North Korea vowed Tuesday to further launch what it claims to be satellites into space as it marked the first anniversary of firing off a long-range rocket in defiance of international condemnation.
Some of them might actually fly a long range, too...
The successful launch of North Korea's satellite, named "Kwangmyongsong-4," in 2016 confirmed the country as a space program powerhouse, according to the Rodong Sinmun, the North's main newspaper.
The placing of the satellite into orbit was viewed by outside experts as Pyongyang's effort to test its long-range ballistic missile technology. In December 2012, Pyongyang also fired-off a long-range rocket.
"We will launch more satellites at the time and in the place decided by the Workers' Party of Korea," the newspaper said.
North Korean leader Fat Boy Kim Jong-un said in his New Year's address that the country has entered the final stage of test-firing an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM).
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I have read that Kwangmyongsong-4 is in a polar orbit frequently over the US and could be guided into North America at some point in time. Not sure this is true.
I do wonder why NK didn't launch something after Trump's inauguration?
North Korean leader Fat Boy Kim Jong-un has sacked the chief of his secret services amid ongoing power struggles in the reclusive country.
The Unification Ministry on Friday said the North's State Security Minister Kim Won-hong was dismissed in mid-January on charges of corruption and abuse of power. He was demoted from a four-star to a one-star general.
...and then stood in front of an anti-aircraft gun...
Several vice ministers appear to have been executed. Unification Ministry spokesman Jeong Joon-hee said Kim is still under "intense" investigation.
The puerile Kim Jong-un unprecedentedly admitted "shortcomings" as a leader in his New Year's address last month. This appears to have been a prod to other officials to make similar confessions, which could be used to justify a widespread purge.
Choe Kyong-hui, a researcher at Hanyang University and North Korean defector, said, "Since Pudgy Kim Jong-un rose to power, the Workers Party, military and cabinet have all experienced purges, but the state security apparatus had been left untouched. As the corpulent Kim marks his sixth year in power, he seems to be turning to secret service and law enforcement agencies to complete his overhaul of the system."
Other pundits say the sacking of Kim Won-hong is a precursor to a nationwide purge. In his New Year's address, the cognac swilling Kim ordered the mobilization of all North Koreans, which could mean not only press-ganging ordinary people into major construction projects but also a purge of officials who fail to meet deadlines or cut corners.
The North Korean elite is already on edge, and they are likely to get more jittery. One source said one director in the Workers Party died during interrogation by the State Security Ministry even though he had been praised by Suet Face Kim Jong-un for his good work. "There is a chance of an intensifying power struggle as senior party officials seek to settle vendettas," the source added.
The butcher Kim has carried out several brutal purges since he came to power in late 2011 to strengthen his grip among entrenched privilege.
The Institute for National Security Strategy here said in a recent white paper that the North Korean regime has executed 340 officials and ordinary people, including Kim Jong-un's uncle Jang Song-taek, who had arrogated most of the trade with China to himself.
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was dismissed in mid-January on charges of corruption and abuse of power
I thought that was a job description in NORK's Politburo?
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[Breitbart] Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán has expressed surprise at the "neurotic reactions" of European Union (EU) politicians to President Donald J. Trump’s executive order on ’Protecting the Nation from Terrorist Attacks by Foreign Nationals’, noting that "it isn’t Europe’s business".
"The United States is not a member of the European Union; it is an independent state and as such has the right to determine its own border, foreign and migration policies," reads a statement on the Hungarian government’s official website.
"[T]his is something the United States has a right to do," the Fidez leader emphasised. "It makes absolutely no difference what we think about this ... We should be concentrating on ourselves and should be dealing with our own problems instead of criticising the United States."
[Liberty Alliance] As the media tries to blame President Donald J. Trump for a failed raid on a Yemen terror compound by the U.S. military coupled with his recent temporary moratorium on travel from a list of seven terror-exporting countries, the media is in a full blown effort to undermine the president’s efforts to fight terror. To remind the world just how dangerous ISIS and its compatriots are, the Trump administration released a list of 78 terror attacks that the media is trying desperately to ignore in the hopes you, the American people, will never learn of them.
#4
Once again, for the sake of security, the President of the United States can order a naval blockade of an entire county (Cuban missile crisis 1962) but cannot delay the visas of foreigners wishing to come to the U.S. ?
