"The President of the United States should not go to the Olympics..."

I'd say nobody should go.

There's a word for the highest men in the Chinese Communist government: "tyrants." There's also a word for the men who carry out their commands: "thugs." That's a good reason to boycott this Olympics. (Besides, we boycotted that other Olympics in a Communist haven, the USSR, in 1980. We ought to behave consistently as a matter of social principle.)

Thanks to Mulier Fortis...

I checked my site, and.....SOME FACELESS COMMIE MANDARIN BLOCKED MY WEBSITE!

Maybe it was Crawdad's review of Dune? My reflections on extrovert-introvert tensions within the Church? Or maybe the post with the lyrics of "War" by Edwin Starr?

Well, as long as I'm annoyed at the Chinese, I mind as well have some fun with it.

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I hereby challenge Fu Manchu (C'mon, we all know you're back there somewhere, rigging the Communist Party elections, coercing recalcitrant Chinese Commies, etc.) to SINGLE COMBAT!

The weapons shall be precisely one crustacean and any amount of poisonous liquids that can be carried by one man.

The location shall be any that Fu Manchu chooses.

The time shall be any that Fu Manchu Chooses.

The fight shall be to the death of either party. I shall not surrender, and I do not expect Fu Manchu to do so.

Fu Manchu may bring one henchman, as I shall bring H.L. Crawdad, both of whom may fight to the death or not, as they may so desire.

And should you want a reason, O Honorable Manchu...through your Communist agents you have prohibited the refreshing goodness of my blog to leaven the people of China, even though they have shown a desire to do so. This offense against my honor and God-given right to talk to everyone cannot be apologized for.

Fu Manchu, I await your answer, and trust that you shall send it soon. I have schoolwork to do and cannot neglect it while waiting for your response.

(Signed)

Histor the Wise, honorable son of Dadwithnoisykids.

A certain sizable country famous for tea and Mao Zedong needs to get a clue

Government-sponsored religions are going the way of the dodo. Not only are they effete in comparison with "underground" religions, they are not aided by the Internet, which makes covert evangelization easy as pie.

It's cheaper just to declare open season for evangelists. Let the best religion win, I say.

Subverting the Dominant Paradigm since 2006!

The Other Huge Nation That Celebrates the Woman's Right To Choose And Doesn't Think It Hurts Anyone allows people to visit me online. Try it out!

H/T: Mr. Jay

Yet More Schadenfreude, at the expense of the Chinese "Patriotic" Church

Apparently Chinese Catholics prefer the Real McCoy:

Although the Catholic Church is theoretically under the control of the Patriotic Association, in practice virtually all Chinese Catholics prefer to align themselves directly with the Holy See.

Gosh, wonder why? Could it be that all state-run churches are either Herodian tyrants or doctrinally mushy Gilbert and Sullivan characters?

Awesome!

I got a visitor from China!

Est Puzzlementem: invading pagan Communist nations with the good news of Christ, Christian Love, and Toy Soldiers!