The “In lighter news, Kim Jong Il’s dead…” Overnight Open Thread.

By: Moe Lane (Diary)  |  December 18th at 10:17 PM  | 

…at least, according to the BBC.  Here’s hoping that his replacement (Kim Jong Un, at least for this week) is not quite as clinically insane. BBC video after the fold*. Open thread. (Via Hot Air Headlines) Moe Lane (crosspost) *Not really.

Kim Jong-il may be dying of pancreatic cancer.

By: Moe Lane (Diary)  |  July 13th at 10:15 AM  | 

Not a nice way to go, if true. SEOUL, South Korea — The North Korean leader Kim Jong-il, who suffered a stroke last August, was also found to have “life-threatening” pancreatic cancer around the same time, a South Korean cable television network reported on Monday. The network, YTN, a cable news station, quoted unidentified Chinese and South Korean intelligence sources for the report, which was | Read More »