September 15th, 2010

Details are still coming in, but there were several “raids” on a few Fields Avenue bars tonight.   So far it sounds like Dirty Duck and Forbidden City (same ownership group, do the math there) were raided.  Scene was described as a “tour bus full” of NBI type guys and guys in military gear.   Never understood why they needed to “raid” bars in such a dramatic fashion wearing combat attire and wielding assault rifles.  I guess it makes them feel safer going up against 19 to 24 year old girls in bikini’s and 45 to 65 year old foreigner expats or tourists in flip-flops.   What a fucking joke.

It’s unclear yet just how many bars were actually “raided” and how many simply “closed early”, but others reported seeing several more on the strip closed shortly afterwords.  Camelot, Blue Nile, Bed Rock to name a few.  It was also said that a well-known AC regular was apprehended for reasons unknown.  Maybe someone in the NBI needs Christmas gift money already?  Ain’t it just a tad early?  Even for the Philippines).

We’ll see what happens in the next few days I guess.  Nothing really new here in the grand scheme of things.