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WEEK IN REVIEW, FACEBOOK, AND IRAN

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A few "Facebook" stories have appeared in the press in just the past week.  Now they want you to spy on your friends and let them know if they're using their real names or not:

http://thenextweb.com/facebook/2012/09/21/facebook-now-wants-snitch-friends-arent-using-real-name/

That's hardly "news," though.  This is a company whose founder has called its user base "dumb f___ers."

http://www.smh.com.au/opinion/society-and-culture/how-they-read-us-like-an-open-facebook-20110104-19f1n.html

And if you think that's the worst of it, you are sorely mistaken:

http://www.desiclub.com/community/culture/culture_article.cfm?id=843

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/facebook/9563855/Facebook-flooded-with-complaints-after-messages-bug.html

THE COMING WAR WITH IRAN - SUNBURN IN THE GULF?

We will also discuss some articles on Iranian naval warfighting capabilities, with emphasis on the SS-N-22 Sunburn anti-ship missle:

http://rense.com/general59/theSunburniransawesome.htm

http://articles.businessinsider.com/2012-02-08/news/31036419_1_anti-ship-defense-system-target-missile

 

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