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(VIDEO) North Korean Propaganda Is More Subtle Than Kimberly Guilfoyle’s Dark, Dark Speech 24AUG20

THIS is priceless! hitler would have tossed eva braun off the berghof if this crazy schlempe had been around! 

North Korean Propaganda Is More Subtle Than Kimberly Guilfoyle’s Dark, Dark Speech

We tested that theory by scoring her speech with orchestral propaganda music from the Hermit Kingdom.

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Kimberly Guilfoyle, a former Fox News host and current Trump campaign senior adviser, gave a bizarre, almost militaristically enthusiastic speech Monday night, the first night of the Republican National Convention. It was so deliriously pitched, intoned with such fervor, that it rivaled propaganda more commonly associated with state-run television. “President Trump believes in you. He emancipates and lifts you up to live your American Dream!” she boomed, capping a speech that seemed to make way more sense with ominous orchestral music in the background.

So that’s what our producer Mark Helenowski did: He scored it with North Korean propaganda music.

NPR DAILY HEADLINES: New Missiles In North Korea; Misleading Amazon Reviews; Bubble Tea Battle 31JUL18

Daily Headlines Tuesday, July 31, 2018

FIRST UP North Korea Reportedly Building More Intercontinental Ballistic Missiles Satellite imagery suggests North Korea may be building new ICBMs at a facility on the outskirts of Pyongyang, according to a Washington Post report published Monday. The news follows the June summit in Singapore between U.S. and North Korean leaders, after which President Trump tweeted, "There is no longer a Nuclear Threat from North Korea." Read more. Positive Amazon Reviews May Have Been Bought and Sold The giant online marketplace has fostered a separate, shadow marketplace where positive product reviews can also be purchased. NPR spoke with several people who write these comments for money, and outside auditors found that more than half of the reviews for certain popular items are questionable. Read more. Rest In Power: A Look Back At Trayvon Martin's Death Andrew Burton/Getty Images A six-episode cable series re-examines the 2012 shooting of 17-year-old Trayvon Martin in Florida; the trial of Martin's shooter, George Zimmerman; and the polarizing social movements that emerged. "Trayvon was the victim in this case," his father, Tracy Martin, told NPR’s Karen Grigsby Bates. "They tried to make him the villain in this case." Read more. North Dakota Prison Officials Are Rethinking Solitary Confinement Following a trip to examine Norway’s prison system, the state’s correctional administrators have implemented changes that drastically reduce the number of inmates in isolation and offer them therapy. A growing consensus among officials views “solitary” as both cruel and ineffective. Read more.

DIGGING DEEPER Flaws And Fraud In Hospice Care A new federal report finds that some hospice providers are improperly taking money from Medicare and neglecting patients even as funding for the industry continues to grow. The inspector general for the Department of Health and Human Services says the agency needs to step up reviews of hospice providers to ensure patients are treated properly and Medicare isn't getting bilked. The report cited other distressing findings. Some dying patients got fewer services on weekends, regardless of the patient's level of pain. One hospice provider billed Medicare for two weeks of high-level care without visiting the patient; another provider just called the man's family to see how he was faring. The report mentioned a scam where hospice providers targeted people already in nursing homes or assisted living centers, then billing Medicare for services that patients were already getting. The cost to the government? Four times as much as basic, in-home hospice care. In 2012, Medicare spent $268 million for inpatient hospice care that patients didn't need. The agency’s Inspector General has 15 recommendations for improvements. But the Administrator for the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid, Seema Verma, rejected half of them. BEFORE YOU GO Courtesy of Starz Kendrick Lamar’s TV debut: he’s got, he’s got, he’s got, he’s got seriously impressive acting chops inside his DNA.  San Francisco is banning plastic straws — the preferred sippy utensil of the city’s 200+ bubble tea shops. Nine states filed a last-minute lawsuit to stop a Texas company from publishing instructions for 3-D-printed guns. “Joy is better than crack” — Tiffany Haddish, at the Just For Laughs comedy festival in Montreal. A shark named Ms. Helen was smuggled out of the San Antonio Aquarium in a stroller. Today's newsletter was written by Korva Coleman and Patrick Jarenwattananon.

