Week Around the Ists

Picture from forum thread on military.club.china.com.

• Shanghaiist was shocked by this highly provocative depiction of the state of Sino-US relations by a Chinese netizen.
• LAist fires up reactions when one reader describes getting a $200 ticket for smoking on a public sidewalk.
• Do you like Heinz Condensed Cream of Tomato Soup and misogyny, but can't figure out a way to unite the two? Torontoist featured one of the soup company's ads from 1950 that contains this gem of a line: "Most husbands, nowadays, have stopped beating their wives, but what can be more agonizing to a sensitive soul than a man's boredom at meals?"
• Gothamist may be in the city that never sleeps, but now many bars are closing at 2 a.m., instead of 4.a.m.
• Londonist explored an alternative London on Second Life and drove a double decker bus as R2D2.
• Phillyist was really irritated with how ABC handled this week's democratic debate in their hometown.
• Chicagoist readers were trapped on the El and had to escape through underground tunnels, but at least they avoided the cougar that was shot and killed wandering around the city.
• SFist asked readers to recall their cab rides from hell.