The '80s Greatest Hits

Last week, and over the weekend, we reprised one of the classics: A Central American military coup. Brought me back to the days of Reaganomics, Spandau Ballet and Bloom County.

And as you can see in the background, we had absolutely nothing do do with it.


Not to be outdone, China - always China! - stepped up to the plate with some good old fashioned anti-state riots. Not exactly Tiananman Square, progressive, student-led "freedom now!" style; instead, these are ethnic riots. Turns out the Uigers are pretty pissed.

The protesters were demanding a probe into a fight between Uighurs and Han Chinese workers at a southern China factory last month that had left two people dead.

Riots had erupted in the region ahead of the Olympics last August. Seventeen policemen were killed in Kashgar on August 4 in what China described as a "terrorist" attack.

Xinjiang has a roughly eight million population of Uighurs, who have alleged the government of suppressing their rights.

Not sure this is a pattern or a series of unrelated events, but if I were Danny Quayle I'd start dusting off my resume for 2012. Seems like everything old is new again.