Does this game ever rock! Turn your volume loud and get ready to kill some little bastards.

Winner gets a pick of goodies from the store. Last weeks champion  of the dance party was Leslie.

The Beer: Dude! Where's my beer? Say hello to Dude Beer from the Pacific Western Brewing Company in Prince George, B.C.. I found it at a local store and couldn't resist the simplicity. She pours a clear yellowish copper with a massive head that slinks down and laces real nice. Smells mildly of hops with touches of grass but you really have to inhale to pull that up. Tastes real thin and watery with a little bit of a beer taste and not much else... As a taster it doesn't rank high up the scale but as a session beer where your sitting around with your buddies under a hot sun it would do ok. Contains 5% alcohol and cost $20 Canadian for a 15 pack. One thumb up but as always get a second opinion.

Dude where's my beer?

The Blues: I had actually started on this weeks show about three weeks ago and my initial vision was to come up with something representing fantasy evening at the Dust my Broom blues bar. It sounded like a good idea but then all the drinkin' and fighting and hootin' and hollering and breaking glass and Indian pow wowing really took away from the music. I had to take it out but I'll leave you with the imagery to maybe drop it in yourself - Let's get it on: 

The Playlist: Lazy Lester (I'm Your Breadmaker Baby), Left Hand Freddy & the Aces (Little Bit More Lovin'), Johnny Shines (Too Wet To Plow), Ron Teamer Band (Big Red Rooster), Little Charlie and The Nightcats (Nervous), Reno Jones (Forecast Calls For Pain), David Rotundo (Let's Have A Good Time), Gwyn Ashton (Ball And Chain), Nick Moss And The Flip Tops (Mistakes From The Past), Michael Burks (Miss Mercy), French Cookin' Blues Band (You Got To Move), Brian Stoltz (War Song), Freddie King (Walking by Myself), R. L. Burnside (Rollin' And Tumblin'), Luther Allison (What's Going On In My Home), and Lucky Peterson (Kinda Easy Like). 

Lyrical highlight:

I'm a bad, bad rooster - don't you step across this line.

If you do buddy I'll tell you now, your ass is gonna be mine. 

See you inside!

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Friday Links: OMMAG - she's well worth the time |

Why are the judges/prosecutors letting these people wander around? 

The RCMP are searching for Gary Mills, 58, who is wanted on a warrant for failing to abide by his release conditions, according to a news release.

Mills, is charged with attempted murder using a firearm, break and enter, assault with a weapon, possession of a firearm while prohibited, impaired driving and flight from police in relation to a violent incident that occurred in Fort St. John on June 29, 2007. (Vancouver Sun)

Just what the world needs - a children's marijuana book:

  One night, Jackie woke up past her bedtime.

She smelled something funny in the air, so she walked down the hall to her parents’ bedroom.

The book was written and illustrated by Ricardo Cortés who is also the director of Magic Propaganda Mill and you can read parts of it online.  Via Portland, Oregon's KATU News:

The book is written in simple terms children can understand and is filled colorful images depicting pot use, history, cultivation, activism and law enforcement.

The story begins with the central character, a young girl named Jackie, waking up at night and walking into her parents room where they are smoking a joint while sitting together on their bed.

From there, Jackie, accompanied by her mother, talks to a variety of people about the drug, including a group of men who are smoking it and then get busted by the police.

She also meets a farmer/grower and learns about "normal" people who have used marijuana - including former president Bill Clinton, who famously said he didn't inhale.

Parents who had gathered outside a southeast Portland school took a look at the book and had reactions ranging from shock to reasoned reflection

Bill Clinton was also responsible for introducing the world to the term 'blowjob'. The book is aimed at those between 10 and 11 years old.

Indian cleric Ashraf Mohamedy in a public address which aired on Peace TV on April 22, 2008 advocates for Sharia law in America among many other things: 

  I Repeat: Every Muslim Should Be a Terrorist

Interesting highlights from the sermon:

Allah has instructed us to follow the hijab, so that women can be saved from rape and molestation. In Islam, there is capital punishment for the rapist. Whenever we say this to non-Muslim brothers, they react by saying that Islam is a cruel law, that it is a barbaric law. But believe me, Islamic law gets results. [...]

If the Islamic Shari'a is applied in America, if every man, whenever he sees a woman, would lower his gaze, if every woman is asked to cover herself completely, except for the face and hands up to the wrist, and if there is capital punishment for the rapist – will the rate of crime go up, remain the same, or come down in America? Of course it will come down! Islam gives dignity and protection to the women in Islam, and that is just the reason why Islam has prescribed the hijab. [...]

