Every wonder why American intelligence services and the state department don’t seem to know what is really happening in the world? I suspect that if the CIA were looking for a former nurse, with a master’s in library science, undergrad in Spanish, who has lived in Kuwait, Costa Rica, Spain, Canada & China, and is [...]
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Is anyone else concerned about the fact that we, America, now have a law that allows warrant-less eavesdropping on emails and telephone calls going in and out of the country? Just wondering…
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Expand your mind a bit with the top 25 censored stories of 2007. Among the stories are: Future of Internet Debate Halliburton Charged with Selling Nuclear Technologies to Iran Oceans of the World in Extreme Danger Hunger and Homelessness Increasing in the US High-Tech Genocide in the Congo Federal Whistleblower Protection in Jeopardy US Operatives [...]
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No doubt you’ve heard that China is exporting all sorts of exciting chemicals in normal household products and foods, in order to liven things up a bit. I mean, who wants regular old toothpaste when you can have toothpaste that shares ingredients with anti-freeze?! You can even get it in your cough syrup! Why feed [...]
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I'm an American expat living on the fringe of Chinese society. Thanks to a lifetime spent moving around, I often feel like an outsider. This blog explores life in Beijing, China, the occasional aviation topic, expat issues, random travel experiences and interesting things I see, read and hear. If you want to know more about my latest hobby, visit Sewing on the Fringe, where I blog about learning to sew in Beijing. And for daily documentation of Beijing's ever changing air quality, visit My Beijing Window. And, yes, I do wear my santa hat year-round. ;)
