Dammit! I can't seem to find it. I think I tried to find it because i wanted to submit it. I could have sworn it was on here. I saw it through netflix and it was one of the first full episodes I'd ever watched and one of my favorites. Here's a link to the clip. http://www.travelchannel.com/travelchannel/TV_Shows/Anthony_Bourdain/Video/Tony_Eats_Live_Octopus
I guess if I can find a copy of it to embed, it shall be submitted by me... until someone finds the original! LOL

In reply to this comment by kronosposeidon:
I've had fried calamari, more than once, and it never did anything for me. I thought it tasted bland, and I didn't care for the texture. Still, I'd be willing to try it again if it were seasoned, as long as it wasn't too spicy. (I like spicy food, provided the spice doesn't overwhelm all the other flavors.)

I don't recall seeing the Anthony Bourdain clip that you're mentioning, but I'd watch it if you found it for me. And served me some potstickers. Mmmm...potstickers. In reply to this comment by Issykitty:
Personally, no... but Issy and Frankie probably would. LOL! I do enjoy having grilled octopus and squid at the Korean BBQ, and it is usually marinated in a sauce that contains very spicy gochujang (hot pepper paste). Have you seen the Anthony Bourdain clip of when he went to South Korea with the producer of his show who is of course Korean? I will find it. I believe it is on here. It is a most interesting episode!

In reply to this comment by kronosposeidon:
Have you ever tried this? If so, remind me to NEVER mess with you. Anyone who could do that strikes fear into my bowels. Yes, bowels.

I've had fried calamari, more than once, and it never did anything for me. I thought it tasted bland, and I didn't care for the texture. Still, I'd be willing to try it again if it were seasoned, as long as it wasn't too spicy. (I like spicy food, provided the spice doesn't overwhelm all the other flavors.)

I don't recall seeing the Anthony Bourdain clip that you're mentioning, but I'd watch it if you found it for me. And served me some potstickers. Mmmm...potstickers. In reply to this comment by Issykitty:
Personally, no... but Issy and Frankie probably would. LOL! I do enjoy having grilled octopus and squid at the Korean BBQ, and it is usually marinated in a sauce that contains very spicy gochujang (hot pepper paste). Have you seen the Anthony Bourdain clip of when he went to South Korea with the producer of his show who is of course Korean? I will find it. I believe it is on here. It is a most interesting episode!

In reply to this comment by kronosposeidon:
Have you ever tried this? If so, remind me to NEVER mess with you. Anyone who could do that strikes fear into my bowels. Yes, bowels.

Personally, no... but Issy and Frankie probably would. LOL! I do enjoy having grilled octopus and squid at the Korean BBQ, and it is usually marinated in a sauce that contains very spicy gochujang (hot pepper paste). Have you seen the Anthony Bourdain clip of when he went to South Korea with the producer of his show who is of course Korean? I will find it. I believe it is on here. It is a most interesting episode!

In reply to this comment by kronosposeidon:
Have you ever tried this? If so, remind me to NEVER mess with you. Anyone who could do that strikes fear into my bowels. Yes, bowels.

No matter how well intentioned, I think military interventions nowadays that aim to dethrone an authoritarian regime are practically guaranteed to fail.

I think that depends on goals and commitments. If removing the regime is the only goal, Iraq has been a complete and unconditional success. If providing a stable and safe state for the local population is the goal, then Iraq has been a complete and unconditional failure. If providing the local population with a better future is the goal, then Iraq has been a success.

My ideal scenario, which I admitted no nation would ever commit to, was not just regime change, but regime change followed by nation building. Both the Iraq and Afghan conflicts have absolutely refused to take any part in nation building exercises and instead have tried to jump straight from authoritarian rule to functioning self sufficient local democracy.

Point is, military interventions don't work in removing despotic governments simply because something can and will go wrong.

Yet in many cases removing despotic governments can still be better for the locals, even with all that can go wrong. Even with all the grandiose mistakes and failures in Iraq, the nation has a better future than it would have without the invasion. Without the invasion there are only two alternatives, and Iraq still under Saddam which is worse. The other is an Iraq not under Saddam, but that did it without foreign intervention. I guarentee the civil warring in Iraq now is nothing to the bloodbath that there would've been toppling Saddam's Baath internally. Iraq is absolutely not a great place for it's people yet, but it is a better one than it would've been without the invasion. I'd argue the same would be true for both Burma and North Korea. Though North Korean locals would be benefiting at the cost of absolutely enormous and unfathomable losses on the part of South Korea.

WikiLeaks' Bottom-Line Revelation

by

Austin Bay

Julian Assange, the man behind the WikiLeaks dump of secret US State Department cables, has been frank about his reasons for releasing thousands of classified -and stolen -- documents.

