[Kolchak]

Interesting timing. Can the world's economy handle even more instability?



Time will tell.

[tor]

Kolchak, on 19 December 2011 - 05:35 AM, said:

Interesting timing. Can the world's economy handle even more instability?



Time will tell.

Alternately his son turns N Korea into the new S Korea. That would be a black swan for the bears.

[Dose]

tor, on 19 December 2011 - 05:55 AM, said:

Alternately his son turns N Korea into the new S Korea. That would be a black swan for the bears.

That WOULD be unexpected!

[tor]

Dose, on 19 December 2011 - 06:48 AM, said:

That WOULD be unexpected!

which is kind of the definition of a black swan right?

[Peachy]

Dose, on 19 December 2011 - 06:48 AM, said:

That WOULD be unexpected!

Fingers crossed for the long suffering North Koreans.

[staringclown]

Glad to see the back of him. I hope the new guy is an improvement. He'd struggle to be worse.

[cobran20]

staringclown, on 19 December 2011 - 08:37 AM, said:

Glad to see the back of him. I hope the new guy is an improvement. He'd struggle to be worse.

He might fire a few artllery rounds into South Korea again to show his generals that he is made of the right stuff!

[staringclown]

cobran20, on 19 December 2011 - 09:36 AM, said:

He might fire a few artllery rounds into South Korea again to show his generals that he is made of the right stuff!

He might dress up in a chicken suit and rush the DMZ single handed wielding a cucumber (given the history of North Korean leaders). Here's hoping he's more Gorbachev than Andropov.

[Dose]

tor, on 19 December 2011 - 08:29 AM, said:

which is kind of the definition of a black swan right?

I'm going to work on the assumption that progress requires electricity. The wires, virtually all of them, were stolen and sold for food a decade ago!
NK is fascinating reading, partly because it illustrates how much we take for granted.