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Foreign Intelligence Brief #345: On Kim Jong Il & The Word Of God

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OMG, the Tea Party people were right about Barack Obama being an Indonesian muslim!

Speaking of batshit crazy, North Korea proves more worrisome than it did yesterday, shelling South Korea in an effort to draw attention to its insanity.

But not to worry. U.S. nuke drivers are on the case, boozing on the job.

The saddest thing about American democracy in the 21st century? The damage that newly elected chump change officials can do is now global:

Illinois’s Shimkus says climate change is real, a fact he observed while traveling to Greenland. However, he told Politico, there’s no reason to worry, since God promised Moses after the great flood that he wouldn’t deluge the world again. “I do believe in the Bible as the final word of God,” he said. “And I do believe that God said the Earth would not be destroyed by a flood.”

Meanwhile, in saner pastures: “The fringes of the coldest continent are starting to feel the heat, with the northern Antarctic Peninsula warming faster than virtually any place on Earth. These rapidly rising temperatures represent the first breach in the enormous frozen dome that holds 90 percent of the world’s ice.”

Change train on the rails in Iran as parliamentarians try to legally oust Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. As Yoda would say, “Try? There is no try. Only do”. Keep give’ner.

Hope. Gay men who take new daily pill 44% less likely to become infected with H.I.V.

A female New Yorker on film reacting in real time to a subway flasher. “That’s it!” You’re getting fucking arrested. I’m not leaving your side. My plans are done for tonight. I’m escorting you to the police station. Oh fucking yes.

Old media discovers Twitter, continues to implode.

Bonus: Nicholas Cage loses his shit.

On Ken Sim’s So-Called “Swagger” and ABC’S Class War

Sean Orr is back from his hiatus with a rundown of the local headlines that have been running on a ticker tape through his mind over the past six months...

On Post-Election Recuperation, Platform Paradoxes and Refund Communities

In his latest read of the local news headlines, Sean Orr finds irony in "safety, affordability, and sustainability", and shouts out a bunch of amazing local organizations working on the frontlines.

On Running for City Council, Playing Whack-a-Mole with Homelessness, and the Public Washroom Deficit

In his latest read of the local news headlines, Sean Orr finds a park ranger with a grudge, a gross misuse of air quotes and Tripadvisor slander.

On Living in a City Preoccupied with Street Cleaning, Chandeliers, and Campaigns Against the Homeless

In his latest read of the local news headlines, Sean Orr hones in on the recent Langley shootings, and the ongoing criminalizing and dehumanizing of the homeless population.