Dowbrigade

Teachers
of English to Speakers of Other Languages are known for xeno-philiac
eccentricity and bizarre, unstable behavior,
but this is mostly due to the weird and exotic locals in which we often end up plying our trade.

Be that as it may, this story goes beyond the pale. Even a twisted and cynical fan of the outre like the Dowbrigade has certain standards. They may be low, but they are there. Of course, they don’t prevent us from reporting that a TESOL teacher in Guandong
has penetrated a semi-secret sect of – Fetus Eating!

Recently a Guangdong Factory
Owner from Taiwan was discovered partaking in an
appalling new trend; eating babies.  For 4000 yuan
a person can order 7-month-old baby stewed for 8 hours with Chinese herbs. This dish is thought to boost the “yang” (as in yin and yang).

The Factory Owner who was interviewed for the story is 62 years old and was having trouble keeping up with his 19 year old wife in the bed room until he found this miracle stew. He says that he depends on the soup to “keep it up” each night for his randy bride.

The restaurant in Foshan, (Guangdong Province, Southern China) code names the dish “ribs”. The chef collects girl babies from the surrounding poor
villagers; sometimes an aborted foetus, sometimes a still born, sometimes the unwanted (and unlawful) second baby. The restaurant pays depending on the size of the baby. Sometimes they would pay a full-term mother 2000 Yuan for her live baby.

Only fresh babies are used, no frozen babies.

from China and Beyond: TESOL Around the World

Editors note: As of this morning the original link has been taken down. We have no information regarding the involvement ot the Chinese government in this emerging scandal. Thanks to Google, however, here is a link to their cached version….

Also, here is a link to the original Chinese language source (scroll down about 60%) with EXTREMEMLY GROSS PHOTOS. You have been warned….

IN
its March 23rd issue the London Review of Books, a respected British
journal, published an essay titled "The
Israel Lobby." The
authors are two distinguished American academics (Stephen Walt of Harvard
and John Mearsheimer of the University of Chicago) who posted a longer
(83-page) version of their text on the Web site of Harvard’s Kennedy
School…

Is Israel, in Mearsheimer/Walt’s words, "a liability
in the war on terror and the broader effort to deal with rogue states?"

from a New York Times Op-ed piece

Why, because it is the first and foremost victim of that
terrorism? That’s like the rest of the country asking if New York City
is a liability
in the war on terror, because it contains so many attractive targets
and so many swarthy foreigners.

On the other hand, Israel is undeniably a democracy where
fringe parties, dangerous radicals and assorted wackos have a much greater
role and influence than in the United States, and could use some sage
advice and perspective from her elder sister democracies from time to time.

IN
its March 23rd issue the London Review of Books, a respected British
journal, published an essay titled "The
Israel Lobby." The
authors are two distinguished American academics (Stephen Walt of Harvard
and John Mearsheimer of the University of Chicago) who posted a longer
(83-page) version of their text on the Web site of Harvard’s Kennedy
School…

Is Israel, in Mearsheimer/Walt’s words, "a liability
in the war on terror and the broader effort to deal with rogue states?"

from a New York Times Op-ed piece

Why, because it is the first and foremost victim of that
terrorism? That’s like the rest of the country asking if New York City
is a liability
in the war on terror, because it contains so many attractive targets
and so many swarthy foreigners.

On the other hand, Israel is undeniably a democracy where
fringe parties, dangerous radicals and assorted wackos have a much greater
role and influence than in the United States, and could use some sage
advice from her sister democracies from time to time.