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Monthly Archives: June 2011
The Unintentionally Hilarious Southie Reaction to Whitey Bulger’s Arrest
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The End of an Era: Whitey Bulger Arrested
First bin Laden, now Bulger. According to reports, the notorious Boston crime-ster was picked up in California this week after more than 15 years on the lam. And the saddest part of the whole thing is that, now, Martin Scorsese has no more material for his movies.
According to Boston.com, “Bulger and his girlfriend, Catherine Greig, surrendered peacefully Wednesday night in Santa Monica, California, when agents showed up at his home. The capture was the result of a tip from FBI television spots that began airing this week. His capture ended a manhunt that spanned the globe.”
Bulger, whose life is said to be the story behind the film The Departed, was a mobster turned FBI informant. Since the 90s he’s been listed on the FBI’s Top 10 Most Wanted list for the murder of 19 people, among other charges. Bulger was the purported leader of South Boston’s “Winter Hill Gang,” and in an interesting twist, his brother, William, was president of the Massachusetts State Senate and head of the University of Massachusetts. That’s Boston for ya.
Filed under Around Town, WORST Things Ever
Happy Birthday Tupac!
My efforts to solve the murder of Biggie Smalls have been put on a hiatus today to celebrate the 40th birthday of the possibly late Tupac Shakur. Killed at just 25 years old, we here at NoMad Blog tried to imagine what the great rapper would have been like at 40:
Audrey: Ain’t mad at cha on loop all day…If he was alive do you think that he’d be street still or would he be like Puffy (vodka, 40 name changes, actor, running the NYC marathon, etc) or like Rev. Run w/a reality show. Perhaps Ice-T, going the SVU route? Thoughts?
Jordy: My money’s on him being some sort of publicly elected figure. I bet he would be thinking about taking over Arnold’s governorship right about now. What campaign would they have against him? Smoking weed? That shit done been legalized. Heavy drinking? Accepted. Sleeping with multiple women? Par for the course. And hey, at least he doesn’t lie about any of it. Plus, can you imagine what his campaign trail would be like to follow?
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