November 7, 2014
By The Morning News
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- Homeland Security says malware sponsored by Russia has been inserted into critical US infrastructure.
- Putin says there was nothing wrong with the Soviet Union's pact with Nazi Germany, which secretly carved up Poland
- Synthetic drug Spice rips across Russia, spread by kids and anonymous networks.
- A year after the Silk Road was shut down, the FBI shuts down Silk Road 2.0 and arrests its alleged operator.
- Irish woman rejected for a Korean teaching job, thanks to "the alcoholism of her kind."
- Your weekend poem: "The Ruins of Timoleague Abbey" by Seán Ó Coileáin.
- France's "eco-tax" controversy perfectly illustrates the country's political shambles and deep malaise.
- Michael Jordan calls the president a "shitty" golfer; Obama as much calls Jordan a shitty NBA owner.
- Regulators and politicians blamed for the recent financial crisis—after all, bankers are naturally greedy and reckless.
- JPMorgan Chase's whistleblower saga shows Wall Street being happy to pay fines to keep wrongdoing in the dark.
- Online commerce represents just six percent of total retail sales.
- Prior to Tuesday's elections, polls were skewed toward Democrats, opposite of Democrats' complaints.
- Over the past three years, a mass shooting has occurred, on average, every 64 days; over the previous 29 years, one occurred every 200 days.
- US struggles to decode chaos as Aleppo—once a stronghold of Syrian rebels designated as allies by the West—looks to fall.
- Harvard professors pissed to find out they've been videotaped secretly to measure attendance numbers.
- See also: Recent xkcd language-nerd joke is legit.
- Thirteen years in tech as a black woman.
- Fort Lauderdale arrests man again—twice in four days—for feeding homeless people.
