Wow, this is a great article detailing some of the failures of the drug war. In detail. Bravo Rebecca Gordon.
What Do ISIS and Drug Cartels in Mexico Have in Common?
The failed drug war in the U.S. and the billion-dollar cartels have created an ISIS-like reality right across the border.
By Rebecca Gordon / TomDispatch
March 22, 2015
The fact is if the fat cats weren't getting fatter the war on drugs would end.
You see a whole lotta prosecutions for money laundering for the big drugs cartels in this list?
Yeah, me either.
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Tuesday, March 24, 2015
Thursday, February 05, 2015
Jury selection for alleged American Sniper killer begins today
Jury selection in Routh trial begins today
Pretty tall order since Chris Kyle has been glorified since the movie American Sniper was released worldwide about 3 weeks ago and is quite popular. As is Kyle in Texas, where the killing took place and they are trying to pick jurors for the trial.
A Reporter at Large JUNE 3, 2013 ISSUE
In the Crosshairs
Chris Kyle, a decorated sniper, tried to help a troubled veteran. The result was tragic.
BY NICHOLAS SCHMIDLE
The New Yorker
I wonder if Kyle knew that Routh's family and friends had hidden firearms and ammunition from Routh because they knew he was a danger to himself and others the day he and Littlefield were killed on the rifle range? I wonder if that will come up in the trial?
I also wonder if the trial will shed light on the Veterans Administration (who paid this dinky, no hit blog a visit the day I posted my last post) and the indadequate treatment of PTSD. Does the VA need to take a different tack? You know, mabye get a clue from the fact that thatthe war on drugs is a complete fucking failure also?
Or will it all be swept under the rug and the Texas HEE-Rohs murderer be executed? They execute a lot of people in Texas. The biggest executers in the US, in fact. (Feb 7 prosecution not seeking death penalty)
Jebus, no wonder my dad couldn't wait to get the fuck out of there.
This case just brings up how goddamned stupid the whole Iraq war is for me. The bitterness I feel at watching a whole new generation of broken vets. Lives lost or wasted and the only people benefitting from this war are people who are part of the war machine.
That includes me, because I wouldn't have a roof over my head, food to eat and insurance to cover my counseling for my PTSD if not for my husband's service and current employment with a mil contractor. My counselor should have been able to help a shit ton more veterans, but the nature of the military beast is to hide it's wounds, lick them when they are alone, don't let it become part of the service jacket. To suck it up, Buttercup, to soldier on,to ride the waves of bu·reau·crat·ic indifference at the highest levels right down into the gutters of a freeway underpass.
Pretty tall order since Chris Kyle has been glorified since the movie American Sniper was released worldwide about 3 weeks ago and is quite popular. As is Kyle in Texas, where the killing took place and they are trying to pick jurors for the trial.
A Reporter at Large JUNE 3, 2013 ISSUE
In the Crosshairs
Chris Kyle, a decorated sniper, tried to help a troubled veteran. The result was tragic.
BY NICHOLAS SCHMIDLE
The New Yorker
I wonder if Kyle knew that Routh's family and friends had hidden firearms and ammunition from Routh because they knew he was a danger to himself and others the day he and Littlefield were killed on the rifle range? I wonder if that will come up in the trial?
I also wonder if the trial will shed light on the Veterans Administration (who paid this dinky, no hit blog a visit the day I posted my last post) and the indadequate treatment of PTSD. Does the VA need to take a different tack? You know, mabye get a clue from the fact that thatthe war on drugs is a complete fucking failure also?
Or will it all be swept under the rug and the Texas HEE-Rohs murderer be executed? They execute a lot of people in Texas. The biggest executers in the US, in fact. (Feb 7 prosecution not seeking death penalty)
Jebus, no wonder my dad couldn't wait to get the fuck out of there.
This case just brings up how goddamned stupid the whole Iraq war is for me. The bitterness I feel at watching a whole new generation of broken vets. Lives lost or wasted and the only people benefitting from this war are people who are part of the war machine.
That includes me, because I wouldn't have a roof over my head, food to eat and insurance to cover my counseling for my PTSD if not for my husband's service and current employment with a mil contractor. My counselor should have been able to help a shit ton more veterans, but the nature of the military beast is to hide it's wounds, lick them when they are alone, don't let it become part of the service jacket. To suck it up, Buttercup, to soldier on,to ride the waves of bu·reau·crat·ic indifference at the highest levels right down into the gutters of a freeway underpass.
