#illegal cartels

[jingszo]

Peru’s National Prosecutor’s Office, which is now investigating the ‘alien attacks,’ has pointed the finger at these gold ‘mafias,’ who have been partially ejected from Brazil and Colombia by their militaries.

Now in Peru, these jetpack-flying gold cartels hope to inspire fear with their bizarre campaign of ‘alien’ terror, according to prosecutors, keeping the locals in their homes and away from the cartels’ illegal gold pits.

[needsmorewlw]

Reth has me sat because he goes from "✨Hey babe✨ 😘" to "You still like me right? 🥺👉👈" in half a second flat with absolutely no prompting.

[oodlenoodleroodle]

In 1757 the [East India Company] took part in the Battle of Plassey and gained control of Bengal. At first this led to the simple looting of the province, as the EIC extracted “gifts” and “tribute” from local elites. But as the Industrial Revolution got underway, English capitalists developed their textile industry. So, the EIC systematically destroyed the Indian cotton economy, drove farmers out of cotton production, and shut down spinning and weaving operations. British industry bought cotton grown on slave plantations in the southern United States. As India was eliminated as a competitor, the mills of the English Midlands flourished.

- Ken Hammond, Chapter 1 of "China's Revolution and the Quest for a Socialist Future"

[jackassdemocrats]

A lot of the black voters are waking up to how racist democrats really are.

[busterballsblog]

Declaring WAR on the Cartel

[divinekangaroo]

One thing I adore about PB is Tommy's approach towards modernity. Straddling the non-industrial past and the industrial/modern present; constantly positioning himself on the cutting edge, if not quite bleeding edge, of period/era technology. Cars, manufacturing, shipping, phones, typewriters. Medicine, psychology, and even bringing in incredibly modern concepts into politics in that era. He is constantly grabbing at the future. It's this striking characteristic in him, all the way from S1 when they install the phone in the Garrison - ~if only we knew someone else with a phone, we could call them~ - through to S6's final episode when he even wangles a seat on an airplane to get to Canada without wasting time. So uncommon at the time, but he just went: I need to get there with least time lost, and matched requirement to a borderline experimental non-consumer-available insider technology to do so.

(Sidestep: Such an interesting juxtaposition of all that, with the constant representation of the pre-industrial-era Romani threads in S6, too: Esme, the hills, the horse, the curse, the mythology, the vardo, all that slamming up against an actual cutting edge submachinegun, so ‘contemporary’ it’s actually anachronistic by a few years (if my research was right, it’s a WWII weapon that submachinegun, not to get on the symbolism, but). Arguably, Ruby in hospital having the most contemporary medical treatment available while Tommy goes walkabout to lift a curse is another notable juxtaposition.

There’s also an interesting slant of his modernity balanced against what I call his hoarding habit — the most cutting edge piece of tech or modernity in 1923 he’s still hanging onto in 1933. But yeah, even with that the juxtapositions are interesting because they can only happen if the forward reaching/modernity focus is there)

So, when I see contemporary-modern!AU takes of Tommy that are like, representing him as a relatively humdrum part of the capitalist consumer status quo, or even as a luddite who can't and won't use an Iphone, I scratch my head. I do think he’s *not* much of an innovator, but he is absolutely a considered first-gen adopter and recognises (and takes) opportunity regarding tech innovation with little concern for risk.

I have contemplated would rich modern!AU Tommy with disposable income finance startups if they pitched well: probably yes, because he takes gambles; with a personally vested interest in the innovators in the same way he had that vested interest in Bonnie. Startups as horses or boxers on a diff playing field, win some, lose some, etc.

[jackass-democrats]

Trump will designate the cartels as terrorist organizations.

As always, never buy anything made in china. Don't ever trust a democrat and NEVER leave your child alone with one.

[willowcrowned]

Hey, do you remember the illegal carp farming AU?

So, after you asked for ideas for may the 4th (yeah i know you got one already) i was thinking of how to make the carp farming Au into canon-verse AU

Primordial rule of the Canon Carp Cartel AU: Everything about Qui Gon Jinn has to be explained via the carp theory.

WHy didn't he take obi wan at first/said he didn't take new padawans? He knew they would find out about the carp operation and couldn't risk it

Why did he take anakin? The prophecy. but the reason no jedi cares about it is bc it is a carp prophecy and not a jedi one. the prophecy is right bc darth vader incidentally kills all carp farmers in the known universe, bringing balance to the carp force

Xanatos? Didn't actually fall. He faked it bc his jedi work was taking too much time and he wanted to spend more time on the farm

the reason that one person offers obi one death sticks? death sticks are slang for fried fish sticks and obi wan has the smell of someone involved in the underground carping business

as always—barring the times you live up to your url—you’re a genius

[roe-oo]

hello! I am wanting one of your keychains, so i asked my brother to buy me one (i have NO money lol) but he said that it was sketchy, cause the website has ‘cartel’ in it and wasn’t properly formatted^^’ i was wondering if you could clear up the suspicions cause i really want one? (:

“big cartel” is the name of the platform that lets small businesses/individuals make website storefronts to sell their things while handling some taxes + etc for them. If he thinks the website is unprofessional, it’s because I’m not a corporation with a website developer budget- I’m one full-time student packing orders from his apartment. In which case there’s not much I can say to convince him ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

[fira54funko]

The Dope Game.

[liquidgirl13]

Close the borders

[todayworldnews2k21]

NCB busts meth lab in joint operations with Delhi police

Officials have seized about 95 kg of the drugs. File photo | Photo Credit: The Hindu The Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB), in coordination with the Delhi police Special Cell, has busted a methamphetamine manufacturing unit in Uttar Pradesh’s Gautam Budh Nagar, arrested five persons, and seized about 95 kg of the drugs. The laboratory was allegedly set up by a Delhi-based businessman along with a…

[awesomecooperlove]

SHARING AGAIN IN CASE YOU MISSED IT

🔥🔥🔥

[jose96853]

CARTEL JAMS BORDER PATROL DRONES

The Mexican Cartel has been apparently been using jamming devices to cut off signals by using a signal to cut off Border Patrol’s drone signal between the Border Patrol’s drone and the Border Patrol operator. So when that happens it will make the drone crash. They can put these jamming devices by using those that resemble guns mounted so it can move 360 degrees. Just read the article below. So…

[jackassdemocrats]

Trump will designate the cartels as terrorist organizations.

[shibotaibo]

I was ran off the road by a load car today 🙃