Look at this photo and look at the grey stuff. That stuff is the sky, or a toxic mixture of soot, dust, and carcinogens that are always floating aloft in Chinese cities.
Chinese have funny ways of expressing themselves, one of these is evident when they call pollution or smog, “fog”. If you press them on it, ask if its actually pollution, they will look at you with a straight face and say no, its fog, as in low lying clouds… in a sense they are correct, m-w.com defines a fog as “: a murky condition of the atmosphere or a substance causing it”. So yes, all of those toxic chemicals that the Chinese have poured into the atmosphere so a few of them can get rich, is in essence, a fog…. |
Archive for November 29th, 2010
Damn Chinese Pollution Ruins My Photos
Posted by w_thames_the_d on November 29, 2010
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Hu the Butcher and Grandpa Wen
Posted by w_thames_the_d on November 29, 2010
China’s top two leaders have quite different monikers, the one was known as the “Butcher of Lhasa and/or Mongolia”, he’s the main dog, Hu Jin Tao. His counterpart has a much more homey, benign moniker, “Grandpa Wen”, for Wen Jia Bao. The “butcher” label seems to fit in terms of what China’s communist party leader and president did while in Tib.et, (see below), but as for the label of grandpa Wen, I really dont know. The locals love him, he’s got a cartoon looking odd sort of face, like a constipated child, but every time there is a disaster, they send his little five foot frame for photo ops and kind words. As for calling him grandpa, I’d probably take a pass on that, as far as I know, known of my clan ever ran a dictatorial government while bilking billions from my own people and imprisoning those who didn’t agree with my maniacal plans, well as least as far as I know… excerpt: The Butcher The 51-years-old died unexpectedly in his Shigatse monastery. In the Guardian some time back, Jonathan Mirsky recounted his chat with Hu Jintao – head of China today. “He told me how much he disliked Tibet’s altitude, climate and lack of culture. He was keeping his family in Beijing, and feared that if there were ever an uprising against the Chinese, no Tibetan would protect him.” |
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Rubles for Rubbish or Cash for Trash- China and Russia Scrap the Dollar
Posted by w_thames_the_d on November 29, 2010
China and Russia will only trade Rubles and RMB in the future (see excerpt below), its a move that is geared to…. well I really dont know why. I guess the conversation went like this chicom-hey wanna buy some worthless crap impregnated with toxic chemicals? russia- milk? chicom- uh no, well we can give you that too if you wish. russia-Im a little broke, can you run me credit? -chicom-you never pay your debts, got dollars? -russia nyet chicom- ok, I’ll send you ,,,,, how about 50 million USD worth of useless junk and you return the favor by paying my in rubles, ie kleenex, that way your GDP goes up and mine too -russia deal excerpt: BEIJING – Local currency settlement between China and Russia will help banks and enterprises in both nations reduce costs and exchange rate risks, Ma Delun, deputy governor with the People’s Bank of China, said Monday. China started to allow the yuan to trade against the Russian ruble on its foreign exchange market from Nov 22 and the yuan will trade on the Russian market in the near term. |
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Chinese Lining up to Give Birth in the USA- To Have a Little US Citizen
Posted by w_thames_the_d on November 29, 2010
Chines plan to have their babies, and if possible they plan to travel before they do and the goal is to have the kid in a foreign coiuntry so it can be a citizen of a civilized country. I have a colleauge who did this. His wife went, overstayed her visa and voila! We have another little American… The excerpt below is how the Chinese go abuot this, this may be a good article to share.. excerpt: “We received more than 100 calls from people asking about giving birth in the US in one day in the third quarter of this year,” said Jia, who is now the representative of a consultancy for helping expectant Chinese mothers travel to California to give birth. Even though it is not against the law, it is usually not easy for obviously pregnant women to get a US visa. As a result, most pregnant women apply when they are not visibly pregnant. Jia’s agency has helped more than 100 Chinese women from the Chinese mainland to give birth in the US since it was established in 2007 in California. She is in charge of the Beijing office of her company, which goes under the name the US Yuezi Center. Yuezi in the Chinese language refers to the first month after a woman gives birth when, in Chinese culture, she receives special care over her diet, sleep and health. |
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Happy Birthday to my blog, Happy Birthday to my blog, Happy birthday….
Posted by w_thames_the_d on November 29, 2010
Happy Birthday to my blog, Happy Birthday to my blog, Happy birthday….
My blog had a birthday, I dont think it was today, but a few days ago. Yeah, I been bitching, ranting and filing the cybertubes with negativity about China for one year now. Here are my observations: Ok I have also learned the following: Then we moved into the next stage, like passionate love…. Each day was better than the last and I posted like a fiend. My mind was filled with making you feel me and my posts mirrored this fact. I only looked for the best photos, I tried to explain myself and wanted you near. Then Then we moved into the next stage, like engagement… I felt more confident with your love, what you wanted and my posts showed this. I no longer tried to woo you with my words, but showed my heart and soul, I figured if you didnt like it then you can move along, find something thats a better fit, but gave you my all and made my commitment Then we moved into the next stage, like marriage… My posts now are not pc at all, they may be flighty,may be snarky, but its the real me, I am giving you insight into who I really am. If you want a pictorial description of our love now,,,,, I guess I’ll leave you with that visual till my ADD kicks in again and I post some more. |
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Reblog- I feel Your Pain
Posted by w_thames_the_d on November 29, 2010
Here’s are-blog from weathering the journey. Its funny because alhtough I do not personally know the author of that blog, we often seem to post the same htings and share a similar view on living in this country. Her blogs may be more polite, but it would appear that the feeling of frustration and despair are there. Reading her posts are like looking into a literary mirror as we share the same sentiments, and all these yet she is doomed to some other layer of Dantes inferno Hell than I, she has been doomed to the south central quadrant, while I have been sentenced to the north. Here is her post, she is experiencing the same problems as I …
weatheringthejourney.wordpress.com “Internet Trouble – This is CODE for: You know the problem. I hate Big Brother. Apparently, Someone’s had their feelings hurt. I’m so grateful I’m going back the the U.S! Land of the (mostly) free and home of the brave. I may post later (I’m doing this by email). I don’t have access to my online stuff though so it may be that my blogging will be less than it has been the last couple of months. Especially since sitting at the computer with these sorts of restrictions has a tendency to make me want to use Bad Words. (Just you wait, Henry Higgins, just you wait.) I’ll do at least one post a day though, except when we are actually traveling, so you all know we are still alive, at least. FYI, I’ll be unable to moderate comments until I have better internet access, so if your comment doesn’t appear, please understand it’s not because I’m ignoring you. Do me a favor everyone. Reread Brave New World by George Orwell. It’s a banned book on this side of the Big Blue and there’s a reason. It’s because Every. Single. Stinking. Unbelievable. Word of it. Is. True. Sorry this post isn’t more grateful, but maybe it will serve to make You more grateful. Remember, the clean water you drink and the words you speak are things you have because America’s founders believed our Creator gave us inalienable rights and the people thought they were worth fighting for. winner-winner, chicken dinner 🙂 |
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