Skip to content

Power and Pelf

  • Home
  • Blog
  • Middle East
    • The Afghanistan Saga: How the World’s Graveyard of Empires Swallowed 20 Years of American Power
    • The Great Game Reloaded: India, China, Iran and the Battle for Afghanistan’s Soul
    • The Bomb That Shook the World: Iran’s Nuclear Journey from Atoms for Peace to JCPOA
    • Syria’s Endless War: Proxies, Power Plays and the Fall of Assad
    • Russia vs Ukraine: The War That Was Never Just About Ukraine
    • 2000 Years of Jewish History: From Persecution to Nationhood — The Story Behind Israel
  • Hobby Politics
    • Government – GeoPolitics – History
    • The Key Topics You Need to Follow to Understand World Politics from 2025
    • The Rise of Populist Leaders: A New Norm in Global Politics.
    • The Flaws of Applying a Corporate Mindset to Governance
    • Why Solving Poverty, Housing, and Education Remains So Hard for Governments
  • 4P (Power, Pelf, People & Psychology)
    • Bobby Allen Personality
    • Intellectual Self Awareness
    • The Psychology of Judgment: Why We Judge and Its Implications
    • Ego vs. Self-Respect
    • Being Vulnerable vs. Emotional: Understanding the Difference
    • All you need is $30M
    • How to Game Your Emotions: The Art & Science of Inner Control
    • Trade/Finance
      • Option Greeks: Intuitive Framework
      • Day Trading Practical Playbook: Implementation Guide
      • Intraday Stock Behavior: Research-Backed Analysis
      • Comprehensive Analysis: Intraday Stock Behavior Patterns & Trading Strategies
  • Creative Works
    • Original Songs/Poetry
      • Three First Names
      • Quiet Kind of Beauty
      • No Skin in the Game
    • Short Stories
      • Fugitive’s Farewell
      • Waiting Death
      • Excerpts
  • In the Know
    • Library of my thoughts
    • Software Engineers vs Alternative Careers: Income, Effort, and Risk
  • Investigative
    • Fraud/Crime
      • Frank Matthews — The Kingpin Who Vanished
      • Sister Ping — The Snakehead Queen of Chinatown
      • Zhenli Ye Gon — The $207 Million in the Mansion
      • Roberto Suárez Gómez — The King of Cocaine and the Narco-Coup
      • Charles Taylor — Blood Diamonds and the Fall of a Warlord-President
      • Khun Sa — The Opium King of the Golden Triangle
      • Viktor Bout — The Merchant of Death
      • Christopher “Dudus” Coke — The Don of Tivoli Gardens
      • Operation Julie — The Acid Kings of Wales
      • Giacomo Medici — The Polaroids in the Freeport
      • GEORGE REMUS
      • HOWARD MARKS (“MR NICE”)
      • THE FRENCH CONNECTION
      • THE PIZZA CONNECTION
      • Yang Fenglan — The Ivory Queen
    • Strange Practices
      • 🇲🇾 The Spear and the Skin: Inside Thaipusam at Batu Caves
      • 🇻🇺 The Men Who Fall to Feed the Earth: Land Diving on Pentecost Island
      • 🇧🇷 Into the Glove: The Bullet Ant Ordeal of the Sateré-Mawé
      • 🇪🇸 Buñol Sees Red: Inside La Tomatina, the World’s Biggest, Squishiest Food Fight
      • 🇮🇹 Bleeding Oranges: How a Tiny Alpine Town Re-Fights a Medieval Revolt Every Carnival
      • 🇮🇩 The People Who Refuse to Say Goodbye
      • 🇫🇮 253.5 Metres of Glorious Nonsense: Inside the Wife-Carrying World Championship
      • 🇮🇳 Holi: The Day the Whole World Turns to Color
      • 🇨🇳 The Body as a Final Gift: Understanding Tibetan Sky Burial
      • 🇯🇵 Ten Thousand Men, One Lucky Stick: Inside Japan’s Wildest Winter Ritual
      • 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 A Thousand Torches Against the Dark: The Fire of Up Helly Aa
      • 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Down the Hill, Past the Point of No Return: The Lunatic Glory of Cooper’s Hill Cheese-Rolling
      • 🇹🇭 A Sky Full of Wishes: Yi Peng, Loy Krathong, and the Night Chiang Mai Learns to Let Go
      • 🇲🇽 The Year the Dead Come Home: A Journey Through Día de los Muertos
      • 🇲🇬Dancing With Grandmother’s Bones: Inside Madagascar’s Joyful Reunion With the Dead
  • Who am I
  • Contact

Strange Practices

Share this:

  • Share on X (Opens in new window) X
  • Share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook
Like Loading...

Search

Recent Posts

  • Chapter 55
  • Chapter 54
  • Chapter 53
  • Chapter 52
  • Chapter 51

Archives

  • October 2017 (2)
  • September 2017 (3)
  • August 2017 (3)
  • July 2017 (3)
  • June 2017 (3)
  • May 2017 (3)
  • April 2017 (3)
  • March 2017 (3)
  • February 2017 (3)
  • January 2017 (3)
  • December 2016 (3)
  • November 2016 (3)
  • October 2016 (3)
  • September 2016 (3)
  • August 2016 (3)
  • July 2016 (3)
  • June 2016 (3)
  • May 2016 (3)
  • April 2016 (3)
Create a website or blog at WordPress.com
  • Subscribe Subscribed
    • Power and Pelf
    • Already have a WordPress.com account? Log in now.
    • Power and Pelf
    • Subscribe Subscribed
    • Sign up
    • Log in
    • Copy shortlink
    • Report this content
    • View post in Reader
    • Manage subscriptions
    • Collapse this bar
%d