World's Hottest Pepper?!

India has the hottest peppers!?
Does mexico & Louisnana know about this?!

"Indian defense spices things up
By Sudha Ramachandran

BANGALORE - Red-hot chili peppers could soon come to India's defense. The country's defense scientists are working on using the world's hottest chilies in hand grenades for use in counter-insurgency operations and riot control.

An important ingredient in Indian cooking, hitherto chilies have been confined to kitchens. They seem poised now to storm another bastion. If ongoing field trials are successful, chilies will soon make a grand entry into India's defense armory.

The plan is "to harness the pungency value of chilies to make hand grenades that can be used in riot control and counter-insurgency situations",

US Army 7th Transportation Group; The Army Learns on Its Stomach

Both my cars have a licence plate frame that says "US Army Veteran-7th Trans; the Army's Navy".
This article is about the Army's 7th Transportation Group at Ft. Eustis Virginia where I served twice during my time in the US Army. The patch I wore has been replaced by something else so for the graphic I used the Army's Transportation Corps' flag. I also posted a picture of one of the Army's large tugs (LT) that I worked on a lot.
http://www.almc.army.mil/alog/issues/JanFeb04/AnArmyLearns.htm

Singapore Borrows from George Bush II play book

A new law in Singapore reminds me of Bush's Patriot Act. Just shows, those in power make laws to stay in power.

http://www.atimes.com/atimes/Southeast_Asia/KF13Ae02.html

"New legislation passed by parliament in the name of combating terrorism has raised concerns that discretionary powers could be used by authorities to further silence political opposition and suppress public dissent when the island nation is facing its worst economic crisis since achieving independence.

The Public Order Act (POA), which was rapidly drafted and passed without much fanfare in April, represents the latest legislation to boost the discretionary powers of the People's Action Party-led government, which has ruled the city state uninterrupted since 1959, in the name of upholding national security.

The new law will primarily extend the draconian Public Entertainment and Meeting Act, which bars gatherings of more than five people without a government-granted permit. "