Coming to the water cooler April 11th 9pm est
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Lawyer Robert Mazur inside the drug cartels

ROBERT MAZUR spent five years undercover infiltrating the criminal hierarchy of Colombia’s drug cartels. The dirty bankers and businessmen he befriended—some of whom still shape power across the globe—knew him as Bob Musella, a wealthy, mob-connected big shot living the good life. Together they partied in $1,000-per-night hotel suites, drank bottles of the world’s finest champagne, drove Rolls-Royce convertibles, and flew in private jets. But under Mazur’s Armani suits and in his Renwick briefcase, recorders whirred quietly, capturing the damning evidence of their crimes. Then, at a staged wedding, he led a dramatic takedown that shook the underworld. In the end, more than eighty men and women were charged worldwide. Operation C-Chase became one of the most successful undercover operations in the history of U.S. law enforcement, and evidence gathered during the bust proved critical to the conviction of General Manuel Noriega.

The Infiltrator is the story of how Mazur helped bring down the unscrupulous bankers who manipulated complex international finance systems to serve drug lords—including Pablo Escobar—corrupt politicians, tax cheats, and terrorists. It is, at its broadest, a shocking chronicle of the rise and fall of perhaps the biggest and most intricate money-laundering operation of all time—an enterprise that cleaned and moved hundreds of millions of dollars a year. At its heart, it’s a stunning and vivid portrait of an undercover life—and the sacrifices it required

Shannon Rose is Mr Hollywood

About Shannon

Shannon Rose is the host of his own Hollywood segment where he was dubbed the title “Mr. Hollywood” by Mancow. The “Rose Hollywood Report” is featured on “The Mancow Experience” one of the Nation’s top Nationally Syndicated radio shows with over 1 million daily listeners on 300 plus stations. The USA Radio Network’s Day Break USA is heard nationally on over 400 stations.

Rose has been a Professional Wrestling, Boxing and MMA Ring Announcer since the age of 14, mentored by the legendary Gordon Solie and “The American Dream” Dusty Rhodes. Rose has worked in wrestling corporations from ECW to NWA.

Rose also manages “The Cuban Assassin” Fidel Sierra in Florida Underground Wrestling, as well as other notable personalities.

In 2010 he was featured as one of three Ring Announcer s in “EA Sports MMA” Video Game.

Rose is the official spokesman for his syndrome EDS (Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome), and owns his own National PR Company “Eclectic Media Productions"

More news from Becky Blanton.

These cases have been going on for centuries and the police know about them, but only now are they beginning to admit to ritual murder. What they aren't saying or talking about is the link to the occult and satanic ritual that accompanies this. Very common in immigrant families—it's cultural and often occultic...

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Mexican Family Accused of Human Sacrifices Published March 30, 2012 EFE
Mexico City – Eight members of a Mexican family were arrested in the northern state of Sonora on suspicion of committing ritual murders, authorities said.
The spokesman for the state Attorney General’s Office, José Larrinaga, told Efe that the arrests made on Tuesday resulted from a recent report on the disappearance of a 7-year-old boy.
He said that when questioned by police on the matter, some of the boy’s family members began contradicting each other and finally confessed that they had taken the youngster’s life “as a sacrifice to Santa Muerte (Holy Death).”….

He said that those in custody were interrogated about another minor whose disappearance was reported about a year ago “and they admitted to killing him as well and finally confessed that they had also slain a woman.”….
The AG’s office spokesman said that the investigations are continuing to determine whether there were other participants in the murders or other if more people were sacrificed.
The Santa Muerte cult, popular among drug traffickers and some other Mexican criminals, is an eccentric blend of Christianity, Indian traditions and folk beliefs that arose in the 1940s in poor Mexico City neighborhoods and subsequently spread throughout the country….

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Verbal Oragami April 8th its Brittany Gibbons!

Sunday April 8th 9pm est
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Join us on Verbal Oragami for a special evening with our very funny guest
Brittany Gibbons

Brittany Gibbons is a writer, humorist, and catalyst. Mostly known for her satirical wit and self deprecation, Brittany first gained recognition writing for the popular humor blog, Barefoot Foodie, in which she overshares bits of her life between phonetically spelled sound effects and excessive ellipses. She can also sometimes speak Italian and write her name with her left hand. You see, she’s right handed. So, that’s why that is a big deal.

In 2010, Brittany traded in her author hat for one of media maven, launching Mouth Media, the nationally recognized online magazine Curvy Girl Guide, as well as several other new projects.

Brittany has tackled the reinvention of beauty and body acceptance in a 2011 TED talk. She is also a 2011 BlogHer Humor Voice of the Year, ranked among Babble’s Top Mom Blogs of 2011, SheKnows Top Humor Blogs, one the 50 Most Influential Bloggers Online, as well as #6 on the 2011 List of 50 Mom Bloggers with Klout. Brittany is also the voice of the popular humor podcast, Brittany & Meredith Live, and can be found contributing to the new ABC show, Rebecca Regnier’s Full Plate.

She resides amongst the cornfields of rural Ohio with her husband and three small children. (I know, she totally doesn’t look old enough to have three kids, right?!)

