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First it’s failed soccer drug tests, then it’s graffiti, but the ongoing lack of food is causing shrinkage… in size. “Today, schoolchildren in South Korea are 15 pounds heavier and tower almost a half a foot over their North Korean counterparts.” The teen army kids can actually be smaller than before to get in. 4’6″ is the minimum height, and really, what are they there for? There’s much more to this article, but perhaps the shrinking in height army might be intentional to make The Dear Leader look Shaq like. (Human Events – N Korea)
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Citing injuries, Yao Ming retires, perhaps at the worst time, depending on who you are. He’s now a free agent as of July 1. This means, he could have signed on for a huge contract worth tens of millions or more, so he could sparingly play, promise to come back back healthy, not get injured again, and yet still be a presence on the inside. Unlike the many players who have done this, and pretty much failed, he decided to leave honorably while not sucking down a team’s money. Yes, he has enough, and it’s great to see him not stick it to a team. At 30, it would have been easy for him to promise that he’d be perfectly well in the future and have numerous teams believe in him. He averaged 19 points and near 10 rebounds a game in a career cut short.
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China is telling Washington to not meet the Dalai Lama because he advocates using violence to free Tibet. If he did, it would be scary. The DL does come to the US to gather support from the A Listers (who are now B), and perhaps raise some funds, but for now, it seems like China is winning the war regardless of who he talks to in the US. (Reuters – Dalai Lama)
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It’s been 40 years since the legendary “match” between China and American ping pong players opened the door to diplomacy. (Remember the Forrest Gump ping pong scene?) The US team was in Japan and then was invited to go to China and guess what? They made friends. Imagine, in 1971, China was practically what North Korea is to us today. It was another place entirely, a country that was run by a dictator much like Kim Jong Il – but even larger: Mao Zedong. Just this week some of the team members got back together and played like old times. Nothing exciting about a 40 year reunion, but it’s just cool.
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