超越时空

今天是2008年1月2日，尽管假期已经结束，但按习惯说新年的气息还未散尽，所以我这就接着新年的气息絮絮旧，算做回首过去，展望未来吧。

回望07年，基本上没有什么可说的，工作步入了轨道，生活进入了平淡，尽管股市异常火爆，耳边经常有忠言劝告入市，奈何资金有限，就算进股市打几个滚，就那几个本钱还不够每天瞎折腾烦人的。所以尽管逢人必谈股市，也看尽了股市风云，每日上班必做环球股市，但事实上自己还是个裸民。这直接结果就是年底了，看到大家都从股市分红的时候，只剩眼红的份。不过眼红归眼红，却并不怎么眼馋，因为小时候记得“算命先生”说过，天生没有得横财的命，我也就安心守好自己的一亩三分田，做一个安分的准白领吧。

07年要说股市火热只让人眼红，然而房市飙升却让人窝火。中国人的传统，要想立家必先置业，现实一遍遍残酷的告诉人们，那些专家口中的所谓，中国一半人不应该买房只能当作站在平民观点上的扯淡，尽管人家不是平民，但至少这样说，说明人家还有点良心。不像黑心的地产商忽悠的，盖房只是给有钱人盖得，没钱人自然靠边站。这种混帐话乍听起来似乎和市场主义商家的唯利主义很契合，似乎没有批判的道理，但是他忘了市场经济是最讲究市场的，占市场绝大多数席位的永远不是那些有钱人，在中国更不是，在中国最需要打击的就是这些投机地产商，翻一翻他们的老账肯定能翻出不少腐败案来。近来多个城市出现的房屋交易萎缩似乎显现出了民众的理性，人们当然要用脚投票将这些投机商打到在地，再踩上一万只脚，叫他永世不得翻身。

如上观点，房子在中国还是必须要买了，除非你做好了打光棍的准备，借用一个哥们的话，现在的女的都是属猫的，尽管我不怎么认同，但似乎在某种意义上这是有道理的。尽管许多论坛上常看见愤愤不平的男愤青叫嚷为什么买房只是男人的责任？但现实还是很残酷，谁让上帝造人的时候，造了亚当后，还造了夏娃呢，男人离开了女人，这地球似乎还真就不转了。当然这里边排除家庭殷实，老爹老妈已打点好一切和男女双方的爱情因素，除非二人有共同追求，且互相吸引，她能意识到自己的责任，且愿意承担，注重绩优股而不着眼于炒短线。这种情况确实是存在的，但现在要想找到这样的人必须得使用军方专用望远镜加科研专用高倍显微镜。

除了股市，房产占据07年整个心理之外，事实上07年也有许多值得记忆的，当然也有许多烦恼，美好的记忆留在了07年，然而烦恼却延续到了08年，而且在可预见的日子里似乎还看不到结束的一天。本来想记述一些这些烦恼，但又想了想，写下来只不过是让自己在大脑里在过渡一遍这些烦恼，还不如暂时让他们停留在大脑中的某个角落，等需要出来的时候自己再出来，我就不主打去揭伤疤了。

新年新气象，愿大家新年的愿望都能实现。我的新年愿望嘛，呵呵，除了我之外，好像也有人知道，能不能实现，取决于我，也取决于她。GOD BLESS US!

Chronology of news events in 2007

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December 28, 2007

JANUARY

Jan. 2

Seven New Orleans police officers surrender to face murder or attempted murder charges related to shootings on a bridge after Hurricane Katrina.

Oprah Winfrey opens a school for disadvantaged girls in South Africa.

Jan. 3

Crude oil prices open the new year at $58.32 a barrel.

Jan. 4

Nancy Pelosi is elected first female speaker of the House as Democrats take control of Congress.

Jan. 9

U.S. forces stage airstrikes against suspected al-Qaida fighters in Somalia in the first offensive there since 18 American soldiers were killed in 1993.

Tony Gwynn and Cal Ripken Jr. are elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame, but Mark McGwire falls far short.

Jan. 10

President Bush says he takes responsibility for any mistakes in Iraq and announces an increase in U.S. troops there to quell violence.

Jan. 12

Two kidnapped boys, Ben Ownby and Shawn Hornbeck, are found alive in the same suburban St. Louis apartment -- four days after Ben vanished and 4 1/2 years after Shawn disappeared.

Jan. 18

Actor Isaiah Washington apologizes for using a gay slur against a "Grey's Anatomy" castmate on the set and at the Golden Globes ceremony.

Jan. 19

Former Republican Rep. Bob Ney is sentenced to 2 1/2 years in prison in a lobbying scandal.

Jan. 20

Twenty-five U.S. troops are killed in Iraq, including 12 in a helicopter crash in Baghdad and five in a sophisticated sneak attack in Karbala.

Jan. 23

In his State of the Union address, President Bush implores Congress to give his unpopular plan to send more U.S. troops to Iraq "a chance to work."

Jan. 25

Ford Motor Co. says it lost $12.7 billion in 2006, the worst loss in the company's 103-year history.

Jan. 29

Kentucky Derby winner Barbaro is euthanized because of medical complications eight months after his gruesome breakdown at the Preakness.

FEBRUARY

Feb. 2

A panel of international scientists says global warming is "very likely" man-made.

Feb. 4

The Indianapolis Colts win the Super Bowl, beating the Chicago Bears 29-17.

Feb. 5

NASA astronaut Lisa Nowak is arrested and accused of trying to kidnap a rival for the affections of a space shuttle pilot.

Feb. 8

Tabloid bombshell Anna Nicole Smith dies in Florida at age 39 of an accidental drug overdose.

Feb. 11

The Dixie Chicks win five Grammys in a defiant comeback after being shunned over their anti-Bush comments about the Iraq war.

Feb. 12

A teenage gunman shoots nine people, killing five, at a mall in Salt Lake City before he is shot and killed by police.

Feb. 14

ConAgra recalls all Peter Pan and Great Value peanut butter made at a Georgia plant because of a salmonella outbreak.

Feb. 16

Britney Spears shaves her head and gets a new tattoo, then enters rehab.

Feb. 22

Britain's Ministry of Defense says Prince Harry will be deployed to Iraq but later reverses the decision because of insurgent threats.

Feb. 24

The Virginia General Assembly passes a resolution expressing "profound regret" for the state's role in slavery.

Feb. 25

"The Departed" wins best picture at the Academy Awards and Martin Scorsese wins best director on his sixth nomination.

Feb. 26

The "forever" stamp -- good for mailing a letter no matter how much postal rates rise -- is recommended.

Feb. 27

A suicide bomber strikes Bagram Air Base in Afghanistan within earshot of Vice President Dick Cheney, who was rushed to a bomb shelter.

Dow Jones industrial average drops 546 points, the worst drop since the 2001 terrorist attacks.

MARCH

March 1

A tornado blows down walls at Enterprise High School in Alabama, killing eight teenagers as the students huddled in the hallway.

The Army general in charge of Walter Reed Army Medical Center is relieved of command after disclosures about dilapidated buildings and inadequate treatment of wounded soldiers.

March 6

Vice president's former chief of staff, Scooter Libby, is convicted of lying and obstructing the CIA leak investigation.

A State Department report says the ongoing genocide in Sudan's Darfur region was the world's worst human rights abuse last year.

March 8

"American Idol" viewers pick Sanjaya Malakar as the 12th finalist and he improbably survives five more weeks before being voted off.

March 13

Attorney General Alberto Gonzales admits mistakes were made in how the Justice Department handled the dismissal of eight federal prosecutors but says he won't resign.

March 14

The Pentagon releases the transcript of a military hearing in which Khalid Sheikh Mohammed says he "was responsible for the 9/11 operation from A to Z."

President Bush says he's not happy the Justice Department made mistakes in explaining its actions to Congress, but he says the prosecutors' firings were appropriate.

March 15

Angelina Jolie adopts a 3-year-old boy from an orphanage in Vietnam; Pax Thien is her fourth child with Brad Pitt.

March 18

Dog and cat foods sold under multiple brand names are recalled because of pet illnesses and deaths; inspectors later say an ingredient from China was tainted with melamine.

March 22

John and Elizabeth Edwards say her cancer has returned in an incurable form, but he plans to continue his presidential campaign.

March 23

Iran seizes 15 British sailors and marines in the disputed Shatt Al-Arab waterway between Iran and Iraq.

March 28

Iranian state TV shows video of the seized sailors and marines, and the lone female captive is shown in a white tunic and a black head scarf saying the British boats had "trespassed."

APRIL

April 2

Florida wins its second consecutive college basketball championship, beating Ohio State 84-75.

April 4

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad gleefully announces the release of 15 captive British sailors and marines, who leave Tehran the next day.

Radio host Don Imus makes offensive remarks about the Rutgers University women's basketball team, apologizing two days later. CBS Radio fires him, but he is hired elsewhere by the end of the year.

April 6

A panel of international scientists says millions of poor people will suffer from hunger, thirst, floods and disease unless drastic action is taken against global warming.

April 11

North Carolina's top prosecutor drops sexual assault charges against three Duke University lacrosse players and says the athletes were innocent victims of a "tragic rush to accuse."

"Slaughterhouse-Five" author Kurt Vonnegut dies.

April 12

A suicide bomber breaches security in Iraq's parliament and blows himself up amid lawmakers having lunch in the dining hall; a Sunni parliament member is killed.

New Jersey Gov. Jon S. Corzine breaks his leg and several ribs in a highway crash.

April 16

A suicidal student kills 32 people on the Virginia Tech campus in the deadliest shooting rampage in U.S. history.

April 18

The Supreme Court rules 5-4 that a ban on a specific abortion method is constitutional.

Four bombings penetrate the security net around Baghdad, including one attack at a Shiite market that kills more than 120 people.

April 23

Boris Yeltsin, the first freely elected Russian president, dies.

April 26

Congress narrowly approves legislation that contains a 12-month timetable for the withdrawal of U.S. combat troops from Iraq, which Bush later vetoes.

April 27

The government says economic growth slowed to a near crawl of 1.3 percent in the first quarter, the worst performance in four years.

MAY

May 3

Mercury Seven astronaut Wally Schirra dies.

May 4

Tornado destroys most of Greensburg, Kan., killing 11 people.

"Spider-Man 3" snares audiences with a record $59.8 million on its first day.

May 5

Street Sense roars from next-to-last in a 20-horse field to win the Kentucky Derby.

May 6

Conservative Nicolas Sarkozy wins the French presidency with a mandate to make economic reforms.

May 8

Six foreign-born men are charged in what authorities say was a plot to attack the Fort Dix Army base in New Jersey.

May 11

As graduation ceremonies begin, Virginia Tech remembers victims of April shooting massacre.

May 12

A U.S. patrol is attacked south of Baghdad, and five Americans and an Iraqi interpreter are killed; two soldiers are still missing.

May 14

DaimlerChrysler says it is selling almost all of Chrysler to private equity firm Cerberus Capital Management for $7.4 billion, backing out of a troubled 1998 takeover.

May 15

The Rev. Jerry Falwell, who built the religious right into a political force, dies.

May 21

Israel launches new airstrikes against Palestinian rocket squads in the Gaza Strip, killing five militants. An Israeli woman is killed by a rocket fired from Gaza.

May 23

Teenager Jordin Sparks wins "American Idol."

May 25

A man infected with drug-resistant tuberculosis is quarantined after he returns from his European wedding and honeymoon.

May 29

Health officials say passengers on the same flights as Andrew Speaker should be tested for tuberculosis, though their risk of infection is low.

May 30

A Saudi held at the Guantanamo Bay prison since 2002 is found dead of an apparent suicide.

JUNE

June 1

The FDA warns that toothpaste made in China may contain a poisonous chemical used in antifreeze.

June 3

After attending the MTV Movie Awards, Paris Hilton reports to jail to serve 23 days for a probation violation. She's released three days later for an unspecified medical condition.

June 4

Rep. William Jefferson of Louisiana is charged in a bribery scheme.

June 5

Scooter Libby is sentenced to 2 1/2 years for lying and obstructing the CIA leak investigation, but President Bush later commutes the prison sentence.

June 6

Powerful Cyclone Gonu strikes Oman with 100 mph winds, causing at least 49 deaths.

Bob Barker films his last episode of "The Price Is Right" and retires.

June 8

Crying out for her mother, Paris Hilton is ordered back to jail to serve out her sentence.

June 9

Rags to Riches becomes the first filly to win the Belmont Stakes since 1905.

June 10

"The Sopranos" final episode cuts to black, leaving viewers to eternally debate whether Tony Soprano survived.

June 14

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas declares an emergency after the Hamas militant group effectively took control of the Gaza Strip.

A reputed Klansman is convicted of kidnapping two black teenagers who were deliberately drowned in Mississippi in 1964.

San Antonio Spurs win fourth NBA title in nine years.

June 16

Durham District Attorney Mike Nifong is disbarred over the Duke lacrosse case.

Sunita Williams ends the longest single spaceflight by any woman, 195 days.

June 18

Warehouse fire kills nine firefighters in Charleston, S.C.

June 25

A judge rules in favor of a dry cleaner sued by a dissatisfied customer who demanded $54 million for his missing pants.

June 27

Gordon Brown succeeds Tony Blair as British prime minister.

June 28

The American bald eagle is removed from the endangered species list.

June 29

First iPhones are sold.

June 30

Two men crash an explosive-laden Jeep at Glasgow Airport, two days after two cars rigged as bombs were found in London.

JULY

July 2

Opera diva Beverly Sills dies.

July 3

Japan's defense minister resigns amid outrage after he suggested the U.S. atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki were inevitable.

July 7

A truck bomb devastates the public market in Armili, Iraq, killing at least 115 people.

July 8

Roger Federer wins his fifth consecutive Wimbledon and 11th Grand Slam.

July 10

China executes the former head of its food and drug agency for approving untested medicine in exchange for cash.

July 11

Pakistani army commandos capture the Red Mosque in a 35-hour battle; the cleric who led the mosque's violent anti-vice campaign is among those killed.

Lady Bird Johnson dies at age 94.

July 12

Bush administration assessment says the Iraqi government is achieving only spotty military and political progress.

July 14

North Korea shuts down its sole operating nuclear reactor after receiving a South Korean oil shipment.

July 15

Los Angeles' Roman Catholic archdiocese says it is settling sex-abuse cases for $660 million.

July 16

A strong earthquake in northwestern Japan causes malfunctions at the world's most powerful nuclear power plant, including radioactive water spilled into the Sea of Japan.

July 17

Dow Jones industrial average crosses 14,000 for the first time.

July 18

An underground steam pipe explodes on a New York City street, swallowing a tow truck and killing one person.

July 21

"Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows," final volume of the wizard series, goes on sale.

David Beckham debuts with the Los Angeles Galaxy in front of a sold-out, star-studded crowd.

July 24

The minimum wage rises 70 cents to $5.85 an hour, the first increase in a decade.

Senators question Alberto Gonzales' honesty during a blistering hearing where the attorney general repeatedly apologizes but refuses to answer many questions.

July 26

Dow Jones industrial average closes down more than 310 points.

July 30

Filmmaker Ingmar Bergman dies.

AUGUST

Aug. 1

Minneapolis bridge collapses into the Mississippi River during evening rush hour; 13 people are killed.

Aug. 2

Two Russian submarines complete a voyage below the North Pole where they planted the country's flag on the Arctic Ocean floor.

Aug. 6

Crandall Canyon Mine in central Utah collapses, trapping six miners.

