Michael Breen (via THH) reprises himself ranting about tyrants reprising themselves.

North Korea issued two warnings last weekend. The first claimed this week’s military exercises in the South were a rehearsal for an invasion. It threatened…

BORING! Have you heard? Egyptians and Tunisians and Libyans, oh my, are protesting and fighting for their lives. Shibboleths are tumbling. Beijing has the most daring attack on liberal ideology now. But, on the Korean peninsula, even expatriates are still trying to find ways to dress up Cold War ideology for another generation – actually Ottogi references are a bit tired, too. It’s ironic South Koreans keep spinning Madison Avenue-inspired dreams and ad campaigns about their messianic role to modernize East Asian society and the globe with the most superficial glitz imaginable. But, on the peninsula, it’s like every new year flips over into 1950 again. The newest Kim is made over to look like Kim Il-sung.

Cairo might not be “the” place to be. But, Seoul isn’t either.

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