5 Hostages Found Dead in Mumbai Jewish Center
11.28.08
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The bodies of five hostages have been found in the Mumbai Jewish center, an Israeli Foreign Ministry official said today. Police say they are in the final stages of wrapping up the operation at the center. At least 146 people, including eight foreigners, have been killed since gunmen sailed into Mumbai on boats on Wednesday and attacked nine locations.
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Can't the USA At Least Make Their Flags Here?
08.10.08
posted by pondy
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Here's a picture of a USA flag pin, enclosed in a clear plastic (terrible for the environment) bag. The big letters "Made in China" almost cover the flag. This image sums up the US at this point in time - covered in goods and services made in China - even its own symbols and objects of importance don't come from their own country - they come from China.
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to make the flags in china is simply money sense.
if it were a petty nationalistic issue,
then why should china make somebody else's flag.
then you've got to consider that the textile, the threads, and dye also comes from your own country, the narrowing of the mind.
Well, I remember the Coca-Cola joke in the Cold-war time. Now you read that joke again,it's relaxing and funny. Considering our flag is red too, it's even more funny and
Actually the boss of the "made-in-china bussiness" is always Yankee.
As for the environment thing, it can't always dues to china, just like Beijing's morning fog is not haze(not all the time at least), it's haze or steam air, you can't tell the difference from photo.