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发帖数: 901 | 1 Switzerland's oldest private bank, Wegelin & Co., had survived three
centuries of upheaval on the continent, including Napoleon's invasion of the
country and two World Wars. But its illustrious history was brought to an
end last month by an unlikely source: a U.S. government desperate to track
down tax evaders.
In early February, in a move that rattled Switzerland's financial industry,
the U.S. Department of Justice indicted Wegelin on charges of helping
wealthy Americans hide $1.2 billion from ... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 30882 | 2 Global Warming Is A Total Scam
COMMENTS ABOUT GLOBAL WARMING
http://earthpro.info/
By John Coleman
it is the greatest scam in history. I am amazed, appalled and highly
offended by it. Global Warming; It is a SCAM.
Some dastardly scientists with environmental and political motives
manipulated long term scientific data back in the late 1990′s to create an
allusion of rapid global warming. Other scientists of the same environmental
wacko type jumped into the circle to support and broaden the “resea... 阅读全帖 |
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H****g
发帖数: 14447 | 3 1. 证实了毛泽东1975年写给周恩来这首诗。
《江山靠谁守·诉衷情》
当年忠贞为国筹，
何曾怕断头？
如今天下红遍，
江山靠谁守？
业未竟，
身躯倦，
鬓已秋。
你我之辈，
忍将夙愿，
付与东流？
2. 证实了1976年之前根本没有所谓饿死三千万或者大饥荒之说。
3. 毛泽东1975年的担心，或者说1964年的担心，都变成了现实。
4. 毛泽东唯一的遗产就是留给人民的造反精神，终将成燎原之火。
Mao Tse-Tung: Father of Chinese Revolution
By Fox Butterfield
Special to The New York Times
HONG KONG, Sept. 9--Mao Tse-tung, who began as an obscure peasant, died one
of history's great revolutionary figures.
Born at a time when China was wracked by civil strife, beset with terrible
poverty and enc... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 27535 | 4 http://news.yahoo.com/china-punishes-popular-social-media-websi
The extensive clampdown, announced late Friday by state media, underscores
the authoritarian government's anxieties over a public that is wired to the
Internet and eager to discuss political events despite censorship and
threats of punishment. |
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h*****9
发帖数: 6643 | 5 没听说过是你自己无知。这只能说明你是个很容易被骗的无知之徒， 你又要凭你自己的无知骂人，你又无耻了。
揭露 BIG-BANG 是披着科学外衣的宗教，这在10年前就有很多文章了。
THE "BIG BANG" IS JUST RELIGION DISGUISED AS SCIENCE
by Michael Rivero
Once upon a time, a long time ago, there was this guy named Aristotle.
Pretty sharp fellow; he thought up a lot of good things. But, occasionally
he made a mistake.
One mistake he made was to toss an orange up in the air and watch it come
straight back down to his hand. Aristotle reasoned that if he was moving,
the orange would have flown... 阅读全帖 |
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W*******n
发帖数: 4140 | 6 估计打桥牌时，有人用这照片代替了一张牌，让邓小瓶摸到了，认为是张王牌，花花绿
绿的，打出来，说是王牌，哪个鸟敢嘣个“不”字？太监们就赶紧张罗扎戏台子。影视
唱三栖学院理论观N之三。
Bald eager confirms this message. Ironowl is spared for the trouble. |
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s****n
发帖数: 8912 | 7 By Chris Buckley and Benjamin Kang Lim
BEIJING | Fri Mar 30, 2012 9:59am EDT
BEIJING (Reuters) - The scandal shaking China's ruling Communist Party just
as it readies for leadership change was triggered by claims that the wife of
one ambitious candidate was involved in the death of a British businessman,
said a source with close ties to key individuals involved.
