
Another big howdy from Fearless Leader.
Kim had visited North Korea several times before and had written about her experiences for Harper’s Magazine and the New York Review of Books. Incredibly, however, neither Kim’s North Korean minders nor the Christian missionaries who founded and run PUST realized that she was there undercover to engage in some of history’s riskiest investigative journalism.
Although all of PUST’s staff was kept under constant surveillance, Kim kept notes and documents on hidden USB sticks and her camera’s SIM card. If her notes had been discovered, she almost certainly would have been accused of espionage and faced imprisonment in the country’s terrifying labor camps. In fact, of the three Americans currently detained in North Korea, two were teachers at PUST. Moreover, the Pentagon has in fact used a Christian NGO as a front for genuine spying on North Korea.
But Kim was never caught, and she returned to the U.S. to write her extraordinary 2014 book, “Without You, There Is No Us.” The title comes from the lyrics of an old North Korean song; the “you” is Kim Jong-il, Kim Jong-un’s father.
Cool here today, Den would LOVE it. Had to kick the furnace on when we got up.
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It finally cooled off here too, highs in the mid 80’s to 90, partly cloudy.
I have been through the smoke thing and evacuated for fire, not pleasant at all. We have been lucky this year smoke-wise, slight hint of smell when the wind blows just right.
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…as the world turns
Updates on Eagle Creek Fire near Portland, in the Columbia River Gorge:
http://www.oregonlive.com/wildfires/index.ssf/2017/09/live_updates_eagle_creek_ravag.html
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Yup, hazyer than yesterday.
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Look at the relative size of Irma compared to FL.
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I failed to mention that you can click on the map for a bigger local area.
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Oh, my!!!!!
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Took it slower to the Hillside Cafe today; 14 minutes.
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Daily total is 27 minutes.
Day 4: 99+27=126 minutes.
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This poor woman just saw trump naked!
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Ginormous UV Solar flare.
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Great NOAA site for Solar activity.
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