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发帖数: 2883 | 1 美国印度裔向FCC投诉某电台种族歧视的律师信
2005年，美国印度人向FCC投诉Philadelphia radio station,说他们种族歧视，嘲弄印
度人。比起ABC来这实在算不了什么。
http://intellibriefs.blogspot.ca/2005/01/complaint-to-fcc-again
The following is a complaint filed today before the FCC by Attorney Rahul
Manchanda, of Manchanda Law Offices, P.C. in New York on the
"Indecent, Racist, and Profane Radio Transmissions from Philadelphia radio
station, WUSL-FM (Power 99), owned by Clear Channel Communications".
Attorney Manchanda has taken this action at no cost to the ... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 4825 | 2 http://www.nytimes.com/2013/11/06/nyregion/de-blasio-is-elected
Bill de Blasio shared a laugh with the Brooklyn borough president, Marty
Markowitz, right, at a campaign stop on Tuesday.
By MICHAEL BARBARO and DAVID W. CHEN
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Bill de Blasio, who transformed himself from a little-known occupant of an
obscure office into the fiery voice of New York’s disillusionment with a
new gilded age, was elected the... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 29576 | 3
很多小黑已经彻底丧心病狂：
"It was just a little game," says Jason. "We used to walk to where a lot of
people be at and hit 'em. If one of the homeboys didn't knock him out, then
the other would come. Whoever knock him out would be king."
The rules of Knockout King are straightforward, according to Jason and other
former players interviewed for this article. A lead attacker is chosen from
among a group of boys, usually young adolescents. Next a target is picked
out. Then the attacker either charges the unsu... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 38600 | 4 NYC school cuts popular gifted program over lack of diversity: report
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2014/jan/30/nyc-school-cuts
A popular gifted-student program at a New York City elementary school is
getting the ax after school officials decided it lacked diversity.
PS 139 Principal Mary McDonald told parents in a letter Jan. 24 that
Students of Academic Rigor, or SOAR, would no longer accept applications for
incoming kindergartners, the New York Daily Newsreported.
“Our Kindergarten clas... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 38600 | 5 NYC school cuts popular gifted program over lack of diversity: report
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2014/jan/30/nyc-school-cuts
A popular gifted-student program at a New York City elementary school is
getting the ax after school officials decided it lacked diversity.
PS 139 Principal Mary McDonald told parents in a letter Jan. 24 that
Students of Academic Rigor, or SOAR, would no longer accept applications for
incoming kindergartners, the New York Daily Newsreported.
“Our Kindergarten clas... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 8463 | 7 硅谷有没有严重的就业歧视？
黑人和拉丁裔就业明显著少
http://www.mercurynews.com/business/ci_25379455/at-hp-jesse-jac
At HP, Jesse Jackson targets Silicon Valley's lack of diversity
By MARTHA MENDOZA and JESSE WASHINGTON
Associated Press
Posted: 03/20/2014 06:14:06 AM PDT22 Comments | Updated: about 13 hours
ago
The Rev. Jesse Jackson is bringing a strategy borrowed from the traditional
civil rights era playbook to the age of social media and a booming tech
industry known for its disruptive innovation.
Jackson led a d... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 29576 | 8 说的不错，看来只要不是舔巴马的话题Bill Maher也能说点人话。
巴马为Sterling的私房话发表声明谴责真是非不分，挖思想根挖到人家里来了。
Maher: "Who Wants To Live In A World Where The Only Right To Privacy Is In
Your Head?"
BILL MAHER: Now that Americans are getting wise to the dangers of being
spied on by the government, they have to start getting more alarmed about
spying on each other. Because at the Donald Sterling mess proved anything it
’s that there’s a force out there just as powerful as Big Brother -- Big
Girlfriend.
