Chinese Officials Are Butchering Cats

In a bid to clean up Beijing before the summer Olympics, Chinese officials have begun rounding up the city's cats and sending them to kitty death camps:

Hundreds of cats a day are being rounded and crammed into cages so small they cannot even turn around.

Then they are trucked to what animal welfare groups describe as death camps on the edges of the city.

The cull comes in the wake of a government campaign warning of the diseases cats carry and ordering residents to help clear the streets of them.

Cat owners, terrified by the disease warning, are dumping their pets in the streets to be picked up by special collection teams.

Paranoia is so intense that six stray cats -including two pregnant females - were beaten to death with sticks by teachers at a Beijing kindergarten, who feared they might pass illnesses to the children.

It is estimated that when finished, the cull will have exterminated 500,000 cats.

The cats are rounded up, thrown in tight cages and basically left to die an agonizing death:

"Disease spreads quickly among them and they die slowly in agony and distress. The government won't even do the cats the kindness of giving them lethal injections when they become sick. They just wait for them to die.

"It is the abandoned pets that suffer the most and die the soonest. They relied so much on their owners that they can't cope with the new environment.

"Most refuse to eat or drink and get sick more quickly than the feral cats."

This isn't the first time Chinese officials culled a specific type of animal, last year, officals killed more than 50,000 dogs. A few years before that was Tiananmen square.

When all is said and done, there really isn't much you can do about something like this. I mean, there is something everyone can do, but not many people are willing to do it: Stop buying Chinese products.

I know it's hard to do, it seems everything nowadays is made in China, but that simply isn't true. If everyone in the West looked at labels and boycotted Chinese goods until they got their act together, I'm telling you right here and now, it would take less than a month before the Chicoms started acting less like psychopathic butchers and more like humans.

It's simple, I suppose: If you love cats and dogs, you won't buy Chinese products until they have shown that they will be compassionate and fair to animals.

China's death camp for cats

NEXT--Adventures in Situational Ethics

AND--Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull Movie Poster

Not Exactly An Ancient Chinese Secret

Even though western consumers are gobbling up cheap, crap Chinese toys faster than Rosie O'Donnell downs an Egg McMuffin, there seems to be one group that isn't buying cheap, Chinese crap toys--Ya, that would be the Chinese:

China may be Santa's global workshop, but when it comes to buying playthings for their own children, Chinese families who can afford it opt for foreign-brand toys.

"I dare not buy cheap wooden toys or toys with paint," said Lin Yan, a professor at Shanghai International Studies University, whose 7-year-old daughter tested for elevated levels of lead in her blood.

When her daughter is given toys she suspects are unsafe, she throws them away.

"Sometimes they have indescribable odors," she said.

The preference is evident in the gargantuan New World Department Store in Shanghai's commercial heart.

Shelves are crowded with foreign-brand models and remote-control cars, the ubiquitous Legos from Denmark, Mattel Inc. (MAT)'s Barbies, Transformers made by Japan's Bandai.

Tales of poor quality Chinese toys abound - dolls whose heads fall off, bicycles that rust and puzzles that don't fit together.

Foreign toys only began making inroads in China in the last 20 years as Hong Kong manufacturers began shifting production across the border in the 1980s. Though local toy brands accounted for 60 percent of sales in China last year, the top tier of the market was dominated by foreign-branded toys, the research group Euromonitor said in a recent report.

Does that not tell you something? Because it should. Hell, if the Chinese are admitting that their toys are shit and that they prefer foreign toys, why are so many dumb-ass westerners still buying up all those fantastically craptastic Chinese shit in a box?

I'll tell you why: We are addicted to buying. It doesn't matter if it's good or bad or otherwise, we must have it. Whatever it is. We've all seen it, when little Suzie or Timmy starts whining like the little punks that they are, parents immediately lose their spine and cave in and get their little snot-nosed malcontent of a child whatever they want. Instead of giving their kid the free option--a smack upside the head--they give the kid the treat. "Boo hoo, little Timmy will hate me if he doesn't have that MegaTron right the fuck now...well, I can't have little Timmy hating me, so, here you go son, have fun with it for two seconds before you throw it out the car window. It's okay, I'm a shitty parent, I understand".

We really need to stop buying anything Chinese (except Chinese food, like egg rolls and moo goo guy pan), and an easy way to start is to stop buying Chinese toys. If your kid insists that he wants dangerous toys, give him a nail in a can of acid and spray asbestos in his face, but for the love of God, don't get him a Chinese toy.

