But the missile systems that figure in Mr. Kim’s blitz of threats and orders do not yet have the range to approach American shores. There is no evidence his nuclear weapons can be shrunk to fit atop a missile. And a prominent photograph showing Mr. Kim’s military making a Normandy-style beach landing appears to have been manufactured, raising questions about whether his forces could possibly repeat the feat his grandfather pulled off in 1950, ordering a ground attack to open the Korean War.

On top of all that, most countries on the verge of a major military assault do not broadcast their battle plans to the world.

“You would expect such a military order to be issued in secret,” said Kim Min-seok, spokesman of the South Korean Defense Ministry. “We believe that by revealing it to the media and publicizing it to the world, North Korea is playing psychology.”

In fact, it is the abilities that Mr. Kim is not showing off that have the Obama administration most worried. The cyberattacks on South Korea’s banking system and television broadcasters two weeks ago were surprisingly successful, as was the torpedo attack three years ago this week on the Cheonan, a naval corvette, that killed 46 South Korean sailors. The North has never acknowledged involvement in either — though the South believes it was responsible for both and so do American experts.

pacino wrote:Tom Corbett prefers the eventual federal takeover for all medical insurance, so he formally rejected hte Medicaid money, for the second time, just to let everyone in the PA republican party not to primary him. the feds will now control its entire implementation.

TenuredVulture wrote:

pacino wrote:Tom Corbett prefers the eventual federal takeover for all medical insurance, so he formally rejected hte Medicaid money, for the second time, just to let everyone in the PA republican party not to primary him. the feds will now control its entire implementation.

But there's two parts here--one is setting up the exchanges, which happens one way or the other, the other is the expansion of Medicaid using federal money, which states can do if they wish (if they are even more foolish than Arkansas Republicans). Has Pennsy refused the free federal dollars?

Bucky wrote:are you saying they should have eliminated corbett