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-Short Attention Span Theater-
The Heart Attack Grill - Chandler, AZ
[YouTube] Yum. The hamburger restaurant with a menu that boasts unhealthy foods. Fatty foods in large portions are bad for you. However in light of this, The Heart Attack Grill uses the potentially harmful nature of it's food a selling point.
Posted by: Besoeker || 02/04/2023 09:00 || Comments || Link || [1 views] Top|| File under:

#1  2008, if I saw that right and my Romans are still good.

LOL
"Goodbye wife and kids."
-looks over at nurse-
Posted by: swksvolFF || 02/04/2023 9:52 Comments || Top||

#2  Given how many fit young athletes are dropping over, why take a chance. Eat up.
Posted by: Procopius2k || 02/04/2023 14:10 Comments || Top||

#3  It closed years ago. We used to go all the time. Full of really greasy food, old strippers, and good music. Kinda fun...
Posted by: 49 Pan || 02/04/2023 15:50 Comments || Top||


About This Israeli Military Industries 5.56x45mm Ammunition
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Posted by: Besoeker || 02/04/2023 02:07 || Comments || Link || [2 views] Top|| File under:

#1  Lucky Gunner has same for $505.
Posted by: The Walking Unvaxed || 02/04/2023 10:05 Comments || Top||

#2  Picked up a can last year.... zero problems
Posted by: Mercutio || 02/04/2023 19:09 Comments || Top||


Soccer Mom SUVs for Chicago, Minneapolis, Baltimore, LA...
[TikTok] Somebody’s husband is a tad overprotective.

Related: 2023 Rezvani Vengeance Is A $250k Three-Row SUV That Shoots Pepper Spray
Posted by: Procopius2k || 02/04/2023 00:00 || Comments || Link || [0 views] Top|| File under:


-Land of the Free
'Explosion in the sky' above Billings, Montana where Chinese spy balloon was spotted infiltrating U.S airspace - as residents report seeing jet zoom by after officials came under fire for refusing to shoot it down
See also here.
[Daily Mail, where America gets its news] After it was seen for the past several days over Montana, and possibly a second one — or perhaps just the first one moving against the wind over Canada.
  • Resident witnesses in Billings, Montana, saw an 'explosion in the sky' after US officials warned of a Chinese spy balloon flying over the region

  • Video of the aftermath reveals a trail of smoke in the sky where the balloon was

  • US officials called the balloon a 'clear violation of sovereignty' while warning that it wouldn't be shot down because it was hovering over 'sensitive sites'
Posted by: Skidmark || 02/04/2023 06:07 || Comments || Link || [2 views] Top|| File under: Commies


#2  Images of the trail would indicate a large meteor similar to the Chelyabinsk meteor.
Posted by: Procopius2k || 02/04/2023 9:30 Comments || Top||

#3  Seems to me, a single cannon round would puncture the balloon causing it to descend to earth where we would surreptitiously examine it and then return the lost property to its Chinese owners. Extra points for catching the descending balloon mid-air.

What would the Chinese do in a similar situation?
Posted by: SteveS || 02/04/2023 9:31 Comments || Top||

#4  Fulton Skyhook

* Some modification and assembly required.
Posted by: Besoeker || 02/04/2023 9:42 Comments || Top||

#5  Point of Order:

For my Bingo card, can I put Ming the Merciless, or does that count as double entendre and must be separated out into a second Chinese Steampunk?
Posted by: swksvolFF || 02/04/2023 9:59 Comments || Top||

#6  If we had a whatever worthy of the thing...

While en route to and from who knows where,
"[blink] Balloon Disappeared in Midair!"
But returned pretty soon
When it rose on 4 June
Like full moon over Tiananmen Square.
Posted by: Spike Oppressor of the Antelope1637 || 02/04/2023 10:47 Comments || Top||

#7  knows knew
Posted by: Spike Oppressor of the Antelope1637 || 02/04/2023 10:50 Comments || Top||

#8  Citizen Free Press has a link to a Forbes article on why its almost impossible to down a high altitude balloon. Any smart guys have a sense of how accurate it is?

I still remain curious about the Canadian sighting observation of a second balloon on the same general track and how it might fit into this report.

