NP:but maybe a little BE

[kelber at mindspring.com]

The NYSE explained yesterday's mid-day 3+ hour shutdown, as being caused by a tech glitch, resulting from the intro of some new software. It's hard to believe that they'd introduce major new software on a Wednesday morning. But even if it's true, the media silence today is astonishing. Where are the news stories or op-ed pieces about how the shut-down affected the stock market? That silence, more than the shutdown itself, is what triggers the conspiracy-theorist in me (and I'm someone who's more than willing to believe that Oswald acted alone). My theory: no one knows what happened, or who was responsible (or maybe they do!). And the NYSE, DHL and the White House are treating it as a national security issue and exhorting the press to do the same.

Laura
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