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FILM / ‘Harry Brown’ : Shallow Pastiche Mirrors the News
Michael Caine in Harry Brown.What is Harry Brown trying to tell us? It thrills and titillates without any socially redeeming value. It blames the kids on the streets for the drug war and ignores the manufacturing of violence happening in … Continue reading
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Tagged Ed Felien, Film, Jamaica, Michael Caine, Organized Crime, Police Tactics, Vigilante Justice, War on Drugs
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Mexico’s Narco Wars : Capos Bite Dust as Madness Continues
Navy special forces stand guard in Cuernavaca, Dec. 16, 2009. Drug capo Arturo Beltran Leyva was killed in a shootout with state security forces. Photo by Margarito Perez / Reuters.Who’s who in narco wars:Top capos executed in Mexican Spy vs. … Continue reading
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Tagged Drug War, John Ross, Mexico, Narcoguerra, Organized Crime
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Hot Oil! Narco Pirates Smuggle Mexican Petrol into Texas
Hot oil? Petroleum “pipa” with the mark of the Zetas, the infamous drug cartel branching out into petro-piracy. Photo from NarcoGuerra Times.HOT OIL! Union crooks, drug cartels and U.S. corporations are stealing billions of bucks of Mexican petroleum. By John … Continue reading
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Tagged Corporate Corruption, Houston, Mexico, Oil Companies, Organized Crime, Texas
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Mexico : Drug Decrim and the 10,000-Ton Monkey
Pot smoker in Mexico City. Mexicans consume an estimated 342 tons of marijuana a year. Photo by Castillo / AP.Legalization is the only answer…Mexico’s massive drug problem As poet Juan Pablo Garcia posited long ago in his 1985 Pacheco (marijuana … Continue reading
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Tagged Drug Law Reform, Drug Legalization, Marijuana, Mexico, Organized Crime, War on Drugs
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UN : Drug Money Used to Prop Up US Banks
‘The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime had found evidence that “interbank loans were funded by money that originated from drug trade and other illegal activities,”‘By Boris Groendahl / January 25, 2009 VIENNA — The United Nations’ crime and … Continue reading
Was Criminal Mastermind Behind the Mumbai Attacks?
Fleeting glance of an elusive figure: criminal mastermind Ibrahim Dawood. ‘The eerie silence that accompanied the blasts are the very signature of Ibrahim Dawood, now a multi-millionaire owner of a construction company in Karachi, Pakistan.’By Yoichi Shimatsu / November 28, … Continue reading
Vetting John McCain : The Keating Five Scandal
John McCain, with his lawyers, before he testified before the Senate Ethics Committee in 1991 about his involvement in the Keating Five scandal. Photo by Andrea Mohin / NYT.John McCain, Charles Keating and the S&L ScandalBy Sherman De Brosse / … Continue reading
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Tagged Charles Keating, John McCain, Keating Five, November Election, Organized Crime
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The Mob : Did John McCain Play Piano in a Bordello?
‘Perhaps McCain was untainted by the mob and corruption, but one wonders if he could have been that successful had he not somehow made his peace with that situation.’By Sherman De Brosse / The Rag Blog / October 15, 2008 … Continue reading
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Tagged American History, Cindy McCain, McCain, November Election, Organized Crime, Presidential Campaign
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I Hate Those Corporate Fascists and Pigs
EV BikesBy Edgar Alpo / August 21, 2008 Disclaimer: Sorry, I’m in a bad mood. They don’t allow these in New York City. Otherwise known as the fascist capital of the world. New York City hates electric bicycles. They do … Continue reading
What Will the Candidates Do to End the Unwinnable War on Drugs?
‘The prohibition of drugs is perhaps the most disastrous policy currently pursued by the US government’By Johann Hari / August 10, 2008 On January 20th 2009, either the president of the United States will be a man who used to … Continue reading
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Tagged American History, Civil Liberties, Drug War, Drugs, Organized Crime, Prohibition, War on Drugs
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