The Interview

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.

“I think it’s despicable,” said Hillary Clinton, “I think it is really outrageous. That anyone would even attempt to profit on such a scenario makes me sick.1 The year was 2007, and senator Clinton was condemning a British movie imagining the assassination of US president George W.

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From Spy Culture:

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-By A Democratic Political Operative (@CaliOp215)Last week, The Interview was bigger news than the guilty plea of Michael "Mikey Suits" Grimm guilty plea. The Tokyo-based decision to not show the movie on American screens shocked corporate CE’s and pot-heads alike. “How could this happen in a capitalist society,” some questioned. “We must retaliate and bomb Pyongyang,” cried others.The American media framed North Korea’s position as a powerful one.

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.

Paul Jay interviews Col. Larry Wilkerson, who says Sony might be able to protect itself from class action suits brought by employees over privacy if the blame is pinned on North Korea.