No, this is not another post about possible future events here on the Korean peninsula.  It’s about the movie I watched last night starring Sandra Bullock.

The film is called Premonition and Bullock plays a housewife and mother going about the humdrum routine of her day.  And then there’s a knock on the door and it’s the Sheriff bringing news that her husband has died in a car accident.  She is of course devastated and gets through the rest of the day in zombie-like fashion with the help of her mother.  And when she wakes up the next day her husband is there in the kitchen having his morning coffee.  Except it wasn’t the next day.

I won’t go any further, as I don’t want to spoil it for those who have not viewed this 2007 film.  I’ve always been a fan of Bullock and her acting does not disappoint in this challenging role.  Although come to think of it, it was never Bullock’s acting that I liked, I also enjoyed looking at her.  I guess we are all getting older, but her caboose has certainly spread since last time I saw her in a movie.  Or maybe it’s just that I’ve been around skinny-ass Korean women too long.  Now, I know that criticism of Bullock is shallow and unfair, not to mention irrelevant to the part she played.  But by the accounts I’ve read she’s a quite the bitch in real life, so I don’t mind casting a few stones her way.  Ok?

Anyway, I had a feeling the movie would be good when I ordered it from Netflix.  Call it a premonition.  And the movie was nicely done.  You know, these “vision from the future” things can be hard to pull off, but the quirky use time juxtaposition was quite creative and unique.  You have to pay attention as it all gets a little confusing, but then again, that’s the intent I suppose.  I thought the scene with the Catholic priest was pretty contrived, but other than that I enjoyed the challenge of figuring out what was going on.

I give this one a 4 out of 5.  I suspect some want like the ending, but I thought it worked.

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So everyone seems to be speculating these days on what’s next from crazy ol’ Kim Jong Il.  Well, your guess is as good as mine.  The commonly held view seems to be that we can expect some type of provacative act, likely in or near the Northern Limit Line (the extension of the DMZ into the Yellow Sea).  Could be a naval engagement or perhaps even an invasion of one of the coastal islands.  Unlike his predecessor, President Lee will probably be disinclined to let such an act go answered.  Whether it stops at a tit for tat remains to be seen.

I’m thinking Kim will wait and see if the UN Security Council does anything more than issue “a strongly worded letter”.  If so, that may trigger him to lash out in some form or fashion.  At least, that has been his modus operandi in the past.  Rumor has it that sanctions, if they are coming, would be announced this week.  So I suppose it’s wait and see time around here.

You know, people from home seem a lot more concerned about the current state of affairs here on the peninsula than those of us living here.  Again, this is pretty much old hat and it is only the uninformed who believe that the Norks ever respected any international agreements to which they are a party.  Make no mistake, military planning and preparations are ongoing, but that is as it should be regardless.  Just some new possible contingencies to take into account is my observation.  Certainly, it is business a usual for the Korean people who have been living under north Korean threats for generations. 

I’m not worried or overly concerned.  I guess the fact that I’m even thinking and writing about this issue now is about the only thing different from my perspective.  While the Norks could rain some fire and destruction down on our heads, it would be suicide to do so.  And my take on it is that everything the DPRK does is calculated to ensure perpetuation of the regime.  There is always the chance that they will miscalculate and overplay thier hand I suppose, but I also expect China will not sit back indefinitely and let things get too far out of hand.

Of course, not everyone has such a sanguine view of things.  Commenter Dennis from Florida left the following comment on an earlier post:

As heard on Coast to Coast AM. (www.coasttocoastam.com), probably a month or so ago, an interview of the somewhat famed ‘remote viewer’ Major Ed Dames, USA, (Ret). Ed predicts, via multiple remote viewing the future ‘hits’ from amongst his Matrix Intelligence Agency staff and many students of his program, too many to count, that a major event is going to occur on the Korean Peninsula within six months of the programs airing, which would make it more like within maybe four months or maybe even less from this point in time. Specifics of the situation are not revealed other than to say that many, many lives will be lost among South Koreans to include many 8th Army assigned personnel/forces. Speculation seems to center on the probability of a ‘fairly small yield’ nuke, maybe, from NK into probably the Seoul area. This strike, it was predicted, will result in prompt and complete retaliation against the North (probably by combined US/ROK forces) resulting in pretty much cessation of NK as it is formally constituted currently.

So, there you have it. When these predictions were made it is worth noting, K J IL was still recovering from a probable stroke and none of his spin-up in missile firings, nuke testing’s, suspension of the ‘Armistice’, etc, had yet occurred, nor had,obviously, the more recent capture (kid-napping) of the two Asian journalists, their trials and subsequent sentencing’s or other incidents of intrigue. So, these things noted, events would seem to be moving in the direction of, certainly, some form of confrontation, surely evidenced, as well, by the recently announced leadership changes and the greatly ramped-up saber-rattling that is going on currently. You can check it further by going to www.learnrv.com, which is Ed Dames’ web-site or can do a general search on it and will surely find more details than I have cited here.

