Michael MacDonald Opens Up About Addiction, Recovery, and the Meaning of Success
Michael MacDonald can still remember the feeling of walking through the funeral home at the age of ten. With little sister Mia in tow, he could feel the eyes of the mourners on him. He could hear their whispers, “these poor kids.” Still in his Oakland A’s uniform from the morning’s Little League...
From Pieces to Peace: Boston’s Top Motivational Speaker Talks Life, Trauma, and Redemption
InBoston Magazine In the lower level of Boston Cigar Club, in Charlestown, Julian ‘Juice’ Miller, took a short sip of his club soda, and let out a long exhale as he prepared to tell me what working with ex-cons, addicts, high performing legal teams and college universities all have in common....
Ukraine’s Zelenskyy Says Russian Wagner Group Mercenaries Sent To Assassinate Him
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Thursday, Feb. 24, that he was target No. 1 for a band of Russian mercenaries sent to Kyiv with a kill list. The Times of London newspaper backed up that claim Monday with a report that 400 Russian mercenaries from Wagner Group were operating in Kyiv...
Russian Mercenaries in Ukraine Stoked Fear of Invasion
With as many as 190,000 Russian troops staged on the border of Ukraine, mercenaries from the Russian-controlled Wagner Group and an off-the-books neo-Nazi reconnaissance unit in the Wagner network began arriving just as US intelligence suggested that covert operatives could conduct a false flag...
From UFC Fighter To African Prison Cell – Lightning Lee Murray
(Photo by WikiCommons) by David Bruce November 9, 2021 The biggest bank heist in British history took place in 2006 at the Securitas Depot in Tonbridge, Kent, U.K. The robbery was flawlessly planned and executed by a small-time criminal and former UFC fighter “Lightning” Lee Murray. The Securitas...
How To Watch Us Military Members And Vets In The Olympics: A Day-by-day Viewing Guide
Below is Coffee or Die Magazine’s guide to watching the 19 US military members and veterans competing for the US in the Tokyo Olympics. Check our day-by-day guide of when they are competing and in what events. TV Viewing Note: NBC and its cable and online affiliates are broadcasting the Olympics....
Hit of The Month: The Brutal Death of Libyan Dictator Muammar Gaddafi
(Photo by WikiCommons) Skillset Magazine Muammar Gaddafi, the leader of Libya and Africa’s “King of Kings,” was no stranger to attempts on his life. In one of many attempts, the U.S. bombed his house in 1986 in retribution for the bombing of Pan Am Flight 103. The following year, there were so...
‘Rise Of The Moors’ Highlights Sovereign Citizen Growth, Violence
In the early hours of July 3, 2021, residents of Wakefield and Reading, Massachusetts, were awoken by a reverse 911 call ordering them to shelter in place. A heavily armed group calling itself “Rise of the Moors” had encountered police earlier and fled into the nearby woods. As part of the...
7/7: The War On Terror Came Home To England On This Day In 2005
Despite heavy rain that morning, July 7, 2005, was a day when Londoners had reason to be cheery. The day before, the city had learned it would host the 2012 Summer Olympic Games, while the G-8 summit had just begun in Scotland — two showy turns under the spotlight of the international stage. At...
Hit of the Month: The Assassination of Serbian War Criminal Arkan
Skillset Magazine The Serbian war criminal Arkan was enjoying a drink in the lobby of the InterContinental Hotel in Belgrade on January 15, 2000, when two men in tracksuits approached. His wife, the Serbian pop star Ceca, was shopping in La Frans Boutique, 50 meters away. Arkan and his bodyguards...
Once Upon A Time In Mexico: A Former Tijuana Cop Now Teaches Secrets Of The Trade
Ed Calderon worked as a police officer in Tijuana for over a decade, fighting against cartels, kidnappers, coyotes, and organized crime. Day after day, he analyzed the trade craft used by criminals to scam, capture, or kill. He watched cartel kidnappers looking to capture suspected snitches, their...
Robert Young Pelton — The Adventurer, Journalist, Author Who Introduced Us To ‘The American Taliban’
On Dec. 1, 2002, author, adventurer, and journalist Robert Young Pelton was in a place he had been many times before: Afghanistan. He was standing over a wounded foreign fighter in a makeshift hospital in the aftermath of the Qala-i-Jangi Fortress prison uprising. Years earlier he owned a company...