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Nietzschean North Korea

9/15/2018, 1:42:47 AM
undefined ✔ He's improved the economy and kindly kept his nukes hidden from the state's latest military parade ✔ Morality only constrains the possibility of achieving the good ✔ The show can be heard every Sunday from 4 p.m.-6 p.m. on 101.3 FM or downloaded via online platforms such as iTunes and Podbang



OAS chief threatens military force against Venezuela

9/15/2018, 5:32:14 AM
CUCUTA, Colombia (AP) — The head of the Organization of American States has joined President Donald Trump in holding out the threat of a military intervention in Venezuela to rest ✔ CUCUTA, Colombia (AP) The head of the Organization of American States has joined President Donald Trump in holding out the threat of a military intervention in Venezuela to restore democracy and ease the country*s humanitarian crisis OAS Secretary General Luis Almagro delivered the sharp warning in a visit Friday to Colombia's border with Venezuela in which he also denounced President Nicolas Maduro*s socialist dictatorship for spurring a region-wide migration crisis ✔ Increasingly they are leaving with no money and are traveling on foot across South American countries like Colombia, Ecuador and Peru, in dangerous journeys that can take several weeks



Military intervention in Venezuela ‘on the table,’ says OAS secretary general

9/15/2018, 6:19:40 AM
The head of the Organization of American States (OAS), accused by Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro of being a “CIA agent,” says military intervention against Caracas should not be ruled out as a response to the ongoing crisis. ✔ According to the NYT, US officials eventually decided not to endorse the plotters, who had asked their US handlers to provide them with material supplies, including encrypted radios ✔ Back in 2017, it formally started a withdrawal procedure and will cease to be a member by 2019



Moon faces toughest challenge yet in 3rd summit with Kim

9/15/2018, 4:47:43 AM
SEOUL--The first inter-Korean summit of 2018, a sunny spectacle in late April, reduced war fears on ✔ SEOUL--The first inter-Korean summit of 2018, a sunny spectacle in late April, reduced war fears on the peninsula ✔ These projects are held back by the sanctions against North Korea ✔ The process can't have anything to do with a plan to denuclearize unilaterally



The 20 photographs of the week

9/15/2018, 7:30:42 AM
Daily life in Pyongyang, Hurricane Florence, protests in Gaza and Serena Williams at the US Open in New York – the week captured by the world’s best photojournalists ✔ Space A high-definition camera outside the International Space Station captured this view of the eye of Hurricane Florence moving across the Atlantic in a west-north-westerly direction with winds of 130 miles an hour ✔ Photograph: Roser Vilallonga/AFP/Getty Images Pyongyang, North Korea Participants perform during the ‘Glorious Country’ mass games held in conjunction with the 70th anniversary of the foundation of North Korea



[VIEW] China and the US should make a strategic compromise

9/15/2018, 1:54:15 AM
undefined ✔ The most important lesson is always to consider denuclearization as the highest interest ✔ The failure of the six-party talks was in large part the consequence of strategic ignorance of the previous American administrations ✔ Li Kaisheng is a research fellow of the Institute of International Relations, Shanghai Academy of Social Sciences, China



AP PHOTOS: Gaza images on display in France show resilience

9/15/2018, 6:21:02 AM
CAIRO (AP) — Khalil Hamra, a Pulitzer Prize-winning photographer for The Associated Press, is exhibiting his work in a show titled "Why Gaza?" at the 30th annual Visa Pour L'Image ✔ CAIRO (AP) Khalil Hamra, a Pulitzer Prize-winning photographer for The Associated Press, is exhibiting his work in a show titled Why Gaza ✔ (AP Photo/ Khalil Hamra, File) In this June 8, 2018 photo, Associated Press photojournalist Khalil Hamra smiles for a photograph as he works in Gaza



Kim Jong-un steals the thunder

9/15/2018, 2:39:58 AM
undefined ✔ China has become the U.S. President's whipping boy, with Trump blaming it for everything from trade deficits to lack of progress in the North's denuclearization ✔ Perhaps it is time for Moon to think how to achieve his goal or perhaps to get used to sitting in the passenger seat in the car that Kim is driving



Manafort plea deal begs key question: What does he know?

9/15/2018, 4:13:42 AM
WASHINGTON (AP) — As Trump associates folded one-by-one over the last year under the pressure of federal investigators, there was always Paul Manafort. Until suddenl ✔ WASHINGTON (AP) As Trump associates folded one-by-one over the last year under the pressure of federal investigators, there was always Paul Manafort ✔ And there's nothing in what he pleaded about collusion ✔ The deal requires him to cooperate fully and truthfully with special counsel Robert Mueller's Russia investigation



Trump administration extends its assault on multilateralism

9/15/2018, 2:32:20 AM
undefined ✔ It has pulled America out of the Iran nuclear deal, and forced unwilling European allies to consider the unravelling of that fragile truce ✔ It faces the uncomfortable prospect of arbitrating between two of its three largest shareholders as America faces off against China over bailout funds to countries such as Pakistan that are indebted to Beijing ✔ This makes a mockery of justice, which can only function blindly and when applied to all



Top Advisors Talk About Their Firms—And Their Clients

9/15/2018, 1:28:39 AM
A select group of RIAs discuss how their firms are growing and evolving and what the changes mean to clients. ✔ Mel Lagomasino, Santiago Ulloa, and Michael Zeuner Views From the Top The furious pace of growth at the top independent advisory firms is transforming the way they serve their clients ✔ Many come to us and say they have their own accountant, their own estate planner, their own insurance advisors, and their own philanthropic advisorsand they really want us to be their investment manager



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