A very sobering read. Why is Mao given a pass in the pantheon of genocidal dictators? Sure Hitler gets more press for his proximity and Stalin usually brings in the number two spot. Pol Pot always seems to get the bronze. These guys are pikers compared to mao.
Mao: the ugly reality behind an icon | csmonitor.com : "...Mao must have firmly believed this. There is little else that could explain his tranquility in the face of the suffering triggered by his policies. Jung and Halliday estimate that [b]he caused the deaths of 70 million Chinese.[/b]
'There are 2.7 billion people in the world,' he once calculated at a world summit with other Communist leaders. [b]'One-third could be lost; or a little more, it could be half ... I say that, taking the extreme situation half dies, half lives, but imperialism would be razed to the ground and the whole world would become socialist.'"[/b]
So...the operations was a success but now the patient is dead.
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At your darkest moments, you feel inadequate.
At work and school. you do best when you're evaluating.
When you love someone, you offer them constructive criticism.
In friendship, you tend to give a lot of feedback - positive and negative.
Your ideal careers are: accounting, banking, art, carpentry, decorating, teaching, and writing novels.
You will leave your mark on the world with art and creative projects. The Birth Order Predictor
The debate continues: Emirati: I dont think my conclusions were that astray really, perhaps a bit in some of my conclusions, but as a whole i think the picture i paint is pretty accurate, but we can always agree to disagree America was isolationist before WW1 and WW2. I state that in my post. I agree no one can take on america, currently. I think that china will overcome the problems that they are facing and should be by 2025, a very powerful force to reckon with. Possibly one capable of defeating the Americans. I dont know about the benefit to the American Infrastructure and the capabilities when you export technical jobs outside, encouraging less arts and more scientific disciplines. (Remember one of the reasons the US in WW2 was so powerful was the large amount of technical personell who were unemployed and reorganized into the American economy. The Chinese still need alot of time to reorganize themselves and their economy Do you view the Israeli security situation in the middle eas...
I read Emirati's blog regularly. He has an interesting perspective and picks topics that are often very engaging. His latest post , however, seems to me to be off the mark. I think he makes some huge leaps of logic that are unsubstantiated and unlikely. I posted the following in the comments:
When was America an isolationist state? We've been intervening all over the globe since I was born. We haven't been isolationist in any meaningful sense since the late 1930's. (There was some sort of bombing or other in Hawaii that put an end to that).
How do you define "peak"? The US military is more powerful than ever as is our economy. We are engaged in a war but our economy has not suffered. No nation on Earth can stand with us in terms of military, economic or cultural influence. Not even China. They have a huge army but their training and equipment are poor. Moreover their naval power and technological implementation pale in comparison.
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So I took these (cough) incredibly accurate interweb tests as to how well I understand what Women and Men mean when they speak. Here are the results in that order:
Satan
You are 96 % fluent in Womanian! You're to be feared and respected. All I can say is that I hope you are a good and kind man. If you're not, then Lord help us all.
You make women forget how to say the word, "No."
Wait a minute. Hey, you could be a woman! If you are, then this just shows that you understand yourself, and also female partners in the context of a romantic relationship.
Good on ya!
Mamasan
90 % Manian fluency! You know men almost too well. None you set your eyes on in earnest can resist you forever. You are the Mistress (or Master), and likely have no problems with men that don't boil down to your own pickiness. If you want to meet your match, then have a look at those who scored "Satan" on the Womanian Language test .
I bow to your wisdom.
English Genius You scored 100% Beginner, 92% Intermediate, 86% Advanced, and 86% Expert!
You did so extremely well, even I can't find a word to describe your excellence! You have the uncommon intelligence necessary to understand things that most people don't. You have an extensive vocabulary, and you're not afraid to use it properly! Way to go!
Thank you so much for taking my test. I hope you enjoyed it!
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My test tracked 4 variables How you compared to other people your age and gender :
You scored higher than 60% on Beginner
You scored higher than 14% on Intermediate
You scored higher than 16% on Advanced
You scored higher than 67% on Expert Link: The Commonly Confused Words Test written by shortredhead78 on Ok Cupid , home of the 32-Type Dating Test
Crowd members lash out at cardinal at Villanova
Ha! More good news. They should be storming his house with pitchforks and torches. This has nothing to do with intentions. This was not an accident, it's not someone dropping a brick off a building and hitting someone. This was planned and premeditated and wrong. It's not sickness, it's evil.
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Bacardi 151 Congratulations! You're 155 proof, with specific scores in beer (120) , wine (133), and liquor (113).
All right. No more messing around. Your knowledge of alcohol is so high that you have drinking and getting plastered down to a science. Sure, you could get wasted drinking beer, but who needs all those trips to the bathroom? You head straight for the bar and pick up that which is most efficient.
My test tracked 4 variables How you compared to other people your age and gender :
You scored higher than 93% on proof
You scored higher than 93% on beer index
You scored higher than 98% on wine index
You scored higher than 95% on liquor index Link: The Alcohol Knowledge Test written by hoppersplit on Ok Cupid
This is too funny. The writer claims this is a true story:
A parish was having frequent trouble with the microphone in the pulpit. As the priest got to the pulpit for the Gospel, he tapped the mic to test it. It was dead. The first words out of his mouth were "There's something wrong with this microphone." Since the congregation couldn't hear him, they all naturally responded, "And also with you!"
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