Archive for January 30th, 2011

An 'Unholy Alliance'

By Keith Kloor | January 30, 2011 12:56 pm

But the same formula for this partnership, no?

CATEGORIZED UNDER: climate change
MORE ABOUT: climate change

The Cannibalism Collection

By Keith Kloor | January 30, 2011 10:31 am

If you’re looking for Sunday brain food on a taboo subject (it may go down better after brunch), head over to Gambler’s House for some smart, straight talk on cannibalism.

I’ve been meaning to note Teofilo’s recent meditations on the topic, and now he’s helpfully collected them all in one post. I loved his headline so much, too, that I had to steal it.

CATEGORIZED UNDER: Archaeology, cannibalism

Question of the Day

By Keith Kloor | January 30, 2011 7:45 am

Would you trust a company that produced a report saying that 88 percent of Chinese citizens trusted its government?

Global Voices reports that “many Chinese netizens” are incredulous of the survey’s finding, including this person who posted a comment on a Chinese blog:

A mistake, the result should be 100%. Even prisoners in China trust the Chinese government, no one dare not to trust the government. It is therefore 100%. No one dare to say publicly that they don’t trust the government, including myself. I trust it even in my dream.

The nightmares of Chinese citizens look like this.

CATEGORIZED UNDER: China
MORE ABOUT: China
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