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Greek Police seeks help in managing demonstrations

A few days after Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras banned the use of tear gas at demonstrations by workers and pensioners following the firing of chemicals on retirees rallying in central Athens, the Greek Police (ELAS) has appealed to forces in other European countries for help in dealing with tense protest rallies.

Our dumb times - revisited

In 2008, Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas's official news agency, Wafa, reported that Israel (read: Mossad) had released poison-resistant rats to drive Arab residents of Jerusalem out of their homes. If you took the news seriously you might think of it as a remarkable scientific achievement to train rats so that they could distinguish between Muslim, Christian and Jewish residents of a city

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