Cracking Qaddafi’s safe

The Central Bank of Libya is holding $184 million of gold and silver coins bearing the face of the late Col. Qaddafi in a 48-year-old British-made vault which they can’t get open. A rival government has the code. Khaled, a safecracker, has been hired to help but...

When is a rock?

The tiny (110 acre) outpost of Itu Aba in the Spratly archipelago of the South China Sea is claimed by Taiwan to be an island; the Philippines claim it’s a rock. Island status comes with a 200 mile exclusion zone but, if a rock, only 12 miles. Or is it just a...

Brits return crooked loot

Britain is returning to Macau the $44 million ill-gotten gains of Ao Man-long, now serving a 29 year sentence for corruption. He was in charge of approving land sales to property developers in land-starved Macau. Link:...

Who are those masked men?

Not absurd, but fascinating. Amid Libyan chaos, an indpendent group of masked men strive to maintain ‘Law and Order’ their own way. Link:https://t.co/yHxQxRqzpC

Could the Dinar replace the Dollar?

Who are James and Joanne Moriarty? See their seriously weird website supportive of Col. Qaddafi. It seems that Qaddafi was brought down by USA/NATO because he intended to make the African dinar a reserve currency linked to gold? Who knew?...

Destroying Libya

Libyans tell Obama “Thanks for destroying our country.” I’m afraid I agree. He couldn’t have sounded more ridiculous if he tried, and I’m an Obama fan. Not a great Christmas message! Link:...