al jazeera has good coverage right now: escalation, war ships, etc...

reporter wearing bullet proof vest and helmet, shielded to the teeth!

rockets going off as she speaks...

this is much better than watching the RT cam.

oh also, a bit of news from anonymous, RE: cyber wars:

[link to bits.blogs.nytimes.com]

After Israel killed a top military commander of Hamas on Wednesday, Anonymous, the loose affiliation of hackers, retaliated with a series of attacks on Israeli Web sites.

In a coordinated action that began at 3 a.m. New York time Thursday, hackers attacked Web sites belonging to the Israel Defense Forces, the prime minister’s office, Israeli banks, airlines and security companies by flooding them with Web traffic, in a campaign they called #OpIsrael.

gaza firing rockets back.

*shrug*

and no thing but a chili bean if ya'll don't give a poo about actual news...

have a good one!