Tuesday, August 28, 2012
Mexico Drug War: Tens Of Thousands Dead As Battle Rages On (PHOTOS)
47,000? I've seen numbers estimating the dead from this stupid, unwinnable war on drugs as high as 60,000. The deaths are so pointless. :(
Read the Article at HuffingtonPost
Tuesday, May 08, 2012
Obama's war on pot
THURSDAY, APR 26, 2012 07:54 AM PDT
Obama Justice and medical marijuana
The President's justification for his crackdown on medical marijuana dispensaries has to be heard to be believed
BY GLENN GREENWALD
"President Obama gave an interview to Rolling Stone‘s Jann Wenner this week a...
...Much more important, though, is that the Obama DOJ is aggressively prosecuting dispensaries without any suggestion that they’re breaking local law, and worse, is threatening states considering enacting medical marijuana laws that dispensing medical marijuana, in and of itself, even to sick people with a prescription, is a violation of federal law that will be prosecuted..."
*sigh* I've given President Hopey Opie so many chances to prove that he might be the one to help change our sick political system.
It's not happening, especially with the "War On Drugs." Going after medical marijuana dispensaries is only inviting the cartels to put possibly unsafe product in the hands of sick people.
Here's how I feel about it:
Legalize drugs, even though meth and heroin scare the crap out of me because I've seen what they do to people. Tax them, regulate them. Take the tax money and fund drug treatment centers.
Yes, some people will die. They are already dying. Take away the cartels' gun money and maybe more people caught in the crossfire in Mexico will live. We share a long border with them. Our illegal drugs markets are killing our friends and neighbors.
Obama Justice and medical marijuana
The President's justification for his crackdown on medical marijuana dispensaries has to be heard to be believed
BY GLENN GREENWALD
"President Obama gave an interview to Rolling Stone‘s Jann Wenner this week a...
...Much more important, though, is that the Obama DOJ is aggressively prosecuting dispensaries without any suggestion that they’re breaking local law, and worse, is threatening states considering enacting medical marijuana laws that dispensing medical marijuana, in and of itself, even to sick people with a prescription, is a violation of federal law that will be prosecuted..."
*sigh* I've given President Hopey Opie so many chances to prove that he might be the one to help change our sick political system.
It's not happening, especially with the "War On Drugs." Going after medical marijuana dispensaries is only inviting the cartels to put possibly unsafe product in the hands of sick people.
Here's how I feel about it:
Legalize drugs, even though meth and heroin scare the crap out of me because I've seen what they do to people. Tax them, regulate them. Take the tax money and fund drug treatment centers.
Yes, some people will die. They are already dying. Take away the cartels' gun money and maybe more people caught in the crossfire in Mexico will live. We share a long border with them. Our illegal drugs markets are killing our friends and neighbors.
Saturday, July 09, 2011
War on Drugs continues
Federal Government Rules Marijuana Has No Accepted Medical Purpose
Updated: 7/9/11 06:06 PM ET
Deeeeeees-custed here.
The “War On Drugs” Is A $2.5 Trillion Racket: How Big Banks, Private Military Companies And The Prison Industry Cash In
July 9th, 2011
Updated: 7/9/11 06:06 PM ET
Deeeeeees-custed here.
The “War On Drugs” Is A $2.5 Trillion Racket: How Big Banks, Private Military Companies And The Prison Industry Cash In
July 9th, 2011
Tuesday, June 07, 2011
White House Taking 'Seriously' Al Qaeda's Eying Of America's Gun Show Loophole
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How are comments like this even remotely relevant?
I've been watching the thread, I've seen a lot of comments offering personal experience s in regards to gun shows, many stating that purchasing a full auto is not simple, others stating that full auto conversion s are not easy, simple or reliable.
There have been a few that have been ridiculous talking points, a few that have been standard loon comments, but most seem to be calm, rational and significan tly less condescend ingly arrogant than the above.
My response?
It's hard to be calm and reasonable when a country that is less than an hour away from me has lost tens of thousands of people in a ridiculous war on drugs that my country funds both sides of --
"Mexico updates four years of drug war deaths to 34,612"
http://www
"U.S. Flailing as American Guns Fuel Mexico’s Drug War"
By Adam Rawnsley November 10, 2010
http://www
"NRA and Some of Its Board Members Have Direct Financial Interests in Stopping Ban on High-Capac
Is that arrogant enough for you?
Read the Article at HuffingtonPost
Saturday, October 16, 2010
Snicker snicker, tee hee hee
Holder promises to enforce U.S. drug laws if Prop. 19 passes
Attorney general joins local law enforcement officials in opposing legalization of marijuana. Prop. 19 supporters say the U.S. has no legal ground to challenge the measure.