Last week, when President Obam... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 12853 | 9 转载一篇文章，和我们的讨论非常相似：
推荐引用
“If the argument is that starch is not safe for healthy people, I would say
there’s little to no scientific or anthropological evidence to support
that idea, and overwhelming evidence opposing it.” 翻译：如果论点是淀粉对于
健康人群也不安全，我认为基本上没有科学及人类学的根据支持这种观点，而且压倒性
的证据反对这个立场。
链接：
http://chriskresser.com/is-starch-a-beneficial-nutrient-or-a-to
题目：
Is starch a beneficial nutrient or a toxin? You be the judge.
作者 ：
CHRIS KRESSER
作者简介：作者被誉为在健康健美领域最有影响的全球 50 人之一
Chris Kresser, LAc, is a licen... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 1741 | 10 英国黑其他国家的笑话
How do you convince Americans to get involved in a war?
Tell them it's nearly finished.
如何说服美国参与一场战争？
告诉他们战争马上就要结束了！
An American walked into an English pub and asked for a pint of Budweiser.
The barman replied "You're American aren't you?"
The man says, "Yeah. Could you tell by the drink I ordered, or the accent?"
The barman replied. "Neither, you are the fattest **** I have ever seen."
一个美国人走进一个英国酒吧,点了一瓶百威
服务员问道:你是美国人吧?
美国人诧异的回答:是啊!你是怎么知道的?是我点的酒不一样,还是口音不一样?
服务员回答:都不是! 你是我见过最TM胖的!
I'v... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 6361 | 11 【 以下文字转载自 USANews 讨论区 】
发信人: lczlcz (lcz), 信区: USANews
标 题: 百事可乐被阿3CEO搞坏了
发信站: BBS 未名空间站 (Mon Dec 8 16:43:16 2014, 美东)
PepsiCo CEO Says Cola Has Lost Its 'Cool Factor'
PepsiCo CEO Indra Nooyi conceded Monday that cola has lost some of its "cool
factor."
Speaking at Beverage Digest's "Future Smarts" conference in New York City,
Nooyi said that craft soda, like PepsiCo's own Caleb's Kola, may be the key
to restoring some of cola's allure.
"I think there is actually a huge potential for craft," N... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 29576 | 12 这女的把HP整成这模样还意犹未尽，要再玩一把大的。
Carly Fiorina knows she’s a long shot for the presidency.
She’s never held elected office and has less name recognition than several
other potential GOP rivals, two things she readily concedes. Her detractors,
meanwhile, note that her one past attempt at elected office was a dud and
her tenure as Hewlett-Packard’s CEO — her big private-sector bona fide —
was rocky.
“There is no doubt that as the only nonpolitician in the race, if I were to
get in, that I have hurdles to... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 38600 | 13 Obama & Merkel ‘Agree': No Prospect Of “Military Solution” In Ukraine
http://revolutionradio.org/?p=93017
“Success is anything but certain,” warned Germany’s Merkel during the
uncomfortably un-united joint press conference as both the leaders appeared
to be able to agree on only one thing – that a military solution will not
happen. This was followed by what appeared to be President Obama conceding
to Merkel that the provision of arms to Ukraine was kinda sorta ‘off-the-
table’ – though still und... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 38600 | 14 Because the AIIB effectively represents the beginning of the end for US
hegemony, the White House has demeaned the effort from its inception
questioning the ability of non-G-7 nations to create an institution that can
be trusted to operation in accordance with the proper “standards.” Now,
with 35 nations set to join as founders, it appears Washington may be set to
concede defeat. |
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发帖数: 4631 | 15 Absolutely Brilliant
The European Commission has just announced an agreement whereby English will
be the official language of the European Union rather than German, which
was the other possibility.
As part of the negotiations, the British Government conceded that English
spelling had some room for improvement and has accepted a 5- year phase-in
plan that would become known as “Euro-English”.
In the first year, “s” will replace the soft “c”. Sertainly, this will
make the sivil servants jump with ... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 38600 | 16 The race issue has even begun to split the Democrats.
