federal appeals court that is considering the initiative's
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发帖数: 19713 | 48 Prop 8 Supporters Submit Official Brief to Supreme Court
Proponents of California's ban on same-sex marriage officially submitted
their brief to the Supreme Court Tuesday, urging the court to uphold the
vote that constitutionally banned marriage in 2008.
According to Buzzfeed, Proposition 8's backers say that the state's
constitution does not "mandate the traditional gendered definition of
marriage, but neither does our Constitution condemn it. This Court,
accordingly, should allow the public de... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 4174 | 49 http://www.advocate.com/politics/marriage-equality/2013/03/22/s
LGBT Americans are fixated on one question surrounding the two historic gay
rights cases that will be argued before the U.S. Supreme Court next week:
Will same-sex marriage be legalized nationwide?
Though there are three basic outcomes possible that would be considered a “
win” for marriage equality, constitutional law scholar Geoffrey Stone felt
assured of this: “I think there’s zero chance of the court doing anything
harmful to th... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 3365 | 50 支持Gingrich
http://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/01/19/perry-to-end-bid-
11:45 a.m. | Updated NORTH CHARLESTON, S.C. — Gov. Rick Perry of Texas
dropped out of the Republican presidential race here on Thursday and
announced his endorsement for the candidacy of Newt Gingrich, a man he
called a “conservative visionary.”
In South Carolina
Reporting on the candidates and voters in the Palmetto State.
“I’ve never believed that the cause of conservatism is embodied by one
individual,” Mr. Perry said ... 阅读全帖 |
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