The Good Things About North Korea

[Jason]

Me rikey! Should we give them some ICBMs that work?

[FBM]

I'm thinking about going during this winter vacation. It'll be cold as fuck, but that might not be such a bad thing.

[JimC]

Where have our old fashioned communists gone?

Sandinista, you are needed in this thread, to do the convoluted apologetics...

[Gawdzilla Sama]

I'm thinking about going during this winter vacation. It'll be cold as fuck, but that might not be such a bad thing.

You can warm up here before going back.

[Coito ergo sum]

Me rikey! Should we give them some ICBMs that work?

Does Canada have an ICBM?

[Coito ergo sum]

Where have our old fashioned communists gone?

Sandinista, you are needed in this thread, to do the convoluted apologetics...

He'll say that the DPRK isn't the "real" communism.

[Gawdzilla Sama]

Where have our old fashioned communists gone?

Sandinista, you are needed in this thread, to do the convoluted apologetics...

He'll say that the DPRK isn't the "real" communism.

No True Commie?

[Coito ergo sum]

Where have our old fashioned communists gone?

Sandinista, you are needed in this thread, to do the convoluted apologetics...

He'll say that the DPRK isn't the "real" communism.

No True Commie?

Communism isn't really the communism that we see in the real world. True communism is the one where everyone lives upper middle class lifestyles...."... and all the women are strong, the men are good looking, and all the children are above average," like in Lake Woebegone.

[Gawdzilla Sama]

Where have our old fashioned communists gone?

Sandinista, you are needed in this thread, to do the convoluted apologetics...

He'll say that the DPRK isn't the "real" communism.

No True Commie?

Communism isn't really the communism that we see in the real world. True communism is the one where everyone lives upper middle class lifestyles...."... and all the women are strong, the men are good looking, and all the children are above average," like in Lake Woebegone.

Funny how the ideal never appears in real life, ain't it?

When I would point out that communism wasn't exactly working out in Russia the supporters would come back with "Yeah, well Marx meant for it to start i (Fill in the blank), not Russia."

[Ian]

Where have our old fashioned communists gone?

Sandinista, you are needed in this thread, to do the convoluted apologetics...

He'll say that the DPRK isn't the "real" communism.

No True Commie?

Communism isn't really the communism that we see in the real world. True communism is the one where everyone lives upper middle class lifestyles...."... and all the women are strong, the men are good looking, and all the children are above average," like in Lake Woebegone.

Funny that nowhere in history do they ever seem to get the recipe for successful communism right. "Real" communism never manages to come through.

Or maybe it's always sabotaged by those darn imperial capitalists.

[Gawdzilla Sama]

We used to call ourselves "The Running Dog Imperialist Army vs Navy March Band."

[Coito ergo sum]

Running dogs!

[Gawdzilla Sama]

Running dogs!

Our Navajo member changed his name to "Running Dog" and used to stand up and howl at the loudspeakers.

[FBM]

1. They're persistent.
2. They seem to be getting better at both missile/rocket tech and nuclear tech.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-21421841

North Korea 'quake' amid test fears

Seismic activity has been detected in North Korea, several nations say, in what could be a sign of a widely-anticipated nuclear test.

The US Geological Survey said it had detected a tremor with a 4.9 magnitude.

South Korean media also reported a "man-made earthquake" in its northern neighbour.

North Korea said last month it was planning to carry out its third nuclear test - despite a threat from the UN Security Council of "consequences".

The USGS said the quake occurred at a depth of 1km. It put the epicentre close to North Korea's known nuclear test site in the northeast of the country.

China's Earthquake Administration described it as a "suspected explosion", AFP reported. Japan's Meteorological Agency said the tremor was "different from a normal earthquake".

"We believe that there is a possibility that North Korea carried out a nuclear test, looking at past cases," said Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga.

Yonhap news agency says South Korea has raised its military alert in response to the quake. Japan says it will hold a meeting of its national security council, public broadcaster NHK reported.

North Korea is not prone to seismic activity. It conducted nuclear tests in 2006 and 2009, each time after rocket launches condemned by the UN as disguised tests of long-range missile technology.

It announced in January that it planned to conduct a "high-level" nuclear test, in response to expanded UN sanctions imposed after its latest rocket launch on 12 December 2012.

That rocket launch successfully put a satellite into orbit, in an apparent breakthrough for the North.

There has been no word yet from North Korea on what has taken place.

The US, South Korea and Japan had all warned Pyongyang not to go ahead with a third nuclear test. China, North Korea's closest ally and biggest trading partner, had also called for restraint.

[FBM]

http://koreajoongangdaily.joinsmsn.com/ ... y|home|top

...The strength of the seismic activity was eight times stronger than of the second nuclear test in 2009, which recorded a 4.5 magnitude shock, the weather agency said.

The Ministry of National Defense said they assumed it was caused by a 10-kiloton nuclear explosion...