Hm.

Take this day for instance. When I got up, I read that North Korea dictator Kim Jong-il had died. I wanted to make sure it was true. So I did a news double-take, if you will, reading the story again. And it appeared that yes, it was true, Kim Jong-il, North Korea’s tyrant, had indeed died.

And not a minute too soon. […]

But when I glanced at the news later in the day aftering gloating in Kim Jong-il’s demise to see a report that Jon Bon Jovi had died, I had a very different feeling. For starters, there was also doubt. Heavy doubt. So I looked deeper into the story beyond Twitter, a source that can lead to truth but also is ripe for spreading mass rumor and lies if just one tweeter with followers gets out of hand. I read a good account in IBTimes that explained it all — the hoax.

Shot in the Heart… and you’re to blame.  You give love… a bad name.

The sad reality is that we can probably just pluck all the footage for a retrospective on the life and times and influence of Kim Jong Il from Team America.

I look forward to reading the coverage on the Korean Central News Agency of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea.  I’ll post the more interesting links right here.

And the bottom line in international relations:
Kim Jong-il, the pygmy tyrant of North Korea, is dead at the age of 69. His 28-year-old son, Kim Jong-un, now assumes the throne of Pyongyang. According to various press analyses, the new leader is either a bumbling naïf or a clever, multilingual operator who’s already formed alliances with key generals. He will either push market reforms or preserve the status quo. He will reach out to the West or step up confrontation or do neither.

Maybe there’s a gray area in between.

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