From our friends at the KCNA:
KCNA Report on This Year’s Great Innovations
Pyongyang, December 7 (KCNA) — The Korean Central News Agency released a report Friday on the great innovations made by the army and people of the DPRK with Kim Jong Il’s patriotism in the grand advance in the first year of the new 100 years of Juche era.The report said:
One year has passed since leader Kim Jong Il, sun of the nation and matchless patriot, passed away.
The army and people of the DPRK, who had broken down upon the sad news of his passing, rose up and launched the gigantic advance in the new 100 years being led by the dear respected Kim Jong Un.
The political and ideological might and the might of unity of the revolutionary ranks that cherished Kim Jong Il’s patriotism as faith have remarkably grown stronger. They were led by Kim Jong Un who held the top posts of the party and the revolution.
The flame of the three revolution red flag movement has flared up in the drive for carrying out the behests of Kim Jong Il. The fighting spirit and traits that were prevalent in the 1970′s pervaded whole society again. More than 700 units won the three revolution red flags and the holders of the three revolution red flags increased by over 136 500.
At least 1.94 million youth and students pleaded to enlist or reenlist in the army, determined to foil the enemies’ reckless provocation moves, regarding it as an immutable truth that supreme patriotism is to defend the country.
Seeds for prosperity sown by Kim Jong Il through arduous march of high intensity were brought into bloom.
There raged the hot wind of making innovations our own way in a big manner with the flame of industrial revolution in the new century, the flame kindled in South Hamgyong Province.
The creating spirit and working traits displayed by the Moranbong Band which appeared like a comet amid the high-pitched drive for great change spurred the development of society as a whole.
Producers of the Huichon Ryonha General Machine Plant made great innovations in finishing the combined machining center, the mother machine for processing the main body of CNC machine tools.
The construction of the Huichon Power Station was completed before the 100th birth anniversary of President Kim Il Sung, the Day of the Sun.
The Tanchon Port was built despite the rough sea off the east coast.
The completion of Nampho-Pyongyang sea water pipeline made it possible to draw sea water from the West Sea to Pyongyang, contributing to improving the living standard of the people in the capital.
The Taedonggang Tile Factory turned into a comprehensive building materials production center, providing a giant stride forward for putting the building materials industry on Juche, modern and scientific basis.
High-temperature air-combustion heating furnace and reactive power compensation device, technologies of worldwide concern, were introduced to hot rolling process of the Kim Chaek Iron and Steel Complex. This marked an event of turning point in the development of the country’s metal industry.
The Hungnam Fertilizer Complex built a high-capacity methanol production process and the Sunchon Chemical Complex successfully established integrated automation system.
A non-ferrous metal production base was built at the March 5 Youth Mine and a modern dressing plant was built in the Ryongchon Mine, laying solid foundations for increasing the non-ferrous metal production.
The Pyongyang Spices Factory and Pyongyang Rayon Yarn Factory have been built and Pyongyang Taegyong Laver Processing Factory has turned into aquatic processing base fitted with modern equipment. The Raknang Potato Processing Factory has been successfully renovated as a comprehensive potato processing base.
The Pyongyang Cornstarch Factory fitted with modern processing processes and the Pyongyang Children’s Foodstuff Factory, the Pyongyang Tobacco Paper Factory, the Pyongyang Hosiery Factory, the Taedonggang Combined Fruit Processing Factory and other light industrial bases have undergone remarkable change, a clear proof of the development of the light industry of the country.
Local industrial development has also made progress.
Changsong County has ushered in the golden days of development of local industry and Kangwon Province has developed agriculture, stock-breeding and construction, spruced up cities and villages and settled the fuel problem by relying on its own scientific and technological forces and raw materials.
The Ryongsong Machine Complex researched and completed new geo-thermal equipment with bigger capacity than previous ones with our own design and technology. The Kusong Machine Tool Factory developed and introduced 10-axis combined processing lathe, high-performance CNC machine tool designed and manufactured with 100% of its own strength and technology. The Rakwon Machine Complex developed Korean way hydraulic lever essential for the production of hydraulic products.
The work for development of new tools has been pushed forward, opening up a prospect for satisfactorily supplying tools needed for the production of CNC machine tools.
In keeping with the knowledge-based economic era, the Pyongyang Vegetable Research Institute and the Pyongyang Floriculture Research Institute have been expanded, becoming large scale vegetable and flower research and production bases.
Achievements have been made in several fields of the national economy as evidenced by the construction and operation of the Hwangbong Mine, the Hwangnam Youth Saltern and the Taedonggang Swellfish Factory.
