Chinese power politics

Holy shit China.  Yes I get that you and the Philippines both claim some of the same territorial waters.  So do you and every other Southeast Asian country.  But snubbing disaster relief just makes you look like an international asshole.  Well on behalf of America, welcome to the club.

Ethonal Deathwatch

More rumblings out of Washington about the end of ethanol subsidies.  For those of you living in cornbelt states please get comfortable and calmly watch the bursting of the ethanol bubble and the beginning of a new American agricultural recession.

Stone Cold Lead Pipe Geopolitical Locks of the Future!!!!!

I've got some contacts in Thailand, so I watch the country pretty closely.  The trend of China replacing the U.S. as the dominent economic force in the region is well under way.  This report on the origins of visiting tourists from China is a good example.  http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/china/2013-11/10/c_132875557.htm

Cool, Newest installment of links o' the week ... er month, whatever, without further ado.

Pope Francis is the slickest political operator that I can name without being arrested when i visit their country.  http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/11/10/pope-francis-philippines-_n_4251243.html?ncid=edlinkusaolp00000003

The radar photo of Super Typhoon Haiyan, gives a pretty good image of what the fist of god looked like when it hit the Phillipins.   http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/11/10/pope-francis-philippines-_n_4251243.html?ncid=edlinkusaolp00000003

Here's a great group the people who aren't reading this might like ... America rap went pop a long time ago, you gotta head out of the states to find most of the really real stuff.  Calle 13 is legit, learn spanish you monkey.  http://www.lacalle13.com/multiviral/

Mily Sirus smokes a joint while taking some irrelevant award.  ... http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/11/10/miley-cyrus-smokes-joint-emas_n_4251632.html?ncid=edlinkusaolp00000003  "heheh, she's an unabashed whore."

Bet you don't know who this guy is ... hint ... he's a Soviet area political dissident who's genius was hijacked for the "third option," that is, nuclear war ... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrei_Sakharov

Boom! http://www.economist.com/blogs/americasview/2013/11/farc-colombia?fsrc=scn/tw/te/bl/makepoliticsnotwar  and FARC goes down!! Special thanks to Alvaro Uribe for all of the horrifying and incidius war-crimes that led to this moment!!!


The guy who made Ren and Stimpy put on an artshow.  A lot of nostalgia, but the last print is inspired art.  You are a fucking wierdo to the end John K.  http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/11/08/john-k-cartoon_n_4234201.html?ncid=edlinkusaolp00000003