Re: North Korea: Preventative attack or learn to live with a nuclear north?

by **Travis of the Cosmos** 2017-08-11, 08:37

What's with everyones interest in even surviving a nuclear holocaust? Fuck that. Let a bomb fall directly on me before I have to deal with living in that post apocalyptic world.

by **Travis of the Cosmos** 2017-08-11, 10:12

https://blogs.wsj.com/moneybeat/2017/08/11/how-do-you-price-a-problem-like-korea/

"Analysts are trying to figure out what happens to the markets in the event of all our nuclear war."

Um, guys... uhhh.... good news and bad news. Good news- I think you can probably stop working on that question for the rest of the day.

by **InTenSity** 2017-08-11, 10:29

The story is behind a paywall Travis.

Although it is silly to try to figure out what's going to happen to all your precious money when it no longer holds any value.

by **Travis of the Cosmos** 2017-08-11, 10:31

InTenSity wrote:The story is behind a paywall Travis.

Although it is silly to try to figure out what's going to happen to all your precious money when it no longer holds any value.

Oh I know I was just reacting to the sub headline. I didn't read the article myself so maybe they went into some wisdom on why they think the market is still relevant when we're all dead.

by **InTenSity** 2017-08-11, 10:37

Travis of the Cosmos wrote:
InTenSity wrote:The story is behind a paywall Travis.

Although it is silly to try to figure out what's going to happen to all your precious money when it no longer holds any value.

Oh I know I was just reacting to the sub headline. I didn't read the article myself so maybe they went into some wisdom on why they think the market is still relevant when we're all dead.

Maybe they have uploaded their consciousness into the stock exchange, and the machines will continue to do HFT's, so that when the aliens finally discover the planet and plug into the mainframe, they can come back and collect it all. Then they'll be rich beyond their wildest dreams!

by **DWags** 2017-08-11, 11:16

Hey Goose, are we old enough to remember when JFK spent the Cuban missile crisis golfing and making fun of senators. Yeah I remember that

by **Floyd Robertson** 2017-08-11, 11:24

DWags wrote: Hey Goose, are we old enough to remember when JFK spent the Cuban missile crisis golfing and making fun of senators. Yeah I remember that

DWags, I was two and don't remember it and you're two years younger than me. North Korea: Preventative attack or learn to live with a nuclear north? - Page 3 502811600

North Korea: Preventative attack or learn to live with a nuclear north? - Page 3 502811600

by **DWags** 2017-08-11, 14:28

Floyd Robertson wrote:
DWags wrote: Hey Goose, are we old enough to remember when JFK spent the Cuban missile crisis golfing and making fun of senators. Yeah I remember that

DWags, I was two and don't remember it and you're two years younger than me.

Hey, born in 1961, and Ive been told by my parents I was 20 yards from Kennedy once. But reading about it, I don't recall him golfing.

by **Floyd Robertson** 2017-08-11, 14:39

DWags wrote:
Floyd Robertson wrote:

DWags, I was two and don't remember it and you're two years younger than me.

Hey, born in 1961, and Ive been told by my parents I was 20 yards from Kennedy once. But reading about it, I don't recall him golfing.

Yeah, I don't think he was golfing either. He had a bad back.

by **NigelUno** 2017-08-11, 14:42

DWags wrote:
Floyd Robertson wrote:

DWags, I was two and don't remember it and you're two years younger than me.

Hey, born in 1961, and Ive been told by my parents I was 20 yards from Kennedy once. But reading about it, I don't recall him golfing.

During the crisis? Probably not. But he liked to golf.

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by Guest 2017-08-11, 15:00

Floyd Robertson wrote: Sandra McNeill‏ @SandMcNeill 2m2 minutes ago
As N Korea crisis ramps up, Joe's Army Navy seeing boom in sales of potassium iodide pills to fight radiation.

Same idiots that buy out grocery stores before a snow storm. Good to see the business for Joe's though.

by **Turtleneck** 2017-08-11, 15:04

I just dumped my retirement into potassium iodide manufacturers. Good move?

by **NigelUno** 2017-08-11, 15:52

I'm glad that Ivanka was sitting at the table when Trump just gave his speech.

