We had visited Pinnacles earlier in the day and wished to return to Mountain View along Highway 1 instead of backtracking (which is something our family abhors). California’s scenic Highway 1 is the only road through the Big Sur region. To accomplish this goal, we drove down to King City and then headed west through … Continue reading
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I guess all cops are(n’t) bad – Part 2
So, for the next stage of this ongoing and disagreeable saga the stage was set by a visit to Oregon House with Brandon and Amanda. Since night life in Oregon House consists of seeing how fast you can drive with your lights off, going to The Palace and looking at Bailey or going to the … Continue reading
Interpol Report on Chinese Gangs
Chinese gangs are securely established in San Francisco, Los Angeles, New York, Toronto and Vancouver. They have long had a presence in London and are now beginning to show up in Germany. Continue reading
Quote of the Day: Liquidity
Liquid Assets = Freedom Continue reading
Life and Times of the Thunderbolt Kid
In the summer of 1962, U.S. defense officials detonated a hydrogen bomb buried deep beneath the desert of Frenchman Flat, Nevada. The blast was so robust that the land around it rose by some three hundred feet and burst open like a very bad boil, leaving a crater eight hundred feet across. Blast debris went … Continue reading
Bangladeshi Retirement Plan
An employee of the country’s biggest state gas firm who earned $100 a month allegedly used his post to pocket $145 million in bribes over 12 years. Not a bad retirement plan… Continue reading
Europe’s Richest Man?
President Vladimir Putin of Russia has been likened to an African plutocrat after a controversial political scientist claimed that he had acquired control of £20 billion in energy assets – enough to make him Europe’s richest man. Stanislav Belkovsky, a colorful figure on the political scene, claimed that Mr Putin had made a multi-billion pound … Continue reading
The Velvet Rocket 