U.S. Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama says if North Korea does not abandon its illicit nuclear program, it should face strong sanctions.

Speaking at the University of Purdue in Indiana, he said North Korea and Iran have a history of support for terror.

He said by staying committed to the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty, the U.S. will be in a better position to rally international support for continued pressure on violating nations like North Korea and Iran.

Onsdag: Åt frukost och sen packade vi ihop för att bege oss hemåt. Tråkigt att lämna Stockholm för det var roliga dagar. men när jag väl kom hem var det nästan bara skönt att komma hem.

Hittas hos Colorez på Stora Nygatan 31, Gamla Stan.

Hittas hos Adidas Concept Store på Sveavägen 21-23, Norrmalm.

Hittas hos WESC på Kungsgatan 66, Norrmalm.

u.u Não se preocupem, da próxima vez, espero vir com uma matéria super supimpa.

Enfim...como o lado que sabe fazer propaganda das coisas, ficou com a Ami...lá vai:

Ah, e não se esqueçam de comentar!

See you, space cowboy. o/

In a previous comment, NK shares that s/he believes that the best course of action is not to rush into any relationships, and that got me thinking. I have to disagree. In my 27 years, I have never--not once--had love just come along and find me. Heaven knows I wish it worked that way, but I don't think I'm someone that these things happen to. I don't know why. Maybe it's because I don't really fit in anywhere; maybe I'm unapproachable; maybe I just have a limited circle of friends or acquaintances. Whatever it is, I think that the whole idea of waiting for love, or anything for that matter, is crap.

I really don't want to discount what NK said, though. Maybe that really does work for some of you. If it does, you have to tell me your secret because I am baffled.

If I want something, I have to go after it. Nothing ever comes if I wait. If I'm lucky, maybe a woman will strike up a conversation once a month or so, which means I'm always the initiator. Then, no matter how flirtatious our exchange, it ends there if I don't act on it and get her number or plan another meeting. Still, even at that point, I'll never get a second date if I don't plan it. Every step along the way has to be deliberate, and whenever I've backed off, it inevitably signaled the end of the relationship.  Love never just came to me; I always had to pursue it.

I have rushed into relationships before, and I freely admit that NK was right about how hollow and lonely I came to feel after a while. I'm not sure how much of that has been my bipolar cycle hitting a low and how much has been due to the rushing nature, but to be perfectly honest I'm not sure how to do it any other way. Once someone has established herself as my friend, our relationship never goes any further. Then again, maybe I misunderstand completely.

How does one let love find them?

(By the way, thanks for sharing, NK!)

one endless possibility

Muito...muuuito bizarro. Hauhahuahuahuahu! xD

See you, space cowboy.

WASHINGTON (CNN) -- North Korea is to blow up a key part of its controversial Yongbyon nuclear reactor on Friday.

Hyun Hak-Bong (right), North Korea's deputy negotiator to six-party talks, crosses the border into South Korea on June 5.

The destruction of the plant's cooling tower is part of an agreement with the United States aimed at denuclearizing the Korean peninsula in exchange for loosening some restrictions on the highly secretive Communist country.

The North Korean government has invited news organizations, including CNN, to witness the event.

Earlier this year, Pyongyang agreed to disable its nuclear reactor and provide a full accounting of its plutonium stockpile, "acknowledge" concerns about its proliferation activities and its uranium enrichment activity, and agree to continue cooperation with a verification process to ensure no further activities are taking place.

North Korea has been taking Yongbyon's main reactor apart, but imploding the cooling tower is an exceptionally important psychological step given that the highly recognizable shape of the structure is synonymous with nuclear power plants.

(More at CNN.com…)

Foreign Policy magazine has a feature on the Top Tourists Spots Americans Can't Visit. It seems to be in preparation for July 4, possibly since the reason we can't visit is the decided lack of law/order/safety/freedom of the territorial government.

The list includes:

• Mount Kumgang, Kumgangsan, North Korea
• Baracoa, Cuba
• The beaches of Mogadishu, Somalia
• Persepolis, Iran
• Mandalay, Burma

Of the five, only Mogadishu and Persepolis are must-sees for me. I think Persepolis might eventually be possible with a new president, but Mogadishu may take a while. I'm not exactly faint hearted about travel, but FP's explanation as to why not to go is compelling:

Because a good day in Somalia is the worst day of your life almost anywhere else.... The U.S. government does not maintain any consular presence in Mogadishu, so an American in trouble is likely to stay there. Most troubling is the fact that with little recognized, governing authority in Somalia, simply identifying which of the seemingly endless string of warlords and criminals has just kidnapped you is an important first step in negotiating your release.

I wonder why Cowen and Blattman didn't include advice for getting to know your kidnapper....

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China is reportedly developing a North Korean iron mine through a joint venture with the North.

According to Chinese sources familiar with North Korean affairs, a leading Chinese magnesite processor is a partner in the joint venture. The development of the mine in Ongjin, North Hwanghae Province began in the second half of last year.

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See you, Space Cowboy. o/

Man förmodar gärna att de som handlar där tillhör den medvetna,köpstarka storstadseliten,de som lägger ut rejält med pengar på märkeskläder för barn och senaste vagnen,inte sällan har de väl flera olika vagnar för att matcha mammas outfit för dagen.
Och eftersom de ser sig själva som medvetna och köpstarka så kan man ju tro att de fattar att barn och parfym är en meningslös och helt onödig kombination.
Att parfym är onödigt på spädbarn som väl knappast besväras av armsvett och dessutom kan trigga allergier.
Att man kan uppskatta bebisdoften så länge man har den,och inte dränka den i läskig,kräkframkallande artificiell doft.
Men så är det tydligen inte.Och självklart så är det så att den modemedvetna mamman inte kan förknippas med den minsta bajslukt eller sur kräkdoft om bebisen råkar spy upp en munfull på Molosparkisen.

