Tag Archives: on the run

Whitey You Dog

April 7, 2022 – 3:22 am

The name Whitey belonged to one man in Boston for the last fifty years. Whitey Bulger, arch-criminal out of South Boston, had lived in the Old Colony, America’s first housing project. His first arrest for larceny predated my birth by nine years. He sold heroin in the projects. He killed friends, family, and Mafia. The […]

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It ain’t over until it’s over

December 28, 2008 – 9:19 pm

Some people just don’t know when to call it quits, as is the case for Thaksin Shinawatra, the deposed Prim Minister of Thailand. Thousands of his supporters gathered outside the parliament. Police said 20,000. PPP organziers claimed 50,000. They were demonstrating against the new PM Abhisit Vejjajiva, despite his appointment by the King. 3000 riot […]

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Thaksin hits the unemployment line

November 16, 2006 – 8:22 am

Whenever I hit a economic downturn, I review my employment options. Driver in Iraq – life expectancy 3 weeks. Go-go boy at a Pattaya Boytown bar – fired for being too old. Joining the priesthood – excommunicated for not vowing to abuse altar boys. The deposed Prime Minister of Thailand is in a similar position. Past […]

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