Computer Attacks Linked to Wealthy Group or Nation

Barf Stew is your source for the stuff the MSM says once and then ignores (usually because it doesn't fit the MSM `story') - and in this one - it appears someone is funding 5-10 hackers who have:
has infected 15 of the industrial control plants it was apparently intended to infiltrate. It's not clear what sites were infected, but they could include water filtration, oil delivery, electrical and nuclear plants....
Symantec's analysis of the code, O Murchu said, shows that nearly 60 percent of the computers infected with Stuxnet are in Iran. An additional 18 percent are in Indonesia. Less than 2 percent are in the U.S..
Iran's nuclear agency has taken steps to combat the computer worm that has affected industrial sites in the country,ghout the country, including its first nuclear power station just weeks before it was set to go online. Experts from the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran met this past week to discuss how to remove the malware, according to the semiofficial ISNA news agency.
Yeah, Big Time Barf Stew I'd say! http://www.cnbc.com/id/39372580

Energy in Iran: National Iranian Oil Company, Oil reserves in Iran, Natural gas reserves in Iran, Nuclear program of Iran, Atomic Energy Organization of Iran, Ministry of Petroleum (Iran)

Meanwhile - European Central Banks Halt Gold Sales - http://www.cnbc.com/id/39376353 - Not much of this Barf is being talked about.
The Origin of Financial Crises: Central Banks, Credit Bubbles, and the Efficient Market Fallacy (Vintage)
International Economic Indicators and Central Banks (Wiley Finance)
Banking on the Future: The Fall and Rise of Central Banking

Meanwhile, Recession in U.S. Weighed on Incomes, Marriage, Teen Employment - http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2010-09-29/recession-s-toll-in-u-s-ranged-from-incomes-to-marriage-census-data-show.html - incomes and marriage rates fall - more at link. Barf Stew.

In more Barf - Banks Are Failing At A Record Pace, The FDIC Bank Problem List Continues To Grow And Most Americans Don't Even Realize The U.S. Banking System Is Dying - http://endoftheamericandream.com/archives/banks-are-failing-at-a-record-pace-the-fdic-bank-problem-list-continues-to-grow-and-most-americans-dont-even-realize-the-u-s-banking-system-is-dying - Is your money safe? Stewable.

And, Stores Scramble to Accommodate Budget Shoppers - like those at the end of the month who can't afford toilet paper - http://www.cnbc.com/id/39300161 Barf Stew Folks.

I have been named - 53rd most influential Twitter'r in Esoteric - say what? - http://wefollow.com/twitter/esoteric/page3 - Stewable?

Do Paranormal Experiences Suggest A `Computer’ Reality?   http://theheavystuff.com/?p=137 - Stewable.

These sexy Fuji Film Girls are NOT, repeat NOT computer generated --- http://i.imgur.com/9ZRnU.jpg -- yum. And, how about one more of those Florida Sun Girls Models - Eva - http://www.floridasunmodels.com/Models/Eva/EVAblkmicrobik28.JPG
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Let's finish today with another Shorpy Time Travel Picture - (Click to enlarge) To Omaha in 1938 - Called Down And Out!

http://www.shorpy.com/node/9009?size=_original

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