Frequent Flyer’s Guide to North Korean Air: a Review of World’s Only One Star Airline By Nate Thayer Air Koryo, North Korea’s official airline, is rated the world’s only one star air carrier. But it is improving. In August, Pyongyang’s promise of being global technological leaders achieved a key milestone, when the national airline announced […]
“Capitalism Has No Future” North Korea Announces: “It is a matter of time for Capitalism to disappear from history.”
“Capitalism Has No Future” North Korea Announces: “It is a matter of time for Capitalism to disappear from history.” North Korea declared in a headline “Capitalism Has No Future” today in official media, saying “It is a matter of time for capitalism which outlived its days to disappear from the arena of history.” In a […]
French actor Depardieu Moves to Russian Mordovia Where Punk Band Pussy Riot Rots in Jail: Complains in France “anything different must be sanctioned.”
French actor Depardieu takes Passport from Putin and Moves to Russian Mordovia where Punk Band Pussy Riot Rots in Jail, Complaining in France “success, creation, talent, anything different must be sanctioned.” The Russian region of Mordovia is best known for its harsh Stalin-era gulag prison camps, which, according to the BBC, remain Mordovia’s principal employer […]
Full Resources of the U.S. Military Tracking Santa Claus: Nuclear and Missile Defence Systems Distracted
Full Resources of the U.S. Military Tracking Santa Claus: NORAD, the U.S. Air Defense responsible for Protecting Against Enemy Nuclear and Missile Attack Fully Focused on Tracking Santa By Nate Thayer I really hesitate to write the following as I know I will be subject to the wrath of many for being a curmudgeon spoiling […]
North Korea Falls for Internet Hoax Kim Jong Un named Time Magazine 'Man of the Year'
North Korea Falls for Internet Hoax that Kim Jong Un named Time Magazine ‘Man of the Year’: Newsweek/Daily Beast commissions story but decides to not publish because while a “good news story” it is not “not very funny”. By Nate Thayer Here is a short example of the day in the life of a freelance […]
How White Are You? And What The Heck is a “Cornball Brother”?: Important Questions in Sports Journalism
How White Are You? And What The Heck is a “Cornball Brother”?: Important Questions in Sports Journalism By Nate Thayer An American sports journalist for ESPN, Rob Parker, got fired today for comments he made yesterday calling into question exactly how black the Washington Redskins football star quarterback Robert Griffin 3rd is, calling him a “Cornball […]
BREAKING NEWS: Dark Hand of British Royal Family behind Secret Murder of Kate’s Morning Sickness Nurse
BREAKING NEWS: Dark Hand of British Royal Family behind Secret Murder of Kate’s Morning Sickness Nurse “She pissed off the Queen, now she’s dead.”–Twitter Ace Journalist By Nate Thayer Senior News Ombudsman for World Social Media Operations The UK nurse at hospital where pregnant Kate Middleton was resting with morning sickness and answered the prank […]
Chinese Official People's Daily Reports as Serious the Onion's Spoof Naming Kim Jong Un 'Sexiest Man Alive'
Chinese Official People’s Daily Reports as Serious the Onion’s Spoof Naming Kim Jong Un ‘Sexiest Man Alive’: Voice of the Chinese Communist Party Joins Legions of Others with No Sense of Humour In an excellent example of enterprising hard spot news reporting, China’s Communist Party newspaper, not known for its keen reporting antenna for detecting […]