Rocketman offers to de-rocket the Korean peninsular
As someone said on the radio earlier today - Fathead and Fatun together, what a pairing
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Kim Jong Un will probably end up with a new golf course he didn't want. I would imagine having Trump as your discussion partner is rather like having the Johova Witnesses on the doorstep, you will do anything to get shot of them.
Though I would rather have Trump as a discussion partner any day over a megalomaniac cold bloodied murdering scum bag such as Kim Jong un, one can only hope his days are numbered.
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Though I would rather have Trump as a discussion partner any day over a megalomaniac cold bloodied murdering scum bag such as Kim Jong un, one can only hope his days are numbered.
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I've always thought that "peninsular" was the adjective from "peninsula", as in "Peninsular and Oriental", but I'm always seeing it used as a noun, (most recently by the OP).
Am I wrong?
Am I wrong?
If we might divert this conversation to military aviation somewhat, how does this conversation's happening influence pilots, aircrew, and mechanics (etc) .. fewer deployments?
Fewer carriers or other plane carrying ships deployed to one sector of the Pacific?
Anyone?
Fewer carriers or other plane carrying ships deployed to one sector of the Pacific?
Anyone?
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I think it is relevant, especially to those services stationed in the South.
Duty Pedant here. Tank is correct. ‘Peninsular’ would relate to something to do with a peninsula, as in Peninsular Malaysia as opposed to Sarawak, the Malaysian state on Borneo.
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If he goes, he should only go for his twitter photo op & hand over all the grown up discussions to the South Koreans. Then he should pop in to China & seek assurances from them that whatever the North & South agree to, they will keep the North in line & the US will keep the South in line.
Then get him home ASAP before he F@#*! it up!
Then get him home ASAP before he F@#*! it up!
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So our fat friend has used his RailCard and gone to see his "fraternal neighbours" at last..........
At least he had the grace to "take notes" when Pooh Bear spoke to him
I suspect the message was "Ok son - so far you're getting away with it but don't do anything to upset Trump when you meet him..."
At least he had the grace to "take notes" when Pooh Bear spoke to him
I suspect the message was "Ok son - so far you're getting away with it but don't do anything to upset Trump when you meet him..."
Peninsula is the noun for a bit of land which sticks out.
Peninsular is the adjective describing such a protuberance.
Frequently misunderstood.
I blame the teachers.
My wife, a primary school teacher, coached her colleagues in that sort of thing, esp the use of the apostrophe.
There must be few ship owners who thought that they were going to make a quick buck who are a bit worried.
North Korea sanctions: UN blacklists shipping firms - BBC News
North Korea sanctions: UN blacklists shipping firms - BBC News
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Doubt it - shipping companies are as slippery as eels - lots of small, family owned outfits, many totally private, flags of convenience, buy/sell/lease/loan vessels between companies all the time. Change names, crews, paperwork. Use mixed nationality crews drawn from all corners of the globe with Captains who have a "varied" past. The money isn't attached to the ship or the shipment - it's paid through places like Switzerland, London and other shady spots where they are expert at covering tracks
You can occasionally nail a single ship/ crew but trying to get to the beneficial owners .... unlikely
You can occasionally nail a single ship/ crew but trying to get to the beneficial owners .... unlikely
Ecce Homo! Loquitur...
Why Kim Has Offered to Stop Nuclear Tests
https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/k...ists-lsh63sxv0
Kim’s nuclear test site has collapsed, say scientists
North Korea’s nuclear test site is believed to have collapsed, rendering the secret base unusable and potentially explaining Kim Jong-un’s newfound willingness to discuss ending his weapons programme.
At least five of the six nuclear tests carried out over the past 12 years were at Punggye-ri, in the northeast of the country, at a site carved out of the 7,200ft Mount Mantap. Scientists who have studied seismic data from the region believe that part of the mountain collapsed as a result of the most recent test, on September 3. It had a yield of 250 kilotons, almost 17 times that of the Hiroshima bomb, and caused a 6.3-magnitude earthquake......
