Oh Jesus Christ, China sucks....
China: Mentally Ill People Murdered, Used To Blackmail Mine Owners
BEIJING — Police have arrested nine people in southwest China suspected of trafficking mentally ill people to be murdered in mines across the country in a bid to blackmail mine owners into paying compensation, a local official said Thursday.
Mine owners in China face intense pressure to keep deadly accidents under wraps, and have reportedly been found paying off journalists and relatives of dead miners in recent years to keep safety problems from coming to light.
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In one case in Fujian province, Xinhua said a suspect surnamed Feng was charged along with two others with beating a mentally ill person to death in an iron mine, and then pushing the mine owners for compensation by claiming to be a relative of the victim.
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China's mining industry is the world's deadliest, with most accidents blamed on poor safety as enterprises scramble to feed the country's insatiable demand for coal.
I voted J-Lo as the worst. When your neckline extends below your navel, there's something wrong. And Christina Aguilera suffered more from hair that looked like she'd stuck her finger in a light socket than from a bad dress.
And I agree with ita's second idea about Lady Gaga. She knows her fashion choices are off the deep end. Unlike, say, Sheryl Crow, who probably genuinely believed that sleeveless, slit skirt, and missing midriff belonged together.
I think that J-Lo dress is gorgeous. Especially compared to some of the rest of them.
What do I want for lunch?
I like that Cate Blanchett wore a quilt to a red carpet event.
What do I want for lunch?
Surf-n-turf?
Well, that's what
I
want....
The place where I used to get steak for lunch recently scaled back their operations. No steak for lunch for me (unless I schlep to downtown Evanston).
New Year's Eve in Space
When do the astronauts pop open the champagne?
Last week a Russian spacecraft ferried three astronauts to the International Space Station to join the two who had been manning it since October. The crew took Christmas Day off to share meals together. What about celebrating New Year's—how do you pick the right moment when you're hurtling through time zones at 17,500 miles per hour?
Ha! I guessed right.
Answer:
"Just wait until midnight, Greenwich Mean Time. By convention, the astronauts set their clocks to GMT, also known as Coordinated Universal Time. That means they'll officially ring in the New Year with those in London, Reykjavik, and Accra."
