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2006-10-15 China-Japan-Koreas
UN imposes stringent sanctions
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Posted by Fred 2006-10-15 00:00|| || Front Page|| [11134 views since 2007-05-07]  Top

#1 Ugh...yet another tiresome charade by the vaunted international community. Besides little Kimmy, some of Kofi's relatives, and France, I wonder who's going to make a fortune off of this.
Posted by JerseyMike 2006-10-15 02:55||   2006-10-15 02:55|| Front Page Top

#2 My favorite computer game is not one of the snazzy new super-graphics games, it's Civilization II. You win by either wiping out everyone else on the planet - or being the first to discover nukes.

I'm glad they left out toothless "stringent" UN sanctions, having your hands politically tied by gutless turds, and waiting for the end to come at the hands of evil assholes who are mere cartoonish caricatures to the clueless.
Posted by .com 2006-10-15 07:07||   2006-10-15 07:07|| Front Page Top

#3 
Posted by john 2006-10-15 07:29||   2006-10-15 07:29|| Front Page Top

#4 Authorizing cargo inspection is the important part here. Although it sounds like China is trying to weasel on that point - maybe playing a bit of good cop/bad cop.
Posted by SteveS 2006-10-15 07:32||   2006-10-15 07:32|| Front Page Top

#5 Like, we're totally rejecting the resolution. Gag us with a spoon...
Posted by Valley Girl 2006-10-15 07:50||   2006-10-15 07:50|| Front Page Top

#6 Ima feel all faintified by this UM thingy sent out most recent.


.com Please to eat my irrigation and food harvest barbarian swine.
Posted by Ghandi 2006-10-15 07:55||   2006-10-15 07:55|| Front Page Top

#7 Although it sounds like China is trying to weasel on that point

I've read that China is insisting that Chinese flagged ships be exempted from any inspection.
Posted by john 2006-10-15 07:57||   2006-10-15 07:57|| Front Page Top

#8 Lol, G-man, dunno what that meant, 'zactly, but I assure I enjoy waxing your ass in Civ II. Big fun ina leetle box, y'know? Lol.
Posted by .com 2006-10-15 07:58||   2006-10-15 07:58|| Front Page Top

#9 john - It could get very interesting, no? I'd be particularly pleased if some Chinese freighter refused inspection, was boarded (perhaps diabled to make that possible) and NorKie military shit was found onboard.

Might accelerate the "playoff schedule" by a decade.
Posted by .com 2006-10-15 08:02||   2006-10-15 08:02|| Front Page Top

#10 I prefer racing for the space colony to win with CIvII myself. Great game!
Posted by Thinemp Whimble2412 2006-10-15 08:03||   2006-10-15 08:03|| Front Page Top

#11 Oops, you're right, TW - the other way to win is space flight, not acquiring nuke power, lol. I've only done that once - long ago. You can tell which ending I concentrate on, heh. My earliest Global Domination win was in 910 AD, lol. Highest score was 80% (not same game). I presume you've gotten a higher rating cuz you're like all peaceful 'n stuff. Lol.
Posted by .com 2006-10-15 08:07||   2006-10-15 08:07|| Front Page Top

#12 910 AD? that is purty good there! Litterally, global domination with spears and swords. I used to love to wait till I could get a nuke and then win, cuz, I just love set'em off! Waitin' till you get a space colony is definitely a peace weanie kinda strategy.

Can't you just see a little UN graphic making an appearance on your shores and planting a stringent resolution on ya? That would be hillarious!
Posted by TomAnon 2006-10-15 09:34||   2006-10-15 09:34|| Front Page Top

#13 Lol. I loves the skeery skulls that show up to show pollution, lol. BTW, I'm disappointed you don't have the option of crashing aircraft into enemy cities and units. In some version of Sim City there was a traffic helicopter that you could click on with the cursor and it would crash the chopper. There was audio of the pilots saying, "We're going down! We're going down!" Great fun. Lol.
Posted by .com 2006-10-15 09:41||   2006-10-15 09:41|| Front Page Top

#14 that was nothing they will keep on building need to stop things they need ffod gas money etc.
Posted by Hupavitle Shinesh2963">Hupavitle Shinesh2963  2006-10-15 09:43||   2006-10-15 09:43|| Front Page Top

#15 Kim Dae-jung is a disgrace.

His country could foment to the collapse of the North if it wanted to. But for corrupt and craven reasons it refuses to do so.

Instead he is blaming the US, the country without which he would be eating grass, for not holding bilateral talks that would have the net effect of securing the future of the Kim family regime -- the most repressive regime in the world.

South Korea is not an ally. We need to get off the peninsula ASAP and smoke Kimmies ass. Hopefully these sanctions will help push the regime a step towards collapse.
Posted by JAB 2006-10-15 10:08||   2006-10-15 10:08|| Front Page Top

#16 My favorite is

Bans luxury goods going to North Korea

Yeah, right, there's a big NORK demand for edible BMW's.
Posted by Matt 2006-10-15 10:26||   2006-10-15 10:26|| Front Page Top

#17 Kim Jung Il and his top aides live very poshly. He's fond of certain top label cognacs, for instance.
Posted by lotp 2006-10-15 10:39||   2006-10-15 10:39|| Front Page Top

#18 Going for the score in CivII is incredibly boring. The spaceship is OK, but then the goal becomes maximize future technologies and optimize population. In 1850 or so it goes to a year a turn and really slows down. I've seen 500% scores, but prefer the race horse method. I've wiped them all out in 1200 but 910 is really impressive. Just getting there is a challenge at that point.
Posted by Nimble Spemble 2006-10-15 10:47||   2006-10-15 10:47|| Front Page Top

#19 Pretty obvious you barbarians never made it to the Stargate.

Irrigation rulz!
Many peoples, no cow.
Posted by Ghandi 2006-10-15 10:57||   2006-10-15 10:57|| Front Page Top

#20 .com
SimCity was much more fun if you did the following.

Play it for a day by just letting it sit there.
Diff it with a save-game at the beginning.
See what changed and hack the date and $ so you start in 1700 and have zillions of dollars..

Design to your heart's content.
Posted by 3dc 2006-10-15 23:37||   2006-10-15 23:37|| Front Page Top

#21 Heh, 3dc. You should work for the CIA or DIA, my man, lol.
Posted by .com 2006-10-15 23:58||   2006-10-15 23:58|| Front Page Top

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