Situation similar at Stanford engineering grad school when I was there, '85-'87.
> -----Original Message----- > From: Mercedes [mailto:mercedes-boun...@okiebenz.com] On Behalf Of > Buggered Benzmail via Mercedes > Sent: Tuesday, February 04, 2020 7:19 AM > To: Mercedes Discussion List <mercedes@okiebenz.com> > Cc: Buggered Benzmail <buggeredbenzm...@gmail.com> > Subject: Re: [MBZ] OT this is some scary stuff > > When I was at MIT 77-79 there was a fairly large contingent of Chinese > students, most grad students. A lot at Hahvahd too. I think they got up to > nearly half at some point, not sure now what the fraction is. Was similar at > BU > too. They pay tuition cash with a premium so that’s attractive to the > administration. It always kinda bothered me that “we” educated our > competition to learn how to kick our @$$e$. I figured it would be better to > allow them to stay here so they could work and be entrepreneurs and > capitalists but I guess if they had families at home that could be leverage > for > them to support the commie regime with whatever nefarious activities they > were asked to do. > > I had a buddy who taught and researched at Baylor in biology, whenever they > would post a job opening for a post-doc they would immediately get hundreds > of applicants from China, all with amazing resumes. They seldom hired one just > because it was problematic in several practical ways but the pool was > extremely large. He was quite liberal in his political beliefs but in this > aspect > was quite jingoistic about US v. China. > > Hong Kong business people seem to have had enough of the regime and are > voting with their feet... that is a positive for “our” side. > > Just remember that the top 10% of their high school graduates outnumber our > total high school population... and the culture strongly values education... > > --FT > Sent from iPhone > > > On Feb 4, 2020, at 2:59 AM, Curley McLain via Mercedes > <mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > > > > yeah, here's another reason the chicomms would lie: > > > > Wuhan Institute of Virology is in the area. This is > > China’s most advanced virus research laboratory, but until we know > > more about the real source of this virus, it would be too > > conspiratorial to make further judgments about cause and effect links > > to China's biowarfare program. Participants: Dr. Dana Cheng, > > Dan Elmendorf. > > > > oops! > > > > > > These rulers are NOT our friends. > > > > questions to ponder: > > 1. Where would China be had they not persuaded American companies to > let them manufacture our products, and steal all our IP and technology? > remember Billy bob gave them ICBMs on a platter. > > 2. Had Nixon not opened china to trade, would they have also collapsed > under their own weight about the same time the USSR collapsed? > > 3. How many illegal aliens in the country are chinese? > > 4. How many chinese in this country are actually spies? (naturalized > > Citizen, > Legal, illegal, student visa, work visa etc.) I suspect the number is so > large it > would shock you. > > > > > > > > Craig via Mercedes wrote on 2/3/20 11:38 PM: > >> Wuhan Institute of Virology is in the area. This is > >> China’s most advanced virus research laboratory, but until we know > >> more about the real source of this virus, it would be too > >> conspiratorial to make further judgments about cause and effect links > >> to China's biowarfare program. Participants: Dr. Dana Cheng, > >> Dan Elmendorf. > > > > > > _______________________________________ > > http://www.okiebenz.com > > > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com