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[hops]

One that doesn't offend logic preferably.

[Lagslayer]

I wonder if there is a possible model for a theoretical anarchist utopia.

Theoretical? Probably like fifty thousand or so

One that doesn't offend logic preferably.

This looks, sounds, and feels like a paradox.

[IronyOwl]

I wonder if there is a possible model for a theoretical anarchist utopia.

Theoretical? Probably like fifty thousand or so

One that doesn't offend logic preferably.

This looks, sounds, and feels like a paradox.

Therefore it's a duck. Burn it.

[hops]

This statement is quack.

[smjjames]

Cross posting from the East Asia thread just because.

Just the usual occasional skirmishing between the two koreas.
http://www.aljazeera.com/news/asia-pacific/2014/10/north-south-korea-navy-boats-exchange-fire-201410715337358844.html

Also spotted this when going to google news to grab a source for the Korea skirmishing CNN mentioned about.
http://english.yonhapnews.co.kr/northkorea/2014/10/07/25/0401000000AEN20141007002500315F.html

No idea if NK has done the 'Year of _____ will be the year of Korean unification' thing before. And yes, I know the source is a South Korean one.

[Noel.se]

That article made me look up the North Korean navy. Apparently the have submarines.

Glorous Leader is sneaking up on Worst Korea. Clever guy...

[MonkeyHead]

Yeah, but those subs are hardly "Red October". 1950's ex-Soviet "Whiskey Class" and "Romeo Class" vessels, often obtained through China or domestically made. Hardly a serious threat to a modern task force.

[Noel.se]

I know, I was joking
I should've made it clearer.

[olemars]

Status: Still missing.

[Sheb]

So, who's betting on a coup?

[10ebbor10]

Would be a very intersting coup, seeing the North's recent improvement in relations with the south

[Guardian G.I.]

Would be a very intersting coup, seeing the North's recent improvement in relations with the south

As the BBC article said, there hasn't been any suspicious troop movements in the country. It's very atypical for a coup d'etat. Andrei Lankov stated that there was no coup in the North - he has numerous contacts in the country, so I believe him.
Lankov has written a lot of interesting posts about the DPRK that I really should translate and repost here some day, such as the one about the last year's agricultural reform that resulted in a really big rise in food production.

[Ukrainian Ranger]

in a really big rise in food production.

So know North Koreans eat 100 grammes of rice per day instead of 50?

[Sheb]

I'd love to read them Guardian GI, google translate kinda butcher Russian.

[Guardian G.I.]

in a really big rise in food production.

So know North Koreans eat 100 grammes of rice per day instead of 50?

According to Lankov, the North Korean government issued the following agricultural reforms: the state owned farmland was divided between peasants. They take about 30 percent (in some areas up to 60%) of the harvested produce from these plots of land for their own consumption, the rest goes to the state. The end result of the first year of reforms is this: the harvest of 2013 covered about 95% of the food needs of North Korea. It was the best year in nearly two decades for the North Korean agriculture.