When former Maryland Governor Martin O’Malley, a card-carrying liberal,
attended a conference of Netroots Nation and responded to a chant of “Black
Lives Matter!” with the more inclusive, “Black Lives Matter! White Lives
Matter! All Lives Matter!” he was virtually booed off the stage.
O’Malley proceeded to apologize for including the white folks.
To many Americans, even many who did not vote for him, the election of
Barack Obama seemed to hol... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 1084 | 17 【 以下文字转载自 Biology 讨论区 】
发信人: axugg (小木虫), 信区: Biology
标 题: Nature News on 谢张之争
发信站: BBS 未名空间站 (Mon Sep 21 15:29:21 2015, 美东)
http://www.nature.com/news/chinese-scientists-row-over-long-sou
张居然告诉nature自己能拿诺奖，这货简直疯了。
NDavid Cyranoski
21 September 2015
Article toolsRights & Permissions
Sinclair-Stammers/Science Photo Library
Neuroscientists in China say they have used magnetic fields to control
neurons and muscle cells in nematode worms (pictured), after identifying a
protein that senses magnetism... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 1876 | 18 ac·knowl·edge
əkˈnäləj/
verb
1.
accept or admit the existence or truth of.
"the plight of the refugees was acknowledged by the authorities"
synonyms: admit, accept, grant, allow, concede, accede to, confess, own,
recognize
"the government acknowledged the need to begin talks"
2.
(of a body of opinion) recognize the fact or importance or quality of.
"the art world has begun to acknowledge his genius" |
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发帖数: 346 | 19 I don't think China wants to militarize the islands. If Obama asks for that,
Xi should agree. I think Obama asks Xi to stop all work on the islands and
abandon them, which Xi is not able to concede. |
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发帖数: 61690 | 20 An openly gay candidate is leading the race for Salt Lake City mayor.
Jackie Biskupski (D) leads incumbent Mayor Ralph Becker (D) 52 percent to
his 48 percent in the unofficial tally, according to The Associated Press.
ADVERTISEMENT
Biskupski would be Salt Lake City’s first openly gay mayor should her lead
hold.
Becker said late Tuesday evening that he is not conceding the race until the
final vote tally on Nov. 17.
“I think we just have to wait and see because we don’t know how many
ballots are... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 3509 | 21 马哈蒂尔是antisemitic，索罗斯是Jew。
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Soros_conspiracy_theories
In 2006, during a visit by Soros to Malaysia on his book tour in the region,
he met with Mahathir for the first time, and Mahathir conceded that he did
not view Soros as responsible for the financial crisis. |
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发帖数: 29677 | 22
主要是炒作
he South African economy is 'in crisis' says the country's finance minister
Pravin Gordhan.
The comments came ahead of his Budget speech, in which he cut the country's
growth forecast for 2016 to 0.9%, down from 1.7%.
He conceded the economy was struggling with shrinking growth, 25%
unemployment, and widespread poverty.
25%的失业率，媒体要想炒作早把南非炒破产了 |
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发帖数: 1 | 23 我着重从Trump提出的收税观点来论证他是如何挂着羊头卖狗肉，为大资本家（他
自己也是其中之一）和富人服务的。
首先我们看看Trump提出的收税观点是如何自相矛盾的：一方面说富人交税少，一方面
还说自己尽可能少交税
However, Trump conceded, “I try and pay as little tax as possible, because
I hate what they do with my tax money. I hate the way they spend our money.”
In terms of taxes, Trump has said, “I know people making a tremendous
amount of money and paying virtually no taxes, and I think it's unfair.”
