A Brief History In a bizarre mass killing near Tokyo, Fox News reports a 26 year old man, a former employee of a facility for disabled people, went to that facility at 2:30 am local time on July 26, 2016 (still July 25 in Eastern Daylight Time) and killed 19 people with a knife and wounded about 26 more. Digging Deeper Police and emergency crews arrived to late to stop any of the rampage, and the man actually turned himself in at a local police station. Japan is known as a largely law abiding country with respect for authority, and…
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A Brief History On July 25, 2016, the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania is set to begin, culminating in the nomination of Hillary Clinton as the Democratic Nominee for President, the first major party female nominee for President in the history of the United States. According to NBC News and The Daily Dot, this historic occasion is set to be marked by a “Fart In” protest by supporters of Bernie Sanders, the man Clinton beat for the nomination in a contentious primary and caucus process with charges leveled by Sanders that the DNC had sabotaged his run for the nomination in favor…
A Brief History In another horrible and senseless incident of an Islamic refugee invited into Germany to escape the horrors of his native land at the hands of other Muslims, a Syrian refugee blew up a suicide bomb in Ansbach, wounding at least 12 people. The 27 year old Syrian refugee had been living in Germany for the last 2 years, although he had been denied asylum. The bomber may have caused more death and injury had he been allowed entry to the music festival being held in the area. Security teams later raided the bomber’s residence and a local refugee…
A Brief History On July 22, 1992, Drug Lord Pablo Escobar of Columbia escaped from his (luxury) prison. Escobar, probably the richest criminal of all time, had a net wealth of around a staggering $30 billion. Digging Deeper This kind of money can certainly buy a criminal his own special brand of justice, and it was after negotiations with the government in 1991 that Escobar agreed to surrender in return for a light sentence and special prison accommodations. While living in luxury in “prison” Escobar continued to run his criminal drug empire, which caused authorities to make the decision to…
A Brief History On July 21, 1973, Israeli agents of the Mossad killed a waiter in Lillehammer, Norway, seeking revenge for the 1972 Munich Olympics massacre of Israeli athletes. The hapless victim was innocent and had nothing to do with the terrorist event, and the murder was just another blunder by a country attempting to conduct spy games. Over the years there have been some egregious errors by secret agencies, and here we list 10 of those “oops” moments. Digging Deeper 10. Soviet Gift to US Found to be Bugged, 1952. The Soviet organization, Young Pioneers, gave the US ambassador…