Surely, she won't let him play Thermonuclear War on the WOPR.

by **Turtleneck** 2017-08-11, 16:01

She is Jennifer. Kushner is David. He justed wanted to play a game!

by **NigelUno** 2017-08-11, 17:07

"This man will not get away with what he is doing," Trump told reporters. "If he utters one threat in the form of an overt threat ... or if he does anything with respect to Guam, or any place else that is an American territory or an America ally, he will truly regret it and he will regret it fast."

Ummm...he already uttered a threat.

by **Turtleneck** 2017-08-12, 11:53

Despite Rhetoric On North Korea, U.S. Military Posture Hasn't Really Changed

Jonathan Pollack, a senior fellow at the Brookings Institution specializing in Asia-Pacific security issues, says the U.S. day-to-day military capabilities in the western Pacific are "very imposing, very impressive."

Pollack says they are intended "to deter the North from any kind of potential actions. But if the North were to act, the U.S ... would have to deploy far more to the peninsula and the region as quickly as possible."

And he points to another sign that the U.S. is not moving toward war with North Korea: There have been no efforts to evacuate the at least 150,000 U.S. citizens living in South Korea.

"That would be the clearest indication that we were headed toward war," Pollack says. "And I don't think we are."

http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2017/08/11/542799683/despite-rhetoric-on-north-korea-u-s-military-posture-hasnt-really-changed

by **DWags** 2017-08-12, 12:12

Turtleneck wrote:Despite Rhetoric On North Korea, U.S. Military Posture Hasn't Really Changed

Jonathan Pollack, a senior fellow at the Brookings Institution specializing in Asia-Pacific security issues, says the U.S. day-to-day military capabilities in the western Pacific are "very imposing, very impressive."

Pollack says they are intended "to deter the North from any kind of potential actions. But if the North were to act, the U.S ... would have to deploy far more to the peninsula and the region as quickly as possible."

And he points to another sign that the U.S. is not moving toward war with North Korea: There have been no efforts to evacuate the at least 150,000 U.S. citizens living in South Korea.

"That would be the clearest indication that we were headed toward war," Pollack says. "And I don't think we are."

http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2017/08/11/542799683/despite-rhetoric-on-north-korea-u-s-military-posture-hasnt-really-changed

Trumps base only needs rhetoric, they're trolls not political leaders or well thought out. Rhetoric is good enough.

by **Turtleneck** 2017-08-12, 12:31

I was just posting because, well, there is not much to be worried about right now. Kim does not want war, and despite statements that do not de-escalate, the U.S. is clearly not preparing to act.

by **NigelUno** 2017-08-12, 13:39

Turtleneck wrote:I was just posting because, well, there is not much to be worried about right now. Kim does not want war, and despite statements that do not de-escalate, the U.S. is clearly not preparing to act.

What if he gets the missiles out and points them at Guam in a week?

Do we bomb the missile sites in advance, or knock them down in the air?

by **DWags** 2017-08-12, 13:57

Turtleneck wrote:I was just posting because, well, there is not much to be worried about right now. Kim does not want war, and despite statements that do not de-escalate, the U.S. is clearly not preparing to act.

Understand. And I believe our pos president is using this high stakes dangerous rhetoric to help him with his base, that's it.

by **Floyd Robertson** 2017-08-25, 19:40

Another week another missile launch into the sea of Japan. Friday evening just when Trump is going to be distracted by Hurricane Harvey.

by **NigelUno** 2017-08-25, 19:56

Trump sure scared them.

by **Travis of the Cosmos** 2017-08-25, 20:01

Floyd Robertson wrote:Another week another missile launch into the sea of Japan. Friday evening just when Trump is going to be distracted by Hurricane Harvey.

Lol

by **Travis of the Cosmos** 2017-08-25, 20:15

Travis of the Cosmos wrote:
Floyd Robertson wrote:Another week another missile launch into the sea of Japan. Friday evening just when Trump is going to be distracted by Hurricane Harvey.

Lol

Bump

by **InTenSity** 2017-08-25, 20:26

Floyd Robertson wrote:Another week another missile launch into the sea of Japan. Friday evening just when Trump is going to be distracted by Hurricane Harvey.

