Russian Stew
Two Russian men have put a whole new meaning to the term 'Russian Stew'. they killed one person, cut him up and sold bits of him to a local kebab shop. Needless to say, they have been arrested but it is not known how many 'extras' there might have been in the kebabs....

Unbalanced justice
Much has been said in recent time about civilians who assault police officers and in some places the crime of assaulting police now attracts an automatic jail sentence.
Very little has been said though when the roles are reversed whereby police officers assault civilians.

In my view, an automatic jail sentence should also apply in cases of 'police assaulting civilians'....

London train commuters get free entertainment
Train passengers at a London train station recently got a little more than train arrival and departing announcements when, during such announcements, they were entertained by a couple having a 'solid session' broadcast live over the the public address system. The 'entertainment' was caused by a 'cross-frequency' incident on the PA system.

Along with the train announcements passengers got the grunts and groans in ...

No Qantas engineers but still flying
There is our favourite airline, Qantas. The airline's senior engineers are threatening strike action over work hours and pay. Qantas said that it will still be flying without its engineers.

Yes indeed, given the airline's appalling record in recent times, I thought the airlines did not have any engineers.

Qantas promises that all passengers will reach their destination, on the back of a bicycle.

And then we...

Doubts over Israeli weapons find
The details of alleged find by Israel of large amounts of weapons don't stack up. Israel said that the vessel with the containers on board was intercepted off Cyprus. Oh yes, off Cyprus in international waters? One breach of international law.
Israel said that the ship came from Iran on its way to Beirut via Egypt.

Egyptian authorities have no record of the ship entering Egyptian territory. The boxes in which th...

Payments to Taleban - another way to keep peace?
Last year, 10 French soldiers were killed in an allegedly calm area, Sarobi which is located located east of Kabul. About a month before this incident took place, the area was given over to French soldiers by Italians.

What caused the peaceful area to become so unpeaceful in a moment? The fact is, it never was that peaceful in the first place. It turned out that Italian secret service had been paying off Taleban c...

Hillary Clinton talks about freedom...in RUSSIA
While speaking to university students in Russia, she said "Citizens must be empowered to help formulate the laws under which they live."

Considering the idea doesn't always seem to be working even in USA, what hope is there for Russia? And if there's no hope for that, at least not right now, wasn't it simply a propaganda speech? Possibly it was. Yet, we can't really criticize it - politics often are about propagan...

United States spends outrageous amounts for military recruitment
The financial crisis might be over for the most part but financial difficulties still exist. In view of this knowledge - what's a soldier worth?

Keeping the wars going, giving the soldiers uniforms, guns, bullets, transportation from and to war zones, feeding them - it all costs money. Yet, this all is unimportant for the sake of this short post.

Recent article in Washington Post says "Defense Department spent...

US military recruiting goals met for the first time in 35 years
The US military has managed to meet its recruiting goals for the first time in more than 35 years. Hundreds of thousands of young men have enlisted.

The way we see it, it could be due to two potential factors.

1. The financial crisis. Considering the financial climate the US military is a good place to be in to avoid total personal bankruptcy.

2. It's all about Obama. Everyone wants to show they are good fo...

Nobel Peace Prize panel defends its Obama decision
Nobel Peace Prize panel has received some serious criticism for its decision to give this year's Nobel peace prize to president Obama. But they keep defending their decision, as they should.

The main criticism about their decision is that Obama got the prize prematurely. Considering Obama has only been in office for some time and haven't been able to do much yet, it's understandable. Then again, if we look at the ...