Once again--If the Chinese won't even buy their own product, why would you? Seriously.

The New NHL

There is something special happening tonight in the New York Ranger/Islanders game. As a matter of fact, it is the first time this has ever taken place:

A New York City radio station (WZRC; 1480 AM) is actually going to broadcast the game in Chinese.

The Islanders are owned by Charles Wang, an American of Chinese decent. Wang hopes to build hockey interest among the American/Chinese community.

Personally, I don't believe hockey will ever take off with the Chinese, nor do I believe there will ever be a Chinese hockey player. And the reason is simple: Whenever the Chinese go into the corner, they try to open up a variety store.

No, you're the bigot.

Date Rape Chemical Found In Chinese Toys

Australia announced a nationwide ban on a Chinese toy today, after reports that the pieces of the toy, when swallowed, make children severely ill. And this has nothing to do with lead, it's actually worse:

Australia announced a nationwide ban on Wednesday on a Chinese-made toy which investigations showed contained a chemical which metabolizes into a “date rape” style drug when swallowed.

Three Australian children suffered seizures and needed intensive hospital care in the past two weeks after eating the plastic beads, which scientists discovered contain a chemical that breaks down into a potentially fatal recreational drug.

Ms. Burney said an investigation was under way into how the dangerous chemical 1,4-butanediol came to replace the safe chemical 1,5-pentanediol in the manufacturing process.

You would think with all the stringent rules and regulations the Chinese Government imposes on manufacturers in order to produce safe, reliable toys, that these kind of incidences wouldn't happen.

More than 20 million toys made in China have been recalled worldwide over the past four months due to potentially dangerous levels of lead and hazards posed by small magnets.

Once again, you would think with all the stringent rules and regulations the Chinese Government imposes on Chinese manufacturers in order to produce safe, reliable toys, that these kind of incidences wouldn't happen.

I'm not exactly sure what our government can do to stop these types of things from happening, but I know what we as consumers can do: Stop buying Chinese shit.

Let's face it, the majority of Chinese goods are crap. That's not exactly front page news. But think of it this way, would you buy a car knowing that there is a good possibility that the axle is going to fall off? Of course not. Then why in the hell would you buy a Chinese toy knowing that the chances are good that the parts are going to fall off and break, or that it may contain lead...or roofies?

20 million recalled Chinese toys in 4 months, that speaks volumes. There are still toys out there that are made in North America, they go by the name *Good*, it's time to start buying them. Boycott all Chinese toys until we are certain that they meet North American Standards. And the next time McDonald's tries to give your kid a Treat of the Week, tell them, "No thanks, my child would rather not die".

More unfortunate cookies

Last Day To Vote Mitchieville As Best Canadian Blog

A fire at a shoe factory in China is renewing calls for better health and safety regulations in that country:

BEIJING (AP) - A fire at an unlicensed shoe factory killed 37 people and injured more than a dozen, Chinese authorities said Monday, one of the deadliest industrial accidents this year in a country plagued with dangerous workplaces.

Very sad. The problem with the owners of these companies is that they have no sole. They tread on the employees and make them work in horrible conditions. Then when they are asked for comment when something tragic like this happens, they end up putting their foot in their mouth. Even worse, some of them even shoe the reporters away. You give these guys an inch and they take a foot. I hate the way they shoehorn their way out of these situations, it's unfootunate.

They need to give these guys the boot.

Hsu Tries To Escape on Choo Choo, Gets Flu Flu, Now He Goes To Jail And Is Going To Get It In The Poo Poo

This guy always has an expression on his face like he just shit on your carpet.

Democratic fundraiser, the guy that gave illegal campaign funds to the Clinton's and Gore, convicted felon, fugitive, Chinese spy and all around asshole, Norman Hsu, has been picked up in Colorado after falling ill on an Amtrak train:

“Disgraced Democratic fundraiser Norman Hsu was arrested in Grand Junction tonight, after he failed to show up for a court appearance in California related to a felony theft conviction. FBI agents took Hsu into custody around 7 p.m. at St. Mary’s Hospital FBI, spokesman Joseph Schadler said in a statement. Hsu was traveling on an Amtrak train when he became ill. Grand Junction paramedics were summoned to the Amtrak station near downtown about 11 a.m. Thursday to treat a patient, Battalion Chief Robert Ferguson said. The patient, whom Ferguson said he found out eight hours later was a fugitive, was not in great pain, Ferguson said.

