RE: Ira Sacharoff @ 30 –

Fratelli’s?

those were the days.

These young Whippersnappers don’t even know what Fratelli’s was.
It was ice cream, and danged fine ice cream at that. And made on Capitol Hill, with a cow mural on the side of the building.

Fratelli’s?

those were the days.

By anon e. moose @ 28:

It’s unclear to me why the North Koreans would want to blow up Lake Union.

They don’t like the sponsor of the 4th of July fireworks.

JP Morgan Chase? Chances are better that they’d blow themselves up before North Korea go to them.

It’s unclear to me why the North Koreans would want to blow up Lake Union.

They don’t like the sponsor of the 4th of July fireworks.

That’s Nordstrom now, and I think it’s the mens department.

+ it was a fallout shelter not a bomb shelter.

BTW unless Canada launches a nuke at us, I don’t see one hitting a US city without a plane, or other missle taking it out of the sky.

the same reasons that NK is not very motivated to improve its people’s quality of life.

NK is interested the survival of its regime by nuclear intimidation, and if that fails, they will try to maximize the
damage inflicted on the world, just out of spite.

Sounds a lot like the Hyundais in the 90s. Now they are producing better cars than the US ever did. If the North Koreans are as smart and motivated as the South they’ll be able to hit Robert Gates right in the middle of his comb-over in a couple years.

David Losh at 21, good point.

Even the polar bears are afraid. Montana is not safe.

Fifteen years old? First time? Fifteen minutes? Aint gonna happen. Five minutes- max. Even for you. Sorry. ;-)

north korean missile accuracies estimated in this article.

The Nodong missile is thought to have a range of around 1,300km and could potentially carry a nuclear warhead,..However, this missile is only thought to have been tested twice and it is not accurate. A March 2006 report, by the US Center for Non-proliferation Studies, said it had a ‘circular error probable’ of 2km to 4km, meaning that half of the missiles fired would fall outside a circle of that radius.

The Taepodong-1 is a two-stage missile comprising Nodong and Scud parts and can reach a distance of 2,900km. With this range it would be able to reach US bases on Okinawa but the missile is thought to be even less accurate than the Nodong.

The Taepodong-2 long-range missile is estimated to have a range of between 4,000km and 10,000km and, like the Taepodong-1, it requires a fixed launch site…Defence experts say that the original Taepodong-2 is now being replaced by a newer model, which can have two or three stages giving it an extended range of up to 15,000km.
The three-stage Taepodong-2 was used in a failed attempt to launch a satellite in April 2009. The launch was widely condemned by the US and South Korea, among others, as cover for a long-range missile test…..However, it could only carry a small payload to its maximum range and is not thought to be particularly accurate.

My Conclusion: NK’s missiles just glorified dart throwing contraptions capable of long distances and carrying nuks.

"golly", I’m going to have to get a new personal plan to deal with the North Korean nuclear threat. During the 1960’s my plan was to spend the last 15 minutes before the big one hit checking off the only item a 15 year old suburban kid has on his bucket list. Now days, I’d never make it through traffic to South Lake Union to ride the SLUT. Maybe I’ll have to settle for the public transit on Pacific Hwy So.

Live long and prosper.

Did you bloggers look up the 30 year fixed rates home mortgages on BECU this morning? No wonder the banks mull offers for five months now, by the time they accept them the interest rates will be 15%, LOL

They’re now up to 6%+ and growing almost daily. It may sound nice to add trillions to the stimulus debt; but the treasuries [with mortgage interest rates] are going through the roof like a mushroom cloud….even the stock market is shocked today.

By The Tim @ 3:

By Dogggis @ 2:

Whheewww, I was worried there for a minute, I guess we’ll be okay here in Renton ;)

Looks like New Orleans is safe from attack. Parrrrrrrrrtayyyyyyyyyyyyyyy!

I dunno that might have the appeal of putting a m-80 into a porta-potty.

ESPECIALLY IF IT’S A N. KOREAN ONE

I imagine their missiles are about as accurate as the lions share of the RE experts were in predicting the bubble in 2005…LOL

By Dogggis @ 2:

Whheewww, I was worried there for a minute, I guess we’ll be okay here in Renton ;)

Looks like New Orleans is safe from attack. Parrrrrrrrrtayyyyyyyyyyyyyyy!

That looks bad, Tim. Must be “Rooski” bombers- they’re red. I’m moving to Montanna.

Whheewww, I was worried there for a minute, I guess we’ll be okay here in Renton ;)