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Tuesday, February 28, 2012

COPS CONTEST

some highlights of our FB "Good Cop Bad Cop contest" on

http://www.facebook.com/scusamodanostra

Mama Mia!

Spanish cop patrolling the sidewalk

buon appetit!

Good Dog!

Oops

Bring it on.

on patrol...

He loves it.

Monday, December 12, 2011

Cocaine Dollars

90 percent of U.S. money is laced with cocaine

Cheryl Ravelo / Reuters

Scientists have known for years that paper money can become contaminated with cocaine during drug deals and directly through drug use, such as snorting cocaine through rolled bills.

Traces of cocaine taint up to 90 percent of paper money in the United States, a new study finds. A group of scientists tested banknotes from more than 30 cities in five countries, including the United States, Canada, Brazil, China, and Japan, and found "alarming" evidence of cocaine use in many areas.

U.S. and Canadian currency had the highest levels, with an average contamination rate of between 85 and 90 percent, while Chinese and Japanese currency had the lowest, between 12 and 20 percent contamination.

The findings were presented yesterday at the 238th National Meeting of the American Chemical Society in Washington, D.C. Study leader Yuegang Zuo of the University of Massachusetts in Dartmouth said that the high percentage of contaminated U.S. currency observed in the current study represents nearly a 20 percent jump in comparison to a similar study he conducted two years ago.

"To my surprise, we're finding more and more cocaine in banknotes," Zuo said.

Scientists have known for years that paper money can become contaminated with cocaine during drug deals and directly through drug use, such as snorting cocaine through rolled bills. Contamination can also spread to banknotes not involved in the illicit drug culture, because bills are processed in banks' currency-counting machines.

"I'm not sure why we've seen this apparent increase, but it could be related to the economic downturn, with stressed people turning to cocaine," Zuo said.

Such studies are useful, he noted, because the data can help law enforcement agencies and forensic specialists identify patterns of drug use in a community.

Previous studies that have reported on cocaine traces on money have had several drawbacks, Zuo said. Some only sampled a small number of bills, while others destroyed the money in the process of testing.

Zuo and his colleagues used a modified instrument that allowed for faster, simpler and more accurate measurement of cocaine contamination than other methods, without destroying the currency.

The amounts of cocaine found on U.S. bills ranged from .006 micrograms (several thousands of times smaller than a single grain of sand) to more than 1,240 micrograms of cocaine per banknote (about 50 grains of sand).

The scientists found that larger cities like Baltimore, Boston, and Detroit had among the highest average cocaine levels. Washington, D.C., ranked above the average, with 95 percent of the banknotes sampled contaminated with the drug. The lowest average cocaine levels in U.S. currency appeared on bills collected from Salt Lake City.

Despite the high percentage of cocaine-contaminated banknotes, Zuo points out that the amount of cocaine found on most notes was so small that consumers should not have any health or legal concerns about handling paper money.

"For the most part, you can't get high by sniffing a regular banknote, unless it was used directly in drug uptake or during a drug exchange," Zuo said. "It also won't affect your health and is unlikely to interfere with blood and urine tests used for drug detection.

Wednesday, November 23, 2011

Psycho Cop

Classic video: Psycho Cop Annoyed

This is what happens when you give the wrong cop the one finger salute.

CAPISCE!

Monday, November 21, 2011

Greed is Good!

GREED IS GOOD!

Gordon Gecko Speech Wall Street

Friday, November 18, 2011

Golden Guns

Golden Machine Gun Mexico

Golden Pistol - Adolf hitler

Golden Gun taken from the body of Muammar Gadhafi

US Soldier with Golden AK-74 in Iraq

Gold plated pistol

Golden Browning - Saddam Hussein

Golden Pistol - Elvis Presley

Golden Beretta

Thursday, November 10, 2011

Russian Traffic

Russian Traffic Police

"Why you like to try and pass without signaling?

In Russia, rules of road important to be respect."

Famous Quotes

Marlon Brando as Don Vito Corleone in The Godfather.

"I'm gonna make him an offer he can't refuse."

"Someday -and that day may never come- I'll call upon you to do a service for me. But until that day, accept this justice as gift on my daughters wedding."

Al Pacino as Don Michael Corleone in The Godfather II.

"If anything in this life is certain. If history has taught us anything.
It's that you can kill anyone."

"There are many things my father taught me here in this room. He taught me: keep your friends close, but your enemies closer."

Al Pacino as Toni Montana in Scarface.

"All I have in this world is my balls and my word and I don't break 'em, for nobody, you understain?"

"Make way for the bad guy!"

"You wanna fuck with me? Okay. You wannna play rough? Okay.
Say hello to my little friend!"

Al Pacino as Carlito Brigante in Carlito's Way.

"You think you're big time? You gonna DIE big time!"

"Favor' gonna kill you faster than a bullet."

"Never give up your friends Dave. No matter what."

John Gotti in Court

"Don't carry a gun. It's nice to have them close by, but don't carry them.
You might get arrested."

"If you think your boss is stupid, remember:
You wouldn't have a job if he was any smarter."

"Of course I am the Boss of my Family - My wife, my kids."

"I never lie to any man because I don't fear anyone.
The only time you lie is when you are afraid."

- post your favourite quotes here! -

Wednesday, November 9, 2011

Brad Pitt Abducted

Classic Jackass Video!

Brad Pitt once again proves his acting skills ...

...in this classic abduction video by Jackass.

Saturday, November 5, 2011

Berlin Police

Polizei from Berlin getting ready to start off their day.

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Sopranos Parody

Classic video - The Sopranos Parody

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Kate Moss on Coke

Classic video - Kate Moss doing Coke in studio with Pete Doherty and his band.

Exclusive report in Italian from Silvio Berlusconi's Mediaset 5

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Wednesday, November 2, 2011

Fucking Short Versions

WTF? WE JUST FUCKING LOVE THESE FUCKING SHORT VERSIONS.

EVEN AFTER LEAVING OUT ALL THE BULLSHIT BUT THE WORD FUCK THESE ARE STILL FUCKING GREAT MOVIES.

SEE FOR YOURSELF YOU FUCK!