During the early 1980s the IRA bought shares in a publicly traded British company said to have been worth 200 million pounds, then used offshore brokers to take it over. They permitted most of the company to be run legitimately, but kept a corner of it to themselves to launder 30 million pounds over an … Continue reading
Monthly Archives: November 2007
Shooting Two Guns At Once – Experiment # 4
On a visit earlier this year from my good friend Ian Bowman, we had a number of adventures. One adventure was a shooting expedition during which we conducted a double-fisted shooting experiment. This was inspired by Hollywood movies such as “Bad Boys” or “Rosewood” where the heroes utilize two handguns and defeat the bad guys … Continue reading
Photos Of The Day: War Plan Orange
Iraq Insurgents in Iraq Russian Soldiers Burlington Northern Santa Fe And the Southern Pacific Daylight Continue reading
MRE Review
We all likely have heard of MREs or “Meals Ready to Eat” before. These are issued by the military for use in situations that do not allow for full cooking facilities to be set up (due to time constraints, weight restraints, whatever…). Not surprisingly, they have also become popular with backpackers, survivalists, campers, paramilitary enthusiasts, … Continue reading
Motorcycling Basics – Lessons # 13 and 14
Lesson # 13 – It is probably not a good idea to ride your motorcycle while hung over from the night before Lesson # 14 – It is usually a good idea to keep track of which gear you are in On a recent Saturday morning, following a very heavy drinking night on Friday, I … Continue reading
God Bless America (especially Tennessee)
The following picture comes to us courtesy of Matthew Downing, our cultural correspondent… This photograph was taken at a truck stop in Tennessee. The cigarette butts in the urinal provide a nice cherry on top of the shit splatter cake, don’t they? Continue reading
Another Texting Fiasco – Elizabeth Heather
The winds of fate have blessed us with another texting story, dear reader. It will be interesting to see if this story generates as much controversy as our first texting story did. This tale involves Elizabeth and her ex-boyfriend whom we will mercifully refer to simply as “G”. “G” was Elizabeth’s first boyfriend and has/had … Continue reading
The Velvet Rocket 