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Before I start this story, I'm going to say that I love Wander Over Yonder, but I had this idea in my head for a short time, and I wanted to create a story that shows that even though there's a bright side to everything, there's also a dark side.
Warning: Contains slight gore and character death.
That was the only word going through my mind as I zoomed at high-speed through the thick, black forest, sweat dripping down my face. The only light to guide me illuminated from the fiery red moon hanging in the night sky above like a gem. But I didn't have time to marvel speechless at its haunting beauty. I had to keep him...Wander...safe from that power-hungry lunatic. I felt his cold, fragile body hugging my neck tightly as he hung on to me for dear life. His warm tears mixed in with my endless perspiration, but I didn't care. Lord Hater was gaining on us faster every second.
The boom of his energy blasts hitting every tree in his way was deafening. The shockwave that came from the force of each impact was just as overwhelming. I gritted my teeth together in mixed emotions of anger, fear, and bewilderment; Lord Hater had never been as powerful as he was at that moment. It was hard to believe that someone as sweet and innocent Wander could have ben the reason for his sudden burst of destructive power and insanity. As I continued to push myself forward, I thought back to that small incident that led to the big, catastrophic conclusion.
It was a bright, joyful day for me and Wander as we began to explore our most recent destination. The inhabitants were kind and helpful, not only because Wander was exactly the same, but they had also heard about our exploits of helping other planets and halting all of Lord Hater's plans of universal domination. Wander seemed to be enjoying the praise and gratitude, and I was okay with it.
Until things started to take a unnoticed turn for the worse.
A short time after we began our newest exploration, Wander's attention was directed towards a small corner shop with items on display in the window. He sneaked towards the display while my back was turned. By the time I noticed his disappearance, he was pressing his face against the glass and staring at one particular item. I sighed irritably and followed suit.
"Wander, what are you doing?" I asked monotonously and stared at him. He answered without taking his face from the window.
"Sylvia, do you see that amazin' blade there?" He pointed at the object in question and I looked at that general direction.
Sitting in the very center of the displayed items was a tall sword in a clear display case shining in the sunlight. The hilt of the sword looked like pure twisted gold with a sharp end, and the blade of the weapon seemed to be made of an extremely pale blue gem of some kind. The sword was very impressive, but I didn't let my neutral attitude change as I turned back to Wander.
"Yeah, so?" He pried his face from the glass and looked at me like he was in a trance. "...What?"
"So, it's perfect!" he exclaimed in amazement, and glanced distantly at the object in brief silence. "I need it."
"Wait a second," I began sternly. " Okay, first of all, that thing looks like it caught a fortune; second, there is no way in this galaxy that I am leaving you with a potential death sentence." Wander looked at me with an expression so sad that I actually felt a pang of guilt for my words.
"But Syl-vi-aaa..." He dragged my name out for a dramatic emphasis. "What if I'm attacked by somethin' like Captain Tim, and you aren't around? Or even worse, if you get attacked and I need to save you? I'd rather defend myself than get my heart stolen by a blood-thirsty beast. Wouldn't you want the same thing...?" His eyes grew puppy-like, and it took all my strength not to cry from his sad little orbs. The idea of leaving Wander alone was ludicrous to me, but the mere memory of that monster made me shudder involuntarily. I sighed, coming to a reluctant but reasonable decision.
"...Fine...we'll get the stupid sword..." His features brightened almost immediately as he gave me a spine-crushing hug. I'd forgotten that Wander could be stronger than he looks when he's extremely overjoyed. "Thank you SO much, Syl! You won't regret it, I swear!"
If only he'd realized how wrong he was...
Once he let me go, he practically flew through the door of the store in a green and orange blur. I had to catch my breath from his sudden burst of strength, but I eventually walked calmly through the door myself.
The faint ringing of the doorbell broke the silence as I looked around the shop. It was obviously a weaponry store, as various swords, blasters, and handheld weapons were hung on the walls and displayed in a glass section of the checkout counter. Standing behind the register was a short blue-green creature with a black moustache, bow tie, and a white suit shirt smiling at me. I walked toward him, trying my best to conjure a small smile. Wander was standing by the man with a huge grin on his face.
"Ah, Wander and Sylvia," he greeted respectfully. "The famous dynamic duo! What a pleasant surprise having you here. Welcome to Willy's Weaponry Warehouse! What can I do for ya?"
The man was so courteous and genuine that I couldn't help but feel a warm sensation in his presence. "Well, Mr. Willy, me and my pal here are looking to buy a sword," I explained politely. He grinned wider as his eyebrows shot up gently.
"A sword you say? Well, luckily you've come to the right place!" Willy walked over to a panel in the counter and lifted it up to get out. "I have plenty of swords from plenty of galaxies to choose from! Would you like to see the full collection?"
"Oh no, that won't be necessary," I insisted quickly. "We've already chosen one. That one in the window, with the blue gem blade?" I pointed at the sword that Wander had been examining earlier. The store owner looked at the sword with a nod of approval.
