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Here is a video report and discussion with Mike Chinoy on former President Bill Clinton's trip to North Korea where he has met with reclusive Dictator Kim Jong Il. The video shows photos of Clinton's face-to-face meeting today with Kim Jong Il. Clinton is seeking to win the release of American Journalists imprisoned there. The health of Kim Jong Il has been in question of late, but the photos in the video show him looking better than expected. Chinoy believes the Americans are likely to be released following the trip. He doubts Clinton would have ever made the trip unless...

North Korean leader Kim Jong-il (2nd R) visits a factory in Danchon, North Korea in this undated picture released by North Korea's KCNA news agency on June 6, 2009. KCNA did not state the date the picture was taken. North Korean leader Kim Jong-il (R) visits an orchard in Gosan, North Korea, in this undated picture released by the North's KCNA news agency on June 8, 2009. KCNA did not state the date the picture was taken. North Korea, facing U.N. sanctions for last month's nuclear test, on Monday raised the stakes in its growing confrontation with Washington by sentencing...

Former United Nations' chief weapons inspector Hans Blix has challenged U.S. President George Bush's assertion that Iran poses a nuclear threat and the world should take pre-emptive action. Bush has recently renewed calls for a missile defence shield in Europe, issuing grim warnings that Iran could have a ballistic missile capable of reaching Europe and the U.S. by 2015. Blix, who is the executive chair of the Weapons of Mass Destruction Commission and headed the search for WMDs in Iraq prior to the U.S. invasion, acknowledged Iran has a nuclear enrichment program and has long-range missile capability. But he told...

Is today the day that Brett Farve breaks Dan Marino's TD throwing record? Exciting day! Did he do it already while was was posting this? Post your observations here.

Rare talks between military leaders from North and South Korea have got off to an unusual start with one of the North Korean generals recalling an internet joke about the US president. Tuesday's meeting at the border village of Panmunjom was intended to discuss the restoration of rail links after more than half a century. Both sides had previously agreed to a test-run across the heavily-fortified border on May 17th, but the North's military must first give its consent. "Have you heard the one about..." Kim Young-chol, left, gets things off to a light-hearted start

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Republicans can't count on the votes of "Team America" I have bad news for the G.O.P. regarding that promising new bloc of voters, the South Park Republicans. It turns out they're not Republicans, at least not anymore. According to Wikipedia, which would definitely be these voters' encyclopedia of choice, South Park Republicans are young Americans who "hold political beliefs that are, in general, aligned with those that seem to underpin gags and storylines in the popular television cartoon." The encyclopedia summarizes these beliefs with a quotation from one of the show's creators, Matt Stone, which includes a crucial expletive I...

What do Star Trek, The Wizard of Oz, Team America, detective shows, teenage dramas, and furry aliens all have in common? But wait, there's more. What about Farscape, weddings, zombie horror flicks, and the guy from Sex and the City? All of this, and more, is packed into tonight's milestone two-hundredth episode of Stargate SG-1, for which the show's writers, cast, and crew pulled out all the stops, opened the flood gates ... and show fans just how crazy things get when everyone gets what they ask for. A mostly spoiler-free review is now online at the Chicago Tribune's "The...

Here's the idea. Almost everyone has seen the clip of President Bush at the G8 conference talking with Tony Blair over the (unknown) open mike, where he lets fly with an S-b omb... It brought to mind the famous finishing line of Gary's speech at the World Peace Conference in Team America . You know, the one that ends with the phrase "...all covered in s***!" Sometimes truth is just as strange as fiction.

North calls alert, U.S. and Korea plan 5-way talks July 19, 2006 ¤Ñ North Korea has ordered wartime mobilization preparation for its soldiers and citizens, a senior intelligence official said yesterday. The order was delivered to military and civilian leaders just after midnight Sunday, four hours before the United Nations Security Council adopted a resolution condemning the North's arms and missile programs. President Roh Moo-hyun convened a meeting of his security officials today to discuss that mobilization order and other issues stemming from the UN resolution. The order, which was not broadcast by radio or television, was the first in...

/begin my translation N. Korea Holds onto  Chinese Trains Bringing Aids Japanese Media, "(N. Koreans) say that trains are part of the aid package." [2006-07-04] Outdated N. Korean trains N. Korea refuses to return (Chinese) trains which brought aid supplies from China, even after the supplies were unloaded, leaving Chinese authorities increasingly frustrated, it has been revealed. Quoting sources inside China, Jiji Press of Japan reported in its July 4th dispatch,  "China is sending materials and goods to N. Korea, but, in recent days, N. Korea frequently refuses to return these trains, raising frustration of Chinese authorities." According to Jiji, the sources speculated, "N....