The comments, corroborated by two other sources who also spoke on condition
of anonymity, are the first direct account of events which ... 阅读全帖 |
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w***f
发帖数: 20 | 8 Small-Stick Diplomacy in the South China Sea
南中国海的“小棒”外交
James Holmes, Toshi Yoshihara
April 23, 2012
原文链接：http://nationalinterest.org/commentary/small-stick-diplomacy-the-south-china-sea-6831
大概因为家庭背景，我本人相对来说比较关心国外学术界对中国海上力量的分析，
相对于国内一帮到处打打杀杀的喊声，痛斥TG卖国，国外一般分析都是中国这次做的很
聪明，我也想尽我之力，多翻译一些这类的文章，让大家多看看一些比较深度的事件分
析，不过因为这类文章都比较长，我的英语只能说是一般，时间也没有那么多，只能是
尽力而为了。
关于作者
James Holms是美国海军战争学院（U.S. Naval War College）战略学副教授，
Toshi Yoshihara（看名字是个日本佬）为亚太问题the John A. van Beuren研究员，
他们是大西洋月刊2010年度最佳图书Red Star over... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 343 | 9 http://www.asiasentinel.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=v
The dispute between China and the Philippines over ownership of the rocks
and reefs variously known as Scarborough Shoal/Panatag Shoal/Huangyan Island
is at one level very petty. But at another it demonstrates what can best be
described blatantly racist bravado on the part of Beijing.
Manila would do well to learn up some of its own pre-Spanish history so as
to better expose the arrogance of a nation which regards other, non-Han
peo... 阅读全帖 |
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o******l
发帖数: 828 | 10 http://globalpublicsquare.blogs.cnn.com/2012/05/04/china-politi
Bo scandal shows politics re-emerging in China's Communist Party
Editor's Note: Tune in Sunday at 10 a.m. or 1 p.m. ET for Fareed Zakaria GPS
on CNN.
By Fareed Zakaria, CNN
The rise and fall of Bo Xilai is part of a much larger and potentially
disruptive trend in China — the return of politics to the Chinese Communist
Party.
We don't think of the Chinese Communist Party as a political organization
these days. It is dominated by tech... 阅读全帖 |
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a****0
发帖数: 159 | 11 读读吧。有点意思
=============================================================
Bo scandal shows politics re-emerging in China's Communist Party
Editor's Note: Tune in Sunday at 10 a.m. or 1 p.m. ET for Fareed Zakaria GPS
on CNN.
By Fareed Zakaria, CNN
The rise and fall of Bo Xilai is part of a much larger and potentially
disruptive trend in China — the return of politics to the Chinese Communist
Party.
We don't think of the Chinese Communist Party as a political organization
these days. It is dominated ... 阅读全帖 |
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H****g
发帖数: 14447 | 12 这是你引用那段话的全文。请你具体指出，你主贴里说的马克思”赞美“鸦片战争等谬
论是根据那段话”归纳“出来的？
Revolution in China and In Europe
June 14, 1853
A most profound yet fantastic speculator on the principles which govern the
movements of Humanity was wont to extol as one of the ruling secrets of
nature what he called the law of the contact of extremes. The homely proverb
that “extremes meet” was, in his view, a grand and potent truth in every
sphere of life; an axiom with which the philosopher could as little dispense
as the astronomer with... 阅读全帖 |
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p*********w
发帖数: 606 | 13 我现在微博上也倡议这个词了"western sour grapes"。叶诗文被质疑这个事要搞大,现
在西媒已经开始分化,英国卫报办了个投票调查要不要让最早提出质疑的美国教练John
Leonard道歉，狗咬狗最好。
nytimes那篇质疑的文章我想在comment里加这个倡议，被五美分们删了。
大家看有没有能加上去的。檄文如下：
NYTimes published two articles relating Ye's gold medals with doping, even a
fter she passed the drug test. Obviously NYTimes, as well as some other west
ern medias, are just proving eagerly to the world of its fearing and jealous
to a rising China, again. I propose to use and spread the phrase "western s
our grapes" to refer to thi... 阅读全帖 |
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x****u
发帖数: 12955 | 14
Wrong. TG completely misread the situation. It was Japan who was very
eager to establish formal relationship with China ahead of US. They could
very well have pressured Japan into relinquish control of the islands, at
very least, establish the historical ownership of the island. I remember
reading somewhere that Japanese leaders were surprised at how easy that
issue was shelved. |
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发帖数: 1128 | 15 Japanese women vs. Chinese women: A little mean, but makes some good points!
1.
Japanese women often teach their children to bravely fight the forces of
evil, and even if they lose, it is still infinitely glorious, the highest
honor.
Chinese women often teach their children that when they encounter the forces
of evil they must be good at hiding/running away/avoiding. They say that
God will punish them [the forces of evil].
2.
Japanese women believe Japan is the world’s greatest country.
Chinese ... 阅读全帖 |
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o****y
发帖数: 26355 | 16 It is all for their interests la.
The poor and the old usually do not have IDs.
The rich just erect many barriers to prevent the poor and the old to vote.
