Tape Measured

Its hard to think that there is anything nastier than having your body invaded by another creature .... 

Worse Than A Tapeworm .... But Not Much!

....a fact that many horror movies are based upon, including of course it being the famous premise of the movie 'Alien', where a creature emerges from a crewman's stomach. 

Its A Dogs Life

As if life isn't tough enough in possibly the poorest nation of Earth, the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (North Korea to you and me) ... 

North Korea Disappears At Night - Outshone By Fishing Fleets

..... which, compared to its Southern neighbour, has virtually a stone age economy. South Korea 2021 - GDP $47,027 (IMF): North Korea 2021 - GDP under $2,000 (Estimated) ... they were actually nearly level in the 1960s.

A Lad Insane?

Doctor Laeek (Laeeq?) Khan from the city of Meerut in Uttar Pradesh in India is a qualified man ....

Aladdin's Lamp?

..... but that doesn't stop him believing in the supernatural and mythical world.

Tyreless And Legless

The M65 motorway in Lancashire, England, was the scene of an unusual traffic offence in September 2020 .....

Police Asked If Tyres Optional?

 .... when an off duty policeman saw a Fiat Punto driving down the motorway with sparks flying from all four wheels. 

A New Party On The Far Right?

While looking at the reports on another incident at the 4 Star Daresbury Park Hotel near Runcorn, England ....

The FBM - Picketing Asylum Seekers Hotels

 .... I noticed that the hotel at the centre of another story in August 2020, which was not reported on very much.

Whats Love Got To Do With It?

In a story that tells you all you need to know about arranged marriages ....

Manjesh Kumar And His Arranged Tragic Bride Surbhi

.... and the often loveless state that its entered in to in some cultures (and probably how much like property women are often regarded as well). 

Jet-pack Guy

Apparently on Sunday, August 30, 2020 a man in a jet-pack suit was reported to have been spotted flying thousands of feet in the air above Los Angeles.

A Birds Eye View From A Pilots Window ......

The report by an American Airlines pilot, was logged after he reported an unidentified flying person to air traffic control.

The King Of All Blackmen

Queen Victoria was a Queen and Empress of an empire that went on to become the largest empire the world has ever, or indeed is ever likely to see ....

The Areas Of The World That Were Once Part Of The British Empire At One Time.

At its peak in 1913, the British Empire held sway over 412 million people, which was 23 per cent of the world population at the time, and by 1920 it covered 35,500,000 km2 (13,700,000 sq mi), 24 percent of the Earth's total land area ... happily we won't see it its like again.

Perfidious Pakistan

The Pakistani military and intelligence establishments (Inter Services Intelligence - ISI), are believed by many in the West (and Afghanistan), to have nurtured and helped the Afghani Taliban for the last 30 years .... 

Pakistan And The Taliban - Marching Side By Side?

 ... they have always denied this, but their denials were easy to make and hard for the Western powers to disprove, without exposing intelligence assets to serious risk. Something that they can't afford.

Tongue Tied

Bethany Ryan and James Mckenzie are both residents of Edinburgh Scotland ...

Gulls Will Eat Almost Anything Dropped On The Street .....

... but were strangers to each other.

Brothers In Arms

Archibald, Murdoch, John and Hector Maclaine  were all officers in the British Army.

Three Of the Fighting Maclaine Brothers ... 

They all won medals in a proud military tradition in the family.

Arise Awoke

Abraham Lincoln once predicted that in the USA ....

The 'Great Emancipator' .... Is He Under Threat?

... "We cannot escape our history."