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Blow is the unlikely story of George Jung's roller-coaster ride from middle-class high school football hero to the heart of Pablo Escobar's Medellín cartel - the largest importer of the United States cocaine supply in the 1980s. Jung's early business of flying marijuana into the United States from the mountains of Mexico took a dramatic turn when he met Carlos Lehder, a young Colombian car thief with connections to the then newly-born cocaine operation in his native land. Together they created a new model for selling cocaine.

The fusion of distributed artificial intelligence with highly autonomous military systems ushers in a type of lightning-quick conflict that has never been seen before. Yet this is more than a revolution in military affairs; it is a revolution in human affairs that will transform the 21st century defense and security environment. Advances in AI will fundamentally change the human condition, and with it, a profoundly human undertaking war.

Raised an aristocrat in Colombia and educated in European schools, Pilar transfixes everyone with her charm and her guile. She also falls for dangerous men and finds herself drawn into the highest levels of the cocaine trade. After two failed marriages and a harrowing escape from the drug life, she settles down to a quiet existence in Florida with her children - until her second husband tries to cut short his prison term by giving her name over to members of a new task force being formed by the DEA.

Bruce Porter is the owner and advisor at The Resource Center an Insurance & financial services company located in Springfield, MO. On this podcast he will answers listener questions every week on K-ROG, a local Facebook group for the Rogersville Community with Will Worsham. He will also be posting his segment interviews on KOLR 10's Ozarks Live which airs Live Tuesdays at 3pm. 'Finding The Courage To Retire,' written by Bruce Porter is available on Amazon. For more information visit our website www.resourcecenterinc.com, 417-882-1800.Investment advisory products and services made available ...