Aug. 7

Barry Bonds hits record-breaking 756th career home run.

Aug. 8

Space shuttle Endeavour launches with teacher-astronaut Barbara Morgan on board.

Aug. 12

Tiger Woods wins the PGA Championship, his 13th major.

Aug. 13

Bush's political strategist Karl Rove says he is resigning.

Aug. 14

Suicide bombings target the Yazidis sect in northern Iraq; 500 are thought to have died.

Mattel recalls 9 million Chinese-made toys because of lead paint or tiny magnets that could be swallowed.

Aug. 15

Magnitude-8 earthquake strikes Peru, causing more than 500 fatalities.

Dow Jones industrial average dips below 13,000 on investors' credit and housing fears.

A former NBA referee pleads guilty to tipping off gamblers and betting on games he officiated.

Aug. 16

Jose Padilla is convicted of supporting terrorism after being held 3 1/2 years as an enemy combatant.

A cave-in kills three rescuers in Crandall Canyon Mine; search for the six trapped miners is later suspended.

Aug. 21

Category 5 Hurricane Dean strikes Mexico's coast.

Aug. 22

A U.S. helicopter crashes in Iraq, killing 14 soldiers.

Aug. 23

Nicole Richie spends 82 minutes in jail to complete a four-day sentence for driving under the influence of drugs.

Aug. 24

The NFL suspends Atlanta Falcons quarterback Michael Vick after he agrees to plead guilty to running a dogfighting operation.

Aug. 27

Attorney General Alberto Gonzales resigns.

Aug. 28

Sen. Larry Craig of Idaho denies any wrongdoing despite his guilty plea from an airport restroom police sting, and he emphatically adds, "I am not gay. I never have been gay."

Aug. 30

A B-52 bomber armed with six nuclear warheads flies cross-country unnoticed, in serious breach of nuclear security; Air Force later punishes 70 people.

SEPTEMBER

Sept. 3

Plane piloted by adventurer Steve Fossett disappears in western Nevada.

Sept. 4

Hurricane Felix slams into Nicaragua's coast, the first time two Category 5 Atlantic hurricanes hit land in the same year.

Sept. 6

Famed tenor Luciano Pavarotti dies.

Sept. 7

Osama bin Laden appears in a video for the first time in three years, telling Americans they should convert to Islam if they want the war in Iraq to end.

A husband and wife are acquitted of negligent homicide for not evacuating the nursing home they owned where 35 patients died during Hurricane Katrina.

The Labor Department says payrolls shrank in August, the first decline in four years.

Sept. 9

Britney Spears appears lethargic in much-hyped performance at MTV Video Music Awards.

Sept. 12

Oil prices reach $80 a barrel.

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, hospitalized for a stress-related illness, says he will resign just a year after taking office.

Sept. 13

President Bush orders gradual reductions in U.S. forces in Iraq but rejects calls to end the war.

The NFL fines New England Patriots coach Bill Belichick $500,000 and the team $250,000 for spying on the New York Jets during a game.

Sept. 16

O.J. Simpson is arrested in an alleged armed robbery of sports memorabilia collectors in Las Vegas.

Sept. 17

Iraqi government revokes license of Blackwater USA security firm after civilians are shot.

Sept. 20

The U.S. dollar reaches parity with the Canadian dollar and falls to record lows against the euro.

Sept. 24

United Auto Workers walk off the job at GM plants in the first nationwide strike during auto contract negotiations since 1976; tentative pact ends walkout two days later.

Sept. 25

Myanmar bans large assemblies after escalating protests by Buddhist monks and sympathizers.

Japan's lower house of parliament elects Yasuo Fukuda prime minister.

Sept. 26

Judge declares a mistrial in Phil Spector's murder trial because the jury was deadlocked 10-2 in favor of convicting the music producer of killing actress Lana Clarkson.

Myanmar starts violent crackdown on protests, beating and dragging away dozens of monks.

OCTOBER

Oct. 1

Dow Jones industrial average rises 191 points, surpassing mid-July closing record of 14,000.

