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Mushroom Cloud Reported Over North Korea

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the hot-button-issue dept.

cbrocious writes "Yahoo! News is reporting a mushroom cloud over North Korea that occured on Thursday in Yanggang province near the border with China. 'The explosion in Kim Hyong Jik county blasted a crater big enough to be noticed by a satellite, the source said.'"

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  1. i r korea kekekeke by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Nuclear Launch... Detected

  2. Behind the curtain by s-orbital · · Score: 5, Funny

    Behind one these curtains is a weird, probably psychotic dictator with weapons of mass destruction? Can you guess which one?

    A: Behind our curtain!

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  3. Re:Ooops - No Seismic Activity Last Hour, Day, Wee by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Well, that's just great, but North Korea isn't in Southeast Asia.

    Wars are Gods way of teaching Americans geography.

  4. Do we have any choice but to play ball? by Cryptnotic · · Score: 5, Funny

    Of course we have a choice:

    Would you like to play a game?
    >list games
    Ball
    Global Thermonuclear War
    >play Global Thermonuclear War
    How about a nice game of Ball?
    >No, I would like to play Global Thermonuclear War.
    Very well...
    Seriously though, of course we have a choice. We didn't cave in to the USSR, I don't expect us to give a cowtow to N. Korea. Seriously, expect a carrier battle group in the Sea of Japan ASAP if there isn't one there already. Expect half of the U.S. Navy including a dozen submarines loaded with 60 ICBM's each sitting off the coast of North Korea very soon. Oh, we'll be playing "ball" all right.

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  5. Checking of facts? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny
    > Germany has an army. During the 2nd world war it was the backbone of NATO
    ...
    > I suggest you better check you facts before you post.

    Yes, quite.

  6. Re: Well....From the TFA- by Jah-Wren+Ryel · · Score: 5, Funny
    The U.S. official said the cloud could be the result of a forest fire.
    Ya...right...forest fire...

    Or... The cloud could be the result of everyone eating too much kimchee during the festivities.

    Hey, it's just as plausible as a forest fire!
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  7. Re:Misleading by strider44 · · Score: 5, Funny

    Diplomacy is the art of saying "nice doggy" until you can find a rock.

  8. Re: Well....From the TFA- by Frequanaut · · Score: 5, Funny

    " Germany has an army. During the 2nd world war it was the backbone of NATO"

    That's right. If I remember correctly Hitler was a big proponent of allowing israel into the EU as well.