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Not-bright Viet alleged armed robber faces life in prison

Posted on June 9, 2009 by Bolsavik

An allegedly vicious Vietnamese, but also allegedly not too smart, is facing a lifetime spent in state prison for a third-strike home invasion robbery for which he netted $100 cash. Hung Trong Do, 31, of Stanton, is charged with several … Continue reading →

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New guide to committing crimes: Mass email about it

Posted on May 7, 2009 by Bolsavik

A Viet teenager sells pot by mass emailing his potential customers whenever he has goods – thus joining a long line of Viets who commit-and-tell their crimes. James Truong, 18, of West Hartford, Connecticut, was sentenced to one year in prison … 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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More art. Really good art. And perhaps more protests (w/ update)

Posted on January 10, 2009 by Bolsavik

VAALA’s “F.O.B. II: Art Speaks” exhibit in Santa Ana was featured in the L.A. Times here, and the Times story prompted a call for (what else?) more protests of art. And don’t say the Bolsavik didn’t warn you. The Bolsavik … Continue reading →

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Dubious honor: Viet makes Chuck Shepherd’s News of the Weird

Posted on December 29, 2008 by Bolsavik

The year-end edition, here, of Chuck Shepherd‘s long-running syndicated column “News of the Weird” includes this item about a Vietnamese-American who makes his own (but not the only) contribution to shattering the myth that Asians are good at math: Muoi … Continue reading →

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Cosmetologist used laser to burn off customer’s scar, gets prosecuted

Posted on December 21, 2008 by Bolsavik

A Viet cosmestologist is accused of using a laser in an attempt to flatten out a customer’s tummy tuck scar. For the operation, done in the nail salon’s back room, she is charged with one felony count of practicing medicine … Continue reading →

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Guide to committing crimes: Leave name and return address

Posted on December 6, 2008 by Bolsavik

A Viet man in Virginia was charged Friday with threatening a U.S. official, after he sent a blood-stained letter threatening to decapitate the U.S. Consular Chief in Saigon, reports the AP here. Phuong Nguyen Le was apparently angry that the … Continue reading →

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Robbery does not, repeat not, lead to police job

Posted on August 20, 2008 by Bolsavik

A Louisiana Viet man, apparently seized of an uncontrollable desire to become a police snitch, committed a series of robbery with a fake platic gun to attract the police’s attention, says the New Orleans Times-Picayune here. William Nguyen, 24, is … Continue reading →

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