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Waroduce
Aug 5, 2008
A man has taken several hostages at a post office nw of Paris

-Reuters

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Lanky Coconut Tree
Apr 7, 2011

An angry tree.

The angriest tree
Apparently he's already been apprehended and the hostages freed.

Less than an hour, good job hostage dude

Zeris
Apr 15, 2003

Quality posting direct from my brain to your face holes.
Paris terrorism is the new plane hijacking. Everyone is going to jump your dumb rear end.

Booblord Zagats
Oct 30, 2011


Pork Pro

Nuclear Tourist posted:

After they rage-quit on their military aid because the US wouldn't buy oil from them anymore, Nigeria appears to have been panic-shopping for helicopter gunships from anyone willing to sell them one. They apparently took delivery of two Super Hinds from South Africa a few weeks ago. They look like something Tom Clancy would have written about if he had lived a little bit longer.



Are those AC units in front of the intakes?

Nuclear Tourist
Apr 7, 2005

They're sand filters. But yeah, kinda looks like AC units.

lightpole
Jun 4, 2004
I think that MBAs are useful, in case you are looking for an answer to the question of "Is lightpole a total fucking idiot".
http://mobile.nytimes.com/2014/12/31/world/africa/banjul-gambia.html?referrer=

Missionary Positron
Jul 6, 2004
And now for something completely different

quote:

This week, Pentagon officials began calling up retired generals to let them know that their home addresses, private e-mails and other personal information had appeared in a document that was publicized globally by a group claiming to support Islamic State.

The phone calls began after the Twitter and YouTube accounts of the U.S. military’s Central Command were briefly taken over by hackers who claimed to be part of IS. The Pentagon downplayed the hack, calling it “cyber-vandalism,” and stressed that the vandals did not penetrate any of the military’s classified information networks.

And while it’s true that the brief defacement of the Pentagon’s social media accounts was no great accomplishment in terms of cyber-warfare, the hack is actually a different kind of terrorist attack altogether: doxing.

The practice of doxing, or publishing people's personal information online, is usually used to unmask hackers on Web forums or annoy figures in the news. It’s a way to deprive an online outlaw of his anonymity or a public figure of his or her privacy. In this case, the posting of the personal data of retired military officers is part of a different kind of strategy, to sow terror among men and women in uniform.

Indeed, the message could not have been clearer. One tweet read simply: “AMERICAN SOLDIERS, WE ARE COMING. WATCH YOUR BACK. ISIS."

Among the documents posted on the Centcom Twitter account was a 52-page spreadsheet titled “Retired Army General Officer Roster.” The list includes the addresses, e-mails and retirement dates of many former generals. Hence the calls many got this week from the Pentagon. (A link to the document on Pastebin has since been removed.)
http://www.bloombergview.com/articles/2015-01-15/islamic-states-psychological-war-on-us-troops

Man, if a two-bit operation like ISIS can get their hands on stuff like this the Chinese and Russians must have access to 99% of all US government data :v:.

WarpedNaba
Feb 8, 2012

Being social makes me swell!
It's almost like they want to be glassed.

Naked Bear
Apr 15, 2007

Boners was recorded before a studio audience that was alive!

WarpedNaba posted:

It's almost like they want to be glassed.
Well, I suppose we ought to oblige them. After all, it's only polite!

Bolow
Feb 27, 2007

ISIS killing a bunch of retired generals doesn't actually sound that terrible

its curtains for Kevin
Nov 14, 2011

Fruit is proof that the gods exist and love us.

Just kidding!

Life is meaningless
"Mr. Lowtax, do you recognize this post?"


"Yes, a forums user on my forums made it"



"Thank you. The prosecution rests, your honor"

Stultus Maximus
Dec 21, 2009

USPOL May

Bolow posted:

ISIS killing a bunch of retired generals doesn't actually sound that terrible

Do they have to be retired?

OMFG PTSD LOL PBUH
Sep 9, 2001

Bolow posted:

ISIS killing a bunch of retired generals doesn't actually sound that terrible


Stultus Maximus posted:

Do they have to be retired?

Dear N4i/Ozmas Vericose Veins (pro alt acct)


I'm dead serious when im asking you to probate these idiots for 30 days to show what mudslinging gets you 'round these here parts.