Busting That Chinese Balloon is Harder Than You Think
Posted by: NoMoreBS || 02/04/2023 11:28 Comments || Top||

#9  Another from the Daily Mail:

ANOTHER Chinese spy balloon is spotted: Mystery 'surveillance device' floated over Costa Rica before reaching Venezuela, the Pentagon confirms amid frenzy over airbone spyware in the air over the United States
  • Second Chinese spy balloon was spotted over Latin America, officials confirmed

  • Pentagon said it does not appear the balloon is heading into the United States

  • It comes after a different Chinese balloon hovered over Montana and Missouri
Posted by: trailing wife || 02/04/2023 11:31 Comments || Top||

#10  The Forbes link, to save you guys from having to type all that in.
Posted by: SteveS || 02/04/2023 11:33 Comments || Top||

#11  Why take Forbes seriously?
Posted by: M. Murcek || 02/04/2023 11:42 Comments || Top||

#12  Biden speaks to press after Chinese spy balloon shot down
Posted by: Skidmark || 02/04/2023 17:08 Comments || Top||


China-Japan-Koreas
Biden 'will try to shoot down' Chinese Balloon over the Atlantic
See also here.
[Daily Mail, where America gets its news] President Joe Biden is planning to shoot down the Chinese spy balloon over the Atlantic so that it can be captured and studied, a senior source has revealed.

The aircraft was tracking towards the Carolinas this morning and is due to exit the east coast by noon after passing over a sensitive nuclear missile site in Montana dubbed America's 'Doomsday Base'.

The White House decided against shooting the balloon down over US soil over fears for American lives and sparking an international incident, a senior US official said.

It was not the first time Chinese surveillance balloons have been tracked over US territory, including at least once during former president Donald Trump's administration, officials said.
Posted by: Bobby || 02/04/2023 10:11 || Comments || Link || [1 views] Top|| File under: Commies

#1  Translation:

Xi has instructed Biden to assist in the recovery and return of the balloon and instruments to the Chinese mainland.
Posted by: Besoeker || 02/04/2023 10:34 Comments || Top||

#2  Well, by then, it's mission will be over, so, of course. OTOH, I sure hope in the technical offices of the NSA and DoD, where a more apolitical breed of egghead might exist, there's a lot of ELINT collection going on. Signature characterization, types of encryption, etc.
Posted by: M. Murcek || 02/04/2023 10:41 Comments || Top||

#3  It appears it in on track to pass over the Georgia area of the third silo cluster of ICBMs. Will we monitor if a chinese submarine picks up the parachuted electronics package out in the Atlantic?
Just guessing of course....
Posted by: NoMoreBS || 02/04/2023 11:19 Comments || Top||

#4  This all sounds so stupid that there must be something else going on that is beyond my comprehension.
Posted by: DooDahMan || 02/04/2023 11:31 Comments || Top||

#5  It appears it in on track to pass over the Georgia area of the third silo cluster of ICBMs. Will we monitor if a chinese submarine picks up the parachuted electronics package out in the Atlantic?

Wouldn't that be something.
Posted by: swksvolFF || 02/04/2023 11:48 Comments || Top||

#6  /\ Lands down by the Atlanta Speedway. Picks up Stacey Abrams and proceeds Eastward to the Atlantic.
Posted by: Besoeker || 02/04/2023 12:03 Comments || Top||

#7  This all sounds so stupid that there must be something else going on that is beyond my comprehension.

Yes, I understand it may be difficult for some people to comprehend Joe Biden selling his ass to Xi Jinping.
Posted by: Abu Uluque || 02/04/2023 12:25 Comments || Top||

#8 
#5 It appears it in on track to pass over the Georgia area of the third silo cluster of ICBMs. Will we monitor if a chinese submarine picks up the parachuted electronics package out in the Atlantic?

Wouldn't that be something.
Posted by: swksvolFF 2023-02-04 11:48


There aren't any ICBM silos in Georgia, but since the damned thing was tracked over Charlotte NC, it had a good look at 9AFHQ at Shaw AFB SC, and the Trident sub base at Kings' Bay, GA.

Which means it pretty much flew over my home.

Mike
Posted by: Mike Kozlowski || 02/04/2023 12:25 Comments || Top||

#9  ^ You should have mooned it.
Posted by: Abu Uluque || 02/04/2023 12:26 Comments || Top||

#10  ref #8
When I watched an interview yesterday the retired 3 button mentioned Kings Bay in the context of the other ICBM silo clusters, so I just assumed it was also the same. Didn't know Kings Bay as a Trident Base, but the Trifecta of observation he talked about still remains valid. Thanks for the correction!
Posted by: NoMoreBS || 02/04/2023 12:30 Comments || Top||

#11  Lands down by the Atlanta Speedway. Picks up Stacey Abrams and proceeds Eastward to the Atlantic.

