Sarah Palin Just Better Watch Her Mouth Now, 'Cause Dear Leader Kim Jong-il May Be Listening

North Korea rocket launch provokes global outcryMostly interesting here is speculation on the health of Dear Leader.

In recent times top American intelligence officials have told Congress they believe Mr. Kim is back in charge of the country, but they admit considerable mystery surrounds the question of whether he has regained all of his faculties.

Obvious question as to KJ-i's faculties aide, the straight dope on the firecracker is provided by

David C. Wright, a senior scientist at the Union of Concerned Scientists, a private group in Cambridge, Mass.,  [who] said the North Korean rocket might be able to lift a small satellite of 220 pounds into an orbit some 250 miles high. If used as a ballistic missile, he added, the rocket might throw a warhead of 2,200 pounds to a distance of some 3,700 miles — far enough to hit parts of Alaska.

We weren't kidding, Governor Palin. Shhh.