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Violence in America

September 26, 2016 No Comments

So I’m gonna post this video I found on Reddit. It’s being used by a few different types of people, each for their own end.

Winter

January 26, 2016 No Comments

Even this season will go by too quickly. Have we gone sledding enough? Why haven’t we hit up the frozen lakes with our skates yet?

The Boys and Minnesota

April 19, 2015 No Comments

The reason we moved back to the US is beginning to unfold, as spring takes hold, and the boys behold the burgeoning beauty of a

this space shall change

January 28, 2015 No Comments

I have been working on a re-design for this site for some time, so that is why the site looked very strange for a few

An Excellent Argument for Re-election

October 22, 2012 No Comments

“Obama succeeded George W. Bush, a two-term President whose misbegotten legacy, measured in the money it squandered and the misery it inflicted, has become only

Sovereignty

May 11, 2012 No Comments

Recently we’ve been treated to a few events that have brought out the reactions of Chinese netizens across the spectrum of opinion, from the reform-minded

Speaking of rumors …

March 26, 2012 1 Comment

The Bo Xilai Incident will not die a quiet death. The plodding censors in the Chinese government are stirring up the rumor pot, and no

Blinded by the Web

December 4, 2011 1 Comment

I’m going to switch gears and talk about my own country for a second here. Hitting out at China is actually too easy. There are

The Beijing Consensus

December 14, 2010 No Comments

Let’s take a look at the countries that refused to attend the Nobel Peace Prize Ceremony: Afghanistan, Algeria, Cuba, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Pakistan, Russia, Kazakhstan,

The Assassination of Julian Assange

December 9, 2010 2 Comments

I want a show of hands: How many people have kept doing it after the condom broke? How many people out there believe that Julian

Dreamin bout Portland

October 14, 2010 No Comments

I remember Portland sometimes and kick myself in the balls for not experiencing more of that town. But hey, grass is always greener right? I

Can’t Truss It ..

September 27, 2010 No Comments

No No No No! I try not to get sucked into these discussions anymore, but part of my daily routine is to open sites like

WOW FTW: Gamers Can Save the World

September 17, 2010 8 Comments

This has popped up three times in the past 5 days, so I have to drop it. I watched this speech here by Jane McGonigal

They’re catching on …

April 13, 2010 1 Comment

In this NYT story, the benfit of mushrooms is being researched by scientists and medical practitioners, one of which called it, “existential medicine.”

China reacts to Avatar the Movie

January 11, 2010 2 Comments

Avatar the movie opened up in China on January 4th, 2010. Lines stretched for blocks outside of most every theater in the nation for the

No surprises anymore

December 25, 2009 6 Comments

Almost a year ago today, I posted a link to China’s Charter 08 and mused about a possible “transition” led by China to a more

The American Dream and the Written Word

December 23, 2009 No Comments

So I am reading Daniel Boorstin, The Seekers, which is the third in a series that begins with The Creators and continues with The Discoverers.

Obama in Africa

July 14, 2009 No Comments

A lil sumpin sumpin here from another blog i post on: Obama’s sayz: Get your poo together!

Xinjiang protests continue

July 7, 2009 12 Comments

Here is the BBC on the protests … there is some decent video here showing a large group of Han thugs headed to the Uigher

Shanghai

April 28, 2009 1 Comment

I miss the quiet of my dungeon and the wind through Oregon’s trees. Its sunny here and i am about to be in the Du

Tell it like it is

February 26, 2009 1 Comment

Losar is underway and the NYT and Atimes marked the Tibetan New Year with stories about the seething people of Tibet, pinned down by the

Big Business in the Prison System

December 9, 2008 No Comments

Hey Ya’ll here is a story I wrote for Matador.com about the privatization of the prison system in the US. It is filled with links

Universal Health Care?

November 8, 2008 2 Comments

So my wounded brother is home in Minneapolis now and my living room has never smelled better. Love the kid, but when he spends a

God Bless America

November 5, 2008 3 Comments

finally. we have a leader we can be proud of and a country we can believe in. It is now time to get up in

Asia-Europe Meeting

October 25, 2008 No Comments

A while back I was sitting in my friend Zhuang Jian’s villa outside of Chengdu, drinking some rare pu’er, smoking herb and chatting with a

China vs. Portland

October 11, 2008 3 Comments

In Portland, cars will stop on a busy street and let pedestrians cross. Even with a whole line of cars behind them. The pedestrian then

Ma Shan acts like a Child!

October 10, 2008 No Comments

I heard this a lot when i was in China (and sometimes here as well) and i always wanted to put across my response: Thank

Opportunities

October 7, 2008 1 Comment

I trust myself now more than ever. I thought to myself the death of Wall Street could only be a boon for me and mine.

What Germans are saying

October 5, 2008 5 Comments

My homie Himmler from the 19th Step sent me this long article in Der Spiegel. Its in English. Most people i know will be nodding

Live and Let Die?

