Dear Gato, Not only is the Silk Road down and out, so is Atlantis, and so are the majority of illegal cyber-markets upon which the bad and the badder have depended for decades. The world below the surface is changing as fast as it is above it. The only remaining illegal Internet supermarkets currently are called "Black Market" and "Sheep Market," reports my source in the underground. With the seizure of the Silk Road also came the loss of whatever amounts of bitcoin vendors were holding in their Silk Road accounts, ready for the next wholesale purchase. Bitcoin everywhere ...
Dear Gato, “It’s officially over,” commented one party animal. The drug supply chain suffered a (this time) devastating blow as the FBI seized and shut down the Silk Road, the ...
Dear Gato, It's late, and I"m half-watching Hobo With a Shotgun on the widescreen while I write. The feeling is, it's getting late. My working hours are 11PM-5AM. My waking hours are also ...
Dear Gato, What a week. To my surprise, World War III was averted, and I have some insider information as to why. My source in Texas, where you"ll find a surprisingly strong ...
Dear Gato, I didn’t tell you what happened to Mickey after he was finally evicted from the movie trailer because I didn’t know. I tried calling him for a while; no ...
Dear Gato, I was watching the video for the Pet Shop Boys" dance single "Vocal" and it took me back to a happy time"the UK summer of "91, seen? We used to ...
Dear Gato, When Felipe Calderón took office as the president of Mexico in 2006, he pledged to turn up the heat on the War on Drugs. He delivered on his promise. By 2012, over ...
Dear Gato, The silly season is over and the dog days are about to set in. Come stai? I"m writing from the Tuscan hill country, where I fled after the São Paulo trip ended ...
Dear Gato, This time last week I fell asleep and woke up in an MRI machine asking myself, "Where am I? And how did I get here?" I was lying inside the industrial-size ...
Dear Gato, I told you I’d relate the details of Mickey’s latest fiasco. I’m a man of my word. Here we go. My friend Doe Kazu is shooting a sci-fi action ...
Dear Gato, I"ll tell you some more about Armando Rhon, "greatest realtor in Mexico""Baja California, that is"when I have time. Unfortunately, I have a feeling ...
Dear Gato, The meeting went well. The remake business is thriving. It makes superb financial sense. I never thought I"d say that. Then again, I never, ever thought I"d ...
Dear Gato, Forgive my disappearing act. The Dalai Lama flew into town nine days ago. Unofficially. Unexpectedly, at any rate. And in so doing he created such a hot ticket, only ...
Dear Gato, This week it's all about INT. THE DOGHOUSE. Yes, we know it well. And some better than others. I"m familiar with the place. And so are"let's ...
Dear Gato, I"m mindful of the time we were rechristened. In Puerto Vallarta. The toothless soothsayer gave us sopa to drink that was foul-tasting and laced with mescal and ...
Dear Gato" You really should try the ozone therapy"cleans your blood. Kiedis does it. Everyone should do it. Ignore the Wikipedia warnings; it was used in Europe for ...
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