Thousands of factories and enterprises fulfilled the national economy plans for this year ahead of schedule, typically the Taean Heavy Machine Complex, Pyongyang 326 Electric Wire Factory, Hamhung Disabled Soldiers’ Plastic Daily Necessities Factory, Kanggye Pit Prop Production Station and the Kanggye Knitting Mill
The new era of prosperity of Pyongyang has been ushered in. Modern People’s Theatre, Changjon Street and Pyongyang Folklore Park have been built, turning the capital city of Pyongyang into a world-level city and the center of Songun culture.
The Kangsong Health Complex, the Ponghwa Health Complex and other cultural and emotional life bases for the working people have been built in local areas.
The work of planting turf of good species has been pushed forward, making the wind of greening towns sweep across the country.
Grand and peculiar art performances and art stages were presented on major occasions such as the Day of the Sun, the Day of the Shining Star and the Army Day, more beautifully decorating the flower garden of Juche arts.
An ordinance on enforcing the universal 12-year compulsory education system was promulgated at the 6th session of the 12th Supreme People’s Assembly, demonstrating more strikingly the advantages of the socialist education system of the DPRK.
The establishment of the State Physical Culture and Sports Guidance Commission by the decision of the Political Bureau of the Central Committee of the Workers’ Party of Korea was an event of landmark significance in the country’s sports development.
The sportspersons displayed the spirit of Songun Korea with gold medals at international games including the 30th Olympics, 2012 challenger cup matches of Asian Football Confederation and the 6th Asian Taekwon-Do Championship.
The report stressed that all the achievements made this significant year are a precious fruition of the wise guidance of Kim Jong Un, who covered the un-trodden path of history out of his noblest outlook on the country, the people and the future.
See, all we need is a ‘raging hot wind’ and it’s all good!
This should met the qualifications for a year in jail. but Dem got probation.
That and the fact that being in the military is pretty much the only way to guarantee having food…
darkwords wrote:
Definitely meets the qualifications for someone to kick his ass…
I wonder if nature is making the Norks shorter due to bad nutrition?
Great leaps in manufacture of such high tech goods such as tiles, yarn, potatoes, fruits, and wire were made.
The old Korean execution method was 4 horses tied one to a limb and sent off running to the cardinal points.
darkwords wrote:
that was before they ate all the horses.
darkwords wrote:
yes
Adam Sandler just punked Wiener and Bloomberg.
darkwords wrote:
studies have shown that there is a direct relationship between your height and the length of your penis…therefore Norks compensate for their short stature pin dicks by shooting off huge missiles that make alot of noise but don’t really go where they point them
@ heysoos:Norks are probably 90 percent of the worlds epeens. The remaining 10 percent either related to Obama or Hamas members.
@ Bumr50:
And the first thing Brian Williams does is question copyright infringement!!!
Somebody call Leonard Cohen!!
I like korea though. Maybe it was from watching MASH before I was aware of the duplicity of the common liberal. Or before a comedy and its writers feel the need to get all preachy.
I knew a korean woman violinist once who was the most fantastic woman. Just a deep soul with a lot of passion for life.
But I passed on the kimchi today at the local buffet.
@ darkwords:
No doubt the girl got what she deserved, just like Steven Crowder did.
Korean jokes. none of them were funny to me. I guess you have to be there. Korea is the Missouri of Asia.
@ Rancher:
Michell Malkin just blasts the guys father. Moran reads like he is one of the worst people in the world. Who would vote for the guy? surely no sane person.
Rancher wrote:
he waded into a pile of shit and got knocked around….so what, nothing like the humiliation and racism the hot dog vendor had to endure
The next time some minority goes up for a domestic violence offense, he should raise the Moran defense. Rich White guys get probation.
The best Juche Parody!
Benghazi never happened.
ht-Breitbart
@ darkwords:
That was the biggest waste of time I’ve had on the web in a long time. Talk about lost in the translation.
@ 20 Bumr50: Koch brothers should buy up all the video and audio and release it on demleaks.
this would be the ideal time to hear some Hubert Sumlin
heysoos wrote:
@ Bumr50:
Four ex-SEALs responded, only one died right?
@ heysoos:
@ Calo:
Well, that’s the wrong one
Retry
@ Calo:
close, but not quite
@ Calo:
ahhh, you’re so sweet and you have high tastes…
there is something soothing about the blues, the old stuff
@ heysoos:
For you haysoos, because your comment #10 amused me.
And, for Bagua since he used to post Hubert Sumlin here and introduced his music to me.
