11.03.2016

Wie Donald Trump Fragen beantwortet

George Takei bei Facebook über die Art wie Donald Trump Fragen beantwortet:

Donald Trump answers the question: What is 2+2? (Credit: Steven Edwards)
"I have to say a lot of people have been asking this question. No, really. A lot of people come up to me and they ask me. They say, 'What's 2+2'? And I tell them look, we know what 2+2 is. We've had almost eight years of the worst kind of math you can imagine. Oh my God, I can't believe it. Addition and subtraction of the 1s the 2s and the 3s. It's terrible. It's just terrible. Look, if you want to know what 2+2 is, do you want to know what 2+2 is? I'll tell you. First of all the number 2, by the way, I love the number 2. It's probably my favorite number, no it is my favorite number. You know what, it's probably more like the number two but with a lot of zeros behind it. A lot. If I'm being honest, I mean, if I'm being honest. I like a lot of zeros. Except for Marco Rubio, now he's a zero that I don't like. Though, I probably shouldn't say that. He's a nice guy but he's like, '10101000101,' on and on, like that. He's like a computer! You know what I mean? He's like a computer. I don't know. I mean, you know. So, we have all these numbers, and we can add them and subtract them and add them. TIMES them even. Did you know that? We can times them OR divide them, they don't tell you that, and I'll tell you, no one is better at the order of operations than me. You wouldn't believe it. So, we're gonna be the best on 2+2, believe me."

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29.02.2016

Otto Warmbier vom nordkoreanischen Regime vorgeführt

Am 1. Januar 2016 wurde der US-Student Otto Warmbier in Nordkorea inhaftiert. Seitdem wurde wenig bekannt warum. Nun aber führte Nordkorea Warmbier der nordkoreanischen Presse vor. Dort entschuldigte sich Warmbier für seine Tat, die er den schlimmsten Fehler seines Lebens nannte. Scheinbar, so sein Geständnis, habe Warmbier versucht ein politischen Banner im Personalbereich des Hotels zu entwenden, in welchen er untergebracht war. Weiter sagte Warmbier wurde er von einer Kirche sowie einer universitären Organisation, der Z Society, dazu angestiftet. Ihm sei ein Gebrauchtwagen für einen politischen Banner aus Nordkorea versprochen wurden. 
"I apologize to each and every one of the millions of the Korean people, and I beg that you see how I was used and manipulated," he said. "My reward for my crime was so much smaller than the rewards that the Z Society and the Friendship United Methodist Church get from the United States administration."

Die Z Society sowie die Kirche wissen von den Vorwürfen nichts. Hier die Pressemitteilung der staatlich nordkoreanischen Nachrichtenagentur KCNA.