Tag: Communism
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On Monday, February 5th, a young Cuban woman landed at Tampa International Airport. She brought with her something rather unusual: $100,000 in cash. Mirtza Ocana, 38, was no tourist. Under questioning, she admitted to smuggling cash from Cuba to the United States several times a month. Flight records show 45…
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“In Cuba, families get one dozen eggs per month,” my friend said. “So what do they eat?” I asked. “They starve.” I was in New York recently talking with a friend who left Cuba in 2021. She first moved to Uruguay, then made her way to the United States two…
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Never miss a post…subscribe! Citadel made a major loan to a Chinese surveillance company in 2006. This shadowy company, which doesn’t even appear to have a website, has sold surveillance equipment to China’s Communist government. From a new report from Crain’s Chicago Business: …in 2006, Citadel loaned $110 million to…
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China’s government has just launched the latest salvo against its own technology industry: China on Monday issued strict new measures aimed at curbing what authorities describe as youth videogame addiction, which they blame for a host of societal ills, including distracting young people from school and family responsibilities. The new regulation,…
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Amid deepening poverty, escalating COVID cases and a lack of vaccines, Cubans are doing something very brave: protesting against the Communist dictatorship in the largest demonstrations in six decades. I can’t even imagine how afraid they must be, but they’re out there. And activists need to be able to coordinate…
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Didi Chuxing, or “Honk Honk Taxi”, was one of the greatest success stories of Chinese tech. Founded in 2012, it broke out just months later by providing rides during a heavy Beijing snowstorm. A regular taxi was impossible to get, but Didi came through. After that, the company was on…
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The Chinese Communist Party has launched a severe crackdown on the technology industry: Didi Chuxing, the Chinese equivalent of Uber, had its app removed from all Chinese app stores shortly after its US IPO ByteDance, parent company of TikTok, shelved its IPO plans under regulatory pressure. Its CEO has resigned.…
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Major news over the holiday weekend as the Chinese government required all app stores in China to remove the Didi Chuxing app. Didi is the Chinese equivalent to Uber, and dominates shared rides in the country, along with a major presence abroad: China has ordered app-store operators to remove the…
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“I owe everything to America.” That’s Thomas ‘Drago’ Dzieran, who left Communist Poland in the 1980’s for freedom in America and became a Navy SEAL. His path to the teams is singular. Drago began to oppose Communism at an early age. He refused to learn Russian in school and was…
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+ Communism, Drago, Freedom, Jocko, Jocko Podcast, Jocko Willink, Leadership, Military, Navy, Navy SEALs, Podcast, Poland, SEAL, SEALs, Service+
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Tremendous 