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Embattled Trump Praises Kim Jong Un For "Very Wise Decision"

After a fiery press conference yesterday that seemingly did more damage than good, President Trump seems desperate to change the topic this morning.  Having attacked Amazon earlier over Twitter, the President just tweeted the following message thanking Kim Jong Un for a "very wise and well reasoned decision" saying the "alternative would have been catastrophic."

"Kim Jong Un of North Korea made a very wise and well reasoned decision. The alternative would have been both catastrophic and unacceptable!"

"Black Sky Hazards": Feds To Wargame "Widespread Power Outages" And "Cascading Infrastructure Failures"

As the world teeters on the brink of a nuclear confrontation with North Korea, FEMA and the U.S. Department of Energy are preparing to wargame so-called "Black Sky Hazards" that could result in a "subcontinent scale, long duration power outage, with cascading failure of all our other increasingly interdependent infrastructures."  Here's how EarthEx2017 described the exercise:

Japan Deploys Patriot Missiles To Shoot Down North Korean Rockets

Japan Deploys Patriot Missiles To Shoot Down North Korean Rockets

Following North Korea's threat on Wednesday to fire ballistic missiles over Japan toward Guam, it was only a matter of time before Japan - which overnight said it has the authority to shoot down any such projectile above its territory - took appropriate steps, and according to the Nikkei, the Japanese government is starting to deploy Patriot missile interceptors in its western regions ahead of a North Korean launch.

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