Drugs

Yours is not to question why

25 August, 2024
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.

Covert mergers and acquisitions in the human resource industry

10 March, 2024
Since the pandemic united mankind in a war on common cold symptoms, authority systems have had to review their place in the established economy. This has lead directly to the prospecting of other markets. While the change has been on the cards for decades, many of the plans were kept deliberately hidden. The nature of their business is such that without a constant supply of new markets, they can not survive.

Another one for the road? Sure I've not got far to walk - only to the car.

10 January, 2024
The nightlife of most cities runs on a high octane cocktail of intoxication and emotion. The individual ingredients generally include a healthy concession to drugs. Trustees of modern pharmacology account for a substantial percentage of the public who frequent premises with an entertainment license. Often the patrons are not the only ones under the influence.

Some people really don't like the idea of authority

9 January, 2024
Despite all the incentives to do so, don't let your emotions run wild when you're socialising. Especially if you're under the influence of alcohol or drugs.

"If I suicide myself, I didn't. I was whackd." - Profanity warning

25 June, 2023
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.

How to get thrown under the bus, sent down the river and generally cut loose.

23 November, 2022
When the worlds of reality television and psychosis merge, the results create yet more highly anomalous events. What motivates two sisters from Sweden to throw themselves into oncoming traffic on the M6. Is it purely an ardent attempt to avoid being detained by police? The official narrative claims some form of temporary insanity, but many of the details correlate with those seen in the cases of other 'persons of interest'.

When ideological goals clash with societal well being

2 October, 2022
Children with epilepsy, terminal cancer patients, multiple sclerosis sufferers and numerous other victims of serious illnesses. What they all have in common is suitability for treatment with medicinal cannabis products. Unlike California and the majority of the U.S.A, Britain still lags behind when it comes to widespread adoption of contemporary attitudes. Big pharma is still given priority over the herbalist remedies used by our ancestors for tens of thousands of years (or longer).

Record breaking siege causes inconvenience to local hipsters

10 November, 2019
BBC Article:
"He told officers he was on a mission from the Rastafarian God, Jah, and that he had enough ammunition to 'fill a bath'."

Evening Standard:
"However, the SAS-style outfits and equipment, the dog squads, the armoured Land Rovers, the helicopter hovering overhead and the lights trained on the house failed to intimidate Hall, or even persuade him not to fire at police."

Local counter-culture motto :
"When I die I know I'm going to Heaven because I served my time in Hackney"

Legacy Article from 2004 : Indoor football and Radox

3 November, 2004
The noble sport of football, represented in communities the world over, inspires otherwise sane individuals to behave in completely irrational ways.