What Must Chinese Bigwigs Dine on Endangered Species?

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The giant salamander is listed as a "critically endangered" species by the International Union for Conservation of Nature. Its population has declined dramatically in recent decades, largely due to human consumption.

So when over two-dozen Chinese officials got together in a Shenzhen restaurant last week, what did they eat? Giant salamander.

As for the journalists who spotted this outrage, they were kicked, slapped, robbed, choked, and beaten. So pretty much just another day in China.

Chinese Ignoramuses Are the Small Minds of the Day

Scientists suspect that the last time our planet had a massive “die-off” was when the dinosaur era ended after an asteroid collision.

Today, a quarter of all mammals and 40 percent of all amphibians are considered endangered. Without question, humans are causing mass extinctions.

We’re the asteroid.

What's especially galling is how rhinos were poached at a record level in South Africa last year. Why? There's an Asian market (hello, Vietnam and China) because superstitious ignoramuses think rhino horns cure cancer and make the manroot hard.

How forward-thinking is China's leadership?

Instead of actually trying to diminish air pollution, it sets up a gigantic video screen of clean air in Beijing. How helpful!

God, Sarah Palin is dumb.

“Our free stuff today is being paid for by taking money from our children and borrowing from China. When that money comes due - and this isn't racist, but it'll be like slavery when that note is due. We are going to beholden to the foreign master.” 

—Sarah Palin