The Mad Mayor on Mayhem

Bristol’s enraged Mayor Marvin Rees has slammed those involved in Sunday’s riot which saw 20 police officers injured some seriously. The outburst occurred as concerned people took to the streets of Bristol to protest a bill that will give UK police draconian new powers that bring to mind Stalin’s notorious Soviet Union.

WHY DIE FOR STALIN?

Few people realise, perhaps because they have never been told, is that Hitler’s Germany never, before or during World War II, declared war on Britain or France or their overseas territories. On September 3, 1939 Britain and France disappointed their citizens by declaring war on Germany.

Now Picture this if you Dare

In Macron’s France, surveillance and detection of criminal behaviour appears to be a one-way street. If cops are prepared to commit acts of appalling savagery even when they are being filmed, the blood chills at the thought of the viciousness of cops if filming them is an illegality.

Heroic War Pigeons

World War One, and to some extent, the Second World War, was a strange blend of archaic and modern technology. The First World War, in particular, saw many technological innovations such as machine guns, grenades, submarines, warplanes and tanks, and despite the advances in radio and communications technology, many field commanders preferred to use carrier pigeons to convey important messages. Radio sets were too heavy to carry into battle, and field telephone lines snapped easily. With a homing pigeon, one could write a message on a piece of paper, place it inside a small canister and attach it to the pigeon’s leg. Once the pigeon was released, it would invariably try to fly back home and deliver the message.

German Cops nail the Red Flag to their Mast

Late last week, the assault on the rising Alternative for Germany (AfD) ethno-nationalist mainstream party continued. The federal executive committee of the Gewerkschaft der Polizei (GdP), one of Germany’s largest police unions, declared that simultaneous membership in the Alternative for Germany Party (AfD) and the police union (GdP) was incompatible. Problem: No union membership could lead to a loss of career.