Renmin Jiefangjun Wanshui

China's PLA Navy successfully lands fighter jets on the Liaoning, its first carrier.

Giving the Man the Finger

By DIDI TANG Associated Press BEIJING November 23, 2012 (AP) In the middle of an eastern Chinese city's new main road, rising incongruously from a huge circle in the freshly laid pavement, is a five-story row house with ragged edges. This is the home of the duck farmer who said "no." Luo Baogen and his wife are the lone holdouts from a neighborhood that was demolished to make way for the main thoroughfare heading to a newly built railway station on the outskirts of the city of Wenling in Zhejiang province. Dramatic images of Luo's home have circulated widely online in China this week, becoming the latest symbol of resistance in the frequent standoffs between Chinese homeowners and local officials accused of offering too little compensation to vacate neighborhoods for major redevelopment projects.
There's even a name for the buildings that remain standing as their owners resist development. They are called "nail houses" because the homeowners refuse to be hammered down.
Nail house families occasionally have resorted to violence. Some homeowners have even set themselves on fire in protests. Often, they keep 24-hour vigils because developers will shy away from bulldozing homes when people are inside.
Xiayangzhang village chief Chen Xuecai said in a telephone interview Friday that city planners decided that Luo's village of 1,600 had to be moved for a new business district anchored by the train station. Chen said most families agreed to government-offered compensation in 2007.
Luo, 67, and a handful of neighbors in other parts of the new district are holding out for more.
"We want a new house on a two-unit lot with simple interior decoration," Luo told local reporters Thursday in video footage forwarded to The Associated Press.
Luo had just completed his house at a cost of about 600,000 yuan ($95,000) when the government first approached him with their standard offer of 220,000 ($35,000) to move out — which he refused, Chen said. The offer has since gone up to 260,000 yuan ($41,000).
"The Luo family is not rich," Chen said, acknowledging that they can ill afford such a big loss on their home. "But the policy is what it is."
The new road to the railroad station was completed in recent weeks, and has not yet been opened for traffic.
What is unusual in Luo's case is that his house has been allowed to stand for so long. It is common for local authorities in China to take extreme measures, such as cutting off utilities or moving in to demolish when residents are out for the day.
Luo told local reporters his electricity and water are still flowing, and that he and his wife sleep in separate parts of the home to deter any partial demolition.
Deputy village chief Luo Xuehua — a cousin to the duck farmer — said he didn't expect the dispute to go on much longer. He said he expects Luo Baogen to reach an agreement with the government soon, though he said the homeowner's demands are unrealistic.
"We cannot just give whatever he demands," Luo Xuehua said. "That's impossible."

Saluting Fairbank Report Readers from Russia

The second largest number of visitors to the Fairbank Report this week comes from Russia.  Thank you!

ROSEMARY'S BABY

From:  http://firsttoknow.com/man-sues-wife-and-wins-for-birthing-ugly-baby/

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So, here’s the scenario: Attractive man from northern China meets attractive woman and they marry. All is well until attractive woman gives birth to a baby girl her husband finds so repulsive to look at he’s convinced his wife’s genes are responsible for the ugly baby. So, he files for divorce on the grounds of “false pretences” and wins a six-figure fine from her, the result of his lawsuit.
Sounds like an old wives tale, right? Unfortunately, it’s the true story behind the saga lives of Jian Feng and his now ex-wife who remains unnamed. After their baby girl was born, Feng demanded a DNA test to prove his wife had cheated on him with another man and the baby wasn’t his. But, when the test results came back and proved Feng was in fact the biological father, he made the choice every father makes—to apologize and accept his daughter as is.
Oh, wait. That’s not what he did. He decided to sue his wife to prove his ugly child was all her fault genetically. You would think any judge would have laughed this case right out of court, but again, not what happened.
Feng’s wife admitted that before she met her husband-to-be she had $100,000 worth of cosmetic surgery performed in South Korea. This backed up Feng’s claim of “false pretenses” that by not revealing her plastic surgery to him before the marriage, she tricked him. The judge sided with Feng and ordered the wife to pay him $120,000.
With all this craziness it’s easy to forget about the most innocent victim in the case, the baby girl who did not ask to be brought into the world, and has no control over what she looks like. Hopefully, she can be raised by a mother thankful that she got to see the “ugliness” behind her husband’s handsome exterior and now has the opportunity to find someone else to love them both for inner beauty.

Ugly Sluts That Brought Down General Patraeus

(By the way, this is the 1,200th entry of the Fairbank Report/Ruyi Baogao since its inception in September 2005).

