In 2012, YinYang on HH made this post, https://hiddenharmonies.org/2012/01/12/responding-to-china-law-blog-chinese-students-in-america-its-bad-out-there/ about a Blog article on China Law Blog by Dan Harris, http://www.chinalawblog.com/2012/01/chinese_students_in_america_why_do_they_even_bother.html. both generated a lot of controversy. Unsettled, it seems. Ah, but we … [Read more...] about Revisiting an Oldie on Racism
What is Legitimacy?
Recently, I heard an exchange on a Canadian radio show. An interviewee criticized a new Canadian government effort to pass an anti-Muslim law. The radio host let slip a "standard" excuse /justification: "The Canadian legislators are legitimate representatives duly elected by the people." The interviewee replied interestingly, "That doesn't mean their actions are … [Read more...] about What is Legitimacy?
“Peaceful Rise” Does Not Mean a “Push Over” China
When China (with the collective aspirations of all Chinese) said China will have a "Peaceful Rise", many in the West decided to twist the meaning of "Peaceful" to mean something completely illogical. That being, "Peace" without any possibility of "conflicts or disputes". In their decidedly 1-sided world, "peace" for China must mean that China must be willing to become a … [Read more...] about “Peaceful Rise” Does Not Mean a “Push Over” China
US Censorship Poisons Internet At the Front End, with 100,000’s of Secret Gag Orders
A national security letter (18 U.S.C. § 2709), an administrative subpoena used by the FBI, has an attached gag order which restricts the recipient from ever saying anything about being served with one. The government has issued hundreds of thousands (100,000's, exact figure unknown) of such NSLs accompanied with gag orders. The gag orders have been upheld in US court. This … [Read more...] about US Censorship Poisons Internet At the Front End, with 100,000’s of Secret Gag Orders
The Ugly Side Shows Through from the US “Soft Power” Experiment: Freedom in Exporting Extremism.
Take away the more obvious examples of "Arab Spring", where US and other Western nations were literally sending violent extremists who wanted to join "jihad" in places like Syria, which now culminating in the same extremists armed with US supplied weapons forming into groups like ISIS and streaming across into Northern Iraq, creating a visible blow back against the Western … [Read more...] about The Ugly Side Shows Through from the US “Soft Power” Experiment: Freedom in Exporting Extremism.