"Oh, of course!" He happily walked over to the sword and pulled out a set of keys from a hidden pocket. "You've made a good choice." He stuck a key into the keyhole on the case and unlocked it from the display. Very carefully, Willy pulled the glass container off, set it down, and gently picked the sword up.
"This beauty here is called the Diamond Blade," he explained. "The blade of the sword is said to be made of a magical diamond that can cut through any known material in the universe." Wander stared in complete awe at the weapon, but I just smiled with satisfaction.
"It's impressive," I commented. "But how much does it cost?" Willy tapped his chin thoughtfully before replying.
"To be honest, this priceless piece of weaponry is usually worth 600 gold and silver pieces..." My smiled faltered slowly at the news. Wander just ran his fingers over the sword longingly, obviously not listening. "But for you two, I can set a nice discount of 200 bronze pieces, or just 50 platinum pieces. Your choice."
My small frown turned into a indecisive smirk. "Hmmm...okay. Platinum pieces are fine." I grabbed Wander's large hat off of his head and pulled out a brown drawstring sack. I stuck my hand in to count and pull out the correct amount of pieces. "...48...49...50. Here you go, 50 platinum pieces."
Willy smiled warmly as we exchanged the pieces and the sword. "Thanks a lot, folks. The sword is yours. Have a good day!"
I gave a friendly wave as I dragged a dazed Wander out of the store. "Come by anytime!" the kind store owner shouted as we left. The second we walked out of the shop, I decided to do the one thing that I vowed not to do unless it was an emergency...
I let Wander hold the sword.
He lifted the sword into the air with one arm and watched the tip of the blade reflect the sunlight. Then he pulled it down and started slicing the air and spinning it around.
"Isn't it great, Syl?" he asked me joyfully. "Our very own blade! We can slice and dice every evil thing that comes our way!" He swung it towards a nearby tree and barely missed the plant's trunk. I tried to grab him and slow him down, but I never even got a grip on his shoulder.
"Hey, Wander," I began cautiously, trying to get his attention. "You should be careful with that thing! It can slice right through anything, so try not to hit anything!"
But Wander seemed to be completely focused on balancing the hilt of the Diamond Blade on his forehead. "Don't worry," he tried to assure me. "I can handle it. I just need to test it out a little, that's all..." Before I could say anything else, he grabbed the golden handle and raised it high up in the air. He dramatically swung it down, and I heard a jingling, slashing sound. I looked at the place where the blade landed to see a piece of rope nailed to the ground cut in half.
That was when it happened...
The rope seemed to be part of a pulley system holding up a large grey boulder. Since the rope was cut, the boulder dropped to the ground and hit one end of a seesaw, causing the ball on the other end to fly into the air towards a large wooden pole. The ball knocked the pole over, and it hit the lever of a machine. A large ax shot out of the machine and spun in the air. Finally, the ax impaled itself into the arm of a tall, familiar figure wearing a black robe and cut it off completely. The figure screamed in agony and grabbed the ax handle. It yanked the ax, which was covered in a dark red liquid, out of its shoulder. Once it turned around, I was shocked to see the angry, glowing green eyes of Lord Hater staring towards us. The sky started to turn from a brilliant blue with a cheerful yellow sun to an ominous purple with an angry red moon.
"Uh oh..." Wander whispered fearfully. I gulped and felt a drop of sweat go down my temple.
"YOU..." he boomed viciously. He dropped the ax and thrust his arm out, and Wander started to glow green next to me. He lifted into the air, dropping the sword, and flew full-speed towards Lord Hater's glowing green hand. He screamed horrifically as he flew through the air and eventually stopped in front of Lord Hater. I gasped and looked down to my side to see the blue blade on the ground. I gritted my teeth angrily, picked up the sword, and ran as fast as I could towards the towering figure.
"Do you think this is FUNNY!?" Lord Hater shouted and squeezed his fist together. Wander's body started to look crushed and his face began to turn a dark blue. I ran faster as I realized that he was suffocating. "Did you think you could get away with THIS!? THIS IS THE LAST STRAW! I GAVE YOU YOUR CHANCES! IT'S ABOUT TIME YOU GOT WHAT YOU DESERVED!" I could see that Lord Hater's eyes were turning a frightening blood red. As I got closer, I held the sword so that it would spear right into his stomach area. Finally, after was seemed like an eternity, I reached him and jammed the blade into his stomach as deep as I could.
He screamed again and dropped Wander to the ground. I reacted quickly and snatched him into my arms. Lord Hater thrust his arm towards me and I flew harshly across the ground with Wander in my arms. He grabbed the hilt of the Diamond Blade and pulled it out. The blood on the blade soaked into the beautiful diamond and turned it into hideous black obsidian. He thrust the sword high into the air and a strike of lightning from the angry storm clouds gathered high above hit the blade, causing it to glow a menacing emerald green. He jammed it into the ground, causing a crevice to split in the ground. By then the planet's inhabitants were fleeing in fear from the scene. The crevice split the ground right below me and I nearly fell into he dark abyss. Luckily, I was able to grab the edge of a piece of ground sticking out, but Wander was about to fall straight into the darkness.