Even without checking IDs, the poor and the old do not vote that eagerly. |
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w****r
发帖数: 748 | 17 Are you guys really eager to say something you have no idea of?
身。 |
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l*****7
发帖数: 8463 | 18 Actually, the American Airforce and navy carry Nukes and are eager to use
them!!!!
China shall never hesitate to use them first when needed!!!! |
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m**e
发帖数: 857 | 19 So Far Unfruitful, Fusion Project Faces a Frugal Congress
NY Times
By WILLIAM J. BROAD
Published: September 29, 2012
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/09/30/science/fusion-project-faces-
For more than 50 years, physicists have been eager to achieve controlled
fusion, an elusive goal that could potentially offer a boundless and
inexpensive source of energy.
The laser uses blasts of concentrated light to compress, heat and ignite
tiny capsules of hydrogen fuel, above. The goal of the project is to one d... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 29576 | 20 Vice President Joe Biden and Rep. Paul Ryan were the two candidates on stage
at Thursday’s vice presidential debate, but a third character emerged: Joe
Biden’s laugh, which didn’t escape the notice of tweeting politicos. (And
led, of course, to at least three satirical Twitter accounts: Laughing Joe
Biden, Biden Smirk, and yet another Laughing Joe Biden.)
Weekly Standard’s Mark Hemingway: “Joe Biden’s laughing through talking
about Iran sanctions?”
(PHOTOS: Scenes from the VP debate)
TIME’s Mich... 阅读全帖 |
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g**1
发帖数: 10330 | 21 http://www.nytimes.com/2012/11/10/world/asia/educated-chinese-a
Many Chinese Intellectuals Are Silent Amid a Wave of Tibetan Self-
Immolations
By ANDREW JACOBS
Published: November 9, 2012
BEIJING — In a gruesome act of resistance that has played out dozens of
times in recent months, six young Tibetans set fire to themselves this week,
shouting demands for freedom as they were consumed by flames. On Friday,
for the second day in a row, thousands of Tibetans took to the streets in
the northwestern... 阅读全帖 |
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m**e
发帖数: 857 | 22 【 以下文字转载自 Military 讨论区 】
发信人: muce (muce), 信区: Military
标 题: 国家点火装置面临失败
发信站: BBS 未名空间站 (Mon Oct 8 17:54:56 2012, 美东)
So Far Unfruitful, Fusion Project Faces a Frugal Congress
NY Times
By WILLIAM J. BROAD
Published: September 29, 2012
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/09/30/science/fusion-project-faces-
For more than 50 years, physicists have been eager to achieve controlled
fusion, an elusive goal that could potentially offer a boundless and
inexpensive source of energy.
The laser uses blasts of con... 阅读全帖 |
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R****a
发帖数: 6858 | 23 美国对外政策：战略收缩
来源: ognc 于 2013-02-18 07:58:39[档案] [博客] [旧帖] [转至博客] [给我悄悄
话] 本文已被阅读：198次
字体：调大/调小/重置 | 加入书签| 打印| 所有跟帖 | 加跟贴| 查看当前最热讨论主题
机器翻译的，凑合着看。原文在后。
一个不活跃的外交政策的情况
由Barry R.波森一月/二月2013，外交
尽管经历了十年的昂贵和优柔寡断的战争和不断增加的财政压力，美国政策制定者对美
国大战略之间的长期的共识仍然保持完整。作为总统竞选的共和党人和民主党人明确表
示，可以说外交政策的边缘，但他们同意这个：，美国要称霸世界的军事，经济，政治
，自冷战的最后一年，一个自由主义的霸权战略。这个国家，他们认为，需要保持其在
全球力量平衡的巨大领先地位，巩固其经济优势，扩大市场的民主社会，并保持其影响
力的国际机构，它帮助创造。
为此，美国政府已扩大其庞大的冷战时代的网络安全的承诺和军事基地。它加强了现有
的联盟，北约新成员加入，加强与日本的安全协议。在波斯湾，它试图用一个全副武装
的空气，海洋保护油流，和地面部队，这一目标消耗至少百... 阅读全帖 |
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l*****7
发帖数: 8463 | 24 Bill Gates is a very honest, respectful man with integrity and dignity
http://www.thegatesnotes.com/en/Books/Personal/Why-Nations-Fail
February 26, 2013 | Review by Bill Gates
Why Nations Fail: The Origins of Power, Prosperity, and Poverty (Book Review)
Normally, I’m fairly positive about the books I review, but here’s one I
really took issue with.
