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“Only with an honest attitude towards history can a nation win reconciliation and then integrate into the global community,” the China Daily said.

this sort of thing makes me really mad. Stupid bloody commercialism.

Via John Fleck I come across the American right’s List of Evil Books. Fairly predictable list, but notable for one wonderful piece of logic, discussing Keynesian economics:
“When the business cycle threatens a contraction of industry, and thus of jobs, he argued, the government should run up deficits, borrowing and spending money to spur economic activity. [...]

So the GNOME guys are very proud of their new Nokia 770. After the initial ‘hey, that’s cool!’ wore off, though, I’m not. Why?
It’s a pointless geek toy. I mean, really, really, really pointless. Sit down and ask yourself how many people you know will actually buy one of these and use it for more [...]

It’s good to know The Register’s skills in turning a phrase and knifing Kevin Warwick have not declined over the years…
“[Kevin] Warwick is to cybernetic research what Hello Kitty is to animal husbandry…”
From this story.