Someone has decided to put up posters glorifying the Cultural Revolution, and advocating that Union students start a similar revolution. This appalled me, as I just finished a book detailing, among other things, the horrors of the Cultural Revolution. Millions perished, through beatings, suicide, and even systematic killings. Millions more suffered ( Read more... )

Here's an interesting movie about a guy from California who, seemingly on a whim, decides to go to Japan and walk from the southernmost point of the main islands to the northernmost point of Hokkaido. It's pretty amusing, mostly because it's shot in a very tongue-in-cheek fashion (the guy seems very light-hearted). It's also kinda cool to see the ( Read more... )

I hope this isn't what people on the Weight Watchers program get served today. These meals from 1974 are absolutely disgusting. I can't believe someone thought it would be a good idea to offer that many variations of mackerel ( Read more... )

In a strange move, China's State Administration of Radio, Film and Television has taken on the "problem" of films and TV shows that feature live action footage with cartoon/CGIs. The statement wasn't specific as to what kinds of stuff would be banned, but made some mention of "so-called cartoons that mainly feature real people and only occasionally ( Read more... )

He could have offered this money to help the victims of the earthquake in northern Pakistan... but I guess he felt this is more important.Ugh, this is such a ridiculous controversy ( Read more... )

Sorry that I haven't updated. Been pretty busy ( Read more... )

Ok, so I was just looking around IGN for the first time in a while. I noticed an ad for the IGN boards. I decided to click on it. I was going to look at the free boards, I am no longer an Insider ( Read more... )

Weightless sports are coming.

I give you a Japanese Zelda ad, from what appears to be the Super Famicom days. You can't miss this. Rap, cheesy costumes, and more!!!

Bravo to Mr. Gates for his generosity in giving over $400 million to innovative global health-oriented research. Glad to see that some money is going to the often overlooked issues of malnutrition and tropical disease.

I also saw an interesting TV show today about bride kidnapping in Kyrgyzstan. From the link, it looks like the show I saw was ( Read more... )