A fake Kim Jong-Un said hi to North Korean cheerleaders, who didn’t take it well

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Guess someone was going to do it.

A Kim Jong-un impersonator went to greet North Korean cheerleaders at the Winter Olympics, and you can bet it caused quite the stir.

Only identified as Howard, the Australian man of Chinese descent attended the women’s ice hockey match between a unified Korean team and Japan on Wednesday. 

During the match, he walked over to the group of North Koreans waving a unified Korea flag — only to be pushed aside by a group of apparent DPRK minders.

Suffice it to say, the some of the North Korean cheerleaders weren’t so impressed. Read more…

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Mike and Karen Pence ‘took a seat’ to protest North and South Korean unity of all things

When North and South Korean athletes walked out together during the Pyeonchang Winter Olympics opening ceremony Friday, most people present cheered it as a sign of possible peace during a tumultuous time. 
But not Vice President Mike Pence.
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Donald Trump really wants a military parade so here’s what it might look like

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In the wake of the Washington Post’s report that Glorious Leader Donald Trump wants himself a parade to showcase America’s grand military strength, we’re wondering what the event may look like. 

We know that Trump’s love of a parade is part of what inspired his summer 2017 trip to France — where he got to hear a military band rendition of Daft Punk songs — and, thanks to yesterday’s Post scoop, we know Trump gave “marching orders” for a similar type of parade in Washington, D.C. 

While there are traditionally military elements in parades across the United States for some patriotic holidays like Independence Day and Veteran’s Day, it’s rare for the country to put on a fully fledged military show of strength (CBS reports the last one was nearly 30 years ago after victory in the first Gulf War).  Read more…

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If Trump’s tweets have this much influence over foreign policy, we’re all screwed

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Diplomacy isn’t easy … especially if your boss is Donald Trump. 

Speaking at Stanford on Wednesday, according to Vanity Fair, Secretary of State Rex Tillerson shared this fun insight into White House foreign policy:

Uhhh … what? So the secretary of state just looks at print-outs of Trump’s incoherent tweets and tries to turn them into something resembling coherent foreign policy?

Well, let’s look at what ol’ Rexy has to deal with. 

North Korean Leader Kim Jong Un just stated that the “Nuclear Button is on his desk at all times.” Will someone from his depleted and food starved regime please inform him that I too have a Nuclear Button, but it is a much bigger & more powerful one than his, and my Button works!

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) January 3, 2018 Read more…

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Twitter says Trump’s nuclear button tweet doesn’t violate its rules against abusive behavior

The president of the United States possibly made another threat of nuclear war on Twitter, but the company doesn’t seem to think the post breaks any of its rules.
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The tech industry needs to move towards responsible innovation in 2018

 It is incumbent for us, the technology community, to reach out to the regulators and legislators to help them better understand the wider impact of the things we’re working on. And it’s our responsibility to be transparent and honest with consumers about how we’re using their data and what they can expect from us. Read More

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The tech industry needs to move towards responsible innovation in 2018

 It is incumbent for us, the technology community, to reach out to the regulators and legislators to help them better understand the wider impact of the things we’re working on. And it’s our responsibility to be transparent and honest with consumers about how we’re using their data and what they can expect from us. Read More

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Thank Kim Jong Un for your crypto gains

 Due to heavy sanctions placed on the country for its nuclear weapons testing, North Korea has long run a series of “side businesses” like drug trafficking, endangered species trading, money laundering, and currency counterfeiting to provide hard cash to the Kim regime.
Naturally, bitcoin trading came next.
There are a couple of ingredients needed to perfect the North’s… Read More

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Crunch Report | U.S. Government Blames North Korea for WannaCry

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U.S. government says North Korea was behind WannaCry cyberattack and ransomware

The U.S. government has named North Korea as the source of the devastating WannaCry cyberattack. 
In a Wall Street Journal op-ed Monday, Thomas Bossert, Trump’s homeland security assistant, wrote that North Korea is “directly responsible” for th…

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