"WANDER!" I screeched in horror and reached for his hand. I was able to get a good grip and pulled him into my arm. With my free hand I climbed back up to the edge of the crevice and pulled myself up to the surface. After I caught my breath, I looked around for the nearest safe place to go. The entrance to a dark forest caught my eye, and I went in that direction. Lord Hater looked towards me, growled, and flew into the forest behind me.
As the memory ended, I put my attention back towards running as fast as my legs could carry me. But by then, I could barely go on any longer, and an opening in the clusters of dark trees and shrubs became visible. I forced myself to keep going until I reached the opening, hoping it was a way out. My faith disintegrated when I reached the opening, only to find out that a towering boulder stood in my way. I looked around frantically for a way around it, but any escape routes my either side of me were blocked by the thick forest foliage. A loud zap behind me caused me to turn my head around, and my heart dropped to my stomach. Lord Hater was hovering above the ground, and he looked angry with his sword in his hand. I felt Wander raise his head on my back and heard him gasp in terror.
"You can run, but you can't hide..." Lord Hater said with a hint of insanity in his voice. He thrust his hand out before him, and both me and Wander glowed green. Lord Hater swiped his hand forcefully on one side, and I flew against a tree trunk. I felt dazed and lightheaded as I watched the Diamond Blade hover before Lord Hater, glowing the same green as both his hand and Wander's body. I could see tears of fear and sadness falling down Wander's cheeks.
"Don't do this..." he whispered shakily. "...please..."
"I'm sorry, but I'm afraid I'm going to have to..." Lord Hater grinned with malice. "I told you time and time again, not to mess with me... If you'd just gotten that through your thick skull, you wouldn't be in this mess now would you? It's too bad. I thought I was actually starting to enjoy your company... You messing up my plans for world domination, and me chasing after you, trying to obliterate you..." He chuckled cruelly. "Oh, good times. But I'm afraid this is the end. The end for you."
The green glow on the sword seemed to get bigger and brighter with each passing second. I knitted my eyebrows in complete anger at Lord Hater and balled my fists together. I growled loudly and, knowing the possible consequences that Wander could face because of my actions, tried to hold my emotions back. I watched as Wander closed his eyes and bit his lip, willingly accepting his possible fate. Lord Hater flashed a smile of satisfaction as he prepared to shoot the blade towards Wander.
"Say good bye forever, Wander..." he said victoriously. I could no longer stand by and watch my best friend meet his untimely death, so I ran towards Lord Hater with my fist in punching position. Just as he shot the sword, I screamed in pure fury and, with all my strength, punched him in the jaw. While he fell to the ground in a daze, the force of his shot was so strong that the sword shot towards Wander even without Lord Hater's magic.
I was overflowing with joy as I watched Wander open his eyes and just barely dodge the sharp tip of the Diamond Blade as it pushed itself into the rock. He lay face down on the ground, and I could hear him panting furiously. I wanted to run over to him and embrace him as tight as I could, but I decided against it and ran over to the sword impaled in the hard rock. I quickly pulled the blade out of its stony prison and walked towards Lord Hater, who had propped himself on his elbow. Once I was standing right next to him, I pressed a foot against his chest and held the sword above me, ready to strike.
"Hm, look how the tables have turned," I said ironically. "I guess this the end. Your end."
Then, with all my anger and subdued fear, I sliced the blade cleanly through his neck. Even though his head was obviously amputated, I continued to smash his skull with the blade until there were only small pieces of bones and green brain tissue left. I panted from the effort of slicing his neck in half and dropped the sword to the ground. The black obsidian disappeared in a swirling black mist, leaving the original blue diamond in its place. But at that moment I remembered the reason why I killed Lord Hater and turned towards Wander. He was in fetal position with his hat over his body, shaking violently and whimpering softly. My anger turned into concern as I ran over to him and sat on the ground next to him.
"...Wander..." I called gently and examined him. "...you can come out now..." He stopped shaking and whimpering and, after a moment of silence, his hat started to slowly slide off his body until all that was covered was his face.
"Is it over...?" he asked quietly. I smiled in relief.
"Yes, it's over..." I replied, and he lifted the hat up to its rightful place. Then he looked at me with a smile.
"Sylvia, I just want you to know...that you are the best thing that's ever happened to me..." That declaration warmed my heart and I hugged him to me wholeheartedly.
"You know I would never let anything happen to you," I said matter-of-factly. "You're my best friend, after all..." I looked over to Lord Hater's dead corpse and noticed the shining sword.
