South Korea and US hold emergency call over Putin’s likely visit to North Korea In an emergency phone call, South Korea ’s vice foreign minister Kim Hong-kyun and US deputy secretary of state Kurt Campbell agreed to closely monitor developments and respond to any North Korean ... 06/13/2024 - 10:43 pm | View Link
Explainer: Why Vladimir Putin may visit North Korea As Russia's isolation from the West over its war in Ukraine has grown, analysts say it has seen increasing value in North Korea. For North Korea's part, relations with Russia haven't always been as ... 06/13/2024 - 6:18 pm | View Link
North Korea Sent Russia Millions of Artillery Shells, South Korea Says Shin Wonsik said in an interview with Bloomberg News that Seoul has detected at least 10,000 shipping containers being sent from North Korea to Russia, which could hold as many as 4.8 million ... 06/13/2024 - 6:03 pm | View Link
South Korea, US warn against North Korea-Russia military ties ahead of Putin visit Senior officials of South Korea and the United States held an emergency phone call over a possible impending visit by Russian President Vladimir Putin to North Korea, Seoul's foreign ministry said on ... 06/13/2024 - 5:31 pm | View Link
Explainer-Why Putin May Visit North Korea North Korea has reciprocated with public support for Moscow after Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022. It was one of the only countries to recognise the independence of ... 06/13/2024 - 4:08 pm | View Link
He meant well! Via the Palm Beach Post:
A school district employee participating in armed "guardian" certification accidentally shot themselves at the Palm Beach County Sheriff's Office gun range on Monday, June 10, according to the Palm Beach County School District and sheriff's office.
The civilian employee, whose name is being withheld in accordance with state law that prohibits identifying safe school officers, is in stable condition following the shooting, according to a school district spokesperson.
Authorities are investigating after vandals targeted the homes of the Brooklyn Museum's Jewish director and some board members in a cowardly act, using red-smeared paint. This act of targeting Jewish people will not help the Palestinians. What a despicable thing to do, and I'm not sure how, in their minds, they felt this was productive.
Steve Bannon was ordered to report to prison on July 1st to begin a 4 month sentence for contempt of court after failing to comply with a lawful subpoena issued by the January 6th Committee.
Immediately after being ordered to report to court, he was defiant, saying "Merrick Garland, Lisa Monaco, the entire Justice Department, they're not going to shut up Trump, they're not going to shut up Navarro, they're not going to shut up Bannon, and they're certainly not going to shut up MAGA."
Well, just a week later, Bannon has changed his tune and is now begging the Appeals Court to intervene and pretty please keep him out of prison.
Read the filing here.
In the filing, he claims this is a "landmark case." It absolutely IS NOT.
Above, RAC performs, Why Even Try. Sometimes I wonder why we even try to make sense of the media.
MPC Commentary presents, Much Ado About Hunter.
The Psy of Life asks, "Does it even matter?"
Adventus says it's all inside MAGA Baseball.
Play Typer Guy talks "West Wing."
Bonus Track: Because we are all about the music and about the art Open Culture presents Andy Warhol creating a portrait of Debbie Harry.
Round-up by Tengrain who blogs at Mock, Paper, Scissors.
Two things died recently. First, Republican dignity when Ted Lieu was done listing all of Trump's associates who are convicted felons--criminals--just like he is. Lieu went on a rant that laid out perfectly why Trump is so unfit to clean floors much less be President.
And the best part, Lieu made sure to remind Trump whose choices it was that got him where he is, and he didn't do it nicely
Second, Lieu also pointed out how Democrats like Bob Menendez and Hunter Biden have been pursued, again showing what a joke Republican claims are of a "rigged" Department of Justice.