“By my calculations 1 percent of Americans who control 90 percent of the
wealth in this country w... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 6723 | 24 http://cn.nytstyle.com/culture/20160629/solving-a-mistery-inside-a-cookie/dual/
Solving a Riddle Wrapped in a Mystery Inside a Cookie
By JENNIFER 8. LEEJune 29, 2016
美食JENNIFER 8. LEE 2016年6月29日
Ko Sasaki for The New York Times
Some 3 billion fortune cookies are made each year, almost all in the United
States. But the crisp cookies wrapped around enigmatic sayings have spread
around the world. They are served in Chinese restaurants in Britain, Mexico,
Italy, France and elsewhere. In India, they ... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 4447 | 25 http://www.uh.edu/engines/epi380.htm
Many European inventions were made independently after the Chinese had
thought of them first. Not this one. A Jesuit student of China, Matteo Ricci
, attended a Chinese trade fair in Canton the same year Chu published his
work. Ricci almost certainly brought Chu's work out of China and back to the
West.
Today our ears are so trained to equal temperament that we think natural
temperament is slightly out of tune when we first hear it. Equal temperament
is as We... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 3045 | 26 Imprisoning political opponents is a terrible idea for several reasons.
There is a big "but" to that statement, though; Trump not conceding on Nov.
9th after demonstrably losing and in any way making statements to provide
fuel to what is essentially shaping up to be an armed insurrection against
the U.S. government is treason and Comrade Midget Digits should absolutely
be held accountable for it.
permalinkembedsaveparentreportgive goldREPLY |
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发帖数: 5579 | 27 如她当选她会太兴奋（加上在选举期间服用过多的药）而死； 落选她会气死。
Trump 会自11月9日这一天起变成个哑巴， 因为他做了太多的 RALLY 演讲， 得吟喉癌
， 不管输/赢了选举， 得由 Pence 作 Conceding/Victory 讲话 |
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发帖数: 6361 | 28 【 以下文字转载自 USANews 讨论区 】
发信人: rbs (jay), 信区: USANews
标 题: 马桶的国防部是穷疯了？
发信站: BBS 未名空间站 (Mon Oct 24 16:56:01 2016, 美东)
说几十年前多发给老兵的奖金发错了，要他们退还！
The Pentagon is seeking to recover decade-old reenlistment bonuses paid to
thousands of California Army National Guard soldiers to go fight in Iraq and
Afghanistan, the Los Angeles Times reported Saturday.
The paper reported that nearly 10,000 soldiers, many of whom risked their
lives during multiple combat tours, have been ordered to repay the cash
bonuses ... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 7349 | 29 Trump nailed it officially. |
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发帖数: 3813 | 30 【 以下文字转载自 USelection 俱乐部 】
发信人: CalCat (北加猫), 信区: USelection
标 题: 65% of Asian for Hillary 2016; 73% for Obama 2012
发信站: BBS 未名空间站 (Wed Nov 9 16:36:35 2016, 美东)
(CNN)Hillary Clinton just couldn't hold onto the Obama coalition. And that
proved to be a large part of her undoing.
African-American, Latino and younger voters failed to show up at the polls
in sufficient numbers Tuesday to propel Clinton into the White House.
Clinton conceded the race after 2 a.m. ET. Before polls closed her campaign... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 4796 | 31 From ‘Humility to Euphoria’: Donald Trump’s Team Triumphs
By Gabriel Sherman
ShareShareTweetShareShareEmail
Photo: Bloomberg/Bloomberg via Getty Images
Shortly after 3 p.m. on November 8, Donald Trump walked into the war room on
the 14th floor of Trump Tower and received rousing cheers from his staff.