Well, maybe Holder doesn't get California, that's understandable, but this fool?
"...Los Angeles County Sheriff Lee Baca, who is a co-chairman of the main opposition committee, released the letter at a news conference at his headquarters Friday, flanked by two former DEA heads, the district attorney and the Los Angeles city attorney.
"He is saying it is an unenforceable law and the federal government will not allow California to become a rogue state on this issue," Baca said. "You can't make a law in contradiction to federal law as a state. Therefore Proposition 19 is null and void and dead on arrival..."
Attorney general joins local law enforcement officials in opposing legalization of marijuana. Prop. 19 supporters say the U.S. has no legal ground to challenge the measure.
Well, maybe Holder doesn't get California, that's understandable, but this fool?
"...Los Angeles County Sheriff Lee Baca, who is a co-chairman of the main opposition committee, released the letter at a news conference at his headquarters Friday, flanked by two former DEA heads, the district attorney and the Los Angeles city attorney.
"He is saying it is an unenforceable law and the federal government will not allow California to become a rogue state on this issue," Baca said. "You can't make a law in contradiction to federal law as a state. Therefore Proposition 19 is null and void and dead on arrival..."
No, the enforcement laws are dead. I can walk down the street in LA smoking weed. Felipe Calderon doesn't want pot legalized because he might lose a few "War on Drugs" bucks. He needs to shut his fucking hypocritical mouth, users of small amounts of drugs can't be busted in Mexico.
Monday, August 02, 2010
Gee, ya think?
Mexico at War WaPo's coverage of the drugs wars in Mexico.
Obama: Patchwork immigration policy unacceptable
Monday, Aug. 2, 2010 AP
Gah.
Reporters without Borders coverage of Mexico
Arizona was once tolerant of illegal immigrants. What happened?Analysts suggest it was a perfect storm of demographic shifts, a scary criminal element, the recession and a new governor.
What the fuck took the LA Times so long to figure it out? Ahh, hmm, could be the estimate of almost a million illegal immigrants in LA County alone?
No wait, it's the LA Times, the paper that never criticizes anything that the Israeli government does, and never reports on the effect of Israeli settlements or their expansion.
Obama: Patchwork immigration policy unacceptable
Monday, Aug. 2, 2010 AP
Gah.
They are fleeing economic hardship that our fiscal policies helped create on top of a country run by vicious, murdering drugs cartels that kill each other and anyone who gets in their way with guns that came from this country, in order to control a drugs trade that we support by using drugs and having a retarded justice system that makes some rich investors in it richer, and creates hopelessness in the prisoners because they never get a real chance for drugs or vocational rehab, and then we pour money into a corrupt government over there to fight the War on Drugs and we wonder why we have a gazillion people crossing into our country illegally?
Hmmm, was that a run on sentence?
In Mexico's Nuevo Laredo, drug cartels dictate media coverage
By William Booth
Washington Post Staff Writer
Monday, August 2, 2010
Hmmm, was that a run on sentence?
In Mexico's Nuevo Laredo, drug cartels dictate media coverage
By William Booth
Washington Post Staff Writer
Monday, August 2, 2010
Reporters without Borders coverage of Mexico
Arizona was once tolerant of illegal immigrants. What happened?Analysts suggest it was a perfect storm of demographic shifts, a scary criminal element, the recession and a new governor.
What the fuck took the LA Times so long to figure it out? Ahh, hmm, could be the estimate of almost a million illegal immigrants in LA County alone?
No wait, it's the LA Times, the paper that never criticizes anything that the Israeli government does, and never reports on the effect of Israeli settlements or their expansion.
Sunday, August 01, 2010
Here I go again, on immigration
Does this dorkwad thinks he's actually doing something good for the cause? I actually find humor in that. Did he forget what country he's in?
Here are some thoughtful and short posts on immigration.
A look inside the government’s deportation flights
By Associated Press | Sunday, August 1, 2010
"..Most of those aboard the flight came to authorities’ attention after being convicted of a crime in the U.S. One was convicted of murder, 16 for assault, 11 for driving under the influence, nine for drug charges and six for theft. Another six had no criminal background..."
Honestly, I am not sure what the deal is with the 6 with no criminal convictions. Perhaps real immigration reform would help people like that in the future.
Bay Area protests put focus on immigration policies
By Matt O'Brien
Contra Costa Times
Posted: 07/29/2010 04:17:05 PM PDT
Updated: 07/30/2010 12:15:57 PM PDT
"..The program has identified more than 4,000 immigrants with criminal records in Bay Area jails this year, and many of those immigrants were then handed over to Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), according to government records..."
