An appealing theme of Dan Taberski’s recent podcast “Headlong: Surviving Y2K” was the value of planning for possible calamity. Anticipating wide-scale chaos—like what might have befallen the world if most of its computers went berserk—made people in 1999 go a little nuts, but it also helped people plan, technologically and otherwise, and thus feel somewhat reassured…
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F.B.I. Opened Inquiry Into Whether Trump Was Secretly Working on Behalf of Russia
In the days after President Trump fired James B. Comey as F.B.I. director, law enforcement officials became so concerned by the president’s behavior that they began investigating whether he had been working on behalf of Russia against American interests, according to former law enforcement officials and others familiar with the investigation. The inquiry carried explosive implications. Counterintelligence…
Houthi drone targets senior Yemeni officers, kills five soldiers
Sanaa, Yemen – A Houthi drone attack has killed at least five Yemeni soldiers and wounded several senior officers from the Yemeni army, including the country’s chief of staff, a government official and Houthi spokesperson told Al Jazeera. Thursday’s attack on a military parade at the al-Anad military base wounded at least 20 military personnel, the official said, including Mohammad…
Why Fact Checking Is A Joke
As soon as President Donald Trump’s speech ended, the liberal talking points were spewing on the cable news networks disguised as “fact-checking.” Armed with press releases from the Democratic National Committee, the talking heads universally focused on the small stuff to avoid admitting the inconvenient truths leftists avoid like the plague – illegal immigration hurts…
German politicians targeted in mass data attack
Contacts, private chats, and financial details were put out on Twitter that belongs to figures from every political party except the far-right AfD. Data from celebrities and journalists were also leaked. It is unclear who was behind the attack, which emerged on Twitter in the style of an advent calendar last month. German Interior Minister…
For Bernie Sanders, Claims of Sexism Hang Over 2020 Bid…
In February 2016, Giuliana Di Lauro, a Latino outreach strategist for Senator Bernie Sanders’s presidential operation, complained to her supervisor that she had been harassed by a campaign surrogate whom she drove to events ahead of the Democratic primary in Nevada. She said the surrogate told her she had “beautiful curly hair” and asked if…
Jetpack racing league poised to take off?
The world’s first jetpack racing league is poised to take off in 2019 There’s an old adage about buses: You wait for ages for one to come, then two turn up at the same time. Well, it turns out the same rule is true for jetpacks — but, in this case, it’s totally a good…
Malware attack disrupts delivery of L.A. Times and Tribune papers across the U.S.
What first arose as a server outage was identified Saturday as a malware attack, which appears to have originated from outside the United States and hobbled computer systems and delayed weekend deliveries of the Los Angeles Times and other newspapers across the country. Technology teams worked feverishly to quarantine the computer virus, but it spread through…
POPE CALLS FOR WORLD LOVE
* Pope delivers Christmas message in St Peter’s Square * Security tight after a man threatened to bomb churches * Francis urges people to respect those with different views * Calls for reconciliation in the Middle East, other war zones By Philip Pullella VATICAN CITY, Dec 25 (Reuters) – Pope Francis, in his Christmas message…
STOCKS WORST WEEK IN 10 YEARS
Stocks plunged again on Friday, bringing the Dow Jones Industrial Average’s losses for the week to 7 percent, putting it on track for its worst week since the financial crisis in 2008. The Nasdaq Composite Index fell into a bear market. The Federal Reserve’s rate hike on Wednesday drove the losses this week and…