Jacob admitted that he has not ironed out details of his proposed immigration FastPass, styled after the pass used at Disneyland. Park visitors can go to a ride, obtain a FastPass, and then return during a specific time and go to the front of the line. Cannon pressed him on which illegal aliens would qualify for a FastPass. Jacob said it would not be for everyone, only those who had been in America for 10 to 20 years. If they've actually been here that long, show us the five Social Security numbers you've used, get an affidavit from your wife...

SEOUL, South Korea - North Korea loaded booster rockets onto a launch pad and moved about 10 fuel tanks to a launch site in preparation to test-fire a long-range missile that could reach as far as the U.S. mainland, a newspaper reported Saturday. South Korea and the United States made the assessment after analyzing satellite images, the Chosun Ilbo reported, citing an unnamed high-level South Korean government official. On Friday, a U.S. government official said Pyongyang was accelerating preparations for testing the missile.

WASHINGTON - A music video posted to the Internet, telling a tale about a U.S. Marine killing members of an Iraqi family, is being condemned by an Islamic group and investigated by the Marine Corps. The four-minute video, called "Hadji Girl," appears to be sung by a Marine in front of a cheering audience. The lyrics talk about the Marine gunning down members of an Iraqi woman's family after they confront him with automatic weapons. Lt. Col. Scott Fazekas, a spokesman for the Marines, said Tuesday that the Marines were aware of a video posted on the Internet that "purports...

/begin my translationN. Korea: Report of 1,000 Deaths in Train CrashWill take months to notify victims' family. [2006-06-02 10:46]  Buraesan Station along Pyongyang-Pyonggang Line (from "Good Friends")(note: the station is a spot marked with short solid line in the middle of winding dotted line going from right to left, after branching off from vertical line at the right side of the picture. A report came out, alleging that large-scale train crash occurred near Gowon County, S. Hamkyong Province, killing over 1,000 passengers. It remains to be seen if this can be confirmed. A N. Korea aid organization, Good Friends (Co,) reported in...

Don't Miss: Springtime for the Dear Leader March 15, 2006 · Okay, you've just escaped North Korea. You were held there for years in the gulag of prison camps. Your only crime? Listening to South Korean radio about the death of Kim Il Sung. But you're out now. You've made it to freedom. What do you do? Why, put on a musical, of course. Director Jung Sung San's musical, Yodok Story just opened in Seoul. It deals with rape, beatings, murder... great family fare, no?

Political correctness has crippled the left's sense of humour.It's a dangerous business, writing humour. Literally, in some places, the ruling brutocrats will have you swinging by your thumbs for the mildest of knock-knock jokes at their expense. Figuratively, in others, where hecklers, critics and hungry defamation lawyers are waiting to pounce. I guess it's not surprising that so many stand-ups are bipolar. What is surprising is just how successfully the new right, for want of a better tar brush, has been at colonising this outpost of public discourse. If you're looking for a year zero from which to trace this...

In their insightful and offbeat Freakonomics Steven Levitt and Stephen Dubner tell the remarkable story of Stetson Kennedy’s important role in preventing a substantial national revival of the Ku Klux Klan following World War II. Kennedy first infiltrated the Klan on his own and learned its secret structure, terminology, and passwords and then, in a stroke of genius, provided these to . . . The Adventures of Superman radio show. The script writers made great sport of the Klan’s goofy terminology (“Exalted Cyclopses,” “Kleagles,” “Klaverns,” etc.) as Superman battled against them. Very soon all over the country children were playing...

What if the United Nations actually decided to get serious about WMDs? Pffftttt...... Check out this scene from Team America- World Police. In it UN inspector Hans Blix confronts North Korean dictator, Kim Jong Il about whether or not he is in possession of WMDs. This is not a family friendly movie, But this clip is safe and funny. (Click Here to go to video) Craig DeLuz Visit The Home of Uncommon Sense... www.craigdeluz.com

Author: J. Nelson Kwango Country: Cameroon Position: member Subject: Terorists makng fun of DPRK and Dear Leader! Message: » Reply » Edit Comrades! I am terrored! A film has just arrived on the markets of Cameroon, this film the American Police Team or some name that is similar. My nephew, purchased this and asked me to watch because he said is had something to do with DPRK. The shock I see! The general, beloved general, Kim Jong Il is a puppet character in this film and speaking the most offending things! He swears in English, kills his interpreter, and turns...

