Kim Jong-Un is having a good year. After taking over the leadership of North Korea from his late father Kim Jong Il, at the end of 2011, he’s solidified his control over the country, appeared on TIME’s cover and he was even named ‘Sexiest Man Alive.’ Now, he’s gotten the most votes in TIME’s completely unscientific reader Person of the Year Poll with 5.6 million votes. Not bad for a man who didn’t make an official public appearance until 2010. Join CBG this Thursday for breakfast, and let us know if you agree with the readers of Time Magazine that President Kim is “the person you think most influenced the news this year for better or worse”?
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More conventional choices would be Bashar Assad or Barack Obama. Time itself thought rapper Jay-Z or activist Sandra Fluke would be good choices. Perhaps CBG should use a different criterion in picking their person of the year. What local person do you feel most influenced the news this year here in Kent County?
Alex Smolens says
4Chan did it as a joke, fyi. Just like when they made a school for the deaf win a Taylor Swift concert….
Patsy Hornaday family says
Conservative choice for “sexiest man” out of N. Korea…..Did our allied S. Korea enter the competition? I really don’t think George Clooney, Sean Connery nor even Clint Eastwood need feel threatened.
Fletcher R. Hall says
What a strange way to simply request a nomination for a local award.
I doubt that Kim Jong-Un is a conservative.
I would nominate Delagate Jay Jacobs for his fine work in the General Assembly, in Annapolis.
It is not a easy task representing a rural area in a one party controlled legislature dominated by urbsn counties with entirely different agendas.
Joe Lill says
The ‘Person of the Year’ Award should go to the individual that finds a way to balance Second Amendment Rights with a citizen’s right to live without the terror one can experience when looking down the barrel of a gun that’s in the hands of a disturbed individual.
Alex Smolens says
Joe,
Wouldn’t that be as simply as a biometric pistol grip? Gun won’t fire outside the hand of the owner. It may not stop criminals, but it will stop froot loops.
Joe Lill says
Great idea! We’d probably need several more ideas like this one at least to create a package to minimize the potential for the kind of scenario that happened in Connecticut but a biometric trigger lock could help alot.
Linda Weimer says
Does such technology exist – the biometric trigger? And how expensive is it to put on every handgun?
Aleks Smolens says
The technology has mad it into sub ~$500 laptop computers. Have a reader on the back of the grip, slide 1 of 3 fingers, sliding the firing pin forward by a fraction of a millimeter. Have the weapon “remember” the user for a period of 15 minutes, enough time to evaluate and deal with just about any home or business intrusion.
If you’re worried about it being inconvenient on a weapon, a biometric weapons locker wouldn’t be a bad thing either. There’s zero chance your 8 year old will open it, and shoot you, a friend, or him/herself by mistake.
John Sirna says
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Steve Johnson says
https://kotaku.com/5969335/north-korea-totally-trolled-by-4chan
Joe Diamond says
Steve,
I thought so! The Onion is so dry & inside with their jokes it is easy to miss. Sometimes the only hint an article might be less than serious is the fact it is found in The Onion.
EMPEROR WEARS NEW CLOTHS
Today the emperor wore his new & very magic cloths. All agreed they were very beautiful. Police removed one disadent who thought the emperor might be naked and loudly said so.
It goes like that.
Joe
Betty Carroll says
There are many good men and women in Kent County that are dedicated to serving their community. But I agree with Fletcher Hall . . . Delegate Jay Jacobs has worked tiredlessly for Rock Hall, Kent County and the Eastern Shore of Maryland. He should be commended for his conservative efforts in preserving the waters of the Chesapeake Bay and those who earn their living from those resourses.