Brittany and her work have been featured in various news, magazine and online media sites, including Woman’s Day Magazine, ABC News, Good Morning America, the Daily Buzz, MSN, Marie Claire, The Stir, 2010 Top 50 Mom Bloggers with Klout, The Detroit Free Press, The Toledo Free Press, Red Plum, Story Bleed Magazine, WomensHealth.gov and Shamable.com.

She has also worked with such brands as Lands’ End, Schick, Dyson, Intuit , Huggies, ShoeDazzle, Kodak, K-Y Brand, Spectrum, Rumor Hotel Las Vegas, Callaway Golf, Tide, Hewlett Packard, Staples, Sexis Magazine, Austria Board of Tourism, and Barefoot Wine.

What are they saying about Brittany

“You can go ahead and put one more hash mark in the “massivehugefan” column!” Anna, reader

“Really smart and funny and poignant and so connected to being an American female in this day and age.” Virginia, reader

“Every time I consider involuntarily expelling a tampon from my body, I think of Brittany Gibbons. She’s just that good.” Maria, designer

“I have no idea where she gets her warped sense of humor, but it isn’t from me.” My mother.

“Well, a peek turned into a half case of beer, a box of tissues and the sun rising behind my computer screen. I read every word, every comment and fell completely in love with this passionately psychotic, over sharing, amazingly shameless writer. It was you.” Lynessa, reader

“Brittany, I would totally love to spend five, perhaps even ten minutes inside your brain. Ok, five.” David, reader

“And, just when I think she can’t get any funnier, she made me cry and pee my pants in the same paragraph” Sharlyn, reader

“It’s like if Oprah and Chelsea Handler had a baby. It’s amazing watching her work.” Casey “3pm” Clark , Producer

At the Water Cooler April 4th Big Double Bill

2 big guests on Wednesday April 4th 9pm est
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The authors will be giving away books on the show
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Michelle Gamble-Risley

The California Girl Chronicles – follows the life and career of Brea Harper. A typical California girl full of dreams and aspirations. She has it all…the looks…the brains…the fake tan (because she doesn’t want to get skin cancer, naturally). Brea is a writer, and dreams of writing a screenplay for a movie or television show. She gets laid off from her job in her home in Northern California, and moves to glitzy Hollywood – in pursuit of her wildly, ambitious dreams, and because she has nothing better to do with her time. Along the way…she meets three good-looking men. Lance, a college colleague, who is her ‘friend with benefits’. He is the one who pushes her to move to Hollywood with him, and take a chance on life. Drew, an aspiring rock star, who steals her heart, but also treats her like crap. He follows Brea to Hollywood in pursuit of his own dreams, but also as a way to keep tabs on Brea. And lastly, Kale (as I mentioned above) he is the one who was inspired by Alexander Skarsgard. Kale has charm, good looks, and amazing charisma…not to mention he’s a big Hollywood movie producer. Kale bursts onto the scene, introducing Brea to the Hollywood lifestyle. He inspires her to actually sit down and write, which is something she has procrastinated about for a long time.

In order to pay her bills, Brea temporarily gets a job in a bikini shop. She has brains, but sometimes forgets to use them, especially when it comes to men. But don’t worry, she doesn’t hang out with guys all the time…she has a couple of close girlfriends too. Denise, her friend from back home who has also moved to Hollywood, and Maya (Kale’s maid), both give her the feminine support all women need.

This story takes you on Brea’s journey of self-discovery, maturity and understanding; spoken from Brea’s point of view. She is sweet, loving and caring. She knows what she wants professionally even while romantically she is confused by who she really wants. You’ll either love her or you’ll hate her, but Brea is what all of us are…only human. We all make mistakes. We all want our dreams to come true. We all want to find true love. Most of all, we all want to find happiness.

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Becky Blanton

Becky Blanton is a former journalist, TED Global 2009 speaker and freelance writer. No Pulitzers, but she does have a handful of state press association awards in Washington State, Tennessee, and Kentucky. Associated Press (AP) has picked up hundreds of her stories and photos, and she has a photo or two in Time Magazine. The late Tim Russert selected her essay for his best selling book, “Wisdom of Our Fathers, Letters from Daughters and Sons.” Russert told reviewers the essay prompted him to add a chapter on forgiveness to his book. Always an honor to be associated with Mr. Russert.

Her stories have been published in Dog Fancy, Airstream Life Magazine, Motivated Magazine, Road King, Woman’s World, Trailer Life and more than 300 newspapers, magazines, journals and publications.

Although she’s worked off and on as a newspaper reporter, freelance writer, magazine writer and ghost/copy writer since she was 28, along the way she also pursued an associate degree in Criminal Justice, graduated from a certified police academy and did complete several various FBI and police science classes in everything from gangs, to bomb identification. Those real life experiences have given her a solid foundation for some of the events and settings in the book.

She’s also been called on to cover stories or asked to investigate strange events, hauntings, unexplained phenomena and other general weirdness (for lack of a better description) for almost three decades. She’s interviewed hundreds of people on and off the record (including celebrities, astronauts, presidents and governors) and has often had conversations turn to talk of UFOs, ghosts, and other unexplainable phenomena

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