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USA Sec of Defense and Chinese Defense Minister shake hands
c/o Telegraph (UK): "China has insisted that its military technology lags 'decades behind' the United States and other developed countries and poses no threat to the rest of the world." (2011 Jan 10)
China Declares Air Defense Zone Over Japanese Claimed Islands. Warns of Action Against Aircraft Over Disputed Sea
China has demarcated an "air-defence identification zone" over an area of the East China Sea, covering islands that are also claimed by Japan.
China's Defence Ministry said aircraft entering the zone must obey its rules or face "emergency defensive measures".
The islands, known as Senkaku in Japan and Diaoyu in China, are a source of rising tension between the countries.
Japan lodged a strong protest over what it said was an "escalation".
BBC quoted by (and many other related links at) War News Updates, whose blogger comments, "This is an incredibly dangerous escalation. The following questions then begs an answer … will China shoot down a Japanese (or even an American) aircraft if it flies through this region?"
Satellite Photos Reveal China's 'Superguns'
Satellite imagery has revealed two unusually large artillery pieces, measuring about 80 ft and 110 ft respectively, at a test centre for armour and artillery northwest of Baotou in China....
Janes.com as quoted by War News Updates
h/t War News Updates
U.S. Officials Are Surprised On China's Growing Ability To Strike U.S. Bases, Ships And Aircraft Throughout The Pacific
...the Chinese are "rapidly expanding and diversifying" their ability to strike U.S. bases, ships and aircraft throughout to the Pacific, including those in places like Guam that were previously out of reach. The report's release comes as the U.S. simultaneously increases the frequency with which it interacts with the Chinese military, and blasts the country for hacking into U.S. computer networks to steal secrets.
ForeignPolicy.com quoted by War News Updates, whose editor comments, "I am surprised that U.S. officials are surprised by these Chinese developments."
Why Are U.S. Taxpayers Funding China's Nuclear Security
The Obama administration is funding a joint nuclear security center in Beijing designed to stem nuclear weapons proliferation — despite recent state-run media reports showing Beijing’s plans to hit U.S. cities with nuclear missiles that would kill millions of Americans during a conflict.
Washington Times quoted at War News Updates.
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English is a funny tongue
Which has no standard form.
To sounds and words and letters,
There isn't any norm.
Just for one example,
"Alarm" and "Harm" and "Farm" —
What logic cannot tell is why
They do not rhyme with "Warm."
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When I was young, I observed that a precious few nuts wanted to get behind the Iron Curtain, while the bodies on the barbed wire at the Berlin Wall testified how mortally desperate many were to get out.
That seemed clear.
Never had reason to revise that image's lesson, only reinforced.
During Nam, I understood the protesters against an unfair draft, corporatized warfare, and thoughtless jingoism, but protesting these things got conflated with (or hijacked by) anti-war, pro-Communist, anti-American ideologues. All I could think was, had they not seen the bodies at the wall as I had?
When the slaughter and torture of our abandoned SVN allies inevitably occurred, 'told you so' was awfully cold comfort.
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Mrs had a dresser which belonged to her mother, and was giving it to our daughter, so, naturally, I get The Dirty Job, to vacuum up the cobwebs underneath it.
Stuck under the very bottom, rolled up, was a 1950 $10 bill.
It wasn't under a drawer, it was stuck in a groove in the wood "skirt" around the bottom.
If you look at the back of the bill, you can see the patch of varnish stain on what was the outside of the rolled-up bill. Was it in there when (if) the dresser was refinished, or did the varnish just transfer over the years?
We've got it flattening out in a book. Mrs hopes to find a two-sided frame to display it. Nothing special about it. Just an old Federal Reserve Note.
But how did it get there? Did her mother put it there? Was it some kind of reserve emergency money? Not easy to stash or to get to, but sure wouldn't be found by an intruder.
This mystery!
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