Opening Ceremonies

chinese_haka_olymp.jpg
Wow, just wow. Paramilitaries forming the five rings and [apparently] performing the haka? Competitive hurdle-sawing? SWAT teams on Segways?? From the photos of Arirang-style military and police parades staged in cities around the country in advance of the Olympics, China is deadly serious about wresting the propaganda gold from Hitler’s Olympic legacy.
Anti-Terrorism Exercises in China [the big picture]