I wish I could say this post was about some amazing sex exploit….but sadly that is not the case….. it is far more disturbing than that……
While you were busy listening to some Barnum-esque person prattle on about those darn Muslims or immigrants….or maybe you were in a panic and grab your Visa to buy that new AK-47 before they are gone…..all that is just noise…..while you were in your “zone” the earth moved.
No I am not talking about that earthquake in Afghanistan…..but rather an event in North Korea…….
A tense 2016 lies ahead on the Korean peninsula after a North Korean nuclear test that could mark an alarming leap forward in the country’s technology. Pyongyang claims that it successfully detonated a hydrogen bomb for the first time, though experts say the Wednesday morning explosion— believed to have caused a 5.1 magnitude quake—was closer in size to North Korea’s three previous nuclear tests than to a hydrogen bomb explosion, reports the Washington Post. Kim Jong Un claimed last month that the country had an H-bomb, a weapon much more powerful and harder to make than an atomic bomb, and a confirmed test would almost certainly lead to tough new sanctions against North Korea, the AP reports.
North Korean state media reported that the test of the “miniaturized” H-bomb was a “perfect success.” It could be weeks before an H-bomb test can be confirmed by outside experts, who seem skeptical of Pyongyang’s claims. “Given the scale, it is hard to believe this is a real hydrogen bomb,” Yang Uk from the Korea Defense and Security Forum tells Reuters. “They could have tested some middle stage kind (of device) between an A-bomb and H-bomb, but unless they come up with any clear evidence, it is difficult to trust their claim.” The Australian Broadcasting Company reports that the United Nations Security Council plans to hold an emergency meeting Wednesday to discuss the nuclear test. (At the start of 2016, Kim said he was ready for war.)
Maybe now would be a good time to start worrying about what “Lil Kim” has on his little demented mind…..or you could just wait and see what he has planned……or we could just see what Lil Kim had to say……
Source: Here’s North Korea’s official hydrogen bomb statement. It’s a doozy. – Vox
We have had plenty of time to learn what North Korea has on their minds and we have sat idly by and done nothing about it. If something happens we have nobody to blame but ourselves.
Johnny Cash – I’m Just an Old Chunk of Coal
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grin hugs…
Hugs back, Pennywoodfall — 🙂
North Korea are in a pretty poor state at the moment. Foreign aid to them is down 50% over the past year. The H-bomb test (which is considered by experts as being well below the success level) is to gain the world’s attention. There will be talks, and the foriegn aid will be linked to a ceasation of tests. There is no way, given the past year in the middle East will either China or South Korea want to destabalise the NK government beyond the usual bluster. Given the refugee problems in Europe, no one wants 22 million North Koreans walking across the boarders.
We certianly live in “interesting times”
I think you are accurate….attention to try and gain some assistance…good call….chuq
Nice… even-handed, and, mindful. Good analysis, of a small part of an entire world gone starkers… If my Brit slang is off, use ‘stark raving mad’….
“Interesting’ indeed….
Well said.
gigoid, the dubious
Yup, as we say in Britain completely binky bonkers, but there are 22 million of the blighters and so must be taken a little seriously.
Bill,
Thanks for the slang update…
🙂
To an extent, I can agree, with some reservations… You see, taking it seriously is what is expected of us….
It’s my belief, based on a lot of visible evidence over the course of the last 55 years since I was old enough to pay attention, IF war happens there in Korea, it will only ADD to the overall level of insanity now extant over the face of the world…. If it is serious, it is also seriously stupid, of both North and South… Korea, or anywhere else….
Basing one’s life and behavior on delusions cannot have good results; we, as a human culture, have done so for thousands of years now. Humanity is in the bowl, and the handle is half-way pushed, I’m afraid… the flush is coming for our species, and nobody even knows they’re in the WC….
SIGH…
gigoid, the dubious
While I hesitate to use the term “told you so”, I will say, they are ALL fucking crazy out there in the Big Blue Room… Moreover, they THINK they are sane….
“It’s a hard rain’s a gonna fall…” — Bob Dylan
gigoid, the dubious
And we are not prepared for the deluge…as always…chuq