Kim Jong Il kicks the Songun bucket and makes the last great leap forward

He's gone to the great Hungnam Fertilizer Complex in the sky. He's giving field guidance at the morgue in the spirit of Mt. Paektu. Come to think of it, what is Mt. Paektu doing now? Erupting in sorrow?

Kim Jong Il, North Korea's mercurial and enigmatic leader, has died. He was 69.

Kim's death was announced Monday by state television from the North Korean capital, Pyongyang.

Kim is believed to have suffered a stroke in 2008 but appeared relatively vigorous in photos and video from recent trips to China and Russia and in numerous trips around the country carefully documented by state media. [...]

Is this the end of Juche-oriented blogging? Or will North Koreans rally around the headquarters of the revolution in the spirit of devotedly defending the leader, Young General Kim Jong-Un? Stay tuned, Imperialists . . .