Oct. 3

President Bush vetoes expansion of a children's health insurance program.

Oct. 5

Track star Marion Jones pleads guilty to lying to federal investigators when she denied using steroids; she later returns her five Olympic medals.

Oct. 6

Pakistan's Gen. Pervez Musharraf wins presidential election boycotted by most opponents.

Oct. 8

Michael Devlin is sentenced to life in prison for kidnapping one of two boys he held captive in his suburban St. Louis apartment.

Oct. 10

United Auto Workers tentatively agree on a contract with Chrysler.

Oct. 11

U.S. budget deficit falls to $162.8 billion, the lowest shortfall in five years.

Cold medicines for babies and toddlers are pulled off shelves amid concerns about unintentional overdoses.

Oct. 12

Al Gore and U.N. climate scientists win Nobel Peace Prize.

Oct. 17

Comedian Joey Bishop, last of Sinatra's Rat Pack, dies.

Oct. 18

Bombers strike near former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto on her return to Pakistan after eight years in exile; more than 140 people are killed but Bhutto escapes unhurt.

Joe Torre rejects a pay cut and leaves the New York Yankees; he later becomes manager of Los Angeles Dodgers.

Oct. 20

U.S. Rep. Bobby Jindal wins the Louisiana governor's election, first nonwhite to hold the job since Reconstruction.

Oct. 21

Wildfires driven by powerful Santa Ana winds burn several homes near San Diego and in Malibu, Calif.

Oct. 23

Evacuations due to out-of-control wildfires in Southern California top 500,000; more than 2,000 homes burn and 14 people die before fires are tamed.

Oct. 26

Georgia Supreme Court frees Genarlow Wilson, saying his 10-year sentence for consensual oral sex with a 15-year-old girl was cruel and unusual punishment.

Oct. 28

Fire burns North Carolina beach house, killing seven college students.

Boston Red Sox sweep the Colorado Rockies to win the World Series.

Oct. 31

Gold trades above $800 for the first time since 1980.

NOVEMBER

Nov. 1

A week after workers ratified a new contract, Chrysler announces 12,000 job cuts.

Nov. 3

Gen. Pervez Musharraf declares state of emergency in Pakistan.

United Auto Workers agree on tentative contract with Ford Motor Co.

Two astronauts conduct a spacewalk to save a ripped solar wing on the space station.

Nov. 4

Citigroup Inc. CEO Charles Prince resigns as company loses billions in debt crisis.

Nov. 5

Hollywood writers strike, sending television shows into reruns.

Nov. 6

2007 becomes deadliest year for U.S. troops in Iraq, with at least 853 military deaths.

Suicide bombing kills six parliament members in Afghanistan; a U.N. report later says some of the 77 total victims were killed by gunfire from panicked bodyguards, not the bomb.

Nov. 8

Senate hands President Bush his first veto override, enacting a bill that pays for water projects he deemed too costly.

Nov. 10

Six U.S. troops die in an insurgent ambush, making 2007 the deadliest year for American forces in Afghanistan since 2001.

Stagehands strike shuts down most Broadway shows, with curtains rising again 19 days later.

Author Norman Mailer dies.

Nov. 12

Dow Jones industrial average closes below 13,000 for first time since August.

Nov. 15

Cyclone Sidr strikes Bangladesh with 150 mph winds, killing more than 3,200 and leaving millions homeless.

Barry Bonds is indicted on perjury and obstruction of justice charges for testimony in which he denied knowingly using performance-enhancing drugs.

Lindsay Lohan completes her jail sentence for drunken driving in a swift 84 minutes.

Nov. 21

Oil prices peak at $99.29 a barrel.

Nov. 27

Israel, Palestinians agree to formally restart Mideast peace talks.

Washington Redskins safety Sean Taylor is shot to death in his Florida home, apparently by burglars.

Nov. 29

A British teacher in Sudan is convicted of insulting Islam for letting her students name a teddy bear Muhammad; she's sentenced to 15 days in prison but later pardoned.

