Kim Jong Un

(ANTIMEDIA Op-ed)  — In America’s latest show of force on the Korean Peninsula, U.S. jets flew further north of the demilitarized zone than they have at any time in this century. The flight followed a week of name-calling from both the U.S. and North Korea during which nothing of any substance — suggestions on how to scale back tensions, for example — was uttered.

As President Trump taunts North Korea’s leader with schoolyard insults, the terrifying possibility is that his threat to “totally destroy” a country of 25 million people could involve the U.S. in another genocide, warns David Marks.

Missile command, martial law and future dead cops + this day in history w/Jimmy Carter's UFO report and our song of the day by Rostam on your Morning Monarchy for September 18, 2017.

(ZHE) — During an appearance CNN’s “State of the Union” Sunday morning, US Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley admitted something that most of the international community – perhaps including Kim Jong Un himself – has known for weeks: The United Nations Security Council has just about reached the limit of its ability to economically punish North Korea.

“China does not hold the key to resolving the Korean peninsula nuclear issue. Those who tied the knots are responsible for untying [them].”

Reporter Evan Osnos' letter from Pyongyang-- The Risk of Nuclear War With North Korea in the new issue of the New Yorker-- begins with "The Madman Theory." We all know Trump is mentally unstable, to put it mildly, but is Kim Jong Un as crazy? Crazier? Could either of those two misanthropes blunder into a nuclear war?

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With the U.S. touting another round of unanimously-passed sanctions as the cure-all for the situation in North Korea (DPRK), there are grounds for concern that President Donald Trump himself may pose a major hurdle to their successful implementation.

The enduring octopus, planted computers and extended battery life + this day in history w/another other 9/11 and our song of the day by Marilyn Manson on your Morning Monarchy for September 12, 2017.

Must flee TV, crumbling empires and mixed feelings + this day in history w/The Hoboken Four and our song of the day by Lamb on your Morning Monarchy for September 8, 2017.