#6
It seems highly likely that al Qaeda was tipped off to this raid. After all, there are still a lot of Obama operatives in Trump’s government and all of them want to see Trump fail.
Maybe. Maybe not. But I'd be setting out decoys to see if and who takes the bait.
[Free Beacon] Leading senators on Tuesday unveiled landmark immigration reform legislation that would limit the number of refugees permitted into the United States each year and eventually cut total immigration to America by 50 percent, according to a preview of the legislation viewed by the Washington Free Beacon.
Sens. David Perdue (R., Ga.) and Tom Cotton (R., Ark.) revealed the Reforming American Immigration for Strong Employment Act, or RAISE Act, which aims to boost wages for Americans by slicing immigration levels and recalibrating the system to accommodate those seeking employment in the American workforce.
The legislation seeks to build upon President Donald Trump’s immigration vision and his recent executive order placing a temporary hold on immigration for individuals coming from several countries designated as primary terrorism hotspots.
The bill would cap the number of permanent refugees permitted in the United States to 50,000 per year, which the lawmakers say is in line with average numbers during the past 13 years.
Within its first year of implementation, the immigration plan would reduce the number of individuals granted legal status by 41 percent and then steadily rise to a 50 percent reduction by its tenth year, according to a statistic provided by the senators and based on models established by Princeton and Harvard professors.
Overall immigration would be lowered to 637,960 within the first year of implementation and to 539,958 by year 10, according to these models. This would account for a 50 percent reduction over 2015 levels, which topped out at 1,051,031, according to information provided by the lawmakers.
"We are taking action to fix some of the shortcomings in our legal immigration system," Perdue said in a statement to the Free Beacon. "Returning to our historically normal levels of legal immigration will help improve the quality of American jobs and wages."
The goal of the legislation is to shift the immigration system in the favor of skilled workers. The net benefit of this recalibration would be to the advantage of all American workers with lower-skilled jobs, the lawmakers maintain.
Employment-based visas would become the main priority under the new plan.
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...And while we're at it, let's pass a law stopping the cutesy acronyms for laws.
'RAISE'...Good grief.
Mike
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Ditto Mike.
I've got nothing against immigration that is legal and works to skim the cream from the world. BUT, let's not bring in millions who need to be trained up to become decent Americans when we have a large pool of people that are already Americans that need that help.
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H1-B visas are a problem
EB visas are a problem
low skill emigration a problem
big problem not mentioned is the overstaying of Visas i.e., people who come legally and then become illegal when visa expires. This is exacerbated by the sanctuary cities.
The VERIFY program, if it fixed a few glitches and then was applied more broadly than now could help with this. Also, beginning to name and shame sanctuary cities then start cutting off fed funding to them would help.
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EB visas are a problem
So true. Working a visa fraud case on this. Rife w/fraud and essentially a license to print money. ChiComms are all over this. I guess they are just doing the work Americans won't do.
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All intelligent, mature, authentically informed people know that it's time to hit the pause button.
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Enumerated powers of Congress (not the courts).
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They should just return to historical immigration numbers and start to favor immigrants from India for awhile.
PLEASE! No more Indians! And I say that as someone that is married to an Indian. I want a moratorium on all immigration for 20 years. Or, only whites for the next 20 years.
[Breitbart] One hundred Syrian refugees rushed into the country on Monday, the first full week day after Federal District Judge James Robart issued a temporary restraining order halting key elements of President Donald Trump’s immigration executive order, "Protecting the Nation from Foreign Terrorist Entry into the United States."
A total of 113 refugees from three countries entered the United States on Monday, according to the State Department’s interactive website: 100 were from Syria, 12 were from Iraq, and one was from Somalia.
The three were among the seven countries on which President Trump imposed a temporary ban in the issuance of visas by an executive order President Trump signed on January 27 and which Judge Robarts stopped nationwide with a temporary restraining order Friday.
The other four countries on that list were Iran, Libya, Yemen, and Sudan.
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North Korea vowed Tuesday to further launch what it claims to be satellites into space as it marked the first anniversary of firing off a long-range rocket in defiance of international condemnation.
North Korean leader 
[Breitbart] One hundred Syrian refugees rushed into the country on Monday, the first full week day after Federal District Judge James Robart issued a temporary restraining order halting key elements of President Donald Trump’s immigration executive order, "Protecting the Nation from Foreign Terrorist Entry into the United States."
