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Posted: 4/20/2017 5:39:46 AM EDT
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I watched a documentary that said after the korean war simmered down, due to Soviet investment, Best Korea actually surpassed the south in economic development for a while... Surprised the shit out of me...
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Posted: 4/20/2017 5:51:07 AM EDT
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I watched a documentary that said after the korean war simmered down, due to Soviet investment, Best Korea actually surpassed the south in economic development for a while... Surprised the shit out of me... Must have been for a very short period of time, and a long time ago. 
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Posted: 4/20/2017 6:10:46 AM EDT
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They send their citizens to work as slaves in Russia and the Persian Gulf too. Logging in Russia, construction in the emirates.
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Posted: 4/20/2017 6:51:40 AM EDT
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Yep, lots of drug running out of North Korea. They also have people doing the plausible deniability work many countries want done but don't want to go near. That being, hits on political enemies, developing WMD's, intel gathering, gun running, etc. Norks have been popping up in places they really shouldn't be for years.
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Posted: 4/20/2017 7:19:52 AM EDT
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Kind of an interesting article on how Best Korea can afford to finance its big ticket military items. I remember years ago, back during the Cold War and the old Soviet Union, sitting in an intelligence briefing where an analyst was talking about Russia, and specifically their military spending in proportion to their overall GNP as a whole, and he described the USSR as "like a midget with a gigantic right arm." North Korea is very similar, and it is a very apt analogy for them too. Their overall economy is puny compared to that of South Korea, but they invest enormously in their military, and don't particularly care if their people are actually resorting to cannibalism from time to time due to hunger. But where DO they get their money? From the article: “The overt economy is predominantly sales of natural resources. The covert economy is harder to estimate, but consists of weapons sales, the counterfeiting of U.S. $100 bills . . . production and distribution of illegal narcotics, cigarettes and pharmaceuticals, including Viagra, insurance scams, money laundering, and cybercrime.” Very interesting that they are involved in counterfeiting of US currency among other things. $ - How Best Korea Does It IIRC, they were the big reason behind the changes in US currency. So they've been at it for a while. |
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Posted: 4/20/2017 7:23:09 AM EDT
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I watched a documentary that said after the korean war simmered down, due to Soviet investment, Best Korea actually surpassed the south in economic development for a while... Surprised the shit out of me... |
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Posted: 4/20/2017 7:25:09 AM EDT
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Fake $100's?
That's it. Bomb the shit outta them. |
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Posted: 4/20/2017 7:32:34 AM EDT
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There has got to be a reason that the west hasn't taken over NK yet. Could we be benefiting somehow from something the norks are doing?
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Posted: 4/20/2017 7:34:27 AM EDT
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Interesting - I have never heard that. Must have been for a very short period of time, and a long time ago. https://www.AR15.Com/media/mediaFiles/49274/Korea-191315.jpg Quote HistoryQuoted:
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I watched a documentary that said after the korean war simmered down, due to Soviet investment, Best Korea actually surpassed the south in economic development for a while... Surprised the shit out of me... Must have been for a very short period of time, and a long time ago. https://www.AR15.Com/media/mediaFiles/49274/Korea-191315.jpg |
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Posted: 4/20/2017 7:44:51 AM EDT
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There has got to be a reason that the west hasn't taken over NK yet. Could we be benefiting somehow from something the norks are doing? |
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Posted: 4/20/2017 7:48:54 AM EDT
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There has got to be a reason that the west hasn't taken over NK yet. Could we be benefiting somehow from something the norks are doing? |
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Posted: 4/20/2017 7:50:44 AM EDT
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IIRC, they were the big reason behind the changes in US currency. So they've been at it for a while. Quote HistoryQuoted:
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Kind of an interesting article on how Best Korea can afford to finance its big ticket military items. I remember years ago, back during the Cold War and the old Soviet Union, sitting in an intelligence briefing where an analyst was talking about Russia, and specifically their military spending in proportion to their overall GNP as a whole, and he described the USSR as "like a midget with a gigantic right arm." North Korea is very similar, and it is a very apt analogy for them too. Their overall economy is puny compared to that of South Korea, but they invest enormously in their military, and don't particularly care if their people are actually resorting to cannibalism from time to time due to hunger. But where DO they get their money? From the article: “The overt economy is predominantly sales of natural resources. The covert economy is harder to estimate, but consists of weapons sales, the counterfeiting of U.S. $100 bills . . . production and distribution of illegal narcotics, cigarettes and pharmaceuticals, including Viagra, insurance scams, money laundering, and cybercrime.” Very interesting that they are involved in counterfeiting of US currency among other things. $ - How Best Korea Does It IIRC, they were the big reason behind the changes in US currency. So they've been at it for a while. |
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Posted: 4/20/2017 7:54:05 AM EDT
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So every time you get the urge but can't perform and resort to the blue pill, you're putting money to the Kims
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Posted: 4/20/2017 7:54:35 AM EDT
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Fake $100's? That's it. Bomb the shit outta them. |
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Posted: 4/20/2017 8:02:05 AM EDT
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They send their citizens to work as slaves in Russia and the Persian Gulf too. Logging in Russia, construction in the emirates. |
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Posted: 4/20/2017 8:10:13 AM EDT
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Nothing new. The Norks have been counterfeiting US currency for decades,
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Posted: 4/20/2017 8:11:24 AM EDT
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I hear they make the world's finest tinfoil. Quote HistoryQuoted:
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There has got to be a reason that the west hasn't taken over NK yet. Could we be benefiting somehow from something the norks are doing? 
