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Late Night Action Rangers

20 Jan

The Saga of Leno vs O ‘Brian took an interesting turn with this news report from NMA News.   NMA a Hong Kong-based news organization is also responsible for these delightful two pieces on Tiger Woods found  here and here.  Conan Smash!

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Honorless Thief Uses Warrior’s Weapon

4 Feb

Things took a turn for the strange in Colorado Springs, Colorado when a masked man robbed two different convenience stores using using a Star Trek Klingon-type sword, called a “Batleth” or “bat’leth.”

A Sword of honor

A Sword of honor

The bat’leth, or “sword of honor”, is a traditional Klingon blade weapon. Resembling a crescent-shaped, two-ended scimitar. According to Klingon mythology, the first bat’leth was forged by Kahless the Unforgettable. Kahless cut a lock of his hair and dropped it into the lava of the Kri’stak volcano, then plunged the burning lock into the Lake of Lusor and twisted it into a blade. After forging the weapon, he used it to fight the tyrant Molor, and then gave it its name.

Neither clerk was injured in the robberies and the robber escape with an undisclosed sum and is still at large.