December 2011
Happy New Year from a lonely Karachi hotel room
Occupy London's anger over police 'terrorism'... →
A notice sent out to businesses in the City of London has listed the protest movement among groups such as al-Qaida and Farc
words of love and despair: ataxiwardance: Ten... →
ataxiwardance:
Ten years ago.
On October 26, 2001 President George W. Bush signed the USA PATRIOT Act into law. This bill authorized warrantless wiretapping, “sneak and peek” searches of American property without notification, and the seizure of “any tangible thing” relevant to…
Please read this entire text and if you’re British then pay particular attention the part about occupy...
One Week in Karachi
SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT INCIDENTS
Karachi Incidents (From the British Consulate Security Bulletin this week)
25 Nov 11 – North Karachi: Two persons were shot dead in separate incidents of targeted killings by armed assailants.
25 Nov 11 – Korangi: In a robbery, Cash carry car of a security company was interrupted by a motorcyclist and accomplices in a follow up car. They took away Rs...
A little over half way through through the job here now and man I am getting SO FUCKING DEPRESSED!!!
I travel between a hotel room and a training centre just 500 mtrs away but I have a vehicle pick me up with an armed escort. I can’t go out like a normal person because it really isn’t safe. When I’m not at work I stare at the same four walls of my hotel room and wish my life...
November 2011
Lord Gaga locks ‘embarrassing’ wife away |... →
Lord Gaga of Winchester has called time on the raucous behaviour by his ‘vulgar colonial’ wife, which have tarnished the family name. The scandal only came to His Lordship’s ears last week because his club does not take the penny dreadfuls that have avidly covered Her Ladyship’s wilful conduct. Lady Gaga has not been seen in public since Lord Gaga dragged her off a music hall stage, horsewhipped...
Shots fired outside the hotel this morning. Scary
Man jailed for blasting co-worker’s rectum with... →
This story really did bring tears to my eyes. The sheer stupidity of some people never ceases to amaze me.
7 Billion & Me | How does the world's population... →
October 2011
“Britain’s largest police force is operating covert surveillance technology that...”
– Met police using surveillance system to monitor mobile phones | UK news | The Guardian (via iamdanw)
The Huffington Post points out that retired U.S.... →
lindseykirkbride:
inothernews:
So Oakland’s cops did what sniper’s bullets, improvised explosive devices and rocket-propelled grenades couldn’t: they hurt a U.S. soldier.
Good job, Oakland PD.
Important.
Can you say Police State anyone?
My first 2 weeks in Karachi
Received a ‘security update’ from the British consulate this afternoon with the following reassuring statistics
Karachi Incidents – 14 October to 20 October 11
14 October 11 – Lyari: At least ten people were injured in a grenade attack in the Lyari, two unidentified motorcyclists threw a locally made grenade at the Jalali Snooker Club in Bihar Colony causing injuries to several...
Been a long time
Sorry to be away so long, too much to do and not enough hours in the day. If anyone’s interested I finished up the job in Baku at the beginning of July, returned to Cyprus and got stuck into all of the outstanding jobs that always seem to be waiting for my return.
But as always there was another job waiting around the corner and now I find myself in Karachi, Pakistan (I get all of the good...
August 2011
June 2011
BBC Nature - 'Singing penis' sets noise record for... →
In the list headlines you don’t see every day, this comes fairly high up.
BBC News - Jerusalem rabbis 'condemn dog to death... →
A Jewish rabbinical court condemned to death by stoning a stray dog it feared was the reincarnation of a lawyer who insulted its judges, reports say. The dog entered the Jerusalem financial court several weeks ago and would not leave, reports Israeli website Ynet. It reminded a judge of a curse passed on a now deceased secular lawyer about 20 years ago, when judges bid his spirit to enter the body...
Osama Bin Laden Body Search: Bill Warren, U.S.... →
A self-proclaimed “expert treasure hunter” claims to be conducting an underwater search for Osama bin Laden’s remains to prove that the al Qaeda leader has in fact been killed.
As CBS is reporting, Bill Warren says he is using his 180-foot-long boat, currently docked in western India, and high-tech equipment able to detect anything underwater to locate bin Laden’s...
Seen on my cousin’s FB page…..
…INSTALLING SUMMER……… ███████████████░░░░░░░░░░░░░░ 44% DONE. Install delayed….please wait. Installation failed. Please try again. 404 error: Season not found. Season “Summer” cannot be located. The season you are looking for might have been removed, had its name changed, or is temporarily unavailable.Please try...
Climate sceptics flirt with intelligent design and... →
socialisimo:
Here we go again: prominent climate sceptics gathering together to meet under the welcoming awning of a right-wing, libertarian thinktank. And some people still choose to question the notion that climate scepticism tends to be far more motivated by rigid ideology rather than reasoned objections to the science?
This time the event is being held in Los Angeles and has been...
Henry David Thoreau on Flying
cosmobc:
“Thank God men cannot as yet fly and lay waste the sky as well as the earth!” Henry David Thoreau US Transcendentalist author (1817 – 1862) http://bit.ly/mB5LII
I want my followers back
Man gets ass kicked by SWAT for wife's student... →
stuffformybunni:
jonathan-cunningham:
Kenneth Wright does not have a criminal record and he had no reason to believe a S.W.A.T team would be breaking down his door at 6 a.m. on Tuesday.
“I look out of my window and I see 15 police officers,” Wright said.
Wright came downstairs in his boxer shorts as the officers team barged through his front door. Wright said an officer grabbed him by the...
Palin is coming to London →
socialisimo:
Following her One Nation bus tour of the US East Coast, Sarah Palin is hoping to take her pre-presidential campaign international with a visit to London. A lull before the bus tour resumes in Iowa, where the first Republican primary will be held, means that Palin will have an opportunity to brush up on her geography.
She told the Times (£): “I love London and England … We hope...
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Its funny to me and things I find interesting.:... →
stuffformybunni:
itsfunnytome:
via http://www.misscellania.com
1) NUDITY I was driving with my three young children one warm summer evening when a woman in the convertible ahead of us stood up and waved. She was stark naked! As I was reeling from the shock, I heard my 5-year-old shout from the back seat, “Mom! That lady isn’t wearing a seat belt!” 2) OPINIONS On the first day of school, a...
Things and Stuff: Sony gets hacked... again, with... →
jmarie3:
iheartchaos:
Just after Sony recovered from the massive PSN outage, they get hacked again, this time by LulzSec, who just made a name for themselves by hacking the PBS website with a fake story about Tupac Shakur being alive and well. Only this security breach wasn’t quite as harmless as…
What David said, and I couldn’t agree more.
I agree. When it comes down to it, what’s...
BBC News - Nature 'is worth billions' to UK →
The UK’s parks, lakes, forests and wildlife are worth billions of pounds to the economy, says a major report.
The health benefits of merely living close to a green space are worth up to £300 per person per year, it concludes.
The National Ecosystem Assessment (NEA) says that for decades, the emphasis has been on producing more food and other goods - but this has harmed other parts of...
May 2011
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Cheryl Cole confirmed as judge at Mladic trial |... →
Fresh from her removal on American X Factor Cheryl Cole is to take up a new position at The Hague as a judge in the trial of alleged war criminal Ratko Mladic.
‘I have already proved my judging ability on The X Factor,’ said Cole, ‘so it’s a natural career progression for me to move into the realm of international jurisprudence. I’m no expert but I think these war crimes tribunals need someone...