Someone should tell him Obama would've stared down a pussy named Harvey.

by **kingstonlake** 2017-08-25, 21:47

Can you imagine the Twitter gold that would have been delivered if this ass hat was president during Katrina?

by **NigelUno** 2017-08-26, 07:33

Was Bannon right (about there being no military option in North Korea) and that Trump was bluffing?

It got him fired.

Trump opened his yapper and they launched some more missiles.

by **GRR Spartan** 2017-08-26, 08:23

N. Korea knew a major hurricane was bearing down on TX. Their mistake was thinking the storm would be Trump's priority Friday.

We have a President with the attention span of Ziggy the Squirrel crossing a busy street.

by **Floyd Robertson** 2017-08-28, 17:35

World News Tonight‏Verified account @ABCWorldNews 1m1 minute ago
BREAKING: North Korea fires missile that passed through airspace over Japan, Japanese public media reports.

Asshat regime.

by **Floyd Robertson** 2017-08-28, 17:50

1st hand account from Japan.

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by **GRR Spartan** 2017-08-28, 18:05

When we have Ziggy the Squirrel as POTUS who follows shiney objects way too easily N. Korea knows when to play their games.

by **DWags** 2017-08-28, 19:03

Bump.

by **Cameron** 2017-08-28, 21:29

Travis of the Cosmos wrote:What's with everyones interest in even surviving a nuclear holocaust? Fuck that. Let a bomb fall directly on me before I have to deal with living in that post apocalyptic world.

I have played multiple games in the Fallout series. After I finished kicking Floyd Mayweather's ass, I'd get to work rebuilding society and shit. I know just how to do it.

by **NigelUno** 2017-08-28, 21:44

DWags wrote:Bump.

Trump on Tuesday:

"But, Kim Jong Un, I respect the fact that I believe he is starting to respect us," Trump said at the Tuesday rally. "I respect that fact very much. Respect that fact."

"And maybe, probably not, but maybe something positive can come about," Trump said.

"They won't tell you that," he added, referring to the media. "But maybe something positive can come about."

Kim Jong Un said: North Korea: Preventative attack or learn to live with a nuclear north? - Page 3 1966794946

North Korea: Preventative attack or learn to live with a nuclear north? - Page 3 1966794946

North Korea: Preventative attack or learn to live with a nuclear north? - Page 3 1f680

UPDATE:

And then he said: North Korea: Preventative attack or learn to live with a nuclear north? - Page 3 1966794946

North Korea: Preventative attack or learn to live with a nuclear north? - Page 3 1f1ef-1f1f5

by **GRR Spartan** 2017-08-29, 00:29

The only thing worse than an learning disabled President (I don't think he reads much) is having an arrogant LD President who thinks he has all the answers.

by **NigelUno** 2017-08-29, 07:15

I don't think that Fire and Fury threat worked.

by **GRR Spartan** 2017-08-29, 08:56

NigelUno wrote:I don't think that Fire and Fury threat worked.

It's been replaced by "All options are on the table".
This time it wasn't delivered while a seated POTUS was rocking back and forth and hugging himself.

https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.cnn.com/cnn/2017/08/28/politics/north-korea-launch-unidentified-projectile/index.html

by **kingstonlake** 2017-08-29, 09:42

I'm sure this admin is negotiating deals to get NK to stand down in exchange for exclusive rights to open Trump branded factories in NK.

by **steveschneider** 2017-08-30, 13:53

NigelUno wrote:Was Bannon right (about there being no military option in North Korea) and that Trump was bluffing?

It got him fired.

Trump opened his yapper and they launched some more missiles.

Wasn't just Bannon that had that opinion. It pretty much is a stalemate.

by **GRR Spartan** 2017-08-30, 14:01

Around 8:45 am today Trump tweeted "Talking is not the answer"

https://mobile.twitter.com/realdonaldtrump/status/902875515534626817

Less than 3 hours later Sec of Defense Mattis is telling reporters the US is never out of diplomatic solutions. Less than 24 hours after putting Trump's transgender ban on hold.

Go figure

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