Bad news roundup: It looks like there is likely to be
war in the Middle East. This probably means that Israel will wipe the floor with the various Arab states in a few days and the situation will cool down to a simmering rancor, with all recent gains more than undone.
Unless some Arab state lobs a nuke at Israel, in which case things look like
getting
really bad.
Meanwhile, Europe is on the verge of adopting
US-style software patents, which could all but give
a few giant multinationals with cross-licensed portfolios a monopoly on
innovation.