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Oopsie: Norks not responsible for the Sony hack?

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Sony PicturesFrom Politico.com:

FBI briefed on alternate Sony hack theory

by Tal Kopan

FBI agents investigating the Sony Pictures hack were briefed Monday by a security firm that says its research points to laid-off Sony staff, not North Korea, as the perpetrator — another example of the continuing whodunit blame game around the devastating attack.

Even the unprecedented decision to release details of an ongoing FBI investigation and President Barack Obama publicly blaming the hermit authoritarian regime hasn’t quieted a chorus of well-qualified skeptics who say the evidence just doesn’t add up.

Something tells me you can place this into the “More To Come” category, with a sub-category of “Obama Sticks Foot In Mouth Once More.”

Man, this is getting good.

BZ

 

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Massive manhunt underway right now in Los Angeles after 2 police officers were shot at while driving in their cruiser

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From FoxNews.com:

LAPD - Suspect Fires On CopsAlso from the LATimes.com:

2 LAPD officers ambushed: ‘Sense of uneasiness’ among L.A. police

by Matt Stevens and Mark Boster

The search for a second shooter in an attack on Los Angeles police was called off early Monday, and red and yellow caution tape barred entrance to the scene of the shooting.

“We don’t know what precipitated the shooting,” LAPD Lt. Andy Neiman told the Los Angeles Times, but “everyone’s keenly aware of what happened in New York,” and there is a “sense of uneasiness.”

Trust me, every officer in LAPD knows precisely what and who precipitated the ambush shooting.

Sunday night around 9:20 p.m., two officers in a single patrol car were responding to a call and driving southbound on Hoover Street near 62nd Place. They saw a muzzle flash — the visible blast from a gun — and determined they were being fired at, Neiman said. 

Despite the surprise attack, neither officer was hurt and they were able to return fire, officials said.

By the way, who lives in and “claims” Hoover Street in Los Angeles?

That’s right, the Hoover Street Crips.  Who are, shock of shocks, black.

My good little troll Kenny, who made comments on this post, must be giggling in his hooptie right now, in sagging heaven.

BZ

 

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“Me” generation unable to repair itself and others: literally

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MillennialsMillennials or Generation Y: are they lazy?

This should come as no shock from Millennials, as it’s all about “them” and servicing “them.”

From the UKTelegraph.com:

Young people are ‘lost generation’ who can no longer fix gadgets, warns professor

by Sarah Knapton, Science Editor

Young people in Britain have become a lost generation who can no longer mend gadgets and appliances because they have grown up in a disposable world, the professor giving this year’s Royal Institution Christmas lectures has warned.

Danielle George, Professor of Radio Frequency Engineering, at the University of Manchester, claims that the under 40s expect everything to ‘just work’ and have no idea what to do when things go wrong.

Unlike previous generations who would ‘make do and mend’ now young people will just chuck out their faulty appliances and buy new ones.

This is equally applicable to the US as well, because helicopter parents have ensured that their very special and unique children must attend college rather than learn trades in such areas as vehicle repair, HVAC service, plumbing, electrical, woodworking, metal fabrication, welding, or anything even remotely physical.

As a result, Millennials are shocked — shocked I tell you — to discover their $100,000 university degree in philosophy or Pan-African studies allows them to pour coffee at Starbucks or provide free internship somewhere, and only half of work is full time.

An interesting aside about Millennials:

Another blow to conventional wisdom: Younger Americans interact less than their baby boomer parents, apparently choosing Facebook over facetime. “Conventional group membership, attendance at meetings, working with neighbors, trusting other people, reading the news, union membership and religious participation are all down for young people since the 1970s,” said The report provided to Secrets.

When Baby Boomers die out, when Gen Xers die out, just who will make repairs on the necessities of life?  Because even living in a “tiny house” or a 500-square foot apartment or taking the bus or the train or riding a bicycle will require someone who knows how to repair said objects.

There’s a new world dawning, and I fear young people are ill prepared — or even interested in preparation.

BZ

 

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