In the News...
So, it appears that North Korea is backing down from its nuclear ambitions in exchange for food and security. They still need to hammer out the details, but this could be an excellent precedent for peaceful disarmament, assuming it goes through. The deal is to be phased in over several years. The U.S. confirmed that it would be airdropping 10,000 shipping crates full of Big Mac's as a gesture of good faith. When North Korea disarms completely, the U.S. will start attaching parachutes to the crates.
Things are still rough in New Orleans, though I suppose that Rome wasn't drained in a day. Vice Admiral Thad Allen has stated that major disease risks remain, while martial law and an evening curfew remain in effect. Politicians from both the Republican and Democratic party have been heard wondering, "Who the hell names their child 'Thad'?"
Palestinian security forces have re-sealed the border between Gaza and Palestine after thousands of Palestinians had crossed into Egypt illegally over the past week. The recent border chaos had allowed smugglers to bring drugs and weapons across the border into Gaza. Given the prevalence of militant groups such as Hamas in Gaza, Palestinian security forces have since determined that it would be wise to install such modern equipment as metal detectors. In other brash statements of the obvious, Palestinian security forces have announced that water is wet and gravity makes things fall down.
posted by Ryan @ 8:41 a.m.
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I'm pretty glad to hear about North Korea. There are very few true "rogue states" in the world, and that's one of them. (The United States being another. Har har har.)
And as for that particular male name... Thaddis Bosley Jr., an outfielder with a major-league career spanning the years 1977-1990, went by that four-letter abbreviation. But still... yeah, that's a pretty uncommon one.
Yeah, North Korea's pretty high up on the list of countries that most people don't want to have an atomic device. Hell, I wouldn't let North Korea have dental floss without adult supervision, if I had my choice.
I was kind of hoping the long thorm of Thad would be something like Thadrick or Thadburg or Thadius Prime. Thaddis is actually (somewhat) normal.
Speaking of everyone's favorite transformer and military operations...
Heh. North Korea just demanded a light water reactor today, as the price for dismantling their nuclear deterrent.
Oh, those North Koreans. They're like the comic relief of the world.
The psychotic, nuclear-tipped comic relief.
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