Crime

The Drug Lord and His Hungry, Hungry Cocaine Hippos | Mickey Z.

Photo: Daily Mail UK Mickey Z. -- World News Trust July 5, 2020 Colombian drug lord Pablo Escobar had so much money that he literally could not spend it fast enough. He and the Medellín cartel dominated the cocaine trade in the 1980s. By then, he was earning about $420 million per week. Storing piles of cash in fields and warehouses, he’d write off 10 percent of it each year (that’s more than $2 ...

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Waltzing at the Doomsday Ball | Joe Bageant

Predator drone firing a hellfire missile. (Public domain)Capitalism is dead, but we still dance with the corpse Joe Bageant -- World News Trust July 6, 2010 -- AJIJIC, JALISCO, Mexico -- As an Anglo ...

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A Prophet and a Loss | John Michael Greer

June 17, 2020 (EcoSophia.net) -- A word or two about history before we proceed. Two weeks ago, in response to my discussion of John Chapman, aka Johnny Appleseed, I fielded the inevitable comment fro ...

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What is Next for Palestinian Popular Resistance in Gaza? Speaking to Journalist Wafaa Aludaini

Romana Rubeo and Ramzy Baroud Ramzy Baroud & Romana Rubeo -- World News Trust June 1, 2020 Wafaa Aludaini is a witness to many of Gaza’s recent tragedies and also never-ending resistance. She experie ...

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As a White Writer, Here’s Everything of Value I Can Add to the #BlackLivesMatter Discussion | Mickey Z.

Photo credit: Mickey Z. Mickey Z. -- World News Trust June 1, 2020 Mickey Z. can be found on Instagram here. He is also the founder of Helping Homeless Women - NYC, offering direct relief to women on ...

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Why Abbas Abandoned Oslo | Ramzy Baroud

Dr. Ramzy BaroudPolitical Ambiguity or a Doomsday Weapon Ramzy Baroud -- World News Trust May 24, 2020 This time, we are told, it is different and that President of the Palestinian Authority, Mahmoud ...

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Why Does Israel Celebrate Its Terrorists | Ramzy Baroud

Dr. Ramzy BaroudBen Uliel and the Murder of the Dawabsheh Family Ramzy Baroud -- World News Trust May 22, 2020 Israeli media and Zionist apologists everywhere are busy whitewashing Israel’s globally- ...

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Why Israel Fears the Nakba | Ramzy Baroud

Dr. Ramzy BaroudHow Memory Became Palestine’s Greatest Weapon Ramzy Baroud -- World News Trust May 17, 2020 On May 15, thousands of Palestinians in Occupied Palestine and throughout the "shatat," or ...

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What You Need To Know About The ICC Investigation Of War Crimes In Occupied Palestine | Ramzy Baroud and Romana Rubeo

Ramzy Baroud and Romana Rubeo -- World News Trust May 9, 2020 Fatou Bensouda, Chief Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC), has, once and for all, settled the doubts on the Court’s juri ...

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What the Pandemic Revealed: a Morally Bankrupt Culture | Charles Hugh Smith

Monopolies, quasi-monopolies and cartels are inherently exploitive and thus evil. May 1, 2020 (OfTwoMinds.com) -- What was "normal" for the past two decades was to turn a blind eye to the moral and f ...

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In The Footsteps Of High John | John Michael Greer

April 15, 2020 (EcoSophia.net) -- Two weeks ago, while winding up the story of the colonial Rhode Island astrologer Joseph Stafford, I noted that the kind of occultism practiced by Stafford and Johan ...

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