On January 26, 2015 Attorney General of the United States Eric Holder, Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, John S. Carlin, Assistant Attorney General for National Security, and Randall C. Coleman, the Assistant Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (“FBI”) for the Counterintelligence Division, announced the arrest […]
US State Department warns US citizens about the risk of traveling to certain places in Mexico
The U.S. Department of State warns U.S. citizens about the risk of traveling to certain places in Mexico due to threats to safety and security posed by organized criminal groups in the country. U.S. citizens have been the target of violent crimes, such as kidnapping, carjacking, and robbery by organized criminal groups in various Mexican […]
Traveling to Mexico – read this first!
I was absolutely shocked recently when I visited the U.S. State Department website section on “travel warnings” concerning Mexico. Here is what one section reads: “The number of kidnappings and disappearances throughout Mexico is of particular concern. Both local and expatriate communities have been victimized. In addition, local police have been implicated in some of […]
San Jose, Costa Rica–Spiders on Acid, Love in a Juice Glass, Hell on a Street Corner
San Jose, Costa Rica—Spiders on Acid, Love in a Juice Glass, Hell on a Street Corner *** This is a chapter from Voices of Reason From the Ends of the World by Doug “Ten” Rose and is part of the Fearless puppy project. ALL profits from all book sales sponsor Wisdom Professionals and their charitable […]
Stock Markets Are Bad Granfalloons, and Need To Stop Being Taken So Seriously
by Donald Croft Brickner Oh, what — the world’s stock markets haven’t crashed … yet? Before tackling the American DJIA, etc. stock markets for major problems in their conception — to my knowledge, a huge topic rarely discussed with a straight face of late — please grant us now a brief detour into what I […]
On Waging War: We All Survive Death — So What’s the Point?
Whatever you’re doing at this moment, please stop. We’re all going to sing: Lead Vocal: “…War! — Hyunh!! Good Gawd, Jy’all! — What Is It Good For..?” Chorus: “Uh-Absolut’ly Nuthin’!” by Donald Croft Brickner What follows in its entirety is unlikely to qualify as glum, or even unpleasant — but due to the […]