00:28:40 Retweeted @chrislhayes00:27:18 What if North Korea wasn't responsible for the hack and the people who *did* do it are just watching all of this and eating popcorn?
05:39:27 .@ScottNY71 Looks good! Here we just have one string of lights over the garage door, two around the porch. More next year I’m sure. in reply to ScottNY71
05:41:17 .@ScottNY71 The lights over the garage are actually DJ lights like the kind they use at clubs and such though. So slightly different… :-) in reply to ScottNY71
05:43:07 .@ScottNY71 I think we’re going for the “discreetly placed so we can just leave it up all year & only turn them on at the holiday” vibe. :-) in reply to ScottNY71
05:48:46 .@ScottNY71 I am not fond of the ladders. Did outdoor lights this year for the first time ever because my 5 year old son requested it. :-) in reply to ScottNY71
05:04:32 Retweeted @michaelbd04:22:57 If I were betting, I'd say a year ago Sony fired a digital employee who is also a part time hacker. The Nork angle is probably for the lulz
05:30:00 Retweeted @Kasparov632014-12-18 14:16:21 If threats from poor Stalinist prison camp of North Korea can do this, imagine Russia & China, with huge resources. They are watching.
08:41:11 Retweeted @lukobe08:39:09 Seriously, why is there no simple way to export iPhone text messages (in the broad sense: SMS, MMS, iMessage), including photos?
08:55:43 Retweeted @seldo2014-12-18 05:22:17 To people saying "pulling The Interview means the terrorists won": we have been taking our shoes off at airports for no reason for a decade.
17:01:01 Retweeted @owillis16:40:51 "Hello I'm Carly Fiorina, you may remember me from such events as nearly destroying HP and being John McCain's worst campaign surrogate"
17:12:26 Pet peeve: screenshot of document or webpage in tweet instead of linking to source
19:05:11 Retweeted @nycjim19:05:03 Obama on Sony: "I wish they had spoken to me first. I would have told them: Do not get into a pattern in which you are intimidated.”
19:11:21 Retweeted @CarrieNBCNews19:09:17 "I think there's no doubt that what Belgium needs is a version of POLITICO. The waffles are delicious there." -President Barack Obama.
22:03:59 Retweeted @elonjames22:03:37 Sony pulled movie, said no plans of releasing it. Obama ethers Sony. Sony is all like "WE TOTALLY PLAN TO RELEASE IT IN SOME WAY…"
In the latest Curmudgeon’s Corner Sam and IvГЎn talk about:
* Ivan Complains about Flying / Book: The Final Days
* Christmas Trees / Russia’s Rouble Mess
* Jeb Bush / Election 2016
* Sydney / Peshawar
* Sony Hack
Recorded 2014-12-17
Length this week – 2:00:06 – Longest ever! We broke 2 hours!
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00:01:21 Hey, in light of Sony hack by NK, maybe NSA could start concentrating on helping secure infrastructure instead of trying to undermine it?
00:15:01 Still think movie stupid and I’ll advised, but dismayed with theaters (and then Sony) pulling it. Needs to immediately go online now.
00:21:08 Retweeted @normative00:15:14 I bet Al Qaeda's pissed to realize they could've just leaked a screener of Star Wars: Episode II & we'd have surrendered immediately.
00:21:31 Retweeted @DanielLarison00:15:41 Funny how the loudest advocates of U.S. "leadership" and "engagement" in the world are horrified by real diplomatic engagement
00:25:08 Reading – Texas Theater to Show вЂTeam America’ In Place of ‘The Interview (Erik Hayden) http://t.co/pd5OGTlDyk
00:26:36 Retweeted @Ihnatko00:20:46 A government didn’t like a movie, so they got the studio to cancel its release by threatening innocent theatergoers. Bad, bad precedent.
00:28:55 Retweeted @theanthonyking2014-12-17 22:24:20 TERRORISTS BEWARE: If you kill us, we will attack & torture indiscriminately. If you show people our emails, we will do anything you want.
00:30:31 Phone batt from 96% to 16% in under 40 minutes. Annoying.
00:31:59 Retweeted @passantino00:26:31 "Sony Pictures has no further release plans" for The Interview, Sony spokeswoman says – Reuters
00:33:09 FFS. No release plans? Should be online within 24 hours, even before the originally planned release date.
00:35:46 Retweeted @dangillmor00:31:53 I appreciate the NY Times, but its "North Korea did it" story has thin sourcing (anonymice), while Wired's "probably didn't" has lots.
00:45:39 .@BYUfan Not abnormally hot. Holding in hand without case at moment. My batt life has been declining rapidly in last couple months. Sucks. in reply to BYUfan
02:18:00 Retweeted @pmarca02:17:50 Making decisions with responsibility for employees & their families, customers, & shareholders somewhat harder than opining from a keyboard.
02:19:06 Sony (and others now) not wanting to make this available online or on demand indicates they are all afraid of further actions against them.
04:36:03 Retweeted @selil04:14:12 i never assume super hackers when crappy software riddled with vulnerabilities makes more sense.
05:04:52 Retweeted @BlogsofWar02:45:12 North Korea is responsible for decades of suffering and death for millions of people. If Sony is the last straw then our priorities are f-ed
05:08:27 Retweeted @kevinmitnick04:53:27 I'm skeptical the attack was the work of North Korea despite what the FBI says.
17:14:59 Retweeted @ryanfarrr17:08:40 I don't think people understand that it isn't Sony who have pulled #TheInterview. Well, it is, but only because nowhere will screen it.
17:16:08 .@ryanfarrr Sony could still release it online though. Even without partners like Comcast/Apple if needed. They have chosen not to. in reply to ryanfarrr
17:17:48 Not releasing in theaters almost understandable because of physical threat, decision to not release online harder to understand.
18:22:53 .@ryanfarrr They would make something rather than nothing. Cost minimal unless afraid of further retaliation. Which they probably are. in reply to ryanfarrr
19:31:48 Retweeted @emptywheel19:31:36 Thinking inviting Raul Castro for White House visit might be best way to set off GOP self-combustion before 2016 season.
19:34:23 Retweeted @owillis19:33:59 hollywood, who the right thinks is this super-political liberal force, is actually a corporate suit-run complex afraid of its shadow
19:34:45 Retweeted @AlamoDFW19:15:51 Due to to circumstances beyond our control, the TEAM AMERICA 12/27 screening has been cancelled. We apologize & will provide refunds today.
22:07:16 Retweeted @cherylrofer22:04:26 With all the heavy breathing about the Sony hack, it's worth keeping in mind that many of the passwords were like "1234" and "password."
23:31:08 Retweeted @peterwsinger23:30:47 "Everyone needs to take a chill pill."
My expert analysis on the Sony hack overreaction, while @CNN today.