The BBC is reporting that North Korea has announced intentions to set off a nuclear test. This seems to be part of a pattern where US leadership is being tested. Iran, Venezuela, Russia and Georgia, Syria, to name a few. The perception is that the US is stuck in Iraqi tar and unavilable to consider other problem areas. It is time for the US to set that theory back a few paces. Not good.
"North Korea is to conduct a nuclear test, the foreign ministry has said in a statement.
The move would "bolster" the country's self-defence in the face of US military hostility, North Korea's official KCNA said.
"[North Korea] will in the future conduct a nuclear test under the condition where safety is firmly guaranteed," the ministry said.
Pyongyang has come under mounting pressure over its nuclear programme.
Six-nation talks on its plans have been stalled for nearly a year, and the US has imposed financial sanctions on North Korean businesses.
North Korea is believed to have a handful of nuclear warheads but is not known to have tested one.
'Grave situation'
The statement from Pyongyang said "the US daily increasing threat of a nuclear war and its vicious sanctions and pressure have caused a grave situation on the Korean Peninsula".
The ministry went on to say that "under the present situation" in which the US moves to isolate and stifle" North Korea, the country "can no longer remain an on-looker to the developments."
Hell, we Nuke Our own Folk
ReplyDeleteIn the good old days we'd just partake in our own folk's "nukie."
Bush should come out and say if the Norks test, then he will greenlight the Japs and South Koreans and Taiwanese testing too. Then China will have a lovely ring of nuclear-armed assholes around them instead of just one. Then sit back and watch the Chinese cancel all imports to the Hermit Kingdom.
ReplyDeleteJaps, Krauts, and Assholes.
ReplyDeleteFor Shame, Ms T.
http://korea40k.blogspot.com/
Teresita 10-4
ReplyDeleteYep, that's the solution to proliferation, more proliferation
ReplyDeleteNukes in Saudi Arabia, Sryia, Kuwait, UAW and Jordon.
They could buy 'em from the South Koreans, North Koreans, Taiwanese or the Pakisatni. Or, the Chinese could decide they need to balance the scales of terror.
Changing the players,
changes the game.
The US has thousands of warheads, no need for anyone to "develop" capabilities.
ReplyDeleteIf the Koreans, Japanese or Taiwanese need or deserve nukes, we can just give them to the needy, if their "Nuking up" makes sense.
Teresita and the Gang promote containment of nuclear threats.
ReplyDeleteFirst North Korea, then, by extention, Iran.
it's a gambit Rat. It has no application in the ME, but it makes sense with Korea, because if China tells the Norks, no mas, it is no mas. The last thing the Chinese want is a nuclear Japan, let alone Taiwan. The South Koreans would not have to do anything if the Japanese went nuclear. Taiwan probably already is.
ReplyDeleteJapan is already nuclear, they just have not "put it together" and built a bomb.
ReplyDeleteTheir assembly of one would not change the balance of the region, just the tempature. If the Chinese were going to say "no mas", it would take a greater lever than the Japs putting their pieces together.
A US Trade Embargo could do the trick, but who would cry "Uncle" first. US or them?
Approved proliferation is not a "good" policy for US. Not in the battle for "Hearts & Minds".
Destruction of the capacity is the means, if North Korea cannot be attacked, Iran would be impossible.
Iran is much more important to the Chinese then is NorK. As rufus says, it's all about the oil.
That poll is meaningless, rufus.
ReplyDelete"... So voters in FL-16 will give “Generic Republican” 48% of the vote. ..."
The ballot will not say
"Generic Republican".
No, the ballot choices are
Mahoney and Foley
Amongst certain voters it is Mahoney 52% and Foley 42%
Certain voters already "know" that Foley is the generic Republican.
And he really is.
What an image to market to the evangelical Republican base.
Vote Republican
ReplyDeleteVote Foley
That'll play well in KS and TN
All eyes will be on FL16, that campaign will be dissementaed across the country.
With Aologies to
ReplyDeleteCountry Joe and the Fish
Yeah, come on all of you, big strong men,
Uncle Sam needs your help again.
He's got himself in a terrible jam
Way down yonder in Iraqnam
So put down your books and pick up a gun,
We're gonna have a whole lotta fun.
And it's one, two, three,
What are we fighting for ?
Don't ask me, I don't give a damn,
Next stop is Iraqnam;
And it's five, six, seven,
Open up the pearly gates,
Well there ain't no time to wonder why,
Whoopee! we're all gonna die.
Well, come on generals, let's move fast;
Your big chance has come at last.
Gotta go out and get those rags —
The only good Islami is the one who's dead
And you know that peace can only be won
When we've blown 'em all to kingdom come.
And it's one, two, three,
What are we fighting for ?
Don't ask me, I don't give a damn,
Next stop is Iraqnam;
And it's five, six, seven,
Open up the pearly gates,
Well there ain't no time to wonder why
Whoopee! we're all gonna die.
Huh!
Well, come on Wall Street, don't move slow,
Why man, this is war au-go-go.
There's plenty good money to be made
By supplying the Army with the tools of the trade,
Just hope and pray that if they drop the bomb,
They drop it on the Iranq throngs.
And it's one, two, three,
What are we fighting for ?
Don't ask me, I don't give a damn,
Next stop is Iraqnam.
And it's five, six, seven,
Open up the pearly gates,
Well there ain't no time to wonder why
Whoopee! we're all gonna die.
Well, come on mothers throughout the land,
Pack your boys off to Iraqnam.
Come on fathers, don't hesitate,
Send 'em off before it's too late.
Be the first one on your block
To have your boy come home in a box.