Just thinking outloud... |
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Posted: 4/20/2017 8:13:06 AM EDT
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IIRC, they were the big reason behind the changes in US currency. So they've been at it for a while. Quote HistoryQuoted:
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Kind of an interesting article on how Best Korea can afford to finance its big ticket military items. I remember years ago, back during the Cold War and the old Soviet Union, sitting in an intelligence briefing where an analyst was talking about Russia, and specifically their military spending in proportion to their overall GNP as a whole, and he described the USSR as "like a midget with a gigantic right arm." North Korea is very similar, and it is a very apt analogy for them too. Their overall economy is puny compared to that of South Korea, but they invest enormously in their military, and don't particularly care if their people are actually resorting to cannibalism from time to time due to hunger. But where DO they get their money? From the article: “The overt economy is predominantly sales of natural resources. The covert economy is harder to estimate, but consists of weapons sales, the counterfeiting of U.S. $100 bills . . . production and distribution of illegal narcotics, cigarettes and pharmaceuticals, including Viagra, insurance scams, money laundering, and cybercrime.” Very interesting that they are involved in counterfeiting of US currency among other things. $ - How Best Korea Does It IIRC, they were the big reason behind the changes in US currency. So they've been at it for a while. |
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Posted: 4/20/2017 8:16:39 AM EDT
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Kind of an interesting article on how Best Korea can afford to finance its big ticket military items. I remember years ago, back during the Cold War and the old Soviet Union, sitting in an intelligence briefing where an analyst was talking about Russia, and specifically their military spending in proportion to their overall GNP as a whole, and he described the USSR as "like a midget with a gigantic right arm." North Korea is very similar, and it is a very apt analogy for them too. Their overall economy is puny compared to that of South Korea, but they invest enormously in their military, and don't particularly care if their people are actually resorting to cannibalism from time to time due to hunger. But where DO they get their money? From the article: “The overt economy is predominantly sales of natural resources. The covert economy is harder to estimate, but consists of weapons sales, the counterfeiting of U.S. $100 bills . . . production and distribution of illegal narcotics, cigarettes and pharmaceuticals, including Viagra, insurance scams, money laundering, and cybercrime.” Very interesting that they are involved in counterfeiting of US currency among other things. $ - How Best Korea Does It I seem to recall a Nork refugee, one of the Royal Chefs IIRC that claimed either coke or meth was passed around like hors d'oeuvres at receptions, functions, celebrations, etc. Scarface style. |
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Posted: 4/20/2017 8:16:57 AM EDT
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Kind of an interesting article on how Best Korea can afford to finance its big ticket military items. Very interesting that they are involved in counterfeiting of US currency among other things. $ - How Best Korea Does It Counterfeiting allows them to buy stuff they could not otherwise afford while simultaneously hurting the US. |
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Posted: 4/20/2017 8:47:57 AM EDT
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Interesting - I have never heard that. Must have been for a very short period of time, and a long time ago. https://www.AR15.Com/media/mediaFiles/49274/Korea-191315.jpg
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Posted: 4/20/2017 8:57:00 AM EDT
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I hear they make the world's finest tinfoil. Quote HistoryQuoted:
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There has got to be a reason that the west hasn't taken over NK yet. Could we be benefiting somehow from something the norks are doing? |
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Posted: 4/20/2017 9:08:22 AM EDT
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I read recently that the government is considering discontinuing production of 50 & 100 bills altogether. |
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Posted: 4/20/2017 9:17:09 AM EDT
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IIRC, they were the big reason behind the changes in US currency. So they've been at it for a while. |
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Posted: 4/20/2017 9:22:06 AM EDT
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Flooding your enemy's country with counterfeit bills to inflate the currency is a very old form of economic warfare, and it can have very serious negative effect on the target country. Because of the size and partially electronic nature of the US money supply, there's just not enough printing capacity to really damage our economy. That said, it's straight up theft from our treasury. I'm still hoping for a decapitation of their government lead by China. The whole spreading democracy thing is soooo 20th century. |
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Posted: 4/20/2017 9:29:08 AM EDT
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That would really run hell on my business They should do what other countries do. exchange all bills for new ones (only in the U.S. or at certain banks) then say the old ones aren't worth anything. |
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Posted: 4/20/2017 9:31:00 AM EDT
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That would really run hell on my business Quote HistoryQuoted:
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I read recently that the government is considering discontinuing production of 50 & 100 bills altogether. |
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Posted: 4/20/2017 9:55:52 AM EDT
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That article reads like it's from some liberal rag. A fancy goose stepping military parade doesn't mean jack about how good their military is or the quality/state of their hardware.
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Posted: 4/20/2017 10:02:53 AM EDT
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There has got to be a reason that the west hasn't taken over NK yet. Could we be benefiting somehow from something the norks are doing? Imperialists generally require loot. There isn't much in NK. It's been communist so long, people don't have skills to do much more than grow a little food for themselves. No cars, near all dirt roads, no industry. It's a whole lot of work to overthrow the entire government over there, then make it peaceful enough to install productive workers to steal all the natural resources. There are easier targets, like ME oil. |
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Posted: 4/20/2017 10:10:18 AM EDT
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From the operations of Room 39 at the Korean Workers Party HQ.
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Posted: 4/20/2017 10:24:06 AM EDT
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Correct. The BestKorea counterfeit 100's were called "Super bills" because they were so good. The US Treasure department sent a set of currency printing equipment to the Shahs government. The Iranian Revolutionary sold the presses & equipment to the NORKs in exchange for "weapons technology" and the NORK went into full scale production of the $100 supernotes... |
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