"Hey, Wander, you were right," I admitted playfully. "We really did need that sword." His signature grin formed on his face.
"Told you so," he said proudly. He snuggled against me and closed his eyes. After a few seconds, I heard a soft snoring and looked down and Wander to see that he was already asleep and a small smile. I hadn't noticed the bags under his eyes until then, so I decided to get some sleep myself. I got in a comfortable seating position and eventually drifted off into a deep, peaceful slumber with Wander by my side.
I had a darker, much gory-er version of the ending in mind, but decided to go with something more subtle. For those of you who would like to see that version of the ending, go to Chapter 2.
Review your thoughts on this chapter, and be honest (but not BRUTALLY honest).


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Amid a loss for the second quarter, China's Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corp. (SMIC) said that it has elected Yang Yuan Wang as its new chairman, replacing Richard Chang, who will remain chief executive of the loss-ridden silicon foundry provider.
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Monolithic System Technology Inc. (MoSys), a provider of embedded memory solutions, announced the appointment of Chet Silvestri as chief executive.
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Microsemi reported fiscal 2005 third quarter net sales of $75.2 million, up 3 percent from the $73.3 million that the company reported for the second quarter and up 17 percent from the $64.1 million it reported for the same period in 2004.
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Amid a loss for the second quarter, China's Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corp. (SMIC) said that it has elected Yang Yuan Wang as its new chairman, replacing Richard Chang, who will remain chief executive of the loss-ridden silicon foundry provider.
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Mixed-signal semiconductor supplier AMI Semiconductor has realigned its business by integrating its foundry services business into its mixed-signal business unit, a move the company said would offer customers a full range of options from applications-specific products to custom designs and foundry services.
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Backers of controversial energy legislation said it contains research funding for projects ranging from alternative energy sources to advanced computing.
AE, KLA, Therma-Wave, Varian post mixed results
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Chip-equipment makers Advanced Energy, KLA-Tencor, Therma-Wave and Varian posted mixed results in the quarter.
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Billed as a complete stand alone linear charger in a 2-by-2 mm DFN, Linear Technology's LTC4065 and LTC4065A can deliver up to 750 mA for single-cell lithium-ion batteries and applications in digital still cameras, portable point-of-sale and diagnostic equipment, cell phones, PDAs and USB-equipped handheld devices.
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With a pass-through current capability of up to 130 amps (A), the new OTB series of terminal blocks from BlockMaster Electronics Inc. is well suited for the transfer of high power from outside to inside power panels, particularly for special power situations or for custom polarization, said the company. These high power feed-through terminal blocks can also be used for power supply, lighting, machine tool and off-road vehicle applications.
DRAM maker sampling 2-Gbit DDR2 DRAM
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Micron Technology Inc. is sampling 2-Gbit, DDR2 devices to a select server customer. The DRAM maker said the part, MT47H512M4HG, is designed to enable up to 8-Gbyte high density modules, providing more memory per server with less space and power consumption than current component offerings.
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Intel Corp. will revamp its next-generation notebook microprocessor for use in servers as the first in a series of low-power server CPUs the company will release starting later this year.
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Power supplier Power-One Inc. reported a net loss of $14.8 million, or 17 cents per share on sales of $63.4 million in the second quarter ended June, compared with a net loss of $3.9 million, or 5 cents per share, on sales of $72.5 million in the year-ago quarter.
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Performance Technologies' new IPnexus CPC714 quad-processor resource blade packs four 440GX PowerPC CPUs into a single 6U CompactPCI form factor for use in packet-based networking, telecommunications, network management and data/process control applications.
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The silicon foundry industry remains embroiled in a subtle but damaging price war for select products and processes. This in turn will cause foundry wafer prices to drop for the remainder of 2005, according to a report from Semico Research Corp.
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40-inch LCD-TV panels falling under $1,000, says iSuppli
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Prices of 40 and 42 in. liquid crystal display (LCD) TV panels declined to an average of $1,125 in July, with some prices falling to as low as $950, according to market research firm iSuppli Corp.
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Atmel Corp.'s single-chip MP3 decoder allows mobile phones to play MP3 music and ring tones and to convert it into a pen drive.
Hitachi expects slow growth to continue after posting loss
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Japanese electronics company Hitachi Ltd. reported sales of $18.2 billion with a net loss of $217 million in its first fiscal 2005 quarter ended June 30.
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The slumping Japanese economy took its toll on Japanese electronics supplier Mitsubishi Electric Corp., which reported net income of $98.8 million on sales of $6.6 billion in the first fiscal 2006 quarter ended June 30.
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MIPS Technologies Inc. and ARM Ltd. are ratcheting up their efforts to persuade Taiwanese designers to use combined RISC/DSP cores in the next wave of designs.
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The 57S81 from North Atlantic Industries, working from a 115/230 VAC or 270 VDC input, delivers up to 500 watts for Versa Module and extended instrumentation (VME and VXI) applications associated with industrial and military (NAVMAT compliance) requirements.