Immigration memo sparks controversy U.S. officials consider ways to allow some illegal migrants to stay through administrative actions. Republicans see it as proof that Obama is aiming to bypass Congress with a 'de facto amnesty.'
Don't think I don't understand why people risk life and limb for a chance at a better life than the one where they come from. My neighbor told me that at her citizenship confirmation there were people from 80 countries there. I was usually in the minority on most of my jobs, I worked with immigrants from all over the world, and I have heard some stories that would curl your hair from some of my co-workers.
Don't think that I don't understand that the "War on Drugs" and Nafta and Cafta and our corrupt politicians cozying up to corrupt Latin American politicians is good for anybody except big business and (at the very least morally) corrupt politicians.
And oh, yeah, Americans and their drug habits. Are we really so insulated from the truth that 25,000 Mexican people have been slaughtered? Gee, might that have actually increased the amount of people fleeing north to escape from Mexico? Could just be that Mexico is a corrupt shit-hole also. Could be that a few rich control everything in Mexico and the US policies have control over the economy through this tiny minority of the population there.
Mexico now gets more of its revenue from drugs than it does selling us oil, and they are our number two supplier of oil. You think Mexicans know Cantarell is in decline?
And oh, yeah, Americans and their drug habits. Are we really so insulated from the truth that 25,000 Mexican people have been slaughtered? Gee, might that have actually increased the amount of people fleeing north to escape from Mexico? Could just be that Mexico is a corrupt shit-hole also. Could be that a few rich control everything in Mexico and the US policies have control over the economy through this tiny minority of the population there.
Mexico now gets more of its revenue from drugs than it does selling us oil, and they are our number two supplier of oil. You think Mexicans know Cantarell is in decline?
Thursday, July 29, 2010
AZ ruling just intensifies my mixed feelings
Phoenix shootout leaves 1 officer, 2 suspects dead
"...Arizona is the nation's epicenter of illegal immigration, with more than 400,000 undocumented residents. The state's border with Mexico is awash with smugglers and drugs that funnel narcotics and immigrants throughout the U.S., and the influx of illegal migrants drains vast sums of money from hospitals, education and other services...
Although I do understand the frustration of Arizonans, because it was the crackdown on immigration in San Diego that pushed the illegals east into the desert, ("...An estimated 10.8 million people, about 26 percent of the state's population, are living illegally in California, compared with 460,000, about 12 percent, in Arizona..." ) frankly I agree with the new ruling by Judge Bolton in that the burdens for legal immigrants are onerous. The burdens are also onerous for law enforcement, although I wonder if career criminals who happen to be undocumented might be encouraged to find another line of work after a long stint in a Mexican jail. Probably not, because law enforcement in Mexico has been known to cooperate with the cartels.
None of this excuses Americans and their drug habits. If there were no market for illegal drugs in the US, then Mexico wouldn't have drug revenues that exceeded oil revenues. And it ain't just Mexico we're talking about here.
29 July 2010 Last updated at 20:37 ETGuatemala tries Mexican massacre suspects
Guatemalan security forces are increasingly battling Mexican gangs
The trial has opened in Guatemala of 14 alleged members of the Mexican drug cartel Los Zetas.
I pretty much agree with this guy. This is who benefits from the war on drugs. I didn't initially think of terrorist groups althoughI have blogged about it before. I just don't generally think of South American drugs gangs as terrorists, although some might disagree with me there.
The radical reactions from the right and the left are not helping Arizona deal with what really is a problem.
UPDATED ON:
FRIDAY, JULY 30, 2010
07:57 MECCA TIME, 04:57 GMT Top Mexico drug lord killed
'King of Crystal'
Coronel, who has been indicted in the US, was said by officials to have been the number three leader of the powerful Sinaloa cartel, which is active in northwestern Mexico.
Thursday, July 29, 2010
The Chandler officer’s death marks the third on-duty death of a Valley police officer this year.
Those are the kind of stories that prompt some people to mess with the Arizona flag, and others to embrace that imaginary flag.
Well that and not being able to get assistance in a store because the clerks were busy bullshitting in Spanish. That I experienced shopping in Phoenix with my mother. Since both of us have more than brief experience working as retail clerks we know what is reasonable and what is unreasonable to expect from retail clerks and we were patient, and then resolved to never shop there again. This wasn't an isolated incident and who knows, maybe some hispanics were already touchy about their experiences with white racists. I've dealt with that before. When an historically oppressed minority gets a little bit of power stuff happens, it's human nature. I'm only saying that it's more than just crime stories on the news that have prompted some people's anger in AZ. I know the crime stats are down.