DEMOCRACY NOW!: Mexico's Leftist President-elect AMLO Promises Sweeping Changes on Corruption, Poverty, Drug War 3JUL18

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Tuesday, July 3, 2018 democracynow.org Stories Mexico's Leftist President-elect AMLO Promises Sweeping Changes on Corruption, Poverty, Drug War In a landslide, voters have elected Andrés Manuel López Obrador to be Mexico’s next president. The former mayor of Mexico City—who is known as AMLO—will ... Read More → Asylum Seekers on U.S.-Mexico Border Are Waiting for Days in the Hot Sun, Told the U.S. Is "Full" As the Trump administration accuses migrants of illegally entering the United States, Democracy Now! went to the international bridge in Brownsville, Texas, ... Read More → Airport Worker "Heartbroken" Witnessing Waves of Migrant Children Silently Flown Around the Country While reporting from the U.S.-Mexico border, Democracy Now! saw firsthand how migrant children separated from their parents are being sent around the country. ... Read More → Headlines → Pompeo to Head to North Korea for Third Time U.N. Urges Jordan to Open Border as 270,000 Syrians Flee Fighting in Daraa Federal Judge: U.S. Can’t Arbitrarily Detain Asylum Seekers HHS Refuses to Say How Many Separated Children Remain in Custody 18 Arrested in Los Angeles at ICE Protest 3-Year-Old Ethiopian Refugee Dies After Stabbing at Birthday Party in Idaho Trump Refuses to Lower Flags for Victims of Capital Gazette Shooting Rhode Island Files Landmark Lawsuit Against 21 Oil Companies EPA Chief Scott Pruitt Keeps Secret Calendar to Hide Meetings with Industry Figures “I Urge You to Resign”: A Mother Confronts Pruitt at Restaurant Trump Meets with Four Possible Supreme Court Nominees Michael Cohen Indicates He Will Work with Prosecutors Trump Urges NATO Allies to Increase Military Spending New Charges Against Harvey Weinstein Could Result in Life Sentence Thailand Races to Rescue Youth Soccer Team Trapped in Cave Report: Melania Trump Made Over $100K in Royalties from Photos Licensed to Media

Amid Olympic Détente, Pence Snubs North Koreans In Visit To Pyeongchang 10FEB18

A Christian interested in achieving peace would have taken advantage of the opportunity to discuss concerns about n korea's nuclear weapons, weapons of mass destruction as well as the widespread and brutal human rights violations of kim jong-un's regime with kim yo jong and kim yong nam. Instead NOT MY vp pence showed the world he can be as petty and ignorant as the n korean government delegation at the Pyeongchang Olympic Winter Games ( they did not attempt to meet pence, but we are supposed to be better that them ).  From NPR......

Amid Olympic Détente, Pence Snubs North Koreans In Visit To Pyeongchang

February 10, 201811:20 PM ET

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Kim Yong Nam, top left, president of the Presidium of North Korean Parliament, and Kim Yo Jong, sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, top right, sit behind U.S. Vice President Mike Pence, bottom left, and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, bottom right, as they watch the opening ceremony of the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea.

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Vice President Mike Pence is facing backlash for his staunch efforts to ignore North Korean officials at the Winter Olympic Games, even as the two Koreas continued their temporary truce, marching and competing as one team.

Pence's cold demeanor toward the North Koreans at the Pyeongchang games was overshadowed by friendly cooperation between the North and South. The vice president also drew criticism from some openly gay members of Team USA, who questioned his role at the Olympics due to his anti-LGBT views.

Pence continued his tough rhetoric even after South Korean officials announced North Korean leader Kim Jong Un had invited President Moon Jae-in to Pyongyang for talks. He insisted on Saturday that the U.S., South Korea and Japan were united in their goal of isolating North Korea over the country's nuclear weapons program.

"There is no daylight between the United States, the Republic of Korea and Japan on the need to continue to isolate North Korea economically and diplomatically until they abandon their nuclear and ballistic missile program," Pence told reporters aboard a flight back to the U.S.

In the days leading up to the Olympics, Pence warned that the North was trying to "hijack the message and imagery" of the event with a propaganda campaign, according to Reuters.

Prior to the opening ceremony on Friday night, Pence arrived late to a dinner reception between the two Koreas and greeted everyone at a main table except for Kim Yong Nam, North Korea's nominal head of state, Reuters reports. He left the reception five minutes later.

"South Korea has some difficult homework to solve regarding some countries," President Moon said in a speech before Pence arrived. "There are some who would not want to be in the same room together if it wasn't for the Pyeongchang Winter Olympics. But what is more important than anything is that we are together."

