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Dennis sez we should give pal

artappraiser — Tue, 07 Jan 2014 21:47:47 +0000

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Dennis sez we should give pal Kim a break or two cause he's only 31 years old:

Dennis Rodman clashes with CNN over imprisoned missionary Kenneth Bae
Former NBA star asks CNN's Chris Cuomo: 'Do you understand what Kenneth Bae did in this country?'

By Steve Busfield and agencies, theguardian.com, 7 Jan. 2014

[....] "It's amazing how we thrive on negativity. Does anyone know this guy's only 31 years old?" he said of Kim, whom he calls his friend.

"Dennis, he could be 31, he could be 51," said CNN interviewer Chris Cuomo. "He's just killed his uncle. He's holding an American hostage."

Former NBA star Charles D Smith says he feels remorse for coming to Pyongyang with Dennis Rodman for the game because the event has been dwarfed by politics and tainted by Rodman's own comments.

And now Snopes has it as

Donal — Tue, 07 Jan 2014 00:47:49 +0000

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And now Snopes has it as false.

More than you ever wanted to

artappraiser — Mon, 06 Jan 2014 21:27:28 +0000

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More than you ever wanted to know on the Rodman trip so far--

In Video and on Twitter, Glimpses of Rodman’s North Korea Trip
By Christine Hauser, The Lede @ nytimes.com, Jan. 6, 2014

Basic summary in these excerpts:

[....] accompanied by former National Basketball Association players who will star in an exhibition game with a local team as part of celebrations Wednesday on the birthday of the country’s leader, Kim Jong-un [....]

The British television channel Sky News recorded Mr. Rodman being asked why he would not speak to Kim Jong-un about the country’s prison camps, considering he has called him a “friend for life” and has access to the North Korean leader. Mr. Rodman replied that it was not his role to do so, that he was leading a team to play basketball, and that he felt “love” for the soon-to-be 31-year-old North Korean leader.

The Associated Press quoted Mr. Rodman as saying after he arrived in Pyongyang on Monday that he was not a “politician” or an “ambassador.”

Social media postings suggested a buoyant mood in the Rodman camp [....]

Snopes calls this story

Donal — Sat, 04 Jan 2014 18:19:26 +0000

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Snopes calls this story undetermined.

What's worse, feeding your

NCD — Sat, 04 Jan 2014 04:53:57 +0000

In reply to I am seeing lots of

What's worse, feeding your uncle and his buddies to ravenous dogs, or, if Uncle was done in 'humanely', not denying the report from an official Chinese government paper that you fed your uncle and his buddies to ravenous dogs?

"how come this

EmmaZahn — Sat, 04 Jan 2014 01:46:48 +0000

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"how come this crime-is-genetic thing isn't applied to the ruling dynasty? Dogs or no dogs, how can the uncle be worthy of execution but his brother and nephew still be dear leaders of nearly god-like porportions?"

See Mao Zedong's On Contradiction

You made me think how I have

artappraiser — Sat, 04 Jan 2014 00:33:11 +0000

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You made me think how I have been equally horrified by some of the tales of NK prison camp escapees. Especially the ones about familial punishment, to the point where they don't just round up all the relatives and subject them to the same slave-like conditions and mental and physical torture as the actual "political enemy" gets, but that their children born there are included and experience the same treatment.

Which in turn made me think: how come this crime-is-genetic thing isn't applied to the ruling dynasty? Dogs or no dogs, how can the uncle be worthy of execution but his brother and nephew still be dear leaders of nearly god-like porportions?

I am seeing lots of

artappraiser — Sat, 04 Jan 2014 00:32:09 +0000

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I am seeing lots of commentary suggesting that it's probably not true but is a regime-produced story for some propaganda effect, maybe one we don't understand. Maybe it was created to keep that pesky Dennis away once and for all? You know kinda like when you decide to be nice to someone against your gut feeling that you should ignore him, and then he keeps bothering ya like you're new best buddies?

Wondering if this will give

NCD — Fri, 03 Jan 2014 22:50:58 +0000

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Wondering if this will give Dennis Rodman some hesitation before another visit to the Top Dog of NK?

Obviously intended to scare

Michael Wolraich — Fri, 03 Jan 2014 19:36:09 +0000

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Obviously intended to scare the crap out of his enemies, yet the capriciousness and brutality just underscore Kim's political insecurity. It reminds me of this old story...

http://www.executedtoday.com/2008/08/22/408-stilicho-alaric-honorius-vis...'