Everyone in the blogosphere is all over this, so I won't bore you with any more details about this vermin, yet it seems the only people not interested in this story are the msm.

I suppose the msm are too busy hunting down more *facts* about Larry Craig and his toe-tappin' washroom antics and can't spend any time talking about an ex and current convict who gave tens of zillions of dollars to the Clinton's and Gore, gave state secrets away to the Chinese gov't and has his fingerprints all over dozens of Democrat state organizations. Oh, plus he's a fugitive at large.

Ya, nothing to see in that story. What a yawner.

More fag talk, please!

Top five reasons to support Chinese occupation of Tibet

The Chinese occupation of Tibet is getting alot of media attention, but is it politically correct to support Red China, or oppose them? What is a person to do? Are these Human Rights things important in this case? Embracing diversity means speaking with one voice. But real progressives support Red China ... here are five good reasons why.

Remember Jane Fonda. Yes, indeed. That curvaceous mouthpiece for political correctness. I remember her support for Red China back in the happy hippy days of Vietnam. I was attending a seminar on the dangers of Global Cooling when some unwashed acid freak told me about seeing the big breasted intellectual tell about her admiration for Red China. And if it was true back then, it must be true now. So your should support Red China, not Tibet.

Only White people care about Tibet. Like, who cares what white people think. They have invisible privileges, life is handed to them on a plate. Good jobs are reserved for them, and they live in safe neighbourhoods and know who their daddies are. So when I see white people, I automatically disagree with them. They should just pay taxes and shut up. These Tibet 'activists' are just pushing some secret white power agenda. So you should support Red China, not Hitler's children.

Where is Tibet, anyway? When I went to high school, we had minorities bused in, so we studied Ebonics in Geography class. I never heard about Tibet until some rich white kid who has life handed to him was yapping about it at the university. Has Tibet done anything to stop Global Warming? How many of their cities are endangered by the melting ice caps? If these people cannot make an effort to fight global warming then they do not have much of an existance, now do they. So you should support Red China, not these nobodies in Tibet.

Red China is our Friend. Appeasement demands compromise. If we want to be friends with China, maybe we should cut them some slack. If England had followed through on its concessions in the Ruhr, Austria, and Czechoslovakia, by tossing Poland into the stew pot of peace, well, there would never have been a war in 1939. Surely an appeasement minded person could see the pattern here. Give peace a chance and let China do what it wants to Tibet. So you should support Red China, not brutal militrism.

Who needs religion anyway? The Taliban doesn't much like these religious fanatics in Tibet. As a way to reach out to our Muslim Fanatic friends, we should support a policy that they support. It is a separation of church and state issue, is it not? Let the Chinese crush these religious fanatics, and we can curry favor with the Taliban. So we should support Red China, and win some respect.

I, Fenris Badwulf, wrote this at both Mitchieville and DustMyBroom.

Chinese Gov't Bans Crude Birth Control Slogans

Although the Chinese gov't still strictly enforces its 1 child per family policy, China's top family planning agency is cracking down on rude slogans used to enforce the country's strict population limits:

Slogans such as 'Raise fewer babies but more piggies,' and 'One more baby means one more tomb,' have been forbidden.

China's 28-year-old family planning policy limits most urban couples to just one child and allows some families in the countryside to have a second child if their first is a girl. Critics say it has led to forced abortions, sterilizations and a dangerously imbalanced sex ratio due to a traditional preference for male heirs, which has prompted countless families to abort female fetuses in hopes of getting boys.

After I read this article, I immediately called an emergency Senate meeting to try to find some acceptable slogans to help out the Chinese gov't with their population problem. I'm sure these will be more than adequate, after all, we worked all night on them.

There are 1.3 billion of us. Enough already.

Wouldn't you rather be eating a delicious Pocky or a Yan Yan?

Like we need more kids with the surname *Wong*.

Can you really fit another child into that shoebox you call a home?

Big screen TV's are more entertaining and smell less.

If you have more than one baby we will find it, take it away and inject steroids into its face.

Although I'm not sure about the last one, I'm sure the first five are good enough to run a decent slogan program with.

