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New Research Shows ‘Harvesting Blood & Body Parts of the Young’ Could Help Achieve ‘Immortality’
2022-05-17
Could This Be the Reason Biden is Importing Unaccompanied Children?
Unaccompanied child illegal immigrants tend to be riddled with infections and parasites, and so would make terrible blood&body parts donors. A cure considerably worse than the disease of aging, in my opinion. Better — and much cheaper — to get an infusion of the intestinal fauna of some healthy old guy, whether in pill form or as an old-fashioned poop milkshake (fecal transplant, for those who prefer the Latin medicalese).
[InfoWars] No longer just a "trope in horror novels."

New scientific research by Stanford University reveals that "harvesting the blood and body parts of the young in the hope of achieving immortality" is no longer just a "trope in horror novels," but a feasible likelihood.

Yes, really.

According to a report by the Telegraph newspaper, research by Stanford shows that "infusing cerebrospinal fluid of young mice into old mice improves brain function," opening the door for similar applications to humans.

The Stanford team infused fluid from 10-week-old mice into the brains of 18-month-old mice over seven days, and found that older mice were better at remembering to associate a small electric shock with a noise and flashing light.

Closer examination showed the fluid had "woken up" processes which regenerate neurons and myelin — the fatty material that protects nerve cells within the hippocampus, the memory centre of the brain.

The study shows that the same process could be applied to anti-ageing research, and that, "Experiments are even showing that young blood itself can reverse the ageing process, perhaps even curing Alzheimer’s disease."

Elitists and transhumanists have long been interested in harvesting material from young people in a bid to pursue life-extension.

Former North Korean dictator Kim Jong-il routinely had himself injected with blood taken from young, healthy virgins in the belief that it would help him live longer.

The Telegraph report notes that, "Harvesting the blood and body parts of the young in the hope of achieving immortality has long been a familiar trope in horror novels and conspiracy theories."

Apparently, not for much longer.

"It may only be a few years before "youth transplants" finally move from the pages of gothic horror novels into the clinic," writes Sarah Knapton.
Source is just as reliable as the DM.
That’s certainly one perspective. Have you considered setting up your own blog to share it with the world?

Related from 2017: At 'Rogue' Clinic, Requests for Poop Milkshakes Are Normal
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China-Japan-Koreas
Kim Jong Un is bringing his own toilet to the Koreas summit
2018-04-27
[CBSNews] For the first time since Korean War armistice in 1953, a North Korean leader will cross into South Korean territory, when Kim Jong Un meets with South Korean President Moon Jae-in in the border village of Panmunjom.

Not only is the physical meeting of the two Korean leaders historic, merely engaging in a conversation is as well. In fact, the leaders of the two Koreas have only held talks two other times since the Korean War. The most recent of those talks took place more than a decade ago in 2007, when Kim Jong Un's father, Kim Jong-il, was in power.

The historic summit will focus on Kim Jong Un's recent vow to suspend nuclear and long-range missile tests, as well as North Korea's plans to close its nuclear test site. The Trump administration will also be keeping a close eye on the events of the summit as it prepares for a meeting between Kim and President Trump that is anticipated for May or June.

While Kim has agreed to a seat at the table, however, he is reportedly refusing to sit on any of the summit's public toilets. And accordingly to Lee Yun-keol, who worked in a North Korean Guard Command unit before defecting to South Korea in 2005, that's par for the course.

"Rather than using a public restroom, the leader of North Korea has a personal toilet that follows him around when he travels," Lee Yun-keol told the Washington Post.

The reason? They are protecting against a literal info dump.



"The leader's excretions contain information about his health status so they can't be left behind," Lee Yun-keol explained.

Similar travel considerations are reportedly made whenever the North Korean leader conducts on-site inspections of military bases and state-run factories across the country. In fact, according to the South Korean news agency DailyNK, there is a customized bathroom built into Kim's convoy of vehicles at all times.

"The restrooms are not only in Kim Jong Un's personal train but whatever small or midsize cars he is traveling with and even in special vehicles that are designed for mountainous terrain or snow," a source in South Pyongan Province familiar with Kim's Escort Command told the DailyNK in 2015. "There are multiple vehicles within the convoy so that people cannot tell which one he is in, and there is a separate car that acts as his restroom."