Government data shows U.S. home prices marked a quarterly decline for the first time in 13 years in the third quarter.

Nov. 30

Man takes hostages at a Hillary Clinton campaign office in New Hampshire, surrenders about six hours later.

Motorcycle daredevil Evel Knievel dies.

DECEMBER

Dec. 2

President Vladimir Putin's United Russia party wins election that gives it control of 70 percent of seats in parliament; opponents say the election wasn't fair.

Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez narrowly loses a constitutional referendum that would have enabled him to remain in power for life.

Dec. 3

U.S. intelligence report concludes Iran halted nuclear weapons development in 2003 -- a stark contrast to the conclusions U.S. spy agencies drew just two years ago.

Dec. 5

Teenage gunman kills eight people, then himself, at Omaha, Neb., shopping mall.

Dec. 6

CIA director says interrogations of two top terror suspects in 2002 were videotaped but the tapes were destroyed later to prevent leaks; lawmakers and courts investigate whether evidence was destroyed.

Dec. 9

A young man once affiliated with a missionary school shoots nine people at the school near Denver and a megachurch in Colorado Springs; four victims died and the gunman killed himself.

Dec. 10

Suspended NFL star Michael Vick is sentenced to 23 months in prison for bankrolling a dogfighting operation and killing dogs that underperformed.

Dec. 11

Two truck bombings strike the U.N. offices and a government building in Algeria's capital, killing at least 37 people, 17 of them U.N. employees.

Dec. 13

Shareholders of Dow Jones & Co., publisher of The Wall Street Journal, approve takeover by Rupert Murdoch's News Corp.

Dec. 15

President Pervez Musharraf lifts a six-week state of emergency he says was imposed to save Pakistan from destruction from an unspecified conspiracy.

U.N. climate conference adopts plan to negotiate a new global warming pact.

Dec. 17

Iran receives its first nuclear fuel from Russia, paving the way for the startup of its reactor in 2008.

Gov. Jon S. Corzine signs law making New Jersey the first state to abolish the death penalty in more than 40 years.

NBC says Jay Leno and Conan O'Brien plan to return to their late-night shows early next year, even as the writers' strike continues.

Dec. 18

Jamie Lynn Spears, the 16-year-old "Zoey 101" star and sister of Britney, says she's pregnant.

Dec. 19

President Bush signs legislation that increases fuel-efficiency standards for vehicles and requires wider use of ethanol.

Dec. 20

Police use chemical spray and stun guns on protesters outside a City Council meeting where members unanimously support demolition of 4,500 public housing units for redevelopment.

Dec. 23

Allies of former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra win the first election since he was ousted in a military coup a year ago, but the prospect of his return from exile raises fear of another coup.

Dec. 25

A tiger at the San Francisco Zoo escapes her enclosure and kills a park visitor; two brothers also are mauled but survive.

Dec. 27

Opposition leader Benazir Bhutto is assassinated in Pakistan by an attacker who shot her after a campaign rally and then blew himself up. The attack and rioting after her death claim at least 29 more lives.

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       “把彭桂发等罪犯，押上来！”昨日上午9时50分，随着审判长一声令下，被公安部列为今年“打黑除恶”专项案件的湛江市彭桂发案在湛江市体育中心公开宣判。今天许多网站上都报道了这条新闻“惊闻：广东一村主任勒索不成持冲锋枪欲袭警”，看标题后确实吃了一惊，村霸，乡霸是横行多年，但没想到还敢和人民警察公开硬干。先不论这伙人如何作孽，如今得判死刑是罪有应得，单只看文章第一句，就让人发笑，这么多年了，为什么我们的政法新闻里还会犯这种犯了上万次的低级错误呢？还是法官本身也是法盲，原本是一场公开审判，还没有宣判定罪呢，为何就叫对方以罪犯呢？当然针对这场大快人心事，大家似乎不应苛求太多，但是新闻前半段充满了文革式的基调，估计是法院新闻处的人写的，记者按照基调照搬的，虽然是一件大快人心事，但看了之后却有被rape的感觉。