Assange says he wants to seriously damage the United States. If this damage forwards America's ultimate destruction, so be it. The son of leftist America-haters, Assange was born and weaned during the Cold War. Then the wrong side won. What the superpower Soviet Union failed to do with its armies, he, a super-empowered individual, will accomplish via the information anarchy of the Internet.

If Assange's history-shaping goal seems grandiose and detached from reality, indeed it is. However, once you understand the man's religion, his megalomania and solipsism become a bit more comprehensible if even more reprehensible.

Like other anti-American cranks on the planet, Assange holds firm in his warped faith that the U.S. is the leading source of global evil. The roots of this religion run deep, beginning with 18th century European aristocrats who despised the American Revolution. The anti-Americanism of Nazis, communists, tribalists, anarchists and now militant Islamists all rehash the same tropes, with their semi-schizoid baseline being the U.S. is simultaneously a vast authoritarian conspiracy and a heterogeneous menagerie of infidel-cowboy-capitalist idiots who dogmatically resist enlightened social policies.

Assange argues his revelations will force this conglomerate American monster to become more secretive and authoritarian. Limiting access to information, in order to stop future leaks, will reduce the monster's secretive and authoritarian effectiveness. The monster's "security state" will dumb down, and --here's the moment of religious rapture in Assange's prophecy -- this will increase global justice.

Assange also links this shackling of America to creating peace. Don't snicker too long. There are a lot of tenured gray-haired profs with ponytails who teach this dreck at notable universities and get paid for it.

Assange understands media grandstanding, but he doesn't understand people and certainly doesn't understand how American diplomats contribute to maintaining peace.

U.S. Secretary of Defense Robert Gates understands people and diplomacy, and his assessment of Assange's info dump is as clear as it is historically and psychologically informed. At the Pentagon last week, Gates said: "The fact is, governments deal with the United States because it's in their interest, not because they like us, not because they trust us and not because they believe we can keep secrets. Many governments -- some governments -- deal with us because they fear us, some because they respect us, most because they need us. We are still essentially, as has been said before, the indispensable nation."

Gates added that the cables were "embarrassing" and "awkward," but the ultimate effects on policy would be "modest."

Pray that Gates is right about modest impact, but right now and for at least the next six months, the world confronts the possibility of a nuclear war in East Asia ignited by North Korean aggression. This is a time period when the world absolutely needs close -- and trustworthy -- cooperation between the U.S. and China. A big war in Korea could kill millions but will guarantee a global economic depression. Leaked cables discuss corruption in China's Communist Party and names hypocritical party elites.

Even if the information is accurate, this is a case where revealed candor damages personal relationships among key U.S. diplomatic personnel and Chinese leaders. China is a face culture, and the leaders have lost face. A mature appreciation of the common danger should override personal anger, but another leak revealed that China sees North Korea as a "spoiled child" and that it believes Korea will ultimately be reunited with South Korea absorbing the North. This revelation weakens China's political leverage with North Korea at a moment when any leverage is precious.

Assange, of course, did not consider how he increased the threat to the lives of millions of Korean, Japanese and Chinese when he dumped his filched documents. His faith-based narrative of American evil excludes the possibility that American diplomats are collaborating with China to avoid war and eventually put an end to North Korea's armed brinksmanship without a nuclear explosion.

Here's WikiLeaks' bottom-line revelation: Assange and ideologues like him promote an ignorant and destructive solipsism that has nothing to do with peace and justice but a lot to do with sociopathic narcissism.

I'd like to point out that Palin twice referred to N. Korea as the good guys. Yeah, there's the "allies" comment, but she also says that we have to hope the White House sanctions the North's actions. You say it once, it's a slip of the tongue. You say it twice, you honestly don't know anything about who North and South Korea are.

The sad thing as far as I'm concerned is that she's willing to jump to a warlike stance with her intent. (even though she meant South Korea and is too dumb to know the difference) Obviously she doesn't understand the specifics of the situation, yet we all know that by "stand by" she means that she'll shoot anyone that she perceives as a danger to her super awesome mama grizzly cubs.

I've met guys who do steroids every day that don't beat their chest this much. This behavior is all she knows. RAH RAH RAH! GO USA! We'll KICK ASS!

Sarah Palin is that chick at a party that nobody likes but you don't confront because:

A> It's kinda funny so long as she doesn't have any power to start the fights she keeps talking about.
and
B> You know that she's so f**king stupid it would be like arguing with a brick wall.

Edit: & oh yeah, and let's "press China", especially when they've got us by the balls. Smart lady, smart.

Don't be silly, North Korea doesn't have many mineral and energy resources.>> ^blankfist:

I wonder which Republican/Democrat President will take us into that war?

