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Tales from the Rift: November 2015

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Monday, November 30, 2015. 8220; Now I'm going back to Canada / On a journey through the past / And I won't be back till February comes / I will stay with you if you'll stay with me. 8221; - Neil Young, Journey Through The Past. 8220;Just chill, uncle,” says Liam. “You’ve done so much with your life already.”. He puts a hand on my shoulder then smiles. “You’re always an inspiration to me, uncle.”. I never intended to repatriate. I know from experience the locals think “repats" are off-topic&#46...A repat...

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Pirate Yarns: Lost At Sea

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The infidel in their midst, an obstacle to their unscrupulous designs. Friday, October 14, 2016. At daybreak on 4 November 1587 the King of Spain’s great Manila galleon, the Santa Ana. The nabobs of the South Sea Admiralty, in their infinite wisdom, had decided to remove his cannons before he left Acapulco in April, and use them to protect the port against pirate raids. "That way you’ll have more room for cargo" they said. Now all he had to protect his ship was blunderbusses and stones. He reached into h...

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Pirate Yarns: Looking For Johnny

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The infidel in their midst, an obstacle to their unscrupulous designs. Thursday, August 21, 2014. Who is Johnny Oceans? Mickey Munday, last of the Cocaine Cowboys reveals the terrifying truth about this enigmatic smuggler turned agent, i. N grammy award-winner Robin Klein's investigative documentary,. Shot on location in Miami, FL. Johnny Oceans, the hero of Pirates. By Greg Cummings, is partly based on a real-life Floridian smuggler. In 2010, while big game fishing on the Kenyan coast. 15 Best New Games...

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Pirate Yarns: January 2013

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The infidel in their midst, an obstacle to their unscrupulous designs. Tuesday, January 1, 2013. Excerpt from the first draft MS for. PIRATES (Cutting Edge Press) © Greg Cummings. 8221; said Rubaysh, gazing through his picture window at the sea, which sparkled with a thousand pinpoints of shimmering light, as though a silvery leviathan had surfaced from its depths. That swayed from side to side as he went about his business. We could have flushed him out.“. Into two equal halves but Omar gestured that he...

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Pirate Yarns: Maritime Drug Trafficking

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The infidel in their midst, an obstacle to their unscrupulous designs. Tuesday, September 23, 2014. How Changes in Technology Are Making It Harder to Nab the Bad Guys. In 2010, the U.S. Coast Guard seized just over 90 tons of cocaine destined for U.S. shores, a haul valued at more than USD $3.5 billion. With large operating budgets, traffickers have proven their ability to develop and adopt new techniques that allow them to elude international maritime forces. However, while the evolution of their te...

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Tales from the Rift: Horror Has A Face

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Friday, September 7, 2012. Horror Has A Face. We went with this crazy hippy guy. He was working for the Dian Fossey Fund. We were trying to find this mine, and we needed him because apparently there are soldiers. And. basically he's Dennis Hopper out of Apocalypse Now! And I thought, oh what are we doing? Eventually, yes, we ran out of water.”. Hence, I’m feeling somewhat anxious in this dissonant corner of the Congo River Basin. It’s not my usual habitat. And, despite the racket, the...The director, cam...

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Tales from the Rift: September 2016

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Friday, September 30, 2016. This morning I woke up to a strange sound, like a miniature helicopter. A black witch moth the size of a bat was thumping against my bathroom window. A window below was open but the moth had no plan B. I grabbed it and chucked it out the open window. It flew away. Here in Mexico they call the black witch moth ‘Mariposa de la muerte’, meaning butterfly of death. If one enters a house where there is sickness, it is believed the sick person will die. It’s hopeful and heartw...

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Tales from the Rift: October 2014

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Thursday, October 16, 2014. It’s a scorching, dry Saturday morning in California. Another rainless summer has turned the hills above San Leandro yellowish-gray. My taxi turns off a serpentine drive into an empty parking lot. Embedded in the hillside, the Alameda Juvenile Justice Center is a vast, rectangular three-story construction, built with beige cinder blocks that blend in well with its surroundings. There’s no one in sight. 8221; asks a female voice. 8220;Hang on a minute hun.”. The coffin disinteg...