When Cement Meets Jihad: How Lafarge Turned War Into a Business Model

From roughly 2012 to 2014, as Syrian Civil War turned northern Syria into a live-fire apocalypse, Lafarge made a calculated decision: stay open, stay profitable, and if that meant paying off armed groups—including ISIS and al-Nusra Front—then so be it. Business is business. Even if your business partners occasionally crucify people for sport. The company didn’t just stumble into this. Courts later described it as an organized system. Money moved. Deals were made. Raw materials, checkpoints, safe passage—all greased with cash. The same way you’d negotiate trucking contracts in Ohio, just with more AK-47s and fewer HR policies.

You in a heap o’ trouble, boy!

Yeah, I get it: some people are simply sexually attracted to minors. But actively trying what this gentleman from the Lone Star State allegedly did, in an environment in which such people are being sought out, prosecuted, and sent to prison for it, is stupid, as in boneheadedly stupid and criminally stupid.

How Do We Hold Them Accountable?

If a criminal-loving, police-hating prosecutor lets a rapist go, and he then rapes another woman, how can we hold that ‘prosecutor’ accountable? One would have thought that Abdimahat Bille Mohamed would have been in a heap o’ trouble when he was arrested on charges of having raped a child and sexually assaulted another woman in …

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The Absolute Insanity of “Sanctuary” Policies

You know, I get it: some of our good friends on the left really, really think that the people who came to the United States seeking a better life are, at heart, good people, who should be allowed to stay in the United States and contribute to our culture, society, and economy. But even if …

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You in a heap o’ trouble, boy!

No, Adrian Gonzales, pictured to the right, is not your typical criminal. Rather, he was the police officer stationed at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde County, Texas, who channeled Scot Peterson, the coward of Broward, and chose not to confront the shooter who killed 19 students and two teachers during the shootings. Trial begins for …

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Crazy People Are Dangerous: At Least This Guy is Going to be Locked Up for a Long, Long Time

The First Street Journal has previously reported on Kimbrady Carriker, the fine young gentleman who murdered five people in the City of Brotherly Love. Now, 2½ years later, we finally have a conviction in the case, and Mr Carriker actually might not spend the rest of his miserable life in prison. Man who killed five …

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Another Victory for George Soros!

Another victory for the George Soros-sponsored, criminal-loving and police-hating Philadelphia District Attorney, Larry Krasner! Mr Krasner just loves to put Philadelphia Police Officers in jail, and to release bad guys who are in prison. Homicide detective Philip Nordo was clearly a bad cop, as The Philadelphia Inquirer reported: A former Philadelphia homicide detective was arrested …

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