@ Calo:
yeah, I can get with that…Bags is a good friend from wayback
True story. I’ve had my eye on a particular Nikon camera for some time and I finally pulled the trigger and picked it up this evening. I told the woman what I wanted and she kept referring to it as a “Nixon” camera.
How in the hell do you make it to adulthood, work in an electronics store that sells cameras and think that “Nikon” is pronounced “Nixon”?
I absolutely understand why Obama was elected-twice. This country is just at up with teh stupid.
@ MacDuff:
Sad my friend. Had to calculate change for someone older than me (I’m 42) on a $5.65 order with $6 tendered, to the level of telling her what coins to return to me. I just don’t want to play in the public sphere anymore.
On the plus side, wife just bought a new spotting scope for herself, I may get to use it once in a while but one never knows. (It’s a Winchester, so probably hard to mis-pronounce that).
/galt
@ CynicalConservative:
Give them $6.15 and watch a head explode as they try to count back the change.
/wallflower
@ CynicalConservative:
I had the same experience recently at Subway.
@ Calo:
Yep.
@ lobo91:
I recalled your story as I was typing that, and as I was living it. Just sad. So used to swiping a card and not having to think.
/lurk
@ CynicalConservative:
That one was just amazing. The guy actually started to give me a $5 bill when he owed me 6 cents.
I’m pretty sure that Leia could do a better job than that.
@ lobo91:
Stories on correct change …
I typed in the register that the customer gave me $100.00 instead of $10.00 bill on a $9.00 transaction. I gave him $1.00 back, but will my drawer be short now?
I could go on and on.
Nah, I just don’t want to revisit the stoopidity tonight.
@ lobo91:
@ Calo:
@ CynicalConservative:
Dilbert
@ Calo:
I don’t have to worry about making change.
Everything’s $99. I can do that math.
@ lobo91:
Jeez, $99.95 is the correct price.
It’s still under 100 bucks and you can use a roll of nickels to dole out the correct change.
Perception/
I’m catchig up on O’Reilly. Barbara Walters interview. Thinks Obama is a good president. Happy to pay more taxes for things we need and you should be too.
Now I know why I never liked the bitch
Calo wrote:
Most people write checks anyway.
@ lobo91:
You should get one of these instead of accepting checks.
https://squareup.com/
It’s worth the transaction fee if you don’t have a Telecheck account to cover a bounced check.
Hi Guys.
Can anyone confirm that this is a joke?
It HAS to be a JOKE
Please tell me that it’s a JOKE
New Army Manual Orders Soldiers Not To Criticize Taliban
December 11, 2012 | 3 Comments
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Here is a strong indicator that the Obama Administration’s crusade to appease Islam has gone too far; a new U.S. military handbook for troops deployed to the Middle East orders soldiers not to make derogatory comments about the Taliban or criticize pedophilia, among other outrageous things.
It gets better; the new manual, which is around 75 pages, suggests that Western ignorance of Afghan culture— not Taliban infiltration—is responsible for the increase in deadly attacks by Afghan soldiers against the coalition forces.
The soon-to-be-released Army handbook is still being drafted, but a mainstream newspaper got a sneak preview and published an article that should infuriate the American taxpayers funding the never-ending war on terror. The manual is being created because someone with authority bought the theory that cultural insensitivity is driving insider attacks on U.S. troops in Afghanistan.
More than three dozen insider attacks have killed 63 members of the U.S.-led coalition this year, according to the article, and some blame “American cultural ignorance.” The bottom line is that troops may experience social-cultural shock and/or discomfort when interacting with Afghan security forces, the new military handbook says. “Better situational awareness/understanding of Afghan culture will help better prepare [troops] to more effectively partner and to avoid cultural conflict that can lead toward green-on-blue violence.”
The draft leaked to the newspaper offers a list of “taboo conversation topics” that soldiers should avoid, including “making derogatory comments about the Taliban,” “advocating women’s rights,” “any criticism of pedophilia,” “directing any criticism towards Afghans,” “mentioning homosexuality and homosexual conduct” or “anything related to Islam.”
At least one high-ranking military official had the backbone to publicly criticize the new manual, albeit through a spokesperson. U.S. Marine General John Allen, the top commander in Afghanistan, doesn’t endorse it and rejected a proposed forward drafted by Army officials in his name. “He does not approve of its contents,” according to a military spokesman quoted in the story.
Earlier this year the Obama Administration changed the way federal agents are trained to combat terrorism and violent extremism by eliminating all materials that shed a negative light on Muslims. Under White House orders, the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) destroyed instructional material that characterizes Muslims as prone to violence or terrorism in a government-wide call to end Islamophobia.
