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  1. I’m not particularly thrilled with China’s human rights record, to say the last, and there’s certainly a degree of “show trial for the world” in this news — but I must confess to a certain degree of admiration for the PRC  sentencing their former FDA (equivalent) director to death<\/em><\/a> <\/em>for recent scandals in food and drug adulteration — which has been worse in China than in the exports that have made the news over here.  It does make one wonder whether there would be a “deterrence effect” for American officials if faced with similar possibilities.  (via DOF<\/a>)<\/li>\n
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    Oh, my.  The Mach 5 for the pending live-action Wachowski Bros. Speed Racer <\/em>movie<\/a>.  Be still my heart … (via BD<\/a>)<\/li>\n

  3. Has the Miss Universe competition gone post-colonial<\/a>?<\/li>\n
  4. Speaking of which — 500 years of women’s portraiture in Western Art<\/a>. Gorgeous. (via Ginny<\/a>)<\/li>\n
  5. Maybe it’s just as well that I didn’t have a blog back when Margie and I got married.  The sorts of things that a number of these “wed sites” do<\/a> are … a bizarre combination of tackiness and exhibitionism that exceed even the usual standards of the blogosphere.  It’s Jerry Springer with hearts and cherubs and streaming video.  Mercifully, Doyce and Kate seem to have a lot more taste than that.<\/li>\n
  6. For those who believe in the literal inerrancy of the Bible, and so pooh-pooh things like evil-ution and the Big Bang and similar anti-God so-called-“science” … do you really believe the universe looks like this?<\/a>  Or do you “pick and choose” your biblical metaphors?<\/li>\n
  7. Some common Japanese phrases<\/a> — phonetically rendered, unfortunately, but still useful.<\/li>\n
  8. Book burning — it’s not just for fanatical ideologues any more<\/a>.  Is the used book market that bad?  I guess so. (via Avo)<\/li>\n
  9. Synonyms for drinking\/being drunk<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

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