OMFG PTSD LOL PBUH
Sep 9, 2001

NTT posted:

"Mr. Lowtax, do you recognize this post?"


"Yes, a forums user on my forums made it"



"Thank you. The prosecution rests, your honor"

/nods wisely
/sheaths katana
/animes

tyler
Jun 2, 2014

Zeroisanumber
Oct 23, 2010

Nap Ghost

Helldump Immunity.
Aug 2, 2013

Fuck you
That's a really good audio file.

A Handed Missus
Aug 6, 2012


I just don't want the current events thread to miss out on this important announcement from Bundeskanzlerin/Führer Angela Merkel.

"Antisemitismus ist unsere staatliche und bürgerliche Pflicht."

She's saying that antisemitism is our governmental and civic duty.

Best Friends
Nov 4, 2011

Eel hovercraft posted:

http://www.bloombergview.com/articles/2015-01-15/islamic-states-psychological-war-on-us-troops

Man, if a two-bit operation like ISIS can get their hands on stuff like this the Chinese and Russians must have access to 99% of all US government data :v:.

As far as personal information, everyone knows everything about Americans. There are countless services selling every address you've ever had on record, your SSN, your DOB, your likely relatives, your criminal history, your marriage records, your boat licenses, everything, to anyone with the cash willing to check a couple "yep using this for legit purposes honest" boxes.

And on that note:

http://krebsonsecurity.com/2013/10/experian-sold-consumer-data-to-id-theft-service/

quote:

An identity theft service that sold Social Security and drivers license numbers — as well as bank account and credit card data on millions of Americans — purchased much of its data from Experian, one of the three major credit bureaus, according to a lengthy investigation by KrebsOnSecurity.

Which to anyone with knowledge of this, makes those Experian ads about how trusted and gracious they are with customer data unlike their competitors, positively enraging.

Zeroisanumber
Oct 23, 2010

Nap Ghost

Best Friends posted:

Which to anyone with knowledge of this, makes those Experian ads about how trusted and gracious they are with customer data unlike their competitors, positively enraging.

All three of the big credit agencies should be shut down and their employees shot.

tyler
Jun 2, 2014

Well poo poo. A couple days ago I tried to view my free annual report and after I entered my info in, it said they couldn't make a report for me.

Smiling Jack
Dec 2, 2001

I sucked a dick for bus fare and then I walked home.

Master Bateman posted:

Well poo poo. A couple days ago I tried to view my free annual report and after I entered my info in, it said they couldn't make a report for me.

credit karma is a free credit report every week fyi

lightpole
Jun 4, 2004
I think that MBAs are useful, in case you are looking for an answer to the question of "Is lightpole a total fucking idiot".
All west coast ports shut down on Monday.

Dead Reckoning
Sep 13, 2011

Smiling Jack posted:

credit karma is a free credit report every week fyi

They run lovely commercials on daytime tv. Sounds legit, I'm sure all their money comes from banner ads.

Zeroisanumber
Oct 23, 2010

Nap Ghost

lightpole posted:

All west coast ports shut down on Monday.

Guess I'd better buy my worthless plastic doodads while I have the chance.

CBJSprague24
Dec 5, 2010

another game at nationwide arena. everybody keeps asking me if they can fuck the cannon. buddy, they don't even let me fuck it

A Handed Missus posted:

I just don't want the current events thread to miss out on this important announcement from Bundeskanzlerin/Führer Angela Merkel.

"Antisemitismus ist unsere staatliche und bürgerliche Pflicht."

She's saying that antisemitism is our governmental and civic duty.

No, no, no, do NOT start that poo poo again.

lightpole
Jun 4, 2004
I think that MBAs are useful, in case you are looking for an answer to the question of "Is lightpole a total fucking idiot".

Zeroisanumber posted:

Guess I'd better buy my worthless plastic doodads while I have the chance.

I agree with the sentiment however somewhere around 90% of everything is moved by water.

Kazinsal
Dec 13, 2011

CBJSprague24 posted:

No, no, no, do NOT start that poo poo again.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3UWTRnzKXG8

e: Various news sources are claiming it was a slip of the tongue, but it seems pretty loving difficult to freudian slip something of that magnitude.

Eugene V. Dubstep
Oct 4, 2013
Probation
Can't post for 8 years!

