Life After Death

Benjamin Schreiber was sentenced to life without parole in 1997 by a court in Iowa ...

Benjamin Schreiber Posted Unusual Appeal ...

for first-degree murder, after bludgeoning a man to death in 1996.

Moustache Mockery

'Moustache Pete' was a derogatory name given to the old style Sicilian Mafioso crime bosses who had come to the USA in the early 20th century.

Giuseppe "The Clutch Hand" Morello

In Korea, moustaches are also likely to prompt derogatory names ... or at least that's the excuse being given, for the social media attacks being directed at Harry Harris, the US Ambassador to South Korea. 

The Tail Wagging The Dog

Margaret Court holds the record for all-time Grand Slam singles titles.

Margaret Court - Tennis Legend.

Her 192 career singles titles between 1960 and 1977 is a women's record, and her 24 Grand Slam singles titles is an all-time record. 2020 is the 50th anniversary of when she won all four major titles in a calendar year.

Arrivederci Roma

I suppose that I should spare a few words for the UK leaving the European Union (EU) on the 31st of January ...

Mr Farage's Moment Arrived .... And Now Its Gone.

It says a lot about this whole process, that I nearly forgot about it, and posted something else instead

Spaceship Earth

Its not always obvious to us .....

Spaceship Earth ......

.... but we are in fact spacemen (and women).

No Surprise Introductions

It appears that introducing any new species into a habitat always backfires.

Cane Toad Selfie Of Self Congratulation

Cane Toads into Australia (with over 1.35 billion of the critters in the country), is the current standout example of such disastrous imports. It has also been found in Caribbean, the Philippines, Fiji, New Guinea and the USA - it appears to be an unstoppable amphibian.

OK To Be White?

In October 2018, Pauline Hanson, a right wing Australian politician ....

Pauline Hanson Asked The Question - Is It All Right To Be White?

..... introduced a motion into parliament that essentially and actually, said "It is OK to be white".

New Snowflake Tag

There is no limit to the stupidity of the Left wing snowflakes these days.

Banned By Snowflakes?

Buoyed up by the off chance that the Labour Party (currently nothing more than a vehicle for the far left), may have got into power, and egged on by the BBC who support this nonsense, they are espousing any nut case cause that takes their fancy.

Solved By Google

We live in what can be a very small world .....

US Embassy Car Park - London

For instance, software like Google Earth allow many of us to see vast areas of the world, from the comfort of our desks or even on our phones.

Free Speech Or Hate Crime?

According to a media reports .....

Don't Mess With The Pride Flag
.... Or Else (At Least In Iowa)

.... a man in the US has been sentenced to at least 16 years imprisonment, for a series of crimes which included stealing an LGBT pride flag from a church, and burning it outside a strip club in June 2019.

Goodbye To Russia?

It appears that my (soon to be ex?) Russian readers will soon be looking at a different Internet from that which the free or Western world views.

Putin's Internet Wall* ...... Going Up Fast

This is because Russia, like China, Iran and North Korea (and possibly other authoritarian regimes elsewhere as the technology spreads), has decided that an open worldwide Internet is too dangerous to the regime, and wants to cut its citizens off from the Internet.

Good News Bad News

The Office for National Statistics has said in its latest study: Living Longer: Is Age 70 The New Age 65?

The Report Paints A Rosy Picture Of Life Past 70 ........

..... that we are now living so much longer, and in so much better health that the Biblical lifespan of ‘three score years and ten’ (aged 70), has probably now become the age point, at which people should be allowed to retire on a state pension.

Heights Of Stupidity

Darren O'Hara of Blackpool, England, was fined by magistrates in May 2019 .....

Modz 'n' Rockers Tattoo Establishment .....

.... for stripping the roof of his brothers house, to recoup an alleged internal family debt.

What A Carve Up

Toby Carvery's are a buffet style restaurant in the UK .....

The Toby Carvery Caerphilly, South Wales ....

..... it specialises in roast meals, offering Roast Beef, Pork, Turkey's, Glazed Gammon (and Lamb on Sundays), with all the roast meals extras such as ruffled Roast Potatoes, Yorkshire puddings, and unlimited veg.

Small Sparks Can Start Big Fires

President Vladimir Putin of Russia (and that countries latest Tzar) ...

Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact -
Set Terms For Invasion Of Poland?

.... has decided that it was also Poland, and not just the old USSR and Nazi Germany (via the Molotov-Ribbentrop pact), who started the Second World War.

The Crime Starting Gun

The first murder and fatal stabbing in London took place on Friday, January the 4th 2020 ...

First Fatal Stabbing In London 2020

The victim (an Algerian food delivery driver .... immigration status unknown, but he had been in the UK for 3 years) named as 'Takieddine Boudhane', was apparently knifed and killed by a white van driver (no description) with whom he had exchanged words.

PC Headlines

The Washington Post Newspaper initially described the death by suicide bomb of Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, the leader of the Islamic State group as the death of a "terrorist-in-chief" ....

IS Head Committed Suicide To Evade Capture ...

... before then suddenly changing the headline to "Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, austere religious scholar at the helm of Islamic State, dies age 48".

Inappropriate Winter Breaks

Fancy a winter break?

Winter Breaks In The Middle East ... Popular With Footballers.

How about a "Legends of the Middle East" tour?

One Law Rules Us All?

The latest row about a scientist, Professor Sir Bryan Thwaites, offering to pay for scholarships for disadvantaged white boys, to attend two of the top English private schools ...

Professor Sir Bryan Thwaites Wants To
Offer Scholarships To Poor White Boys.

.... only for the two schools to decline them, even though he was a former scholarship alumni of both, has raised some interesting questions about race and double standards.

The Divided States

The rich have always had more power than the poor ....

Absolute Augustus - Absolute Power.

... that's a fact throughout human history.