{"id":160325,"date":"2024-01-01T01:10:17","date_gmt":"2024-01-01T08:10:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/?p=160325"},"modified":"2024-01-01T01:43:25","modified_gmt":"2024-01-01T08:43:25","slug":"111678647900126640","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2024\/01\/01\/111678647900126640.html","title":{"rendered":"The Unbearable Lightness of Being Kim Jong Un"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Sounds like <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/north-korea-kim-us-missiles-nuclear-6c8834f71ac43bb9d0addc404fe00f18\">Kim is feeling a bit neglected<\/a>. Like his favorite former US President, he hates it when people aren&#8217;t paying him attention.<\/p>\n<p>To be fair, he doesn&#8217;t sound much different from &#8230; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.businessinsider.com\/ron-desantis-keeps-talking-about-blowing-up-the-bahamas-2023-12\">Ron DeSantis<\/a>?<\/p>\n<div class=\"vlp-link-container vlp-layout-dave1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/north-korea-kim-us-missiles-nuclear-6c8834f71ac43bb9d0addc404fe00f18\" class=\"vlp-link\" title=\"North Korea\u2019s Kim says military should \u2018thoroughly annihilate\u2019 US and South Korea if provoked\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\"><\/a><div class=\"vlp-layout-zone-side\"><div class=\"vlp-block-3 vlp-link-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/dims.apnews.com\/dims4\/default\/c235c9e\/2147483647\/strip\/true\/crop\/5000x2813+0+261\/resize\/1440x810!\/quality\/90\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fassets.apnews.com%2F21%2F73%2F2ca619c05f93ab0463f10706f5a6%2F66410507173a41cda4ac14f4e65fe071\" style=\"max-width: 150px; max-height: 150px\" \/><\/div><\/div><div class=\"vlp-layout-zone-main\"><div class=\"vlp-block-0 vlp-link-title\">North Korea\u2019s Kim says military should \u2018thoroughly annihilate\u2019 US and South Korea if provoked<\/div><div class=\"vlp-block-1 vlp-link-summary\">The North Korean leader has vowed to boost national defense to cope with what he called an unprecedented U.S.-led confrontation.<\/div><div class=\"vlp-block-2 vlp-link-url\">apnews.com\/article\/north-korea-kim-us-missiles-nuclear-6c8834f71ac43bb9d0addc404fe00f18<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<div class=\"vlp-link-container vlp-layout-dave1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.businessinsider.com\/ron-desantis-keeps-talking-about-blowing-up-the-bahamas-2023-12\" class=\"vlp-link\" title=\"Ron DeSantis keeps talking about blowing up The Bahamas\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\"><\/a><div class=\"vlp-layout-zone-side\"><div class=\"vlp-block-3 vlp-link-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i.insider.com\/65919e6b1c5c7b8c9a0d1a1a?width=1200&amp;format=jpeg\" style=\"max-width: 150px; max-height: 150px\" \/><\/div><\/div><div class=\"vlp-layout-zone-main\"><div class=\"vlp-block-0 vlp-link-title\">Ron DeSantis keeps talking about blowing up The Bahamas<\/div><div class=\"vlp-block-1 vlp-link-summary\">Ron DeSantis is curiously talking about \u201cflattening\u201d the Bahamas on the campaign trial, prompting the US Embassy in Nassau to respond.<\/div><div class=\"vlp-block-2 vlp-link-url\">www.businessinsider.com\/ron-desantis-keeps-talking-about-blowing-up-the-bahamas-2023-12<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;People aren&#8217;t paying attention to me? How rude! 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