Obama's in a huff about five Chinese Army officers hacking into existing American industrial networks.

At the same time, John Chambers had to write Obama a letter and request the NSA stop hacking into Cisco equipment it before it was installed into industrial networks.

That's right. No crime boss wants outside competition.

It will cost $24 per person to visit the National September 11 Memorial & Museum in New York City. Visitors attending a preview were a bit put off by the gift shop.

Something I didn't know: Jill Abramson has a "T" (for the NYT) tattooed on her back.

And she won't remove it.

A full exposition of the phenomonen of narcissism as political philsophy, including hashtag activism. You have to get past the author's misappropriation of the term "liberalism" to mean post-modern leftism, but it's worth it.

Interesting PR blurb about young men being able to sue institutions of higher learning when they're accused of sexual crimes when those judicial proceedings are unfair to the accused.

Also, a piece in the NYTs about why we get fat. Pull quote:

One reason we consume so many refined carbohydrates today is because they have been added to processed foods in place of fats — which have been the main target of calorie reduction efforts since the 1970s.

A full exposition of the phenomonen of narcissism as political philsophy, including hashtag activism.

Cousin, a couple years ago, when the Kony 2012 video was all the rage, I remember asking one of my daughters if any of her friends forwarding the video, or liking it, or whatever, were ready to put on uniforms and learn to use rifles. Um, well, maybe not, she suggested.

It was around that time that I first heard the word "slacktivism".

Kendall Kardashian can't (or is it "kan't") read. Why am I not surprised?