Then And Now

Modern body armour adds to the already enormous loads for modern soldiers. 

Modern Soldiers Heavy Equipment -
Means Men Need Help Getting Up.

With weapons, food, batteries and other gear, US infantry in Iraq and Afghanistan sometimes carried as much as 100lbs (45 kg) of kit while on foot patrols, and although some improvements in body armour technology such as the introduction of ultra-high molecular weight polyethylene (UHMWPE), may eventually reduce the weight, its still a real bulky weight.

Mixed Messages For Mixed Times

Comic creation, Superman, was nothing if not an American Patriot .... 

Superman The American Patriot

...... Indeed a 'Super Patriot'.

Car Crackers

Man's love of his motor car is almost overwhelming for some ..... 

Man Potty About Cars

.... and when this is challenged in some way, they lose whatever common sense they had in the first place .... the following are just illustrations of the bad choices cars some drive people to ...

Crime Shorts (or No Shorts)

Crime stories have always held our interest .....

Real Crime Shows On TV

Hence the success of reality crime stories on TV shows such as The Murder Tapes or Cold Justice. I am no different, and have collected a number of news snippets from various sources:

Agent Trump Anyone?

I have seen some strange stuff on the Web this week (screen prints in story). A lot of it on the Have Your Say comments on the BBC website.

A Piece Of Paper From
Moscow, Probably Worthless.

One thing was a reminder that Ukraine had only given up their nuclear arsenal acquired at the dissolution of the Soviet Union, after Russia, the USA and the UK, all agreed to respect and protect Ukraine's then borders as a sovereign nation, in exchange for them doing so.