"You're gonna need a larger Hindenburg.."
Posted by: swksvolFF || 02/04/2023 12:40 Comments || Top||

#12  Confucius ask, "What could be finer
Than spyin' on South Carolina?
We'll peer at their missiles
An' steal dese here pissels
And codebooks and... huh?"
[to_serve_china]
Posted by: Spike Oppressor of the Antelope1637 || 02/04/2023 14:16 Comments || Top||

#13  USN recovery vessel steaming to balloon location. Fighter jets circling.
Posted by: Besoeker || 02/04/2023 14:18 Comments || Top||

#14  Don’t drop Stacy in the ocean; she might be spontaneously adopted.
Posted by: Super Hose || 02/04/2023 14:25 Comments || Top||

#15  Handwriting on the wall. Refugees from Taiwan arriving very soon.
Posted by: Besoeker || 02/04/2023 14:32 Comments || Top||

#16  Ballon shot down over Surfside Beach, SC.
Posted by: Besoeker || 02/04/2023 14:40 Comments || Top||

#17  Biden just said he told the military to shoot it down on Wednesday, and they advised to wait until it was over a safe location to avoid risk to people on the ground. In other words, 2 days after it had entered US airspace and was over Montana. Most significantly, it was after the news reports revealed it was there. A POLITICAL decision, based on adverse news coverage, not national security or national sovereignty. He is too f*cking stupid to realize what he just confirmed in his attemp to seem decisive and tough.
Posted by: NoMoreBS || 02/04/2023 15:30 Comments || Top||

#18  They tried to keep it a secret because they knew Repubs would use it to make them look weak.

How did that turn out for youse guys?
Posted by: M. Murcek || 02/04/2023 16:17 Comments || Top||


#20  US military shoots down Chinese spy balloon over Atlantic Ocean
Posted by: Skidmark || 02/04/2023 17:11 Comments || Top||

#21  AFTER allowing it to finish its spy mission, over the USA, and AFTER IT transmitted its collected data back to Red China.

So the questions are simple.

When was it discovered?

Tracking map - What classified sites did it float over?

When, did the COUP controlled DOD, determine it was a Nonlethal Red China device?

Why wasn't it brought down over the numerous remote wilderness areas that it transversed, where it could be studied?


Posted by: NN2N1 || 02/04/2023 17:42 Comments || Top||

#22  Now, Rubio chimes in with "this isn't the first one (balloon) and they get the same spy data other ways too."

He does not weigh in on whether this is a problem for the US.
Posted by: M. Murcek || 02/04/2023 17:49 Comments || Top||

#23  Milley must go.
Posted by: Whiskey Mike || 02/04/2023 18:46 Comments || Top||

#24  US ICBM site being mapped by the balloon will be in the first set of targets China will strike to neutralize US capabilities during a conflict. (Like Japan tried to do at Pearl Harbor WWII). They now have those maps.
Posted by: Mad Eye Omeretch7959 || 02/04/2023 20:15 Comments || Top||

#25  NN2N1 it was first spotted over Japan, travelled up the Aluetions, down through Alaska, across Canada, down through Montana, and across the U.S.
Posted by: Deacon Blues || 02/04/2023 21:25 Comments || Top||

#26  If this balloon shoot down makes the next Top Gun movie, the should have Nena do that part of the soundtrack.
Posted by: Super Hose || 02/04/2023 21:47 Comments || Top||

#27  Goodnight Balloon
Posted by: Jomose Whomoting1229 || 02/04/2023 23:58 Comments || Top||


Xi Jinping Sets Sights On Taiwan Invasion By 2027, CIA Director Says
[Daily Caller] China’s military received instructions to prepare for an invasion of Taiwan by 2027, CIA Director William Burns revealed Thursday.

