Today, everyone is discussing whether North Korea's friendly dictator Kim Jong-il is just kooky enough take his bouffant hairdo out for a joy ride to go postal in the Sea of Japan basin and in the region more generally.
Even China, North Korea's closest ally, denounced what it called a brazen act of defiance against the international community.
However, scientists said only careful analysis of data returned by seismic or atmospheric sensors will determine whether the blast was a "success". Some officials refused to rule out the remote possibility that North Korea faked its entry into the nuclear club by blowing up a huge stock of conventional explosives.
Pundits are split on whether the Axis of Evil was prescient or whether the phrase in Dubbya's state of the Union address will hurt or help the GOP in their efforts to turn the page (pun intended) from the latest congressional scandal.
At first, my thinking was that this is exactly the type of diversionary tactic that the GOP needs as evidenced by McCain's attack today on Clinton for not acting a decade ago. However, today's NY Times poll indicates that the American public is not about to be fleeced by the Republicans again.
Personally, I think that Jong-il is just dangerous enough that he needs to be taken seriously. I think that the international community should take all means at its disposal to help him make the move to a market economy - just imagine the possibilities if he could get the Beastie Boys wearing outfits like this...they would sweep the nation.
Oh wait, they already are...
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There's one turkey that survived the weekend.
There's one turkey that survived the weekend.
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