Love and Death in Caracas

How can you not love a report of violence that contains captions such as this one?

«One day, aged 19, Silva mugged a bus passenger for her jewellery. He fled on foot and caught another bus, conscious of a police patrol ahead. Seated behind him was a pretty girl. "I wanted to say something cute to her but the only thing I could think of was: 'Will you hide my revolver?'" he recalls. The girl smiled and hid it in her purse. Love was born.»

Rest of the text in the Guardian.

If this blog was still in Norwegian, I would probably have headlined it thus: «Kanakas i Caracas»

Den enarmede espressobandit

A shot in the head or an extra shot of espresso? Det kunne nesten vært spørsmålet neste gang du vandrer inn på en Starbucks i amerikanske delstater som Virginia, hvor det er lov å bære våpen åpenlyst. Faktisk ble det slått fast ved lov i 2004 at det er lov å vise frem våpen. Noe som har ført til at all verdens interessegrupper nå lager bråk og forlanger at Starbøx må forby folk å bære skytevåpen på premissene sine. Droneland sier bare: Ikke skyt på Starbucks!