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joshcryer

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36. I read local sources which I find credible.

Reply to Ash_F (Reply #34)

Sat Dec 14, 2013, 12:35 AM

Dec 2013

Sites like Chosun (whose English language side is lacking, but Google translates the Korean well enough).

Of course, it's impossible to confirm the rumors that this guy was executed by hungry feral dogs, like that one guy who was supposedly executed via a mortar shell.

People just don't seem to want to accept that North Korea really is an Orwellian nightmare crazy land where the most bizarre of happenings ... happen.

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N. Korea Executes Leader's Uncle as Traitor [View all] Hissyspit Dec 2013 OP

Don't mess with Texas!!! oh, sorry...Don't mess with Kim...nt kelliekat44 Dec 2013 #1

I hope King Jong Un consulted with Dennis Rodman Alhena Dec 2013 #2

Wow what a family. iandhr Dec 2013 #3

textbook medieval power struggle maxsolomon Dec 2013 #4

Nice to know that crazy apples sharp_stick Dec 2013 #5

See my post #22 for a phychological perspective. Hissyspit Dec 2013 #24

I've got some bratty nephews, but holy cow, Itchinjim Dec 2013 #6

Yikes. That dynasty is like a cross between a cult and the Wars of the Roses... LeftishBrit Dec 2013 #7

Wow. Imagine the Korean equivalent of Thanksgiving dinner with Kim Jong Un. Nye Bevan Dec 2013 #8

This is more entertaining than Game of Thrones egold2604 Dec 2013 #9

Good riddance. Hopefully the regime can start taking each other out. hugo_from_TN Dec 2013 #10

I believe Kim Jong Un is Korean for "King Joffrey I" nt geek tragedy Dec 2013 #11

I guess the Kim family Thanksgiving didn't go well Pretzel_Warrior Dec 2013 #12

Government Mafia-style jsr Dec 2013 #13

Oh, big deal. He was only an uncle by marriage. rug Dec 2013 #14

Oh, well that changes things. I've bumped off three or four of those myself. jberryhill Dec 2013 #28

KJU is nuts. CFLDem Dec 2013 #15

yes he is. sending good vibes to the people of NK that suffer under that nut Liberal_in_LA Dec 2013 #17

Not necessarily. Hissyspit Dec 2013 #22

He is just very ruthless like his father davidpdx Dec 2013 #37

Kim, Jong-un seems far more paranoid than his father or grandfather jmowreader Dec 2013 #16

He sure was and still is a real 'spoiled' child... Amonester Dec 2013 #18

Stalin is a better example jmowreader Dec 2013 #20

There is a religious component. Hissyspit Dec 2013 #23

The usual treatment was a bullet in the back of the head in the basement of the Lubyanka. Sognefjord Dec 2013 #25

Heh, I like how quiet the usual suspects are. joshcryer Dec 2013 #19

Well, for one thing, the White House, Tokyo and Beijing have responded to this. Ash_F Dec 2013 #34

I read local sources which I find credible. joshcryer Dec 2013 #36

Its just a shame how much tension shows itself in families around Christmas. marble falls Dec 2013 #21

On the other hand, this kind of thing does shorten the shopping list jberryhill Dec 2013 #27

And better quality of gifts to the survivors! marble falls Dec 2013 #29

Murderer Th1onein Dec 2013 #26

Someone here yesterday called for Snowden to be executed. Hissyspit Dec 2013 #32

What a shame. Th1onein Dec 2013 #35

Bad Thanksgiving?? JoePhilly Dec 2013 #30

Apparently he was a great guy until he wasn't anymore...BANG! n/t EX500rider Dec 2013 #31

Sounds like the dictatorship is having a little trouble shoring up power. Ash_F Dec 2013 #33

There will be more executions jsr Dec 2013 #38