Kazinsal posted:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3UWTRnzKXG8

e: Various news sources are claiming it was a slip of the tongue, but it seems pretty loving difficult to freudian slip something of that magnitude.

The video cuts off the first part of the sentence, I think. She's partially quoted in several places saying that fighting "antisemitism is a state and civic duty."

Oh well, canceling my visa application. Not the first time I've been teased by modern German politicians.

Sax Offender
Sep 9, 2007

College Slice

A Handed Missus posted:

I just don't want the current events thread to miss out on this important announcement from Bundeskanzlerin/Führer Angela Merkel.

"Antisemitismus ist unsere staatliche und bürgerliche Pflicht."

She's saying that antisemitism is our governmental and civic duty.

The German Jewish community can't say they did Nazi this coming.

Melthir
Dec 29, 2009

I need to go scrap some money together cause my avatar is just sad.

Derek Dominoe posted:

The German Jewish community can't say they did Nazi this coming.

:vince:

Missionary Positron
Jul 6, 2004
And now for something completely different

Best Friends posted:

As far as personal information, everyone knows everything about Americans. There are countless services selling every address you've ever had on record, your SSN, your DOB, your likely relatives, your criminal history, your marriage records, your boat licenses, everything, to anyone with the cash willing to check a couple "yep using this for legit purposes honest" boxes.

And on that note:

http://krebsonsecurity.com/2013/10/experian-sold-consumer-data-to-id-theft-service/


Which to anyone with knowledge of this, makes those Experian ads about how trusted and gracious they are with customer data unlike their competitors, positively enraging.

Jesus christ, how can that kind of poo poo be legal :stare: . The idea that you can buy people's social security numbers is just baffling to me.

Tiny Timbs
Sep 6, 2008

Social security numbers being used for everything is still a loving bullshit idea, even if it's less so than it used to be. It's still ridiculous that the DoD uses your social security number on so many forms when there's a perfectly good unique identifier on your ID that isn't linked to your entire life.

scaevola
Jan 25, 2011

Eel hovercraft posted:

Jesus christ, how can that kind of poo poo be legal :stare: . The idea that you can buy people's social security numbers is just baffling to me.

The biggest problem with the use of SS numbers is the idea that they should be secret, while at the same time having you write it down on all kinds of forms.

iyaayas01
Feb 19, 2010

Perry'd

GENDERWEIRD GREEDO posted:

Social security numbers being used for everything is still a loving bullshit idea, even if it's less so than it used to be. It's still ridiculous that the DoD uses your social security number on so many forms when there's a perfectly good unique identifier on your ID that isn't linked to your entire life.

Yup.

The fact that the TSA of all agencies is actually ahead of the curve on this one should tell you something about how retarded it is to use SSN's for everything (you submit your DoD ID # off your CAC for TSA pre-check as opposed to SSN)

Naked Bear
Apr 15, 2007

Boners was recorded before a studio audience that was alive!
"For social security purposes. Not for identification."

Hm, I wonder why.

EBB
Feb 15, 2005

Derek Dominoe posted:

The German Jewish community can't say they did Nazi this coming.

What German Jewish community?

Zeroisanumber
Oct 23, 2010

Nap Ghost

EVA BRAUN BLOWJOBS posted:

What German Jewish community?

Thousands of dizzy optimists who think that a country which specializes in dogfucking and schiesse porn will be restrained by collective shame when the next one-balled, goose-stepping gently caress announces "Juden Raus!" to the cheering masses.

krispykremessuck
Jul 22, 2005

unlike most veterans and SA members $10 is not a meaningful expenditure for me

I'm gonna have me a swag Bar-B-Q

Zeroisanumber posted:

Thousands of dizzy optimists who think that a country which specializes in dogfucking and schiesse porn will be restrained by collective shame when the next one-balled, goose-stepping gently caress announces "Juden Raus!" to the cheering masses.

Settle down, dude.

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Nostalgia4Infinity
Feb 27, 2007

10,000 YEARS WASN'T ENOUGH LURKING

Zeroisanumber posted:

Thousands of dizzy optimists who think that a country which specializes in dogfucking and schiesse porn will be restrained by collective shame when the next one-balled, goose-stepping gently caress announces "Juden Raus!" to the cheering masses.


krispykremessuck posted:

Settle down, dude.

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