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Adventures in Malware 0
I suspect the mope is having second thoughts right about now.
Specifically, Das deliberately introduced malware – seemingly designed to delete files and knacker services – into the US Army Reserve payroll systems after his employers lost the contract to provide the technology. The military estimates it cost $2.6m to fix the damage.
Sovereign Failure 0
E. J. Dionne takes a deep look at Donald Trump’s U. N. speech and finds it to be an incoherent (quell surprise!) mess.” Here’s a snippet:
But Trump was so selective and inconsistent in his application of sovereignty that the concept itself had collapsed before he finished. If sovereignty is the highest principle, what justification does he have for threatening to destroy North Korea (which asserts its sovereign right to nuclear weapons)?
How can he suggest intervention against Venezuela simply because we disapprove of its governing system? Trump’s criticism of Venezuela was clearly based on the idea that some things actually are more important than sovereignty.
“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0
Give your family a treat of politeness.
A Picture Is Worth 0
This pretty much sums up my feelings about the international image of the U. S. since Donald Trump’s U. N speech:
Via Job’s Anger.
Catch 22: It’s the Best Catch There Is 0
Damned if he does, damned if he doesn’t.
More at the link.
Plus ca Change 0
At the Boston Review, Kahlil Gibran Muhammad spots a pattern in the flickering light of tiki torches (emphasis added):
Follow the link for the complete article.
What Happened to the “Information Superhighway”? 0
It has become a back alley from a Law and Order episode, filled with with debris, overflowing dumpsters, lurking muggers and con artists, and the occasional dead body.
Facebook Frolics 0
Josh Marshall ruminates about Russian impulses. A snippet:
But maybe it didn’t have to.
“We’ve Heard This Song Before” 0
Thom discusses evangelism and evangelical causes and the danger thereof when they become political.
He starts by somewhat awkwardly establishing a premise the Communism was an evangelical movement, that, one that wished to convince persons to follow it to the exclusion of others, and moves on to argue that evangelical movements can lead to crusades. It’s not as polished as his usual presentations, but I think it’s well worth a listen.
“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0
Politeness is child’s play.
Police say the boy’s father told officers he keeps a loaded gun in the kitchen.