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For the Global Thinker

Monday, May 28, 2018

An American Drug Lord in Acapulco

How a high school jock from Texas rose to the top of one of Mexico's most powerful and ruthless cartels

Excerpt:   ....a few weeks later, one of Barbie's assistants was pulled over by the police on the way to a carwash in Mexico City. Two officers jumped out of their black truck, guns drawn. "Freeze, motherfucker!" they screamed. They demanded to know where Barbie was. "Where is that son of a bitch?" one officer said. "Don't bullshit, or I'll cut off your balls and feed them to you."

READ FULL ARTICLE HERE....
https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/news/an-american-drug-lord-in-acapulco-20110825

Sunday, May 27, 2018

When Einstein Visited Japan


“On the exquisiteness of the Japanese woman, this flower-like creature—I have also remained reticent; for here the common mortal must cede the word to the poet.”

Read more here...

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/albert-einstein-visited-japan-180968737/

How “Seinfeld” and “The Simpsons” Changed TV Forever


 The debuts of “Seinfeld” and “The Simpsons,” like the debut of "Citizen Kane" or Bob Dylan's ‘electric’ performance at the Newport Folk Festival, expanded the boundaries of genre and medium. Television, comedy, and American culture have permanently changed.
 
 Read more here...

https://www.wilsonquarterly.com/quarterly/summer-2014-1989-and-the-making-of-our-modern-world/how-seinfeld-and-simpsons-changed-tv-forever/

Wednesday, May 23, 2018

Comforting Myths


"By the standards of the European industrial world, we are poor peasants, but when I embrace my grandfather I experience a sense of richness as though I am a note in the heartbeats of the very universe."

Read full article here...

 https://harpers.org/archive/2018/06/comforting-myths/

Mexican Masters



Master artisans in the Mexican state of Michoacan produce exquisite works of Art....

Pottery

https://vimeo.com/249752354

Copper

https://vimeo.com/249749574

Stonemasonary

https://vimeo.com/249743267

Landing New York | B777 Cockpit View 4K



Incredible cockpit view of a jet landing at JFK...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5ckRAPgWwQY

Why We Can't Save Her



Powerful video from the International Committee for the Red Cross...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wm0TYebjyHQ