Merkforce Delta Archive

  • Meditations on Minorities

    Meditations on Minorities

    Uighurs. Lots of things come to mind when I think about them dudes. Two of the more "serious" or "responsible" or even "ethical" thoughts I have are as follows:

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  • Why Twitter and Facebook are Blocked in China

    Why Twitter and Facebook are Blocked in China

    Anyway, rather than banging on about our lack of status updates, or whatever, we here at Shlaowai HQ have artfully employed our understanding of geopolitics in order to get to the bottom of this seemingly bottomless vexation.

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  • The Most Uninteresting China Post You Will Ever Read

    The Most Uninteresting China Post You Will Ever Read

    One thing we at Shlaowai have always been absolutely sure about is our mutual disdain for Western media coverage of China.

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  • PLEASE REFRAIN FROM TAKING A DUMP IN OUR PAVILION

    PLEASE REFRAIN FROM TAKING A DUMP IN OUR PAVILION

    Over the previous two months of Shanghai Expo operations, interesting testaments on the true nature of the Shanghai Expo have emerged.

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  • Lions and Tigers and Clintons, Oh My!

    Lions and Tigers and Clintons, Oh My!

    Only hours previous, I received an email addressed to one “Mr. Delta”, inviting your noble beacon of results-based communication strategies to a speech on President Obama’s National Exports Initiative, to be given by a man named Hillary Rodham Clinton.

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  • Do Not Smoking

    Do Not Smoking

    It just so happens that the only place people choose to smoke (in a building which strictly prohibits smoking, mind you) is the small men’s bathroom. Mostly because there is no god, this bathroom has no ventilation.

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  • This is the Expo

    This is the Expo

    MKFDPhD was one of 200,000, and with ticket, camera, and umbrella in hand, I made first contact with what until now has been a rather alien event to pretty much anyone that isn’t Chinese.

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  • What the Hell is the Expo?????

    What the Hell is the Expo?????

    Well, as a Shanghai resident, my mind has been thunderfucked with Expo propaganda for months on end, which enables me to vouch for the fact that at least 1.4 billion people sandwiched between Russia and Southeast Asia care. Or maybe they don’t.

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  • EXPO-MANIA

    EXPO-MANIA

    This area will be one of the highlights of the imminent 2010 Shanghai World Expo. Compared to the other Expo areas, this area will feature examples of someone putting something into the world rather than taking something out.

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  • Meet the Shlaowai Team

    Meet the Shlaowai Team

    Lots o' laowai! Here you can find out a little insight into the personalities who keep this incredible website going.

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