No Jokers

In another of those 'lets be funny by assaulting strangers' and filming it events ....

Omelette Gang

..... in August 2023 pedestrians and cyclists in the Paris suburb of Saint-Maur-des-Fosses were being terrorised by youths driving in a speeding beige Citroen, who were throwing eggs or large potatoes at those they pass.

Trump Dividend - Free Money?

The Donald is at it again ...  

Trump Dividend - Free Money

He's blatantly offering, what's appears to be in all but name a bribe, to get US citizens to vote Republican in the mid terms. 

National Debt Trickery

 Recently the US national debt passed $40 trillion .....

US National Debt

..... an eye watering figure, that would have seemed inconceivable even a decade ago.

No Honour Amongst Them

Commerce City Colorado is seemingly a lawless place ......

The Planned Getaway

 .... where even thieves aren't safe.

Is Literacy In English Declining?

Is Literacy In English Declining?

Literacy Rate Declining In USA?

I ask this because I read an article, ironically written by a US man of South Asian descent ...

Make Sure Your Own House Is In Order

US President Trump and Vice President Vance have made a number of remarks about ....

Asylum Seekers Storm Spanish Enclave Of Cueta

  ... Western Europe losing its culture and identity, as mass immigration from another culture takes place.  Now this is somewhat ironic, considering that they are both married to immigrant, or first generation immigrant family wives themselves.

Should Have Been A Florida Story

Yes, this really should have been a Florida girl story ...... 

Electronic Don't Drink & Drive Sign

.... The Police in Palm Springs, California were starting a campaign targeting drunk drivers, by putting up a roadside display hoarding.

Stupid Is As Stupid Does

 In December 2023, a 57 year old but unnamed Wisconsin woman went for an Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) scan (the clue is in the word magnetic) ......

Magnetic Resonance Imaging.
The Clue Is In The Word Magnetic.

  .... She was told to take all metal objects (apart from solid gold objects - I've had several MRI's and you can leave only gold items on), off.

Whatever Happened To Japan?

When we at PC Tower were much younger ....

Many Books Predicted Japan Overtaking The USA

.... all the talk was of Japan overtaking the USA as number one economy. 

Doggone Paddy

Men who are forced to separate from their wives or partners, via court protection orders ....

Pets Are Often Caught In The Middle Of Divorces

 .... because of their violence, will often either breach the order, or try others methods to contact their ex-partner. because its all about control.

Guns And Murders

Gun supporters in those countries where general private gun own ownership is allowed, or even a constitutional right ... 

UN World Wide Murder Counts Per Region

... often argue that it deters crime, and allows citizens to defend themselves from criminals.

Wimmin Winning

In a western world, where unofficial quotas are all the rage (in certain woke agencies, such as universities), and equal outcomes by gender, race and religion are now a requirement, regardless of any reference to common sense (as opposed to the meritocracy we used to live in) ......

Countess Elisabeth Nádasdy
(Ingrid Pitt) From Countess Dracula

 .... it should perhaps be no surprise that the University of California, turned its woke eye to film industry (where outcomes should be guided by audiences, not by woke political correctness, but we know that is not the case any more).

Welsh Gnomes

 In a land steeped in Celtic legends of fairies and gnomes  .....

Christmas Gnomes Left In Flintshire Gardens

 .... it should come as no surprise that a story emerged in September 2023 of Gnomes, bothering the residents of Broughton, North Wales.

Nut Cases

Who would have thought it .......

USA Is Nuts About Nuts

 ..... nuts are big business in the crime world.

Justice Finally Served?

A saying states that justice delayed is justice denied ...

Justice Delayed Is Justice Denied

 ... and this can certainly be affirmed by the relatives of the murdered victims, of men sentenced to death for the crimes in the USA.

Sting In The Tail

'If it happens in Vegas, it stays in Vegas' (or the various variations) .....

Michael Farchi - It Didn't Stay In Vegas

..... an expression that is meant to indicate that we don't talk about our misdemeanour's while away from home.

Guns, Mass Shootings, And Apathy.

After yet another US mass shooting, at around 2 a.m. near Empire Pizza at East Congress Street and Sixth Avenue, in Tucson, Arizona in July 2026 (and there have been a lot of mass shootings in America in 2026, usually ethnic gang related, but otherwise alcohol and drugs, or family disputes are the main apparent drivers) ... 

Twin Falls - In N Out Fatal Mall Shooting 

... one local resident, Anais Camacho,described the incident thus:

The Boy Who Cried Wolf

Since March 2026 Donald Trump has claimed a peace deal with Iran (on the US's terms of course) was imminent .....

Trump Has Claimed That Iran's 
"Begging To Make A Deal" Many Times.

 .... even in this week's news ... on a large number of occasions.

Crucified Mayor

Being a Mayor in France can be tough .....

Bernard Denis, Ex-Mayor of Saint-Come-du-Mont

.... trying to satisfy everyone can make it an impossible job, and lead you to make some strange decisions.

Just A Russian Scandal

Russians Tatyana Bakalchuk, and her husband Vladislav Bakalchuk, are the founders in 2004 of the website Wildberries .....

Wildberries

 ... it wasn't exactly an innovative site, but rather a Russian copy of Amazon, a bit like the Chinese Taobao (eBay lookalike) or Alibaba (Amazon lookalike), but it made her a billionairess worth £6.1 billion.