"We know as a matter of intelligence he has instructed the People’s Liberation Army to be ready by 2027 to conduct a successful invasion," Burns said in Fox News. The CIA chief made the remark at a Georgetown University event Thursday, where he warned listeners not to "underestimate President Xi’s ambitions with regard to Taiwan." (RELATED: China Denies Balloon Mysteriously Flying Over US Military Sites Is For Spying)

A recent prediction shared by US Air Force General Mike Minihan has the U.S. face-to-face with China in 2025, according to a memo distributed to subordinates on January 27. The four-star general instructed officers to undertake preparations for the likelihood of war with China.
Posted by: Besoeker || 02/04/2023 01:49 || Comments || Link || [1 views] Top|| File under: Commies

#1  Should come as a surprise to no one.
Posted by: Besoeker || 02/04/2023 1:51 Comments || Top||

#2  And the CIA has been correct in their predictions when?

USSR, Iran, Iraq, etc.
Posted by: AlanC || 02/04/2023 9:51 Comments || Top||

#3  Regime change really is their bread and butter. Predictive analysis is boring.
Posted by: Besoeker || 02/04/2023 9:54 Comments || Top||

#4  Oh, 2027, we've got lots of time. No worries, thanks XI, good to get the word from the crack wokester analysts at the Agency before we wasted time getting ready sooner!
Posted by: NoMoreBS || 02/04/2023 11:32 Comments || Top||

#5  Maybe by 2027 Iran will finally have a nuke, the same nuke we've been "expecting" in six months since the 1980s.
Posted by: DooDahMan || 02/04/2023 11:35 Comments || Top||

#6  ^ Predictive analysis can be wrong, which is bad for your career. If regime change fails, it is due to 'other factors', so the best move is to provide analysis that supports the regime change faction. Do you want to be right or do you want to be a team player?
Posted by: SteveS || 02/04/2023 11:42 Comments || Top||

#7  "We make our own luck! Yeeaarrghh!"
Posted by: swksvolFF || 02/04/2023 11:59 Comments || Top||

#8  /\ "Team play" results in successful retirement. I thought everyone knew that.
Posted by: Besoeker || 02/04/2023 12:05 Comments || Top||


Olde Tyme Religion
Pakistan threatens Wikipedia with ban over 'blasphemous content'
[AlAhram] Pakistain has threatened to ban Wikipedia if it does not remove "blasphemous content" from its website by Friday, the latest censorship warning in the deeply conservative country.

Social media giants Facebook and YouTube have been blocked in the past over content deemed blasphemous, a hugely sensitive issue in Moslem-majority Pakistain.

The Pakistain Telecommunication Authority (PTA) on Wednesday said the website had until late Friday to heed the warning, without elaborating on the content in question.

In the meantime, Wikipedia would be "degraded", disrupting and slowing access to the free online encyclopedia, which gets billions of views each month.

"Given the intentional failure on part of the platform to comply with the directions of PTA, the services of Wikipedia have been degraded for 48 hours with the direction to block/remove the reported contents," the notice said.

"In case of non-compliance by Wikipedia, the platform will be blocked within Pakistain."

The website has previously faced restrictions on some of its pages.

Freedom of speech advocates has long criticized what they say is creeping government censorship and control of Pakistain's internet and printed and electronic media.

"The ban is disproportionate, unconstitutional, and quite ridiculous," said Osama Khilji, a digital rights activist muppet.

"This will impact students, academia, the healthcare sector, researchers, and downgrade investor confidence in Pakistain due to the uncertainty and arbitrariness of censorship," he added.

Wikipedia did not immediately respond to a request for comment from AFP.

Pakistain blocked YouTube from 2012 to 2016 after it carried a film about the Prophet Mohammed that led to violent mostly peaceful protests across the Moslem world.

In recent years, the country has also blocked the wildly popular video-sharing app TikTok several times over "indecent" and "immoral" content.
Posted by: trailing wife || 02/04/2023 00:00 || Comments || Link || [1 views] Top|| File under: Govt of Pakistan


Science & Technology
Want to Avoid the ICU for COVID? Just Take This One Little Pill
[PJMedia] Whether or not to take a COVID vaccine and multiple boosters is a decision best left to individuals, who can assess their own risks and potential benefits better than any hamfisted government or corporate mandate ever could.

But a new study published last month by the National Institutes for Health suggests "a protective role" for a tiny yellow pill that costs almost nothing.

Before we go on, understand that I’m one of those crazy million-supplements-a-day people. We’ll get to that in a second, but first, let’s look at the science behind vitamin D and COVID.

You can buy a year’s worth of vitamin D supplements for about $12 on Amazon. January’s NIH meta-analysis shows that taking it "results in a decreased risk of death and ICU admission."

