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Here's a link to a google doc showing the status of where AV vendors are at in testing their products so that registry key can be added, and Microsoft Security updates will resume: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/184wcDt9I9TUNFFbsAVLpzAtckQxYiuirADzf3cL42FQ/htmlview?usp=sharing&sle=true Also has links to most of the vendors specific informational webpages. This is where I saw it linked: https://doublepulsar.com/important-information-about-microsoft-meltdown-cpu-security-fixes-antivirus-vendors-and-you-a852ba0292ec

In case you were wondering what alligators have been up to up to during this frigid weather. Pretty similar to what I've been doing, only minus the water and I poke my nostrils out of a blanket cocoon.

Inspired by @Jumbo. Yes, this is what I did with my morning. Sarah Dancing Queen Huckabee Sanders Steve Take the Money and Run Mnuchin Jeff Stayin Alive Sessions Rex A Lonely Man Tillerson Steve Let's Stay Together Bannon Mike Mother's Little Helper Pence Ryan This Land is Your Land Zinke Wilbur Can't Get Enough Ross Ben Laid Back Carson Elaine A Family Affair Chao Alex Workin' Man's Blues Accosta Rick What's Goin On Perry Betsy School's Out Devos Scott Smoke on the Water Pruitt

So it is, Kirstjen Nielsen. Missed that in my copy and paste fury fit. Good eye.

This election was such a blatant and successful attack on our country. I hate how that's taken a back seat to the daily spin and drama. Look at this very depressing list of our chain of command. Who here might be qualified to be president and 'leader of the free world'?. What a joke this list of people in the most important positions of power in out country is, except for maybe a couple, minus the biggest joke. I ****ing hate Russia, and any Americans who knowingly aided them in helping to create this situation. 1. Vice President Pence 2. House Speaker Paul Ryan 3. President pro tempore of the Senate Orrin Hatch 4. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson 5. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin 6. Defense Secretary James Mattis 7. Attorney General Jeff Sessions 8. Secretary of the Interior Ryan Zinke 9. Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue 10. Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross 11. Labor Secretary Alex Acosta 12. Health and Human Services Secretary Tom Price 13. Housing and Urban Development Secretary Ben Carson 14. Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao* 15. Energy Secretary Rick Perry 16. Education Secretary Betsy DeVos 17. Veteran Affairs Secretary David Shulkin 18. Homeland Security Secretary John Kelly

I promise I'm done being a terrible 80s DJ for the night after these two

I'm interested in Letterman's new Netflix show. It starts next Friday with Obama. It's a monthly one hour show, with one guest. The six guests are going to be Obama, George Clooney, Malala, Tina Fey, Howard Stern, and Jay-Z.

That's in the works...https://news.vice.com/en_us/article/j5vjj4/putin-russian-bitcoin-cryptoruble https://www.nytimes.com/2018/01/03/technology/russia-venezuela-virtual-currencies.html

"PutinCon". If I could, I might consider going dressed as Ivan Drago for hoots. Some Trump impersonators would be good too. You know Trump wants to follow his financial model, so he'll probably have someone there taking notes for him. https://www.putincon.com/

More Without getting too far into the weeds: This looks like a really convoluted scheme that could allow the Kremlin to claim the DNC hack was carried out by rogue actors, and/or to turn it around on America. I'll explain why, but it's a dizzying story. 2/ -The jailed hacker's name is Konstantin Kozlovsky -Kozlovsky says he worked under the direction of his FSB handler (Dmitry Dokuchaev), who worked under the direction of a sr FSB officer (Sergei Mikhailov) -Dokuchaev & Mikhailov are facing charges of treason right now 3/ Dokuchaev & Mikhailov are charged w/ providing info to US intelligence agencies. So, it could be said that they were 'working for the Americans.' So if Kozlovsky hacked the DNC under their orders, it could be said that he was working for the Americans 4/ At the very least, it could be said that Dokuchaev & Mikhailov had 'gone rogue' and were no longer carrying out the wishes of the FSB. So if Kozlovsky carried out the hack under their orders, it could be said that he was working for rogue agents, not under FSB orders. 5/ There are also other reasons that this story doesn't sit right (timing; relationship btw Dokuchaev & Kozlovsky has been called into question; the fact that Kozlovsky is posting details about his work for the FSB on Facebook from a Russian prison. And he's still alive). 6/ I could be wrong. However, I'm pretty confident in saying that we're not getting anything close to the full story here. Way too convenient. Plus, a convoluted plot like this is exactly the kind of plot that Putin would carry out. -X- Another reason to raise an eyebrow at Kozlovsky's claim re. hacking the DNC: He also claimed to have created an "astoundingly powerful hacking tool" that appears to not actually exist. https://www.buzzfeed.com/janelytvynenko/russian-hacker-dnc-confession?utm_term=.sdJPKYemr#.khEagod7p …

At this very special time of the year, a personal wish from me that everyone's holiday season is filled with joy. Best wishes to all in the new year. It's gonna be the best one yet!

Merry Christmas everybody!

This is the least festive Christmas music ever! I'll join in.

Thought about the Guys I need recommendations on the next TV series I should start watching thread, but this is not really a series. I liked it though. Good refresher on past and present, for me anyways.

Hard to tell at this point. I think we're all mostly experiencing nerve deadening from the repeated back stabbings. I suspect I have at least one wedged between my C6 and C7.

Gowdy is a fully indoctrinated party-line subhuman. He's as bad as Nunes, only smarter. He cares mostly about false narratives/smoke and mirrors tricks that his party's Super PACs care about. The spearhead of the probe into Benghazi, and the epitome of an evil, non-public serving politician. Lots of funny money propping that punch-able-faced guy up too. He's one of the worst of the worst.

Interesting. Would have embedded the tweet, but it said, "**** it, we'll make our own." https://motherboard.vice.com/en_us/article/j5djd7/motherboard-and-vice-are-building-a-community-internet-network-to-protect-net-neutrality?utm_source=vicetwitterus

I knew if he was going to fire Mueller, it would be right on Christmas Eve, or as close as possible ,so people would be distracted. The way the calendar falls this year, Friday the 22nd will be the day. Predictable as Fox News talking points mysteriously aligning with Trump's tweets.

My dream of opening up an internet cafe in America may not be dead. Complimentary Chex Mix while you enjoy your Netflix. I'm working on it...

Indeed. Edit: Don't want that to be taken the wrong way. Just agreeing about more chatter about 'something big coming' than usual.