@misfit: I am happy you have found alternatives to GoK. Use them.
Sorry you disagree with a definition of what a forum is. Yeah, I'd say there is a lot of discussion on GoK. Some of it may not interest you. I agree that some topics get out of hand and others get hijacked. As for the hijacking, at times the first instance of off topic posting is a rant loaded with misinformation and begs rebuttal. Two wrongs don't make a right but hey, highly opinionated posts with bad info beg for a response. I hate perpetuating an off topic discussion, but opinions expressing falsehoods piss me off. I know responding is bending the rules.
I have no idea why GoK does not provide you with the information on movies and show times you want. That gross malfeasance and omission never bother me too much. Perhaps you can spend the time collecting the information and post it on GoK as a service for those that care.
Many events do occur in town and reports on GoK tend to be after the fact. Guess the answer is for you to mandate all event organizers be required to provide detailed information to GoK, in a timely manner, so all events can be listed. Somehow, I don't think GoK would mind if you contacted promoters and organizers of events and supplied GoK with the information.
I don't understand your objection to GoK being a commercial activity. How much are you willing to pay for the information you want? How much time are you willing to spend collecting the information?
GoK, in spite of your un-satisfaction, does provide a service at price that is very acceptable.
As for the bitching about all us weirdos that post here, remember a website's ability to attract revenue depends on how many hits it gets.
'29 pages of nonsense,' certainly is a learned pronouncement after reading 3 pages. How can anyone argue with that? Especially weirdos.
May the almighty save us from crass commercialism. There must be a way to do business without adverts and information.
Frankly, I found GoK to be a resource. I could find useful information and if I could not find it I could ask. I learned a lot about Yunnan from this site and I appreciate it being here.
Here is the weirdo part: I pick and choose what I read, I blame no one else for what I read. Some times I conclude I have wasted a few minutes but I made the choice to read. The last thing I like to see is some clown deciding for me what is right, proper, necessary, wrong, weird, unnecessary and demanding everyone follow the clown's line of thinking. Yup, sometimes harmony sucks, but this is a forum. This is a place for discussion and there should be an expectation of disagreement. Such is the nature of ideas.
@lemon lover:
Not only conspiracy theorists use BS. I stumbled onto Koire by following links of web 'authorities' who deny both the Tiananmen incident AND the holocaust in Germany. Go figure.
Somehow, progressive think morphs into antisemitic think into help the poor of the world by taking from 'rich' countries to give to... well I don't know who gets the wealth.
The Agenda 21 approach seems follow socialist wealth redistribution but skirts the central planning model. That is, until the central plan is replaces by Agenda 21 and implementation is by the masses. A horse is a horse, of course, of course.
So far, as I read Agenda 21, Koire's "inventory and control all land, all water, all minerals, all plants, all animals, all construction, all means of production, all energy, all education, all information, and all human beings in the world," is what Agenda 21 is all about. A horse is a horse, of course, of course.
I guess getting to the name calling is a lot easier than reading the 350 pages of Agenda 21. Saves time and thinking for sure. And, if you read the right snippets on the right websites to learn what you are suppose to think, you get to have your own ideological biases reinforced.
Yup, that's her, the lady that objects to private property being seized to create off street bike lanes. She describes her self as "[I've] been a Democrat since I was registered to vote . . . I'm anti-war, I'm gay, I'm [a] feminist." Not so much a right wing conspiracy nut I think.
Be aware they will push whatever they are selling. Some of the staff have no idea about the technical side of appliances.
I went there to buy a stove. I repeatedly told them I would be using bottled gas. They sold me a stove. When I went to my local gas guy, I learned there are at least three kinds of gas sold. Luckily, B&Q did not deliver as promised. I went back to the store and discovered they had sold me a stove they needed to be hooked up to the gas main. I got my money back.
The sales lady was almost in tears, 没有问题！I don't know if it a safety or design issue, but I would think B&Q would know and care.
Subway starts at 9am. I have no idea where to catch an airport express bus. Eight taxis refused to go to the airport. After almost an hour standing on Beijing Lu took a black taxi, this dude drives slower than my mother, 120 yuan.
Flight back was delayed so I learned the subway stops running at 6:10pm.
Getting a taxi back was easy, more taxis than customers. Taxi was 87 yuan including 1o yuan toll, airport to Beichen area. Yes, he took a longer route than necessary.
Kunming imagines being a gateway for international travelers. New airport but hard to get to and from it.
The striking attire of Yunnan's Yao women
发布者Peter99, I concur with your praise of Mr. Goodman. Not so keen on the earrings.
The striking attire of Yunnan's Yao women
发布者Thanks Mr. Goodman. I have a few photos of ladies in the pointed hats. Tried to find out, with no luck, about them. Very interesting piece.
Earth's budget deficit at 160%, hope stems from trees
发布者@lemon lover:
Not only conspiracy theorists use BS. I stumbled onto Koire by following links of web 'authorities' who deny both the Tiananmen incident AND the holocaust in Germany. Go figure.
Somehow, progressive think morphs into antisemitic think into help the poor of the world by taking from 'rich' countries to give to... well I don't know who gets the wealth.
The Agenda 21 approach seems follow socialist wealth redistribution but skirts the central planning model. That is, until the central plan is replaces by Agenda 21 and implementation is by the masses. A horse is a horse, of course, of course.
So far, as I read Agenda 21, Koire's "inventory and control all land, all water, all minerals, all plants, all animals, all construction, all means of production, all energy, all education, all information, and all human beings in the world," is what Agenda 21 is all about. A horse is a horse, of course, of course.
Earth's budget deficit at 160%, hope stems from trees
发布者Glenn Beck? Is he still around?
Found the UN document here:
sustainabledevelopment.un.org/content/documents/Agenda21.pdf
I guess getting to the name calling is a lot easier than reading the 350 pages of Agenda 21. Saves time and thinking for sure. And, if you read the right snippets on the right websites to learn what you are suppose to think, you get to have your own ideological biases reinforced.
Earth's budget deficit at 160%, hope stems from trees
发布者Yup, that's her, the lady that objects to private property being seized to create off street bike lanes. She describes her self as "[I've] been a Democrat since I was registered to vote . . . I'm anti-war, I'm gay, I'm [a] feminist." Not so much a right wing conspiracy nut I think.
Reading Agenda 21 now.