The local white schools had brick buildings, running water, flushing toilets, and strict bus routes. The schools for Black children were wooden cabins without electricity or indoor plumbing.
Heat came from a single wood stove. Books were hand-me-downs from the white schools, often missing covers and pages.
The county spent $179 per white student. It spent $43 per Black student. If a Black child needed to get to the high school in Summerton, they had to walk the dirt roads.
Zelenskyy ahs redefined the battlefield. The 12 years of attritional warfare in the Donbas is now a strategic sideshow. The battlefield is Russia’s equivalent to Amazon, transport hubs and oil refineries. Zelenskyy is trying to destroy the quality of life of every Russian.
I recently read Oliver Bullough’s Everybody Loves Our Dollars (2026), which describes the *Money Laundering Industry*. The city of London’s finest feature: Banks, financial professionals, high price lawyers, estate agents, stock market and subsidiary organisations. He said: The amounts involved are trillions of dollars annually. But it is worse than that. No-one knows how much is laundered and law enforcement has lost – before they start.
And those fancy pants city of London *professionals* are the tip of the scourge of the world. The epidemic of cocaine. The drug world has corrupted everything and anyone who thinks it is *just business* is living in a parallel universe. Roberto’s book is the antidote to the idea of a victimless crime.
Most of the laundered money comes from drugs and kleptomaniac countries and are supported by gruesome violence. ZeroZeroZero is deeply human. The tidal wave of cocaine drives crime in every corner of the world. Roberto is a brilliant storyteller. He’s so brilliant that he has to have permanent police protection. Gangsters do not like the light being shone on them. He write about the most violent and wealthiest criminals the world has ever known.
The section on Drug Mules is sickening (pp325ff). The poorest and most vulnerable are *taught* how to swallow 2 kilos of drugs safely. They then go on transcontinental flights to Europe and the USA. They know they are disposable. If capsules burst they die.
If you like crime novels this is turbocharged factual version. It’s compelling. It’s the sort of book read through clenched teeth and with pain.
It is strongly recommended.
Note
ZeroZeroZero (000) is the highest quality cocaine available
The nature of war has changed beyond recognition. This implies that the concept of a soldier has also changed. However, looking at the Army Recruitment website this is denied. They are very traditional about fitness. Modern armies should be able to recruit disabled people as well as the traditional person and at any age.
Britain is budgeting about £2bn on new tanks – Challenger 3 – over the next few years. The Ukraine-Russia war suggests that they are useless. Britain hasn’t got a conceivable enemy where tanks could be used. And even if they were they would be destroyed by drones and missiles.
Are tanks mobile coffins? A 3 minute video
“[Xi Jinping] saw the United States as a declining power, progressively ungovernable, and dangerous on the way down in terms of Chinese interests.”
Source Maggie Haberman and Jonathan Swan Regime Change (2026) p179
Hegseth is so bizarre that an explanation is needed. He thinks that he is a warrior. He produces videos of himself doing Marine type physical exercises. And he tells off Generals and Admirals about their appearance. He’s a deeply conflicted man.
Is Pete Hegseth gay? – YouTube A 3 minute video
Vast amounts of money are being spent on nuclear warheads. But who are they going to drop them on? It seems ridiculous to believe that we could attack the USA, China or Russia. But who else is there?
£28bn on nuclear warheads: Good Value? – YouTube A 3 minute video
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