Protecting Us From The Red Baron
Friday, August 26th, 2011The latest in TSA’s efforts to catch up to potential threats takes them all the way up to the the 1920s. I feel much safer now. Thank god someone reported him.
Archive for August, 2011
Summer of Violent Donut Gangs?
Wednesday, August 24th, 2011Summer of violent donut gangs? What is this world coming to? This has to be the worst possible place to hide from police scrutiny.
More Bears!
Monday, August 22nd, 2011More Bears behaving badly stories in the news. First up we have a Smokey Mountain bear that is pushing the limits on neighborliness. The next story is more of a horror story plot as a young girl phones her mother as she is being eaten by bears. I admit that as a parent the story [...]
Summer of Fear: Sharks
Wednesday, August 17th, 2011This is a bit late in the year for it, but this is a classic Summer of Fear type story about a man being killed by a shark. Since the victim was a Frenchman and the paper is English the story is more about the English guy who got killed a couple of weeks ago [...]
Turn Down That Jacket
Wednesday, August 17th, 2011I once saw a cricket umpire move a fan in the stands because batters were complaining that his shirt was too distracting. I thought it was one of the differences between UK and US sports, that would never happen at a US sporting event. I was wrong.
Trojan Horse in the Laundry
Wednesday, August 10th, 2011An anti-fascist group pulls a fast one on some neo-nazis. This is the best real life version of a trojan horse attack I have seen in a long time. Very cunning. Of course it does assume the target washes their clothes.