Category Archives: Drugs

The High Cost of the Thai Drug War

February 1, 2011 – 8:23 am

Last month over 300 Thai cops invaded Soi 6 off Pattaya’s Beach road in search of evil-doers. No search warrants. No habeus corpus. No rights for the sex workers of that inglorious street. The cops conducted urine tests of hundreds of women and after the test results came in positive, they arrested almost 16 women […]

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SEA BREEZE / Frankie Lymon

November 6, 2010 – 4:51 pm

Famous people lead fast lives. Frankie Lymon achieved success with The Teenagers’ first single, 1956’s “Why Do Fools Fall in Love”. The youthful hustler from Harlem had his way with prostitutes and older women. He penned the hit song with two bandmembers based on a teenage girl’s love letters. A host of hits rocked the […]

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VICTORY AT ALL COSTS by Peter Nolan Smith

November 3, 2010 – 10:56 pm

Yesterday the GOP and its Tea Party constituents swept the Democrats from the House of Representatives in the biggest shift of power in the 21st Century and I was greeted at work by the security guard, Andy, who boasted, “We had a revolution last night.” “Obama is the worst president in my lifetime,” another white […]

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Will GW Ever Go Away

October 30, 2010 – 1:10 pm

“You can pick your nose, you can pick your friends, but you can not pick your friend’s nose.” Anon “Unless he has been snorting coke.” maybe said by GW Bush 1983 during his contribution to the Contra drug trade.

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4Q By peter nolan smith

October 28, 2010 – 5:18 pm

Coming back to America was a shock after a long absence in Asia. I was thin in comparison to the tubby NYU students waddling down St. Mark’s Place. They all had food in their mouth. My lower jaw hung slack in shock. This expression of disgust was bound to attract the wrong attention and a […]

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