Human caricature and North Korean leader with many, many titles, Kim Jong Il, has died of heart problems brought on by the “great mental and physical strain caused by his uninterrupted field guidance tour for the building of a thriving nation,” according to state television in Pyongyang, which reported his death. A son who’s only one name away, Kim Jong Un, was introduced as a successor in 2010. (Image: Alex Kuehn/flickr)
What do artists and dictators have in common? They “live in a closed loop of self-delusion… a gilded daydream of grandiosity,” says artist Phillip Toledano a.k.a. Kim Jong Phil as he oil paints himself into North Korean and Chinese propaganda. Guzzle his “guzzle an eye-popping cocktail of delusion and narcissism,” because the titles are hilariously humbling. Salute!
How did you spend your New Year’s Eve? Did you spend it getting paid $2-million to perform five songs for the spoiled brat son of one of the world’s most notorious deranged dictators/terrorists on a boat in St. Barts? No?! Well, Beyonce did! Read more »
Fresh on the heels of Ron Artest’s amazing letter to Tiger Woods, President Obama has written a letter to North Korea’s batshit crazy leader Kim Jong Il. Here is what the letter said: Read more »
Former President Bill Clinton successfully completed his international mission and rescued two U.S. journalists from the clutches of Kim Jong Il. It’s pretty clear that North Korea’s cartoonish despot just wanted a little face time with someone really really important and Clinton obliged, albeit cautiously. The seasoned statement knew he couldn’t go in all shits and giggles and managed to refrain from smiling in every photo he was forced to take with the teensy world leader. Click the images above to see his brand of expressionless diplomacy in action.
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That’ll show ‘em! Fighting despotism with silly retouching is a popular advertising attack method. Amnesty International previously gave the Evil Doers (including W) cross-eyes. Now, the International Society for Human Rights (founded in West Germany in 1972) celebrates 60 years of the universal declaration of human rights like a bad six-year-old would—throwing his birthday cake at the stupid grown-ups. Kim Jong-il looks particularly nonplussed. This cakey campaign, created by Scholz & Friends in Berlin, apparently just won some kind of international social advertising award; which is just complete fucking hooey. Does it do anything to call attention to the atrocities committed by these oppressors? No. Does it do anything to spur me into action? No. It just sits there, looking cutesy. Jump for a shot of Robert Mugabe with a big gob of cake on his mug. |Images: Coloribus| Read more »
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