This kind of intimidating response can be expected from some policemen with high opinion of themselves, which (depending on their mental abilities) may be even followed by "Do I look stupid to you?". In this case it's better not to answer this question truthfully. Fact is, some police personnel is downright funny, and some police methods are bordering on hilarious. Here is an attempt to put together some visual (and factual) proof of this phenomena:
Action!
Clowns can protect themselves, if needed:
The picture above is scary enough, but it's actually a cosplay (costume play) based on "Jin-Roh" anime...
However, it's not too far away from reality:
Ukrainian military police training:
Chinese hardships:
Palestinian police training (Rafah, Gaza):
(image credit: Reuters)
Police cars have to be tough
"Here's what 44 rounds of 7.62 from an AK-47 and .38 will do to a brand new police car." (more info)
Russian militia has to carry a CANNON around to adequately counter Russian mafia firepower:
Maybe Moscow militia does not even need cars:
Italian police vehicle:
They mean business: Iranian Women Police
This is another side of life in Iran (see more peaceful side here)
(images credit: Javad Moghimi, Fars News Agency)
Bursting into action:
(image credit: Javad Moghimi, Fars News Agency)
North Korean militia girls do not look as frightening:
Winter mobile units of North Korean militia:
Strange Encounters
Police has a weird thing with animals sometimes: Walk your pig, barbeque it later:
Yea, but what do you do with a snake?
Maybe if that snake was trespassing, or obstructing traffic:
Smaller fry:
Somewhere in Russia, the military is bored:
Dogs have to endure things....
... but only to a point:
Chinese military is bored:
(photo credit: China NewsPhoto/ Reuters)
Indian military is bored:
The "White Helmets" motorcycle display team (members of the Royal Corps of Signals in the British Army):
Airport customs personnel can be bored, too:
This police is also bored, but then again, it could be photoshop:
Simply bored:
(photo credit: Igor Zenin)
Neighborhood Watch, 2885
And we finish with the absolutely awesome "police vehicle" from the year 2885: This "postcard" from the future is created by Michael Fichtenmayer from Fichtenfoo.com.
About that Texas police car: those are not arrows! (so weird I had to Google it ;) More pics here: http://www.lonestarstangs.com/forum/schertz-police-car-v-ak-47-a-12658.html
That so called London Met Police Lamborghini, is a Photoshop. One, because the Met do not have a Lambo. Two, because its very obviously shopped. And three, because the license plate reads "Yevil" which is the show plates given to a number of vehicles.
I was a member of the forum this picture http://lh5.google.ca/abramsv/R8-tHHH54kI/AAAAAAAAKwo/TJJxpbHdwXo/2096443269_f8fd5ddb56_o.jpg?imgmax=512 was originally posted to. Neither guy is a (goofing off) police officer. It's the result of an amusing and talented amateur photographer and willing friends.
The 2nd pic with the clown, the cops are justified in their recoil and apparent fear. People have been known to put liquids other than water into water guns, such as diluted acid, pepper spray-like liquids, bleach, ammonia etc. People are messed up. Nice collection of pics, BTW.
Actually, the cop leading the pig might not be dumb (or posed); Pigs have an excellent sense of smell (ask anyone who gathers truffles for a living) and, as I understand it, are just as good as dogs when it comes to sniffing out e.g. drugs. Also, a cop dragging (or being dragged by, as the case may be) a pig is probably less intimidating than some enormous, saliva-dripping German Shepherd.
What on earth are they holding in the foreground of the 2nd picture of the Iranian Police? Whatever it is looks like it's absurdly high calibre - a flare gun, or something like an M79 maybe?
The guns in the 2nd Iranian Police pic are competition-type target pistols. The big tube is a recoil-compensator, not a barrel: the actual barrel is above it, and may be only .22 in calibre.
This pic is presumably the Police sport-shooting team (or a staged publicitiy shot, of course). HWS
QUOTE: Russian militia has to carry a CANNON around to adequately counter Russian mafia firepower: UNQUOTE...
this not for fight the crime mans it is for shoot the snows on montain to make the slide. avalanche you call slide snow? not goode gun for mans fight. is goode for snow slideing for make the safe. My english not so good but i am snow slide works mans. thanks you.
