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Not just a dog and pony show;

artappraiser — Fri, 13 Dec 2013 16:45:18 +0000

In reply to A Gamble for North Korea’s Young Leader (in purge of his uncle)

Not just a dog and pony show; he just got the real axe, not to mention the full propaganda menu of classic verbal abuse on his bones:

North Korea executes Kim Jong-un's uncle as 'traitor'

The Guardian

[....] Jang Song-thaek, previously one of the country's most powerful men, was accused of everything from plotting to overthrow the state to instigating disastrous currency reforms and dishing out pornography in the report from official news agency KCNA.

It denounced him as "worse than a dog" and "despicable human scum" [....]

Well, maybe, but in North

jollyroger — Mon, 09 Dec 2013 22:09:58 +0000

In reply to And doesn't this one apply

Well, maybe, but in North Korea there are millions of hungry children whereas in the United Stat... .never mind.

And doesn't this one apply

artappraiser — Mon, 09 Dec 2013 21:35:18 +0000

In reply to As the recent spate of JFK

And doesn't this one apply for nearly everyone in U.S. Congress past and present, not to mention many in the National People's Congress of China?

wining and dining at back parlors of deluxe restaurants

womanizing and drug abuse

jollyroger — Mon, 09 Dec 2013 21:21:57 +0000

In reply to As the recent spate of JFK

womanizing and drug abuse

Not that there's anything wrong with that...

As the recent spate of JFK

jollyroger — Mon, 09 Dec 2013 21:20:35 +0000

In reply to A Gamble for North Korea’s Young Leader (in purge of his uncle)

As the recent spate of JFK retrospectives has obliquely referenced, if womanizing and drug abuse were disqualifications to political office in this country...