10:00 p.m. Shanghai local time: a massive 7.2 earthquake struck Southwest Taiwan on Tuesday evening and a resulting 3-foot high tsunami is expected to hit the Philippines. Today is the 2nd anniversary of the massive 9.1 earthquake off the coast of Indonesia that triggered the 2004 tsunami that killed 233,000 people. The initial […]

For the last 12 days, all heads in China have turned to Doha, Qatar, the site of this year’s Asian games. Not only are these games of significant Olympic importance, but in China, the Doha games have served to demonstrate China’s dominance over its neighboring countries. As of Tuesday, China leads all participating […]

The Indian Council for Medical Research found that condoms designed for international size specifications were just a bit too large for men in India. According to Reuters New Delhi, 60% of Indian men have dicks an inch shorter than the world average, and 30% have boners 2 inches too small. I can only […]

I’ve been wondering for like 15 years what happened to Bananarama. I remember the first time I heard “Cruel Summer” in that early scene in the “Karate Kid” when LaRusso is at his new California school and hot little Elizabeth Shue is playing soccer or whatever. And then the remake of “Venus”. An essential to […]

In response to North Korea’s testing of a nuclear bomb in October, instead of instituting any serious military or diplomatic measures, the U.N. Security Council has decided to strip North Korea of its luxury items this holiday season. This U.S.-led punishment will deprive North Koreans of their iPods, Marlboros, Stratocaster guitars, and Harley-Davidson motorcycles. When […]

Ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls, this week’s main event is for the World Developing Nation Heavyweight Title. In the red corner, standing 5 feet 6 inches, weighing in at 153 pounds, hailing from Jiangsu, China…Hu “The Hammer” Jintao! And in the blue corner at 5 feet 10 inches, weighing 140 pounds, from Gah, West […]

A few things I know about U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice: She’s a Republican. She listens to Led Zeppelin. She’s 51 and unmarried. And Wednesday, she will land in Tokyo to begin meeting with Asian powers to figure out a way to put an end to this North Korean silliness. […]

In Gwalior, India last Thursday, in front of a roaring crowd, one of the sickest feats you’ll ever see transpired. A 5-year-old girl known as Muskaan roller skated under 40 cars. Not over 40 cars. Under. According to eyewitnesses, there was 8 and a half inches of clearance between the bottom […]

Although the U.S. views Kim Jong Il and his reclusive communist nation as an American problem, Monday morning’s North Korean nuclear test presents the biggest problem for China. Not because a nuclear North Korea poses any sort of military threat to China. Rather, China now has to answer for the country it has enabled […]

Wednesday morning’s Thai coup succeeded in overthrowing the government of Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra without any violence or retaliation. Thailand’s top general, Sonthi Boonyaratglin, declared himself the country’s interim leader until civilian rule is restored. Sonthi ordered 20 tanks to be rolled into Bangkok to block off the Royal Palace, army headquarters, Thaksin’s […]