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On today’s edition of Coffee and Markets, Brad Jackson and Ben Domenech are joined by Joshua Stanton to discuss the legacy of North Korea’s Kim Jong-il, the atrocities committed under his rule, and what the country’s new leadership might look like.

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On today’s edition of Coffee and Markets, Brad Jackson and Ben Domenech are joined by Joshua Stanton to discuss the legacy of North Korea’s Kim Jong-il, the atrocities committed under his rule, and what the country’s new leadership might look like.

We’re brought to you as always by BigGovernment and Stephen Clouse and Associates. If you’d like to email us, you can do so at coffee[at]newledger.com. We hope you enjoy the show.

Related Links:

Kim Jong-il, North Korean Dictator, Dies
Global fears of North Korean nuclear arsenal heightened by leader’s death
One Free Korea

Follow Brad on Twitter
Follow Ben on Twitter

Subscribe to The Transom

The hosts and guests of Coffee and Markets speak only for ourselves, not any clients or employers.

Kim Jong Il's Legacy (HT: Ace of Spades)

It’s a very bad think to speak evil of the dead. Yet in the case of Detestable North Korean Tyrant, Kim Jong IL, there is a factual limit to the non-derogatory things I can say. Just this weekend, he did the people of his long-suffering and benighted nation a serious favor. That’s it. I’m out of pleasantries for the funeral oration. Now it’s on to the fulsome and scurvy truth.

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Kim Jong Il's Legacy (HT: Ace of Spades)

It’s a very bad think to speak evil of the dead. Yet in the case of Detestable North Korean Tyrant, Kim Jong IL, there is a factual limit to the non-derogatory things I can say. Just this weekend, he did the people of his long-suffering and benighted nation a serious favor. That’s it. I’m out of pleasantries for the funeral oration. Now it’s on to the fulsome and scurvy truth.

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In its initial reports of the North Korean Dictator’s demise, the Associated Press wrote, “Kim Jong Il, North Korea’s mercurial and enigmatic longtime leader, has died of heart failure. He was 69.” Mercurial and enigmatic? I suppose it tells part of the story, but it’s kind of like starting a notorious mass murderer’s obituary by calling him “the well-traveled Ted Bundy.”

Now that the “Dear Leader” has departed for that slave labor camp in the sky, it is important to remember the moral principle that one should never speak ill of the dead. Therefore the balance of this obituary will focus on Kim’s good qualities. And so it goes.

…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.

…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.