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Jubal:
This will just be a pinned thread for rolling news chatter, like a discussion & debate form of the Booze Up. Just post and comment on any interesting news items you find out on the webs.


As a start, it looks like the economic crisis might be going to claim another government; if there's a list of rules for central European diplomacy, surely "Don't ignore the population of Prague" is very high up on it...
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-17799937

comrade_general:
Something I saw:
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/47225834#.T53x9tVOI2A

Jubal:
That's pretty cool!

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-17868789
This is pretty scary - all about cyberwars et cetera. The amount of stuff that could be damaged by hacking is pretty scary...

I mean, is it just me, or should it be the case that the military or high-security nuclear facilities use different protcols and networks to the rest of us? I mean, the computers at a nuclear plant which control the plant just shouldn't be connected to the internet - otherwise it's really quite a big potential risk.

Jubal:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-17975660

Hollande's won it! Huzzah!

comrade_general:
http://latino.foxnews.com/latino/sports/2012/05/06/kentucky-derby-gutierrez-rides-ill-have-another-to-win/

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