It would be fair to note that a lot of people (including Yours Truly and actual doctors and scientists) have touted the benefits of vitamin D for a long time. But this is the first time I’m aware of that the NIH has published a study of this size regarding COVID and vitamin D’s "beneficial effect in preventing acute respiratory infections and reducing their complications."

"Regarding ICU admission," the study continues, "Figure 2 shows a strong association between vitamin D interventions and protective effect on ICU admission."

In addition, "Figure 3 shows a significant protective effect of vitamin D administration on mortality."
Posted by: Besoeker || 02/04/2023 01:22 || Comments || Link || [0 views] Top|| File under:

#1  Excellent post, besoeker.. let me add 2 more pieces of the puzzle:

(1) Fraiman et al study in the journal Vaccine, peer-reviewed, re-analysed Pfizer and Moderna data and found the vax carries a 1/800 risk

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/36055877/

(2) Dr John Campbell breaks down how Vitamin D works against covid (and other ills such as flu) here

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x5sc7G4s4CY
Posted by: Anon1 || 02/04/2023 1:34 Comments || Top||

#2  D is amazing but my Doctor recommended 20,000 units. That's a bit much. Not really mentioned is the amount.
Posted by: Dale || 02/04/2023 4:08 Comments || Top||

#3 
Given the typical sources of vitamin D involve animals sources, I wonder how the100% Vegans are dealing with the news ☺ ?

eg.
Salmon, Swordfish,Cod liver oil,Tuna fish, Dairy products, Herring and Sardines,Eggs, Beef liver, and etc.
Posted by: NN2N1 || 02/04/2023 4:52 Comments || Top||

#4  "Alexa, is human liver a good source of vitamin D3?"

tl;dr: healthy people don't get sick as often and die less frequently
Posted by: SteveS || 02/04/2023 8:36 Comments || Top||

#5  But I was told eating eggs causes blood clots.

Like the wonks have been saying since the beginning: appropriate diet, physical activity, time outside, positive attitude, BMI within tolerances, and Epstein didn't kill himself.
Posted by: swksvolFF || 02/04/2023 10:43 Comments || Top||


Davos Globalists Hype Companies Spying on Workers' Brain Waves
[Breitbart] At the World Economic Forum, the annual gathering of globalist elites in Davos, Switzerland, a presentation hyped brain wave monitoring technology to allow employers to detect how hard their employees are working, whether they get distracted, and even if they have "amorous feelings" for coworkers.

"You can not only tell whether a person is paying attention or their mind is wandering, but you can discriminate between the kinds of things they are paying attention to," gushed the presenter. "Whether they’re doing something like central tasks, like programming, peripheral tasks like writing documentation, or unrelated tasks like surfing social media or online browsing.

"When you combine brain-wave activity together with other forms of software and surveillance technology, the power becomes quite precise."
At the Davos event titled "Are you ready for brain transparency?" The WEF speaker explained how brain-wave data collected by your ear pods will be used by your boss to make you "more productive" and help government authorities "fight crime" (link embedded) h/t @peopleconspire pic.twitter.com/7eJkjY8fBQ

— Jeremy Loffredo (@loffredojeremy) January 29, 2023

A short video imagined a workplace of the future, in which an employee worries about her employer detecting "amorous feelings" for a coworker by reading her brain-wave data, but is pleasantly surprised when she gets a performance bonus for good "brain metrics" showing her productivity.

In the next scene, the government subpoenas employees’ brainwave data to find co-conspirators in a wire fraud scheme in the office.

"You discover they are looking for synchronized brain activity between your coworker and the people he has been working with. While you know you’re innocent of any crime, you’ve been secretly working with him on a new start-up venture. Shaking, you remove your earbuds."
Posted by: Besoeker || 02/04/2023 01:01 || Comments || Link || [2 views] Top|| File under:

#1  How worker surveillance is backfiring on employers
Posted by: Skidmark || 02/04/2023 7:27 Comments || Top||

#2  From this year's WEF.
Posted by: Skidmark || 02/04/2023 8:45 Comments || Top||

#3  Isn't this what all the embassy employees in Havana are supposedly suffering from?
Posted by: M. Murcek || 02/04/2023 9:15 Comments || Top||

#4  /\ We cannot go there on the Burg UNCLAS side Merc. This is your last warning.

