Russ McClintock - the blog

Now, a new poster campaign by the Metropolitan Police is inviting Londoners to call a hotline if they don’t like the look of a photographer. “Thousands of people take photos every day,” runs the text. “What if one of them seems odd?” - The Times Online, March 22, 2008

A wild bear which touched the hearts of Germans by dodging hunters for weeks has gone on display in a Munich museum. Bruno was the first bear to be spotted in the wild in Germany for 170 years but was finally shot dead in June 2006.
Taxidermist Dieter Schoen, who spent 1,400 hours stuffing the bear, […]

US President George W Bush has called the Iraqi government offensive against militiamen in Basra “a defining moment in the history of a free Iraq”.
Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri Maliki has set a deadline for the Mehdi Army, which still controls large parts of the city, to lay down their arms for money. Correspondents say the […]

DENVER (AP) — A gun belonging to the pilot of a US Airways plane went off as the aircraft was on approach to land in North Carolina over the weekend, the first time a weapon issued under a federal program to arm pilots was fired, authorities said Monday.
The “accidental discharge” Saturday aboard Flight 1536 from […]

Still life with bouncing rain drops.

Memo to all the lazy ass neighbors that leave their rubbish outside the door because they’re too fucking lazy to carry it to the bin right away:
TAKE YOUR SHIT OUT TO THE BIN INSTEAD OF LEAVING IT ON YOUR STEP YOU LAZY FUCKS!

I was going to take a portrait of my friend Julie on these steps but I didn’t. She’s really pretty.

WILLARD: Never get out of the boat. Absolutely goddamn right. Unless you were goin’ all the way. Kurtz got off the boat. He split from the whole fuckin’ program. - Apocalypse Now.

Pumping bass booming loud.
Sunburned whitey.
Loud relatives visiting my neighbor.
Why do people ride scooters with their feet skimming the ground?

We all know that Moses was high on Mount Sinai when God spoke to him, but were the Ten Commandments a result of divine inspiration alone?
An Israeli researcher is claiming in a study published this week the prophet may have been stoned when he set the Ten Commandments in stone. According to Benny Shanon, a […]

Still life with partially eaten leg of fried chicken.

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Old school digital cameras are cool.

BAGHDAD, March 2 (Reuters) - Pomp and ceremony greeted Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on his arrival in Iraq on Sunday, the fanfare a stark contrast to the rushed and secretive visits of his bitter rival U.S. President George W. Bush.
Ahmadinejad held hands with Iraqi President Jalal Talabani as they walked down a red carpet to […]