http://thedaytheytriedtokillme.com/Jonathan Sowers likes international crime, intrigue, espionage, dirty tricks, etc. And pictures of planes. var gaJsHost = (("https:" == document.location.protocol) ? "https://ssl." : "http://www."); document.write(unescape("%3Cscript src='" + gaJsHost + "google-analytics.com/ga.js' type='text/javascript'%3E%3C/script%3E")); var pageTracker = _gat._getTracker("UA-3536824-1"); pageTracker._initData(); pageTracker._trackPageview(); Tumblr (thedaytheytriedtokillme)<img src="http://media.tumblr.com/CMnrmIxuY8yu4cov8iyLURsB_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><a href="http://abcnews.go.com/Blotter/BrianRoss/popup?id=3196035&contentIndex=1&page=16&start=false" target="_blank">Iran-Contra Affair: Where Are They Now?</a>http://thedaytheytriedtokillme.com/post/34727880http://thedaytheytriedtokillme.com/post/34727880Tue, 13 May 2008 22:22:24 -0400<img src="http://media.tumblr.com/CMnrmIxuY8yt05a45GSsO7LB_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><a href="http://www.slashgear.com/ces-2008-taser-unveil-shocking-leopard-print-c2-stun-gun-mp3-holster-079471.php" target="_blank">Fashion with a Bite<br/></a>http://thedaytheytriedtokillme.com/post/34725334http://thedaytheytriedtokillme.com/post/34725334Tue, 13 May 2008 21:50:42 -0400<a href="http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/05/13/taser_on_a_roll/">Taser rolls out taser-on-a-roll, new military zapbomb deal</a>: Taser just keeps delivering the creepy goods.http://thedaytheytriedtokillme.com/post/34724931http://thedaytheytriedtokillme.com/post/34724931Tue, 13 May 2008 21:46:37 -0400<a href="http://www.boingboing.net/2008/05/13/usborn-journalist-th.html">US-born journalist threatened by Yakuza</a>http://thedaytheytriedtokillme.com/post/34724039http://thedaytheytriedtokillme.com/post/34724039Tue, 13 May 2008 21:37:41 -0400<object width="400" height="336"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t849CYRd2Ak"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/t849CYRd2Ak" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="400" height="336" wmode="transparent"></embed></object><br/><br/><a href="http://blog.wired.com/defense/2008/05/air-force-mater.html" target="_blank">Air Force Aims for ‘Full Control’ of ‘Any and All’ Computers</a> http://thedaytheytriedtokillme.com/post/34723744http://thedaytheytriedtokillme.com/post/34723744Tue, 13 May 2008 21:34:49 -0400<img src="http://media.tumblr.com/CMnrmIxuY8ys3oeihd3masVW_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><a href="http://www.oletc.org/riot/" target="_blank">The OLETC Mock Prison Riot</a>http://thedaytheytriedtokillme.com/post/34723129http://thedaytheytriedtokillme.com/post/34723129Tue, 13 May 2008 21:25:05 -0400<img src="http://media.tumblr.com/CMnrmIxuY8yiu5faGiFL5snU_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><a href="http://afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5i1DYArJrh7Ti9t46jfjBIf7WRUuw" target="_blank">Charges dropped against alleged 20th hijacker: Pentagon</a>http://thedaytheytriedtokillme.com/post/34701905http://thedaytheytriedtokillme.com/post/34701905Tue, 13 May 2008 17:06:07 -0400<a href="http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5jFpISWALewF8B22VURVsDdhjyMugD90KA8700">US victims of terrorist attacks in Israel sue Swiss bank UBS</a>http://thedaytheytriedtokillme.com/post/34670521http://thedaytheytriedtokillme.com/post/34670521Tue, 13 May 2008 11:35:03 -0400<a href="http://www.myfoxny.com/myfox/pages/News/Detail?contentId=6522204&version=2&locale=EN-US&layoutCode=TSTY&pageId=3.2.1">Senator Proposes Mini-Cameras for NYPD Handguns</a>: The $695 cameras also feature a laser sight and are made by <a href="http://www.pistolcam.com/" target="_blank">PistolCam</a>.http://thedaytheytriedtokillme.com/post/34659374http://thedaytheytriedtokillme.com/post/34659374Tue, 13 May 2008 09:57:00 -0400<img src="http://media.tumblr.com/CMnrmIxuY8xj2g5h8Foqpd6s_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><a href="http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/politics/threelinewhip/april08/afghanistanswapsheroinforwheat.htm" target="_blank">Afghanistan swaps heroin for wheat</a>http://thedaytheytriedtokillme.com/post/34615207http://thedaytheytriedtokillme.com/post/34615207Tue, 13 May 2008 00:24:26 -0400<img src="http://media.tumblr.com/CMnrmIxuY8xedta7Rbcc8Mbb_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>Gazprom’s chairman, Dmitri Medvedev (center), now Russia’s president, celebrated the company’s anniversary this year with the C.E.O. Alexei Miller, at his left, and the band Deep Purple. (via <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/05/11/business/worldbusiness/11gaz.html?ei=5070&en=1e350ad5f473186a&ex=1211256000&emc=eta1&pagewanted=all" target="_blank">As Gazprom Goes, So Goes Russia - New York Times</a>)http://thedaytheytriedtokillme.com/post/34605193http://thedaytheytriedtokillme.com/post/34605193Mon, 12 May 2008 22:13:42 -0400<img src="http://media.tumblr.com/x9JGCu6o88x3e4w8UxNgmue9_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><a