Happy #$&% New Year!

Saudi Arabia and Iran just cut off diplomatic relations.  Obama is eyeing your guns, again.  And, yes, we do have to put up with him for another year.  The China stock market closed early limit down.  The U. S. stock market is opening down 300 points.  Our borders are wide open to Lord knows what kind of invaders.  And there is a militia-Feds stand-off brewing in Oregon.

And, to top it off, the @#$% Steelers made the playoffs.

Happy New Year!

About Those Olympic Protest Parks

Chinese authorities said there were going to allow protest at the Olympics . . . at “protest parks” miles away from the actual Olympic venues.

But it seems even that feeble promise was a lie. The police say they have received 77 applications to protest at the parks. None have been approved.

Instead two applicants have been rewarded with a sentence of one year of “re-education through labor.” They are two ladies aged 77 and 79.

On a lighter note, here’s a humorous animated commentary on life in China.

China Roughs Up Press

So much for Chinese promises about media freedom during the Olympics.

Phony China Olympics

I made a point not to watch the phony opening ceremonies. But it turns out much of them were indeed faked, including replacing a 7 year old singer whom Chinese authorities deemed not pretty enough.

Shameful.