From Reuters:

Kim Jong Il, North Korea’s mercurial and enigmatic leader, has died. He was 69.

Kim’s death was announced Monday by state television from the North Korean capital, Pyongyang.

Kim is believed to have suffered a stroke in 2008 but appeared relatively vigorous in photos and video from recent trips to China and Russia and in numerous trips around the country carefully documented by state media.

It is going to be a very Merry Christmas, isn’t it? Obama will take credit for the death of this tyrant in 3….2….1….

Now, in an homage to the hit movie, Team America World Police, here’s a palate cleanser for today’s news:

Gotta love me some Team America!