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[Vilix]

Kim Jong Un is basketball fan. He and Rodman should play one on one.

Jake and The Fatman?

 

[GoldenEye 007]

Another photo:

Someone Photoshop the scoring signs from the dunk contest!

 

[chimster]

does his cap say USA?

 

[polyh3dron]

does his cap say USA?

Yes it does.

 

[Moral Panic]

does his cap say USA?

I think it does lol

 

[Vilix]

What's sad is that the only thing all those people in the audience are thinking of is food.

 

[winjet81]

Dennis Rodman is the man... does whatever the fuck he wants

 

[Nesotenso]

This may be the first time Coke has entered the DPRK. Cuba and North Korea are the only two countries where Coke doesn't distribute

I am pretty sure I read that Coke was available at one of the weird museums they have for Kim Jon Il

 

[Trojita]

What's sad is that the only thing all those people in the audience is thinking of is food.

The people in that crowd are the ones being fed.

 

[I H8 Memes]

I love how everyone is always watching Kim Jong Un to get their queues on how to react just like they did with his dad. "Is he clapping? I must clap. Wait was that a sarcastic clap? Oh shit I hope no one saw me clap enthusiastically!"

 

[Dresden]

I wonder what he saw. A random execution?

 

[Bob White]

 

[Meier]

Given the realities of North Korea, I wonder how many of them had never even seen a black person before?

 

[vas_a_morir]

Man, North Korea is really 'opening up' (relatively speaking) fast. This is a good sign, I think.

 

[Effnine]

I wonder what he saw. A random execution?

 

[Raiden]

HE'S SO CLOSE TO HIM. STRANGLE THAT SOB!

Spoiler

JK. Un is my favorite crazy dictator

Haha mine too. I dont know, i cant seem to hate the guy. He looks like he could be best buddys with Rodman as well.

 

[Kusagari]

KJU does seem like he would be pretty fun to hang out with if you forget he's a crazy dictator.

 

[perfectchaos007]

KJU does seem like he would be pretty fun to hang out with if you forget he's a crazy dictator.

I wonder if he inherited KJ Ill's porn collection.

 

[PflargBlarg]

What's sad is that the only thing all those people in the audience are thinking of is food.

You think people hanging out with KJU in a stadium watching basketball are poor peasants?
Those are probably political and military elites. I'm going to go ahead and say they're doing fine for food.

 

[Vilix]

"17:42 - 흑인 does not cheer with Dear Leader."

"17:47 - 흑인 cheers withough Dear Leader's approval."

"18:05 - Witnessed 흑인 in bathroom taking out long pipe he smuggled in pants."

You think people hanging out with KJU in a stadium watching basketball are poor peasants? Those are probably political and military elites. I'm going to go ahead and say they're doing fine for food.

I know they are the elite. One of the documentaries I watched on North Korea had N. Korean deserters/defectors that were being interviewed. One of them was a very high ranking official. He held the rank of a major general. He said everyone was hungry. Even the elite. No where the mass starvation going on among the peasants. He said the typical lunch portions in SK were considerably larger than the majority of NK meals he had.

 

[vas_a_morir]

I wonder if he inherited KJ Ill's porn collection.

I hear he recently came into possession of 40 years worth of ebony porn. Don't know where he found that, though.

 

[Dyno]

Rodman is a genius when it comes to poor decisions.

 

[perfectchaos007]

Rodman is a genius when it comes to poor decisions.

Coming this spring on NBC. America's 5th most watched network

 

[vas_a_morir]

Rodman is a genius when it comes to poor decisions.

Which is why I hear he's pathetically desperate.

 

[shira]

Another photo:

 

[TheJollyCorner]

Coming this spring on NBC. America's 5th most watched network

good lord what a horrible list of 'celebrities'. :/

 

[NYCmetsfan]

http://gawker.com/5987670/10-absolu...is-rodmans-vice+sponsored-trip-to-north-korea

Vice is full of assholes.

"Dinner was an epic feast. Felt like about 10 courses in total," Duffy said in an email to AP. "I'd say the winners were the smoked turkey and sushi, though we had the Pyongyang cold noodles earlier in the trip and that's been the runaway favorite so far."

@elmodernisto
Um... so Kim Jong Un just got the #VICEonHBO crew wasted... no really, that happened.

"We knew that [Kim Jong-Un's] a big lover of basketball, especially the Bulls, and it was our intention going in that we would have a good will mission of something that's fun." -Vice founder Shane Smith to the AP

"A lot of times, things just are serious and everybody's so concerned with geopolitics that we forget just to be human beings." -Shane Smith

Yea sounds awesome

As gawker points out these people might want to join too

More at the link

 

[BeerSnob]

So is Rodman trying to get attention for a better gig or something? This makes no sense. This can't seriously just be part of the attention garner tour for the next Apprentice season can it?

 

[TOM f'N CRUISE]

I wonder what he saw. A random execution?

 

[t-ramp]

I hope it's okay to find this funny. Of all people I'd ever guess Kim Jong-Un would watch a basketball game with, Dennis Rodman would not be on the list.

 

[Majine]

KJU does seem like he would be pretty fun to hang out with if you forget he's a crazy dictator.

Dennis gets a freebie for sharing one of his interests.

