Tweet of the Day: 'Reform' China's Strong Man Rule Edition

From journalist George Chen

More examples of what a strongman rule bubble will bring about

Tweet of the Day: China's Strong Man Rule: 16 Media People Missing After News Site Asked for the Resignation of the President

Tweet of the day comes from journalist George Chen

This reminds of the Philippine strong man rule bubble, or the above represents a roadmap of what strong man regimes are about: repression via violence

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Tweet of the Day: Comparing Gollum with Politicians is a No-No

A Turkish doctor reportedly lost his job and face trial for comparing the Turkish leadership with 'Lord of the Rings' fictional character Gollum 

Image above and quote below from the New York Times:

A Turkish man’s freedom may hang on a question put to a panel of “Lord of the Rings” experts: Is Gollum evil?

More significantly, was it an insult to compare Turkey’s president to the slimy, bug-eyed creature from the films based on J.R.R. Tolkien’s trilogy?

A physician, Dr. Bilgin Ciftci, is accused of sharing a meme that juxtaposes Gollum, as played by Andy Serkis (and advanced digital effects), with Recep Tayyip Erdogan in several situations: while laughing, while surprised, while eating. Insulting the president is a crime under Turkish law.

The punishments were swift. Dr. Ciftci lost his job with the Public Health Institution of Turkey after sharing the meme, and he faces a two-year prison sentence, the Turkish newspaper Today’s Zaman reported. After a judge said he did not know enough about the Tolkien creature to make an appropriate decision, five experts were ordered to conduct an investigation into Gollum’s moral character before the next phase of the trial begins in February.

Tweet of the Day: Jim Rickards on US Government Shutdown

This is from American lawyer, economist and author of the Currency Wars, James ‘Jim’ G. Rickards at his twitter (hat tip Peter Coyne of the Daily Reckoning)