Category Archives: Strange stuff

Don Ho the singer escapes protests

Posted on August 20, 2009 by Bolsavik

One of the top Viet singers was almost subject to a protest over a star that appears on a poster for an August concert at Bally’s in Atlantic City. This poster, the one pictured above. See that star? Yep, that’s what … Continue reading →

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Texas Viet woman and 2 kids hit by driverless car, hospitalized

Posted on August 11, 2009 by Bolsavik

A Vietnamese woman, her son and her niece were hit by a rolling driverless car and had to be hospitalized for serious injuries, reports KTRE TV here. The accident occured on Sunday as the family was having a picnic at … Continue reading →

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Viet new driver killed wife, mother-in-law

Posted on July 20, 2009 by Bolsavik

A Vietnamese man who barely got his driver’s license accidentally crashed through his house in Houston last Friday, killing his wife and her mother, reports the Houston Chronicle here. The man, a recent Vietnamese immigrant, was in the car with his … Continue reading →

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Hurrah! We have a Prime Minister!

Posted on May 14, 2009 by Bolsavik

You would have thought the Republic of Vietnam (i.e. South VN) was no more. You would have thought all the high-level government officials who had fled the country and are living in California are now just private citizens. Ha! Shows how much you … Continue reading →

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Ly Tong and his PhD dissertation

Posted on May 6, 2009 by Bolsavik

This is too funny not to have its own entry. Reader Tien Huynh (here) pointed to an entry on Vietnamdaily.com (here), a publication in San Jose, California. Published under the “miscellaneous” section of its web site is a letter from … Continue reading →

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Guess why SWAT went against this Viet

Posted on April 22, 2009 by Bolsavik

If you’re going to cause a five-hour standoff with police, do it for a reason other than this Oklahoma City Viet’s. Police responding to emergency calls found Tuyen Ngoc Vo, 50 (pictured), barricading himself in his apartment with furniture propped … Continue reading →

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If I can’t pronounce your name, you’re not American enough

Posted on April 9, 2009 by Bolsavik

This item from the Houston Chronicle is inundating the internet like a Texas flash flood, being reposted in emails, blogs, Facebook, all over the place. State representative Betty Brown (pictured), R-Terrell, remarked during a hearing on voter ID that Asian-Americans … Continue reading →

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Fake news ensnared Nguoi Viet

Posted on April 8, 2009 by Bolsavik

A false rumor sent around the emails and posted on an unmoderated Internet forum was elevated when Nguoi Viet, the highest-circulation Vietnamese-language newspaper in the U.S., republished it as “news” on its front page in today’s issue. The phony rumor … Continue reading →

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