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| Beijing police block all protests during Olympics including free-speech pens |
| Published: August 19, 2008, 4:16 pm |
| Tags: Communism, Police State Dictatorship |
| causes such as autonomy for Tibet, or greater democracy. The promise of protest zones, intended as a sop to complaints over China’s human rights record, has caused some of the bitterest rows between international media and the Beijing and International Olympic Committees. Inquiries to the Beijing Olympic committee have been repeatedly |
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| Beijing: Five US activists detained after lighting up "Free Tibet" LED Throwies banner near Olympics site |
| Published: August 19, 2008, 3:44 pm |
| and determination of Tibetans and their supporters has once again ensured that Tibetan voices are heard and seen in Beijing despite the massive security clampdown," said Tenzin Dorjee, Deputy Director of Students for a Free Tibet. "The Chinese leadership must realize that the only way it can make the issue of Tibet disappear is to |
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| China’s Hi-Tech Surveillance State Is Ready for Export |
| Published: August 19, 2008, 3:24 pm |
| Tags: Big Brother Surveillance Society, Communism, Crime Amp Amp Corruption, Police State Dictatorship, Social Engineering |
| for unfurling a “Free Tibet” banner over the top of an Olympic Games billboard. It’s the latest incident in what has become an almost daily crackdown on both domestic and international protesters who have had to contend with a brand new surveillance system that China set up ahead of the games. This includes 300,000 security |
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| Jets Fans' Great Shame |
| Published: August 19, 2008, 2:15 pm |
| Tags: The Sports Section, Brett Favre, Jets, Peter King, Sports, Sports Illustrated |
| that game unless you were in Tibet. Ridiculous.You see, because Jets fans didn’t fill the Meadowlands to watch a completely meaningless game — on a Saturday night, no less — they’re clearly terrible fans. Forget the fact that pretty much every Jets fan in the tri-state area purchased a No. 4 jersey within about twenty |
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| GRL's James Powderly detained in Beijing for planning pro-Tibet "L.A.S.E.R. Stencil" art protest |
| Published: August 19, 2008, 10:52 am |
| with Students for a Free Tibet. Powderly's direct experience with censorship by Chinese authorities furthered his commitment to highlighting the Tibetan cause during the Beijing Games, in partnership with the efforts of Students for a Free Tibet. Powderly and other members of the Graffiti Research Lab were dis-invited from Synthetic Times, |
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| The Olympics: Eye Candy and Its Discontents |
| Published: August 19, 2008, 1:51 am |
| Tags: Body Image, Laurie And Debbie S Blog, Civil Rights, Feminism, Media, Politics, Advertising, Athletes, Beauty, Body Impolitic, Commodification, Corporations, Human Rights, Nationalism, Olympics, Sports, Ursula Le Guin |
| for Chinese control of Tibet, and for the petroleum fields of Sudan and the timber and mineral wealth of Burma bodies are mowed down like weeds. The celebrated athletic bodies exist in some sort of tension with the bodies that are being treated as worthless and disposable. We’d go a step past Solnit here, changing her “some |
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| Protest Applications Granted by China: 0 |
| Published: August 18, 2008, 1:49 pm |
| Tags: News |
| All 77 applications from people who wanted to protest during the Beijing Olympics were withdrawn, suspended or rejected, China's state media announced. There have been no demonstrations, aside from small protests by foreigners who were swiftly deported after unfurling "Free Tibet" banners. |
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| BOCOG Vice President Wang Wei Wants You to Stop Bothering Him [Deadspin Beijing Bureau] |
| Published: August 18, 2008, 1:30 pm |
| Tags: Deadspin Beijing Bureau, Beijing Olympics 2008, Protests, Top, Wang Wei |
| from Students for a Free Tibet staged a die-in in Tiananmen Square in which three foreigners laid on the ground with Tibetan flags draped over them and played dead. A guy shouting chants for Tibetan freedom in English led them. Here's an excerpt from a transcript of the protest: With the world's attention on China, we ask that |
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| Oh, That Michael Phelps; He's Everywhere [Olympics Roundup] |
| Published: August 18, 2008, 1:00 pm |
| Tags: Olympics Roundup, Baseball, Fencing |
| anything, from a Free Tibet sign to a torpedo. For his trouble, one of the fans got this lovely parting gift. Ha. Classic. Run, Jump, Run, Jump, Run, Jump. The U.S. pulled off the first medal sweep in men's 400-meter hurdles since 1960, as Angelo Taylor won the gold in 47.25 seconds, followed by Kerron Clement and Bershawn Jackson. |
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| Doubletake: Rock me like a hurricane! |
| Published: August 18, 2008, 11:20 am |
| or cheerlead for a free Tibet. Me, I think the guy was incredibly gracious and humble, especially after the final relay that clinched the eighth gold. I'd say the only failure in the whole experience is that it's over. How much table tennis and field hockey will it take to make up for the drama we're missing from the pool? As soon as he |
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| You Ungrateful Little Sh*ts Have No Respect For Greatness! |
| Published: August 18, 2008, 10:48 am |
| Tags: Fuck You Brett Favre, Peter King, Preseason Football, Unsilent Majority |
| that game unless you were in Tibet. Ridiculous. I mean, what the fuck is wrong with you assholes? What does it take for you to recognize and appreciate the unbridled majesty of pre-season greatness? For fuck’s sake, the man threw five passes and you missed it! I demand an explanation from you self-described “fans” of the Jets |
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| Atrocity of the Day: August 18 |
| Published: August 18, 2008, 10:25 am |
| Tags: Church Issues, Human Rights Persecution, International Affairs, Politics Government, Religion Society, Sports |
| citizens and those in Tibet and Darfur -- not to mention profound sadness over the grip evil has on the members of the communist government, which they act out in horrific ways against their own countrymen and others, rather than yearn for and support their progress and their good -- that inspires these "Atrocity of the Day" |
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| Comit Organizador De Olimpiadas Contrata A Milli Vanilli Para Actos De Clausura |
| Published: August 18, 2008, 9:26 am |
| Tags: Escrito Por Oscar Marrano |
| incondicional de monjes tibetanos a los que ya nadie atropella, y eliminar milagrosamente los alegadamente altos niveles de contaminaci n que sufr a la ciudad de Pek n.La hermosa ni a Lin Miaoke entona impecablemente las primeras notas del himno "Ode to the Motherland": "Blame it on the rain, that was fallin', fallin'...""Luego de |
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| Some More Mustard On That 100-Meter Gold Medal, Mr. Bolt? [Beijing Olympics] |
| Published: August 18, 2008, 9:15 am |
| Tags: Beijing Olympics, Asain Bolt, Track |
| to see him produce a "Free Tibet" banner. Or balance his checkbook. And later, Bolt finished second in his 200m prelim heat to Rondell Sorrillo of Trinidad and/or Tobago. Of course, Bolt was probably dogging it there as well. UPDATE: Did Bolt slow down so that he could make more money in the future? Darren Rovell ponders that. Bolt Breaks |
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| The Olympics: A Capitalist Extravaganza |
| Published: August 18, 2008, 6:23 am |
| obligatory rhetoric about Tibet, Taiwan, Darfur, and smog). It's why Google (Barack Obama's sixth leading campaign contributor at $373,000) helps China keep the Tiananmen Square Massacre "down the memory hole" (George Orwell's term for the erasure of inconvenient history by state totalitarians). And why Yahoo helps China identify and imprison |
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