Yet Another Florida Man

As usual, if I spot a Florida Man story I pick it up .....

Thomas Devaney Lane And His Turtle Army

..... and they come as regular as rain in the UK.

Random Tech Stories

No Cyber Geek

In November 2018 it was reported that Japan's new cyber-security minister Yoshitaka Sakurada, had dumbfounded his country by saying he has never used a computer. He has always had staff to do those sorts of things ....

Cyber Security In Japan Was In Good Hands

 ...... "Since I was 25 years old and independent, I have instructed my staff and secretaries. I have never used a computer in my life." ........ when questioned further about security at Japan's nuclear plants, he apparently didn't understand what a USB stick was. But he assured everyone that everything would be fine as his staff knew about those things .... so that was OK then.

Putin's Enemies Die Young

Its been known for quite a while that Russia's intelligence agencies have been practising assassinations of Putin's critics when they are in exile abroad. One example was Sergei Skripal who was poisoned in Salisbury UK with his daughter, but both survived. 

Alexander Petrov and Ruslan Boshirov (aliases) Putin's Killers

However not many will have been aware of the murder of another of Putin's Russian critics in the UK, just a week earlier.

The Other Side

The belief in people having Mystic powers .....

Nina Kulagina - Alleged Russian Psychic.

.... to predict the future, contact the dead, or identify where bodies are etc etc, are almost embedded in to some parts of humanities psyche. The UK TV channel Blaze for example (along with others), shows a lot of shows on ancient aliens, future aliens, house hauntings, strange and unknown events etc.

Woke Woes

The South West London tennis club had fallen prey to the woke curse that was/is sweeping the UK like a pandemic ..... 

Aussie Shopping Centre Toilet
Signs - Currently Illegal In UK

.... They had removed the female gender option from their on-line membership forms. When women tried to join or renew at £300 pa they found no female gender option.

Post COVID Thoughts

We all tend to think that COVID has simply disappeared .....

Montgomery Burns Natural
Resistance To Viruses Was Novel.

...... dissipated and of no concern.

Paint Box Vandal

In the UK post office boxes are red ......

Sir Chris Hoy's 2nd Gold Post Box

.... except when they aren't.

Random Shorts From Everywhere

While much of the world fought Coronavirus with vaccines, others tried other remedies ....

Ting Mong's Scare Covid Aware

In Cambodia, farmers put up effigies known as 'Ting Mongs' along their fences to ward off coronavirus. The idea is that they drive the evil illnesses away and have been used on other occasions to avert Dengue fever and other diseases from the farmers.

Woke World

The cancel history brigade are now in full flow, and apparently the symbolic genocide of white males from history is continuing apace. 

Livingstone And Stanley Facing Cancellation

.... A statue of Sir Henry Morton Stanley, the 19th century explorer is next in line to be toppled.

World Takes A Short Pause ...

A short lead post this week ...  

World Takes A Short Pause ...

... Trump's US still hasn't extracted itself from Iran, so the real world is kind of on a short pause.

There Goes Anyone

I saw something odd early last year, and decided to write about it, as it stuck in my mind .....

A Life Spilt On To The Concrete?

....... It was the moment when a woman's life possibly changed.

Bodily Functions And Perceptions

A 10 year old boy has proved that humans actually do have some remarkable powers of recovery if given a chance. He developed a brain tumour and surgeons were forced to remove a great part of his brain in order to remove the tumour.

 

Human Mega Brains Are Possible

 

In all he lost a third of the right hemisphere (the side which deals with visual processing, sights and sounds). His prognosis was for a restricted recovery.

Between A Rock And A Hard Price?

Donald Trump claimed once again last Friday ......

Trump Between A Rock And A Hard Price?

.... that the U.S. has "already won" the war.  However its now week ten of the war and counting, and he's now saying in his inimitable way that he wants to "win by a bigger margin," and ensure Iran can never attain a nuclear weapon.

A Fishy Explanation

Power Transformers worldwide have suffered some strange animal sabotages over the years .....

Electrocuted Vervet Monkey

.... from Racoon's causing power supply problems in both Germany and the USA, to rats in Japan and monkeys in Kenya.

Oh What A Lucky Man And Other Crime Stories

Sometimes fate just takes a hand. Police in Bochum Germany spotted a man playing a one armed bandit in a arcade, and realised that he was wanted with a warrant out for his arrest, because of €710 in unpaid fines. He faced a 71 day prison term if he failed to pay up, so they moved in to handcuff him. 

Oh What A Lucky Win

But as they detained him, the fruit machine paid out the jackpot of €1,000 so the man paid his outstanding fine in full on the spot and was released.

Time For A New US Political Party?

The US is becoming ever more divided politically .....

USA Politically Divided

 .... with the current two major parties both prone to being hijacked by and led by extremists of the left and the right, and assassinations and assassination attempts, now seemingly a real factor in political life.