Sunday, July 26, 2009

Chinese abuse of Dissidents


Chinese dissident saved by Canada details horror
IAN WILLMS/TORONTO STAR
Chinese journalist and calligrapher Jiang Weiping. A free translation of the calligraphy would be: "People who have had to eat roots are capable of doing anything."

Jiang Weiping was jailed for more than five years after exposing corruption
Jul 26, 2009 04:30 AM
 
He spent five years and a month in jail in China, deprived of drinking water for days and of heat in his cell in minus-30 winter weather.
When his case became an international cause célèbre, his wife was detained for 28 days and prohibited from travelling for a year. She eventually escaped to Toronto with their daughter in 2004.
Upon his release in 2006, he was kept under surveillance and banned from travel for three years. He came to Toronto early this year.
Jiang Weiping, 54, sat down Monday and summarized the 500,000-word account he has just finished in Mandarin. His wife Stella Lee, 52, with whom I've had several dealings in the last five years through PEN Canada, the writers' group, completed telling hers Thursday.
She speaks English. He hopes to. So his long interviews had to be translated.

Read the full story http://www.thestar.com/comment/article/671645

Saturday, July 25, 2009

A Perfect Game


Apparently the ball is missng.
After the game the first baseman
was approached by someone
claiming to represent the Baseball
Hall of Fame,who said they would
need the ball. It was an imposter.

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Friday, July 03, 2009

New Company Policy


NEW OFFICE POLICY

Dress Code:
1) You are advised to come to work dressed according to your salary.
2) If we see you wearing Prada shoes and carrying a Gucci bag, we will assume you are doing well financially and therefore do not need a raise.
3) If you dress poorly, you need to learn to manage your money better, so that you may buy nicer clothes, and therefore you do not need a raise.
4) If you dress just right, you are right where you need to be and therefore you do not need a raise.

Sick Days:
We will no longer accept a doctor's statement as proof of sickness. If you are able to go to the doctor, you are able to come to work.

Personal Days:
Each employee will receive 104 personal days a year. They are called Saturdays & Sundays. 

Bathroom Breaks:
Entirely too much time is being spent in the toilet. There is now a strict three-minute time limit in the stalls. At the end of three minutes, an alarm will sound, the toilet paper roll will retract, the stall door will open, and a picture will be taken. After your second offense, your picture will be posted on the company bulletin board under the 'Chronic Offenders' category. Anyone caught smiling in the picture will be sectioned under the company's mental health policy.

Lunch Break:
* Skinny people get 30 minutes for lunch, as they need to eat more, so that they can look healthy.
* Normal size people get 15 minutes for lunch to get a balanced meal to maintain their average figure.
* Chubby people get 5 minutes for lunch, because that's all the time needed to drink a Slim-Fast.

Thank you for your loyalty to our company. We are here to provide a positive employment experience. Therefore, all questions, comments, concerns, complaints,
frustrations, irritations, aggravations, insinuations, allegations, accusations, contemplations, consternation and input should be directed elsewhere.

The Management