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...harsh Old Testament order was restored to the Outback on Thursday night in a Week 10 episode of "Survivor 2" full of hunger, weariness and Deadly Sins. The victim was Nick, who it should have been - not only was he the perfect candidate to reunite the spasmodic Ogakor alliance, he walked under the cursed cloud of envy known as "having won the last Immunity Challenge." (There's a certain way those things can make a target appear on your back, at least around the ol' watercooler...
...still hate Gladiator...I was shocked when I heard that Nicole Kidman's publicist confirmed that she had a miscarriage a couple weeks back. Celebrities usually never reveal such intimate details. But after Tom Cruise navigated the publicity storm so well by making himself out to be the victim of their breakup, it seems that Nicole's spokeswoman saw a prime chance to take revenge. Now Tom suddenly seems the callous one for dumping a pregnant woman...Strangely, I find myself listening to Ace of Base a lot these days. I guess senioritis extends to personal taste as well...
...place of the party's discarded communism has come a nervous nationalism, rooted in a perception that China has been the victim of more than a century of foreign bullying - and is being targeted once again, this time by the U.S. "hegemonists." That nationalism is now the binding ideology of the new China, and its most enthusiastic champions are often the Nike-wearing, Big Mac-munching students being groomed to run China Inc. It is a sentiment Jiang can scarcely ignore...
...freshmen and sophomores gathered in the auditorium of Stephenson High School in Stone Mountain, Ga., are contemplating a red poster with a drawing of a large angry face and the word BULLY. That poster and two others, marked VICTIM and BYSTANDER, form the backdrop for the action onstage. Victor--with his black beret and long, stringy hair that scream "Victim!"--is enduring a stream of abuse from Brad. "I can call you anything I want because I'm a man and you're a punk sissy nerd!" Brad shouts after stealing Victor's hat. The audience laughs hysterically...
...then burst has got to stop. It's way too convenient. The lesson here isn't that the analysts are shills. It's that greed and speculation come disguised, and if you don't accept your own failure to unmask those wealth raiders, you're bound to fall victim next time around...