Guns

Sunday, August 25, 2024 - 10:58 Yours is not to question why

With increasing frequency, the media features news which reports on the violence experienced up and down the country. Most find the details appalling but in the same way as the fascination shown by motorway crash rubberneckers, many are compelled to read all about it. As with so many emotionally charged items of news content, there is a sophisticated chain of events which lead to the vicarious armchair viewer having their senses assaulted. This month's Persons of Interest feature takes a retrospective look at some of the failures in actionable intelligence which facilitated the murder spree of Dale Cregan.

Sunday, June 25, 2023 - 15:47 "If I suicide myself, I didn't. I was whackd." - Profanity warning

The world of technological innovation regularly throws up individuals who could be considered as maverick. Without exception, John McAffee represents possibly one of the most charismatic and independent examples of this phenomena. With a background in software engineering and clandestine work, McAffee produced one of the most effective anti-virus applications that was ever rolled out on the MIcrosoft Windows platform. His subsequent retirement and ventures into 'off the radar' commerce ultimately cost him his life. Unencumbered by any form of forelock tugging subservience, McAffee became a hero in the eyes of many other mavericks, software engineers, cocaine aficionados, pussyhounds and gun toting libertarians.

Monday, September 27, 2021 - 13:49 An uncompromising romp through the shadowy terrain of contemporary clandestine Britain

No similarities to persons past or present is intended. This entirely fictional narrative is strictly for the purposes of entertainment. Nothing referenced in the text represents anything even remotely relevant. In fact the whole thing is a massive tissue of lies, woven loosely together with nought but a cobweb of truth.