North Korean Dictator Kim Jong Il Dead at 70 518
As reported by numerous sources, Kim Jong Il has died at the age of 70 (69 by some tallies), after 17 years as the brutal head of North Korea. While the cause of death is uncertain, Bloomberg News says "Kim probably had a stroke in August 2008 and may have also contracted pancreatic cancer, according to South Korean news reports."
Respectfully (Score:5, Funny)
Let us take this opportunity to thank the Dear Leader, who sacrificed his life for the socialist paradise.
Good Riddance (Score:5, Funny)
Kim Jong Il is now Kim Jong Dead.
Hmmm (Score:5, Funny)
"Kim probably had a stroke in August 2008 and may have also contracted pancreatic cancer, according to South Korean news reports."
The newspaper continued... "We aren't sure which blow dart hit him but it was probably both"
North Korean State television Says... (Score:5, Funny)
North Korean State television Says Kim Jong Il died peacefully in his sleep while bowling a 300. (Via @NickGreene on Twitter)
Re:Respectfully (Score:5, Funny)
Too bad he won't be around to see North Korea's planned economic strength and prosperity in 2012 [nkeconwatch.com].
I'm so Ronery (Score:3, Funny)
I'm so Ronery. [youtube.com]
Nucular (Score:2, Funny)
Re:It's a big deal (Score:5, Funny)
Why go to that horrible socialist country when you could go to the capitalist paradise that is Haiti?
Kim Jong Il, (Score:4, Funny)
Along with Bin Laden, Gaddafi, and Steve Jobs all inside a year.
The world is still not running out of assholes.
Re:North Korean State television Says... (Score:5, Funny)
N. Korean Astroturfer.
Re:Hmmm (Score:5, Funny)
"Kim probably had a stroke in August 2008 and may have also contracted pancreatic cancer, according to South Korean news reports."
The newspaper continued... "We aren't sure which blow dart hit him but it was probably both"
That's what the papers said, we all know in truth he died from rownriness.
Re:Good Riddance (Score:5, Funny)
Didn't your momma ever teach you never to speak il of the dead?
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Re:Respectfully (Score:5, Funny)
Re:It's a big deal (Score:4, Funny)
I think he was really cool guy too. Too bad because I was planning on visiting North Korea and now these news kinda ruin my trip. Interesting to see what happens next year there tho, maybe it's still worth the trip.
Any sufficiently advanced idiocy is indistinguishable from trolling. (and vice versa)
Re:Good Riddance (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Good Riddance (Score:5, Funny)
Perhaps he had an electric fan running on that train? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fan_death [wikipedia.org]
Also, news here in Japan is reporting he had a heart attack. Over-stressed indeed.
Re:Good Riddance (Score:4, Funny)
Yes, I see the "speak il".
But, yes, my momma did teach me not to speak ill of the dead. And, I defied her in other ways, too.
Bye, Kim, we won't miss you at all. And, I hope the people are soon having rock and roll bands playing in your palaces, dancing with joy that you're gone.
And, yes, yes, yes - I'm aware that isn't likely to happen. The new Kim seems like a little putz, and he has to answer to an insane regime all the same. He couldn't throw parties for the people if he wanted to.
Re:list of deaths 2011 (Score:3, Funny)
[X] Kim Jong Il
[X] Gaddafi
[X] Osama Bin Laden
[X] Steve Jobs
[ ] Internet Explorer
Re:Hmmm (Score:3, Funny)
Look, don't be an idiot and make fun of Asians and their general problems speaking proper English. I'm pretty sure you'd sound like an idiot when trying to speak an Asian language.
Besides - it's just razy lacism.
Re:North Korean State television Says... (Score:5, Funny)
Kim Jong Il died peacefully in his sleep while jumping seventeen double-decker buses on his Harley and juggling fire-breathing monkeys.
What a guy. Chuck Norris would be proud.
Re:Good Riddance (Score:2, Funny)
Re:North Korean State television Says... (Score:4, Funny)
North Korean State television Says Kim Jong Il died peacefully in his sleep while beating crap out of Chuck Norris.
North Korean State television Says Kim Jong Il died peacefully in his sleep while writing Amazon's bestselling novel "Sleeping my way to death".
Re:Good Riddance (Score:4, Funny)
I hear you, and I hope you're not right. It's hard to imagine the little twit being worse than big Kim.
You do remind me that I've said the same thing about Syria, Egypt, Libya, and several other countries and the Arab Spring.
I think it's relatively unlikely that North Korea will form a new Islamic government based on free and fair democratic elections.
Ha ha, very funny. We've heard that one before and BOOM - Hezbollah (and all the other late comers to the party).
With current empirical evidence and other data sources (unidentified, top secret, and missing) it is clearly time to make a preemptive strike (a Defensive Maneuver (TM)) against this Axis of Evil and initiate Change worthy of a Peace Prize.
Besides, it's clear all of those elections were rigged. It's impossible a True Democracy (TM) could come to a legitimate conclusion at odds with the Architect of the Free World. Such election results are clearly evidence of a population crying for help to overthrow their inherently illegitimately elected government. Military Advice (and cruise missiles) will be provided to said countries's insurgents, er freedom fighters, by priority established according to the value of military-industrial contracts (regulated by fair and impartial registered lobbyists).
Re:Hmmm (Score:2, Funny)
Brah brah brah. TR;DR.