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In reply to the discussion: North Korea says supreme leader Kim Jong Il has died, AP reports [View all]Hugabear
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Let me put it this way - even hard core Stalinists think the Kim family is crazy
Taverner
Dec 2011
#91
vibes to all the people of the Korean Peninsula and that the North now has an orderly transition to
applegrove
Dec 2011
#9
Here is to hoping this will signal the end to the oppression of the North Korean people
liberal N proud
Dec 2011
#14
If the military took over would it be any worse for N Koreans than it is now? Might the
snagglepuss
Dec 2011
#25
Wow - what's that bottom photo? Looks like he was tipping over or something. Odd shot.
gateley
Dec 2011
#57
Ding dong the wicked witch of the north is dead. But the son also rises in the northern wastes.
Kablooie
Dec 2011
#37
he was a piece of shit, all my hopes to the people of North Korea for a better life
JI7
Dec 2011
#45
I'm holding my breath to see what happens next. He may have been a terrible dictator BUT
Justice wanted
Dec 2011
#48
I heard his son went to school in the West and attained a PHD in Looking at Things.
harun
Dec 2011
#87
We could give them Prince Philip - decades of experience in Looking At Things
muriel_volestrangler
Dec 2011
#115
The people crying in North Korea aren't sad for his loss. They think thinngs are going to get worse
craigmatic
Dec 2011
#111