Comments on: Herro! http://larvatusprodeo.net/2006/10/09/herro/ Life, Culture and Politics from BrisVegas Mon, 13 Feb 2012 21:23:36 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 By: j_p_z http://larvatusprodeo.net/2006/10/09/herro/#comment-293103 j_p_z Wed, 11 Oct 2006 03:16:26 +0000 http://larvatusprodeo.net/2006/10/09/herro/#comment-293103 Today's headline in the L.A. Times... WORLD CONDEMNS NORTH KOREA What a relief! So nice to have a day when the world is busy condemning somebody else fer a change... Hey, maybe we could slip the NoKos an Ebola bomb, just so the world'll condemn them again next week, in case we have like a bad hangover or something and need the day free... Today’s headline in the L.A. Times…

WORLD CONDEMNS NORTH KOREA

What a relief! So nice to have a day when the world is busy condemning somebody else fer a change…

Hey, maybe we could slip the NoKos an Ebola bomb, just so the world’ll condemn them again next week, in case we have like a bad hangover or something and need the day free…

]]> By: Liam http://larvatusprodeo.net/2006/10/09/herro/#comment-293102 Liam Tue, 10 Oct 2006 04:34:03 +0000 http://larvatusprodeo.net/2006/10/09/herro/#comment-293102 I don't know, JPZ, I think the idea of ruthless, anti-Western Al Qaeda terrorists, ordered to attack the Ashes series but refusing to knock off Shane Warne and Brett Lee, because one of the liked cricket, takes the century's cake for Killer Komedy. <blockquote>What have the <strike>Romans</strike> Australians ever done for us? Well, there's ooh-ahh Glenn McGrath...</blockquote> I don’t know, JPZ, I think the idea of ruthless, anti-Western Al Qaeda terrorists, ordered to attack the Ashes series but refusing to knock off Shane Warne and Brett Lee, because one of the liked cricket, takes the century’s cake for Killer Komedy.

What have the Romans Australians ever done for us?
Well, there’s ooh-ahh Glenn McGrath…

]]> By: j_p_z http://larvatusprodeo.net/2006/10/09/herro/#comment-293101 j_p_z Tue, 10 Oct 2006 04:23:07 +0000 http://larvatusprodeo.net/2006/10/09/herro/#comment-293101 Liam -- well, getting into the territory of pure theory (meaning putting all decent human values, for the moment, into "brackets" as so much good comedy has got to do -- cf. Mistah B. Keaton), I guess one of the 'funniest' things in recent memory is the USAF dropping packages of tinned "food" on Afghanistan from 35,000 feet, pretending that the non-halal cans would be helpful, rather than just bonking people on their heads. What did the Stones say? "If you try some time, You might find Ya get what ya need!" Liam — well, getting into the territory of pure theory (meaning putting all decent human values, for the moment, into “brackets” as so much good comedy has got to do — cf. Mistah B. Keaton), I guess one of the ‘funniest’ things in recent memory is the USAF dropping packages of tinned “food” on Afghanistan from 35,000 feet, pretending that the non-halal cans would be helpful, rather than just bonking people on their heads. What did the Stones say?

“If you try some time,
You might find
Ya get what ya need!”

]]> By: Katz http://larvatusprodeo.net/2006/10/09/herro/#comment-293100 Katz Tue, 10 Oct 2006 04:19:01 +0000 http://larvatusprodeo.net/2006/10/09/herro/#comment-293100 Nothing tumesces the Right as surely as the mention of "discipline". China wants NoKo in a box. China doesn't want to kill the KJI regime, or any successor regime. KJI is too useful to China. KJI keeps Japan in a state of uncertainty. KJI is a source of constant irritation to the US. Now KJI has 30,000 US hostages in South Korea. China can offer to act as honest broker. Invite KJI to agree to abjure nukes in return for a treaty with the US and Japan, guaranteeing peace, providing aid, loosening sanctions, etc. The toughest task would be to get KJI to agree to such a proposal. However, KJI is now negotiating from a position of strength. People will now listen to him. If China comes up with such a formula, then the ball will be back in the US and Japan court. No discipline needed here. Nothing tumesces the Right as surely as the mention of “discipline”.

China wants NoKo in a box. China doesn’t want to kill the KJI regime, or any successor regime. KJI is too useful to China. KJI keeps Japan in a state of uncertainty. KJI is a source of constant irritation to the US. Now KJI has 30,000 US hostages in South Korea.

