Yao Ming has become a lottery pick, of sorts. The Rockets center is raffling a trip to the Beijing Olympics to raise money for his personal foundation, which he launched to help victims of the May 12 earthquake in China. Tickets for the raffle are $2 ...

The money is supposedly earmarked for trade, education, health and the eternal and bottomless “refugee” aid fund. It has not been disclosed as to how much will go to the buying of arms, rockets and explosives, but I daresay that Israel ...