The Chandler officer’s death marks the third on-duty death of a Valley police officer this year.
Those are the kind of stories that prompt some people to mess with the Arizona flag, and others to embrace that imaginary flag.
Well that and not being able to get assistance in a store because the clerks were busy bullshitting in Spanish. That I experienced shopping in Phoenix with my mother. Since both of us have more than brief experience working as retail clerks we know what is reasonable and what is unreasonable to expect from retail clerks and we were patient, and then resolved to never shop there again. This wasn't an isolated incident and who knows, maybe some hispanics were already touchy about their experiences with white racists. I've dealt with that before. When an historically oppressed minority gets a little bit of power stuff happens, it's human nature. I'm only saying that it's more than just crime stories on the news that have prompted some people's anger in AZ. I know the crime stats are down.
By BOB CHRISTIE Associated Press WriterThursday, July 29, 2010
Arizona preparing appeal of immigration ruling
By BOB CHRISTIE Associated Press WriterThursday, July 29, 2010
Arizona preparing appeal of immigration ruling
By BOB CHRISTIE Associated Press WriterThursday, July 29, 2010
..Arizona argues that the federal government has failed to secure the border, and that it has a right to take matters into its own hands...
Although I do understand the frustration of Arizonans, because it was the crackdown on immigration in San Diego that pushed the illegals east into the desert, ("...An estimated 10.8 million people, about 26 percent of the state's population, are living illegally in California, compared with 460,000, about 12 percent, in Arizona..." ) frankly I agree with the new ruling by Judge Bolton in that the burdens for legal immigrants are onerous. The burdens are also onerous for law enforcement, although I wonder if career criminals who happen to be undocumented might be encouraged to find another line of work after a long stint in a Mexican jail. Probably not, because law enforcement in Mexico has been known to cooperate with the cartels.
None of this excuses Americans and their drug habits. If there were no market for illegal drugs in the US, then Mexico wouldn't have drug revenues that exceeded oil revenues. And it ain't just Mexico we're talking about here.
29 July 2010 Last updated at 20:37 ETGuatemala tries Mexican massacre suspects
Guatemalan security forces are increasingly battling Mexican gangs
The trial has opened in Guatemala of 14 alleged members of the Mexican drug cartel Los Zetas.
I pretty much agree with this guy. This is who benefits from the war on drugs. I didn't initially think of terrorist groups althoughI have blogged about it before. I just don't generally think of South American drugs gangs as terrorists, although some might disagree with me there.
The radical reactions from the right and the left are not helping Arizona deal with what really is a problem.
UPDATED ON:
FRIDAY, JULY 30, 2010
07:57 MECCA TIME, 04:57 GMT Top Mexico drug lord killed
'King of Crystal'
Coronel, who has been indicted in the US, was said by officials to have been the number three leader of the powerful Sinaloa cartel, which is active in northwestern Mexico.
Friday, July 16, 2010
Only Republicans like Sarah Palin
and stupid ones at that. (any excuse to use Molly McMooseturd's image, man I love that flaming turd costume. She is the flaming turd queen, isn't she?)
"..The numbers from Gallup tell the story. Palin has a whopping 76 percent favorability rating among Republicans; only 20 percent don't like her. That's significantly higher than the other GOP 2012 hopefuls....
Dayum there are a lot of stupid Republicans.
Anybody else heard about this?
US Military Surge in Costa Rica May Fan Regional Tensions
With the “War on Drugs” as Pretext, 46 Warships and 7,000 Troops Reported to Be Heading to Central American Country and Coast
By Jamie Way
Special to The Narco News Bulletin
July 14, 2010
Wednesday, April 14, 2010
Drugged warriors and drug wars
Drugged Warriors: Sharp Rise in U.S. Military Psychiatric Drug Use and Suicide
Soldiers deployed in combat zones are taking quantities of psychiatric drugs -- and military suicides are on the rise.
I have questions after reading the 2nd article. Like why no mention of how many fucking deployments does it take to end up on something to make the head shut up? Or, whether they are using meth to get over the stupids. Whether this meth is in Iraq? I hate meth.
The True Inside Story of the Catastrophic Mexican Drug Wars
Why Ciudad Juárez has a murder rate nearly four times higher than Baghdad's.
April 8, 2010 |
"...Americans spent $62.9 billion on drugs in 2000. More than half ($36.1 billion), was spent on cocaine -- of which an estimated 90 percent transits through Mexico..."
And we wonder why China and India are educating their own people and eating our lunch in the technical arenas?
