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Is Kim Jong-il Next?

At first, I thought I could use the deck of cards to do some kind of force and revelation. I wanted to figure out some kind of revelation that would be entertaining but when you think about it, there isn?t anything really funny about hated criminals. Nor is there anything profound about revealing Chemical Ali to be the selected war criminal card.

I knew I couldn?t use the deck with kid shows. Well, I guess I could, if I hated the kids and wanted to scare them into weeks of bad dreams and possibly court-appointed counseling. ?Suzie, do you have the picture of Hassan Hasim, the Chief Torturer of families suspected of disagreeing with Saddam ? known for his ruthless handling of mothers and children??

New Use for Frame?

But maybe, I thought, I could use the cards for classics to be performed for adults (or older kids) such as the Penetration Frame. I could put Saddam?s two sons on either side of the frame before shoving a very sharp pencil through their faces and apparently through the glass. Or I could use the cards for my new Sand Frame but that is almost pedantic. I am proud of my new Sand Frame, by the way. I bought it from Ron London during his lecture in Ypsilanti, Michigan. Thinking back, I probably should have waited until his lecture was over before going up on stage and buying the trick ? but it was so cool. Ron was so kind by my inadvertent…
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