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A good article from Yahoo Finance. This may not directly be applicable to the restaurants in China, but I think we can all learn something from here.
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A good article from Yahoo Finance. This may not directly be applicable to the restaurants in China, but I think we can all learn something from here.
<span class="rt-reading-time" style="display: block;"><span class="rt-label rt-prefix">Reading Time: </span> <span class="rt-time">7</span> <span class="rt-label rt-postfix">minutes</span></span> 谷歌翻译的中文版在这里。下面是英文原文(偶尔会有更新;中文版一般情况下不更新)。 WeChat app is a time sucker My better half (my wife) thinks I spent too much time on WeChat app aka 微信 wei’xin, and I agree after using WeChat for about 10 years. One of my new year’s resolutions is to use less iPhone, social media in general including WeChat. I mentioned a few
Read More<span class="rt-reading-time" style="display: block;"><span class="rt-label rt-prefix">Reading Time: </span> <span class="rt-time">5</span> <span class="rt-label rt-postfix">minutes</span></span> Or, put it bluntly, to combat my iPhone addiction 🙁 Why What do you do the 1st thing after you wake up? Hopefully you are not like me “yes you guessed it right, look at my iPhone and check the WeChat blah blah blah” 🙂 Sometimes I wonder if “I own the iPhone; or the
Read More<span class="rt-reading-time" style="display: block;"><span class="rt-label rt-prefix">Reading Time: </span> <span class="rt-time">3</span> <span class="rt-label rt-postfix">minutes</span></span> Travel Mishaps One of the most memorable moments in 2024, for me at least, we already checked out the hotel in HK and got on the taxi to the airport, then our 14-year-old said, “I left my hoodie in the closet”. We already checked out thus cannot go back to the room directly. Had to
Read More<span class="rt-reading-time" style="display: block;"><span class="rt-label rt-prefix">Reading Time: </span> <span class="rt-time">< 1</span> <span class="rt-label rt-postfix">minute</span></span> Horrible news from New Orleans – CNN 的文章。 我没有去过新奥尔良。十多年前我去过离她不远的阿拉巴马州的海边orange beach 和gulf shore。这次的事情发生在凌晨3:16,在新奥尔良最有名的闹市/旅游区。 2001年9月11日,纽约世贸中心双塔(最高的两幢楼)被基地组织劫的民航飞机撞上去,爆炸并倒塌。当时我在美国,我已在公司上班将近一年。不久以后,小布什在国会通过议案后,开始了美国的 war on terror 反恐战争: 先是带着一帮北约小兄弟轰炸并入侵阿富汗。因为当时阿富汗的塔利班政府不肯交出基地组织的头本拉登等人。2003年三月,又是在国会同意以后,”war on terror” 又进一步:小布什命令美军入侵伊拉克。世界第一军事强国美军拿下阿富汗和萨达姆的伊拉克军队,没有悬念。本拉登后来也被美军杀死。但是”war on terror” 没有成功,美军最后在死亡几千人以后,撤出伊拉克和阿富汗。昨天,2025元旦,被新的伊斯兰极端组织Isis同化的退役美国士兵(去过伊拉克),开着卡车载着在新奥尔良搞恐怖活动。小布什的伊拉克战争跟一千多年前的十字军东征有何差别? 在我看来不从历史中吸取经验是不少宗教极端主义的共同特点-这当然也包括美国基督教极端主义,和以色列类似的宗教极端主义。 十字军东征 以下来自维基 -(拉丁语:Cruciata;法语:Croisade;伊斯兰世界称为法兰克人入侵;1096年-1291年)是一系列在天主教教宗的准许下的战争,由西欧的封建领地主和骑士对被他们视为侵略者的伊斯兰政权(地中海东岸)发动持续近200年的战争。 以下来自百度 – 十字军东征(拉丁文:Cruciata,1096—1291年)是一系列在罗马天主教教皇乌尔班二世发动的、持续近200年的、有名的宗教性军事行动,由西欧的封建领主和骑士以收复被阿拉伯、突厥等穆斯林入侵占领的土地的名义对地中海东岸国家发动的战争,前后共计九次。十字架是基督教的象征,因此每个参加出征的人胸前和臂上都佩戴“十”字标记,故称“十字军”。 PS: Is George W Bush the worst US president in recent memory? 另:美国的反恐战争和运动/行动如此的虎头蛇尾,甚至于类似于另一项轰轰烈烈的时间更长的反毒抗毒运动,是不是也有因为有一些利益集团并不希望这些利国利民的运动真正地成功呢?因为对军火集团,监狱行业(美国有世界上最多的犯人,和最庞大的监狱系统,其中有相当数量的监狱不是政府的,而是公司拥有和运作的)等利益集团来说,只有现在这样他们才能赚大钱啊。
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