If you think you have a slogan the Chinese gov't might find useful, please leave it in the comment section and I'll make sure they promptly receive it.

Have the poo-poo platter, not a baby

More Chinese Fortunate Cookies

A new political party has arisen in Britsh Columbia, one that caters specifically to the Chinese immigrant:

The Nation Alliance Party, launched last week, says its focus is on the 350,000 Chinese in B.C.

The party president says that the party is neccesary because the majority of Chinese-Canadians don't vote, and his party will reflect the Chinese values and improve the lot of Chinese immigrants:

"They have high degrees - master's degree or doctor's degree - but their job is just labour job," he said. "They are not satisfied with their situation."

This is great news, I applaud this new Canadian for coming up with this idea. Only 5 years in the country even!

Basically, there are really only three parties in Canada to choose from. One for the righties, one for the lefties and one for the extreme lefties. In British Columbia provincial politics it's even more stuffy, there are just the liberals and the socialists to choose from. Now, thanks to diversity and multiculturalism, we can do away with voting by ideology and start voting by race.

I'm sure then, that if I was to create a political party designed specifically to help British citizens, because that's my background, British, that the party hats of diversity will be snugly placed on my beautiful bald head.

Think about it, it makes so much sense. The Chinese can vote for the Chinese, the blacks can vote for the blacks, the Moslems can vote for Moslems, and the whites...hahaha, had you going, it would be racist for a whitie to vote for a whitie because of the colour of his/her skin. What are you, a KKKlansman?

Here's another fun tidbit of information:

Families are being split when bread-winners move back to Asia to work, leaving their wives and children in Canada, Chen noted. "I would like to encourage them to stay here and solve the problem for them," he said.

Why wouldn't a person take their family back to China to live with them while they work?? I know that it has nothing to do with the social benefits immigrants receive...like great education and medical care, welfare if needed, subsidized housing, ect. I don't know the reason, but I'm sure there is one. It's not like immigrants are taking advantage of our most-generous social system we have in Canada.

Right?

Some Things Are Worth Dying For

While we watch our hockey game tonight or blog about whatever pops into our head take a moment to remember the 1,321,851,888 Chinese citizens who don’t have the luxury of such freedoms.


Link (PBS Documentary)

Link (BBC On This day)

Link (Tank Man)

May 16 – The Crappiest Day In History

There can’t be much argument that May 16 is by far the crappiest day in world history. In the first 1204 years after Christ nothing remotely worth noting happened and what happened in 1204 isn’t worth mentioning. We then jump to 1770 when Marie Antoinette married a wussy French boy named Louis. In case you’re not up your history I’ll save you the Google time: they both lost their head to the guillotine.


In 1943, The Warsaw Ghetto Uprising ended. I suppose if you are some bastard Nazi this would be a good thing, but this was a decidedly terrible day for the Polish-Jews of Warsaw. In 1966 the Cultural Revolution in China began. The number of Chinese people murdered by their own government is known only to God. It gets more bleak: in 1982 the Islanders completed their four game sweep of the Canucks to win the Stanley Cup. Butch Goring’s toothless grin still haunts my dreams. The final kicker, Jim Henson of The Muppets fame died on this day in 1990.


Need more proof that May 16 is ‘The Crappiest Day In History”? Notable celebrity birthdays for this day include Pierce Brosnan and well, Pierce Brosnan. Now the former James Bond is kind of cool, but his birthday is over-shadowed by the ominous births of Tori Spelling (btw - Nikita told me The Mayor hearts Tori), uber-geek Tucker Carlson, Liberace, Janet Jackson and Tracey Gold. Remember Tracey Gold ? I thought not.


The best hope for May 16 being a somewhat less crappy day in the future currently lay in the hands of two women: some young actress named Megan Fox (on the right), who before today I had never heard of but apparently she is the star of the new Transformers movie, and a porn star named McKenzie Lee, who before today I had never heard of (I dare you to Google her blog - very NSFW).

My mother mentioned this morning that like today, May 16 thirty-five years ago was also cold, dark and rainy. So thanks for nothing May 16, aside from Hires Root Beer being invented you’ve only brought death, despair and B list entertainers to the world. Until someone else can prove differently from this day forward you are “The Crappiest Day In History”.


Posted by Reg, sigh…

Is Your Website Banned in China?

Not unlike the good folks at The London Fog (Which/who supplied the link), Mitchieville is not, and I repeat, NOT banned in China.

