COMPTON, CA—As gas prices surge, rappers and other wealthy celebrities have started replacing their usual gold bling with gasoline cans to show off to the world they finally made it. “Fo’ sho’, it’s gas time, son!” said Snoop Dog, while high rollin’ off some exotic with lye and straight-up premium unleaded Chevron. Eminem was also spotted […]
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Despite Covid, Brooklyn neighborhood still a flashy Christmas village
December 20th, 2020 Awake Goy
Every year in Brooklyn’s Dyker Heights neighbourhood, people decorate their homes with extravagant Christmas light displays, drawing crowds of wide-eyed visitors. The tradition continues this year despite the pandemic, with one New-Yorker celebrating its much needed “festive spirit” in the midst of “uncertain and scary” times. In a New York where traditional holiday performances are […]
Iran sanctions trial returns to defendant after flashy detour
December 2nd, 2017 Awake Goy
Bloomberg | Christian Berthelsen & Bob Van Voris: A Turkish banker is on trial in New York accused of helping Iran evade U.S. financial sanctions. But it’s his former co-defendant Reza Zarrab who has stolen the limelight. The banker, Mehmet Hakan Atilla, faded so far into the background that U.S. District Judge Richard Berman reminded […]