Shady Shamans

Indonesia Is the largest Muslim populated country in the world, with approximately 229 million Muslims .....

Shady Shaman - Slamet Tohari

 .... but that doesn't stop many of its people believing in and practising magic.

Pocket Sized Giant

Being a Pacific pocket mouse means that you can easily be overlooked .....

Pat The Pacific Pocket Mouse

 .... but not if your named Pat, and you have reached the ripe old age of nine years and 209 days, on the 9th of February 2023.

Uninformed Comments

Nobel prize winner Malaia Yousaf-zai (the girl who was shot in the head by the Pakistan Muslim Taliban) .....

Malaia Yousaf-zai Variety Awards

 ....  has made one of those ridiculous calls for more 'Muslim representation' in Hollywood.

Another Florida Man Shaggy Dog Story

 Such is the madness that Florida heat seems to instil in the heads of inhabitants ...... 

Chad Albert Mason A Dog Lover?

.... that the term 'Florida Man' is now an Internet byword for strange behaviour.

Dem Jamaicans (part two)

 Mary Brown* a then 35 year old Jamaican woman living in the USA ......

Tia Dalma (Obeah Practitioner) - Pirates Of The Caribbean

.... told the Jamaican Weekly Gleaner, and the Jamaica Star in September 2020 that she had been cursed by an obeah spell.

The Hopeless State

 When a country becomes bankrupt, we have a tendency to think of this as being a technical thing ....  

Tuk Tuk- Look At Those Fuel Queues

 

.... that the country will continue much as before, until a rescue package from the International Monetary Fund can be organised or a new budget imposes taxes that get the country limping forward again.

The Pilgrims Progress .... Oops

The best intentions of men can often turn terribly awry .....

The Pilgrim Tree at Rushymeade Meadow

A truth that can be seen in most of our lives where we have tried our best to help and its all gone wrong.

Bloody Stupid Deaths

Sometimes (well a lot of times actually) ......

Hand Grenade Myth - It Takes Some Effort

..... you have to wonder at the stupidity of some of the human race.

The Blame Game

Well as you might guess, the Democrats in the US are blaming everyone for the historic beating they took in the US Presidential election ....

Democrats Are Finger Pointing ....

..... a defeat that could turn into a disaster from their point of view, if they lose both chambers of congress (as seems very possible) when the counts are completed.

Pirates Of The Seaside Town

Anyone who lives on the UK's coast will be well aware of the seagulls love of a free meal, or even a stolen meal .... 

Seagulls Stealing Food Is A Common Problem

..... its one of the perils in any coastal towns and villages.

The Only Fan

Tiago Rech has watched Brazilian football team Santa Cruz, since going to see them with his dad as a 10 year old .....

The Only Santa Cruz Fan 2012

.... eating a hot dog on the concrete steps of Estadio dos Platanos the club's 5,000-capacity stadium in Santa Cruz do Sul, was where his personal field of dreams started.

The Madness That Never Ends

I wouldn't have believed this, but apparently the conspiracy theorists who believe that terror attacks are staged or faked, have a strong foothold in the UK as well as the USA.

Richard D Hall - Conspiracy Theory Promoter

A BBC survey found that nearly one in five people in the UK think terror survivors are not telling the truth about what happened to them, while a survey of more than 4,000 people, weighted to be representative of the UK population, carried out by King's College London, suggests that 14 per cent of the population believe the 2017 Manchester Arena attack probably involved "crisis actors" who pretended to be injured.

The World Awaits

Well, the US is making the most important decision since, well, the last one.

Divisive Politics Now The US Norm?

Yes, it's US Presidential Election day.

Pigs Called Out

A sheriffs deputy in Yavapai County, Arizona will face some odd calls ..... from gunshots, to car thefts, and everything in between ..... 

'Gregory' the Peccary - Cheeto Lover

.... and this will include animals stuck inside a vehicle.

Dem Jamaicans (part one)

Safira Mono is a Jamaican dancehall artist (which is a genre of Jamaican popular music that originated in the late 1970s) .....

Safira Mono Snake Head Charm

In 2020 she claimed that a rival artist had put her under a spell or obeah curse.

The Most Wanted Man

The long arm of the law finally caught up with Leo Joseph Koury, the Richmond, Virginia fugitive who spent a dozen years on the FBI's "Most Wanted" list. 

But it was only his death that brought the search to an end.