October 1, 2008 3 Comments

Imagine you are at a Texas Hold-Em table and a very rich banker steps up with a collection of cash from all corners of his

If you’re going to San Francisco

September 22, 2008 3 Comments

Get yourself a Mission Burrito. Have an Izze soda — my favorite is Sparkling Blueberry. Head to ChaChaCha and drink some Sangria. Put on a

Back in the US of A

September 20, 2008 1 Comment

The first thing i noticed was the sun. i got off the plane, gathered my stuff and waited for Sammy B to roll through and

Old News and Forgiving Old Friends

September 8, 2008 No Comments

Although we may already know that Bush’s policies on pretty much everything have been resounding failures, this in depth analysis of the incompetence and duplicity

Day 15 – Ending with a Bang

August 22, 2008 1 Comment

Today was quite a day. I watched Cuba whup up on the US in the baseball semifinal and then headed to a spa to wash

Day ?? – Big Day for team finals

August 21, 2008 No Comments

The last two days have been pretty fun, but i have not been able to watch anything. The women’s beach volleyball, men’s volleyball, water polo,

Patriotism and Nationalism

August 20, 2008 2 Comments

I know China is being held up as the petri dish for this discussion, but i urge all peeps to check their surroundings and see

Friedmann has found his issue

July 28, 2008 No Comments

He is just hammering away, hammering away at the alternative, renewable energy grid that would bring the US out of its doldrums. No mercy. I

Aint Nothing Changed

July 23, 2008 2 Comments

Things is hectic in this piece … for real. after the K’ming bombings the government made a few changes to security that are putting a

Clean Energy

July 21, 2008 4 Comments

Friedmann has been hammering away at this issue for the past few weeks. I think the nation is ready for a Kennedy-style mission to develop

propagandja

July 16, 2008 No Comments

My man Mike the B. and some info on the Freddie Mac thing, which i said was sinister a few days ago …

Impeach Bush

July 11, 2008 No Comments

This was posted as a comment, I am re-posting it so everyone can take a look.

It can’t happen here, can it?

July 9, 2008 No Comments

Engdahl drops some more knowledge … check out his site i have it listed under digable (to the right and down)

Laughs

July 8, 2008 No Comments

(snicker snicker) (cackle cackle)

perhaps … perhaps …

June 25, 2008 3 Comments

This here is an interesting article on Obama, if only for the defense of his rejection of public financing. Dowd here says that going after

2008 Olympics: For Chinese only!

June 23, 2008 4 Comments

The visa situation in China is getting more and more frustrating for foreigners trying to do anything here. How to extend or wiggle one’s way

Read This

June 23, 2008 No Comments

My MAN Rindy dropped it on this piece right here. I urge everybody to read it and pass it around. Send it to Obama’s braintrust.

Wandering Blind

June 13, 2008 No Comments

I can’t read my blog right now, but that might end. It has been a common occurrence since I started this thing. Sometimes my proxy

Mainstream

June 10, 2008 1 Comment

For the past week I have been a scab for USAToday. I haven’t actually written anything for them, but just in case the Tangjiashan quake

I’ve changed my mind

June 9, 2008 1 Comment

Well. It seems as if Hillary has finally decided to do the right thing and get behind the one candidate 100%. Of course its late

War is Pure Sin

June 7, 2008 No Comments

this here is one of the best articles about war i have seen in recent times, written by a contemporary … I imagine the book

what does it take

June 4, 2008 No Comments

Today i rolled through Dujiangyan and took a look at the field hospital set up by the German and Sichuan Red Cross. The field hospital

False Alarms and Party Poopers

May 20, 2008 1 Comment

Yesterday Chengdu went crazy as every man, woman and child rushed to the streets to throw up tents (again) or jump in cars to head

Around Qing Cheng …

May 18, 2008 1 Comment

Yesterday i climbed as far as it is possible to climb right and Qing Cheng mtn is def. devastated near the top. Past the Tai

Tell that b*tch to chill!

May 7, 2008 1 Comment

Its time to concede Hillary. I like to believe that the universe works according to my whim. My decision to stay here in China until

The Word

May 5, 2008 1 Comment

I have tried to emphasize the need for us to turn back to home and see what we can do there instead of sticking our

in case you aint heard II

April 17, 2008 No Comments

After spending some quality time with large numbers of the youth of this nation last weekend, I have a few thoughts i must convey: if

Kun Shan

April 9, 2008 No Comments

The western media feels guilty for spearing the Chinese. At least some of them do. After jumping all over the Tibet story from the Tibetan

faded

March 28, 2008 1 Comment

I am just a few short miles from Aba, where the Tibetans burned down a police station last week. Since that incident it has been

Aint nothin special bout me

March 26, 2008 4 Comments

i walked back to my house tonight around 2am and i live near the Tibetan district of town. there were police cars on every block

orange seeds in the ashtray

March 24, 2008 1 Comment

Yet another of the three peeps peepin this blog, who refuses to answer me in this blog. Of course, copy and paste is my faithful

you’ve lost your smile

March 23, 2008 No Comments

well it seems the media blockade is working or I just have not been keeping my ears open. Here a response to my last blog

the spikeman mule

March 20, 2008 No Comments

so yo Obama hit back with a speech that was exactly what I had been thinking and arguing in a few forums and blogs. The

China censors

March 19, 2008 1 Comment

It might be hard for an American to imagine what life would be like under a dictatorship of the proletariat. What happens, among many other

Qiangba Puncog must hang

March 17, 2008 1 Comment

The day after the deadline and people here in China are talking about the protests, both my Laowai homies and my Chinese homies. It is

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