The Yellow Peril

Do you remember when James Bond villains such as Dr No or Goldfinger, or, well every one of them really, had plans for total world domination?

 

We Can Sell You Parts - Wholesale ....

Invariably they had some cunning scheme about inserting a microchip (or radio control device .... simpler days) into all the Intercontinental and air defence missiles, tanks, planes and computers in NATO, or the continental US, and then threatening to turn them off, thus leaving said countries vulnerable to a take over by their enemies, such as China or the USSR, or even SPECTRE (SPecial Executive for Counter-intelligence, Terrorism, Revenge and Extortion) ... or was that SMERSH (СМЕРШ)?

The Cockpit Of All Terrorism

This story tells you all you need to know about whose side Pakistan is on.

Doctor Shakil Afridi was charged with treason, and sentenced to 33 years in jail under the 'tribal courts' system. Apparently he wasn't even allowed to defend himself in court while he was prosecuted for gathering information for the American Central Intelligence Agency, used in order to track down Osama Bin Laden in his hiding place in Abbottabad Pakistan.

Doctor Shakil Afridi while still free

The Americans, who later confirmed that the good Doctor had aided them, said that he "was not in any way treasonous towards Pakistan, ... he was somebody who was helping to go after terrorism".

Our governments are liars when they claim Pakistan is on our side, its not, it supports the bad guys, and always has. we should cease giving them any aid, and watch them crash and burn when the terrorist topple their corrupt military and ISI.

Addendum: In a bizarre twist the Pakistani authorities now state that Dr Afridi was in fact only convicted for having links to a banned group, by providing support and medical treatment to members of the militant group, Lashkar-e-Islam.

NB: To-date no one in Pakistan has been charged or investigated for aiding Osama Bin Laden in his long stay in Pakistan, yet there was obviously much 'official' as well as 'unofficial' connivance in his ability to live in Abbottabad. 

The Missing Link

The hunt for the Yeti (aka "migoi" in the Himalayas, "Bigfoot" or "Sasquatch" in North America, or "Almasty" in the Caucasus mountains) is back on .... I ignore the "orang pendek" of Sumatra because the habitat is so different that its likely to be another beast entirely - perhaps a survival of Homo erectus, or maybe Gigantopithecus (a giant ape that once inhabited the forests of East Asia).

Images of Yeti and Gigantopithecus

A UK-Swiss team will use DNA testing to investigate the origins of remains claimed to be from the Yeti and Bigfoot ... mostly hairs. Its interesting to note that even though there will be rigorous DNA sampling taken, there is still a hint of disdain in the mainstream scientific community over the possibility that there is as yet another undiscovered human (oid) species left on Earth .... but you won't know until you do the science. 

 

However its interesting to note how similar Gigantopithecus was to descriptions of Yeti ....I'm just saying!

A Rose By Any Other Name But Not .....

In another of those seemingly endless spats that the Iranians appear to love getting into, they have turned their ire onto Google, who have omitted the label 'Persian' from the body of water that separates Iran from Arabia ..... 

Gulf Of Fools

..... to be honest I have heard it described by either the term, Arabian or Persian, and not thought much about it, but of course, in the lands of the perfect religion, well these things matter.

Every Picture Tells A Story

Sometimes a picture, doesn't just paint a thousand words, it tells you a whole story ....

Comic Chase, or Social History?

..... this 'arresting' picture, ostensibly shows a rather funny scene with policeman or security guard, chasing another man, who is dressed in a strange costume, and pulling a funny face. But of course its much more than that.