Fram med lilla flaskan ur Skip-Hopväskan.Och hemma sätter de väl upp sådana där "doftförbättrare" som sprutar kemikalier ut i hemmaluften med inställbara intervaller,den som en datoranimerad reklammamma i ekorrgestalt rekommenderar för att ungar är så jobbiga(för att de luktar?)och för henne blir livet så mycket lättare om en dosa automatiskt sprutar parfym ut i huset så hon slipper ens tänka på det.

Jag suckar trött-igen-och återgår till att med Wettextrasa försöka skrapa bort nytillkomna fläckar av curry och grönsakslasagne från mina i morse nytvättade jeans.
Parfym?Nääe,det finns ändå inget som luktar godare än min bebisdotter Aleidis.Ingen jäkla designerparfym i världen.

This group was featured in the compelling documentary:  Seoul Train -- which informs the world about the contemporary "underground railroad" trying to save North Koreans from concentration camps, torture, and often death.

My purpose in creating the video is to generate the desire to learn more about North Korea’s Holocaust and Tyranny in casual web-surfers who do not know much about North Korea.

If you would like to learn much more, visit the NKHR category (and others) at One Free Korea’s blog. Each week, he posts multiple items on North Korea with some others on South Korea (and some US-only related topics).

Here are some pdf files with extensive background on the horrors taking place in North Korea to this very day:

North Korea’s regime is horrible. It is one of the worst regimes in modern history. It’s crimes are every bit as infamous as the worst of the worst.

And we do nothing about it.

But, we, especially educated and intellectual people in the West, like to believe “We would have been different” when looking back at the Hitlers, the Pol Pots, the Stalins….

We deceive ourselves…

A secondary goal of creating and promoting this video is hopefully to draw in donations to some of the smaller NGOs who do good work on North Korea Human Rights issues and helping North Korea refugees.

The links to those orgs are:

If you know about North Korea, or you know little, please pass on the link to this site and others.

Spreading the word is one avenue of hope.

And North Korea has so little hope.

My purpose in creating the video is to generate the desire to learn more about North Korea’s Holocaust and Tyranny in casual web-surfers who do not know much about North Korea.

If you would like to learn much more, visit the NKHR category (and others) at One Free Korea’s blog. Each week, he posts multiple items on North Korea with some others on South Korea (and some US-only related topics).

Here are some pdf files with extensive background on the horrors taking place in North Korea to this very day:

North Korea’s regime is horrible. It is one of the worst regimes in modern history. It’s crimes are every bit as infamous as the worst of the worst.

And we do nothing about it.

But, we, especially educated and intellectual people in the West, like to believe “We would have been different” when looking back at the Hitlers, the Pol Pots, the Stalins….

We deceive ourselves…

A secondary goal of creating and promoting this video is hopefully to draw in donations to some of the smaller NGOs who do good work on North Korea Human Rights issues and helping North Korea refugees.

The links to those orgs are:

If you know about North Korea, or you know little, please pass on the link to this site and others.

Spreading the word is one avenue of hope.

And North Korea has so little hope.

The background music selections are meant to contrast the insanity of the world Kim Jong Il and his father created for the North Korean people and the world's indifference - as well as highlight the insanity of what Pyongyang forces its people to say about the "glory" of Juche (self-reliance) and the North Korean way of life with the stark, hellish reality.

My purpose in creating the video is to generate the desire to learn more about North Korea’s Holocaust and Tyranny in casual web-surfers who do not know much about North Korea.

If you would like to learn much more, visit the NKHR category (and others) at One Free Korea’s blog. Each week, he posts multiple items on North Korea with some others on South Korea (and some US-only related topics).

Here are some pdf files with extensive background on the horrors taking place in North Korea to this very day:

North Korea’s regime is horrible. It is one of the worst regimes in modern history. It’s crimes are every bit as infamous as the worst of the worst.

And we do nothing about it.

But, we, especially educated and intellectual people in the West, like to believe “We would have been different” when looking back at the Hitlers, the Pol Pots, the Stalins….

We deceive ourselves…

A secondary goal of creating and promoting this video is hopefully to draw in donations to some of the smaller NGOs who do good work on North Korea Human Rights issues and helping North Korea refugees.

The links to those orgs are:

If you know about North Korea, or you know little, please pass on the link to this site and others.

Spreading the word is one avenue of hope.

And North Korea has so little hope.

North Korea is expected to submit the full declaration of its nuclear activities to China as early as next week.

The AFP news agency reported, quoting an Asian diplomat, that the North is likely to make a nuclear declaration next week when top U.S. nuclear envoy Christopher Hill visits China.

The news outlet predicted that Pyongyang would want to make up for time it has lost and start scrapping its nuclear weapons soon after the nuclear disclosure.

The U.S. State Department confirmed Saturday that Hill will visit China and Russia next week.
It also said that the chief U.S. nuclear negotiator could meet his North Korean counterpart Kim Kye-kwan in Beijing during the trip.

To discuss North Korea’s nuclear disclosure, the U.S. Assistant Secretary of State will visit Beijing from May 27th to 29th and will then fly to Moscow.

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