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Diodes Inc. introduced a product platform featuring two series of application specific complex arrays.
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Luay al-Khatteeb writes: Once again, the subject of illicit financial flows from kleptocratic regimes is in the international spotlight, this time in the form of the "Panama Papers."
What is surprising is the level of shock at something that should have been obvious. For a long time, many financial institutions turned a blind eye to nefarious PEPs (politically exposed persons) and not just in Switzerland, as we see now with big names such as HSBC, once again deflecting allegations.
The industrialized world can't afford any more surprises like this, otherwise aid and loans will continue to enter weak states, only to be rapidly snuck out.
Encouragingly, there are signs that governments and regulators are being energized by the Panama Papers. The U.S. Treasury will soon announce a requirement that banks disclose the owners of shell companies, and in the UK regulators set a deadline for banks to disclose details of clients' relations with Mossack Fonseca, the company at the centre of the current storm.
Iraq, with lamentably high corruption, can be a litmus test for revived effort. Iraq also desperately needs to recover stolen assets, because it is running out of money for both fighting ISIS and rebuilding Iraq, in order to prevent ISIS 2.0.
Luckily, the United States is leading the way with the formation of the Kleptocracy Asset Recovery Initiative (KARI), but far more global coordination is needed. In Iraq, financial assistance should be put into ministries to train people in spotting and preventing corruption.
There are certainly good young people who want change in the Iraqi government, the challenge is creating a culture where they can speak out. That will take a renewed and internationally coordinated capacity building effort. As an example, the Higher Council of Education Development, an Iraqi organization that has sent four thousand students overseas to help ministerial capacity, had a budget of just over $100 million last year. The international community must urgently help Iraq to resource such work, because so far war expenditures dwarf other efforts. [Continue reading…]
Corruption in Iraq: Where did all the money go?
Navy chief tells fellow admirals to rethink integrity and behavior in aftermath of string of scandals
The Washington Post reports: the Navy has been dogged by a major corruption scandal involving an Asian defense contractor who has pleaded guilty to bribing Navy officers with cash, sex and luxury goods over a decade.
Three admirals were censured last year for accepting dinners and gifts from the contractor, Leonard Glenn Francis, a Singapore-based businessman widely known in maritime circles as "Fat Leonard." At least two other admirals in the case remain under criminal investigation by the Justice Department. Four lower-ranking officers have pleaded guilty to corruption charges in federal court and are facing prison time.
While the corruption case has been slowly unfolding for more than two years, the Navy's senior officer corps has had to endure other embarrassments in recent months.
In December, the Navy reprimanded a two-star admiral for getting drunk and wandering naked around a Florida beachfront hotel while attending a conference with defense contractors. In January, a one-star admiral was reprimanded and relieved of his command after an investigation found that he had spent hours watching pornography on a Navy computer while at sea.
And in March, under pressure from Congress, the Navy reluctantly denied promotion to the admiral in charge of its elite SEAL teams after the Pentagon's inspector general determined that he had violated the law by retaliating against whistleblowers.
The Navy traditionally has set high standards for its commanding officers and makes a public announcement when they are cashiered for personal or professional lapses in conduct. Those relieved of command, however, are typically officers holding the rank of captain or commander, with admirals rarely getting into trouble. [Continue reading…]
Why Putin tolerates corruption
Ivan Krastev writes: Russian elites have the right to be corrupt, but only if they have proved their loyalty. Paradoxically, the West's sanctions against business figures closest to the Russian president helped whitewash some of the most notoriously corrupt Russian oligarchs and allow Russian propaganda to present them as selfless defenders of the motherland.
Ultimately, the most important reason for Mr. Putin's reluctance to declare a war on corruption is that any anti-corruption campaign will inspire the public to demand change. It plays not only on the public's anger, but also on its aspirations. And it is precisely this demand for change that the Kremlin fears most. Unlike in China, leaders in Russia avoid promising that life will be better tomorrow; what they promise is that things will not get worse. And unlike in China, they can afford to do so because the Russian economy is driven not by the entrepreneurial energy of the masses, but by natural resources.
This is why the Russian government is ready to acknowledge corruption's ubiquity — the slickest propaganda couldn't convince people otherwise. But the government also advances the idea that corruption is a way of life and is thus a natural phenomenon. In a way, corruption is like vodka: You know it hurts, but Russia is unimaginable without it. [Continue reading…]
Afghanistan's 'ghost soldiers': Thousands enlisted to fight Taliban don't exist
The Guardian reports: From about 8.30pm until well after midnight, the dark blue sky above Babaji lit up, as rockets and flares crisscrossed above this cluster of villages close to Helmand's provincial capital, Lashkar Gah.
At a mud fortress beyond a river bridge painted in the tricolours of the Afghan flag, 24 members of the Afghan border police dug in. They were not supposed to be there.
