Kim Jong-Il Dead

[derspiess]

He had so much more to give

[Syt]

He's not dead, you fools. He is gone asleep like his dad is.

[Mr.Penguin]

He was a giant among men...

[Kleves]

Kim suffered "great mental and physical strain" while on a train during a "field guidance tour," North Korea's state-run KCNA news agency reported.

A look back at the life of Kim Jong Il

More specifically, the agency reported that Kim suffered a heart attack and couldn't be saved despite the use of "every possible first-aid measure."

He had been treated for "cardiac and cerebrovascular diseases for a long period," KCNA noted.

This does seem a bit suspicious - especially the part that Kim suffering from diseases for awhile. Why specifically mention that? I doubt the NK broadcasters were just trying to give their audience context. And a train? Who dies on a train? Do we know where James Bond was yesterday?

[DontSayBanana]

This does seem a bit suspicious - especially the part that Kim suffering from diseases for awhile. Why specifically mention that? I doubt the NK broadcasters were just trying to give their audience context. And a train? Who dies on a train? Do we know where James Bond was yesterday?

Geez, haven't you read Murder on the Orient Express? Obviously, everybody on the train took a stab at the sucker.

[Eddie Teach]

Dude, spoilers. 

[Richard Hakluyt]

An incalculable loss to Humanity and the Onward March of Socialism 

[Martinus]

2011's been very interesting.  I think the same could be true of 2012

Yeah, 2011 has been crazy. The sheer scale of upheaval all over the globe is rather astounding. Not saying this will be long lasting, but we saw the fall (whether political or eschatological) of many who were thought to be indestructible.

If the world is going to end in 2012, that looks like an apt prelude. 

[Martinus]

Seems like The Axis against Christmas is taking casualties. Maybe the DPRKs were right to protest the Xmas trees the ROKs put on the border. It's time to close the Xmas tree gap.

Who's the rest of the axis? Hitchens?

[Sheilbh]

If the end is going to end in 2012, that looks like an apt prelude. 

I will be so fucked off if I spent the last year of existence at law school.

It looks like even the propaganda's accepting the degeneration of the Kims.  From Great to Dear, to the merely Respectable Leader:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/dec/19/kim-jong-un-north-korea-leader
I think next up is the So-So Leader.

[jimmy olsen]

I thought they called him the Young General or the Brilliant Comrade?

[Sheilbh]

I thought they called him the Young General or the Brilliant Comrade?

Possibly, 'Great Successor' is another title.

[HisMajestyBOB]

Calling it now, Kim Jung Un will order an assassination attempt on the South Korean president. Both his father and grandfather attempted this but failed, so he has to try as well to prove to the military that he's fit to lead.

That's assuming he'll be in a position to order anyone to do anything. 
I think there's a good possibility of either the military taking control while Jong-un is a figurehead, or a  mass uprising. Read Nothing to Envy - Jong il was not popular at all, and Jong-un is even less popular. A few sparks and defecting police/army, and things will snowball very, very rapidly.

[11B4V]

2011's been very interesting.  I think the same could be true of 2012

Yeah, 2011 has been crazy. The sheer scale of upheaval all over the globe is rather astounding. Not saying this will be long lasting, but we saw the fall (whether political or eschatological) of many who were thought to be indestructible.

If the world is going to end in 2012, that looks like an apt prelude. 

Time to buy another couple of bricks of 5.56mm

[Faeelin]

The only thing I have to contribute to this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VJNBfBr-OGU&feature=share