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May 24th, 2018 at 5:44:57 PM permalink
Wizard
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Cant believe the WH had these made


I thought you could get the death penalty for making a non-approved image of the "great leader." That isn't even a flattering one either.
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May 24th, 2018 at 6:29:37 PM permalink
terapined
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I thought you could get the death penalty for making a non-approved image of the "great leader." That isn't even a flattering one either.


Great leader???
That would be equal to a President in my eyes
Look again, Supreme Leader on the coin. Sounds like that could out rank a president.
Trump looks angry on the coin. Kim looks like he's smiling. Hmm. Kim laughing at Trump?
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May 25th, 2018 at 2:33:10 AM permalink
AZDuffman
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Rachel Dolezal hit with felony theft charge in welfare fraud case.

First she "identified as black" then she claimed to be broke. What I don't get is why would anyone care about her autobiography as her life was nothing special.
The President is a fink.
May 25th, 2018 at 5:39:32 AM permalink
terapined
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Looks like Trump and the WH got played by Kim
NK and the WH agreed to meet in Singapore ahead of the meeting to negotiate specifics
The WH sent its team out to Singapore to meet with their NK counterparts
The WH team was stood up
NK never showed up
The WH team stayed 3 days in Singapore before leaving
WH was totally in the dark. NK was a no show in Singapore and NK was completely silent
After a week of silence, NK suddenly calls Mike Pence "political dummy"
Trump drafts his letter to cancel
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May 25th, 2018 at 6:33:33 AM permalink
Pacomartin
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Trump is going to be back in singapore and Papua New Guinea in november. Maybe they can squeeze a summit in.
May 25th, 2018 at 6:56:49 AM permalink
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Trump is going to be back in singapore and Papua New Guinea in november. Maybe they can squeeze a summit in.


The main reason I bet 100 on the no meet is I really doubt Kim can travel to Singapore.
Very dangerous for a dictator to leave their country
Few are able
Most risk a coup by leaving
Nearby China by train is an exception
I just don't see Kim flying out of NK
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May 25th, 2018 at 7:41:18 AM permalink
DRich
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Trump is going to be back in singapore and Papua New Guinea in november. Maybe they can squeeze a summit in.


Isn't Papua new Guinea where there are still active cannibals? Maybe Trump will accidentally wander off the beaten path.
At my age a Life In Prison sentence is not much of a detrrent.
May 25th, 2018 at 9:36:40 AM permalink
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News you truly do NOT want to hear about:

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You heard it here first but now its in Hindustan Times... and the EntoMilk market in South Africa is booming.
May 25th, 2018 at 9:54:28 AM permalink
Wizard
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Great leader???
That would be equal to a President in my eyes
Look again, Supreme Leader on the coin. Sounds like that could out rank a president.
Trump looks angry on the coin. Kim looks like he's smiling. Hmm. Kim laughing at Trump?


That's why I put "Great Leader" in quotes, but I think that is how you're supposed to address him there. About the death penalty, with those North Korean cheerleaders at the Olympics is got attention in the media when they put on masks of a Korean male and it was though to be Kim. However, it was explained, perhaps incorrectly, it would have been punishable by death to make an image of him, and that it was just a generic person on the mask.
Knowledge is Good -- Emil Faber
May 25th, 2018 at 11:14:51 AM permalink
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About the death penalty, ...


On 12 December 2013, North Korean news outlets reported that Kim Jong-un had ordered the execution of his uncle Jang Song-thaek due to "treachery".
He is widely believed to have ordered the assassination of his half-brother, Kim Jong-nam, in Malaysia in February 2017.


Quote: By CHARLES J. LIDGUARD PUBLISHED: Mar 18, 2016

The shockingly normal things that you'd be EXECUTED for in North Korea

Drinking alcohol:
Citizens are only allowed to drink on special holidays. In 2012, a North Korean official was executed by mortar shell for drinking during the 100-day mourning period of the late ‘Dear Leader’ Kim Jong-il. Kim Jong-Un demanded the official be ‘obliterated’ with ‘no trace of him behind, down to his hair.’

Practising Religion:
Atheist North Korea technically has a freedom of religious belief. But in 2013, 80 Christians were executed in a stadium for owning bibles.

Playing music:
All music in North Korea is controlled by the state and must glorify the regime. All western music is seen as a crime against the state and will get you killed.

Communication with the outside world:
International calls will incur the death penalty. In 2013, a North Korean man was publicly executed by firing squad for calling his friend in South Korea.

Travelling abroad:
The ultimate crime is to leave North Korea. Defectors will try to seek refuge in China but if they’re caught, they’ll be forcibly returned and executed.

Pornography:
Viewing or selling porn can lead to the death penalty. In 2013, it was reported that leader Kim Jong-Un had an ex-girlfriend executed in front of her own family for partaking in a sex tape