Team America World Police South Park's creators return with a send-up of the "War on Terror" using a cast of puppets Team America: World Police sets its sights on the "War On Terror" with a group of 'Thunderbirds'-style marionettes emerging from their secret headquarters inside a hollowed-out Mount Rushmore to battle terrorism around the globe. Only the twisted geniuses behind 'South Park' could come up with a project so shamelessly designed to cause offense. Team America: World Police is the latest outing for Trey Parker and Matt Stone, whose reputation as equal-opportunities offenders precedes them by many miles. Even so,...

The guilty pleasure of 'Team America' By Gary Arnold The most astonishing and hilarious movie of last year, "Team America: World Police," finally has made its belated transition from theatrical to home-video release. The adventure-flick parody from "South Park's" Trey Parker and Matt Stone ridicules in one fell swoop the U.S. war on terror, a lucrative Hollywood genre, Kim Jong-il, several Hollywood stars and their most conspicuous political propagandist, Michael Moore. It was never in the cards that such a movie would be in serious contention for Academy Awards. Nevertheless, "Team America," a marvel of satirical perversity and technical craftsmanship,...

Warning to readers: The transcripts and photos from the following video clips contain very offensive statements. These are only a few examples of the angry racist slurs shouted at the Americans who dared to protest the monument in Baldwin Park, California. Overview Many in our government and the media deny the existence of the militant Mexican plans for the the reconquista of Aztlan. They say it is just another conspiracy theory. Others say it is only an idea supported by a few radical hispanics. What happened in Baldwin Park, is happening in cities across America. It is supported by all...

The DVD release of the animated Team America: World Police from South Park creators Trey Parker and Matt Stone, will include an explicit sex scene that was removed from the original theatrical release in order to win an R rating. Home Media Retailing magazine reported on Friday that the two "originally included the extreme sex acts to distract the Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) from other scenes." The ploy worked, it observed. Parker told the magazine that they had never intended to show the scenes, which feature puppets, in the film's original version, and when the DVD was being...

America F*** yeah

SEOUL North Korea said it would reject any settlement of the nuclear weapons dispute as long as the United States was led by President George W. Bush, whom a North Korean official called a "cowboy." Meanwhile, the United States reportedly warned allies that North Korea might be ready to carry out an underground nuclear test as early as June. "Bush is a hooligan bereft of any personality as a human being, to say nothing of stature as president of a country," a spokesman of the North Korean Foreign Ministry told the country's official news agency, KCNA, on Saturday. The official...

Many argue that communism will never be possible because of "human nature". The essence of this false argument is the belief that a communist society would consist of an all-powerful central government that would tell everybody what to do--and would therefore undermine the creative initiative of individuals and the search for happiness. • This argument is based on two false assumptions: (1) It assumes that a communist society will look like the former Soviet Union, or the current China, North Korea, etc (ie: corrupt police states with a feudal-style ruling class) (2) It assumes that people will only work in...

As promised, here is your reminder: Season 9 of South Park begins TONIGHT on Comedy Central!Time: 10:00pm / 9 Central (Rerun: Sunday, 11:00pm / 10 Central) For a description of this tonight's episode, please see the website. As usual, the season will be split into two parts. However, this season will have 16 episodes instead of the usual 14 episodes of past seasons. That's right, two extra episodes!Updated schedule: Already available! - Season 5 on DVD (US) - I got my copy. How about you? :) Mar 9 - Season 9 starts on Comedy Central Mar 29 - Orgazmo: Special...

Season 9 of South Park begins this Wednesday on Comedy Central!Time: 10:00pm / 9 CentralRerun: Sunday, 11:00pm / 10 Central For a description of this week's episode, please see the website. As usual, the season will be split into two parts. However, this season will have 16 episodes instead of the usual 14 episodes of past seasons. That's right, two extra episodes. Updated schedule: Already available! - Season 5 on DVD (US) Mar 9 - Season 9 starts on Comedy Central Mar 29 - Orgazmo: Special Edition on DVD May 17 - Team America on DVD (I understand that this...

The following text is the full statement released on Thursday by North Korea's KCNA news agency. North Korea refers to itself as the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK). "Pyongyang, February 10 (KCNA) - The DPRK Ministry of Foreign Affairs released a statement Thursday to clarify its stand to cope with the grave situation created by the US hostile policy toward the DPRK. The statement says: The second-term Bush administration's intention to antagonize the DPRK and isolate and stifle it at any cost has become quite clear. As we have clarified more than once, we justly urged the US to...

