The Great Wall without the tourists by Kevin Bongart on Flickr.
The Great Wall without the tourists (well, just one)
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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.
Vanessa Grigoriadis and Mary Cuddehe Edgar:
On a warm morning in May a few years ago, Edgar Valdez, a drug lord who goes by the nickname La Barbie, woke up in one of the houses he owned in the resort city of Acapulco. In the 1950s, this beautiful beach town was the premier haunt of American celebrities: Frank Sinatra used to prowl the hotel lounges, Elizabeth Taylor had her third of eight weddings here, and John F. Kennedy honeymooned on the coast with Jacqueline. The glamour started to fade in the 1980s, but the city remained a popular vacation destination until a few years ago, when the Mexican cartels transformed Acapulco from a seaside paradise into one of the most violent flash points of the drug war. As chief enforcer for the town’s most powerful cartel, Barbie drove the celebrities away for good and made tourists nervous about straying too far into Acapulco when their cruise ships pulled into port. He felt bad about it, a little, but that is the way of the world, he thought – eat or be eaten.
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The Christmas Diner: Before by Kevin Bongart on Flickr.
The Christmas Diner: After by Kevin Bongart on Flickr.
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The World Map of Useless Stereotypes
A specific and exciting e-mail I received:
We have an opportunity that requires a person with interest in working with client as a business liaison and consultant on developing processes concepts and then working with our back offices to build out the solutions and deliver it.
“Sometimes I have nightmares about this.”
Don’t miss the billing block.
(And you just learnt a new word.)
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Deanacus:
My insurance information, my financial records, and any other important documents all physically exist. I can hold them in my hand, I can photocopy them, and more importantly, if they are ever destroyed, I can get new copies from the relevant institutions.
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Kevin at Rockaway Beach
Amy nonchalantly took some pictures of us yesterday at the beach. We all look like fragrance models. She’s good.