So, in this respect at least, it seems this historic summit is no different than Kim's other excursions. He simply always uses a personal, highly guarded toilet in "loo" of public facilities.
Guess there was a lesson in this. Hint: search "Nikita."
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China-Japan-Koreas
China and North Korea confirm Kim Jong-un visit to Beijing
2018-03-29
[Al Jazeera] North Korean leader Kim Pudge Jong-un
...the overweight, pouty-looking hereditary potentate of North Korea. Pudge appears to believe in his own divinity, but has yet to produce any loaves and fishes, so his subjects remain malnourished...
has pledged to denuclearise the Korean Peninsula during his first meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping in Beijing, according to China's state news agency.

Xinhua on Wednesday quoted Kim saying that the issue could be resolved if South Korea and the United States respond to Pyongyang's efforts "with goodwill".

"It is our consistent stand to be committed to denuclearisation on the peninsula, in accordance with the will of late President Kim Il-sung and late General Secretary Kim Jong-il," Kim said, referring to his grandfather and father, according to the statement issued by China's foreign ministry.

"The issue of denuclearisation of the Korean Peninsula can be resolved, if South Korea and the United States respond to our efforts with goodwill, create an atmosphere of peace and stability while taking progressive and synchronous measures for the realisation of peace."

Kim was also reported to have reaffirmed his willingness to meet US President Donald Trump
...New York real estate developer, described by Dems as illiterate, racist, misogynistic, and what ever other unpleasant descriptions they can think of, elected by the rest of us as 45th President of the United States...
. It was the first official mention of the planned event by North Korea.

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China-Japan-Koreas
The Tragic Fate of Otto Warmbier
2017-04-24
[US Defense Watch] University of Virginia student, Otto Warmbier, is a prisoner somewhere in the Orwellian hell hole known as North Korea. Otto Warmbier may be suffering a fate tantamount to an inmate of Dachau. At this very moment, Otto Warmbier may be starving, performing slave labor, being beaten or in fact, he may very well be dead.

The tragic fate of Otto Warmbier, is the tragic fate of the millions of North Koreans living in the Gulag Archipelago of Kim Jong-un’s totalitarian nightmare world.

Warmbier, 23, was convicted of conducting "hostile acts against the DPRK".

Mr. Warmbier was not an intelligence officer working for the CIA and his ’hostile act’ was not sabotage or espionage.

The so-called hostile act against North Korea committed by college student Warmbier, (who was travelling with a tour group called Young Pioneer Tours), was purloining a propaganda poster off the wall of the Yanggakdo Hotel in Pyongyang with the inscription, "Let’s arm ourselves strongly with Kim Jong-il’s patriotism!"

Stealing or harming a poster or other items with the name or image of one of North Korea’s past or present lunatic asylum leaders is considered a serious crime against the state.
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China-Japan-Koreas
Who is Kim Han-Sol, son of slain Kim Jong-nam and heir to North Korean regime?
2017-03-08
The son of Kim Jong-nam, the half-brother of North Korean ruler Kim Jong-un assassinated in Malaysia on 13 February, made a rare video appearance, speaking publicly for the first time since his father's death.

The video was published on 7 March by the Cheollima Civil Defense, an organisation that focuses on rescuing North Korean defectors and refugees, and appeared to show the 21-year-old, who identified himself as "Kim Han-sol from North Korea, part of the Kim family".

Who is Kim Han-sol?

Kim Han-sol first attracted international attention when he moved to Bosnia to study at the United World College in Mostar, an international boarding school offering a multicultural learning environment and a mission to create a peaceful and sustainable future. He was the first North Korean student to attend the school, and indeed one of the first members of the secretive North Korean ruling family to be interviewed in Western media.

Speaking to Finnish broadcaster YLE in 2012, Kim Han-sol talked about his life, his relationship to his family and his hopes for the future.

Born in North Korea, he said he lived an ordinary yet isolated life in the country, until he moved to Macau after his father, who had been tipped to be the first in line to Kim Jong-il succession, reportedly fell out of favour with the regime after attempting to enter Japan to visit Disneyland with a fake passport in 2011. He would still come back to North Korea to visit his relatives, presumably his mother's family as he said he never met his paternal grandfather.

At his school in Macau he met people from other countries, including the US and South Korea, which sparked a desire about seeing more of the world and leaving Macau to study elsewhere. After graduating from UWC Mostar, Kim Han-sol moved to France in 2013 to study for a Bachelor degree in social science at the Sciences Po campus of Le Havre, where students follow the Europe-Asia programme. Following the assassination of Kim Jong-un's uncle Jang Song-thaek, Kim Han-sol was assigned police protection and asked journalists to leave him alone, as reported by South Korean media.