Even though The Mayor despises the dirty reds, there is a simple reason why Mitchieville isn't banned in China: The Chinese authorities let Mitchievillian information pass through freely to the boys and girls of China, if I promised never to reveal the secret ingredient in the poo-poo platter--usually a #63 on your take-out menu.

This way, Mitchieville gets world-wide exposure, and the red Chinese reap the benefits of billions of dollars in revenue every year from their tasty, yet extra-secret ingrediented poo-poo platter.

The Great Firewall of China was originally found by the Publius Pundit, who shared it with The London Fog, who passed it on to me. True story. Tell your friends.

Chinese Teens Becoming More Liberal About Sex

According to a Reuters article (take it with a grain of salt), Chinese teens are becoming more open-minding when it comes to sex:

Some 6.2 percent of the survey's 2,300 high school students in Xuanwu, a downtown district in the Chinese capital of Beijing, had already had a sexual experience and the average age of students losing their virginity was 15, the China Daily said on Thursday.

Unless high school starts when you're 8 in China, that's not exactly what I would call breaking down the doors to a new sexual liberation. I'm not a math expert, but I believe 6.2% of 2,300 works out to about 140. I'm sure more kids have had sex with a goat by that age, but moving on...

Of the 1,300 girls asked if they would agree to sex when asked by a boyfriend, only six gave a definite "no."

That's more like it. Although I might have to call BS on that because I ask Chinese girls for sex all the time and they nearly always say no. I suppose that church isn't the best place to ask them, but it's not as if I hang around karaoke bars all night:

Such liberal attitudes to sex have sparked concerns over safe sex, with more than 40 percent of respondents who had had sex saying they did not use contraceptives for their first time, the China Daily said.

Couple that with the strict population controls the Chinese gov't has issued, and this will become a huge problem for Chinese authorities in the future.

I often hear people drone on about how conservative the Chinese are towards sex, but I have 1.3 billion reasons to say they're not.

Chinese teenage pregnancy-The ultimate take-out

No More Dog Days in China

If the poo-poo platter is 1/2 off this week at the House of Wong, you'll know why:

SHANGHAI, China - China slaughtered 50,000 dogs in a government-ordered crackdown after three people died of rabies, sparking unusually pointed criticism in state media Tuesday and an outcry from animal rights activists.

If you didn't enjoy reading that, you're not going to like reading this...

Dogs being walked were seized from their owners and beaten to death on the spot, the Shanghai Daily newspaper reported. Led by the county police chief, killing teams entered villages at night creating noise to get dogs barking, then beat the animals to death, the reports said.

Owners were offered 63 cents per animal to kill their own dogs before the teams were sent in, they said.

When it comes to dogs, the Chinese can be downright brutal. I saw some video of a Chinese dog-zoo one time, let me tell you, it wasn't pretty.

They have some zoo's in China that feature nothing but dogs. Sounds cute, right? Well, the Chinese taunt and freak the dogs out and make them go mental. They scream at the dogs, throw crap at them, hit the cages, chuckles like that. It's a form of fun for the Chinese. Maybe they do it because the average China Joe is treated like a dog by their government, so they take out their anger on poor, defenceless animals. I don't know, I'm not a psychologist, I'm a Mayor. As I said though, it wasn't pretty, the dogs were completely out of their minds, either scared shitless or angrier than hell.

When I lived in New Zealand, I had this Chinese student who boarded at my estate. One night I brought home some McDonald's for everyone, and I remember looking at him tackling a Big Mac and fries, he looked like a Cheetah that was munching on a gazelle. I can't remember his name, but for the sake of the story let's call him Pig. So, Pig's eating away like it's his last meal, so I asked him, "Hey, Pig, what kind of meat do you eat in China?" So Pig sputters out, "Ohhhhh... we eat... cat and dog, rats and mice, anything that walks". So I looked at him and said,"Anything that walks, woks?"

Pig didn't get the joke, I didn't expect him to.

I suppose what I'm trying to say is that you should never let Chinese people play *Throw the stick* with your dog. Trust me, next thing you know, Tippy's laying in the street twitching.

There is plenty more to get you upset behind the link, so if you're in a mood and thinking about hating another ethnic group, I suggest starting here

Chinese Women are Sprouting

I've always said that if someone could invent an Oriental woman with big tits, the world would beat a path to their door. It turns out that nutrition is the mad inventer:

BEIJING (Reuters) - Bra producers have been forced to offer bigger cup-sizes in China because improved nutrition is busting all previous chest measurement records.