Tags for this video have been changed from 'fail, palin, north, korea, ally' to 'fail, palin, north korea, south korea, ally' - edited by xxovercastxx

Maybe it was a slip of the tongue, but then its more believable given her apparent past trouble understanding there were two koreas: "Heilemann and Halperin write: "Palin couldn't explain why North Korea and South Korea were separate nations."

@bamdrew

It's beyond belief that you doubt that radical Muslims support terrorism against the US more than other groups. Not having "ironclad statistics" on hand doesn't mean we're not allowed to use our brains.

The current national political climate instituted greater aircraft safety not because a North Korean agent hijacked a South Korean plane in South Korea in 1969, as your list points out, but because the mainstream opinion in the intelligence community (and everywhere else) is that in the current time, in the United States, there is an enhanced threat from radical Muslims, as seen in numerous high profile aircraft safety threats in recent years.

>> ^direpickle:

>> ^shuac:
I'm getting a new passport ready just in case the 2012 election goes from "Entertaining as the 2008 Election" to "Holy Shit, I've got to leave this country now."
Can anyone make a good suggestion of where I can go? I don't really speak any other languages. I took some French in high school and I know a little German (he's sitting over there <- awesome Top Secret reference).
Seriously though. Any ideas?

Don't be one of those guys, man.
Also, you're probably fooling yourself if you think there's anywhere better. Corruption is a huge problem the world over. The UK is a nanny state, surveillance state, and general purpose Orwellian nightmare. It sounds like much of mainland Europe is being flooded with Fundie Muslims, and the governments are kowtowing before all of their demands (hence all of the anti-heresy laws). Oceania is going crazy with their Internet Filtering and whatnot. Canada's far too easily influenced by the US.
They're all bowing before the American Intellectual Property Juggernaut.
You will pretty much never be able to become a citizen in most of Europe. The Japanese government is corrupt, and the people will never accept you as one of them. I'd be leery of settling in in most of the rest of Asia. North Korea and South Korea could go to war again at any moment. China's not exactly the place I'd go to flee from an insane government. Maybe India, Nepal, something.
Maybe there's some amazing place in South America or Africa.


Bogus. UK is just as free as the USA, if not freer, with the exception of libel laws and traffic cameras. And you're not goinh to move to any other european country just because of the few percent Muslim minority that has emigrated there? Racist.

>> ^shuac:

I'm getting a new passport ready just in case the 2012 election goes from "Entertaining as the 2008 Election" to "Holy Shit, I've got to leave this country now."
Can anyone make a good suggestion of where I can go? I don't really speak any other languages. I took some French in high school and I know a little German (he's sitting over there <- awesome Top Secret reference).
Seriously though. Any ideas?


Don't be one of those guys, man.

Also, you're probably fooling yourself if you think there's anywhere better. Corruption is a huge problem the world over. The UK is a nanny state, surveillance state, and general purpose Orwellian nightmare. It sounds like much of mainland Europe is being flooded with Fundie Muslims, and the governments are kowtowing before all of their demands (hence all of the anti-heresy laws). Oceania is going crazy with their Internet Filtering and whatnot. Canada's far too easily influenced by the US.

They're all bowing before the American Intellectual Property Juggernaut.

You will pretty much never be able to become a citizen in most of Europe. The Japanese government is corrupt, and the people will never accept you as one of them. I'd be leery of settling in in most of the rest of Asia. North Korea and South Korea could go to war again at any moment. China's not exactly the place I'd go to flee from an insane government. Maybe India, Nepal, something.

Maybe there's some amazing place in South America or Africa.

It isn't news that much is animated in South Korea. Quite the opposite. Groening frequently referenced his Korean animators (Rough Draft Studios) during the Futurama audio commentaries.

>> ^direpickle:

What's a banksy?


http://news.ninemsn.com.au/entertainment/8103700/street-artist-banksy-takes-over-simpsons-intro

The British graffiti icon storyboarded the latest intro to the long-running cartoon, which opens with the town of Springfield scrawled in his distinctive tag.

But as the show cuts to the familiar couch scene, the credits take a dark turn — with a minute-long animation showing dozens of Asian sweatshop workers painting scenes for the cartoon in a filthy warehouse filled with rats, human bones and bio-waste.

Kittens are thrown into a wood chipper to create stuffing for Bart Simpson dolls while a chained unicorn collapses as its horn is used to punch holes in Simpsons DVDs.

The extended sequence was apparently inspired by reports that the show outsources the bulk of their animation to a company in South Korea.

Banksy, whose true identity has never been officially confirmed, is renowned for his political views.

The elusive artist employs guerrilla-style tactics to break into locations before leaving his pieces to be found the following morning.

Examples include drawing a life-sized replica of a Guantanamo Bay detainee at Disneyland and stencilling Israel's West Bank barrier.

In 2008 Britain's Mail on Sunday claimed to have unmasked the mystery artist as 36-year-old former Bristol public schoolboy Robin Gunningham.