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9/16/08

Rove: McCain went 'too far' in ads [3]

9/16/08

NEWS: Get Health Care Up In This Bitch [3]

9/16/08

Grizzlies bite McCain

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9/16/08

9/16/08

NEWS: McCain Accused of Using DEA and Senate to Cover Up Cindy's Drug Habit

9/16/08

Fuck America [3]

9/16/08

The Devil Scares Pravda [2]

9/16/08

NEWS: Asshole Fuckface Roundup #63 [2]

9/15/08

Sarah Palin's Very Firstest Interview! [3]

9/15/08

Science Debate 2008 [2]

9/15/08

Getting Raped Costs a Little Bit More in Alaska [11]

9/15/08

US led forces kill 76 Afghan civilians--most are children [10]

9/15/08

Nuh un. NUH UN! [2]

9/14/08

Cheney for Gay Marriage (CA Prop. 8)!

9/14/08

Eve Ensler on Sarah Palin

9/14/08

Someone needs to teach this lady how to lie.

9/14/08

Putin thinks Georgia war was to benefit McCain [2]

9/13/08

Obama pwns the interweb.

9/13/08

Watching the Oil Fall [2]

9/13/08

"I Believe Roe V Wade was a Bad Decision" [4]

9/12/08

Sept. 20, 2001 - The Daily Show comes back on the air.

9/12/08

Gallup Says Dramatic Shift In Polls [5]

9/12/08

BBC: "Zimbabwe rivals agree unity deal"

9/12/08

Repubs Get Head Start on Vote Suppression

9/12/08

Meghan McCain: "Nobody knows what war is like other than my family. Period."

9/11/08

Chavez tosses US Ambassador

9/11/08

NEWS: Suck It Reverend Wright

9/11/08

OH NO HE DI'INT! [3]

9/11/08

September 11th, A registered trademark.

9/11/08

It's always hammery in Philadelphia [2]

9/11/08

North Korea Semi-Headless

9/10/08

Ron Paul to Endorse Anybody on the ballot But McCain or Obama

9/10/08

NEWS: Canada's Schoolyard Politicians Love The Silent Treatment

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9/10/08

Thoughts on the 9/11 footage at the RNC

9/10/08

Four Minor Party Candidates Agree on Specific Issues in Opposition to McCain & Obama

9/10/08

Canadian Prime Minister Disolves Parliment [3]

9/10/08

Bhutto's Husband elected Pakistani President

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9/9/08

Government to seize Fannie and Freddie [2]

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9/9/08

No! Sarah Palin supports gay marriage! [5]

9/8/08

this is scary [4]

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North Korea Semi-Headless

Coyotemike

Kearney, NE

May 2006

SEP 10, 2008 11:10 AM

Kim Jong-il supposedly had a stroke a few weeks ago.

Intelligence officials in Washington said that the exact status of Mr. Kim's health was unclear, but that on Tuesday he failed to attend a celebration of the 60th anniversary of the founding of North Korea and that American intelligence agencies believed that he was now under the care of doctors in Pyongyang, North Korea's capital.

Hope you die in pain, you asshole.

Oninotaki

Ypsilanti, MI

March 2003

SEP 10, 2008 11:48 AM

This will be interesting to watch.

SockPuppet

I'm lost

July 2006

SEP 10, 2008 02:59 PM

Mhm. Potential power struggle in a starving, nuclear-weapon-owning autocracy with near neighbours China, South Korea, Russia, and Japan, and with American forces on the ground in South Korea.

Coooool. What could possibly go wrong? No conceivable shooting war anywhere there. Of course not.

Funnily enough, none of the relevant neighbours seems to have any sort of reasonable, agreed policy to follow should things get weird. Which has to be on the cards.

At this point, Americans may be wondering what their strategic planners have been up to over the last few years. Fucked if I know; perhaps you should ask the president?

Varuka_Salt

I'm lost

October 2006

SEP 10, 2008 03:02 PM

SockPuppet said:
Mhm. Potential power struggle in a starving, nuclear-weapon-owning autocracy with near neighbours China, South Korea, Russia, and Japan, and with American forces on the ground in South Korea.

Coooool. What could possibly go wrong? No conceivable shooting war anywhere there. Of course not.

Funnily enough, none of the relevant neighbours seems to have any sort of reasonable, agreed policy to follow should things get weird. Which has to be on the cards.

At this point, Americans may be wondering what their strategic planners have been up to over the last few years. Fucked if I know; perhaps you should ask the president?

I'm sure he'll "decide" whatever is best for us.

SockPuppet

I'm lost

July 2006

SEP 10, 2008 03:21 PM

Oooo, crap - did someone get the uberzot?! I'm sure there were two comments above mine...

motorfirebox

Pittsburgh, PA

March 2004

SEP 10, 2008 03:35 PM

man i hope that fucker dies.

Rappaccini

Burnt Cabins, PA

February 2004

SEP 10, 2008 03:39 PM

This is one death I'll certainly join the CE board in celebrating. My prayer is, because of this, Democracy can take hold in NK.

Coyotemike

Kearney, NE

May 2006

SEP 10, 2008 03:59 PM

DeadBilly said:
This is one death I'll certainly join the CE board in celebrating. My prayer is, because of this, Democracy can take hold in NK.

He's not dead yet. Or was there an update?

Rappaccini

Burnt Cabins, PA

February 2004

SEP 10, 2008 04:02 PM

coyotemike said:

DeadBilly said:
This is one death I'll certainly join the CE board in celebrating. My prayer is, because of this, Democracy can take hold in NK.

He's not dead yet. Or was there an update?

Not yet, but when it happens I will. I wasn't clear enough in my original post, sorry.

Sick

Minneapolis, MN

June 2003

SEP 11, 2008 05:16 AM

DeadBilly said:
This is one death I'll certainly join the CE board in celebrating. My prayer is, because of this, Democracy can take hold in NK.

Eventually, hopefully. However, I'm with SockPuppet on this one. Kim Jong-il's death will probably leave a power vacuum, and the struggle to replace him might get ugly.

RedBstrd

Pomona, CA

April 2004

SEP 11, 2008 05:53 AM

I would expect the military to back Kim Jong Il's son/heir. Kim's efforts to develop a nuclear bomb were designed in part to shore up support with the military and hardliners.

Hopefully I am wrong, but I just don't see any opportunity for civil society to build a democracy until the military backs off from supporting the regime or soft-liners gain prominence in the government and promote reform from within.