Under Obama practically every major federal agency has been ordered to participate in Muslim outreach initiatives, including the Justice Department with a special program to protect Islamic civil rights, Homeland Security meetings with extremist Muslim organizations and the nation’s space agency (NASA) with an unprecedented mission to focus on Muslim diplomacy.
Additionally, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton signed a special order to allow the reentry of two radical Islamic academics whose terrorist ties long banned them from the U.S. and the administration sent an America-bashing mosque leader (Feisal Abdul Rauf) who blames U.S. foreign policy for the 9/11 attacks on a Middle Eastern outreach mission. The Obama Administration even ordered a government-funded meal program for home-bound seniors to offer halal cuisine prepared according to Islamic law.
@ Aussie Infidel:
As far as I know, the only joke involved resides at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue in DC.
@ Calo:
Those things only work with smart phones and tablets, right?
I don’t have one.
Aussie Infidel wrote:
You wish.
‘cuz we’re all coming to live with you.
No joke.
@ eaglesoars:
In that case I’d better throw another prawn onto the barbiiii
lobo91 wrote:
I think they only work with what you mentioned.
I don’t have one so I cant say for sure.
Although a quick google search looks like that may be the case.
@ Calo:
I’ve looked into them before, and that’s my understanding. They work with Android and Apple devices.
Aussie Infidel wrote:
Great! We’ll be bringing our weapons and ammo, too. Don’t worry about your weapons laws. We’re pretty much skeptical of all gov’t at this point and will find work-arounds. No worries, mate.
@ Calo:
It requires a device with a touch screen, because that’s how you sign it.
So it wouldn’t work with a laptop.
@ eaglesoars:
Did you see that story about the union in Philly that’s protesting outside some apartment complex by blasting a recording of a crying baby over loudspeakers?
As soon as I saw that, I thought of what a nice target their speakers would be for my M1A…
@ lobo91:
I should probably look into one, or several, in case my server went down on say … Valentine’s Day or some other type of gobblygook holiday.
@ lobo91:
I frequently had that thought while I was in Kuwait, too.
lobo91 wrote:
Yep. And frankly, I’m not impressed by the union thug/crowder story. It’s a step in the right direction for people to see the thuggery from the left.
It would have been instructive for the left if Steven Crowder had been Steven Seagal.
@ eaglesoars:
Chuck Norris could have taken them all on.
lobo91 wrote:
Can you belive -- I have never seen one of his TV shows or movies? Not one. But I would run my grandmother over with my car to watch Seagal. No disrespect to Norris because I really don’t know him.
@ lobo91:
Did the union thug trip, fall down and then punch Crowder for a supposed trip?
I’m not sure what to think of that whole video, and then to watch Crowder on Hannity last night was a bit much.
Sorry if I offend anyone, but Crowder looks and acts gayer than a three dollar bill.
Now, the hot dog vendor who got his cart demolished has my sympathy and I am heartened to see the donations roll in to repair his cart so he can resume a livelihood.
eaglesoars wrote:
He was pretty entertaining in Expendables 2. He has a cameo in it that pretty much parodies the whole internet meme about him.
Calo wrote:
Doesn’t look like it to me. But I will say this -- he throws a punch like a girl. As I are one I will tell you -- when Dad taught me to throw a punch to deal with a playground bully -- come straight from the shoulder and put your weight behind it.
Calo wrote:
I understand he was in a difficult position because he’s a public figure, but the fact remains he allowed himself to get beat by a punk with no fight back.
lobo91 wrote:
ROTFLMAO… Yup… It was funny as hell and bad ass at the same time.
@ doriangrey:
Charisma Carpenter sure didn’t have much of a part. Which was too bad…
lobo91 wrote:
So small a part I didn’t even notice she was in it…
doriangrey wrote:
She plays Jason Statham’s girlfriend. She’s only in the one scene in the bar, but he talks to her on the phone throughout the movie.
@ doriangrey:
The crap I have to google some nights for you, darling.
@ Calo:
He would have remembered if she was dressed like that in the movie…
@ lobo91:
Night Lobo.
Enjoyed seeing your 15 minutes of fame on an earlier thread today.
Calo wrote:
Night
I think it was more like 15 seconds, though
Countdown mode on here. I get to go home in 4 days. I’ll have to bust my hump once I get there to get the holiday stuff done, but there it is.
@ eaglesoars:
I prefer The Delta Force and Walker, Texas Ranger.
I confess…I’ve never seen a C Norris movie either…I did see a Segal movie, the one where he wanders around asking “has anybody seen Richie?”
FWIW, Luv a good rant, and I thought this one at American Thinker qualifies
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