Bruce Bennett

Bizarre misreading, banned books and the Mercury Prize + this day in history w/Marilyn's skirt and our song of the day by Cut Copy on your Morning Monarchy for September 15, 2017.

In January 2013 Google CEO Eric Schmidt visited North Korea with an aide and his daughter, as well as frequent DPRK visitor, former New Mexico governor Bill Richardson. He was of course given VIP treatment by his hosts in Pyongyang, and taken to Kim Il-song University to view students studying on the Internet. It was a private visit and the U.S. State Department did not endorse it any more than it endorsed Dennis Rodman’s trip the following month.