Do Not Cross The JAKA

[Tom Dunne]

I came across this review on my lunch break today and couldn't help but laugh at the acronym for the secret police in this fictional Eastern European nation.

http://www.npr.org/2013/11/27/246154056/a-travel-writer-lost-in-an-undiscovered-country-in-land-across

[Dan Kelly]

The weirdest thing about it is that agents are colloquially known as "Barneys."

[Peter Pallotta]

The weirdest thing about it is that agents are colloquially known as "Barneys."

And their 'cover' is just pure genius -- they pose (and actually generate income) as major paving contractors servicing government contracts in at least 3 states. To quote Sean Connery in The Untouchables, when he believes Ness' assertion that he's a Treasury Agent: "Who would claim to be that who wasn't?"

[Gib_Papazian]

I'm not sure what is more frightening, finding myself in some Eastern European hellhole held hostage by a herd of obese, unbathed grunting swine with terminal halitosis, or lost in the bowels of Rust Belt Indiana with the choice of fleeing to Hillbilly Appalachia or working on a chain gang with Barny holding the whip.    

[Mike Sweeney]

I would like to hear how JAKA  and Pat Mucci score on this test:

http://www.pbs.org/newshour/rundown/2012/03/white-educated-and-wealthy-congratulations-you-live-in-a-bubble.html

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