China Earthquake Redux and CLieA and More for Friday, July 10, 2009

Updated/Revised Saturday, July 11, 2009:

400,000 Displaced in China after Quake

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2009/07/10/world/main5148730.shtml

Newsweek: Panetta orders internal CIA probe

http://www.newsweek.com/id/205958

Rep. Holt on Countdown on CIA Witholding Info for 8 years

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/3036677/#31837896

Howard Fineman on Countdown on CIA Witholding Info for 8 years

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/3036677/#31837903

CLieA

http://antizendictionary.blogspot.com/2009/07/cliea.html

CWhyA

http://antizendictionary.blogspot.com/2009/05/cwhya.html

CQA or C?A

http://antizendictionary.blogspot.com/2009/05/cqa.html

Lawmaker: Panetta terminated secret program

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/31849628/ns/politics-capitol_hill/

Jan Schakowsky

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jan_Schakowsky

Leon Panetta

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leon_Panetta

G8 pledges to boost food supplies

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/8143566.stm

G8 warning on Iran crackdown

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/8144611.stm

Iranian police fire in air to disperse protesters

http://www.newsdaily.com/stories/tre5684gs-us-iran-protests/

Protesters in Iran met with tear gas, batons

http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/07/09/iran.protests.anniversary/index.html

Chinese police break up Xinjiang protest

http://www.newsdaily.com/stories/tre569070-us-china-xinjiang/

Uighurs defy Xinjiang mosque ban

http://www.cbc.ca/world/story/2009/07/10/china-uighur-mosque891.html

Geithner: Derivatives crippled the economy (...ummm, we think Mr. Geithner is right on this one, remember the fiscal disaster - related to derivatives - in Orange County?...)

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/31846531/ns/business-us_business/

Derivative

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Derivative_(finance)

CNNMoney: AIG in cross hairs of new bonus rage

http://money.cnn.com/2009/07/10/news/companies/aig_bonuses/index.htm?postversion=2009071009

Experts: Iraq invasion harmed historic Babylon

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/31842219/ns/world_news-conflict_in_iraq/

Babylon

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Babylon

Credit card firms try a new squeeze play

http://redtape.msnbc.com/2009/07/when-james-received-a-great-credit-card-offer-two-years-ago-a-499-percent-interest-on-balance-transfers-for-the-life-of.html#posts

GM emerges from bankruptcy

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/8144434.stm

July 2009 Cyber Attacks

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/July_2009_cyber_attacks

Ripjack Request or Ripjack Program

http://antizendictionary.blogspot.com/2009/07/ripjack-request-or-ripjack-program.html

Computers in U.S. Linked to Cyber Attack

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2009/07/10/world/main5148748.shtml

PCs could be hit next in Web attack

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/31849331/ns/technology_and_science-security/

PCs could be hit next in Web attack: South Korea

http://www.newsdaily.com/stories/tre56709e-us-korea-south-internet/

South Korea blocks IP addresses spreading computer virus

http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/07/10/southkorea-websites.html

Debate over possible responses to cyber attacks

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/31836856/ns/technology_and_science-security/

Experts work to untangle cyber attacks

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/31837148/ns/technology_and_science-security/

Griditration or Gridthreat

http://antizendictionary.blogspot.com/2009/04/griditration-or-gridthreat.html

Bristol's ex talks about Palin's resignation

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/31846807/ns/politics-more_politics/

Levi: Palin Quit To Cash In On Fame

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2009/07/10/politics/main5149480.shtml

Was Money Palin’s Real Motivation? (MSNBC Countdown)

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/3036677/#31857316

$palin

http://antizendictionary.blogspot.com/2009/07/palin.html

$pale

http://antizendictionary.blogspot.com/2009/07/pale.html

SA miners hold bosses underground

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/8144448.stm

Pair jailed for web race crimes

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/north_yorkshire/8144366.stm

Nestle dough’s E. coli doesn’t match outbreak

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/31836583/ns/health-food_safety/



Concern over Ebola virus in pigs

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/8143823.stm

Ebola

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ebola

India toxic alcohol toll tops 100

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/8144023.stm

Americans value science, but not all of it: survey

http://www.newsdaily.com/stories/tre56901o-us-survey/

How much CO2 does this article produce?

http://www.cnn.com/2009/TECH/science/07/10/green.internet.CO2/index.html

Bisphenol A traces found in baby food: Health Canada

http://www.cbc.ca/consumer/story/2009/07/10/bisphenola-bpa-baby-food-bottled-water-health-canada.html

Bisphenol A

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bisphenol_A


Jackson foul play 'not ruled out'

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/8143756.stm

MySpace 'suicide bully cleared'

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/8131797.stm

Smoke alarms, tea kettles, basketballs recalled

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/31838066/ns/today_home_and_garden/

Withdrawal Syndrome After Consumption Of Designer Drug 'Spice Gold'

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/07/090709072911.htm

Spice (*drug*)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spice_(drug)

