The Chinese Communist government, through their state-owned, state-run CBC
Xinhua news media, wrote-up the “news” story of their latest space launch.
But Beijing, we have a problem: the rocket hadn’t been launched yet!
Hey wait a minute, this sounds like Canada before Dion or Layton or May speaks!
Here are some actual excerpts, complete with dialogue between the communauts (or whatever astronauts are called there), before the state-owned
CBC
Xinhua web site took the story down.
“After this order, signal lights all were switched on, various data show up on rows of screens, hundreds of technicians staring at the screens, without missing any slightest changes …
‘One minute to go!’
‘Changjiang No.1 found the target!’…
“The firm voice of the controller broke the silence of the whole ship. Now, the target is captured 12 seconds ahead of the predicted time …
‘The air pressure in the cabin is normal!’
“Ten minutes later, the ship disappears below the horizon. Warm clapping and excited cheering breaks the night sky, echoing across the silent Pacific Ocean.”
In Canadian news, Jack Layton’s event coming up later tonight was fabulous. He spoke of “working families” and how Harper is a “neo-con” and reminded Canadians that “Bush is a Christian” and he is “Harper’s Best Friend Forever”.
Ditto Dion’s event. (Add “Vree amportant to vote not for Arpair or Bush.”)
Ditto May’s event. (Add “Harper and Bush’s global warming is destroying our pot plants!”)
And to accompany the “news” story, here’s a gratuitous (file) picture of a Republican woman—a Christian!—looking like she’s giving a Hitler salute—to attach to the “news” stories:
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