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the International Olympic Committee awarded the 2008 Summer Olympics to Beijing.

US officials reacted with what can only be described as elation.

The Olympic Movement was created with specific goals in mind, and follows certain ideals: sportsmanship, camaraderie, and peace.

Where was the sportsmanship in persecuting people for their religion? Will Falung Gong practitioners be allowed to compete? Probably not, because most have either fled their country or been forced into a completely underground existence. Hell, how about Christians? China’s had a history of persecuting them, too. Read more »

It’s 2001, and the clock is still ticking. Soon it’ll be 2002.

Looking back at fiction, it’s fairly interesting how far we’ve come, and how far we haven’t. Most people have access to cellphones smaller and more functional than the original “Star Trek” communicators, on the other hand, as the IBM commercial with Avery Brooks from last year asks, “Where are the flying cars?” Read more »