Just a quick run through the news:
- Hiring in U.S. Tapers Off as Economy Fails to Gain Speed (NYT) — Not good.
- North Korea warns embassies over safety (The Guardian) — OK, so if I say, “Yeah, you’re starting to worry us a little,” do you think the boy dictator would back off?
- ‘Suspicious liquid’ shuts down Assembly (thestate.com) — This will bear watching.
- Obama Budget Is Dismissed by G.O.P. and Attacked by Left (NYT) — Well, then, he must be doing something right.
- Randy Scott’s letter requesting leave (thestate.com) — It’s good that the city is no longer hiding behind that “personnel matter” dodge — at least to this extent.
- Portugal High Court Strikes Down Some Austerity Measures (WSJ) — Can’t we finish dealing with Cyprus before Portugal has a crisis?
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Reference: Juan Caruso December 19, 2011 at 4:14 pm
The missile launching was intended to prove very quickly that Kim Jong Eun now manages DPRK’s military.
Among young Jong Eun’s next orders of dictatorship, unfortunately, must be some public executions to diminish any hope of improved human rights.
Finally, following the playbook Kim Jong Il left for him, Jong Eun must soon convince the world that he is a nuclear loose cannon as dangerous as his dad. This will have to be done within 12 months for several reasons.
Q.E.D. 4/5/2013
What was the suspicious liquid? Enquiring minds want to know!
Trucker bomb.
Just so everyone will know, AutoZone now takes EBT card payments.
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And they say the food stamp system isn’t being abused.