       前几天，也有几件事一直想说说，但又懒得形成文字，今天简单记录下来。

       前几天，第17届中国新闻奖揭晓了，几乎所有的新闻都为正面宣传报道，让我不得不怀疑我们的新闻报导水平和新闻奖的新闻含金量。当然，在正面报道领域，这些报道基本都能算做杰出作品，然而我们社会是否只需要这些正面的报道，是我们的社会太和谐了，还是我们的报道太软弱了。中国新闻奖VS普利策新闻奖，中国需不需要一个鼓励舆论监督报道的普利策奖呢？当然中国媒体有自身的生存环境，宣传纪律永远是悬在所有媒体人头上的一把剑。我只是希望我们可以没有舆论监督奖，但却不能没有舆论监督稿件。

      从9月1日起，访问北京市的范围的网站，都会看到两个卡通网警，开着警车，闪着警灯，巡逻于网页之上，监督网民的一举一动，顺便接受网民的报案。设立网警，是为了打击互联网上的淫秽色情新闻，处理虚拟财产报案，保障网络安全，但看完之后却有点高兴不起来，上网的人最讨厌的一件事莫不过于网络广告，打开一个网页，广告加载半天，而且有恶劣的更是处处遮挡你想获得的信息，并设置点击陷阱，近年来，随着打击流氓广告，这些广告少了好多，但公安部门的这些卡通网景，却在你要浏览网页的时候，不分时机地出现在电脑屏幕上，而且还要等待他们加载完毕，将公安网警和流氓广告挂在一起有些不恭，但希望别成为又一种变相。此外，从新闻本身来看，虽然标题都叫做，虚拟财产受损可举报，但人家的处理是视具体情况和财产损失情况来定，显然设立的初衷并不是服务于网民，而接受网民举报非法淫秽网站应该是他们工作的重点，当然这些信息应该打击，确切说应该好好管理，因为互联网是开放的，只靠打击是行不通的，有人建议分级制，应该是个选择。不过，我国的网络技术发展迅速，对国外不良网站的封锁技术日渐成熟，这应该类似于严打，估计当局认为严打可以保持我国网民处于淤泥而不染，为他们的辛勤努力而致敬。网警的出现，另外一个劣处在于，文明社会，执法也是文明的，奥运会不是说安保人员也会以便装示人，避免造成公众的紧张情绪，这是一个文明社会应当考虑的事情，而不是弄成全民皆兵。试想在伟大的匿名互联网上，你在看每条信息，写每个字的时候，屏幕上有两只大盖帽，四只眼睛盯着你，你会作何感想？举报并不是没有门路，受理举报也不得非要巡逻才行，将现实社会的一套搬到虚拟社会中，势必如同驴唇马嘴。

        今天，千呼万唤13年的反垄断法终于获得通过了，虽然对于这部文字法律究竟能对中国的垄断行业和企业有多大的撼动，没几个人抱乐观态度，但出台法律终归是一件进步的事情，是前进的一步，值得高兴一点。但今天好像有个垄断行业的负责人，似乎是中国移不动的副总裁说：垄断不是一个贬义词，要看代表了谁了利益，代表了国家和人民的利益，垄断就是为国家和人民谋福利，是好事，等等类似的话，原话记不清楚了。再一次看到这话，已经愤怒不起来了，连笑都懒得笑了，明明借垄断之际，大肆捞国民的钱，将巨额利润装进少数的腰包，居然还敢号称代表国家和人民的利益？况且你真的能代表国家和人民的利益吗？国家咱不说了，人民你代表得了吗？谁是人民你知道吗？这些人不能完全用一个no knowledge 来形容，得了好处还卖乖。

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       最后一件怪事，晚上去吃好嫂子刀削面，他们给了我一副筷子，等我打开包装。居然发现只有一根，不管迷不迷信，都让我感觉不爽。于是形成上文。