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<\/a><\/center><\/p>\nYesterday we mentioned that Kim Jong Un (known around here as Needle D**k the Bug F***er) hadn’t been seen in a while and the media was speculating that his sister, Kim Yo Jong, (pictured above because you know I’ll take advantage of any opportunity to post pictures of Asian women) was running the Hermit Kingdom. Well, right on cue, Un surfaced last night, according to ABC<\/a>;<\/p>\n The mystery ended Tuesday when Kim appeared in state media, smiling broadly and supporting himself with a cane. While touring the newly built Wisong Scientists Residential District and another new institute in Pyongyang, Kim “took necessary steps with loving care,” a dispatch early Tuesday from the official Korean Central News Agency said in typical fawning style. The North didn’t say when the visit happened, nor did it address the leader’s health.<\/p>\n This bewildering ability to command attention by doing nothing says a lot about the North’s mastery of a propaganda apparatus that puts Kim at the center of everything. Remove for 40 days the sun around which that propaganda spins and the international media, both traditional and social, explode with speculation and rumors.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n So the bad luck we’ve had since January 21st, 2009 is holding.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"