Where is Kim Han-sol now?

His current whereabouts are unknown. South Korean intelligence officers said they believe his family where living until recently in Macau under Chinese government protection, the New York Times reported.

In the video posted by the Cheollima Civil Defense, Kim Han-sol said he is with his mother and sister. The group said they assisted the three family members to relocate them to safety, but that the family's whereabouts will not be addressed. In a statement, the group thanks the governments of the Netherlands, China, the US and a fourth, unnamed one, for the support received in helping the family.

According to British tabloids, Kim Han-sol was admitted to Oxford University to further his education, but had to turn down the offer after his father's assassination. In the 2012 interview, Kim Han-sol said that after completing his studies, he was going to focus on volunteering and peace-building projects. "I have always dreamed one day I will go back and make things better, make it easier for all the people there," he told the interviewer.

What does Kim Han-sol think of Kim Jong-un?

Kim Han-sol said in the 2012 interview he never met neither neither his grandfather Kim Jong-il nor Kim Jong-un, who succeeded him as the country's supreme leader after his death in December 2011.

In fact, he hardly even know who his paternal grandfather was and only understood later in life he was North Korea's ruler, after piecing together conversations his parents had. "I really did not know if he knew I existed". Kim Han-sol said he was living the life of an ordinary citizen in North Korea, before the family left the country to live in Macau. "My dad was definitely not really interested in politics. I really don't know how he [Kim Jong-un] became a dictator ... It was between him and my grandfather," he added.

He expressed a strong desire for the reunification of the country. "I also dream of reunification because it's really sad that I can't go to the other side [South Korea] and see my friends there."

He added: "It is just political issues that divide the nation in half."
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China-Japan-Koreas
Kim Jong-nam Grew Depressed After Uncle's Execution
2017-02-19
Backgrounder for a Sunday.
No one would talk on Wednesday at the eight-story apartment in Macau's old quarter where Kim Jong-nam lived with his family and at a high-rise condominium in another part of the territory where he also had a unit. The condo is just five minutes from the international school once attended by his son Han-sol, now 23, and daughter Sol-hui, now 18.

Kim moved to the condominium around 2008 to make it easier for his children to attend the school but moved in 2011 because South Korean residents had found out where it was after Han-sol brought home a South Korean girlfriend.

There were no signs of the family anywhere. Han-sol last year said he was heading to Macau as he left France, where he studies. But South Korean expats there said they have not seen him recently. Sol-hui, who graduated from school last September, has also not been seen.

One friend of the family's said, "I tried to call Jong-nam's wife after learning about his assassination on the news last night, but her mobile phone was turned off. They probably had an action plan in case something bad happened to him."

When asked about the possibility of Jong-nam's family defecting to South Korea, the friend said. "North Korean agents can't do whatever they want in Macau, which is Chinese territory. Macau may have been safer than South Korea."

According to people who met Kim in Macau, he settled there around 2002, entering on a visitor visa and later gaining citizenship.

One person said Kim regularly frequented three or four Korean restaurants and went to the casinos. He did not smoke but drank one to two bottles of soju or 10 shots of boilermakers in one sitting. Another, who spotted him in a sauna, said he had a dragon tattoo on his stomach and chest.

Until his father Kim Jong-il died in December 2011, Jong-nam traveled widely throughout Southeast Asia and even to Europe. When Kim Jong-il suffered a massive stroke in August 2008, he flew to France and brought back neurologists to Pyongyang.

But after his younger half-brother Kim Jong-un executed their uncle Jang Song-taek in December 2013, he became more reclusive and limited his travels to Southeast Asia, apparently because his allowance from Jang had been cut off.

His first wife Shin Jong-hui and a daughter live in Beijing, and there are rumors that he has mistresses in Malaysia, Singapore and Indonesia. He always flew alone but showed up with female companions when dining in restaurants across the region.

"Kim Jong-nam had a bright personality, but he grew depressed after Jang Song-taek was executed and often said 'life is so sad' and expressed dismay at how his uncle was killed," the family's friend said.

A North Korea source said Kim made a lot of money by running a trading business with North Korea with the help of Jang Song-taek. "The execution of his uncle and benefactor must have been a huge shock."

Meanwhile, Voice of America reported that Kim had a Facebook account under the name Kim Chol, which was linked to Han-sol's and had 164 friends.

