https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kvjd1daQY3c

Now THAT was funny!! :D

It's amazing to think that THE SIMPSONS has been on as long as my daughter has been alive.. 20-some years....

Fascinating...

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Even when Obama tries to be kewl, he epic fails. :D

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Oh I agree.. That's why I'm on record as saying I completely understand where SONY is coming from...

They are damned no matter what they do..

On the other hand, the altruistic Don-Quixote moves usually does bring in a small return..

The North Korean's actions were very well thought it..

Make a pariah of Sony execs so that their own people hate them.. Cut them off at the knees and give them absolutely NO SUPPORT BASE whatsoever..

Then hit them with the physical threats that, under any other circumstances would have brought Americans together..

Psychologically speaking, it was a brilliant operation...

As an intelligence geek, I can't help but applaud the effectiveness of the op...

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I think nuisance laws might worry Sony. Individuals harmed by misuse of property can sue for damages. Knowingly releasing the tape to the internet might be argued as misuse of property harmful to the public.

Nuisance laws are being applied to the internet ("common la meets internet"). Lawyers are creative people, SONY has deep pockets. As someone who has engaged an epic legal battle and lost $40K in the process I would think you are sensitive to the downside of legal risk.

Help me out, people.. :D

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Pretty good....

if anyone wants to chat about it, be cognizant of spoilers...

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I see no possibility of a negligence suit..

Sony gets "hacked" and the movie is released into the wild..

Unless you are saying that Sony should be sued just for MAKING the movie..

While there IS a precedent from the Left for such a claim, it's a sad commentary on the Bill Of Rights we discussed a bit ago...

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North Korea is, accidentally or purposefully, taking it's cue from ISIS. The independent, glory seeking franchisee. If you make enough noise through mass media, some local US wacko with zero actual connection to North Korea might just decide to enter a theater with an automatic weapon and a dozen clips of ammo. That, IMHO is the most credible threat, and seems not all that likely, but very hard to quantify with any greater precision.

My guess is Sony's own corporate lawyers told them not to even think about releasing the movie into the wild. The downside risk of a negligence suit is simply too great at this time.

N. Korea and Cuba have something in common. When you leave virtually no footprint in the world economy, and can only go on because of subsidies from a bigger power, you are very hard to punish. N. Korea can't even keep the lights on at night.

It's not like there isn't parody of N Korea released in the Internet wilderness. Fox has got some delightful musical stuff out from The Falcon and the D'ohman (pronounced Falcon and the annoyed grunt man):

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kvjd1daQY3c

Sony took the family out to dinner and left the key in the front door. They got burgled. Embarrassing. File an insurance claim, and, ahem, Let it Go. (Sorry, just one clip per post, but you can hum). Spend more on cyber security, less on lawyers?

The CIA will probably think of something nice...and quiet. This little game with N. Korea has been going on for decades.

Did anyone catch the 3-Part mini-series ASCENSION??

Pretty good....

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BIGGEST CAVE

Would naturally have to go to SONY..

As I said before, I understand the decision they made. Once real violent threats were made, SONY was in an impossible position..

But they could have handled it a LOT better..

Instead of just burying the movie SONY should have announced that they are releasing the movie into the wild on the Internet at no cost..

SONY lost the $$$$ anyways.. Why not disrupt the precedent setting goal of the bad guys???

I was in a 2-year long epic legal battle with DirecTV.. I knew I could never win against a company with the vast resources of General Electric..

Sometimes, the best outcome you can achieve is not to win, but to make sure your enemy loses.. DirecTV spent about 2 million dollars in legal fees and got back about $40K... :D

That's what SONY should do..

They cannot win.. But they can damn well make sure that North Korea and Little Man Kim Un loses...

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Dig deep, people...

The sanity you save may be your own... :D

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Right now, I am at 260 with almost 2 weeks to go!!

W00t!!! :D

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http://www.chrisweigant.com/2013/12/27/my-2013-mclaughlin-awards-part-2/

Not so much CW's commentary predictions as I don't want to steal his thunder..

But the predictions by rank and file Weigantians are pretty interesting... :D

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Let me repeat I am equal opportunity I hate ALL politicians equally.

Let me give you a (year belated) apology...

I missed this a year ago and would have said, "A person after my own heart!!"

So, consider the apology rendered, a year later.. :D

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