href="http://www.technoccult.com/archives/2008/05/10/inside-the-church-of-satan/" target="_blank">Inside The Church of Satan</a> (via <a href="http://ledgergermane.com/post/34581113" target="_blank">ledgergermane</a>) A new sensationalistic documentary about Satanism! Christians and Marylin Manson fans buy this! OK, OK, it’s not <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0063550/" target="_blank">Satanis</a>… but I’ll still watch it.http://thedaytheytriedtokillme.com/post/34595213http://thedaytheytriedtokillme.com/post/34595213Mon, 12 May 2008 20:00:48 -0400<img src="http://media.tumblr.com/mSIbwfieM8wzv6vsxJRVqsoJ_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://stumblng.tumblr.com/post/34572885" target="_blank">stumblng</a>:</p> <blockquote>… the <a href="http://curioustimes.blogspot.com/2008/05/wake-up-and-smell-napalm.html" target="_blank">Dangerbomb</a> alarm clock which looks like a ticking time bomb and gives you about three minutes to get your ass out of bed and deactivate it before it really rattles your brain with a disturbingly loud fake explosion to get you going in the morning.<br/><ul><li>just don’t pack it in your luggage if you’re going on an aeroplane or you may find yourself in Egypt or some such place!</li></ul> </blockquote> <p> That is a great way to start your day. </p>http://thedaytheytriedtokillme.com/post/34573977http://thedaytheytriedtokillme.com/post/34573977Mon, 12 May 2008 15:43:00 -0400<img src="http://media.tumblr.com/CMnrmIxuY8wzvcel7hgj6cII_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><a href="http://www.gsnmagazine.com/cms/resources/business-opportunities/750.html" target="_blank">FEMA concerned about electro magnetic pulses at Mount Weather</a> (Wikipedia has cool articles on both <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_Weather" target="_blank">Mount Weather</a> & <a href="http://www.gsnmagazine.com/cms/resources/business-opportunities/750.html" target="_blank"></a><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electromagnetic_pulse" target="_blank">EMP</a> so read ‘em.)<a href="http://www.gsnmagazine.com/cms/resources/business-opportunities/750.html" target="_blank"><br/></a>http://thedaytheytriedtokillme.com/post/34572911http://thedaytheytriedtokillme.com/post/34572911Mon, 12 May 2008 15:27:00 -0400<a href="http://www.fas.org/blog/secrecy/2008/05/white_house_issues.html">White House Issues Policy on “Controlled Unclassified Info”</a>: The key words here are vague and expansive. “Controlled Unclassified” is double-speak meaning that declassified info does not become public.http://thedaytheytriedtokillme.com/post/34559753http://thedaytheytriedtokillme.com/post/34559753Mon, 12 May 2008 13:02:58 -0400<a href="http://www.signandsight.com/features/1071.html">A new layeha for the Mujahideen</a>: Hadn’t seen this before: a set of rules for the <a href="http://abumuqawama.blogspot.com/2008/05/coin-book-club-9-koran-kalashnikov-and.html" target="_blank">new Taliban</a> distributed a few years back.http://thedaytheytriedtokillme.com/post/34506266http://thedaytheytriedtokillme.com/post/34506266Mon, 12 May 2008 02:52:54 -0400<a href="http://www.spacewar.com/reports/Russian_general_slams_NATO_practice_attacks_over_Arctic_report_999.html">Russian general slams NATO practice 'attacks' over Arctic</a>: General Alexander Zelin indicates that NATO fighters engage in practice combat actions bordering on attacks on Russian bombers patroling the Arctic.http://thedaytheytriedtokillme.com/post/34504030http://thedaytheytriedtokillme.com/post/34504030Mon, 12 May 2008 02:20:00 -0400<img src="http://media.tumblr.com/CMnrmIxuY8w7cy3hiEYPynfk_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><a href="http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5gjFxKo4Poxd4nU-29u3GAtGNPHLwD90JRGUG0" target="_blank">53 illegal immigrants held against will in Phoenix</a>http://thedaytheytriedtokillme.com/post/34503430http://thedaytheytriedtokillme.com/post/34503430Mon, 12 May 2008 02:09:11 -0400<img src="http://media.tumblr.com/CMnrmIxuY8vp4c81jvvorz2l_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><a href="http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2008/05/398635.html" target="_blank">Guantánamo: Torture victim Binyam Mohamed sues British government for evidence</a>http://thedaytheytriedtokillme.com/post/34469067http://thedaytheytriedtokillme.com/post/34469067Sun, 11 May 2008 17:38:46 -0400<script type="text/javascript" src="http://tribeca.vidavee.com/advance/trh/embedAsset.js?vtagView=on&embedded=yes&showEndCard=off&loadStream=off&autoplay=off&width=425&height=281&vtag=yes&startVolume=50&hidecontrolbar=no&textureStrip=yes&displayTime=yes&volumeLock=off&watermark=yes&skin=v3AdvInt_cleveland.swf&link=http://videos.cleveland.com/plain-dealer/2008/05/cocaine_found_on_airplane.html&dockey=85BE087D62919BB846C4E1F6FA777530"></script><br/><br/><a href="http://blog.cleveland.com/metro/2008/05/federal_agents_in_california_t.html" target="_blank">Federal agents in California tip Stow police to drug plane </a>http://thedaytheytriedtokillme.com/post/34467886http://thedaytheytriedtokillme.com/post/34467886Sun, 11 May 2008 17:23:00 -0400