-- Ouch!… Sarah Palin Hammers Nutty Hollywood Producer (Palin is good at hitting back hard and making her attacker look like an idiot)
-- George Will - "Why Mike Pence Catches Conservatives' Eyes" (Will's article proves a good addition to my previous post, "Mike Pence for President?")
-- Clifford May - "Cyber Wake-up Call"
Chinese military analyst Wang Huacheng has described America’s reliance on information technology and the Internet as the country’s “soft ribs and strategic weakness.” Chinese forces are known to have penetrated Sandia National Laboratories and several U.S. military sites. Air Force major general William Lord said the Chinese downloaded “ten terabytes of data, the same amount contained in the Library of Congress.”
[..] Enemy cybercombatants are developing cyberweapons that could shut down our electrical grid (causing blackouts of indefinite duration) or destroy the electronic records and processes on which our financial systems depend.
Me: So what does this mean? My money and your money lie in a bank as merely a data entry. Do we lose all trace of it in a cyber attack? What about the stock market? Do all investments go "poof"? Is there any place one can put one's money where it cannot be wiped out in a cyber attack?
- Students attack Prince Charles' car after fee hike. (If he and Camilla look shocked and scared, they have every reason to be)
PRINCE CHARLES’ CAR ATTACKED By Violent London Youths (PHOTO & Video)… Christmas Tree in Trafalgar Square Torched
VIOLENT YOUTHS protesting in London attacked that car that Prince Charles and Camille were riding in tonight.
The Rolls Royce they were riding in had its window smashed and it was covered in paint. (Telegraph)
Here’s video of the car:
The violent mob also attacked the treasury, the Christmas tree in Trafalgar Square has been set alight, shops ransacked in Oxford Street and police are preparing to deploy CS gas to break the crowds up.
Demonstrators protest in central London in this November 30, 2010. (REUTERS/Luke MacGregor)
Prince Charles and Camille were attacked in their car during the violent protests.
Chron.com reported:
Angry protesters in London have attacked a car containing Prince Charles, the heir to the British throne, and his wife Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall.
An Associated Press photographer saw demonstrators kick the car in Regent Street, in the heart of London’s shopping district. The car then drove off.
The prince’s office had no immediate comment.
Protesters angry at a huge tuition fee hike are fighting with police and smashing windows in London.
THIS IS A BREAKING NEWS UPDATE. Check back soon for further information. AP’s earlier story is below.
British lawmakers on Thursday approved a controversial plan to triple university tuition fees by a narrow margin after some government legislators rebelled amid violent protests outside Parliament.
The plan to raise the cap on tuition fees to 9,000 pounds ($14,000) was approved, 323-302 in the House of Commons, a close vote given the government’s 84-seat majority.
The tuition vote posed a crucial test for governing Conservative-Liberal Democrat coalition, and for the government’s austerity plans to reduce Britain’s budget deficit.
Outside Parliament, police with riot shields and batons tussled with angry student protesters, keeping them away from the building.
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