Links.... alas, too busy to blog

Had a lot of fun riding down to the Chiayi HSR today. We played follow the HSR line through the farm tracks in southern Yunlin county. Forgot that there are only a couple of bridges across the river into Chiayi. Ended up taking the new tourism bridge in Beigang...with that chilly north wind at our backs, riding was easy.  

Too busy to blog today.....

Daily Links:

• Why doesn't anyone care about rising US-China tension?
• Latest in the MaWangMess: lesser prosecutor falls victim to influence peddling accusations, which legislators from both major parties argues is to help Ma eliminate Wang. I'm still flabbergasted by what a terrible beating Ma took in that mess. 
• A good piece on the ridiculous state of Taiwan's environmental laws.
• Haha. Dutch fabricator (I refuse to soil the word "artist" by attaching it to the name of a person who makes inflatable rubber ducks) complains Keelung is spoiling the tranquility of his duck display. This duck + tourists affair is so stupid, it's almost as if the giant duck is designed to confirm every malign thought you have ever had about human nature.
• Taiwan investment in China falling. 
• This is amazing: A forgotten aboriginal village deep in the Pingtung mountains

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