WSJ on broken Greece THENS—Greece shut down its banking system, ordering lenders to stay closed for six days starting Monday, and its central bank moved to impose controls to prevent money from flooding out of the country. The steps, a fateful climax to five years of debt crisis, put Greece closer than it ever has been to an exit from the euro and pushes the common currency itself into uncharted
June 29, 2015
June 29, 2015
You can’t make this stuff up: “How can something like this happen without prior warning?” [Darleen Click]
June 29, 2015
China’s OPM hack: how to blackmail anyone in the federal government [Darleen Click]
But but but … the Federal Government has better things to worry about, like sprinkling dignity all around like magic fairy dust. By now, it’s clear that hackers — believed to be tied to the Chinese government – stole files from the Office of Personnel Management that amount to a giant “how to blackmail anyone in the federal government” manual. This was America’s “cyber 9/11,” exposing an administration full of
June 29, 2015
Kids show moral courage their parents lack [Darleen Click] UPDATED
Fight the NannyState … A school administrator from Indiana has told Congress that students in his district are trafficking in illicit goods on school property, thanks federal law. And they’re doing it right out in the open in the schools’ lunchrooms. “Perhaps the most colorful example in my district is that students have been caught bringing — and even selling — salt, pepper and sugar in school to add taste
June 29, 2015
Series of church fires [Darleen Click]
This A fire that engulfed a small, predominantly black church in Charlotte was set on purpose, local officials said Wednesday. Now they are trying to determine whether the act of arson was a hate crime. “Shock. Disbelief,” co-Pastor Rhonda Kinsey told Time Warner Cable News. “You hear about it, but you never imagine you would have a fire at your church.” is MACON, Ga. (AP) — A fire that damaged