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This is a good personal account of May 9 in Grozniy by Tanya Lokshina. In Russian.

Putin is in Grozniy, and he sent 1000 Russian troops in there, too.

China considers legislation mandating eventual reunification with Taiwan. Funny, I don't hear any outrage from the people who are usually outraged at any country's attempt to forcibly reunify with a neighboring country. Is that because China is so big and scary?

'Reunification "is more important than our lives," Wen told Chinese Embassy staff in London on Sunday.', says the article. OK. It is scary.

"I deeply believe that one day Taiwan will return to the embrace of the motherland. This is a historical inevitability that cannot be blocked by any force," Wen said. Motherly embrace my ass. Can you say "bear hug"? And the last time I heard of "historical inevitability" it was from the people whose own country collapsed 3 years later, and they were not talking about the historical inevitability of the collapse.

If you are unsure about what the sexual market value theory is, uncle Tiedemies explains it very well. In Finnish.