Among around a dozen photos, some appear to have been taken in Macau in 2010.
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China-Japan-Koreas
Pudgy's Older Brother 'Lying Low'
2017-02-15
Good idea, all things considered...
The ouster of North Korean eminence grise Jang Song-taek throws into relief the fate of leader Kim Jong-un's older half-brother Jong-nam, who was raised by Jang and his wife.

Kim Jong-nam is the eldest son of former leader Kim Jong-il and was thought to be the designated heir until he fell from grace in 2001. Since then he has lived in lavishly funded exile in Macau and Beijing and has had practically no contact with his younger half-brother.
Half-brother by birth, not by weight...
Kim Jong-nam has not been seen in Macau for over a year. "He seems to be living a quiet life traveling between Singapore and China," a source based in Beijing said Tuesday. "He's probably lying low now that Jang, to whom he was close, has been whacked purged."

Kim Jong-nam has been critical of the dynastic succession of power in the North, talking freely to a Japanese journalist about the need for reform in the North. But lately he has been more quiet.

There is speculation that China is grooming Jong-nam to take over if the regime of Kim Jong-un were to collapse. "Rumor has it that China is protecting Kim Jong-nam," the source added.
Any time, China...
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China-Japan-Koreas
Fat Boy Kim Jong-un Keeps Uncle in Check
2017-02-08
North Korean leader Pudgy Kim Jong-un in early 2015 shunted his uncle Kim Pyong-il from his perennial post as ambassador to Poland to the Czech Republic to weaken his position, sources say.

Kim Pyong-il (63), a half-brother of Kim Jong-il, had been ambassador to Poland for 16 years and had an entrenched network of connections there.

The source said Kim Pyong-il was poised to become dean of the diplomatic corps in Warsaw when the incumbent left in late 2014. The position, which is customarily held by the longest-serving envoy, would have meant hosting various diplomatic events and cementing his status as an influential player on the international stage. The cheap Kim Jong-un apparently wanted to avoid this and decided to shunt his uncle abruptly to the Czech Republic.

Kim Pyong-il was born to regime founder Kim Il-sung and his second wife Kim Song-ae. He was at one point involved in a power struggle with his half-brother but was then sent into cushioned exile, spending altogether 38 years abroad, first as a military attaché in the embassy in Yugoslavia in 1979.

"The presence of Kim Pyong-il, who resembles Kim Il-sung, must be a threat to the corpulent Kim Jong-un, who is trying to win people's hearts by imitating his grandfather," speculated a researcher at a government-funded think tank here. "It seems the regime has sent a senior officer from the State Security Department to Prague to watch him."

Hong Kong media last year reported that there was a movement among senior defectors to form a government-in-exile with Kim Pyong-il as its head.
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China-Japan-Koreas
North Korean spy chief sacked in latest purge,
2017-02-04
The head of North Korea’s spy agency has become the most senior victim of another round of apparent purges ordered by the country’s leader, Fat Boy Kim Jong-un, South Korean officials have said.

Kim Won-hong, the state security minister and a close aide to the leader, was sacked in mid-January after being accused of corruption, abuse of power and human rights abuses, according to the unification ministry in Seoul, which handles cross-border issues.
Human rights abuses? In North Korea? The KCNA guy really reached into his bag of tricks for that one...
It is not clear whether he has been permanently banished or ordered to undergo “re-education” with a view to being brought back into Kim Jong-un’s inner circle. His removal has not been confirmed by North Korea.

Pudgy Kim Jong-un, 33, has presided over several high-profile purges since he became leader in late 2011 after the death of his father, Kim Jong-il. Officials considered a threat to Kim have faced punishments ranging from dismissal to execution. Little is ever revealed about the nature of their alleged crimes.

Estimates quoted by South Korean media put the number of military and government officials killed in the purges at more than 100.

Jeong Joon-hee, a unification ministry spokesman, said the sacked Kim, 72, had been instrumental in conducting North Korea’s “reign of terror” against its citizens, adding that his sacking could mark the start of a period of political uncertainty for the regime.

“There is always a possibility that purges continue as part of constantly strengthening power,” Jeong said, according to Yonhap. “Instability in the North Korean regime is likely to increase as the elite members may become agitated and the regime’s control over ordinary North Koreans could weaken.”
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N. Korea may go all-out to idolize Fat Boy in 2017
2016-12-27
North Korea may go all-out next year to idolize its corpulent young leader Kim Jong-un as the regime tries to solidify his leadership and make it as powerful as those of his predecessors, a government report said Monday.

