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Putin Versus The American Drug Cartel

Is Vladimir Putin the man Who Can Break the Global Drug Trade?

(MELBOURNE) - Drugs and Guns are the two most prolific and profitable industries in the world.

As long as we operate under the same rules of capitalist endeavor, and materialism which we have been for so many centuries, nothing we can do will change the system or the situation.

The Other End of the Heroin Trail

“We’re trying to drive home the reality of what our community is facing in terms of opiate addiction,” - Jennifer Weiss, non-profit Heroin Awareness Committee

(LAS CRUCES, N.M.) - In the mountains of Mexico, opium poppies flourish under the embracing rays of the sun and the blinking eyes of the state.

Obama, Holder, and the `Betrayal` of Mexico`s Drug Fighters

Mexico's Attorney General Marisela Morales, went public late last month, venting her country's frustration over the secret U.S. programs that arm the Mexican government's enemies.

(SALEM, Ore.) - Just days ago during a news conference, Obama proclaimed to the nation that the United States was making progress working with the Mexican government in the fight against drug-based cartels.

He also defended his attorney general, Eric Holder...

Is Laura Duffy`s Attack on Pot Advocacy for Mexican Drug Cartels?

Duffy's after the easy targets and her motives are questionable.

(SAN DIEGO) - A U.S. prosecutor says the federal government will soon target newspapers, radio stations and other media outlets in Southern California that allow the advertisement of medical marijuana dispensaries.

Journalists in Mexico are Being Murdered at an Unprecedented Rate

There has never been a time so important for the safety and security of journalists.

(SALEM, Ore.) - There are few things in this world worse than the Murder of journalists, and Mexico is seeing an unprecedented number of reporters killed. This has happened repeatedly in history when rampant criminality, ranging from organized crime to state terrorism, seeks to silence the messengers.

The majority follow crime but political reporters and all others are at risk.

America itself, as a Crime Against Humanity

America, originally intended to be a “shining city on a hill” has in its moral priggishness turned out, instead, to be a sinkhole in the valley of the shadow of death.

(CALGARY, Alberta) - I am so angry today against the United States and its moral crimes, that I fear I may go a bit overboard. So be it.

We all know what’s happened and is happening in Mexico because of America’s drug policy. And now the same fate is befalling Guatemala. Mexican cartels working with local gangs control around 40 percent of the country.

Obama and Holder Deny Americans Real Scoop on Fast and Furious Gunrunner Operation (VIDEO)

Obama says Holder has been "going after gunrunning" when in fact the questions center around his own gunrunning operation.

(SALEM, Ore.) - Barack Obama and Eric Holder are not giving Americans the real scoop on the Fast and Furious Gunrunner operation where 1700+ weapons were smuggled to Mexican drug cartels through the ATF.

Whether Holder knew all along, which is how it appears, or actually had such a serious international federal weapons smuggling operation to aid Mexican drug cartels taking place under his nose with funds and employees he is responsible for, without his knowledge; frankly I don't know which is worse.

War and its Aftermath... a Real Killer for Tourism

Learning lessons in Iraq, Mexico, Afghanistan, Sri Lanka and Israel. Wars remove, often permanently, tourism and economic stimulation.

(SALEM, Ore.) - It hurts to think about it. I would be hesitant to try to name all of the places that war and ruined and closed off our otherwise amazing and wonderful planet. Dictatorships, colonization, fundamentalist religious conflict, narco terrorists, military juntas; the list is long. It isn't distinguished, but shameful.

The majority of the damage has been a result of weaponry manufactured by what used to be the world's two largest superpowers, the U.S.A. and the Soviet Union.

Secret Fast and Furious Tapes Spring a Watergate-Sized Leak

Of the four excerpts released to the public, the first one best demonstrates the angst of those involved in the operation and the necessity for everyone, including Holder, to be sure their stories matched up...

(WASHINGTON D.C.) - When the Watergate break-ins took place in 1972, President Richard Nixon knew nothing about them.

The `Fall` Energblog.com has Hit the Electronic News Stands

After building a career as a attorney, John Reaves is giving something back.

(SOLANA BEACH, Calif.) - The "Fall" energblog.com has hit the electronic news stands. The blog highlights "Efficiency First," the transition to renewable energy that saves money, provides value to home and commercial real estate owners, and reduces our carbon footprint.

Ted Torre-Bueno leads off with a post which by its title, "What is Empowered Energy Solutions?", one might think rather simple. Why a guy starts a company. But with Ted, there's just a little more to it as one might expect.