There’s a very disturbing and violent video on YouTube depicting an actual assault in a pizza parlor. Embedding is disabled, so I can’t put it up on my blog, but you can view it here. I’d like to ask readers to view it, then answer this question: If you were a bystander in that shop,… Continue reading What would you do?
Tag: Reality
One of history’s worst-timed decisions
Back in 1967, King Hussein of Jordan was not very popular with his hard-line Arab neighbor states. President Nasser of Egypt called him an ‘imperialist lackey’ for his tepid support of Arab nationalism. Nasser, you will recall, had kicked the UN peacekeeping force out of the Sinai Peninsula, closed the Straits of Tiran to Israeli… Continue reading One of history’s worst-timed decisions
Wrongful conviction – and a belated pardon for a wrongful execution
Two stories of wrongful conviction hit the news today. In Chicago, a man convicted of rape fourteen years ago has been cleared by DNA evidence. DNA tests have exonerated a South Side man who has served nearly 14 years in prison in the sexual assault of a 15-year-old girl who was attacked in the fall… Continue reading Wrongful conviction – and a belated pardon for a wrongful execution
A call for comment, please
I’m grateful that many readers keep coming back to this blog. In the less than five months I’ve been blogging, visits are up to almost 80,000 already, which is very flattering. However, I’m a little puzzled by the lack of feedback in comments to my posts. Very few of you seem to want to say… Continue reading A call for comment, please
More problems with Windows XP Service Pack 3
A couple of weeks ago I posted a warning about Windows XP Service Pack 3. It now looks as if things are even worse than was first reported. ComputerWorld reports that the upgrade also clobbers some network cards and connections, and fills the registry with junk entries. Two weeks ago, after Microsoft launched Windows XP… Continue reading More problems with Windows XP Service Pack 3
A bulletproof vest isn’t only proof against bullets
I’m very happy for Officer Larry Ashley of Dallas, TX – and for his family. Body armor is designed to shield police from flying bullets. But the protective gear took on an unexpected function late Thursday night after an officer’s squad car tangled with a suspected drunk driver in Oak Cliff. As it turns out,… Continue reading A bulletproof vest isn’t only proof against bullets
Men’s and women’s brains
Via e-mail from Mark T. we have this wonderfully funny video. It’s about ten minutes long, but worth every moment! Peter
Is Mexico spinning out of control?
I don’t know how many readers keep an eye on what’s happening South of the Border, but you might want to start paying close attention to developments there. It looks like the ‘drug wars’ between the Mexican government and security services on the one hand, and the drug cartels on the other, are spinning out… Continue reading Is Mexico spinning out of control?
Paper Armor
My buddy Lawdog has hit another home run with the bases loaded. Check out his post on Paper Armor. If you’ve ever had to defend yourself, or if you think you may ever have to (the odds are pretty good that you will), you need to read this. Highly recommended. Peter
Some amazing photographs of predator and prey
Courtesy of Mike B., who sent them via e-mail, we have this series of seven photographs from Lakelse Lake in north-western British Columbia, Canada. They show an eagle attempting to bring down a swan over the lake. In sequence from first to last, you see the eagle’s strike, its attempts to hang on to a… Continue reading Some amazing photographs of predator and prey