I haven't been to TJ in almost 10 years. I'm still watching the eBBC - Mexico's Drug War 2010 embed, but I have doubts that even the BBC will go into Juarez.
Update 12:27 PM 4/14/2010 Hmmm, she does go to Juarez.
10:33 AM 4/20/2010
Mock, Paper, Scissors offers up the perfect and hilarious update:
"A new poll is out saying that most Americans are against legalizing pot, only 33 percent favor legalization while 55 percent oppose it.
Given that in the Great Recession, pot sales is one of the few growth industries, I think we know why, hmmmmmmmm."
Soldiers deployed in combat zones are taking quantities of psychiatric drugs -- and military suicides are on the rise.
I have questions after reading the 2nd article. Like why no mention of how many fucking deployments does it take to end up on something to make the head shut up? Or, whether they are using meth to get over the stupids. Whether this meth is in Iraq? I hate meth.
The True Inside Story of the Catastrophic Mexican Drug Wars
Why Ciudad Juárez has a murder rate nearly four times higher than Baghdad's.
April 8, 2010 |
"...Americans spent $62.9 billion on drugs in 2000. More than half ($36.1 billion), was spent on cocaine -- of which an estimated 90 percent transits through Mexico..."
And we wonder why China and India are educating their own people and eating our lunch in the technical arenas?
I haven't been to TJ in almost 10 years. I'm still watching the eBBC - Mexico's Drug War 2010 embed, but I have doubts that even the BBC will go into Juarez.
Update 12:27 PM 4/14/2010 Hmmm, she does go to Juarez.
10:33 AM 4/20/2010
Mock, Paper, Scissors offers up the perfect and hilarious update:
"A new poll is out saying that most Americans are against legalizing pot, only 33 percent favor legalization while 55 percent oppose it.
Given that in the Great Recession, pot sales is one of the few growth industries, I think we know why, hmmmmmmmm."
Sunday, March 14, 2010
Death in the war on drugs
Update 1:11 PM 3/16/2010
"Many experts have pointed out that militarizing the drug war is counterproductive. Shortly after his inauguration in 2006, President Felipe Calderon began assigning large numbers of troops to fighting the drug war. The National Human Rights Commission specifically cited the case of Ciudad Juarez, Mexico’s murder capital, when it concluded that “using the Mexican military against drug cartels has brought no improvement in public safety.” "
Mexico gunmen kill American consulate staff
They kill journalists don't they?
That's what this movie was about. Juarez and dead journalists and dead factory worker girls. It's about murders, not about the drug trade, but with journalism being so dangerous, how do we know those girls were not just collateral damage?
I've been reading this site for years. They are all over the Americas. I guess I missed this one:
Tijuana: Gringo, This Bullet Is For You
Posted by Bill Conroy - February 28, 2010 at 3:22 pm
Yeesh, the article doesn't make me want to run out and get a passport to go play tourist in Tijuana, that's for sure. Didn't used to have to have a passport to go to Tijuana.
'Hit teams' attack US consular staff, families in Mexico: US
(AFP) – 7 hours ago
"...Shortly after the killings were disclosed by the White House, the State Department issued a travel warning for Mexico.
It said Americans working in consulates in the northern cities of Tijuana, Nogales, Ciudad Juarez, Nuevo Laredo, Monterrey and Matamoros were authorized to send family members home until April 12 because of security concerns.
The departure authorization only affect relatives of US government personnel in those cities, the statement said..."
The travel warning said that due to the "recent violent attacks," US citizens were urged to "delay unnecessary travel to parts of Durango, Coahuila and Chihuahua states."
Full State Dept (Mexico) warning
17 killed as Acapulco tourist idyll shattered by growing drug violence
March 15, 2010
Fucking idiot drugs gangs are shitting in their own nests by killing people on the outskirts of Acapulco.
"Many experts have pointed out that militarizing the drug war is counterproductive. Shortly after his inauguration in 2006, President Felipe Calderon began assigning large numbers of troops to fighting the drug war. The National Human Rights Commission specifically cited the case of Ciudad Juarez, Mexico’s murder capital, when it concluded that “using the Mexican military against drug cartels has brought no improvement in public safety.” "
Mexico gunmen kill American consulate staff
They kill journalists don't they?
That's what this movie was about. Juarez and dead journalists and dead factory worker girls. It's about murders, not about the drug trade, but with journalism being so dangerous, how do we know those girls were not just collateral damage?
I've been reading this site for years. They are all over the Americas. I guess I missed this one:
Tijuana: Gringo, This Bullet Is For You
Posted by Bill Conroy - February 28, 2010 at 3:22 pm
Yeesh, the article doesn't make me want to run out and get a passport to go play tourist in Tijuana, that's for sure. Didn't used to have to have a passport to go to Tijuana.