Captain Matt: The Met Lambo isn't photoshopped, they had it at the MPH motorshow at Earls Court, London, last year. It's just one they hired for a few weeks and stuck the stickers on for publicity (I had a chat with one of the cops at the stand). So it's not really theirs, but it definately isn't photoshopped :)
the picture with the clown is actually of a member of the clown army (The Clandestine Insurgent Rebel Clown Army), protesting. They protest against the WTO, G8, etc.. The certainly do not carry anything more lethal/harmful than water. The shock on the policeman's face was probably more due to seeing another pesky cameraman.
The picture captioned "Russian Military Police" is neither of Russians or Police. It is of the "White Helmets" motorcycle display team who are members of the Royal Corps of Signals in the British Army. Hope that helps.
When I was younger, I was fascinated by the airships and zeppelins of the early part of the 20th Century. In fact, I have a book called "Zeppelin: The German Airship Story", which touched on their rise and fall. I am struck by the fact that they could never seem to get the design of these monsters right, and the majority of them crashed to Earth or burned up. If you can find a copy of this book, snag it. It's very fascinating.
Great article! Looks like they finally got it right!
There are still airship hangars at Cardington in the UK. Check out the pictures on their web-site: http://www.controltowers.co.uk/C/Cardington.htm You cannot believe the immensity of them unless you've been there, as I have. The pictures just don't do them justice
Yes, Zeppelins certainly will become a familiar site in the skies over San Francisco! BTW, we're Airship Ventures, not Airship Adventures as you credit us on a couple of the images. www.airshipventures.com airshipventures.blogspot.com
one of the tallest buildings in Europe is an aqua spa in the hangar of a bankrupt modern zeppelin construction factory: http://www.tropical-islands.de/de/presse/pressefotos.html
and the central market in Riga is one of the biggest dayly markets in Europe and is in the old zeppelin hangars from the early 20th century
Thank you for the link; what a great collection of images!
The mooring mast on top of the Empire State Building seems to have been a publicity gimmick more than anything else. Certainly, it wasn't very well thought out: it was far too windy up there to be viable. Still, I did like seeing it in use in Sky Captain.
We still have new, ACTIVE airships here in Elizabeth City, NC. Production and maintenance is on the old Weeksville Naval LTA Base. http://elizcity.com/weeksnas/ http://www.newbegun.com/tour/Airship_Hanger.php http://www.newbegun.com/tour/Bicycling_02.php
The real Problem with Airships is, that Helium is extremely rare. As a tecnician at the Zeppelin Yard in Friedrichshafen explained to me, there is only about enough helium to fill two of the once proposed "Cargolifter" Airships. Until we synthesize a light gas we probably wont see alot of these Dreams come true.
Airships are still wonderful ships and could be on the way back. See my 2006 post that covers much of what's on here: http://www.creationrobot.com/2006/03/airships-they-are-coming-slowly-from-many-different-companies-and-countries/
yes the gas is a problem but not the rare is the point ,but the priece. the cost of one fill for the cargolifter is more expensive than the rest of the zeppelin.
Hey there great article just blogged about it at Airshipworld. Here ist the Link: Dark Roasted Airships
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The problem with airships of the past was that they were ahead of their time. The problem was materials and the flotation gas.
The outer materials used to "protect" the skins of these beasts turned out to be the same formulation used for solid rockets today.
The gas normally was helium, but Germany chose to use Hydrogen because the only source of helium was the USA.
The structure of these beasts were typically made out of Aluminum, a fairly new metal not quite mastered. A lot of structural failures occurred because engineers assumed Aluminum was lightweight iron, which it wasn't. Aluminum, while strong, has different characteristics, which require different engineering considerations. Hence the designs were always flawed.
Today we have carbon fiber based composites, super adhesives, light-weight fabrics and polymers, and a far superior knowledge of metals.
There is one problem, however, there is a finite supply of helium, and once it's gone, it's gone. It's so light, it just leaves our atmosphere.
The colourful moon image is by Neil Carboni http://ncarboni.home.att.net/Astrophotography.html (I saw it the other day on the venerable APOD, here: http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap060907.html)
I hadn't really thought, until now, about how odd it is that the moon seems to be a completely monochrome world. What the picture shows is, in fact, the slight variations in colour exaggerated.