The report, seen on the daily's Web site Tuesday, said that the Hong Kong-based lingerie firm Embry Group no longer produces A-cups for larger chest circumferences and has increased production of C-, D- and E-cup bras to meet pressing demand.

The Beijing Institute of Clothing Technology released a report last week saying the average chest circumference of Chinese women has risen by nearly 1 cm (0.4 inch) to 83.53 cm (32.89 inches) since the early 1990s, the daily said.

And the world seems like a better place today.

In other news, nutrition hasn't helped Chinese men one bit, their dicks are still as small as a baby's thumb. More bean sprouts for Young, please.

Chinese women are furtunate cookies

Chinese People Shouldn't Own Clock Stores

Crick

Happy Chinese New Year

Brought in with a bang...16 dead:

BEIJING. Jan 30 (Interfax-China) - At least 16 persons died in an explosion at a fireworks' factory in China's Henan province on Sunday, the local media report.

Fire-crackers shot by local residents celebrating New Year according to lunar calendar caused the blast. One went off near a warehouse provoking an explosion at a factory warehouse.

My condolences go out to the friends and families of these poor departed souls. However, as I always say, "With every end there starts a beginning", and the beginning is looking very good for Rock & Roll Ed, as he has pocketed himself a healthy chuck of cash.

You see, Ed picked China to *Win* Mitchieville's, "Which country will have the next major fireworks disaster that kills scores of people" contest? Let's have a little gander at how much Ed has won:

Okay, if you multiply the $100 Ed wagered by the odds of 3-1 and subtract the denominator, divide the sum by the whole total and deduct the GST, minus federal, provincial and municipal taxes, and of course the Mitchieville lottery tax of 50%, Ed comes away with a pretty sporting $52.75.

And that my friends is a pretty sweet payday by anyone's measure.

I am kind of pissed off though, usually I pick China. For some reason though I decided to bet on Taiwan this time around. Those Chinese really have it in for me, it's like they're effin' with my head, and my pocketbook.

Do you want to be a big wiener like Ed? Of course you do, but chances are you never will be. And there's a simple explanation why you can't be a big wiener like Ed: it's because you refuse to play this amazing game. I can't force you to play, you're a big boy/girl, I can't frickin' mommy you all day.

I will say this though, playing this game will make you a better person, it will make you more aware. That's what gambling does, it makes average people into superstars. Ed is now a superstar, don't you want to be just like Ed?

**Thanks to TH-III for sending me the link. TH-III wrote this in the subject line and it made me laugh, so I stole it, anyway, it goes like this: "Happy Chinese New Year...Brought in with a bang...16 dead".

Damn, that's some funny(and tragic) shit.

16 unfortunate cookies

China is Harvesting Skin

As sick as it sounds, it's true.

Western capitals and human rights campaigners have recoiled with horror at news reports alleging a Chinese cosmetics company is harvesting skin from the corpses of executed convicts to develop beauty products for sale in the UK and Europe.

Agents for the Chinese company, reportedly based in northern China, have been boasting to an undercover British journalist that skin taken from hundreds of executed Chinese prisoners was used to develop collagen for lip and wrinkle treatments.

As I said a hundred times on these pages, as long as we can get cheap crap Chinese products then nothing else matters. As long as our government can sign those lucrative $30 billion dollar contracts with the Chicoms, who cares that they're skinning people?

Amnesty International told a US Senate hearing in May 1995 that nearly 90 per cent of transplanted kidneys in China come from executed prisoners.

Whatever. As long as I can save 40 cents on a Chinese made spatula, then I don't care if they're skinning fetuses...What? They are? Damn.

The claims that the Chinese see the practice as "traditional" and that they believe there to be nothing unethical about harvesting the skin of condemned convicts has caused further revulsion.

Not with me it hasn't. As long as I can go to Wal-Mart and buy poorly made children's toys for 40% less than what it costs to make in North America, I will always turn the other cheek in regard to China's abysmal human rights record.

Remember, the Chicoms are our friends and we must not judge them because they have different practices and *morals* than us. Everyone is equal, there is nothing to see here.

In all seriousness though, you can come over to the Manor if you don't believe me, but I own nothing that has been made in China. Nothing. The Chinese government disgusts me, and I will not be party to giving them one red cent. The way I look at it is this: they hate us, so fuck them.

Every time you buy a product that is made in China, you are supporting a corrupt Government that is building up its military so one day they can stick a bullet through your child's head. And lookie lookie, you're paying for the bullet.

They skin their prisoners, they execute 70 people a day, they skin fetuses, they imprison innocent people, they have mandatory abortions, they enslave their people, and they hate our guts. THAT'S why I won't buy anything that's made in China.

I hate coming off as preachy, but we really are just biding our time with the Chinese. Eventually we're going to go to war with them, it's inevitable. Some people claim that by opening up Chinese markets, and letting them taste prosperity, that they will become a civilized global friend and partner. Rubbish. Now they're just murdering bastards with money. Communist societies have a track record that speaks for itself.

Article here.

China: Our *tolerant friends*

As major corporations and our Government bend down and kiss the asses of the Chinese Communists, here's a little something they would rather you not know.

"Communist China is--once again--cracking down on "house church" Christians," CFI said.

It quoted investigators as saying that since last May 22 police and Public Security Bureau (PSB) officers raided about 100 house churches in the Jilin Province. "Almost 600 house church believers were taken into custody. Many were released after hours of intense interrogation, but about 100 of the leaders are still held in different detention centers," CFI said.

Throw away your morals, there's money to be made in dem dar hills!! It's okay though, it's only Christians they're rounding up, for now.

Human rights watchers say this is the tip of the iceberg after earlier reports that the Chinese Communist authorities had issued a secret order to crack down on house churches, the reference to Christians who worship outside the state-run churches. "This is also a wakeup call to the world community that it's time to seriously reconsider its appeasing policies toward the issue of China's religious freedom," said Bob Fu, president of China Aid Association, another advocacy group.

Sorry Bob, it aint gonna happen. Speaking specifically about our Canadian Government, they care not about Christians in China, or for that matter, anywhere else in the world, not when there's money to be made.

The Chi-coms can throw as many Christians to the lions as they want and you will never hear as much as a peep from our Liberal overlords. They are far more concerned about the horrific treatment that our gays and lesbians have had to endure at the hands of the bigoted heteronormative white males. Now there's some oppression for you.

Keep the pipeline of money open, to hell with the Christians, they're just a fly in the ointment anyways.

More information about those Christian loving Chinese communists can be found here.

Me Chinese, me play joke

This should come as absolutely no surprise to anyone...

1 in 7 Chinese toys a danger

A NEW report shows about one in seven toys made in China fail to meet Chinese government standards.
And experts fear the shoddy items are showing up on shelves in North America.

It took these guys a while to figure out what everyone with a neck knows; Chinese products are shit. It's all complete junk, but it seems North American consumers can't get enough of Chinese crap, so we buy about a bizillion dollars worth of toys every year from China. I know the toys are crap, you know the toys are crap, even the Chinese know their stuff is crap, but it's cheap, right? See how cheap it is to have a wheel from a faulty toy car removed from your child's windpipe, then you'll buy American again.

China is the world's dominant toy producer, accounting for about 75% of the global market.

That sickens me to no end, I'm actually vomiting in my own mouth when I see that. Imagine, a child friendly country like China(where it is against the law to have more than one super fun happy child)is the world leading producer of children's toys. Upchuck.

Here are some tips to avoid toy hazards:

- Look for a manufacturer name and address. It's safer than buying "no name" products.

- Check the warning label. Look for conflicting information and ungrammatical English.

- Beware of extraordinary bargains.

- Be suspicious of products sold by street merchants or other transient retailers.

- Check for loose parts, broken pieces or sharp edges.

- Use a cardboard toilet-paper roll to test for choking hazards for children under 3. If the item gets through, it fails.

I'll make it even simpler for you. Do you want a tip to avoid toy hazards? Don't buy Chinese products.

The last time I checked, China was still one of the most repressive regimes in the universe, stop buying their cheap shit. That was easy.

One last thing, you want to know why Chinese toys are so bad? It's because they're most likely made by Chinese children. If you like cheap, broken, dangerous sweat shop toys, by all means buy Chinese. If you prefer quality toys, then it's best to avoid Chinese toys at all costs...unless you're fond of seeing your child's eye poked out by a faulty product.

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