Category Archives: Crime

90% of Possession

July 1, 2014 – 2:49 am

When I lost my Davy Crockett cap in the late 50s, my Irish Nana told me in a stern voice, “If you lose something, then it wasn’t yours to begin with.” Over my lifetime I’ve lost money, cameras, glasses, wallets, keys, apartment, girlfriends, cars, houses, clothing, friends, family et al. Possession is not permanent. Tempus […]

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The Blindness Of Justice

June 27, 2014 – 1:05 pm

In 2003 online postings from US soldiers working at Abu Ghraib prison showed photos of torture. The Pentagon called this an isolated incident, however the CIA had established a secret empire of prisons throughout the world for terror suspects of their ‘rendition’ program. “This is not representative of the 150,000 soldiers that are over here. […]

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Innocent As Charged

March 31, 2014 – 3:45 pm

Last January Thai authrotities arrest five police officers for the murder of a Saudi businessman seeking to retrieve some of the loot from the infamous Blue Diamond Heist of 1989. The actual thief fled to Lampuang Province where he sold the jewelry for as little as $30. A Bangkok jeweler supposedly purchased many pieces before […]

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Dead Men Don’t Say Shit

July 14, 2013 – 10:01 am

Last year a Florida woman who fired warning shots against her allegedly abusive husband has been sentenced to 20 years in prison according to CBS News. The judge ignored her request for a Stand Your Ground defense, citing that 5’2″ Ms. Marissa Alexander had left the house to get her pistol and then returned to […]

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You Dirty Rat

June 24, 2013 – 6:34 pm

James Cagney’s character never sat ‘you dirty rat’ in BLONDE CRAZY. The actual words were “Mmm, that dirty, double-crossin’ rat.” Close enough for me, for I was raised to regard any fink as a rat by the Bowery Boys and gangster movies. Everyone hated a snitch, but that never stopped the class squealer from telling […]

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