As a final note, Ed Dames is indeed a former USArmy, now retired, Intelligence Officer and now CEO of the somewhat successful organization named the Matrix Intelligence Agency - the MIA employs these remote viewing techniques and skills under contract, to learn and predict all sorts of things for it’s clients - apparently has a great track record and has made a ton of money too. Back in the 80’s Ed was an original member of a cadre of Army personnel who took part in a highly classified USA pilot program which was then called ‘Stargate’ - true story. The program was held at DIA and was very successful but was subsequently disbanded apparently due to political pressures, which would not surprise me in the least - it was subsequently declassified, as well, obviously. At the time I was a USAF Intelligence officer and visited the DIA regularly for many, many conferences and meetings, but I never heard of this program till about three years ago and after the emergence of ‘remote viewing’ as a ‘taught discipline’. Remote viewing is a technique whereby the future is discerned through a strictly controlled protocol of psychic-type concentration - it apparently taps into the universal consciousness we are all a part of, yeah, really, and by every measure I’ve been able to discern, it indeed truly seems to work.

Yeah, even vocalizing, these things seems probably a bit over the top and probably hard to believe. And of course, I’m not trying to convince anyone, simply reporting what I have listened to and looked in to, and the potential linkage to the ‘time for change’ blog entry of John’s.

So, as we used to say back in the day, I guess we can all ‘hide and watch’. Since I listened to the original program back a couple months ago, I’ve had one eye sort of trained on the subject, waiting and watching the drift…….. given the unfolding events, nearly daily almost now, seems to be something there, something to it, I would have to observe. There were numerous other quite interesting and some would say even profound ‘predictions’ made during the program, as well……..which I won’t go in to here, but the mention of the Korea thing seemed worth a comment. Hey, stranger things have happened.

Time will tell I suppose.  But I’m sleeping just fine.

UPDATE:  Upon re-reading, my poor sentence construction may have left the impression that I thought anyone taking the situation here more serious than me was “uninformed”. My intent was people who only read the MSM and see “Kim renounces Armistice” might think things are worse than they are. Kim has never kept true to the terms of the Armistice, so that statement is not particular cause for alarm.

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Things are kinda quiet around here.  Which is all well and good, drama is way overrated.  The lack of said drama just doesn’t make much room for blog worthy material.  Regular readers will no doubt note that fact has not proven much of a hinderance previously.  Therefore, in the fine tradition of LTG I give you this post about nothing.

We are between seasons in dart league, but a few of the boys were out throwing last night at Bless U Pub.  We played for beers.  Too many beers as it turns out.  Dropped by Dolce Vita on the way home to drop off my darts, and encountered my old pal (and recently married) MK hangin’ out with Jim and YJ.  I rang the bell for a round of shots.  She reciprocated.  And that was about as crazy as I get these days.

Oh, and for the commenters speculating on “the change” I promised:  I fear I inadvertantly over hyped this issue.  Yes, change is coming (very soon I expect).  I never said it was going to be a BIG change.  You will see what I’m talking about any day now.  Literally.

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My previous post “Time for a change” was in retrospect a bit more cryptic than I intended.  And then I inadvertantly exacerbated the situation by not posting any updates.  Which generated a couple of comments:

What?
Got married?
Got fired?
Got impailed by a Korean dart?
Got invited to defect to NK?

Com’on, John. . . .

Or heaven forbid, gave up your blog?????

Comment by dentoku — 05/June/2009 @ 9:37 pm |Edit This

It’s a surprise

Been there, done that

Not yet, but I’m going to fire myself in 18 months

I’ve managed to avoid being stuck, struck, poked or punctured thus far.

No, but I did have a dream once that I participated in a commando raid to assaianate kill Kim Jong Il.

I expect this blog will be around as long as I am, for better or worse.

Korea is my home now.

The change is coming, or so I’m told.  Look for it!

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Stay tuned.

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Well, trouble may be brewing with the folks north of the border.  Although I don’t think anything approaching a resumption of hostilities is imminent, I believe everyone expects some type of provocation by Mr. Kim, Jong Il.  Question is what type and where?

A situation like this calls for a repeat viewing of Team America: World Police.  Which I did just the other night. 

There is no disputing that Mr. Kim is an asshole.  I guess we will find out soon if the USA is gonna be a dick or a pussy.

Pussies don’t like dicks, because pussies get fucked by dicks. But dicks also fuck assholes: assholes that just want to shit on everything. Pussies may think they can deal with assholes their way. But the only thing that can fuck an asshole is a dick, with some balls. The problem with dicks is: they fuck too much or fuck when it isn’t appropriate - and it takes a pussy to show them that. But sometimes, pussies can be so full of shit that they become assholes themselves… because pussies are an inch and half away from ass holes. I don’t know much about this crazy, crazy world, but I do know this: If you don’t let us fuck this asshole, we’re going to have our dicks and pussies all covered in shit!

(My favorite quote from Team America.)

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Ok, we all remember the ’80s with the big hair and over-the-top music videos, right?

This remix of the Bonnie Tyler classic is hilarious.  Hope you enjoy as much as I did…

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For your enjoyment:

Thanks to Chris Muir (of Day by Day fame).

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