Saturday, October 25, 2014

security fail in Canada over Muslim attacks?


A security camera pic of Zale H. Thompson, described as "a Muslim convert", who charged at four New York City police officers with a metal hatchet on Thursday, hitting two of them. The attack was the third on people in uniform in North America in a week. He got the same treatment as the two Muslim nuts who attacked soldiers in Canada--shot dead.  Read more

It raises the question, what was being done in Canadian security intelligence circles to prevent this, particularly the Ottawa incident?  It is known as a country where authorities are lackadaisical about scam artists and fraudsters, and this adds to the clear shortcoming in apprehensions of those with criminal minds.

through the Swedish countryside behind a D class electric, 1954


See earlier posts.

'I like the smell of books'


Mr D. Vader's election van, Ukraine


the 'Coastal Pacific' departs Kaikoura southbound


As those who have our books know, this train named as the Coastal Pacific Express began in September 1988, was briefly renamed the TranzCoastal and then back to the original name minus the 'Express' (well, it's aimed at people who like seeing the scenery).

This is one of the photos accompanying an article in Trains magazine (USA) for the 150th anniversary of NZ railways last year.

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Friday, October 24, 2014

Steven Joyce motorway construction porn



How to turn farmland into an expressway in 3 minutes... And if it makes you feel good, there are 26 more videos like it following -- well, we try to cater for everyone...

flying machine over Nice, France, 1910 poster


The pilot (wearing a handle-bar moustache) distributing windproof bouquets...  Available commercially as an enamelled plaque.

1962 Pontiac Tempest

"Hey give back my wallet!"
"Ha ha"

Canadian Pacific "Pacific" poster


Featuring a G-3a class 4-6-2 locomotive which were numbered 2300 through 2303.  More info

Klagenfurt trams, Austria



A predecessor horse tram




Scenes of the original metre-gauge electric system which lasted from 1911 to 1963. Most of the motorised car and trailer fleet dated from 1911, built by the Grazer Waggonfabrik. A few of different ages were transferred from other places. Three motorised cars from the Simmering Waggonfabrik were added in 1942.

In 2005 the trams made a comeback with a 5.78 km (3.6 mile) line from the Central Station to the Lake.