In a rare public moment, President Moon shook hands with Kim Yo Jong, the younger sister of Kim Jong Un, at start of the opening ceremony. Pence, who was seated just a few feet away from Kim, did not appear acknowledge her. Then when the Korean team entered the stadium under a unified flag, Pence sat stone-faced while Moon and North Korean officials stood together in applause.

A senior White House official said Pence was not trying to avoid the delegation from North Korea but rather ignore them, according to the AP. Asia experts said Pence's sour conduct toward the North Koreans could be seen as disrespectful to the South Korean hosts, who were demonstrating a moment of harmony with the North.

"The grievances that the world has about North Korea are very legitimate," Frank Jannuzi, an expert on East Asia at the Mansfield Foundation told the AP. "But the Olympic moment that President Moon is trying to generate here is not a time to nurse those grievances. It's a time to focus on messages of reconciliation and peace."

The vice president's visit was also marked by bad blood between Pence and some U.S. athletes. Openly gay American freestyle skier Gus Kenworthy took a swipe at Pence in an Instagram post, posing with fellow openly gay figure skater Adam Rippon.

"I feel incredibly honored to be here in Korea competing for the US and I'm so proud to be representing the LGBTQ community alongside this amazing guy! Eat your heart out, Pence," Kenworthy wrote.

In January, Rippon criticized Pence's role in the Olympics, citing the widespread belief that the vice president supports gay conversion therapy. In an appearance on Ellen earlier this month, Kenworthy called out Pence, saying he has "directly attacked the LGBT community."

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Winter Olympics Opening Ceremony: Pyeongchang Welcomes The World

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Bigger Than Ever, And More Diverse: Team USA At The 2018 Winter Olympics

CorrectionFeb. 11, 2018

An earlier version of this story stated that the vice president supports "gay conversation therapy." It should have said "conversion therapy."

Republican Sen. Bob Corker Warns Trump Taking U.S. Toward “World War III” & Trump Threatens War on North Korea, Saying, “Only One Thing Will Work!” 8&7OKT17

NOT MY president drumpf/trump is as serious a threat to the security and existence of the Korean peninsula and much of Northeast China, Japan and Southeast Russia as kim jong-un. Neither show the mental stability, the maturity or the intelligence to be in control of nuclear weapons, and the rest of the world has real reason to fear what Sen bob corker r TN had the courage to say out loud "Republican Sen. Bob Corker Warns Trump Taking U.S. Toward “World War III”.What Sen corker will not mention and apologize for is his endorsement of drumpf/trump for president. Sen corker helped create this very dangerous situation and his solution is to not run for re-election. NOW is the time for sane republicans in congress to start working with Democrats to constitutionally remove drumpf/trump from office, the question is will they start soon enough? From DemocracyNow!.....

The powerful head of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Tennessee Republican Bob Corker, warned Sunday that President Trump is treating the presidency like “a reality show” and setting the U.S. “on the path to World War III.” Sen. Corker made the comments to The New York Times after Trump spent much of the weekend threatening war with North Korea, and after Trump attacked Corker on Twitter Sunday morning, saying the senator “didn’t have the guts” to run for re-election and claiming Corker dropped out after begging unsuccessfully for Trump’s endorsement. That prompted Corker to respond on Twitter, “It’s a shame the White House has become an adult day care center. Someone obviously missed their shift this morning.”

Trump Threatens War on North Korea, Saying, “Only One Thing Will Work!”

The president’s spat with Sen. Corker came as Trump repeated threats of war against North Korea throughout the weekend, tweeting, “Presidents and their administrations have been talking to North Korea for 25 years, agreements made and massive amounts of money paid hasn’t worked, agreements violated before the ink was dry, makings fools of U.S. negotiators. Sorry, but only one thing will work!” In brief comments to reporters Saturday, Trump was asked to clarify that remark—as well as a cryptic comment he made last week during a meeting with top generals in which he warned about about the “calm before the storm.”

Reporter: “Can you clarify your 'calm before the storm' comment?”

President Donald Trump: “Nothing—nothing to clarify.”

Reporter: “What is the 'one thing' that will work regarding North Korea?”

President Donald Trump: “Well, you’ll figure that out pretty soon.”

Again, in that clip, a reporter asks, “What is the 'one thing' that will work regarding North Korea?” Trump responds, “Well, you’ll figure that out pretty soon.” Trump’s threats came as North Korea’s central news agency accused the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency of plotting unsuccessfully to assassinate leader Kim Jong-un last May.