{"id":25665,"date":"2016-12-30T14:27:38","date_gmt":"2016-12-30T22:27:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/?p=25665"},"modified":"2016-12-30T14:27:38","modified_gmt":"2016-12-30T22:27:38","slug":"friday-fun-china-gives-trump-the-bird","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2016\/12\/30\/friday-fun-china-gives-trump-the-bird\/","title":{"rendered":"Friday Fun: China Gives Trump the Bird"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Having just returned from a delightful and low-key Christmas visit to my Mom&rsquo;s in Illinois, this one will be brief.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>While Donald may strut the world-stage thinking he&rsquo;s cock of the walk <em>(well, he is a dick &ndash; so there&rsquo;s that)<\/em>, China has taken a different approach to his impending <s>presidency<\/s> disaster.&nbsp; They&rsquo;ve decided to mock and ridicule him with a <strong><em>23-foot tall<\/em><\/strong> statute of a cock.&nbsp; <em>(23-feet?&nbsp; Right &hellip; with those tiny fingers?&nbsp; In your dreams, Donald!)<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Since the coming January 28<sup>th<\/sup> Chinese Lunar New Year will be the <strong><em>&ldquo;Year of the Rooster&rdquo;<\/em><\/strong>, the company that owns a shopping mall in the Chinese city of Taiyuan (in the northern province of Shanxi) commissioned a giant statue of one to stand outside welcoming shoppers to their complex.<\/p>\n<p>But this rooster comes complete not only with Donald&rsquo;s peculiarly curious coif, but also his overgrown bushy eyebrows and strange semaphore hand gestures.&nbsp; <em>(And you don&rsquo;t have to be familiar with American Sign Language to know that Trump&rsquo;s hands signal he&rsquo;s a schmuck.)<\/em><\/p>\n\t\t<link href=\"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/slideshow-ck\/themes\/default\/css\/camera.css\" rel=\"stylesheet\" type=\"text\/css\" \/>\n\t\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\t#camera_wrap_25673 .camera_pag_ul li img, #camera_wrap_25673 .camera_thumbs_cont ul li img {\n\t\t\t\theight:75px;\n\t\t\t\twidth: auto;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#camera_wrap_25673 .camera_caption {\n\t\t\t\tdisplay: block;\n\t\t\t\tposition: absolute;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#camera_wrap_25673 .camera_caption a.camera_caption_link {\n\t\t\t\tdisplay: block;\n\t\t\t\tposition: absolute;\n\t\t\t\tleft: 0;\n\t\t\t\tright: 0;\n\t\t\t\ttop: 0;\n\t\t\t\tbottom: 0;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#camera_wrap_25673 .camera_caption > div {\n\t\t\t\tbackground: #000000;\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#camera_wrap_25673 .camera_caption div.camera_caption_title {\n\t\t\t\tfont-size: 18px;line-height: 18px;font-weight: normal;\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#camera_wrap_25673 .camera_caption div.camera_caption_desc {\n\t\t\t\tfont-size: 12px;line-height: 12px;font-weight: normal;\t\t\t}\n\t\t<\/style>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"slideshowck camera_wrap camera_amber_skin\" id=\"camera_wrap_25673\" style=\"width:800px;\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div  data-thumb=\"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Trump_Rooster-China_Aerial-1.png\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Trump_Rooster-China_Aerial-1.png\" data-link=\"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Trump_Rooster-China_Aerial-1.png\" data-target=\"_parent\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div  data-thumb=\"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Trump_Rooster-China_Aerial-2.png\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Trump_Rooster-China_Aerial-2.png\" data-link=\"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Trump_Rooster-China_Aerial-2.png\" data-target=\"_parent\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div  data-thumb=\"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Trump_Rooster-China_Crop.png\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Trump_Rooster-China_Crop.png\" data-link=\"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Trump_Rooster-China_Crop.png\" data-target=\"_parent\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div  data-thumb=\"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Trump_Rooster-China_Face_Letters.jpg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Trump_Rooster-China_Face_Letters.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Trump_Rooster-China_Face_Letters.jpg\" data-target=\"_parent\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div style=\"clear:both;\"><\/div>\n\t\t\n<p>So while Trump in just the short time from his &ldquo;election&rdquo; has managed to ruffle the feathers of China, they&rsquo;ve managed to make money by mocking him.