 Photo source:  http://thelasttradition.blogspot.com/    Jill Kelly -- "honorary consul general"

Photo source:  http://www.businessinsider.com/fbi-david-petraeus-paula-broadwell-2012-11
Paula Broadwell -- "intelligence specialist"

epic cover of Blondie's "Maria" by Loveholic

They are a Korean rock band...

GREECE IS THE WORD...

 

WITH MASSIVE DEBT, INCREASED ENTITLEMENT PROGRAMS, OPEN BORDERS, AND RISING ENTITLEMENT MENTALITY, THE USA IS GREECE... YEP, GREECE IS THE WORD!

LA County Bans Bareback Porn

Measure B passed on November 6.  So bareback porn is out in Los Angeles County.

Deja Vu: Markets Crashed on O's "Re-election"

 

SP500

 1,394.53

-33.86

-2.37%

Nasdaq

2,937.29

-74.64

-2.48%

Dow

12,932.73

-312.95

-2.36%

 Flashback:  Dow dropped 5% the day after O's election in 2008

05 November 2008

Market Reaction: Dow Dropped 500 points (over 5%) on Obama's Election

Filed by Michael Henchard.

Investors voted with their feet today as fear spread that the Barack Hussein Obama regime will raise taxes and increase spending over and above the already high baseline established under putative Republican George W. Bush.

With control of all levers of the federal government, the Democrats are poised to carry out some shock and awe of their own. They will shock the economy by raising taxes and awe economists with such reckless hijinxes.

Posted by The FAIRBANK REPORT at 11/05/2008 03:05:00 PM 0 comments

Reaction to Obama's "Re-election"

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THE DAY DEMOCRACY DIES IN AMERICA...FRAUD DEFEATS RULE OF LAW

FRAUD...FRAUD...FRAUD

CHICAGO-STYLE FRAUDULENT POLITICS DAMAGED AMERICAN DEMOCRACY...

DEAD PEOPLE VOTED
ILLEGAL ALIENS VOTED

Tough Slog: Romney Must Win Ohio, Virginia, Florida to Stay in the Game

Dems Could "Win" Presidential Election by Fraud

Celebrating the Chinese Communist Party's 18th National Congress (11/8/2012) in Beijing

中国共产党第十八次全国代表大会

Zhōngguó Gòngchǎndǎng Dìshíbācì Quánguó Dàibiǎo Dàhuì 

FINAL, FINAL FAIRBANK GROUP POLL RESULTS

EMBARGOED UNTIL 07.30 PST

THE FINAL FAIRBANK REPORT PRESIDENTIAL POLL SHOWS MITT ROMNEY LEADING PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA 55% TO 44%.

SO THE MSM HAVE LIED TO THE AMERICAN PEOPLE WHEN THEY SAY THE ELECTION IS CLOSE.  NOT EVEN ANYWHERE NEAR CLOSE.

E-Day in the USA!

Obama:  "Vote for Revenge."
Romney:  "Vote for Love of Country."

You decide... 

WEEKEND SHOCK: HILLARY ENDORSES ROMNEY!!!!!!

By MAGGIE HABERMAN |

11/3/12 10:42 AM EDT

Mitt Romney has been making a pitch for bipartisanship in the closing days of the race, and this morning rolled out an endorsement from Hillary Clinton's former Senate state director, Gigi Georges:

“For most of my life, I’ve been an active Democrat. I am proud to have worked for President Bill Clinton and then-Senator Hillary Clinton, and, during that time, I saw firsthand what can be accomplished by strong, bipartisan leadership. I know what it means to work across the aisle on issues that are important to the American people. And that’s why I am supporting Mitt Romney. Governor Romney has a plan to restore the prosperity this country deserves and expects. He will work with people of good will no matter what their party, and he will pursue the policies that are in the best interest of our country, no matter who proposes them. That’s what President Obama promised to do four years ago. But like so many of his promises, bipartisan cooperation is just another one he has broken. We can’t have four more years of failed policies and two parties that can’t work together. We need the change Mitt Romney is offering.”

For people in New York politics, Georges, who now lives in Boston, is a familiar name and face - she was also the executive director of the state Democracy Party when Clinton was in office. Romney's been talking up Hillary Clinton for months on and off on the trail, and the final effort to appeal to some of her voters in places like Ohio has continued.
(Also on POLITICO: Hillary doesn't rule out staying on)
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SOURCE:  http://www.politico.com/blogs/burns-haberman/2012/11/former-hillary-aide-backs-romney-148251.html#comments 

Kim Jong-un's Wife (Ri Solju) is Pregnant with Child

The video below released by North Korean TV shows a plump Ri Solju.  Clearly, she's pregnant...You heard it first here at the Fairbank Report.