A Brief History On November 2, 2007, Ozzy Osbourne, he of bat biting satanic rock fame, was highly irate over police using a party in North Dakota alleging to include the presence of the famous rocker to invite 500 wanted persons, resulting in 30 arrests. Digging Deeper Police issuing invitations to “parties” or some sort of “giveaway” to known wanted criminals to lure those folks into a trap have been a regular police tactic for many years now. Likewise, police use fake internet personas to lure pedophiles and sexual predators, which many have seen on the TV show “To Catch…
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A Brief History Christmas action-adventure comedy fans, here is your chance to be among the first in Cleveland, Ohio to see Red One on Wednesday, November 6, 2024 at 7:00 PM at Cinemark At Valley View and XD on 6001 Canal Rd. in Valley View, OH 44125! For your chance to get a pass, please go to https://amazonscreenings.com/REDONEHH6. Passes are first-come, first-serve. The theater is overbooked slightly to ensure a full audience. Therefore, seating is not guaranteed. So, please arrive early! Saving seats for other parties is prohibited. Digging Deeper After Santa Claus – Code Name: RED ONE – is kidnapped,…
A Brief History On November 1, 1918, the Austro-Hungarian battleship, SMS Viribus Unitis, was sunk in the harbor at the Pola Naval Base by two Italian commandos that penetrated the harbor via a manned torpedo and placed explosives on the big ship. Digging Deeper The Italians were captured and admitted their sabotage, but the ship’s captain disregarded the warning when the explosion was late and allowed his crew back on the ship which promptly blew up and sank. The ship had been turned over to the State of Slovenes, Croats and Serbs, and renamed the Jugoslavija the day before the…
A Brief History On October 31, 2011, a truly spooky fact became known when it was announced by the UN that the population of humans on the Earth had reached seven billion. When the author of this article was born, there were about 2.8 billion people on Earth, which seemed to be plenty! Digging Deeper Today, there are over eight billion humans running around our planet, depleting resources and polluting the air, land and water. Heck, why stop with just the Earth? We are also diminishing the ozone layer in the atmosphere and increasing greenhouse gases that create global warming…
A Brief History On October 30, 2022, the unfortunate people of Morbi, Gujarat, India found out the hard way just how dangerous it can be to walk, when a suspension pedestrian bridge collapsed and left about 140 dead and dozens injured. Digging Deeper There are many ways a person walking on foot can meet with disaster, either by falling, getting mugged, getting attacked by dogs or wild animals (even alligators!), or sadly being hit by a motor vehicle. Less extreme problems with walking can include sore feet, blisters, sore legs, or perhaps getting dehydrated. You may even get a sunburn.…