Saturday, December 31, 2011
Happy New Year!
Muslims Warned Not to Celebrate New Year in Obama's Indonesia
N. Korea's New Year Message: 'Human Shields' Must Defend Kim to Death as Starving, Freezing Nation Marches Toward Prosperity
'Gang of Seven' Supports Supreme Leader
Nigeria Declares State of Emergency in Parts of Country
New Rule for 2012: Liberal Media Must Substitute Pragmatic for 'Moderate' When Referring to Muslim Brotherhood and Hamas
Iran Playing for Time
CHINA LAUDS N. KOREAN MILITARY
Iran to Test Missiles in Strait of Hormuz
Rumor: Ghaddafi Daughter Considering Israel
The daughter of the late Libyan dictator has supposedly told European friends that only Israel can guarantee her safety, and that under the Jewish State's Law of Return, she could seek asylum and citizenship in Israel. Click hereto read the head-spinning story, surely one of the strangest news stories of 2011.
Sunday, 1 January 2012
The "whole party … will become human bulwarks and human shields in defending Kim Jong Un." New Year insanity from the world's worst dictatorship, a nuclear-armed, country-sized concentration camp. Click here for the story.
The emphasis on becoming an "economic giant" may reflect increased Chinese influence on economic policy.
Be that as it may, North Korea cannot afford to let up on repression even for a minute. Any loosening of state controls could cause the regime to come apart at the seams.
Happy New Year from Hell on Earth:
Military Still First in Kimist Country
Lineup Signals No Letup in Domestic Repression,
Readiness to Defy World, Confront US, S. Korea
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All Islamists are clerical fascist foes, implacable enemies of Western civilization and civilized humanity in general.
Confusing pragmatism with moderation is dangerously delusional. To promote the idea of moderate Islamism--moderate rightwing political Islam/moderate fascism--is to misinform, at the very least, and, when doing so knowingly, to deliberately misinform, or disinform.
POSTSCRIPT: Foreign Confidential™ political word of the day: Disinformedia. n. Mass media outlets that follow the government line and deliberately mislead and misinform--i.e. disinform--their readers, viewers, and listeners.
Iran reportedly delays missile tests as it proposes a new round of nuclear talks. Click here for the story.
Useful Idiots of Appeasement will naturally leap to the negotiating table.
In the meantime, Iran's tag team-like partner in proliferation, North Korea, will ratchet up tensions in its corner of the globe with fresh provocations, including missile tests.
POSTSCRIPT: Ghaddafi's daughter has hired an Israeli international lawyer to press for an investigation of her father's murder, as reported here; and the lawyer says his client has never discussed the possibility of asylum in Israel with him, describing the rumor as "ludicrous."
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