Where's Kim?

[Horace]

@Improviso said in Where's Kim?:

@George-K said in Where's Kim?:

or it was botched completely by the surgeon -- with some reports saying he had shaky hands.

If as a surgeon, a patient said to me, "I die,you die", I'd have shaky hands too.

Kim was not in such a low position in the hierarchy that he'd need to say that. Making threats is for the little people.

[Loki]

@jon-nyc said in Where's Kim?:

Any closer to resolution, or is this still Schrödinger's dictator?

He remains alive at least until people have some narrative (thought experiment) around what life looks like after he is not alive.

[brenda]

@jon-nyc said in Where's Kim?:

Any closer to resolution, or is this still Schrödinger's dictator?

Love this!

Thanks, jon!

[xenon]

[jon-nyc]

@brenda said in Where's Kim?:

@jon-nyc said in Where's Kim?:

Any closer to resolution, or is this still Schrödinger's dictator?

Love this!

Thanks, jon!

NYPost headline:

North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un rumored to be dead, brain dead or just fine

[Loki]

FWIW South Korea is still asserting Kim is alive and well. Of course they could have political reasons for saying this but they are not one of the sources of his ill health.

[bachophile]

[jon-nyc]

Lol

[xenon]

4D checkmate

[jon-nyc]

Lol, Xenon

[George K]

(Cheap) Scotch all over the keyboard.

Stealing that.

[George K]

Sent that to one of my kids. She responded:

[jon-nyc]

lol

[Optimistic]

[Loki]

Where we are at is that there is more risk if Kim is dead than if he is alive. How that gets translated into Brain dead Trump policy failure is one for the ages.

[jon-nyc]

I didn’t view this as commentary about his specific NK policy, such as it is.

Having said that, I don’t think it’s clear whether his replacement will be better or worse.

[xenon]

Are there any eligible Kims?

Cuts the whole founding divine family myth down if not.

[Loki]

@jon-nyc said in Where's Kim?:

I didn’t view this as commentary about his specific NK policy, such as it is.

Having said that, I don’t think it’s clear whether his replacement will be better or worse.

It’s the transition period that has high odds of unstable consequences.

[Mik]

@xenon Yes. His sister is next in line. I don't imagine she will be any better.

[Loki]

@Mik said in Where's Kim?:

@xenon Yes. His sister is next in line. I don't imagine she will be any better.

As if it’s a given she would be accepted, by let’s say the military? Coup perhaps or worse specific acts on her part to solidify her position? Or let’s say meltdown and what does China have to do on the peninsula and what about the security of the nuclear arsenal?