In the News

[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/

[Jubal]

Looks like new elections are on the cards for Greece, with Syriza the likely winners... on the plus side, at least they'll probably be decisive. I guess their lack of administrative experience could pose a problem, on the minus side. I think that the Germans will probably just cut them loose and kick them out of the Euro rather than renegotiate bailout deals.

[Othko97]

OH GOD NO!!

http://discovermagazine.com/2012/jun/03-hidden-epidemic-tapeworms-in-the-brain/article_view?b_start:int=0&-C=

WHAT HAVE I JUST READ?!

[comrade_general]

Oh, so that's what is wrong with me.

But seriously that is quite f'ed up.

[Jubal]

Ew. I think that's about as much as can be said there...

[comrade_general]

I could almost post this one in the boob thread:

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/47504332/ns/world_news-europe/#.T7q9D8W-0nk

Not interesting, but still.

[comrade_general]

http://usnews.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2012/05/25/11866152-harley-davidson-motorcycle-swept-away-by-japan-tsunami-to-be-preserved-in-museum?lite/

[Jubal]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-18221461

This is very depressing and worrying... and abhorrent. Syria's military just seems to be out of control now.

[comrade_general]

Sick, just sick. And this will only embolden the protesters...

[comrade_general]

http://www.foxnews.com/scitech/2012/05/27/device-may-let-humans-communicate-with-dolphins/

Star Trek IV anyone?

[Jubal]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-18280997
I thought this was kinda cute.