ACF, I think North Koreans "starving in the millions" is not accurate. I suspect there are very few fatties and that there might be rationing. The USA might be providing taxpayer-subsidized grain in 'aid' as bribery and a means of establishing control. But the USA is subsidizing USA farmers anyway, as a means of getting votes [which shows how hypocritical the USA is about free trade, free enterprise, capitalism and all that stuff they burble on about and ignore: steel tariffs, import quotas, sheep bans etc.
The most important thing which is going to bring North Korea into the 21st century and family of nations [what a dysfunctional, violent, thieving family!!] is, take a moment to guess what it is ... yes, of course, it is CDMA!http://www.koreatimes.co.kr/kt_tech/200203/t2002032718465545110.htm <SK Telecom, the country's No. 1 mobile phone operator, is now known to have sent a corporate delegation last October to Pyongyang for negotiations on possible cellular communication businesses in North Korea, the company's senior official said yesterday.
In a statement, SK Telecom's Senior Managing Executive Shin Young-chul said the company had been in talks with North Korean officials about developing mobile phone services, based on code division multiple access (CDMA) technology and other information technology issues.
But, he denied Wednesday's report by the Maeil Business Newspaper, a local business daily. The newspaper wrote that SK Telecom submitted a business application to the Pyongyang government requesting a 800 mega-hertz frequency band for a cellular phone business.
In the wake of détente following the historic summit between President Kim Dae-jung and North leader Kim Jong-il in June, 2000, SK Telecom has been searching for North Korean business opportunities.
North Korea is expected to become a strategic point in Asia for the company's long-term global expansion plans to build a so-called CDMA belt through the region.
But, the company's move toward North Korea still appears to be cautious and even secretive, mainly due to the sensitive political situation, analysts said....contd...>
Somebody sneaks into the country, plants a CDMA phone, which sends secret phragmented photon signals back to HQ in San Diego. After a year or two, like Gengki Dhama, a little bit of energy from all around the world focuses in and soon millions of CDMA phones are flooding the country. Gengki Dama is the most powerful weapon in the Dragonball manga [Japanese comics]. It involves gengki [good feeling] from people all around the world all combined into one super ball.
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19th Wish/13th Time Summoned (Porunga): After fighting Buu, Buu had lost everyone he had absorbed, and had become as strong as ever. He had gone into space, and, made small energy ball, that had destroyed the Earth, and everyone there. The first wish was to make the Earth come back to its original form, leaving no scars of Buu from it.
20th Wish/13th Time Summoned (Porunga): After the Earth had been restored, Vegeta asked Dende to see if everyone Buu killed could come back to life, excluding the bad ones. It is done so, and, everyone good is revived.
21st Wish/13th Time Summoned (Porunga): After building the Ultimate Genki Dama, Goku needed just a little more energy to defeat Buu. Buu was struggling against the Genki Dama to begin with, and, Dende asked Porunga to see if Goku could get his strength back. Goku suddenly went Super Saiyan, and told Buu of all the monsters he has faced in the past, that none were as bad as him. Buu then died for good that.
22nd Wish/14th Time Summoned (Assumed - Porunga): A Very Secret Wish!!! While Buu was dieing, Goku asked to see if Buu could be brought back to life, as an incarnation of a strong, good Buu. He does, and ten years later, Ubuu comes into the picture, and Goku thanks the Dragon Ball's that his wished was granted.
That is every wish that was ever made in the Dragon Ball and Dragon Ball Z timeline, excluding the movies. >
One of the things I was thinking about during my absence was CB's IRA friend [perhaps called Buu] and his recent death from cancer. As she said, one less for me to worry about, but there's no happiness in that. There's relief that a danger has gone and hopefully the young replacements will not have hate in their hearts.
I was looking at a news picture of a decrepit Pope with prostrate new priests in St Peters and it is ironic that the Catholic church has replaced the individual-repressing Roman Empire and with a wider reach. Fortunately, burnings at the stake and nailings to the cross are a thing of the past, with some vicious exceptions - such as necklacing in South Africa compliments of that charming mother-of-the-nation, Winnie Mandela. With a mother like that, I have little hope that South Africa will stop the slide into mayhem. South Africa is going to learn that democracy does not provide goods and services despite all the cargo-cult incantations.
A perfectly good Globalstar gateway was installed but never used because a licence wasn't provided [presumably because the officials were not paid sufficient money in bribery].
Anyway, in that Papal picture, there were about 10 priests to be ordained or whatever they were, lying flat on their stomachs, faces on the ground, in front of the Pope. What a joke! Even the Roman Emperor only required kneeling [I suppose]. Saddam probably doesn't require such prostration. Allah and Mohammed [peace be upon them, but especially, peace be upon me and save me from their crazed and looney followers such as John Walker-Linde] only require kneeling and forehead-to-the-ground supplication.
Meanwhile, they are having a LOT of fun in Israel/Palestine over whose supernatural superstitious fantasy is the best one and who gets to have the land, the girls and be boss monkey. The Jews, who have been specially chosen, are pretty sure that they should travel from around the world and kill Palestinians who object to having been kicked off their land which Jews say they have been chosen by some spook to have special entitlement to. The Jews have got the Palestinians in concentration camps while they figure out a final solution to resolve the problem. The Palestinians are blowing themselves and surrounding people up on a daily basis. What a mess! Literally.
It seems some gengki dama is needed in the area.
Easter is a good time to think about that stuff - states, individuals, superstition, nailing of people to crosses. I have a supply of hot cross buns - very yummy. Will get a nice cup of tea to go with them. It's Sunday morning here. Drizzly, autumnal. Jay will wake in Hong Kong in an hour or two, flick on the screen to see if the world is still on its axis... Good morning Jay!
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