"We were not trained to fight on the front line," said Cpt Ghulam Wali Afghan, the commander, when the Guardian visited the post.
As their name suggests, Wali Afghan's men are meant to protect Afghanistan's porous border, where smugglers cross with copious drugs, weapons and people.
But seven months ago, the captain and 122 other ABP men were relocated to Babaji, some 300km from the frontier with Pakistan in an effort to bolster the defence against the Taliban, who continue to capture territory the international coalition spent years getting little more than a slippery grip on.
On their first day on the front line, three border police were killed, said Raz Mohammad, a soldier stationed in Babaji. "For two months, we had trouble getting to know the area," he said.
The police eventually repelled the Taliban assault. But with the calm of the poppy harvest over, and the fighting season just beginning, it is unlikely that the ABP officers will return to the border anytime soon.
With an estimated 25,000 troops officially based in Helmand, the government should have enough muscle to confront the Taliban.
The problem is many of those troops don't exist.
Across Afghanistan, lists of troops and police officers are filled with fake names, or the names of men killed in the fighting, but not officially declared dead. Captain Wali and his men are in Babaji to fill the void of these "ghost soldiers".
A recent investigation by Helmand's provincial council found that approximately 40% of enlisted troops did not exist. The authors of an analysis commissioned by the Afghan government – and obtained by the Guardian – said the share might be even higher. [Continue reading…]
What happened to billions in U.S. military aid to Egypt?
Julian Pecquet writes: The Egyptian government is hindering Washington's ability to track billions of dollars worth of anti-aircraft missiles and other US weapons, the US government watchdog said in a blistering report just as Congress gets ready to renew the annual $1.3 billion request.
The United States provided $6.5 billion in military assistance to Cairo between 2011 and 2015 with the understanding that it would be closely monitored and it would serve American interests. Instead, the Government Accountability Office (GAO) asserts that the Obama administration has often failed to meet those requirements due to resistance from their Egyptian counterparts, lack of guidance from Washington and insufficient staffing at the US Embassy in Cairo.
The State Department and the Defense Department (DOD) have established programs "to provide reasonable assurance that military equipment transferred or exported to foreign governments is used for its legitimate intended purposes and does not come into the possession of individuals or groups who pose a threat to the United States or its allies," the GAO said in its May 12 report. "However, gaps in the implementation of these end-use monitoring programs — in part due to limited cooperation from the Egyptian government — hampers DOD's and State's ability to provide such assurances." [Continue reading…]
Riots, slowdown and corruption eat away at southern Africa's promise
By Stephen Chan, SOAS, University of London
These are dark days for southern Africa. The last month has seen xenophobic riots and killings in Zambia, once an almost immaculately peaceful country, and the reinstatement of several hundred corruption charges which could be delivered against South Africa's president, Jacob Zuma.
Times have changed in Zambia since its first president, Kenneth Kaunda, galvanised the country's 72 ethnic groups (not counting European and Indian populations) into a united nation. During his decades in power, he defied the white minority regimes to his south, Rhodesia and Apartheid South Africa. He hosted the exile headquarters of the ANC and sheltered the Namibian exile group SWAPO, whose country South Africa occupied in defiance of the UN.
Landlocked Zambia took a terrible hammering as the white regimes controlled its transport links to the sea. From time to time there were military incursions into Lusaka, the capital city – yet the Zambians took it all with a stoicism born of genuine solidarity.
But times have changed. Kaunda's successors have not developed their own moral stature, and the country has been badly mismanaged.
Panama paper trail goes online with massive searchable database
CNET reports: One of the biggest databases of leaked documents has just hit the internet, and what lies within is a massive and complicated web of corporate ownership that spans the globe.
The Panama Papers contain more than 2.5 million files, analysed by the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists and 112 reporters across 58 countries. Today's data dump is just part of the picture, detailing the relationships between individuals, companies and offshore entities.
Think of it like a searchable corporate registry. But in this case, it's a network made up of hundreds of thousands of individuals and companies, with seemingly endless links criss-crossing from Australia to Zimbabwe. The question now is which of these links can be used to prove the companies involved were attempting to hide massive wealth overseas.
While there's no evidence that any of the entities have acted illegally, the "John Doe" behind the leak argues the data dump exposes the names behind growing income inequality, saying "it doesn't take much to connect the dots." [Continue reading…]
How the kleptocrats' $12 trillion heist helps keep most of the world impoverished
David Cay Johnston writes: For the first time we have a reliable estimate of how much money thieving dictators and others have looted from 150 mostly poor nations and hidden offshore: $12.1 trillion.
That huge figure equals a nickel on each dollar of global wealth and yet it excludes the wealthiest regions of the planet: America, Canada, Europe, Japan, Australia, and New Zealand.
That so much money is missing from these poorer nations explains why vast numbers of people live in abject poverty even in countries where economic activity per capita is above the world average. In Equatorial Guinea, for example, the national economy's output per person comes to 60 cents for each dollar Americans enjoy, measured using what economists call purchasing power equivalents, yet living standards remain abysmal.