'Hit teams' attack US consular staff, families in Mexico: US
(AFP) – 7 hours ago
"...Shortly after the killings were disclosed by the White House, the State Department issued a travel warning for Mexico.
It said Americans working in consulates in the northern cities of Tijuana, Nogales, Ciudad Juarez, Nuevo Laredo, Monterrey and Matamoros were authorized to send family members home until April 12 because of security concerns.
The departure authorization only affect relatives of US government personnel in those cities, the statement said..."
The travel warning said that due to the "recent violent attacks," US citizens were urged to "delay unnecessary travel to parts of Durango, Coahuila and Chihuahua states."
Full State Dept (Mexico) warning
17 killed as Acapulco tourist idyll shattered by growing drug violence
March 15, 2010
Fucking idiot drugs gangs are shitting in their own nests by killing people on the outskirts of Acapulco.
Friday, January 08, 2010
The war on terror
Dumb. Dumb as the war on drugs. Doesn't work.
France deports radical Imams. Makes sense to me that they should get rid of an Egyptian who preaches hatred of "The West" in France.
We go broke chasing our tails.
Doing exactly what Osama bin Laden wants us to.
France deports radical Imams. Makes sense to me that they should get rid of an Egyptian who preaches hatred of "The West" in France.
We go broke chasing our tails.
Doing exactly what Osama bin Laden wants us to.
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Monday, December 28, 2009
Yemen is the new Afghanistan
Abdulmutallab, A Banker's Son Turned Muslim Radical
Family Says Accused Northwest Bomber Ceased All Contact Months Ago
By RICHARD ESPOSITO and BRIAN ROSS
Dec. 28, 2009
{..."The Obama administration has been admitting lately, that Yemen is the new Afghanistan," said Clarke. "It is the new sanctuary. The new al Qaeda base, where people from around the world, who want to be trained are sent. No longer to Afghanistan, but to Yemen."...}
New?
Osama bin Laden's father is from Yemen.
Crap-ola. The whole "War on Terror' is going to be the same miserable failure that the "War on Drugs" is, and for the same reasons. The reasons for terrorism are not addressed, just like the reasons for the drug trade, the sex trade, the human traffiking are not addressed.
A) A grossly unfair economic system tilted in favor of developed countries and wealthy banksters.
B) Overpopulation stressing availability of needed natural resources for development.
C) Poverty, ignorance and desperation versus advanced military weapons systems.
Family Says Accused Northwest Bomber Ceased All Contact Months Ago
By RICHARD ESPOSITO and BRIAN ROSS
Dec. 28, 2009
{..."The Obama administration has been admitting lately, that Yemen is the new Afghanistan," said Clarke. "It is the new sanctuary. The new al Qaeda base, where people from around the world, who want to be trained are sent. No longer to Afghanistan, but to Yemen."...}
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Osama bin Laden's father is from Yemen.
Crap-ola. The whole "War on Terror' is going to be the same miserable failure that the "War on Drugs" is, and for the same reasons. The reasons for terrorism are not addressed, just like the reasons for the drug trade, the sex trade, the human traffiking are not addressed.
A) A grossly unfair economic system tilted in favor of developed countries and wealthy banksters.
B) Overpopulation stressing availability of needed natural resources for development.
C) Poverty, ignorance and desperation versus advanced military weapons systems.
Friday, December 18, 2009
Hired by Customs, but Working for Mexican Cartels
WAR WITHOUT BORDERS
By RANDAL C. ARCHIBOLD
Published: December 17, 2009
Just another example of how retarded the whole War on Drugs is.
By RANDAL C. ARCHIBOLD
Published: December 17, 2009
Just another example of how retarded the whole War on Drugs is.
Monday, October 05, 2009
Education vs. prisons in California
Jeez, what a report We spend more on prisons in California than we spend on ALL of the education system.
The NPR report goes on about how California Correctional Peace Officers Association has increased labor costs of running the prisons.
What the fuck do you expect when most of the unions in the US have been decimated by business? Businesses leaving the country and businesses intimidating or firing groups who may want to form a union.
Thank you "Three strikes law."
Thank you "tough on crime" rhetoric spouting politicians. You managed to gin up the fear in people enough to really create animals who are jammed in like sardines and ready to explode at anyone of a different race in prison.
Thank you federal "war on drugs"
I can think of so many other factors, but why? It is what it is.
The NPR report goes on about how California Correctional Peace Officers Association has increased labor costs of running the prisons.
