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A weekend at the Bird's Nest -- as close as I'll probably get to the Olympics
" Left Coast Leaner A weekend at the Bird's Nest -- as close as I'll probably get...
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Pictures of the ground-to-air missiles guarding Olympic venues in Beijing
http://weblogs.elearning.ubc.ca/leftcoastleaner/archives/2008/07/post_2.htmlScared away by the men and green guarding these big bombs...The other day I took a short bike ride out to my envisioned disc golf course in... Finding Balance in a Land of Limited Access
Journalism is a tricky business in China,whether you’re producing it or consuming it. Tales of the Chinesegovernment silencing dissenting media voices are in large supply, anddespite promises of more press freedoms in the lead-up to the BeijingOlympic Games in August, China...Dispatch from within the machine
Ah, propaganda. There's something almost endearing about it. Itsself-righteous sincerity, its intrepid flouting of facts. You reallyhave to admire the loyalty of those reporters who willingly regurgitatea one-note version of the truth, but are otherwise honest journalists.Scaling the Great Wall with the San Diego Padres
"Scaling the Great Wall with the San Diego Padres"The dawn of MLB in China
"The dawn of MLB in China"The good die young: Rest in Peace Sam Miller
Sam was a quintessential artist and was a fixture of Grass Valley and Nevada City. At the risk of sounding presumptuous and cheesy, the contribution the Nevada County of Sam’s generation will make to the world is its art (is it appropriate to call it “Crit art”?): its...The music festivals just keep coming to Beijing: Talib Kweli and Ozomatli
I spent much of this "golden week" in Beijing checking out some of the music festivals that have suddenly been swarming the scene here. Tuesday night was Beijing's version of the Yue Festival, which featured Talib...Rock the Bells in SF just plain ROCKED
You could tell it was gonna be a badass show on Saturday from the energy on the Caltrain from Sunnyvale, packed with hip-hop heads and rockers from the mid-nineties should-to-shoulder trying to catch a buzz. Whether it was the dudes recounting Comedy Central's roast of Flava...Drink bottled water, kill a Chinese child
Americans down more than 8.25 billion gallons of plastic bottled water a year, resulting in some 70 million empty PET (polyethylene terephthalate) bottles per day. Less than half of those bottles are recycled."But the crazy thing is that a significant portion of 'recycled'...492 views | 2 comments | 0 recommendations
Disc Golfing with the Beetles
I knew that Kamloops had a thriving disc golf community, and that several top-notch disc golfers hailed from there. The other thing I knew about Kamloops, of course, is that it is at the centre of the pine beetle's...301 views | 0 comments | 0 recommendations
The History of Executive Privilege
There is no question that George Bush has expanded the powers and privileges of the executive branch more than any president in history. Everything from signing statements to downright secrecy, Bush seems to have given himself a permanent get-out-of-jail-free card. I guess...Dick Cheney: Fish Killa
Cheney was responsible for one of the biggest environmental disasters the west coast has ever experienced: the 2002 Klamath fish kill. As you hopefully remember, some 77,000 chinook and coho salmon were left to rot on the shores of the Klamath River (one of the noted Six...Michael Moore, the 'Enemy', and Cuban Cinema
The Olympia Theater was packed on the evening of March 24, 1972. The historic neighborhood cinema on Broadway and 107th Street in New York City was to host the New York Festival of Cuban Films, the first of its kind...362 views | 0 comments | 0 recommendations
