Category: Miscellaneous

Links of Interest

Richardson has already linked it, but I want to add is that this one could be very, very important to what happens in North Korea. The United States is considering economic sanctions on Chinese banks which have business transactions with North Korean companies allegedly implicated in the development or proliferation of weapons of mass destruction (WMD), a news report said Sunday. ================= Rep. Henry Hyde, Chairman of the House International Relations Committee, has a message for President Junichiro Koizumi. Hyde,...

Links of Note

The Political Pendulum: The Chosun Ilbo thinks that the Korean blogosphere is turning right. Although the report depends on readers’ ideological self-identification, I do see modest signs that in South Korea, the pendulum is swinging away from the far left. The problem for the Korea right continues to be that it has articulated no vision that has appeal for younger voters. In a word, it’s reactionary. ====================== Engaging the People: American cartoonist Ranan Lurie wants to bring “uniting artwork” to...

Links of Interest

Kamerad! It was all too predictable: France has surrendered to the mobs in the streets. The good news is the decline of Chirac and De Villepin; the bad news is that France’s own economic decline is now increasingly assured. Mary Robinson Wouldn’t Approve. I have three words to say about Zacharias Moussaoui’s date with Hell: Pay-Per-View. Bring beer; Cheetos are on me. The Skirt Defense. This is without question both the strangest and most contemptable rape defense I’ve ever seen:...

On Assimilation and the Rule of Law

If you read carefully enough, you will see this L.A. Times article telling you what the sheer numbers alone should  make clear:  the overwhelming majority of those who rallied in L.A. yesterday were not “immigrants’ rights advocates,” they were themselves illegal aliens.  When half a million people who have no legal right to even be in the country can essentially sieze control of one of your largest cities, you have a big problem.  Thankfully, the demonstrators didn’t riot and burn...

North Korea news roundup (Monday)

Yahoo: Two Koreas agree to resume stalled military talks Yahoo: Kin express joy after film on abductee wins prize Daily Iowan: Leach seeks to ease N. Korean tensions (opinion) Epoch Times: Book Review: Gordon Chang’s New Book on North Korea Dong-a Ilbo: Corruption Rapidly Spreading in North Korea YONHAP: N. Korea says U.S. poses threat to world peace, security DailyNK: Elvis Kim Jong Il? Netizen, Open Kim Jong Il Parody Dong-a Ilbo: North produces 2 billion counterfeit cigarette packs Dong-a...