(Apologies, a weak attempt at humor. Guinea Pig added)
Posted by: Besoeker || 02/04/2023 9:18 Comments || Top||

#5  I made an observation, not a suggestion. If it was perceived as the latter, well, not my intention at all.

Honestly, my first thought as well. But they were well compensated, and nothing about the "Havana Syndrome" is found in the media or news today.
Posted by: M. Murcek || 02/04/2023 9:23 Comments || Top||

#6  To be used for prosecution of thought crimes…
Posted by: Glenmore || 02/04/2023 10:21 Comments || Top||

#7  Boredom and monotony at the US Embassy Havana.

Say Clarence, would you be interested in participating in a classified off-shore 'job site' DARPA experiment? A non-disclosure statement will obviously be required. A generous financial stipend is also anticipated. Get back to me sometime next week please.
Posted by: Besoeker || 02/04/2023 10:30 Comments || Top||

#8  And here I thought that purposeful lowering of sperm counts and large scale VIP conferences being psychologically manipulated was the plot of Celtic Empire.
Posted by: swksvolFF || 02/04/2023 11:53 Comments || Top||

#9  It is useless technology. You could discipline or fire a worker based on brain waves. Try overcoming that on your Indeed comments. Might be useful to determine when Jim might need a cup of coffee or when it would be good to keep all women away from Dave. Not stuff that will justify the purchase.
Posted by: Super Hose || 02/04/2023 11:57 Comments || Top||


If You're A Warehouse Worker. This Boston Dynamics Video Might Be An Ominous Sign
[ZeroHedge] Or ordinance loader.
Posted by: Skidmark || 02/04/2023 00:00 || Comments || Link || [1 views] Top|| File under:

#1  Wait for it.

Robot Worker Tax.
A tax that will be sold as helping displaced workers. Of which 66% used for Admin staff and other political agenda projects.
Posted by: NN2N1 || 02/04/2023 4:55 Comments || Top||

#2  Faster to reprogram and redirect a warehouse worker [or his/her replacement] than the T-2000. However, union rules may make the robot more attractive.
Posted by: Procopius2k || 02/04/2023 7:36 Comments || Top||

#3  66% ???
Seriously?
If you think the bureaucratic overhead will be less than 80%, I have a nice red bridge to sell you for cheap.
Posted by: Nomad || 02/04/2023 9:27 Comments || Top||

#4  Solyndra had nice offices and a fine business plan. Dummies will buy this product, but few will get the projected return. Fewer with the tax.
Posted by: Super Hose || 02/04/2023 11:46 Comments || Top||

#5  Identical size and weight boxes...:Pfui!: In the Real World they would have been palletized. Also in the Real World parcels come in multiple sizes and weights ...Pro-Tip: do not stack the heavy machine part box that is the size of a bread loaf on the large box of foam flowers (it will hammer its way through the other box in transit!).
Posted by: magpie || 02/04/2023 19:01 Comments || Top||

#6  Having to deal with UPS and Fed Ex parcel trucks at Amazon I wouldn't mind this at all. You don't know how much fun it is when management says we're going 100% parcel to bring up the receivers rates!!
Anyway yes I want to see a REAL parcel trailer unloaded by this thing. As was said you xhoukdn't put heavy things on top but there always is. I think the person loading the trailer does it on purpose. To many axes, sledge hammers, brake rotors have I almost been hit by while moving a box from the top of the wall/
Just wondering if they can make it shake its little head and make sad robot noises when the the door to the trailer opens.
Posted by: Vinegar Spolusing6485 || 02/04/2023 19:28 Comments || Top||



Who's in the News
30[untagged]
6Islamic State
6Migrants/Illegal Immigrants
4Commies
4Taliban/IEA
3Govt of Pakistain Proxies
3Sublime Porte
2Devout Moslems
2Govt of Iran
2Govt of Pakistan
2Govt of Syria
2Palestinian Authority
1[untagged]
1Narcos
1Pak Taliban (TTP)
1Hamas
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A multi-volume chronology and reference guide set detailing three years of the Mexican Drug War between 2010 and 2012.

Rantburg.com and borderlandbeat.com correspondent and author Chris Covert presents his first non-fiction work detailing the drug and gang related violence in Mexico.

Chris gives us Mexican press dispatches of drug and gang war violence over three years, presented in a multi volume set intended to chronicle the death, violence and mayhem which has dominated Mexico for six years.
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