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The CIA, a ‘law and order’ U.S. Attorney, & 20 tons of cocaine
It was the second biggest drug bust in American history. On the evening of June 16, 2019, as skies grew cloudy over Delaware Bay, a giant container ship lumbered towards the Port of Philadelphia. Longer than three football fields laid end to end, The Mediterranean Shipping Company’s MSC Gayane (2nd largest in the world) is…
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Bannon-Badolato Bust Exposes The Abyss
Steve Bannon was the chief strategist for the President of the United States. Why has it taken until now—more than four years later—for his proximity to power to begin to give people pause? Even so, it’s uncanny. Stephen K. Bannon was accused last week of exactly the same federal offenses he was warning might befall…
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The Politics of Contraband (from Gangster Planet)
On June 17, 2019, a massive 20-ton cocaine bust went down at the port of Philadelphia aboard a container ship calling at the port. Today is the one-year anniversary of that drug bust, the second largest in American history, and one of five covered in “Gangster Planet.” Agents from a multi-agency Federal task force swarmed…
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AMERICAN GENERATION DELIVERS IN THE CLUTCH
One week ago, I watched fascism attempt to rear its ugly head, and I will never forget it. Tonight I am proud of this generation of Americans, who answered the call of destiny with determination and grit (grit! from millenials!) when that awful video of police homicide hit the airwaves two weeks ago. Because of…
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A MODEST PROPOSAL
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson just promised to let three million people from Hong Kong eager to escape Chinese hegemony the chance to live in Great Britain. That’s when I had an idea! Mr. Trump and Turkey’s President Recep Erdogan have long been close, right? The Turkish strongman, for example, just signaled that his country…
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AFTER MASS SHOOTING AT PENSACOLA NAVAL AIR STATION, SAUDIS GET ANOTHER PASS
For all the talk of a “deep state,” the Trump Administration’s response to the Saudi terror attack at the Naval Air Station in Pensacola was remarkably similar to that of an Administration many thought of as the “Deep State on Steroids” of President George W. Bush. It’s a puzzlement. Silver spoon Deep Stater Bush, in…
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Protected: HAVE YOU SEEN THIS HOUSE? (a chapter from Gangster Planet)
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The Democrats are in a trance
The latest string of Democratic primaries had a lot in common with–of all things–an obscure 60-year old European art film called ‘Last year in Marienbad,’ that college film students have been getting stoned and going to see for several generations, describing it as being “heavy, man.” The film repeats the same series of events again…
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Oh Well, Vote Fraud in Sarasota County, Again
Bernie Sanders is the closest thing America has to a classic tragic hero. Except for that one flaw… that one defect of nature… Bernie’s tragic flaw is that he’s an idealist, as well as something of a nerd. Don Quixote pushing his glasses up on his nose, waving a pen around instead of a sword.…