Kim Jong-un may be obese, but he is no fool when it comes to guarding his flank.  You just can't be too careful when watching your back if you are a murderous dictator.  He believes in killing off any possible rivals before they can act against him.  He already had an uncle executed, and now a potential rival, the actual firstborn child of his father, has been executed in exile.   ZeroHedge reports: Just two days after North Korea embarrassed both the US and Japan by test-firing a new, nuclear-capable ICBM with a 2000 mile range, with neither Trump nor Abe able to articulate a clear retaliation strategy, moments ago Yonhap news agency reported that the elder half-brother of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has been assassinated at Kuala Lumpur airport. Kim Jong Nam, 45, who had lived outside North Korea for years, was reported to have been killed by poison needle by two women who fled the scene by taxi, the reports said. He was once...(Read Full Post)