'Team America' unsettles Team Kim in Pyongyang Special to World Tribune.comEAST-ASIA-INTEL.COMWednesday, February 9, 2005 The caricature of North Korea's "Dear Leader", Kim Jong-Il, in the film, "Team America: World Police," is striking a discordant note among North Korean officials, and probably their supreme leader himself, despite his well-known love for private viewings of foreign movies. North Korean leader Kim Jung Il in Paramount's "Team America: World Police - 2004." Word from Prague, the capital of the Czech Republic, is that the North Korean embassy there is asking the government to ban the film, the creation of Trey Parker and Matt...

PRAGUE - The North Korean embassy in Prague is calling for a ban on Team America: World Police in the Czech Republic. ...."Such behavior is not part of our country's political culture," the North Korean diplomat added. "Therefore, we want the film to be banned." However, the Czech Foreign Ministry said people would continue to be allowed to see the film, which had its Czech premiere on Feb. 3. "We told them it's an unrealistic wish," ministry spokesman Vit Kolar said. "Obviously, it's absurd to demand that in a democratic country."

PRAGUE, Czech Republic (AP) - North Korea's embassy in Prague has demanded that the film "Team America: World Police'' be banned in the Czech Republic, saying the movie harms their country's reputation, a report said Saturday. North Korean diplomats issued their protest to the Foreign Ministry on Thursday, saying the film ridicules North Korean leader Kim Jong Il, the Lidove Noviny daily said. The film, by "South Park'' creators Trey Parker and Matt Stone, uses a cast of puppets _ including one of Kim _ to poke fun at the U.S. war on terror. The team of marionettes fights terrorism,...

PRAGUE, Czech Republic - North Korea's embassy in Prague has demanded that the film "Team America: World Police" be banned in the Czech Republic, saying the movie harms their country's reputation, a report said Saturday. In the film by "South Park" creators Trey Parker and Matt Stone, a team of marionettes rushes to keep North Korean leader Kim Jong Il from destroying the world, reducing world capitals to rubble along the way. "It harms the image of our country," the Lidove Noviny daily quoted a North Korean diplomat as saying. "Such behavior is not part of our country's political culture....

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The Hollywood musical may be alive and kicking this year with Andrew Lloyd Webbers 'Phantom of the Opera' and Cole Porters 'De-Lovely' in the running for Oscars, but the Academy Awards has ruled out any Oscars for original musicals this year. The board of governors, acting on the recommendation of the musical branch, voted late Tuesday not to activate its dormant original musical category because only five films would have qualified for consideration.The films that hoped to be in the running included 'Home on the Range', 'Team America: World Police,' 'The Chorus', 'Open House,' and 'Big in Germany.' Although Academy...

The Talk Shows Sunday, November 28th, 2004 Guests to be interviewed today on major television talk shows: FOX NEWS SUNDAY (Fox Network): Sens. Richard Lugar, R-Ind., and Susan Collins, R-Maine; Rep. Duncan Hunter, R-Calif.MEET THE PRESS (NBC): Sept. 11 commission Chairman Thomas Kean and Vice Chairman Lee Hamilton; the Rev. Jerry Falwell; the Rev. Al Sharpton. FACE THE NATION (CBS): Authors Ron Chernow, Joseph Ellis and Bob Woodward. THIS WEEK (ABC): Sen. Joe Lieberman, D-Conn.; Rep. James Sensenbrenner, R-Wis.; conservative activist Gary Bauer.LATE EDITION (CNN) : Sens. Pat Roberts, R-Kan., and Barbara Boxer, D-Calif.; Reps. Christopher Shays, R-Conn., and J.D....

Movie guru David Stratton loves a political satire, but only if it's kind to the Left. He gets zero stars for these heavily ideological critiques. YOU may sometimes doubt it's really true our arts are policed by commissars who whip stray artists into a Leftist line. Then suddenly one of these commissars -- it's David Stratton this week -- leaps out and belts a dissident, and you then see how brazenly this work is done. Stratton is not just any film critic, but the Godfather Parts One, Two and Three of the profession. Not only does he review films for...

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Something is going on in North Korea, but nobody knows exactly what. Portraits of Kim Jong-il have been taken down from some (but not all) public places. The official Nork news agency denies that any have been taken down, though this is contradicted by several reports. His favorite mistress just died, and he is said to be in mourning. Offical television and radio braodcasts from North Korea appear to be toning down the honorifics they use when uttering his sacred name. Some speculate that Kim is deliberately downplaying the cult of his own personality, in an effort to begin reforming....

