On this page the following entries were made in the “September, 2008” time-frame.
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A Very Chinese Film Festival
One of the great things about living in Beijing is the wacky things that happen and the opportunities that come your way. The other day a friend rang and asked if I would be interested in attending the “Qinghai International Mountain Documentary Film Festival” – for free, care of the Qinghai government.
After an extended, two-second [...]
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No Roads Lead to Starbucks
One of the oddest things about Beijing is its bizarre scale. You can’t walk anywhere. One block is about a kilometer long. Housing complexes expand over dozens of acres. Coming from Brooklyn, where anything you want is a five-minute walk, Beijing is bizarro world.
And one of the cornerstones of Beijing’s madness is the lack of [...]
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Palin Stealing from the Clintons?
Eager to see a hard-hitting interview with Sarah Palin, I decided to watch FOX News’ Sean Hannity grill her. A little way into it I heard a line that was bizarrely familiar. Talking about what critics have said about her, Governor Palin said:
The shots that perhaps our campaign is taking are nothing—it’s nothing compared to [...]
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Internals Strong for Obama
I have long suspected that the post-convention McCain bump in the polls would not last since. Now there is strong evidence that virtually the entirely based on a jump upon enthusiasm among hard-core GOPers and that, to paraphrase John McCain, the fundamentals of the Obama campaign are quite strong.
The NYTimes and CBS conducted a poll [...]
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Old Beijing Coming Back
For better or for worse, the old Beijing–June old, not Ming old–is slowing reappearing.
While the bizarre ban on outdoor seating was only fully enforced for a week or two, it now appears to be completely gone.
A friend informed me that DVD stores are now fully stocked again. He also said prices went up 25%, presumably [...]
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Keep Those Traffic Restrictions!
I know. I’m biased. I bike. I live by a subway. I like to breathe clean air. So call me selfish, but these Olympic traffic restrictions should remain in place–indefinitely. The two that I’m referring to are the odd/even licenses and the ban on the filthy trucks that normally swarm the city at nights.
While it’s [...]
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The GOP on Inexperience and Female Candidates
Not sure how The Daily Show finds this stuff, but this is a pretty poignant sequence. Special thanks to Pop [and Sis] of Cha for the link:
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Palin Shows Dangers of “Mavericks”
John McCain is a maverick! How can I tell? Well, aside from the fact that he tells people he picked Sarah Palin as his vice presidential choice. No one had thought of the half-term Alaskan governor. So he’s a maverick! (Although picking Joe Lieberman, something he thought was the best choice, and in the process [...]
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