The forked Volkswagen is a part of the Royal Deluxe (google it) performance in Iceland. My photo of the same car: http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2082/2104794414_bc0be46924.jpg
The location is Madrid and the group is strange fruit. An australian street theater group. The performance is called "on the field" I see it and I liked a lot
I ended up doing a school project on these eggs-at first, I thought I'm simply be discussing pretty jewely egg things made by some guy in Russia. But there's a lot more history involved. It amazes me how the royal family could spend so much money on a couple eggs every easter and still let Russia's desolate people waste away. I mean, wow. Had they used the money for materials and whatnot to make them to feed and provide other kinds of care to their people, they might have saved a lot of lives.
the abbey road shot looks heavily shopped, just look at the white line where ringo should be, are you sure it's not from the b3ta abbey road kit? http://www.b3takit.co.uk/page1.htm
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About that Texas police car: those are not arrows! (so weird I had to Google it ;)
More pics here: http://www.lonestarstangs.com/forum/schertz-police-car-v-ak-47-a-12658.html
That so called London Met Police Lamborghini, is a Photoshop.
One, because the Met do not have a Lambo.
Two, because its very obviously shopped.
And three, because the license plate reads "Yevil" which is the show plates given to a number of vehicles.
It dont think the Segways with the big red sign "Paramedic" are police...
I was a member of the forum this picture http://lh5.google.ca/abramsv/R8-tHHH54kI/AAAAAAAAKwo/TJJxpbHdwXo/2096443269_f8fd5ddb56_o.jpg?imgmax=512
was originally posted to. Neither guy is a (goofing off) police officer. It's the result of an amusing and talented amateur photographer and willing friends.
The 2nd pic with the clown, the cops are justified in their recoil and apparent fear. People have been known to put liquids other than water into water guns, such as diluted acid, pepper spray-like liquids, bleach, ammonia etc. People are messed up.
Nice collection of pics, BTW.
Actually, the cop leading the pig might not be dumb (or posed); Pigs have an excellent sense of smell (ask anyone who gathers truffles for a living) and, as I understand it, are just as good as dogs when it comes to sniffing out e.g. drugs. Also, a cop dragging (or being dragged by, as the case may be) a pig is probably less intimidating than some enormous, saliva-dripping German Shepherd.
Regards & all,
Thomas
What on earth are they holding in the foreground of the 2nd picture of the Iranian Police? Whatever it is looks like it's absurdly high calibre - a flare gun, or something like an M79 maybe?
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The guns in the 2nd Iranian Police pic are competition-type target pistols. The big tube is a recoil-compensator, not a barrel: the actual barrel is above it, and may be only .22 in calibre.
This pic is presumably the Police sport-shooting team (or a staged publicitiy shot, of course). HWS
Oops - re my last comment, the big tube isn't a recoil compensator, it's an air-reservoir: the guns are competition air-pistols........
HWS.
Indeed they are air pistols.
Steyr LP's I beleive.
QUOTE: Russian militia has to carry a CANNON around to adequately counter Russian mafia firepower: UNQUOTE...
this not for fight the crime mans it is for shoot the snows on montain to make the slide. avalanche you call slide snow? not goode gun for mans fight. is goode for snow slideing for make the safe. My english not so good but i am snow slide works mans. thanks you.
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very nice made me lol
only thing is... i dont think the segways are police, they say paramedic on the side...:S
excellent snaps !!
really liked it... can spend days just watching them...
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Captain Matt: The Met Lambo isn't photoshopped, they had it at the MPH motorshow at Earls Court, London, last year. It's just one they hired for a few weeks and stuck the stickers on for publicity (I had a chat with one of the cops at the stand). So it's not really theirs, but it definately isn't photoshopped :)
i want uniforms like those in the cosplay.the fear factor would be great especially if it was all bullet proof
the picture with the clown is actually of a member of the clown army (The Clandestine Insurgent Rebel Clown Army), protesting. They protest against the WTO, G8, etc.. The certainly do not carry anything more lethal/harmful than water. The shock on the policeman's face was probably more due to seeing another pesky cameraman.
Um doesn't that say Paramedic on the side of the Segway? I think there is a HUGE difference.
The picture captioned "Russian Military Police" is neither of Russians or Police. It is of the "White Helmets" motorcycle display team who are members of the Royal Corps of Signals in the British Army. Hope that helps.
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