YouTube Mika Brzezinski on Wednesday ripped into Secretary of State Mike Pompeo after he deflected questions on the killing of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi during an interview with “Fox & Friends.” The MSNBC host said, “Are the pathetic deflections that we just heard – is that a patriot speaking? Or a wannabe dictator’s butt boy?” […]
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Blippar’s celebrity face-mashing app is filled with pictures of killers, terrorists, and dictators
Business Insider A new app from augmented reality startup Blippar lets you superimpose your face onto celebrities like Mariah Carey and Mark Wahlberg — but also inadvertently suggests serial killers, terrorists, and even the artwork of Adolf Hitler. FaceJam is marketed as a lighthearted way to put your face on a celebrity’s, and as a […]
How North Korean leader Kim Jong Un became one of the world’s scariest dictators
Reuters/KCNA KCNA For the past 50 years, the world has grown used to crazy threats from North Korea that don’t lead anywhere. But the threats have taken a decidedly sharper and more ominous tone under Kim Jong Un, the third supreme leader of the hermit kingdom. North Korea has carried out several nuclear tests under […]
Trump may be cozy with dictators, but the US military has been camping in their backyards for years
David Greedy/Getty Images Much outrage has been expressed in recent weeks over President Donald Trump’s invitation for a White House visit to Rodrigo Duterte, president of the Philippines, whose “war on drugs” has led to thousands of extrajudicial killings. Criticism of Trump was especially intense given his similarly warm public support for other authoritarian rulers, like Egypt’s Abdel Fatah el-Sisi […]