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November 29, 2006

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North Korea not getting iPods for Christmas

Posted Nov. 29, ’06, 10:00 AM PT by Dan Moren
Category | iPod

Kim Jong IlThis holiday season, what do you get for the dictator that has everything? Economic sanctions. Our glorious leader is levying restrictions on what Kim Jong Il of North Korea is able to buy. Seems ol’ Kim Jong has a taste for the more expensive things in life, like Segways, Jonny Walker, BMWs, and, of course, iPods (the leader is reputedly outraged at the lack of a North Korean iTunes Store).

The 5’3” dictator (who once pushed a television program entitled Let us trim our hair in accordance with Socialist lifestyle) has angered the US by refusing to dismantle his country’s nuclear weapons program, so America has decided to take away his toys. This is the first time economic sanctions have been used to target both an individual as well as goods not explicitly connected to weapons or military materials.

Besides his taste in the swanky, Kim Jong Il is said to be quite the movie buff, with a 10,000 volume collection including The Bodyguard (starring alleged Osama bin Laden crush, Whitney Houston), Clint Eastwood’s In the Line of Fire, and James Bond flicks. Someone might want to tell him that those aren’t “how to” films.


2 Comments

Lance Uyeda said:

Maybe we could borrow a Russian spy with polonium 215 and have him send it to the Supreme Dictator in a gift of Kim Chee, extra spicy, so that he can have his nuclear and musical tastes when he wants them.

November 29, 2006 12:11 PM
Eduardo said:

I read that Jong has a stable of the current BMW M3, M5, and M6!
Sweet. My type of leader!

November 29, 2006 7:11 PM

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