I think in his presence I would ask about the injustices in the country and get arrested immediately.

 

[Sir Hamish]

http://gawker.com/5987670/10-absolu...is-rodmans-vice+sponsored-trip-to-north-korea

Vice is full of assholes.





Yea sounds awesome

As gawker points out these people might want to join too

More at the link

I don't think anyone on VICE is denying there aren't a lot of people dying and starving in North Korea but bringing that up within the context of their current trip would be counter productive

 

[NYCmetsfan]

I don't think anyone on VICE is denying there aren't a lot of people dying and starving in North Korea but bringing that up within the context of their current trip would be counter productive

I don't expect them to bash Kim Jong-Il but those comments were made to US publications. When the google guy went over there I'm sure he was treated well but to tweet about getting "fucked up" with a dictator being awesome and how great the food was is over a decency line IMO. If there going over there to do some puff piece its outrageous.

 

[Cheesecakebobby]

Dennis Ramadan.

Oops wrong tyrant

 

[Sir Hamish]

I don't expect them to bash Kim Jong-Il but those comments were made to US publications. When the google guy went over there I'm sure he was treated well but to tweet about getting "fucked up" with a dictator being awesome and how great the food was is over a decency line IMO.

That's true but the VICE guys and Rodman are trying to convey a different image to the public than Eric Schmidt was.

They're trying to portray King Jong-un as just a regular 'guy' who does 'guy' things like getting 'fucked up'. They're trying to make him more relatable and less threatening to a Western audience.

It's just propaganda, but if it has the benefit of warming King Jong-un up to the West or people in the West up to him then I think it's fair enough

 

[Angry Fork]

Is North Korea paying people in the US to care about the country or something? Why the sudden interest? That google guy came around too what was the point?

I don't expect them to bash Kim Jong-Il but those comments were made to US publications. When the google guy went over there I'm sure he was treated well but to tweet about getting "fucked up" with a dictator being awesome and how great the food was is over a decency line IMO. If there going over there to do some puff piece its outrageous.

They've done a documentary on how fucked up NK is.

http://www.vice.com/the-vice-guide-to-travel/vice-guide-to-north-korea-1-of-3

 

[Sir Hamish]

Is North Korea paying people in the US to care about the country or something? Why the sudden interest? That google guy came around too what was the point?

America flexing dat soft power

 

[NYCmetsfan]

Is North Korea paying people in the US to care about the country or something? Why the sudden interest? That google guy came around too what was the point?

They have nukes and we have a bunch of soldiers on their border.

 

[Atlagev]

Vice is full of assholes.

Shane Smith has been to North Korea 3 times now, and went first-hand to see the North Korean labor camps in Siberia. I'm sure he's well aware of the atrocities that go on in North Korea. But you know, Ping Pong Diplomacy *did* do some good back in the '70s, so I don't think this is necessarily a bad thing, really. Will it work? Maybe, maybe not. But even the *possibility* that it could be helpful to US-NK relations makes it worth it, in my opinion.

 

[perfectchaos007]

Shane Smith has been to North Korea 3 times now, and went first-hand to see the North Korean labor camps in Siberia. I'm sure he's well aware of the atrocities that go on in North Korea. But you know, Ping Pong Diplomacy *did* do some good back in the '70s, so I don't think this is necessarily a bad thing, really. Will it work? Maybe, maybe not. But even the *possibility* that it could be helpful to US-NK relations makes it worth it, in my opinion.

Would be hilarious if Dennis Rodman years from now is historically seen as a better North Korean Diplomat than Bill Clinton.

 

[The Elite]

Can you imagine his rebounding stats in the NKBA?

He'd be almost as good as Leader.

 

[Eric the Red]

How can someone be so out of touch that on your friend-o-meter, pleasant dinner conversation outweighs vast indifference to human life? I would be embarrassed to eat a huge meal while in N.Korea.

 

[Jarlaxle]

Another photo:

"So, my dick's like this big."

 

[ReturnOfTheRAT]

Is the guy in red Elkin King?

 

[FStop7]

http://gawker.com/5987670/10-absolu...is-rodmans-vice+sponsored-trip-to-north-korea

Vice is full of assholes.

They're clowns. David Carr put them in their place in the NYT documentary "Page One"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iLmkec_4Rfo

"Just cause you put on a fuckin' pith helmet and went to Africa doesn't mean you're some investigative journalist"

 

[NYCmetsfan]

They're clowns. David Carr put them in their place in the NYT documentary "Page One"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iLmkec_4Rfo

"Just cause you put on a fuckin' pith helmet and went to Africa doesn't mean you're some investigative journalist"

I was gonna reference that quote in my original post but forgot.
I mean I like their stuff but they have way to big of egos and think they're amazing because they film things in dangerous places. I mean I like some of their stuff but I'm with Carr on that

 

[akira28]

I wonder what he saw. A random execution?

He's seated between agents Dragon and Demon so...probably just homesick.

edit: beaten

 

[maxxpower]

Jong Un rocking the undercut haircut.

 

[Synth_floyd]

The Harlem Globetrotters tied the Pyongyang Ilbans? Wow, they must really be slacking.

 

[Buckethead]

My favorite basketball player.