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by | August 5th, 2012 | 06:56 am
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Kim Jong-un is actively re-branding the Kim Family regime–repositioning himself as a more youth-oriented leader, making “fun fairs” one of the commanding heights prioritized for development, and even turning up on the Today Show riding a rollercoaster.

But we were totally blown away, when we read the Rodong Shinmun account of his 3 August speech which climaxes with a call for “the production of quality grass…required by people.” Holy smokes! All that stuff in the speech about lighting torches–who knew that he meant firing up spliffs? 

Yesterday Warren Zevon.  Today Peter Tosh.  It must be 70s Weekend at Witness To Transformation!