The $12.1 trillion estimate — which amounts to two-thirds of America's annual GDP being taken out of the economies of much poorer nations — is for flight wealth built up since 1970.
Add to that flight wealth from the world's rich regions, much of it due to tax evasion and criminal activities like drug dealing, and the global figure for hidden offshore wealth totals as much as $36 trillion.
In 2014 the net worth of planet Earth was about $240 trillion, which means about 15 percent of global wealth is in hiding, significantly reducing the capital available to spur world economic growth. [Continue reading…]
Tony Blair: The former prime minister for hire
The Guardian reports: hen Jonathan Powell, the gatekeeper to the corporate empire of Tony Blair, sat down to lunch with the former Saudi intelligence chief Prince Faisal Al Turki in June 2010 he could not have known how lucrative it would turn out to be for the former British prime minister.
As the high-profile mediator of the stuttering peace process in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, Blair had to be careful not to mix business with pleasure. However, one of those lunching with Powell at the annual "global mediator's retreat", organised by the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, was looking to make a deal.
Nawaf Obaid, a security analyst who accompanied Prince Faisal, emailed Powell a week later, according to documents seen by the Guardian, with a suggestion to work with his brother Tarek's company, PetroSaudi, which he "co-founded and co-owns with Prince Turki bin Abdullah, son of King Abdullah".
"They have several projects that [they] are working [on] and I think it would [give] a very interesting perspective to see if we could establish a strategic partnership with former PM Tony Blair and yourself," he wrote.
Tarek Obaid was a former banker who styled himself as an adviser to members of the Saudi royal family and a director of a joint venture with Malaysia's multibillion-dollar development fund, 1MDB. This fund had put $300m through PetroSaudi and as the latter's chief executive, Obaid was on the lookout for deals.
On paper PetroSaudi looked impressive: its chief investment officer was a former Goldman Sachs banker, Patrick Mahony. The chief operating officer was listed as Rick Haythornthwaite, a City insider who was also chairman of Network Rail and MasterCard.
Blair's team sold the former prime minister as someone who could help "unlock situations which might otherwise be blocked by political factors" in places such as China and Africa. PetroSaudi was interested in Beijing's appetite for oil and how Blair's firm could help. [Continue reading…]
Inside Trump adviser Manafort's world of politics and global financial dealmaking
The Washington Post reports: Paul Manafort was hired by Donald Trump to bring the wisdom of an old Washington hand to a campaign of political novices and provide expertise on the arcane art of counting convention delegates.
But beneath the image of a campaign wise man is a more complex picture of a veteran consultant who has pursued parallel careers as a lobbyist, political adviser and global dealmaker. He has parlayed political relationships around the world into an array of intricate financial transactions with billionaire oligarchs and other controversial investors that have at times spurred legal disputes.
In one case, Manafort tried unsuccessfully to build a luxury high-rise in Manhattan with money from a billionaire backer of a Ukrainian president whom he had advised.
In another deal, real estate records show that Manafort took out and later repaid a $250,000 loan from a Middle Eastern arms dealer at the center of a French inquiry into whether kickbacks were paid to leading politicians in a 1995 presidential campaign.
And in another business venture, a Russian aluminum magnate has accused Manafort in a Cayman Islands court of taking nearly $19 million intended for investments, then failing to account for the funds, return them or respond to numerous inquiries about exactly how the money was used. [Continue reading…]
How wartime Washington lives in luxury
Kelley Vlahos writes: In no place in America are the abrupt changes in the nation's security posture so keenly reflected in real estate and lifestyle than the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area. In the decade after 9/11, it has grown into a sprawling, pretentious representation of the federal government's growth, vices and prosperity, encompassing the wealthiest counties, the best schools, and some of the highest rates of income inequality in the country.
"People hate Washington but they don't really know why," says Mike Lofgren, a longtime Beltway inhabitant and arch critic of its culture. But show them what is underneath the dignified facades — particularly the greed and excess financed by the overgrown military-industrial complex — and the populist resentment recently harnessed by insurgent candidates Donald Trump and Bernie Sanders just might have a concrete grievance that can drive real change.
For Lofgren, "Beltwayland" is perhaps best described as analogous to the Victorian novel the Picture of Dorian Gray — a rich, shimmering ecosystem in which all of the ugly, twisted aberrations are hidden away in an attic somewhere, or rather sadly, in the poverty-blighted wards and low income zip codes of "the DMV" (The District, Maryland, and Virginia).