"On the occasions of major political events, (North Korea) is expected to mobilize the party, military and cabinet to idolize Kim on a grand scale," the Ministry of Unification said in a forecast on the North Korean regime in the new year.

"Starting from the Mt. Baekdu hero rally slated for August, the North may try to elevate the status of Kim Jong-un to that of Kim Il-sung and Kim Jong-il in a bid to justify power succession and solidify the regime's unity," the ministry said, referring to the two previous leaders.
I think putting all three of the murderous bastards on the same pedestal is appropriate...
Earlier this year, the North announced the hosting of an international event for 2017 to highlight the country's liberation from Japanese colonial rule (1910-45) and the nation-building efforts by its late leaders.

A host of other anniversaries will also be utilized for the idolization efforts, including the 105th birthday of Kim Il-sung, the 75th birthday of Kim Jong-il, the 85th anniversary of the North Korean military's founding and the 5th year since Kim Jong-un coming to power, which all fall in 2017, according to the ministry.

On the military front, North Korea will continue to build up its nuclear and missile capabilities next year, the ministry said, predicting that Pyongyang would conduct tests of submarine-launched ballistic missiles, intercontinental ballistic missiles and missiles that can carry mock nuclear warheads.

In the new year, the regime may also seek to obtain the status of a nuclear power state, the ministry forecast showed.

"Vis-a-vis the U.S., the country is likely to repeat its demand to discard its hostile policy toward Pyongyang, but at the same time it could explore the possibilities of dialogue and fence-mending (with Washington)," the ministry said.

In addition, the reclusive regime may seek to mend its relations with China and Russia in order to break free of the international isolation, it also said.

Meanwhile, the ongoing international sanctions are expected to force the regime to resort to self-sufficiency in regards to its economic policies, including launching new national campaigns to promote bark soup hard work, the report also said.
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China-Japan-Koreas
Fat Boy to Trump: Drop Hostile Policies
2016-11-24
North Korea's Foreign Ministry in a nine-page statement on Monday called on the U.S. to drop its "hostile" policies toward Pyongyang. The North has "chosen the path to nuclear armament as a way of self-defense... from constant nuclear threats from the U.S.," the statement said. This seems to be a thinly veiled appeal to U.S. president-elect Donald Trump to overhaul North Korea policy.

The statement lists what it calls the U.S.' "political, military, and economic hostilities since 2012."

"Five years have passed" since the North began a full-scale confrontation with the U.S. to counter "the U.S.' hostile maneuvers and nuclear threats" after former leader Kim Jong-il's death.

Washington should look squarely at the North's "changed strategic status" and show with deeds that it will "stop anachronistic hostile policies toward the North and nuclear threats," it continued. "This alone will be a starting point for a solution to all problems."
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-Short Attention Span Theater-
'Kim Jong-un' makes a sensational appearance at the Rio Olympics
2016-08-21
North Korea is notorious for keeping a close eye on its athletes during international competition. Kim Jong-un has been spotted several times in the crowd in Rio, but not even North Korean athletes thought he would be this close to the action.

Or at least it appeared to be him.

For those that live under a rock don't know, Kim Jong-un is the isolated leader of the People's Republic of North Korea. "Kim Jong-un," however, is the life of the party.

The Glorious Leader may not have made it to the Olympic games, but his impersonator definitely did. The Australian-Hongkonger known as "Howard" made his presence felt at the track and field events, where cameras and vigilant viewers have seen him.
Howard had better spend more time at the kitchen table if he's going to keep up with Pudgy's superhuman eating habits.
The Kim impersonator has been taken photos with fans and athletes alike as he makes his way through the Olympic festivities. He also gave a less than glorious gesture to the crowd during last night's track action.

Costumed patrons aren't a new thing at the Olympics.

People come dressed in wild outfits to show their support for their favorite country. However, not a lot of people come dressed as their favorite Supreme Commander.

North Korea may be benefitting from the extra motivation.

The country has secured seven medals in Rio: two gold, three silver and two bronze. That medal haul is highest it has had since it secured nine medals at Barcelona in 1992.

There is no confirmation whether Kim's father, Kim Jong-il, was in attendance to inspire that performance in 1992. Knowing Kim Jong-il's athletic achievements, it wouldn't be surprising if he was there.
He stood in for Usain Bolt, I hear.
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