Why have some countries prospered and created great living conditions for
their citizens, while others have not? This is a topic I care a lot about,
... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 1729 | 25 Physicists said that, based on a review of new data, they are confident that
they have discovered a Higgs boson, a long-sought particle crucial to
explaining the universe.
Physicists say they are now confident they have discovered a long-sought
subatomic particle known as a Higgs boson. Gautum Naik reports.
.Earlier
Physicists Mine Cosmic Answers Deep Underground (7/29/2012)
Discovery May Help Tell Universe's Secrets (7/4/2012)
The Numbers Guy: How to Be Sure You've Found a Higgs Boson (7/6/2012... 阅读全帖 |
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m**c
发帖数: 7299 | 26 【 以下文字转载自 USANews 讨论区 】
发信人: lczlcz (lcz), 信区: USANews
标 题: 一个同性恋者站出来反对同性恋婚姻
发信站: BBS 未名空间站 (Fri Mar 22 19:45:32 2013, 美东)
一个人生了病并不代表他就失去理智了.
"Pure sophistry is pitted against reason. Reason is losing."
by Rick aka Mr. Brutally Honest
A gay guy speaks out against... gay marriage:
http://www.thepublicdiscourse.com/2013/03/9622/
In our sometimes misguided efforts to expand our freedom, selfish adults
have systematically dismantled that which is most precious to children as
they grow and devel... 阅读全帖 |
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j**********t
发帖数: 100 | 27 学老印，到网上剪贴几百页的相关信息。写上tutorial， 提一下你老板的名字，以示
credit。 要你老板 re-prioritize 你的schedule， 你要有专门的时间来教他， 其
他project，就要往后推。
无关紧要的要解释再解释，不厌其烦，说这是关键点，如何如何复杂。 真正的 关键点
一概不提， 如果被问到，就说这是101 你从什么什么学校毕业，或者你在这个行业里
干了多少年，一定会，right？ 特别是当着老板的面， 他只能说我懂。 他如果说不懂
，就找老板，当着他的面说， 他不懂101，学起来有困难，但 eager to learn ，希望
部门出钱，让老印去培训一下某个101，这样他能更好的serve 我们的company。
如果他们还不放过你， 你就找更多的资料往里堆。
你的目的是baffle 不是teach。
既然跟印度堆里混，只能用老印的手段对付老印， 口蜜腹剑，阳奉阴违，党同伐异。
只是没人会和你党同， 除非你挑拨离间。
如果不想变的和他们一样， 还是趁早走人吧。 |
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s*****V
发帖数: 21731 | 28 【环球网综合报道】据外媒消息，来自美英法等18个国家的1.5万多名士兵将于未来几
周内参加在约旦举行的联合军演，剑指叙利亚。另一方面，叙利亚的邻国约旦效仿土耳
其，向北约“申请”部署“爱国者”导弹，以求“自保”。
美国《防务新闻》网站5月25日报道称，约旦官方的佩特拉通讯社援引约旦军方官
员的话称，约旦军队将与包括美国在内的“友好国家”的军队举行代号“Eager Lion
2013”的军演。此外，参演的军队还来自英国、巴林、加拿大、捷克、埃及、法国、伊
拉克、意大利、黎巴嫩、巴基斯坦、波兰、卡塔尔、土耳其、阿拉伯联合酋长国、沙特
阿拉伯以及也门。
不过，这名官员没有透露演习将于何时开始，但表示将会持续两周，同时会参照去
年的“成功”经验。
另据法新社消息，约旦在26日表示，该国与“友好国家”商谈，打算在其领土上部
署“爱国者”导弹以“保护自己”。
约旦信息部长穆罕默德・穆马尼（Mohammad Momani）26日通过新闻发布会
表示，约丹希望通过部署“爱国者”导弹来提高防御能力，并“帮助保护这个国家”。
作为政府发言人的穆马尼同时还称“我们目前正与友好国家商谈此事”，但... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 3280 | 29 http://bigstory.ap.org/article/secret-prism-success-even-bigger
FILE - In this Jan. 31, 2008, file photo President Bush waves after signing
a 15-day extension of the Protect America Act after a speech in Las Vegas.
Sternly prodding Congress, Bush told lawmakers they were jeopardizing the
nation's safety by failing to lock in the government eavesdropping law. When
the Protect America Act made warrantless wiretapping legal, lawyers and
executives at major technology companies knew what was about t... 阅读全帖 |
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d**********i
发帖数: 4877 | 30 too excited, too eager to give in. |
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发帖数: 5748 | 31 putin said that Snowden, who flew to Moscow from Hong Kong on Sunday,
remains in the "transit area" of Sheremetyevo International Airport -- the
zone between arrival gates and Russia's passport control checkpoints. And
while he said Russia won't hand Snowden over to the United States, he seemed
eager to have the focus of international intrigue off his hands. |
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c****h
发帖数: 4968 | 32 看了纽约时报的这篇blog后得感触。文中还提到那些所谓的政庇难民，都在利用陈争取
曝光度以获得financing.还举了那个Bob Fu为例子。
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/07/11/world/asia/after-epic-escape-
After Epic Escape From China, Exile Is Mired in Partisan U.S.
“But Mr. Chen’s political savvy has not translated well in the complex and
fiercely partisan terrain he has encountered in the United States. Even
before he could recover from jet lag in May 2012, Mr. Chen was besieged by
human rights activists, opponents of abortion and an array of politicians
from ... 阅读全帖 |
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x****e
发帖数: 1780 | 33 你自己非常eager to fuck, 不代表人家和你一样啊。
我理解你的鸡鸡很想天天都射5-6次精 |
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a*****y
发帖数: 33185 | 34 http://www.nytimes.com/1995/03/18/opinion/the-crimes-of-unit-73
The Crimes of Unit 731
Published: March 18, 1995
Parades and ceremonies commemorating World War II often make it easy to
forget the extraordinary brutality of the conflict. Some of the war's worst
atrocities were committed by the Japanese Army. It slaughtered Chinese
civilians for sport, raped and enslaved young women to improve soldiers'
morale and conducted grisly biological warfare experiments. A powerful
report in yesterday's Ti... 阅读全帖 |
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u***r
发帖数: 4825 | 35 http://www.nytimes.com/2013/08/14/opinion/chinas-coming-wave-of
By JOE ZHANG
Published: August 13, 2013
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REPRINTS
HONG KONG — In May, a deputy mayor of a midsize city in central China flew
down to see me in Shenzhen, where I sit on a government advisory panel for
financing small and medium-sized businesses. He wanted a favor. “Can you
help arrange financing for our sports center?” he asked. It’s going to be
one of the largest in central China.”
Opi... 阅读全帖 |
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J***M
发帖数: 254 | 36 My hometown was one of theses hard hit regions. The old generation (my
parents among them) told me a third to a half of people or even more died in
their villages.
The sad thing is that these memories will die after them. The rest of us
seems more eager to wipe off that memory than to learn something from it. |
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w****a
发帖数: 1623 | 37 你说的 80-20和这个 80-20是一个吗？
80-20 Initiative is a national nonpartisan political organization dedicated
to winning equal opportunity and justice for all Asian Americans through a
bloc vote: to unite 80% of the Asian American voters behind the presidential
candidate who best represents the interests of Asian Americans. Hence, the
name, 80-20.
History
The "Asia Gate" of 1996-97 [1]—in which Asian Americans eager to please top
Democratic Party politicians, raised money to the point of illegality, only
... 阅读全帖 |
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D*********n
发帖数: 279 | 38 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Native_Americans_in_the_United_Sta
Native Americans in the United States
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Jump to: navigation, search
"American Indian" redirects here. For other indigenous peoples, see
Indigenous peoples of the Americas and other geographic regions. For
Americans from South Asia, see Indian American.
This article may be too long to read and navigate comfortably. Please
consider splitting content into sub-articles and/or condensing it. (January
2... 阅读全帖 |
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c******n
发帖数: 4965 | 39 ABC is SO stupid, this change of dates is EXCELLENT material for further
news reports!!
let the drama begin !!! I'm so eager to see how awkward and stupid they
will look when this goes on national media hahahahahahaha
please contact the media and report THIS ! (not just the protest themselves,
but just this stupid reaction of ABC ) |
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o**********e
发帖数: 18403 | 40 【 以下文字转载自 History 讨论区 】
发信人: onetiemyshoe (onetiemyshoe), 信区: History
标 题: 日本天性就是挑拨离间
发信站: BBS 未名空间站 (Fri Jan 24 23:00:49 2014, 美东)
日本的天性就是挑拨离间。 所有的邻居都被他们的鸽子派亲近铺路，被他们的
鹰派暗杀威胁。 They funded Russian's revolution, Chinese revolution, Korea's
revolution. They assassinated (or attempted) Russia's Csarist officials,
Chinese 李鸿章， 张作霖； Korean Queen and other anti-Japanese leaders.
