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2011-12-19 -Obits-
Kim Jong Il dead
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Posted by ryuge 2011-12-19 00:00|| || Front Page|| [336145 views ]  Top

#1 Juche?
Posted by 3dc 2011-12-19 00:59||   2011-12-19 00:59|| Front Page Top

#2 I predict that these will set like hotcakes. Get yours now! (Via Dave Barry.)
Posted by Angie Schultz 2011-12-19 01:20||   2011-12-19 01:20|| Front Page Top

#3 Not WOT Ops - more background I would think.
Posted by OldSpook 2011-12-19 01:40||   2011-12-19 01:40|| Front Page Top

#4 NHK has video video of the NK TV announcement here. There's an introduction and subtitles in English.
Posted by Angie Schultz 2011-12-19 01:45||   2011-12-19 01:45|| Front Page Top

#5 Have a seat, said the Devil.
Mr Kim Jong Il, I suppose?
We may start with a tree bark diet for you, for preparation.
In ten million years, we'll see what's next.
As a bonus, your tree bark will already have been eaten once by your dad.
Posted by European Conservative 2011-12-19 04:19||   2011-12-19 04:19|| Front Page Top

#6 'heart attack'? Was the secondary cause a GSW?
Posted by Anguper Hupomosing9418 2011-12-19 04:33||   2011-12-19 04:33|| Front Page Top

#7 
Posted by ryuge 2011-12-19 05:39||   2011-12-19 05:39|| Front Page Top

#8 ...And the FoxNews story says he snuffed it on the train. Wondering if that's significant in any way.

Mike
Posted by Mike Kozlowski 2011-12-19 05:41||   2011-12-19 05:41|| Front Page Top

#9 At times like these, I am reminded of the words of Moms Mabley:

"Can't you say anything good about the dead?"

"He's dead; that's good!"
Posted by Mike 2011-12-19 06:27||   2011-12-19 06:27|| Front Page Top

#10 Ding, dong the witch is dead!
Posted by Spot 2011-12-19 07:49||   2011-12-19 07:49|| Front Page Top

#11 I blame the Juche. The Juche conspiracy.
Posted by Anonymoose 2011-12-19 07:53||   2011-12-19 07:53|| Front Page Top

#12 "stomach's roasting in a sea of fire, Jack Frost Death's got your nose..."

I love Kim Christmas songs
Posted by Frank G 2011-12-19 08:12||   2011-12-19 08:12|| Front Page Top

#13 Good riddance to the malignant little dwarf.
Posted by whitecollar redneck 2011-12-19 09:07||   2011-12-19 09:07|| Front Page Top

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Posted by Flomosh Claviper5208 2011-12-19 09:33||   2011-12-19 09:33|| Front Page Top

#15 Sounds fake to me, like somebody said
"Stand at attention, now WEEP LIKE YOU MEAN IT",(But don't break ranks)
Good riddance
Posted by Redneck Jim 2011-12-19 09:50||   2011-12-19 09:50|| Front Page Top

#16 You have to understand that Pyongyang is only for the cream-of-the-party. Those who are absolute loyal and dedicated to the Kimmies. The real kimmie-worshipers. They get food and some support.
Saw a national Geographic once where a group of surgeons went there to perform eye surgeries on about 1000 people. To a man the people did not thank the surgeon or nurse or organization - not at all -- but they gave profuse thanks to Kim. These people are seriously disturbed.
Good riddance. Perhaps he'll spend eterenty in his own prison camp.
Posted by CrazyFool 2011-12-19 10:07||   2011-12-19 10:07|| Front Page Top

#17 Classic Stockholm Syndrome...hail the one who gave you bread and water in captivity.
Posted by jack salami 2011-12-19 11:09||   2011-12-19 11:09|| Front Page Top

#18 ...And the FoxNews story says he snuffed it on the train. Wondering if that's significant in any way.

Stalin liked trains. Plus you gotta figure the roads in North Korea aren't all that great being as how nobody can afford a car. And if you were Kimmie, would you trust your airplane mechanics?
Posted by Ebbang Uluque6305 2011-12-19 11:26||   2011-12-19 11:26|| Front Page Top

#19 They blubbered when Stalin kicked it, too.
Posted by Fred 2011-12-19 13:42||   2011-12-19 13:42|| Front Page Top

#20 Then they got over it. Fast. Khrushchev did, that's for sure...
Posted by Steve White 2011-12-19 14:47||   2011-12-19 14:47|| Front Page Top

#21 From what I've read, can't remember where, there were people who sincerely believed that Stalin was a god. He'd been in power for so long there must have been a lot of them who couldn't remember any other boss. They lined up for blocks to see him lying in state because they wanted to see the dead god. Maybe they'll pay the same tribute to Kimmie.
Posted by Ebbang Uluque6305 2011-12-19 15:33||   2011-12-19 15:33|| Front Page Top

#22 Guarantee they'll have huge long lines if they give away a bowl of soup after you view Jong Il's remains.
Posted by OldSpook 2011-12-19 15:35||   2011-12-19 15:35|| Front Page Top

#23 So Kim Jong is not just ill, he's dead?
Posted by JohnQC 2011-12-19 15:50||   2011-12-19 15:50|| Front Page Top

#24 A friend was teaching in South Korean when Roh Moo-hyun committed suicide. There were long lines of South Koreans mourning his passing. There was much wailing and many tears. It seems to be a Korean thing.
Posted by JohnQC 2011-12-19 15:57||   2011-12-19 15:57|| Front Page Top

#25 Saw a national Geographic once where a group of surgeons went there to perform eye surgeries on about 1000 people. To a man the people did not thank the surgeon or nurse or organization - not at all -- but they gave profuse thanks to Kim. These people are seriously disturbed.

Not necessarily. Non-zero odds that Kim said he had spent mucho dinero getting Western experts to heal the sick.
Posted by Zhang Fei 2011-12-19 22:13||   2011-12-19 22:13|| Front Page Top

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