malcolm beith

Author of The Last Narco, Hasta El Ultimo Dia. Ex-Newsweek, The News, Bloomberg. Freelance: Janes, FDI. Rugby at Photo by me.

[malcolm beith @mbeith]

More great reporting from @MiamiHerald on gun-running to Haiti. This particular followup is about Dolly Parton's nephew. https://t.co/aBaE17BDUx

[malcolm beith @mbeith]

@jahootsen absolutely nothing wrong with taking a photo in front of a grave, as long as you're showing the proper respect for the deceased.

[malcolm beith @mbeith]

@HaitiInfoProj in this instance, it's a positive. the less OAN viewers know about Haiti the better.

[Ron Filipkowski @RonFilipkowski]

If you’ve ever been to the spot at Arlington where Hegseth got reprimanded, you know it’s one of the most solemn, heaviest, emotional places in America. Most would never dream of being loud or laughing while we are there. But Hegseth, on Vet’s Day of all days, is a classless ass.

[malcolm beith @mbeith]

@JakobJohnston the important question, surely, is whether the Salvadoran military relied solely on open source intel for the op, which would imply a reckless disregard for the rights and lives of anyone living in the vicinity.

[malcolm beith @mbeith]

"Get out!" Great story.

[Oleksandr Mykhailenko @MykhailenkoFin]

Condoleezza Rice flew to Libya on business. Muammar Gaddafi treated it like a date: a song about her, a video of her photos and $212,000 in gifts.

In the video below, she tells what he played for her after dinner, and why she wanted to run.

His crush was no secret. In 2007 he told Al Jazeera: "I support my darling black African woman… I love her very much."

So when she planned the first visit to Libya by a Secretary of State in over 50 years, he asked to meet her in his tent.

"I don't know what that means, but it doesn't sound good," she says. They met at his home instead.

At the end, he said it:

"I have a video for you."

"Uh-oh, what is this?" she thought.

Photos of her with Putin and other leaders, set to that song: "Black Flower in the White House."

Her next thought: "Let's get out of here as fast as possible."

She didn't leave empty-handed: a diamond ring, a locket with his own face inside and more. About $212,000, by the State Department's count.

By U.S. rules, every piece went to the government.

Gaddafi kept something, though. In 2011, after he lost power, people who broke into his Tripoli compound found a photo album. Page after page of Condoleezza Rice.

He had a whole country's oil money and spent it like a teenager with a crush. In the end, $212,000 got him what any fan gets for free: her pictures.

So was it a harmless crush, or should a dictator collecting photos of America's top diplomat have scared Washington?

[malcolm beith @mbeith]

@GeopolWonk Also, the Economist is generally pro-military action on most fronts, regardless of the caveats they place further down in the text

[malcolm beith @mbeith]

@GeopolWonk I think it's usually tongue-in-cheek, mildly mocking the "idiotic fascist" without fear of getting sued. but if not in quotes, can sound like an endorsement.

[malcolm beith @mbeith]

@GeopolWonk I think it's usually tongue-in-cheek, mildly mocking the "idiotic fascist" without fear of getting sued. but if not in quotes, can sound like an endorsement.

[Joseph Bouchard @GeopolWonk]

Why do "liberal" outlets like The Economist love making idiotic fascists look cool? I'm sure De La Espriella will parrot this piece. "Drug lords and social-justice warriors are both in El Tigre’s sights", are we kidding ourselves? This isn't journalism.
https://t.co/OWlEpJgsBU

[malcolm beith @mbeith]

@jimstewartson do they ever offer actual methods, strategies, or details of their plans? or is it always just outlandish vague promises?

[malcolm beith @mbeith]

Remember when this was the stuff of fiction and not the daily reality on many social media sites across the world?

[Rob Henderson @robkhenderson]

Tom Cruise in 1999 played a manosphere influencer in a film called "Magnolia." The character comes across as unhinged but now you see even crazier takes on a typical scroll session:

[malcolm beith @mbeith]

@rdevro congratulations. look forward to reading

[Kareen Ulysse @kareen_ulysse]

@nayibbukele All of Cité Soleil Haiti isn’t gangs.

You’ve requested locations to target. Here’s one to spare .

🚨🚨🚨Centre Hospitalier de Fontaine is a civilian hospital with patients and staff inside. Location: 18.5956° N, 72.3277° W (Plus Code HMWC+6WX). Please do not strike this site🚨🚨🚨

This is my appeal to you to spare my father’s 35-year-old hospital when operations in Cité Soleil Resumes. We’re the only full service hospital left.

#haitielsalvador #haitigangs #citesoleil #PortAuPrince #haiti

[malcolm beith @mbeith]

Buffalo in line to be next @usmlr expansion team. https://t.co/tpa51bOjVd

[malcolm beith @mbeith]

@AlexMagleby @usmlr @will_hooley please tell us more about Buffalo and the long-term re-expansion plans and how you will avoid the same problems from the first expansion

[malcolm beith @mbeith]

It's been 20 years since Ghosts of Cite Soleil was released, but as Bukele and Erik Prince take on the gangs of Port-au-Prince, I highly recommend watching it.

[malcolm beith @mbeith]

@alisondrury @malonebarry good point

[malcolm beith @mbeith]

This makes as little sense as is humanly possible

[Derrick Evans @DerrickEvans4WV]

Serious question, if the Muslims being elected today are not responsible for 9/11 then how am I as a white man responsible for slavery that happened 150 years ago.

The left can’t have it both ways on this. I’m just looking for a little consistency.

[malcolm beith @mbeith]

@rob3hats @SeanHOCinneide @malonebarry if someone makes a claim, they can back it up. it's not my claim to prove.

[malcolm beith @mbeith]

@RonFilipkowski it's the little things that matter most