Look at 汪精卫's resume: in his youth, Wang was manipulated by his
peace-loving Japanese friends to assassinate Manchurian offi... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 4594 | 41 Maj. Kurt Chew-een Lee, Asian-AmericanMarines trailblazer dies at 88
吕超然：亚裔美国海军陆战队员的先驱，去世，享年88岁
(CNN) -- Maj. KurtChew-Een Lee, the first Asian-American U.S. Marine Corps
officer, rosethrough the ranks beginning his career from World War II to the
Vietnam War.
（CNN）——吕超然，首位亚裔美国海军陆战队军官，从二战开始就开始加入军队，直
到越南战争，在这个过程中职位一步步的得到提升。
During the Korean War, he became commanderof a machine gun platoon, to the
shock of his men who had never before seen aperson of Chinese ancestry. Some
even questioned his loy... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 4825 | 42 http://www.economist.com/news/china/21599046-chinas-fast-growin
ON THE first day of the annual session of the National People’s Congress
last week, China announced a defence budget for 2014 of $132 billion, a
generous increase of 12.2% on the year before. That was the official figure,
though the real one may be 40% higher still. It set off a flurry of alarm
among neighbouring countries. They see the relentless growth in China’s
military spending—double-digit increases almost every year for the p... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 45267 | 43 you need to look it this way: Dongguan's loss is other city's gain
your hometown may have attracted some relocated escorts who helped improve
local service standard, that should make you eager to go back
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发帖数: 18007 | 44 Magic Johnson the Aids is the evil man behind this drama, he is tooo eager
to purchase the LA clippers, he is an DIAS evil, but obviously he is an
idiot on laws.
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发帖数: 12972 | 45 看评论，美国读者很悲愤啊
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/05/22/world/asia/china-russia-gas-d
Mr. Putin has been already accused for giving Chinese kilometers of Russian
territory right near the only major city in our Far East, Khabarovsk, withou
t any kind of referendum in 2008. State media weren't exactly willing to let
the critics voice their concerns broadly.
I am *very* eager to hear the terms of the deal in depth, to be sure our pre
sident didn't sell our country to Chinese in the long term to keep his pre... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 1904 | 46 Coz I am too eager to see the "Kelly Chan" you were dating... |
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发帖数: 38600 | 47 Michael Brown called 'little kid in big body'
http://www.miamiherald.com/2014/08/24/4306454/michael-brown-cal
FERGUSON, Mo. -- Michael Brown Jr. was on the verge of starting college,
eager to launch himself into the adult world. Instead, on Monday he'll be
mourned at his funeral, more than two weeks after his fatal shooting by a
white police officer— an act that ignited days of violent protests and
reawakened racial tensions that still linger in the nation.
Brown, who was unarmed when he was kil... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 38600 | 48 Sometimes it DOES take a Rocket Scientist!!
Scientists at NASA built a gun specifically to launch standard 4 pound dead
chickens at the windshields of airliners, military jets and the space
shuttle, all traveling at maximum velocity.
The idea is to simulate the frequent incidents of collisions with airborne
fowl to test the strength of the windshields.
Russian engineers heard about the gun and were eager to test it on the
windshields of their new high speed trains. Arrangements were made, and a
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发帖数: 38600 | 49 How U.S. Interventionists Abetted the Rise of ISIS
Our Middle Eastern policy is unhinged, flailing about to see who to act
against next, with little regard to consequences.
As the murderous, terrorist Islamic State continues to threaten Iraq, the
region and potentially the United States, it is vitally important that we
examine how this problem arose. Any actions we take today must be informed
by what we've already done in the past, and how effective our actions have
been.
Shooting first and aski... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 24887 | 50 http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2014-09-15/chinas-scariest-chart
As China's shift to a consumer economy progresses based on the urbanization
of its agrarian 'poor' population, an odd thing is happening at the other
end of the demographic wealth spectrum. As WSJ reports, nearly half of
wealthy Chinese are planning to move to another country within the next five
years, according to a new Barclays survey. The top reasons 47% of these
individuals - with net worths over $1.5 billion - cite for fleeing ... 阅读全帖 |
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