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 Wednesday, February 19, 2003


News - Scary story about the poor options the U.S. has in dealing with North Korea: http://www.nytimes.com/2003/02/17/international/middleeast/17CND_DISP.html



Comment - This analysis says the North Koreans are clearly moving quickly to make as many nuclear bombs as they can while the U.S. is busy with Iraq. If they get away with it, it could start a domino effect with many other countries...Japan, South Korean, Taiwan...also getting nuclear weapons for self protection.



But there's not a whole lot we can do about it. Military strikes are not an option: they could mean war with China. And diplomatic pressure and appeasement probably won't work any better than it did for President Clinton.



I still think China will eventually have to address the issue, most likely by taking over North Korea's nukes or deposing their dictator.



News - Full Moon names: http://www.space.com/spacewatch/full_moon_names_030214-1.html



Comment - "Full Moon names in the United States date back primarily to Native Americans who lived in what is now the northern and eastern United States. Those tribes of a few hundred years ago kept track of the seasons by giving distinctive names to each recurring full Moon. Their names were applied to the entire month in which each occurred."



For example, the Full Moon of February (just past) was known as the Full Hunger Moon, because heavy snows made it tough to find something to munch on.



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