What the fuck do you expect when most of the unions in the US have been decimated by business? Businesses leaving the country and businesses intimidating or firing groups who may want to form a union.
Thank you "Three strikes law."
Thank you "tough on crime" rhetoric spouting politicians. You managed to gin up the fear in people enough to really create animals who are jammed in like sardines and ready to explode at anyone of a different race in prison.
Thank you federal "war on drugs"
I can think of so many other factors, but why? It is what it is.
Tuesday, September 08, 2009
Reading now
The Power of the Dog by Don Winslow
translated "El poder del perro"
It's about narcotraficantes, the "War on Drugs," mercenaries, dirty cops on both sides of the border, dirty politicians that go all the way up to presidents on both sides of the border, murder, revenge, Iran/Contra, the S American right-wing bullshit wars on the people funded by the US and trained at SOA It mentions NAFTA , you know, all the lovely things our foreign policy has inflicted upon Latin America.
It's in the fiction section, I dunno why, so far the "good guys" are not only non-existent, they're losing. Which brings me to a newspaper article I spotted this morning:
Mother of Colombian girl allegedly raped by U.S. officer seeks justice
By Gonzalo Guillen and Gerardo Reyes | El Nuevo Herald
Posted on Tuesday, September 8, 2009 McClatchy
Olga Lucia Castillo could never bring to justice the men who raped her in Bogota when she was pregnant with her daughter. Twelve years later, she is putting up the fight of her life to have a U.S. Army officer and a Mexican-born contractor indicted because, according to her, they raped her daughter at the military base in Melgar...
...both suspects were taken out of the country under diplomatic immunity,...
(more on the story here) | U.S. soldier's immunity clouds 2007 Colombian rape case
Enough about the "War on Drugs" how's that war in Afghanistan going?
translated "El poder del perro"
It's about narcotraficantes, the "War on Drugs," mercenaries, dirty cops on both sides of the border, dirty politicians that go all the way up to presidents on both sides of the border, murder, revenge, Iran/Contra, the S American right-wing bullshit wars on the people funded by the US and trained at SOA It mentions NAFTA , you know, all the lovely things our foreign policy has inflicted upon Latin America.
It's in the fiction section, I dunno why, so far the "good guys" are not only non-existent, they're losing. Which brings me to a newspaper article I spotted this morning:
Mother of Colombian girl allegedly raped by U.S. officer seeks justice
By Gonzalo Guillen and Gerardo Reyes | El Nuevo Herald
Posted on Tuesday, September 8, 2009 McClatchy
Olga Lucia Castillo could never bring to justice the men who raped her in Bogota when she was pregnant with her daughter. Twelve years later, she is putting up the fight of her life to have a U.S. Army officer and a Mexican-born contractor indicted because, according to her, they raped her daughter at the military base in Melgar...
...both suspects were taken out of the country under diplomatic immunity,...
(more on the story here) | U.S. soldier's immunity clouds 2007 Colombian rape case
Enough about the "War on Drugs" how's that war in Afghanistan going?
Sunday, August 23, 2009
Mexico's finally had enough of the "War on Drugs"
Friday, Aug. 21, 2009
It's killing average Mexicans, not the big guys in the drug cartels.
This week's Boiling Frogs was on the "War on Drugs" and it was awesome. Sibel Edmonds is one smart cookie, and quite brave. I subscribed to the podcast and it's easier to listen to. The streaming was spotty.
Mexico decriminalizes small-scale drug possessionBy MARK STEVENSON Associated Press Writer |
It's killing average Mexicans, not the big guys in the drug cartels.
This week's Boiling Frogs was on the "War on Drugs" and it was awesome. Sibel Edmonds is one smart cookie, and quite brave. I subscribed to the podcast and it's easier to listen to. The streaming was spotty.
Monday, April 13, 2009
Chomsky 'splains it
What the Paulites Have Right
posted by Zephyr Teachout on 04/13/2009 @ 08:25am
Of course, we citizens have to compete with these fuckers for some attention from our Congressional "Representatives."
The Power of Lobbying
— By Kevin Drum | Mon April 13, 2009 10:19 AM PST
Mother fuckers, wouldja look at that! Half of the top ten companies gaining tax breaks through lobbying are drug companies. Maybe they should be paying for the "War on (illegal) Drugs" since some of the people without Rx insurance to pay for anti-depressants, or chronic pain medication turn to the evil marijuana for some relief.
Unrelated, but following up on the Obama continues the government spying on us
Predictably, the MSM ignores it and it looks like more wait and see if Pelosi gets pushed enough by those of us who are pissed off about it.
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