B.C. time warp blamed on power transmission problems

http://www.cbc.ca/cp/Oddities/090709/K070911AU.html

From Thursday, July 9, 2009

Iran police disperse protesters

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/8141873.stm

Iranian police use tough tactics to quell new protests

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/31828921/ns/world_news-mideastn_africa/

House Democrats say CIA lied

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/31808054/ns/politics-capitol_hill/

Local governments face harsh choices

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/31686981/ns/us_news-the_elkhart_project/

Rio worker 'stole state secrets'

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/8141766.stm

Rio Tinto (Wiki Link)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rio_Tinto_Group

Police to probe UK phone hack claims

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/8142047.stm

New 'cyber attacks' hit S Korea

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/8142282.stm

'15-year high' for rhino poaching

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/8142180.stm

World’s First-hydrogen Powered Yacht With A Fully Integrated Laboratory Will Study Mediterranean Pollution

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/06/090619125909.htm

Some Particles Cool Climate, Others Add To Global Warming

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/06/090619125905.htm

Regulation And Oversight Of Gun Sales Reduces Trafficking To Criminals, Study Finds

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/07/090707111749.htm

Moore tackles financial meltdown


http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/8142017.stm

Michael Moore

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Moore

Mystery surrounds Jackson burial

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/8141894.stm

Why You Really Shouldn't Buy from a Bankrupt Company and Stay Out of Those Federal Buildings and More for Wednesday, July 8, 2009

Injury to Insult: Car Defect Victims Out of Luck (...why you really shouldn't buy a product - or service - from a bankrupt company...just follow the link...)

http://abcnews.go.com/Business/story?id=8016340&page=1

Federal buildings get 'F' after bombs smuggled in (...the guards were caught sleeping with their feet on the desk or otherwise while the bomb parts were smuggled in...Oh, Keith...We think we have a 'Worst Persons in the World ' for you!)

http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/07/07/federal.buildings.security/index.html

Jackson death certificate released (...if you want the details, don't follow the link to this story just yet...)

http://www.cbc.ca/arts/music/story/2009/07/08/jackson-death-certificate.html

G8 sees economy still in peril, falters on climate (...Today's Worst World Leader Gathering in the World! Bravo!...)

http://www.newsdaily.com/stories/tre5662vj-us-g8-summit/

U.S. dollar unlikely to be toppled as top currency: economists

http://www.cbc.ca/money/story/2009/07/08/us-dollar-global-currency-debate-italy.html

'First Saudi terror trial' ends

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/8141021.stm

China: Death for Rioters behind Killings

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2009/07/08/world/main5143285.shtml

China riot city 'under control' (...it is amazing how these riots can break out in a "totalitarian" state...Uh-oh. We used the 't-word'. Look for this website to suddenly and mysteriously disappear...)

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/8140492.stm

Troops flood into China region after clashes

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/31792960/ns/world_news-asiapacific/

China's Hu abandons G8 as ethnic unrest continues

http://www.newsdaily.com/stories/tre5650sw-us-china-xinjiang/

White House among targets of sweeping cyber attack

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090708/ap_on_go_ot/us_us_cyber_attack;_ylt=Ajx56KzrqK1I89CwTYKNg86s0NUE;_ylu=X3oDMTJ0djQ2a2FiBGFzc2V0Ay9hcC8yMDA5MDcwOC9hcF9vbl9nb19vdC91c191c19jeWJlcl9hdHRhY2sEcG9zAzEEc2VjA3luX2hlYWRsaW5lX2xpc3QEc2xrA3doaXRlaG91c2VhbQ--

Governments hit by cyber attack (...this much is true, we just happened to have FTC business on Monday - one of the days of the attack - and could not load up/log onto the complaint form...the cyber attack really works...Stewie: 'Yes, victory is mine!' Uh-oh!)


http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/8139821.stm

North Korea suspected in U.S., South Korea web attack

http://www.newsdaily.com/stories/tre56709e-us-korea-south-internet/

N. Korea blamed for ‘massive’ cyber attacks

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/31789294/ns/technology_and_science-security/

Griditration or Gridthreat

http://antizendictionary.blogspot.com/2009/04/griditration-or-gridthreat.html

Social Security Numbers Can Be Predicted With Public Information (...another cause for your concern...why is the study even being published?...)

