Dive into the archives.
- Another CA Job Posting
In the spirit of passing on interesting job posts to readers, this might be of interest to some of you:
Stand-in mistress sought to take wife’s abuse
BEIJING (Reuters) – A Chinese businessman has advertised on the Internet for a stand-in mistress to be beaten up by his wife to vent her anger and to protect his [...]
- Death to America
Is this what was going through Bostonian’s minds?
Wot wot! to Spish.
- Jesus, here we go again…
After stepping on people’s toes in 1988 Martin Scorsese finally gets the nod. Now another great director is looking to be ignored by the Academy.
- The Imperial Household Council of Japan
Japan has been an effective Constitutional Monarchy since 1947, but it remains the only country in the world with an Emperor. The Parliament and the Cabinet control politics, but the Emperor performs select actions at the invitation of the Cabinet.
The Council and other laws regarding the Emperor are governed by The Imperial Household Law, [...]
- Pot? Kettle? Black? Slavery and Comfort Women
The US House of Representatives, now under the control of the Democrats, has wasted no time since taking control two months ago to address the most important crisis in America: passing a resolution criticizing Japan for not apologizing for the wartime Imperial government’s alleged involvement with “Comfort Women” (overview here, insight here).
Japanese Foreign Minister Taro [...]
- Women and Political Development in Africa
Thanks to the Chief for this one:
Rwandan women offer a blueprint
The genocide in Rwanda literally left the women behind to pick up the pieces. After the violence subsided in 1994, 70 percent of the remaining population of Rwanda was women. If communities were going to survive, and if the country was ever going to recover, [...]
- Learning to travel light
One of my favourite productivity blogs Lifehacker links to a great resource for travellers, Travelite.org, who use the following mnemonic for packing light: TRAVEL
Toiletries
Reading Materials
“Aid” Pack
Vital Documents
Electronics
LaundryThere are some pretty good tips in there. When I first starting travelling the tip I learned was to pack everything you think you might need, then get rid [...]
- Will China face civil war?
Read the debate from Yale. Via John Robb.
- Death and language
Euphemistic language is of course everywhere, but one of the most common cultural themes spoken about in circuitous language is death. A debate in Oregon over a euthanasia law has sparked what seems to be a competition in vagueness. First physician-assisted suicide was abandoned for physician-assisted death which seemed too harsh for some who opted [...]
- Get Wired on NatSec
Wired Magazine has just fired up a new national security blog, Danger Room, produced by the man behind the Defensetech blog, Noah Shachtman. From the welcome post
We’ll be talking about what’s next in law enforcement, homeland security, and the military here. Not just the gear—although you’ll get more than your fair share of [...]
