Monday, August 22, 2005

More End Times Mania !

I do my best to never believe anything wholeheartedly. By that same token, I try not to completely disbelive anything. In my most humble opinion, anything else leads to madness.
With that in mind, there is an article that came to my attention, and which might be of interest to others. It claims to be " a transcript of a speech believed to have been given by Mr. Chi Haotian, Minster of Defense and vice-chairman of China’s Central Military Commission.". The validity of the speech isnt much of a concern to me, since any thought towards that end would be purely conjecture. Regardless of the impossibility of any sort of emperical verification, I suggest everybody take the time to read through the speech completely.
It can be found at the epoch times>> HERE

a couple of snippets:

What is the third issue we should clinch firmly in order to accomplish our historical mission of national renaissance? It is to hold firmly onto the big “issue of America.”

Comrade Mao Zedong taught us that we must have a resolute and correct political orientation. What is our key, correct orientation? It is to solve the issue of America.

This appears to be shocking, but the logic is actually very simple.

Comrade He Xin put forward a very fundamental judgment that is very reasonable. He asserted in his report to the Party Central Committee: The renaissance of China is in fundamental conflict with the western strategic interest, and therefore will inevitably be obstructed by the western countries doing everything they can. So, only by breaking the blockade formed by the western countries headed by the United States can China grow and move towards the world!

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“The relationship between China and United States is one of a life-and-death struggle.” Of course, right now it is not the time to openly break up with them yet. Our reform and opening to the outside world still rely on their capital and technology, we still need America. Therefore, we must do everything we can to promote our relationship with America, learn from America in all aspects and use America as an example to reconstruct our country.

The United States is the most successful country in the world today. Only after we have learned all of its useful experiences can we replace it in the future. Even though we are presently imitating the American tone “China and United States rely on each other and share honor and disgrace,” we must not forget that the history of our civilization repeatedly has taught us that one mountain does not allow two tigers to live together.

From a humanitarian perspective, we should issue a warning to the American people and persuade them to leave America and leave the land they have lived in to the Chinese people. Or at least they should leave half of the United States to be China’s colony, because America was first discovered by the Chinese. But would this work? If this strategy does not work, then there is only one choice left to us. That is, use decisive means to “clean up” America, and reserve America for our use in a moment. Our historical experience has proven that as long as we make it happen, nobody in the world can do anything about us. Furthermore, if the United States as the leader is gone, then other enemies have to surrender to us.

Biological weapons are unprecedented in their ruthlessness, but if the Americans do not die then the Chinese have to die. If the Chinese people are strapped to the present land, a total societal collapse is bound to take place.

It is indeed brutal to kill one or two hundred million Americans. But that is the only path that will secure a Chinese century, a century in which the CCP leads the world. We, as revolutionary humanitarians, do not want deaths. But if history confronts us with a choice between deaths of Chinese and those of Americans, we’d have to pick the latter, as, for us, it is more important to safeguard the lives of the Chinese people and the life of our Party. That is because, after all, we are Chinese and members of the CCP. Since the day we joined the CCP, the Party’s life has always been above all else! History will prove that we made the right choice.

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Its a pretty long speech by some standards, butI feel its worth the read. If you arent familiar with the epoch times, it is seen by many to be a news service with an agenda, which always casts stories from the mainland in harsh light. The only american source that ive seen pick the story up is hal turner. For a taste of that nutjob's agenda, check out his site.
Also, it seems that China has replaced Chi Haotian with General Cao Gangchuan of the People's Liberation Army (PLA) .

Leave a comment, lemme know what you think...

Friday, August 19, 2005

Tourist attraction of the month : august


The museum of science & industry in Tampa, Florida ( MOSI to friends ) is hosting one of those anatomy exhibits where the displays use real, live cadavers. Its going on right now, so you'd best get youreslf to Tampa...
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Okay, if the idea of seeing corpses with the flesh flayed from the bodies to reveal the various inner workings isnt eneough to drag you down to Florida, how about a skinless corpse show thats been voted down by the state board that regulates the use and display of corpses?
How about a mutilated cadaver show thats been blocked by the state, AND got its bodies from china, where they were unclaimed and the identities unkown....
from reuters:

Board members who opposed the exhibit said they were concerned the bodies would not be displayed with the proper respect. The bodies have been put in poses with such titles as "Running Man" and "Soccer Player."

Funny how that little moral quandry makes the whole thing so much more interesting.
The museum gave the board the finger and went ahead with the exhibit. Showing now. You can get tickets here.
Read full story at reuters.

Wednesday, August 10, 2005

more of my life sneaks its way onto the net

I uncovered my old audioscrobbler account, which never seemed to work right for me. Truthfully, I'm terribly surprised to see it still existed. I messed with it for a couple of hours when I initially installed it (aug 4, 2004) then gave up completely. My lack of faith in the little prog didnt deter it from working like a charm though. It logged a little over 1000 tracks before i finally made the switch to foobar and left the old media player, which of course housed said plug-in, behind. I am now presented with a decently thick last.fm account and have re-installed the audioscrobbler plugin. I figure it will be a decent way to chart my ecclectic musical tastes while offering you readers a way to see whats being played here in the base of operations. If the short list of my current favorite albums running down the sidebar just isnt eneough of a peak into my media player, just click the first of the links (also in the sidebar) and you will be taken to my last.fm user page where you can see a detailed list of whats been shaking the walls and disturbing the neighbors.

Monday, August 08, 2005

who knew?


Coming home from work today, I noticed this sign tacked to a power pole at the end of my road...
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Now, no one has come knocking at doors to announce themselves as a molester (or even a molestare, as the sign puts it).
I dont have kids, but it is disturbing news regardless. I made a few calls to some folks who are a little more involved in the community to no real avail. I seem to have been the among the first to notice it.
I now await news to filter back towards me.
Surely somebody knows who put it up. Its clearly not official. Ive seen better posters announcing free puppies, or bait for sale. They could have at least included a picture, or contact information.... something.
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I turned up a few leads on the internet, narrowing down the probabilities to three people im sure ive seen around town.

ROY FERRELL HADDOCK JR

Aggravated criminal sexual abuse Any other offense committed in another state for which registration is required in that state.











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CEDRICK CHENELL JOHNSON

Touching of a child for lustful purposes (Section 97-5-23)












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KENNETH WAYNE TAPPER

Touching of a child for lustful purposes (Section 97-5-23)




None are my immediate neighbors. None are related to me (i should be grateful). Honestly, I am more tempted to just go rip the sign down and throw it away than take any other action. The only reason I leave it is in hope that chaos will ensue.
Maybe I should hang a stuffed child molester in effigy from the tree near the pole, his cock in one hand and the severed head of a child in the other.
Two can play at this game.

Tuesday, August 02, 2005

Sea Monster Found!!



what a shitty picture....

This unidentified hunk of rotting corpsemeat was dredged up by a typhoon around china. It seems to be causing quite a stir.

from a reliable source:
"Early on the morning of July 23, a fisherman from Ningbo City in east China's Zhejiang Province was shocked by the sight of a huge creature lying dead beside the seawall near his home."
... is nearly 12 meters long and weighs around 2 tons, according to district sea and fishery bureau staff.
...partly rotten, with its spine exposed, it has been impossible to identify, but has been described as having some hair, and orange stripes across a three to four-meter wide belly.

I think tis calls for some end times mania or something equally celebratory.
read all about it here