The Return of the Renminbi Rant

Before I crack into my rant, which I'm sure you're waiting for ...

This time, I decided to do a video rant instead of a written one.

We should not, however, allow this sentiment to turn into an all purpose rant against personal wealth.

In Europe, populist demagogues, such as Geert Wilders in the Netherlands, rant and rage against the elitist appeasers of Islam.

Tea Party activists in exurban America rant and rage against the so called liberal elites of New York, Washington, and Hollywood.

In Thailand, red shirted demonstrators from the country s rural northeast rant and rage against the military, social, and political elites of Bangkok.

Because of your actions, they will shut Twitter. Where will be rant then? We will have to return to Facebook or use Google Plus

We should not, however, allow this sentiment to turn into an all purpose rant against personal wealth. Sometimes its owners use it in hugely generous amounts for great public gain.

But the global slowdown, which takes the fangs out of the strike threat, will keep private sector workers in line no matter how much their leaders may rant and rave.

Before my taxi driver could finish his rant about how China must act tougher in the South China Sea, we d arrived at the road leading to the Philippines Embassy in Beijing.

These enemies of freedom are permanently silent about torture, oppression, and mass murder carried out by their fellow dictatorships, but are quick to rant against the world s democracies, in particular the United States.

But the global slowdown, which takes the fangs out of the strike threat, will keep private sector workers in line no matter how much their leaders may rant and rave. Everyone, including bellicose trade unionists, tends to become more reasonable when the economy turns south.

Seeing pictures of what he describes as scantily clad women in local newspapers, doesn't strike a chord with Bahraini blogger Jaffar who takes the opportunity to rant about other practises he frowns upon in the media and real life in this post I am translating from Arabic today.