Kim Jong-un Manages ‘Industrial Production of Kimchi’ While U.S. Awaits ‘Christmas Gift’

Kimchi is a fermented cabbage dish traditional to the Korean peninsula. Under half a century of communist rule, North Koreans have regularly endured famines and chronically suffer from malnutrition if they do not belong to the highest ranks of Kim’s Korean Workers Party (WPK). Under unprecedentedly strong sanctions for nearly two years following its last […]

 

Swedish Vegan Parents Who Nearly Starved Toddler Avoid Prison

The Gothenburg district court found both of the vegan parents guilty of gross negligence for bodily harm and handed them down a three months conditional sentence along with a fine of 60,000 Swedish krona in May, but an appeal in the High Court on Friday reduced the fine to 50,000 krona, Swedish broadcaster SVT reports. The case dates […]

 

German Police Shoot Sword Wielding Man to Death in Front of His Mother

Police in Germany said that they killed a 32-year-old man — in front of his 69-year-old mother who had been a passenger — in the Southern city of Stuttgart. The man, who was believed to be suffering from mental illness, was shot multiple times after threatening police with a 70-centimetre (2’4″) sword. The police were […]

 

Barack Obama Picks His Own Netflix Documentary Among Favorite Movies of 2019

President Obama tweeted on Sunday afternoon a list of 18 movies that he described as his favorite of the year, plus three TV series that he considered as “powerful” as movies. His list features five Netflix titles. Barack and Michelle Obama signed a lucrative production deal with Netflix in 2018 that will allow the former […]

 

Watch — Joe Biden Heckled at Campaign Event: ‘Don’t Touch Kids, You Pervert!’

Just minutes into his rally remarks, Biden was interrupted by a man who accused him of inappropriately touching others, shouting, “don’t touch kids, you pervert.” “We don’t need another old, white man running for president,” the heckler added. “This is not a Trump rally,” Biden hit back frustratedly. “This is a democracy.” Ahead of formally launching […]

 

Pete Buttigieg Turns on Joe Biden: Iraq War ‘Worst Foreign Policy Decision’ in My Lifetime

“This is an example of why years in Washington is not always the same thing as judgment,” Buttigieg said. “He supported the worst foreign policy decision made by the United States in my lifetime, which was the decision to invade Iraq.” Buttigieg commented on the war during an interview with Iowa Press on Iowa Public […]

 

Bokhari: From Utopian to Petty – Silicon Valley’s Decade of Decline

Cultural progress isn’t like technological progress. Outside of historical catastrophes like the Dark Ages, the latter marches steadily forwards, while the former often regresses. Over the past ten years, the values and ambitions of Silicon Valley have behaved in the opposite way to Moore’s Law. They’ve steadily regressed from idealism to pessimism, from libertarian to […]

 

Chuck Todd of NBC’s ‘Meet the Press’ Blames Russia for ‘Fake News’

His show, featuring guests whom he described “top players in journalism, diplomacy and technology,” claimed that “Russian tactics” of “truth manipulation” have migrated right here to the United States.” Todd’s primary culprit: the Trump administration, which he noted on day one pushed “an easily disprovable lie about his inaugural crowd size.” He ignored the other […]

 

Nolte: 53 Greatest Movies of the 21st Century… So Far (23-14)

Don’t say that, Raimunda, or I’ll start crying. And ghosts don’t cry. Writer-director Pedro Almodóvar finds the perfect vehicle for his muse Penélope Cruz in this wonderful fairy tale that has more curves than Cruz’s red dress and more twists than a Hitchcock thriller. At first we’re led to believe this is a movie about […]

 

CNN’s Navarro Calls on Biden to Comply with Questions About Ukraine — ‘He Needs to Know How to Deal with It’

During Monday’s “New Day” on CNN, network commentator Ana Navarro called on former Vice President Joe Biden to comply with questions regarding his and his son’s dealings with Ukraine. Navarro said with Biden running for president, questions about Ukraine will continue to come up, adding he “needs to know how to deal with it” rather […]