I would stress that every Muslim should be a terrorist. I repeat: Every Muslim should be a terrorist. A terrorist is a person who terrifies others, who terrorizes others. That is precisely the reason we have the police. As soon as the robber sees the policeman, he is terrified, he is terrorized. Similarly, the Muslims should terrorize the anti-social elements in society. He should terrorize the robber, the decoy, the rapist. I know that "terrorist" is taken as a concept of a person who terrorizes the common man. But we Muslims should be terrorists for the anti-social elements in society.

Anyone dare to take a guess on who he figures are the worlds anti-social elements? 

Full video at MEMRI h/t Jihad Watch

I wasn't there as planned, but got some good photos here in Peter. If you want to see the full version go here  

 I want to go into the next election, not to rule for four years, but for the next 40 years (#)

Via the Lebanon Daily Star: 

Hezbollah gunmen seized control of west Beirut on Friday after a third day of battles with pro-government foes in the Lebanese capital pushed the nation dangerously close to all-out civil war.

The fighting had eased by early afternoon as the army and police moved across areas now in the hands of opposition forces who fired celebratory gunshots wildly into the air after routing militants loyal to the Western-backed government.

"There are no clashes anymore because no one is standing in the way of the opposition forces," a security official said on condition of anonymity.

On the ground blogger accounts: Jeha's Nail | Blacksmiths of Lebanon | Lebanese Political Journal  

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Hezbollah's Al Manar TV is reporting on events in Lebanon, but much of the information, as I noted about the situation in Hamra, is skewed to make it appear like Hezbollah has liberated Beirut. The station is claiming that the opposition militants who are terrorizing the religiously diverse neighborhoods of Beirut are turning over the territory they have captured to the Lebanese Army. Hezbollah also claims that its forces have arrested the "bad," local militants and snipers and turned them over to the Lebanese Army.

From what I can see out my window, that does not appear to be the case. Hezbollah and Amal militiamen are on my streets firing automatic weapons and rocket-propelled grenades. According to a friend a few buildings over, Hezbollah and Amal have a sniper positioned on her roof. The Lebanese Army is nowhere in site.  (LPJ)

Just for a gag I've decided to empty my pockets onto my desk

Let's see...radio, phone, some pens, a key extractor, a lifesaving Leatherman, keys, nailclippers, about fifteen bucks in change, couple packs of matches, a watch, Maglight (cause half the day is night), smokes, tire pressure gauge, nutdrivers, my wallet and a claim check.

What's in your pockets?

Indian Posse

The Indian Posse was formed on the streets of Winnipeg in 1988 and quickly grew into a large street gang. In addition to the group's base in Winnipeg's north end, it has chapters in Saskatoon, Edmonton and dozens of smaller prairie towns and reserves.

They trade cocaine and weapons across provincial boundaries. They will also import crews to commit violence and quickly leave town before police are aware of their presence.

"The Indian Posse are still just focused on threatening violence and reputation; they haven't evolved as a gang. Native Syndicate, the same thing. Straight thugs," Detective Grant Goulet of Winnipeg police said.

Members earn status in the gang by completing "missions" such as armed robberies, arsons and homicides. The first stage is an IP tattoo, followed by a more senior level known as "arm bars," a large tattoo that reads Indian on one arm and Posse on the other. Senior members will also get a shield tattooed on their neck.

Manitoba Warriors

Described by police as the most sophisticated of the three main gangs, the Manitoba Warriors modelled themselves after the Hells Angels with a three-piece back patch to denote levels of membership, as well as a president and a sergeant-at-arms.

The Warriors are less likely than the other groups to be involved in low-level street crime, and are the smallest in terms of the number of inmates serving in correctional institutions. Their members also mark status levels by tattoos. One ex-member said the day he got a Warriors shield on his shoulder was "the most overwhelming day of [his] life."

Native Syndicate

This gang formed in prison in 1994 as a response to the growth of the Indian Posse and Manitoba Warriors (and later Saskatchewan and Alberta Warriors). Inmates who weren't in either of those gangs felt they needed to protect themselves and banded together. Their members are spread across the Prairies, although their strength is in Saskatchewan and parts of Northern Manitoba.

"They are literally the bottom feeders. Hard-core thug criminals, high propensity for violence, mostly armed-robbery guys," Det. Goulet said.

Members are marked by tattoos, starting with a distinctive NS on the web of the hand between thumb and index finger. (Globe and Mail)

They are all thugs and all are extremely dangerous because simply put they don't give a crap about anything. A friend of mine on a reserve in British Columbia can't believe some of the things that take place on this side of the mountain because of the gangs - notably because they haven't gotten over to that side yet. It is coming though as they get their guns from Ontario and Quebec and their drugs from Asian syndicates in British Columbia.