China & Korea —
As my regular readers know, I periodically blog ordinary, high-profile news, or then go off on obsessive tears on obscure subjects of little interest, and then have not much to say about anything for a while. That’s where I am now.
So in lieu of reading two dozen inconsequential blog posts of mine for the past […]
China: N. Korea doesn’t plan second nuke test
China gave its first full public account Tuesday of its recent diplomatic mission to North Korea. An official said leader Kim Jong Il did not apologize for the atomic explosion, but he did say there were no plans for a second nuclear test.
North Korea’s reclusive leader expressed willingness […]
Russia and China join U.S.; Norks walk out
The U.N. Security Council voted unanimously on Saturday to impose punishing sanctions on North Korea including ship searches for banned weapons, calling Pyongyang’s claimed nuclear test “a clear threat to international peace and security.”
North Korea immediately rejected the resolution, and its U.N. ambassador walked out of the council […]
iowahawk: Announcement of Glorious Nuclear Achievement to Gangster Stooges of Blogosphere
In the back yard of scientific researchings behind the Great Storage Shed of the People, Iowahawk scientists successfully conducted above-ground nuclear missile test explosions under secure and many malt liquor conditions on early hours of October 10, 2006, at a stirring time when alarm clocks […]
Hot Air: Sky News exposes China’s mobile execution buses
Watch the video clip. The second guy, Chin, was accused of murder or rape. The Chinese interrogators wouldn’t let him sleep, they beat him, and they tied him to a chair. And he “confessed.”
Those fucking Chinese.
Allah reminds me of the difference between us and the Chinese:
We’ve […]
Certain members of the right-wing blogosphere will no doubt be delighted to learn that the government is finally going after the New York Times under the espionage laws.
In a highly publicized trial, a researcher for the Times was just sentenced to three years in prison for fraud, although a charge of leaking state secrets was […]
When you see them goose-stepping in formation. I was reminded of this when I saw a clip this morning of Hezbollah parading in goose-step on the morning news. A quick Google search (notice correct usage) turns up the two remaining members of the axis of evil in full goose-step mode.
North Koreans goose-stepping
Goose-stepping in Iran
More on […]
Hi, all. Barry from enrevanche here, also doing a spot of guestblogging for The Commissar.
Here’s a story that should sound familiar to a lot of Americans. Slight change in locale, though.
Pro-Beijing lawmakers approved legislation here today giving broad authority to the police to conduct covert surveillance, including wiretapping phones, bugging homes and offices and […]
The Carpetbagger Report replied to my previous post on missile defense, and proudly repeated its opposition to missile defense, and included links to problems with the program. Concluding triumphantly, “it doesn’t work.”
Military technology is very expensive and takes time to develop. As a comparison, here are excerpts of a few of the development problems […]
Where are ‘Star Wars’ critics now?
North Korea’s threatening spate of missile launches — including an unsuccessful try with an advanced version of its Taepodong 2 Inter-Continental Ballistic Missile that is capable of hitting the United States — has sparked a cacophony of talk from leaders and foreign policy experts around the world.
As they debate and […]
3 carriers, 280 planes, and 22,000 troops
The largest U.S. military exercise in the Pacific in decades ended Friday after showing North Korea and other nations that the United States can swiftly muster a huge combat force in the region, officials said.
The five-day “Valiant Shield” exercises massed an armada of three aircraft carriers and 25 other […]
21st Century Investiture Controversy
I knew my Medieval History major would come in handy some day.
Vatican throws out China bishops
The Vatican is excommunicating two bishops who were illegally ordained by China’s breakaway Catholic Church. Pope Benedict XVI expressed his “deep displeasure” over the appointments. The rift comes as Beijing and the Vatican are engaged in […]
Visits the Korean War Memorial
I spent yesterday and today going through the Memorial and Museum - 500 pictures worth of going through the museum and associated outdoor displays.But this post, I’m going to highlight the Memorial. The site sits in central Seoul, on the former site of ROK Army Headquarters. The flags on the left […]
CDR Salamander: 20th Century Deathcount
The latest issue of National Geographic has a solid write-up on mass murder (genocide) in the last century. Their graphic tells the story better than about anything.
Chew on it and think about a couple of things. (1) When you ask a Leftist about “Government mass murder” or “murderous dictators” who is […]
China Aims to Put Man on Moon by 2020
Fresh from its second manned space mission, China’s space program wants to be able to put a man on the moon and build a space station in 15 years, an official said Sunday.
“I think in about 10 to 15 years, we will have the ability to build […]
