has undertaken step three – threatening North Korea’s very existence. Kim Jung Un is ruthless but not a madman, nor is he stupid. He would not have risen to the top of his nation without cunning and an excellent survival instinct. He understands that the United States has the military capability to destroy his country; but he has never imagined it would come to that.

Kim has also long understood that his nuclear weapons program gave him standing on the world stage. He will not give that up unless he is afraid for his life, or his regime. He may not do so even then; we will soon find out.

The foreign policy establishment is aghast at Trump’s belligerence. Tranquilized by decades of “strategic patience,” they have no new ideas,Poker Player Travell Thomas Indicted on $31 Million Fraudulent Debt Collection Scheme (Updated 11/24)

November 24, 2015 Chad Holloway

According to a press release issue by the United States Attorney's Office Southern District of New York, fifteen defendants, including well-known poker pro Travell Thomas, 37, have been charged in a $31 million fraudulent and coercive debt collection scheme.

In the indictment, which was unsealed by United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York Preet Bharara, the man responsible for the Black Friday indictments, Thomas is named as the co-owner, president, and chief executive officer of a debt collection company that took in more than $31 million from thousands of victims across the United States.

"As alleged, the defendants tried to trick and coerce victims into making payments to the Company