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Well, Trump really should have read Mark Twain's <<running for governer>> short piece. It is a five minute read and rather humorous.

Erm, ain't Pattons at least 30 years old?

It is important to understand history. Also, the 2nd five year plan or the great leap foward is a important period of Chinese history. Lots of web propaganda goes around and attack that period and the number of death kept inflating. I have personally seen ridicules figures like 80 million dead...

I came across an interesting read today. The great leap forward is a critical period of development in People's Republic of China. During this time, the foundations of the modern Chinese industry is created. On the other hand, it is also a period full of controversy since it is also a period of...

Somehow, I am very sceptical of this. While US popular culture tends to portray North Koreans as bumbling morons, in reality, if the North Korean engineers can build a functional nuclear bomb and missiles, chances are they are way smarter than the average North American by a long margin. The...

Most of the Chinese went with cremation anyway. BTW, one-child policy isn't scrapped. The two-child part has always been there. The current change simply switched the requirement from "Parents of the couple has to be single child" to "Only the couple needs to be single child".

Huh, good to know. I didn't realize the difference before this.

Of course he has to be screwed up to start with. It is just the method is kind strange. In US, people get shot to death all the time and they got stabbed all the time too. However, a sword is actually kinda strange though. Considering most people don't simply have one lying around. (As oppose to...

I have a disturbing feeling video gaming violence is actually part of the cause.

I bet Dalai isn't telling that part of the story to his audiences. I bet he also didn't mention old Tibetan monks has a tradition of making instruments from human bones and skins. Oh, btw, you are going to love this one, the bone horns used by old Tibetan monks specifically calls for the femur...

It is one of the most influential manufacturing company in the electrical industry, especially its motors. If Westinghouse actually tanks, the entire electrical industry, heck the entire manufacturing industry around the world will feel the tremor. It is the electrical industry equivalent of...

There are also several issues to be considered when comparing infrastructure investment percentage: 1. Depending on the specifics, the infrastructure investment can be centralized or distributed. For example, spacefaring project is a centralized investment where there is really only one per...

I like stargate as a show. However, it seriously suffered a case of the world marches on. I mean in 2000s, if you say "spreading democracy" to someone, it actually has positive notions associated with it. These days, on the other hand...I imagine the Jaffa is not going to very happy.

True. Though you have to remember, the main target right now is reducing the PM2.5 emission. Ethanol burning is a cleaner process than gasoline and a lot more clean than coal. (Of course, the coal-ethanol conversion process is another story. Unfortunately I am not familiar with it.) It is not...

Fossil fuel dependence generally refer to dependence on petroleum for several reasons: 1. Overall reserve for petroleum on earth is much smaller than coal reserve. 2. China's petroleum reserve (while still quite large) is much smaller comparing to its coal reseve. 3. Pollution generated by...