While virtually the entire media Establishment was predicting Hillary
Clinton was on track to win the election, Trump’s team remained “nervous
but optimistic,” in the words of one adviser, that the... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 1 | 32 是不是因为希拉里输了呀？很多人都变得好凶好吓人，他们现在好像只是在网上疯狂的
攻击，不知道现实生活里遇到了会不会动手呀。。。怎么有要回到文革的感觉？不要输
不起啦，快回到正常生活里吧。
我问我的美国朋友会不会因为床铺赢了就有人会搞事，他回答我说：No, she conceded
to him. That's it. Nothing bad will happen, because this is not mickey
mouse country... |
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c******r
发帖数: 2306 | 33 这唯一说明的问题就是美国人的生活有多么的优越感，多么浇灌。
把这些人放到印度去生活一年，负责不在为这些事情伤心伤神，负责成熟起来，有点担
当。
看着美国人这个样子就有气。 有点成熟的样子好不好。
conceded |
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发帖数: 16335 | 34 有色人种都担心自己了。白人无所谓，可能还会得到工作机会。
conceded |
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发帖数: 6999 | 37 Rather than amp up the nerdy, academic, and socially awkward traits
typically assigned to Asian parts (again, see Sixteen Candles for its racist
characterization of transfer student Long Duk Dong) Szeto instead infuses
the role with the panache of a seasoned professional. His gravitas erases
any preconceived notions audiences might have about Asian students. Szeto
concedes that kids that resemble those stereotypes do exist; they're very
real people who deserve to see themselves represented on TV... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 2680 | 38 China's yuan never suffered sharp fall overnight
Rumors swirled on social media on Tuesday that China's currency dropped
sharply in overnight trade, but the purported move may have been an isolated
hiccup from some providers.
Some currency data providers were showing that the yuan tumbled, with the
dollar fetching as much as 7.49 yuan in overnight trade. It wasn't clear if
the data were indicating the offshore yuan or the onshore currency, but the
onshore currency does not trade overnight. That ... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 4736 | 39 【 以下文字转载自 USANews 讨论区 】
发信人: CBI (史迪威), 信区: USANews
标 题: 加州前州长对川普说：加州人用金灿灿的手养活着你们！
发信站: BBS 未名空间站 (Thu Feb 9 22:04:25 2017, 美东)
加州前州长对川普说：加州人用金灿灿的手养活着你们！
这位加州前州长说,川普威胁要取消联邦对加州的资助,这将会被折腾到法院过堂。他说
，你不可以只从加州拿钱，那将会是一场战斗，不能你自己说了算，得经过国会同意才
行。
川普在橄榄球决赛前接受狐狸台采访时说，他很反对天使保护城市，他们导致犯罪，引
发了很多问题，如果必要，我们就必须明确这些。我们给了加州大量的钱，但加州在很
多方面失去了控制。
加州准备立法制止州和地方的执法者参与联邦议移民事务。另外也在提案立法不容许房
东在租房时过问其移民身份。
戴维斯不同意川普的所谓保护城市是犯罪温床的说法，他指出FBI曾经发现保护城的犯
罪实际上很少。加州主要城市洛杉矶和旧金山就是对移民授权合作限制的城市。
尽管如此，戴维斯担心川普可能会把加州执法部门的资金给停了。但是，他说这样的行
为就需... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 8422 | 40 “We’ve had a long discussion already, and so far I have gotten nothing,
absolutely nothing,” the US President conceded playfully yesterday after
initial talks with Chinese President Xi Jinping. |
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发帖数: 8869 | 41 there is a myth saying that Comey conceded that he was never pressured to
stop Flynn investigation in previous hearing, which is supposed to be
contradictory to his standing today.
why did even Republican not bother to bring it up? because it does not hold
water. |
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b*****d
发帖数: 61690 | 42 【 以下文字转载自 USANews 讨论区 】
发信人: brihand (brihand), 信区: USANews
标 题: 主党：一切才刚刚开始
发信站: BBS 未名空间站 (Tue Jun 20 23:54:20 2017, 美东)
Ossoff concedes Georgia race: 'This is the beginning of something much
bigger' |
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发帖数: 1598 | 43 BY TINA AMIRTHA8 MINUTE READ
This story contains interviews with Christian Kästner, assistant
professor at Carnegie Mellon University; Amy Hirotaka, state policy and
advocacy manager at Code.org; and Janet Siegmund, researcher at the
University of Passau.
