It really didn't take long for Kim Jong Un to get the North Korea power bug and allow it to escalate quickly. Right now, he's using the latest technologies to threaten his southern neighbor, the fax machine. In response to South Korean protests as a mark on North Korea's dignity, particularly on the 2nd anniversary of Kim Jong Il's death, the new ruler has promised merciless death via a fax.

Anyway, Kim Jong Un has his censors hard at work erasing the fact that his uncle ever existed. This would, of course, be the uncle he recently executed, presumably in a power play to let his "elders" know where they stood in the hierarchy. If you thought that was crazy, a little over a year ago Kim Jong Un executed one of his generals in a much flashier way. After accusing him of partying during the 100 days of mourning for Kim Jong Il's passing, the general was forced to stand on a zeroed mortar target whereupon he was obliterated.

American politics are so tame.