<p>Jump out. Kick in door. Spray machine-gun fire. Run to rooftop. Kill enemy. Jump back into armored vehicle. Move to new location.</p> <p>So goes the battle for Fallujah as experienced Friday by the exhausted and bewildered soldiers of the 3rd Brigade of the Army's 1st Infantry Division. Flanked by Marines, the bleary-eyed troops led the southern push to corner die-hard Sunni Muslim insurgents who were the last obstacles to full American control of the city.</p>

By Jim Emerson Editor, RogerEbert.com October 14, 2004Who's the, uh, biggest villain in "Team America"? Kim Jong Il or Hollywood celebrities?"You should learn to keep your opinions OUT of your reviews!" Every critic I know has received at least one letter like that from an indignant reader. Of course, it's an absurd proposition; critics are paid to express their opinions, and the good ones (who exercise what is known across all disciplines as "critical thinking") are also able to cite examples and employ sound reasoning to build an argument, showing you how and why they reached their verdict. Well, since...

Just a week until Election Day and no honest person can tell you who's going to win the presidency. I've put modest amounts of dough on George W. Bush to squeak past John Kerry by a 1.5 percent margin in the popular vote, while taking the Electoral College with a tally short of 300. That's a far cry from 2000, when I was certain the Texan would defeat Al Gore comfortably. There's too much conflicting information buzzing on the Internet about last-minute dirty tricks, upcoming stories that'll embarrass either candidate and an absurd number of national state polls that are...

After seeing last night's South Park and Team America: World Police, I got a really good sense that Trey Parker and Matt Stone offer the best political satire, not the Daily Show. Although the Daily Show can be amusing at times, it is definately politically involved and liberal. Parker and Stone's ability to take steps back and look at the political landscape satirically is unrivaled today. If you can get past the bad languange and flatulence jokes, there is certainly something to be gained from watching their show.

Clinton informs Kerry what it's going to take to earn his endorsement and support (If you've seen Team America-World Police, enjoy the laugh. If you haven't seen it yet, imagine the worst.)

Sorry for the vanity. Saw this movie this past week: two words. EXTREMELY DISAPPOINTED. The movie begins with the team attacking terrorists in Paris. In the process, the team destroys the Eiffel Tower and priceless art. It was unclear whether the political commentary was (1) America has been reckless in the war on terror or (2) screw the French. I was hoping for the latter. However, this proved to be wrong based on other scenes in the movie. Particularly, when the team - while pursuing more terrorists - mistakenly blows up the Sphinx. The theme was clear: America rushes to...

Just wanted to add my .02 about this movie. It was one of the funniest movies that I have ever seen. Kim Jong Il was priceless, especially when he became mad. The songs were great. One song had lyrics like "America, f*@* yeah!" I simply cannot say anything taht will do this movie jsutice. I will have to see it again. The message was great, as these guys can deliver a great message. Be prepared for swearing, but not as bad as South Park, The movie.

ANAHEIM -- Who knew that movie press junkets were such a threat to one's mental health? The pained, disingenuous reaction of many of the nation's leading film critics to last week's release of the lunatic puppet satire, Team America: World Police, is further confirmation that the junkets appear to have helped spread in viral fashion the mentality of left-wing Hollywood blowhards from la-la land to critic land. One result: Sean Penn and Roger Ebert now appear to be swapping material. For one of the many examples he's given us in recent years, Ebert might as well have been channeling Penn...

Stone Tells Undecided Voters to Stay Home Mon Oct 18, 8:07 AM ET Entertainment - AP SAN FRANCISCO - "South Park" co-creator Matt Stone has a message for all you undecided voters. "Stay home," said Stone. "It doesn't matter who you're gonna vote for. If you really don't know who you're gonna vote for, or are uninformed, or haven't really thought about it? Just stay home." Stone and Trey Parker have teamed up for the puppet parody "Team America: World Police," which debuted in third place at the box office this weekend with $12.3 million. A parody of 1980s action...

SAN FRANCISCO - "South Park" co-creator Matt Stone has a message for all you undecided voters. "Stay home," said Stone. "It doesn't matter who you're gonna vote for. If you really don't know who you're gonna vote for, or are uninformed, or haven't really thought about it? Just stay home." Stone and Trey Parker have teamed up for the puppet parody "Team America: World Police," which debuted in third place at the box office this weekend with $12.3 million. A parody of 1980s action movies, the film ridicules both Democrats and Republicans. In person, Stone has little patience for those...