China orders Muslim shopkeepers to sell alcohol, cigarettes, to ‘weaken’ Islam

[Razgovory]

This is a joke, right?  The Radio Free Asia web page has no such story, and it sounds very made-up to me (the Chinese government might encourage weakening of Islam, but it are not going to announce such a policy).

A bit less credulity, please.

http://www.rfa.org/english/news/uyghur/order-05042015133944.html  Again, Grumbler is incorrect.

[Razgovory]

Finally someone is doing something about those murderous bastards.
Islam has to be destroyed.

So you're siding with the Reds?  Tsk, Tsk.

[The Minsky Moment]

Question for you about Manhattan Celery: does hoity toity Upper East Side fade gradually into Spanish Harlem, or is there some sort of buffer, or a major street that serves as demarcation?

Traditionally 96th street has been the border, but it's a bit more gradual than that.

A common demarcation point are the big Section 8 housing blocs.  East of Park that means around 96th street but between 5th and park there are still some luxury apartments and the Mt Sinai complex into the low 100s. 

[Martinus]

Reminds me of a restaurant in Harlem where it was discovered that the owner spiked vegan soups with meat extract.

That's wondrous. 

I hope he was doing it for reasons other than cost control.

[The Larch]

No. 4-5 until you start seeing dumped cars on the street.

I remember that I got the "ok I'm now in Harlem" feeling whenever I started seeing advertising of diabetes prevention campaigns.