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Iran and North Korea have formed some sort of comic evil tech development alliance, deciding to work together in science, tech and engineering to help overcome their “common enemies.”
The Iranian news agency is reporting that the two rather distant regimes will now begin cooperating on IT projects, engineering, biotech and renewable energy schemes, plus general environmental issues will also be explored by their teams.
We’d imagine the main environmental issue they’ll be exploring together will be the need to find new, reliable methods of sending enriched uranium to America in little unmanned rockets. [Reuters via The Register]
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There goes the planet. To the nuclear shelters!
Do they even have rockets that can leave their own countries yet?
I mean, you can build stuff from manuals on the internet that is more dangerous than what these 2 can do together.
I always image their meetings to be like the scene from “The Dictator” MAKE IT ROUND!!!
How are rabid Communists and a fundamental Islamic dictatorship supposed to work together…?
(Bags I get the first mobile phone they produce, speed dial #1 (Allah), speed dial #2 (Lenin) etc….)
North Korea isn’t Communist – the Workers’ Party of Korea formally rejected Marxism-Leninism in favour of a de facto National-Socialist autocracy based on the Juche/Chuch’e doctrine of political independence, economic self-sustenance, and self-reliance in defense.
And, not that I’m targetting you specifically for this, but it is something that irritates me hugely – by the very definition of Communism, no country can be communist. A society can be communist but in order to do so it recognises no government or boundaries as all is equal. As soon as there is some form of government, it contradicts the fundamental basis of communism and thus ceases to be communist. The fact that it is still called and portrayed ‘Communist’ is very much a hang-over from the bomabstic nonsense of the Cold War with its ridiculous West vs East/we won, they lost mentality.
To be fair though, we did win…
I’m looking forward to Cold War v2.0 although, what with global warming and climate change, this may end up as Tepid War v1.0
Surely people can be communists though (if they want to) and by saying rabid Communists I did mean the people, not the country.
But that would be treason in North Korea because it would be going against the teachings of the Great Leader and the Supreme Leaders. Of course it doesn’t mean they can’t be communist in secret, but they couldn’t even announce it in public and certainly couldn’t do so in a rabid manner thus making them somewhat meek, unassuming communists.
Saying no country can be communist is like saying no country can be capitalist either.
No it isn’t – Capitalism is an economic doctrine which influences politics and society, communism is a socio-economic doctrine with political influences.
As defined in the Communist Manifesto, a Communist society is both classless and Stateless whilst the the modern definition of a Country is, amongst other things, a State with recognised borders.
So once a society fully embraces Communist ideals it no longer recognises geographical borders and ceases to exist as a country meaning no country can ever be Communist.
They are a communist dictatorship…
Firstly dictatorships are impossible in communism because of the fundamental principle of equality in communism. Secondly, the North Korean govt renounced Marxism, Marxist-Leninism, Stalinism, and Maoism and all other forms of socialism and communism at various points during the 1950-1970s. The Workers’ Party of Korea is a National-Socialist govt much in the same manner of the National Socialist German Workers’ Party but following the Juche and Songun principles of Korean nationalism under a hereditary dictatorship.
Pure capitalism has absolutely no government intervention – which is just as impossible as having a pure communist state.
#racist
International Bad Boys.
Makes it sound like they throw rocks at passing cars and hang out at bus stops smoking…
Starring Will Smith as North Korea and Martin Lawrence and Iran
Bad Boys, Bad Boys,
Watcha Gonna Do
Watcha Gonna Do When they unleash their semi-secret nuclear weapons programs on you?
EXPLOSION!
With Tchéky Karyo as the USA, Joe Pantoliano as Russia, AND Téa Leoni as China…
Right you know how Rocky IV was about democratic USA vrs communist Russia etc etc. What about a new film – that Vince McMahon from the WWE – takes the lead on. A cage fight. Whats remains of the “axis of evil” vrs the “goodies”.
Stone Cold Steve Austin would get the job done right. First time.
Woooohoooo! Diet coke caffeine high!!!
*sniff* Hmm, love that Uranium. One sniff of a nuclear bomb and I am wearing my party frock!
I want Russia and China to get in on this. If history is anything to go by, those regimes will come up with the coolest looking military tech.
Now all we need is for Latin America to form a similar alliance.
Venezuela, Cuba, Bolivia, Ecuador, El Salvador and Nicaragua already dubbed themsleves the “axis of good” a couple of years back.
The New Latin Left has since expanded to include Argentina, El Salvador, Honduras, Paraguay, Peru, and Uruguay – all have populist governments working for ‘the people’.
It’s a tough call, but I think I’m going to side with the ‘Axis of Good’. For two reasons, one being I can blend in due to the colour of my skin, and the other is their women are hot. You’re not a traitor if it’s for the ladies see.
I was on a stag weekend in a Dublin a few weeks ago. I can officially confirm that Colombian girls are the hottest and sexist and just down right awesome-ist girls in the world. E.g. Sofia “Viagra” Vargara. Ooooft. Good or bad side of the axis but they must wear jungle uniform with sexy officer hats. At an angle. With aviator sunglasses. Sorry for the sexism.
You see Dave, when we’re soldiering in Colombia, we won’t have to apologize for our sexism. And the women will embrace us for it, right into the bosom of Medellin.
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Well when these bad boys develop anything, it will be interesting to see what happens when Apple sue them…….
Those are just treadmills Don Quixote! If Iran and North Korea where our biggest concerns we’d be laughing and relaxing around a pub table. Try to remember that next time your government run over your “democracy” and “constitutions” for “national safety reasons” and another Jean Charles get multi head shot for running to catch a departing train.