And it's one, two, three
What are we fighting for ?
Don't ask me, I don't give a damn,
Next stop is Iraqnam.
And it's five, six, seven,
Open up the pearly gates,
Well there ain't no time to wonder why,
Whoopee! we're all gonna die.
I wonder why North orea has chosen this particular time to test a nuclear bomb? I'm puzzled.
ReplyDeleteSurly they know we'll send them a nasty note via some other foreign embassy.
The Laws of Thought
1.Every that is, exists.
2.Nothing can simultaneously be
and not be.
3.Each and every thing either is
or is not.
4.Of everything that is,it can be
found why it is.
A.Schophauer
Lurkers Lessons (con't)
ReplyDeleteMultiple usage of a post
Notice that in a few of my preceeding posts I've used musical lyrics to convey a thought. You may want to try this.
Also in another post I've used sarcasm mixed with a great philosopher's musings thus conveying that my thoughts are worthy of being in the same post.
This is of course fallacious but it does make good use of hitting the send button only once.
Good Luck
"... nuclear weapons test by North Korea "would pose an unacceptable threat to peace and stability in Asia and the world," the US State Department spokesman said in Cairo.
ReplyDelete"A provocative action of this nature would only further isolate the North Korean regime and deny the people of the north the benefits they so rightly deserve," Sean McCormack said.
"The US will continue to work with its allies and partners to discourage such a reckless action and will respond appropriately," he added.
Unacceptable
Where have we heard that, before?
This young man may find himself in trouble, but good for him!
ReplyDeleteMore Troops, Please
Funny to read both a Country Joe and a Schopenhauer reference at once, since they are both linked to Joyce's "Finnegan's Wake" through the comedic interpretations of 70s comic troupe "Firesign Theater".
ReplyDeleteFiresign Theater and A Child's Garden of Grass were two classics..timeless, until all the Boomer die off then some 60 year old will be say, "Yeah, baby Got Back" by Sir Mix-A-Lot was timeless.
ReplyDeleteHabu 11:49
ReplyDeleteOh My God, I didn't realize North orea was testing too. Where is North orea anyway..is that near Altoona,PA?
I fell in to a burning ring of fire
ReplyDeleteI went down,down,down
and the flames went higher.
And it burns,burns,burns
the ring of fire
the ring of fire
North orea is still the same place. They just banned "K" to be used only as the "Fire" sign for their theater nukes. As in,
ReplyDelete"You want to fire the nuke?"
"...mmm, 'K."
Remember, the Lonesome
Beet and the Whisperin' Squash were all once intended to be characters
in a western radio show, featuring an all-vegetable cast.
The girls are going to LOOOVE this (until they read the fine print).
ReplyDelete"Beyond Bias and Barriers: Fulfilling the Potential of Women in Academic Science and Engineering."
Beyond Bias and Barriers
Cathy Young’s rebuttal is found at,
Math on the X-Y Axis
“As the report briefly acknowledges, male scores have far greater variability, with more boys clustered at the bottom, among children with severe learning disabilities, and at the top, among the highly gifted.”
“The study looked not primarily at the highest achievers, but mainly at lower-level professionals with bachelor's degrees.”
“Ultimately, the report is a missed opportunity…Instead, it upholds an orthodoxy of female victimization. Women, and science, deserve better.”
Lyrics, "The Ballad of Ira Hayes", by Johnny Cash:
ReplyDeleteDow just hit All-Time High
ReplyDeleteBallad of North Korean
ReplyDelete(sung to the tune of Thunder Road)
Let me tell the story, I can tell it all
About the NORTH KOREAN who built ill-egal nuk-lar bombs
His daddy made the fac-trees his son, he drove the load
When his engine roared, they called the heavens Thunder Road.
Sometimes into Pyongyang, sometimes Toko Ri The IAEA chased him but they couldn’t run him down
Each time they thought they had him, his mind it would explode
He'd go by like they were standin’ still on Thunder Road.
(CHORUS)
And there was thunder, thunder in the heavens skies
Nuk-lar was his engine, and white shroom clouds was his load
There was nuk-lar, nuk-lar to quench the Commies hurt
The law they swore they'd get him, but the Soviets got there first.
On the twentieth of October two thousand and ought six
A Federal man sent word he’d better test his nukes no more
He said two hundred missiles were coverin’ the state
Whichever rocket he tried to use, they’d get him sure as fate.
Son, his dead Daddy told him, make this test your last
The tank is filled with hundred-proof, you’re all tuned for a blast
Now, don’t take any chances, if you can’t get off I’d rather have the world explode than keep them Imperial rats.
Talking about misogynist American males:
ReplyDeleteNoble Prizes to date:
John C. Mather and George F. Smoot physics
Robert H. Grubbs and Richard R. Schrock medicine
More discrimination to follow later.
Wall Street is bett'in on a republican victory
ReplyDeleteThis country is in a moral free-fall. For over two generations, the public school system has taught in a moral vacuum, expelling God from the school and from the government, replacing him with evolution, where the strong kill the weak, without moral consequences and life has no inherent value.
ReplyDeleteWe teach there are no absolutes, no right or wrong. And I assure you the murder of innocent children is always wrong, including by abortion. Abortion has diminished the value of children.
(--from a parent of a schoolmurder victim--)
habu just wrote, over @ BC,
ReplyDeleteI think Foley should have stuck it out
habu needs to be either killed, or published.
buddy larsen & habu,
ReplyDeletere: Foley
Wasn't that the problem? I mean, sticking it out.
if you're gonna stick 'er out, you shouldn't waver.
ReplyDeletereminds me of the constipated mathematician--he worked it out with a pencil
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