Kim Jong-un

[Thoughtful Monk]

What I don't get is how insistent S. Korea is that he is fine. Do they simply fear reprisal if they say otherwise and are wrong?

Try these scenarios:

• They really do have better intelligence and know he is fine / recovering
• They know something is wrong but figure it's better for North Korea to announce it than them. Behind the scenes, they are preparing for when the news comes out.
• They're as clueless as everyone else but don't want to admit it.

[carpedm9587]

Maybe I'm confusing you with Sam who has a VERY

I can assure you it wasn't me. I accepted Mueller's findings: that there was inadequate evidence to conclude that Trump's campaign actively solicited assistance from the Russians (beyond his public, "please find those emails") but that he benefited from the Russian intrusion into our election.

[carpedm9587]

Try these scenarios:

• They really do have better intelligence and know he is fine / recovering
• They know something is wrong but figure it's better for North Korea to announce it than them. Behind the scenes, they are preparing for when the news comes out.
• They're as clueless as everyone else but don't want to admit it.

You forgot the obvious fourth option: that James Bond is already in-country and is piggy-backing "Little Rocket Man" on skis through the North Korean Alps. And don't tell me they don't have Alps. I know they've been hiding them now for 50 years!

[seanD]

What I don't get is how insistent S. Korea is that he is fine. Do they simply fear reprisal if they say otherwise and are wrong?

What's not to get? Admitting their leader died or is incapacitated, ESPECIALLY if it's the result of his undisciplined eating habits and lifestyle choices, is basically an admission of their weakness, particularly if you're an inferior country that frequently tries to convey to the world you're not inferior.

[Mountain Man]

Try these scenarios:

• They really do have better intelligence and know he is fine / recovering
• They know something is wrong but figure it's better for North Korea to announce it than them. Behind the scenes, they are preparing for when the news comes out.
• They're as clueless as everyone else but don't want to admit it.

4. They're coordinating with the Democrat party to figure out some way to blame it on Trump.

[carpedm9587]

What's not to get? Admitting their leader died or is incapacitated, ESPECIALLY if it's the result of his undisciplined eating habits and lifestyle choices, is basically an admission of their weakness, particularly if you're an inferior country that frequently tries to convey to the world you're not inferior.

He said "S. Korea"

[seanD]

He said "S. Korea"

He did. My bad.

[carpedm9587]

He did. My bad.

It happens...

[Mountain Man]

He did. My bad.

I almost made the same mistake. I even had lengthy reply typed out before I realized it.

[shunyadragon]

4. They're coordinating with the Democrat party to figure out some way to blame it on Trump.

The only thing to blame Trump is his shame negotiations with Kim Jong un and got played like flute.

[Sparko]

Taller. Not fat like that. Better Hair. Older.

Short fat people, especially megalomaniacs like dictators with girl's names are usually ashamed of their short stature and like to wear shoe lifts and pretend they are really tall and skinny, especially on the internet where nobody can see them. I tracked your IP back to Pyongyang, Kimberly.

[rogue06]

[KingsGambit]

I find it amusing that North Korea has resorted to releasing letters dated today by Kim as "proof of life". That seems like a tacit admission that they're unable to actually produce a video.

[rogue06]

Now we know why he is missing

[KingsGambit]

Short fat people, especially megalomaniacs like dictators with girl's names are usually ashamed of their short stature and like to wear shoe lifts and pretend they are really tall and skinny, especially on the internet where nobody can see them. I tracked your IP back to Pyongyang, Kimberly.

He prefers Kimbo.