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/07/090706171509.htm

SSN Study Link

http://www.ssnstudy.org/

U.S. mortgage fraud "rampant" and growing: FBI

http://www.newsdaily.com/stories/tre5667ld-us-mortgagefraud-fbi/

Mortgage fraud

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mortgage_fraud

Swiss ready to seize UBS data to stifle Washington

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090708/ap_on_bi_ge/eu_switzerland_ubs_secrets;_ylt=Asjm0qhtUobe4vlDAkVRddSs0NUE;_ylu=X3oDMTM1YjI0NTN2BGFzc2V0Ay9hcC8yMDA5MDcwOC9hcF9vbl9iaV9nZS9ldV9zd2l0emVybGFuZF91YnNfc2VjcmV0cwRwb3MDMgRzZWMDeW5faGVhZGxpbmVfbGlzdARzbGsDc3dpc3

Mumbai facing water cuts as lakes run dry (...and some say Global Warming is 'not real'...)

http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090708/wl_asia_afp/indiaweatherwater;_ylt=ApPH2bggIj8yCByXjS9FKAEPLBIF;_ylu=X3oDMTJvZm1yaXZxBGFzc2V0A2FmcC8yMDA5MDcwOC9pbmRpYXdlYXRoZXJ3YXRlcgRwb3MDMTQEc2VjA3luX2FydGljbGVfc3VtbWFyeV9saXN0BHNsawNtdW1iYWlmYWNpbmc-

Mumbai

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mumbai

Monsoon

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monsoon

Global warming already impacting monsoons, crop production in India

http://www.naturalnews.com/021233.html

Climate Records Show Global Warming Could Influence Asian Monsoon

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2003/01/030127075900.htm

Kim Jong-il appears at memorial

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/8140028.stm

Kim Jong-il

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kim_Jong-il

Karadzic immunity claim rejected

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/8140466.stm

Radovan Karadzic

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radovan_Karadzic

Travel more than doubles risk of blood clots: study

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090706/hl_nm/us_travel_bloodclot;_ylt=AhFRP8ctZfOVqZP9jWWGerwDW7oF

Suicides spike on Wednesdays, study shows (‘Kamikazee, please…’ Auugghhhh!!!...).

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/31780455/ns/health-mental_health/

The Coming Cyberwar and The Failing Health of an Ill Kim Jong Il and More for Thursday, April 9, 2009

firmament kaleidoscope image licensed under Creative Commons by srqpix

We're calling it griditration or gridthreat, and personally, we feel very intimidated by this "new" technological threat. As we also feel the same about other "new" threats the scientific community is just beginning to explore or understand. Will the new GM/Segway PUMA collaboration help address the issues with the birth/air pollution link and the issues of the uninsured? And, what is the real threat posed by the Conficker VirusWorm? It seems to be evolving but nobody seems to know what its ultimate evolutionary stage will be. Except, perhaps the creator(s) and could they be one in the same with the creator(s) of griditration or the gridthreat?

True, our best scientific and engineering minds might be working on powerful solutions to the gridthreat or griditration right now. But, will they have a solution in time? Like the Lawnmower Man, they are probably working against a terminal alarm clock. When the alarm trips, the power grid shuts off, just like it did in John Carpenter's Escape from New York. No more power. No more reading/ viewing this screen. Lights out...

Except this is no science fiction nor fantasy movie. This has to be perceived as a real threat. The Public Safety could be in grave danger if the power grid is shut down by some foreign power in the event of war or some other perceived crisis or affront. Hopefully, before that happens, the gridthreat will fall into the ocean of failure paralleling that of the recent N Korea rocket launch - errr, failure - not only that, but paralleling the apparently rapidly failing health of Kim Jong Il.

But, our best minds and leaders can't count on these threats toppling like a row of dominoes. Hopefully they've got the science and engineering and policy developed to counter these very dangerous threats to our safety and sovereignty. And its not just in the USA, some 103 countries are supposedly affected - or - virtually worldwide. As we have previously said in this publication and one of our sister publications, we'll know for sure when the power goes off or if this website suddenly and mysteriously disappears...

Magister rerum usus. (Use is the mastery of all things.).

Cyberspies infiltrate US power grid

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/7990997.stm

Hackers reportedly have embedded code in power grid

http://www.cnn.com/2009/TECH/04/08/grid.threat/index.html

Griditration or Gridthreat

http://antizendictionary.blogspot.com/2009/04/griditration-or-gridthreat.html

Conficker begins stealthy update

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/7991422.stm

Police fight back on laser threat

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/7990013.stm

"Geoengineering" To Fight Global Warming?

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2009/04/08/tech/main4930539.shtml

Pollution link with birth weight

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/7988619.stm

Segway to create new vehicle

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/7987301.stm

Personal Urban Mobility and Accessibility

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Personal_Urban_Mobility_and_Accessibility

Economy leaves millions of drivers uninsured

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30093235/

Kim Jong Il thinner on return from illness

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30118579/

Kim Jong Il

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kim_Jong_II

Griditration or Gridthreat

Griditration or Gridthreat
Griditration/Gridthreat: (1) Infiltration of a nation's power grid (e.g., in this case, the USA!) allegedly by a foreign power. Purportedly to be used as an "equalizer" in the event of war with the alleged foreign power or superpower nation. (2) Is this related to the mysterious purpose(s) and evolution (?) of the Conficker WormVirus? Reference(s): Cyberspies infiltrate US power grid and Hackers reportedly have embedded code in power grid. (3) And if and when the war does start, we think we'll know for sure... (4) We guess we'll also know for sure if this website is suddenly and mysteriously blocked...