Thursday, April 25, 2019

"No bond for California veteran suspected in attack on North Korean Embassy in Spain"

LAT:
A U.S. Marine veteran from Southern California was part of a group of dissidents wielding machetes and fake guns when they stormed the North Korean Embassy in Madrid and tied up and beat officials inside, federal prosecutors alleged in a criminal complaint released Tuesday.

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Free Joseon, also known as the Cheollima Civil Defense group, styles itself as a government in exile dedicated to toppling the ruling Kim family dynasty in North Korea.

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As the other members of the group fled in the stolen embassy vehicles, Hong Chang hailed an Uber using the alias “Oswaldo Trump.”

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Three North Korean students went to the embassy, jumped over a fence and ran inside to free the workers who were still tied up.

Ten funny tweets

















































*More funny posts.

Plaque honoring Spock's mom; Tribble skirt











*Previously: The lost episode of Star Trek The Next Generation, written by the author of The Trouble With Tribbles.

Wednesday, April 24, 2019

Spider-Man: Life Story #3 cover



By ACO.

"Rare and Historic Northrop Flying Wing Crashes Into Prison Yard In California"

"the bright yellow flying wing came down inside the yard at the California Rehabilitation Center, a state prison facility."

"The father of [two of the suicide bombers] is a senior and wealthy businessman in Sri Lanka who ran a large spice trading company"

Telegraph:
most of the suicide bombers were “well-educated and come from middle or upper-middle class,” adding that they were “financially quite independent.” Some held law degrees,”

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“We believe one of the suicide bombers studied in the UK and then later on did his postgraduate in Australia, before coming back to settle in Sri Lanka,”

USC's new drum major with her sword



And her predecessor: