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Seeing the manager of the San Francisco Giants bragging of his team being "world champions" on TV after winning the World Series, I couldn't help but want to ask him: Which countries did you beat to achieve th...

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My sympathies on most issues are usually with the pan-democrats in LegCo rather than with the Hong Kong government, but their call to scrap the means test on the government's proposed Old Age Living Allowance raises a simple question that none of them has yet answered to my satisfaction.  As a taxpayer, I am happy to contribute to the support of those elderly people in real need.  But what...

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I've just been playing around with Blogger's template options, so this post brings a new look to the blog.  In the conversion process, Blogger somehow lost my list of blogs and quote at the right side, but they were overdue for an update anyway, so I'll work out how to restore them later.Apart from the colour scheme, the biggest change you'll see is the picture above, which is of the beach I...

The more I think about Richard Mourdock's views, the more bizarre they seem (though he now claims they've been misinterpreted).  If he believes that the biological consequences of rape are God's will, then wouldn't it also be God's will if the rape victim contracted HIV as a result?  His God maybe; but not any god I would choose to worship.The eminently sensible Robert Reich says that "A...

Following Todd Akin's support for punishing rape victims by making them carry the rapist's child to term in case of pregnancy, another Republican candidate has gone even further, with Indiana Senate candidate Richard Mourdock declaring that "even when life begins in that horrible situation of rape, that it is something that God intended to happen."What next: if pregnancy from rape is something God...

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The Hong Kong government has acted quickly to appoint a Commission of Inquiry into the Lamma ferry disaster which killed 39 people.  Its mandate is to look into the causes of the accident, review maritime safety conditions, and recommend measures to be taken to avoid similar tragedies in future.  The Commission has been given six months to complete its work.With all due respect to the two-man...

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Miss International 2012, Ikumi YoshimatsuMiss International 2012, the 52nd edition of the Miss International pageant was held at Okinawa, Japan on October 21, 2012. Miss Japan, Ikumi Yoshimatsuwas crowned Miss International 2012 at the finale of the beauty pageant held at Okinawa Prefectural Budokan Arena Building, Naha, Okinawa, Japan on October 21, 2012.The first runner-up is Miss Finland, Viivi...

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Miss International 2012The finale Miss International 2012 will be held today on October 21, 2012 at Okinawa, Japan. And this event will Livestream from 17:00-20:30 (Japan Standard Time).Miss International 2012: Governor’s reception partyMiss International 2012: Governor’s reception partyMiss International 2012: Governor’s reception partyMiss International 2012: Governor’s reception partyMiss International...

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Miss International 2012- Finals rehearsalCheck out some photos of the rehearsals on stage.Photos courtesy of Miss International 2012Miss International 2012- Finals rehearsalMiss International 2012- Finals rehearsalHappy Bath day Miss New Zealand:Hannah CarsonMiss International 2012- Finals rehearsalMiss International 2012- Finals rehearsalMiss International 2012- Finals rehearsalMiss International...