&nbsp; You can buy replicas of the Trump <s>cock<\/s> rooster being sold by the Shenghe Yangtai Business for anywhere from $57 up to $1,739 for one standing 32-feet tall.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.7thstep.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Trump_Rooster_Statue.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-25666\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/www.7thstep.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Trump_Rooster_Statue-277x300.png\" width=\"277\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Trump_Rooster_Statue-277x300.png 277w, https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Trump_Rooster_Statue-139x150.png 139w, https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Trump_Rooster_Statue.png 714w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 277px) 100vw, 277px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/thehill.com\/blogs\/in-the-know\/in-the-know\/311990-giant-trump-rooster-statue-erected-outside-chinese-mall\">http:\/\/thehill.com\/blogs\/in-the-know\/in-the-know\/311990-giant-trump-rooster-statue-erected-outside-chinese-mall<\/a><\/p>\n<p>And it&rsquo;s not the first time the Chinese have enjoyed mocking Trump.&nbsp; Back in November a visitor to the zoo in Hangzhou noticed a golden pheasant had a striking resemblance to Donald.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Meet\u00a0the\u00a0pheasant-elect:\u00a0Bird\u00a0sporting\u00a0&#39;Donald\u00a0Trump&#39;s hairstyle&#39;\u00a0soars\u00a0to\u00a0internet\u00a0fame in China <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/qYUbMcDYmV\">https:\/\/t.co\/qYUbMcDYmV<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/VTPlDcaBcp\">pic.twitter.com\/VTPlDcaBcp<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; People&#39;s Daily,China (@PDChina) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PDChina\/status\/798284106652119041\">November 14, 2016<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color:#0000CD;\"><span style=\"font-size:16px;\"><strong><em><u>My PSA of a Personal Note:<\/u><\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>This was brief because, as I mentioned, I just got back from my Christmas visit, and spent this morning paying my county&rsquo;s Personal and Real Property taxes, and doing my year-end charity donations online.<\/p>\n<p>From my own experience, for those of you interested in taking advantage of your tax-deductible donations, it may not be common knowledge that while some organizations are fully designated as 501(c)(3) <em>[for me, Americans United for the Separation of Church and State, Doctors Without Borders, Southern Poverty Law Center]<\/em> &ndash; others that you may want to give to <em>[like ACLU and Planned Parenthood]<\/em> are not.<\/p>\n<p><em>SO<\/em> to work around that obstacle and get a tax deduction, you can instead donate to the ACLU <em><u>FOUNDATION<\/u><\/em> (both national and state ones) and the Planned Parenthood <em><u>FEDERATION of AMERICA, Inc<\/u><\/em>.&nbsp; Those are 501(c)(3) and fully tax-deductible.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:20px;\"><span style=\"color:#0000CD;\"><strong><em>Oh and don&rsquo;t forget our duty for the next four years is to &hellip;<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.7thstep.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/RESIST_Mine_Red_3.gif\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-25672\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/www.7thstep.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/RESIST_Mine_Red_3.gif\" width=\"360\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Having just returned from a delightful and low-key Christmas visit to my Mom&rsquo;s in Illinois, this one will be brief. While Donald may strut the world-stage thinking he&rsquo;s cock of the walk (well, he is a dick &ndash; so there&rsquo;s that), China has taken a different approach to his impending presidency disaster.&nbsp; They&rsquo;ve decided to <a href='https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2016\/12\/30\/friday-fun-china-gives-trump-the-bird\/' class='excerpt-more'>[&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-25665","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-politics","category-5-id","post-seq-1","post-parity-odd","meta-position-corners","fix"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25665","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=25665"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25665\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25665"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=25665"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=25665"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}