Kim Jong-il's Smack
Turns out that nuclear weapons and missile technology aren't the only verboten goods in which everyone's favorite tyrant trades.
Australia, one of a handful of Western countries with semi-normal diplomatic relations with Kim's regime, is accusing North Korea of smuggling a massive amount of heroin into Oz.
Looks like that Pyongyang Outback franchise isn't going to be happening any time soon.
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Joe, sorry, where does Nico fit into this? She isn't Kim Jong Il's mother, is she? Or did she die when the swallowed condom full of smack she was smuggling in for Lou Reed popped? This isn't a troll or a slam; merely a request for more info.
Also, Nick, don't let Australians think you think they're responsible for Outback Steakhouse. The chain was started by two or three guys from Brooklyn who'd never been to Oz. Sorry I can't find a URL at the moment to back that up.
Here's a new anti-drug ad for you:
If you buy drugs, you fuel the hysteria that causes more money to go into the War on Drugs, which might get your mom shot in the head one night by a poorly trained task force, you little dope fiends, you!
It wasn't Lou Reed's. It didn't pop. She didn't die, just got arrested.
And she didn't swallow it.
Thanks Joe. Glad to hear she's still alive.
No, no, she's dead. Just not then.
They've already begun filming the latest installment of the anti-drug commercials. "If you buy drugs, you not only support terrorism, but also nuclear proliferation. Same goes for vacationing Down Under. Don't do it."
I find it odd though, that 110 lbs was all they could muster. You could fit that into a couple of large suitcases, and they are hauling it on an otherwise cargo-free ship, with a crew of 30+? At least export something else along with it. Does NoKo produce and export anything that doesn't get them in trouble?
If Nico had known about this, she could have put that condom to better use.
Seems pretty ironic that NoCo appears to be focusing on black market (uber-capitalist) goods.
Tim's
"If you buy drugs, you fuel the hysteria that causes more money to go into the War on Drugs, which might get your mom shot in the head one night by a poorly trained task force, you little dope fiends, you!"
really does make me think twice (not that I do drugs in the first place admittedly). It's personalised it in a way that threats of nuclear proliferation or terrorism don't; it's a human scale tragedy, something you actually feel you have a degree of control over.
It's more believable too...
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