Kim Jong-il is dead [Main Thread]

[TigerLikesRooster]

Kim Jong-il is dead

[chessplayer]

A day of mourning for liberals.

[jhpigott]

More headlines from Yonhap:

S. Korean military declares emergency alert after Kim Jong-il’s death 12-19 12:29
(URGENT) President Lee Myung-bak cancels all planned schedules over N. Korean leader’s death 12-19 12:28
(URGENT) Cheong Wa Dae convenes emergency meeting of National Security Council over Kim’s death

[montag813]

montag813’s prediction: We will see a missile launch into the Sea of Japan before year’s end - the classic North Korean method of showing “strong will”.

[lonevoice]

He's not only merely dead, he's really most sincerely dead.

S Korea on high alert.

It will be interesting to see what happens now.

[jhpigott]

Japanese wire services reporting Japanese Government to hold emergency meetings immediately

[Revolting cat!]

Rats! We had an appointment for Wednesday afternoon. Now what?
I guess I’ll have to continue collecting unemployment, costing you taxpayers your precious dollars you were planning to spend on iPhone 4S.

[bigbob]

Hereafter to be known as Kim-Jong Dead

[DeoVindiceSicSemperTyrannis]

[GeronL]

He WILL have to prove himself. I don’t think the military or party trust him!

I hope SK is prepared.

[JRandomFreeper]

We've got time before Christmas for Castro, Chavez, and I'madinnerjacket. Is there such a thing as a quadfecta?

/johnny

[RedMDer]

He's not only merely dead. He's really most sincerely dead.

[Thunder90]

Looks like zero won’t be able to go golfing in Hawaii after all...

[MrEdd]

Yes he will. Outer darkness is all solitary confinement.

[vox_freedom]

Now ... who will test the radishes for the citizens of North Korea?

[rdl6989]

Johnny and Hennessy will see their sales cut by half thanks to Dead Leader.

[AmericanInTokyo]

I suspect he was assassinated. Conjecture. Power struggle. Flag at DPRK embassy in Beijing is not at half mast. No discussion of Kim Jong Un as successor. Fasten seatbelts. Most Presidents would cancel a Hawaiian vacation over something this serious. Going to monitor DPRK radio right now and hear there take. They took over two days to make it public. He will never see his 2012 when N Korea was to come of age.

[Joann37]

Now he’s Kim Jong-dead

(I’m sure someone else in these 200 comments has said this earlier)

[Revolting cat!]

Poisoned. After Father of All Mankind kicked the bucket in March (?) of 1953 (also poisoned or murdered, new evidence purports to show), two gensecs of Friendly Socialist Republics, Bulgaria and Poland were poisoned as well. Oh, history, where are you Senor Shakespeare?

[rmlew]

Power will now go to General Kim Jon-un, who was already was involved in the Yeonpyeong island attack. I don’t expect him to be nicer than his father. I just think that he will lack legitimacy. Kim Jong-un will survive as long as the Chinese feel they must support him. Given the protests in China, and the collapsing housing market, I’m not sure they will allow any changes.

[RushIsMyTeddyBear]

I LOVE that one. It’s a “standing O’!