Oscar Wilde might have seen a bit of his Victorian England in Washington's self-indulgent elite, but unlike the gentry of Dorian Gray, men and women here see not leisure, but amassing personal wealth through workaholism, as a virtue of the ruling class. For them, a two-front war and Washington's newly enlarged national-security state, much of which is hidden in plain sight, have ushered in a 21st-century gilded age only replicated in America's few, most privileged enclaves. [Continue reading…]
'It seems that no regime is too despotic for Tony Blair to work for – provided the price is right'
The Daily Mail reports: Tony Blair touted his firm's services to a dictator for £5.3million a year, the Daily Mail can reveal today.
He made the shameless sales pitch to Nursultan Nazarbayev, offering the Kazakh president his 'unique personal experience and insights'.
Leaked documents lay bare the former prime minister's dealings with a regime behind appalling human rights abuses.
It is accused of routinely torturing citizens and massacring 15 defenceless protesters in 2011. The dossier reveals that:
- A key aide offered Mr Blair's 'private strategic advice' to Mr Nazarbayev only a year after he left No 10;
- Six years on he was still touting for work in Kazakhstan, despite civil rights fears;
- The pitch promised Mr Blair would be 'particularly closely involved' – for a bigger fee;
- He rewrote a speech for Mr Nazarbayev to fend off criticism over the 2011 massacre;
- His firm tried to involve an EU crony in lobbying for the Kazakh regime.
The extent of Mr Blair's dealings with the former Soviet republic in central Asia raises further questions about his apparent willingness to work with unsavoury leaders.
'It seems that no regime is too despotic for Tony Blair to work for – provided the price is right,' said Conservative MP Andrew Bridgen.
'Since leaving office he has become a gun for hire for all manner of dubious regimes, damaging our reputation around the world.' [Continue reading…]
Offshore in central London — the curious case of 29 Harley Street
The Guardian reports: On 10 November, 2003, Gerry Florent, and Ralph Abercia, plus his son, Ralph Jr, left the Bellagio Hotel in Las Vegas, and drove to the Stirling Club, a high-end private venue just off the Strip. They were to attend separate meetings with Sir Richard Benson, but had met each other that morning, when they were collectively coached on the etiquette expected of them: speak only when spoken to, stand when he comes in. They were happy to comply. This was a man who had bailed out the Queen, after all.
Both Florent and the Abercias wanted the same thing from Sir Richard: money, of which he had plenty. Sir Richard, who was portly, balding and elderly, explained to them that he owned a company named Sherwin & Noble, which was worth billions and was prepared to finance their business projects. At their meetings, the prospective investors received a glossy spiral-bound summary of S&N's balance sheet, which showed it to be a financial firm of significant size.
Florent wanted $55m to buy land on which to build a hotel in Florida; the Abercias needed $105m for an "aquarium/entertainment complex" in Houston. In return for the money, all Sir Richard asked was that they pay advance fees (two payments of $412,250 each from Florent, and two payments of $787,500 each from the Abercias) to signal their commitment to the projects. If S&N decided not to go ahead with the loans, the fees would be repaid.
The investors left Las Vegas, instructed their lawyers to wire the first tranche of the fees over, and settled down to wait for their money. They waited. And they waited. When they rang or faxed the S&N office in London, they were reassured that there was nothing to be concerned about. But, over the next few months, Florent and his business associates became suspicious. They held off wiring the second half of the fee, and brought in a private investigator, who discovered that S&N, far from being worth billions, was an empty shell company. The glossy booklet detailing its assets had been copied from the banking company HBOS, with the names changed.
Thus, the fraud fell apart. The Abercias, who had wired the whole fee asked of them, were devastated. "That was a lot of money," Ralph Sr told a local journalist. "We're still paying the damgum thing back."
The whole saga had been scripted by a conman named Lal Bhatia. Sir Richard Benson was an actor. He had never rescued Buckingham Palace from foreclosure. The billions and the knighthood were fictitious. S&N had no assets, beyond a registered presence at a house in London – 29 Harley Street. [Continue reading…]
Path of $681 million: From Saudi Arabia to Malaysian premier's personal account
The New York Times reports: How did $681 million end up being deposited in the personal bank account of Malaysia's prime minister, Najib Razak, last year?
Not in any corrupt way, officials insist.
Saudi Arabia's foreign minister said on Thursday that an unspecified Saudi source had given a large sum of money as a "genuine donation" with no obligations attached. He joined top Malaysian leaders in waving away any suggestion of scandal.
For those who have never had fortunes deposited into their personal bank accounts with no obligations attached, this may sound suspicious. Indeed, Mr. Najib has been subject to fierce international scrutiny, including a United States Justice Department investigation, as he continues to deny any wrongdoing. [Continue reading…]


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As you may have heard through various media outlets, the General Assembly/Governor have not yet reached an agreement on a state budget for the upcoming fiscal year. In addition, there has been ample speculation regarding "if" or "whether" schools will be able to open in the fall due to the lack of state monies and/or budget. The fact that a budget impasse could delay the start of school, and the children we serve, is unimaginable. However, if a state budget is not passed with appropriate revenue for schools, it is a discussion that is occurring throughout the state.
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