Wen Lianxing, a seismology professor at Stony Brook University in New York, and head of the three-strong team that studied the seismic data from Mount Mantap, said the mountain collapse meant that the site could no longer be used for nuclear tests. “Given the history of the nuclear tests North Korea performed beneath this mountain, a nuclear test of a similar yield would produce collapses in an even larger scale, creating an environmental catastrophe,” he said. “Any further disturbance from a future test could generate earthquakes that may be damaging by their own force or crack the nuclear test sites of the past or the present.”
Mr Wen collaborated with two researchers from the University of Science and Technology of China, in Hefei, eastern China. A second study, conducted by six scientists from China, the Czech Republic and Greece, sought to explain the delayed shock that occurred after the September blast.
“According to our model, the explosion created a cavity and a damaged ‘chimney’ of rocks above it,” they wrote in the journal Geophysical Research Letters. “The aftershock was neither a secondary explosion nor a triggered tectonic earthquake. It occurred due to a process . . . that is, a rock collapse, or compaction, for the first time documented in North Korea’s test site.”
Chinese scientists monitored the aftermath of North Korea’s sixth nuclear test closely for any signs of radioactive leaks. Wang Naiyan, a former chairman of the China Nuclear Society and senior researcher on China’s nuclear weapons programme, told South China Morning Post that he had concerns over the mountain’s geological integrity. Another test might cause the entire mountain to cave in on itself, he said, exposing a hole from which radiation could escape and drift across the region, including China. “We call it ‘taking the roof off’,” said Mr Wang. “If the mountain collapses and the hole is exposed, it will let out many bad things.”
Kim’s nuclear test site has collapsed, say scientists
North Korea’s nuclear test site is believed to have collapsed, rendering the secret base unusable and potentially explaining Kim Jong-un’s newfound willingness to discuss ending his weapons programme.
At least five of the six nuclear tests carried out over the past 12 years were at Punggye-ri, in the northeast of the country, at a site carved out of the 7,200ft Mount Mantap. Scientists who have studied seismic data from the region believe that part of the mountain collapsed as a result of the most recent test, on September 3. It had a yield of 250 kilotons, almost 17 times that of the Hiroshima bomb, and caused a 6.3-magnitude earthquake......
Wen Lianxing, a seismology professor at Stony Brook University in New York, and head of the three-strong team that studied the seismic data from Mount Mantap, said the mountain collapse meant that the site could no longer be used for nuclear tests. “Given the history of the nuclear tests North Korea performed beneath this mountain, a nuclear test of a similar yield would produce collapses in an even larger scale, creating an environmental catastrophe,” he said. “Any further disturbance from a future test could generate earthquakes that may be damaging by their own force or crack the nuclear test sites of the past or the present.”
Mr Wen collaborated with two researchers from the University of Science and Technology of China, in Hefei, eastern China. A second study, conducted by six scientists from China, the Czech Republic and Greece, sought to explain the delayed shock that occurred after the September blast.
“According to our model, the explosion created a cavity and a damaged ‘chimney’ of rocks above it,” they wrote in the journal Geophysical Research Letters. “The aftershock was neither a secondary explosion nor a triggered tectonic earthquake. It occurred due to a process . . . that is, a rock collapse, or compaction, for the first time documented in North Korea’s test site.”
Chinese scientists monitored the aftermath of North Korea’s sixth nuclear test closely for any signs of radioactive leaks. Wang Naiyan, a former chairman of the China Nuclear Society and senior researcher on China’s nuclear weapons programme, told South China Morning Post that he had concerns over the mountain’s geological integrity. Another test might cause the entire mountain to cave in on itself, he said, exposing a hole from which radiation could escape and drift across the region, including China. “We call it ‘taking the roof off’,” said Mr Wang. “If the mountain collapses and the hole is exposed, it will let out many bad things.”