North Korean People Have Taken Up Arms- DPRK Propaganda Video

The North Korean people have taken up arms and are ready to decimate the American imperialists. Or so this DPRK propaganda video claims.

It would be laughable, barring the fact that nuclear weapons in the hands of a lunatic is incredibly dangerous.

Bizarre Anti-American Propaganda Film From North Korea

The latest anti-U.S. propaganda from North Korea (DPRK). A documentary depicting how the majority of Americans live today.

This has got to be a joke, at least the English narrative translation, but it's pretty darn funny, whether it is or not. It basically says:

The vast majority of American live in extreme poverty, drinking coffee made with snow, living in tents, buying guns to kill children, and using heroin. At one point, they point out that there are no birds (it's winter) because people are so hungry they eat them. They are yummy.  The American Red Cross provides curtains and walls from material from the DPRK. And people keep their dead friends in blue body bags close by. Then there's reference to a man that looks homeless as being a former Republican candidate, who has to get coffee made from snow. And only one cup per day, thank you very much. Some lucky people get to live indoors, huddled together "the poor, the cold, the lonely and the homosexual." 

U.S. Postpones Samira Ibrahim Award Over Anti-Semitic, Anti-American Tweets

The State Department made another major oopsy by not taking the time to vet Egyptian activist Samira Ibrahim before offering her the International Women of Courage Award. One would think they would have taken the time to vet an individual before bestowing upon them a prestigious award, but nope.

It turns out Samira, who sued the military-led government and won a ban against forced virginity tests after she was subjected to one after being arrested during the Tahrir Square protests in 2011, has posted anti-Semitic and anti-American comments on her Twitter account.

Regarding the Bulgarian terror attack that killed Israeli tourists on a bus:

“An explosion on a bus carrying Israelis in Burgas airport in Bulgaria on the Black Sea. Today is a very sweet day with a lot of very sweet news.”  

And then there's this:

Last August 4, commenting on demonstrations in Saudi Arabia, she described the ruling Al Saud family as “dirtier than the Jews.” Seventeen days later she tweeted in reference to Adolf Hitler: “I have discovered with the passage of days, that no act contrary to morality, no crime against society, takes place, except with the Jews having a hand in it. Hitler.”

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Ibrahim holds other repellent views as well. As a mob was attacking the United States embassy in Cairo on the eleventh anniversary of 9/11, pulling down the American flag and raising the flag of Al Qaeda, Ibrahim wrote on twitter: “Today is the anniversary of 9/11. May every year come with America burning.” Possibly fearing the consequences of her tweet, she deleted it a couple of hours later, but not before a screen shot was saved by an Egyptian activist.

Michelle Obama and  Secretary of State John Kerry were to present the award until enough people started balking. So they've deferred, for the time being. According to the State Department's Victoria Nuland:

“We as a department became aware very late in the process about Samira Ibrahim’s alleged public comments." “After careful consideration, we’ve decided that we should defer presenting this award to Ms. Ibrahim this year so that we have a chance to look further into these statements.”

Mrs. Nuland added that Mrs. Ibrahim “has categorically denied” to the State Department that she wrote the unsavory messages and claimed that “she was hacked” by someone else who made the remarks on her behalf. “But we need some time and, in order to be prudent, to conduct our own review,” Mrs. Nuland said.

Of course Samira is denying it, and Nicole Gaoulette of Bloomberg says Department officials believe her.

“State officials tell me they’ve looked at 1000s of her tweets & believe her account was hacked."

So why are those offensive Tweets that were allegedly posted by hackers months ago still on her Twitter feed?  Had my Twitter account been hacked, you can rest assured that I would have removed every single hacked comment. The State Department is probably just trying to save face, hoping that with time all will be forgotten.

But look at Samira's tweet from yesterday March 8:

"Refused to apologize to the Zionist lobby in America on previous statements hostile to Zionism under pressure from the u.s. Government, the award was withdrawn."

I think that pretty much settles it.

Thanks to other Egyptian activists- who informed the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum about the true face of Samira who in turn contacted State- an embarrassing event was averted. For now.

Source: Fox News, Free Beacon, Weekly Standard

Psy of "Gangnam Style" Fame Rapped About Killing Yankees in 2004

I'll admit, I'm one of the millions that has made Psy's "Gangnam Style" video the number one viewed video on YouTube, with well over 904 million views and counting. I thought it was hilarious, I've even enjoyed the many parodies that have popped up since the original became a viral hit. And I've helped make him a very rich man. According to Variety, Psy has made more than $8.1 million on that song, including over $870,000 from YouTube hits alone.  He's also made at least $2.9 million, so far, from iTunes downloads, making it the top downloaded song on iTunes, as well.

But it looks like the South Korean phenom has something in his past that he's probably regretting, about now.  In South Korea, back in 2002 and 2004, he participated in several anti-American rallies, including one where he rapped about killing Yankees "slowly and painfully."

According to the New York Post:

Wearing a red cape and gold face paint, he smashes a toy American tank on the ground while belting out his rap-rock song "Killer." Psy went on to beat the toy with his microphone stand into pieces to the excitement of the crowd.

“Killer,” as described by the Korea Herald, “makes a mockery of the brutal law of the jungle when big guys can bully the weak for anything.”

The performance was in response to the 2002 death of two Korean school girls, who were killed in an accident with an American military vehicle outside of Seoul, according to Korean Web site BusanHaps. The soldiers driving the tank were acquitted by a US military court.

According to the Korea Herald, anti-American sentiment ignited after their deaths, and one of the most outspoken critics in the local entertainment industry was Psy.

Mediaite reports a second incident in 2004 after a South Korean missionary was executed in Iraq – an act of revenge for the country's support of the U.S. war in Iraq – Psy performed an anti-America song with another popular Korean rock band.

In the heavy metal “Dear America,” there are sounds of gunshots, explosions and guttural deathcore screams throughout.

The lyrics for the song "Dear American" at the 2004 rally:

Kill those f*cking Yankees who have been torturing Iraqi captives

Kill those f*cking Yankees who ordered them to torture

Kill their daughters, mothers, daughters-in-law and fathers

Kill them all slowly and painfully

Not nice, but he was around 24 at the time, and we've all done stupid things when we were young that we regret when older, but it's hard to tell if he's repentant or not.  He did issue an apology, but is it sincere or just covering his proverbial butt since we 'Americans' are probably responsible for the bulk of those millions.

But many are still outraged. Due to take part in Barack Obama's annual Christmas event, someone posted a petition on the White House website to rescind Psy's invitation.  The petition has since been removed for  violating the "Terms of Participation", whatever that means.

It will be interesting to see if people will forgive him, but I can't imagine that it will make much difference either way. I can't see Psy topping the popularity of his "Gangnam Style", at least for Western audiences.