I Have a Bad Feeling ….

The chief U.S. and North Korean nuclear negotiators will meet this week in Geneva to seek a breakthrough in stalled disarmament talks, news reports said Tuesday.

U.S. Assistant Secretary of State Christopher Hill was to meet North Korean Foreign Minister Kim Kye Gwan during a visit to the Swiss city Thursday and Friday, South Korea’s Yonhap news agency reported from Washington, citing sources there it did not identify. [AP, via IHT]

It’s rumored that Chris Hill will offer the North Koreans a 99-year lease on Hawaii and a gold-plated Escalade if they’ll agree to provide us a list of their X-ray machines now, with the remainder of their nuclear declaration to come in phases starting in 2012. Let’s all wish him success, because if you don’t, you must hate peace.