China can offer to act as honest broker. Invite KJI to agree to abjure nukes in return for a treaty with the US and Japan, guaranteeing peace, providing aid, loosening sanctions, etc.

The toughest task would be to get KJI to agree to such a proposal. However, KJI is now negotiating from a position of strength. People will now listen to him.

If China comes up with such a formula, then the ball will be back in the US and Japan court.

No discipline needed here.

]]> By: football_head_returns http://larvatusprodeo.net/2006/10/09/herro/#comment-293099 football_head_returns Tue, 10 Oct 2006 04:18:44 +0000 http://larvatusprodeo.net/2006/10/09/herro/#comment-293099 Foxnews is the best plae to get information about this. The administration leaks to Fox first. Foxnews is the best plae to get information about this. The administration leaks to Fox first.

]]> By: Liam http://larvatusprodeo.net/2006/10/09/herro/#comment-293098 Liam Tue, 10 Oct 2006 04:10:25 +0000 http://larvatusprodeo.net/2006/10/09/herro/#comment-293098 Actually, JPZ, I've always thought the CIA's preferred method of incursion into hostile territory---dumping suitcases full of money out of planes and hoping they squash the bad guys under the sheer weight of $100 notes---is straight out of Warner Brothers territory. Our own ASIO are made to look like second-rate nogoodniks out of Roger Ramjet by comparison. Actually, JPZ, I’ve always thought the CIA’s preferred method of incursion into hostile territory—dumping suitcases full of money out of planes and hoping they squash the bad guys under the sheer weight of $100 notes—is straight out of Warner Brothers territory. Our own ASIO are made to look like second-rate nogoodniks out of Roger Ramjet by comparison.

]]> By: observa http://larvatusprodeo.net/2006/10/09/herro/#comment-293097 observa Tue, 10 Oct 2006 04:08:46 +0000 http://larvatusprodeo.net/2006/10/09/herro/#comment-293097 Speaking of becoming damp squibs and not being up to the task, I'll relegate them down here with the murderous girliemen and their cats http://www.news.com.au/story/0,10117,20542352-1246,00.html?from=public_rss That's about as low as you can get Chinese tigers. Speaking of becoming damp squibs and not being up to the task, I’ll relegate them down here with the murderous girliemen and their cats
http://www.news.com.au/story/0,10117,20542352-1246,00.html?from=public_rss
That’s about as low as you can get Chinese tigers.

]]> By: j_p_z http://larvatusprodeo.net/2006/10/09/herro/#comment-293096 j_p_z Tue, 10 Oct 2006 04:02:40 +0000 http://larvatusprodeo.net/2006/10/09/herro/#comment-293096 Liam -- That's FRIZ Freleng to *you*, bucko! (--j_p_z, quite a stickler, who also insists that E.C. Segar be called "Elzie" Segar) observa -- interesting point w/r/t China... Liam — That’s FRIZ Freleng to *you*, bucko!

(–j_p_z, quite a stickler, who also insists that E.C. Segar be called “Elzie” Segar)

observa — interesting point w/r/t China…

]]> By: observa http://larvatusprodeo.net/2006/10/09/herro/#comment-293095 observa Tue, 10 Oct 2006 03:56:58 +0000 http://larvatusprodeo.net/2006/10/09/herro/#comment-293095 The bottom line is, this is the moment China has to stand up and be counted to discipline its errant offspring and if it squibs the issue, or is not up to the task, it is just a paper tiger in the eyes of the world. The bottom line is, this is the moment China has to stand up and be counted to discipline its errant offspring and if it squibs the issue, or is not up to the task, it is just a paper tiger in the eyes of the world.

]]> By: Liam http://larvatusprodeo.net/2006/10/09/herro/#comment-293094 Liam Tue, 10 Oct 2006 03:52:22 +0000 http://larvatusprodeo.net/2006/10/09/herro/#comment-293094 Well, JPZ, I'm still waiting for the anvil to fall on the feathered fiend. I'm not sure it ever will. Oh, if only Fritz Freleng had had the concept of a hellfire missile-firing Predator drone to play with---the comic possibilities are obvious, if not exactly endless. Well, JPZ, I’m still waiting for the anvil to fall on the feathered fiend. I’m not sure it ever will.
Oh, if only Fritz Freleng had had the concept of a hellfire missile-firing Predator drone to play with—the comic possibilities are obvious, if not exactly endless.

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