In order to expose more students to computer science, 17 states have passed
legislation to create basic math and science requirements in the curriculum,
rather than count them as electives. But lawmakers in Texas have made
computer program... 阅读全帖 |
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c*****r
发帖数: 8227 | 44 华尔街日报社论
Trump’s Defining Speech
In Poland, he asks the West to defend its values of faith and freedom.
July 6, 2017 7:00 p.m. ET
1212 COMMENTS
The White House description of Donald Trump’s speech Thursday in Warsaw was
simply, “Remarks by President Trump to the People of Poland.” In truth,
Mr. Trump’s remarks were directed at the people of the world. Six months
into his first term of office, Mr. Trump finally offered the core of what
could become a governing philosophy. It is a determined and af... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 654 | 45 1962 开战前，巴铁和中国边界纠纷也很厉害，巴铁还向印度提议一起对付中国，被印
度无情拒掉了。 中印打完后，巴铁迅速倒向了中国，边界谈判完美达成。
wiki: Prior to the war, Pakistan also shared a disputed boundary with
China, and had proposed to India that the two countries adopt a common
defence against "northern" enemies (i.e. China), which was rejected by India
.[27] However, China and Pakistan took steps to peacefully negotiate their
shared boundaries, beginning on 13 October 1962, and concluding in December
of that year.[21]
Pakistan also expressed fear that th... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 606 | 46 在最近的一篇讨论中印间可能战争的文章评论区，充斥了大量印度人的言论。感觉印度
人评论也是相当的激进，甚至比这里或者国内军事版要更极端。
http://www.valuewalk.com/2017/07/india-china-border-war/#comment-3442003521
没忍住小评了一下，收到了几位比较典型的印度式回复。分享如下：
我：Reading through all comments here -- surprisingly to see so many India
people threatening to nuke China and Pak. That's really crazy insane.
SI (Guest):
I agree.It's just an emotional outburst in response to this heavily biased
article which is condescending towards India.
Nowhere does the article explain how India has be... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 16484 | 47 It's difficult to convey how oppressive Delhi's air pollution is.
Morning visibility is a couple of hundred metres. Through the eerie filtered
light, figures emerge from and disappear into the gloom.
Some wear masks or handkerchiefs, most blithely dismiss the apocalyptic
atmosphere, shrugging it off as "just fog".
Except it isn't.
Last Wednesday, central New Delhi's count of harmful PM2.5 particles
exceeded a staggering 1,000 on the US EPA's air quality index.
To put that in perspective, the hig... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 4447 | 48 西方最不情愿承认是中国人的发明
https://www.uh.edu/engines/epi380.htm
Today our ears are so trained to equal temperament that we think natural
temperament is slightly out of tune when we first hear it. Equal temperament
is as Western as apple pie. We're willing to concede gunpowder and
compasses to the Chinese, but surely not this! Yet, even today, the Chinese
use the same tuning to play their unfamiliar scales as we do to play ours.
The only difference is that they've been using it at least fifty years
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发帖数: 4796 | 49 这个叫小强的UC伯克利网络专家说
“Not only can’t you speak freely inside of China, but you can’t even
speak freely outside of China—and that’s really bad,” said Xiao Qiang, a
Chinese internet expert at the University of California at Berkeley.
Business
Marriott Employee Roy Jones Hit ‘Like.’ Then China Got Mad
The severity of the penalty—termination, not reprimand—highlights the
unforgiving consequences for companies that offend China
BEIJING—Roy Jones, 49, never thought a $14-an-hour job running social-media
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发帖数: 1 | 50 Trump says Canada and Mexico will escape new tariffs only after NAFTA
concessions
resident Trump on Monday further expanded his personal trade war, telling
Canada and Mexico that he would consider lifting possible tariffs on steel
and aluminum only if they concede to White House demands for renegotiating
the North American Free Trade Agreement.
Like almost every broadside over trade war so far, his latest message was
sent in a Twitter post with little explanation. He also demanded that Mexico
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