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Congrats to Steve Marriner. I've known him since he was about fifteen and he's a talented mutha who has been working hard towards his music career for as long as I've known him.

For the record, I support Mr. Dinghy and I hope this unfortunate situation ends in a way that makes him happy.

With all due respect, of course.

I feel like my brain just stepped in dogshit.

Ironic, isn't it?

Oui, c'est la Mutton Noir.

I'd check the extradition laws if I were you Davey Boy.

Bet this guy wishes he'd only sold six books: http://www.cbc.ca/arts/story/2009/01/19/australian-thailand.html Australian writer sentenced for insulting Thai king Last Updated: Monday, January 19, 2009 | 7:32 AM ET Comments24Recommend18CBC News An Australian writer has been sentenced to three years in prison for insulting Thailand's royal family in a novel he wrote. Bangkok's Criminal Court handed Harry Nicolaides, 41, of Melbourne a six-year sentence, but the term was reduced because he entered a guilty plea, the judge said, according to the Associated Press. The charges stem from a passage in Nicolaides's 2005 Verisimilitude, which only sold seven copies, that allegedly insulted King Bhumibol Adulyadej and the crown prince. As he was escorted out of courtroom in handcuffs and shackles, Nicolaides said, "I would like to apologize." He said he has "unqualified respect" for the king of Thailand and didn't mean to insult him. The passage discusses the personal life of a fictional prince, and the presiding judge told the court it "suggested that there was abuse of royal power." Under Thailand's lese majesty law, insults against the monarchy garner penalties of three to 15 years behind bars. The 81-year-old King Bhumibol is the world's longest-serving monarch and is highly revered by Thais. Nicolaides was arrested Aug. 31 at Bangkok's international airport before boarding a flight home. Human rights groups say he was unaware of an arrest warrant issued for him back in March. He was indicted in November and denied bail. The Australian had lived in Thailand from 2003 to 2005 and taught in the northern city of Chiang Rai. He described his novel as commentary on the political and social life of contemporary Thailand. Nicolaides is not the first foreigner to be charged under Thailand's strict lese majesty law. In 2007, a Swiss man was given a 10-year prison sentence for defacing pictures of King Bhumibol while apparently drunk. His case marked the first conviction of a foreigner for lese majesty in at least a decade. Roland Jufer was later pardoned by the king after serving a month behind bars.

$10. Music starts at 9pm

Hey Obama, can I be your +1?

I Used To Love Her - GnR

Not bad for a month-long tour!

I love the part about Bob not remembering all the lyrics.

This Saturday, with Bob Snider and Marianne Dissard. Who's in?

I read it in the paper this weekend.

I thought the ball was back in the union's court. Didn't the city offer up scheduling if the union backed off on raises? And given that the union maintains that the strike was about scheduling and not money, well, shouldn't this strike be over? I just don't understand.

Happy Birthday stranger!

Given that magic is an illusion...I could describe this as illusional.

Maybe I'll try Cheesy Luigi's this Saturday!

Agreed! And the best part is if I decide to stick fries up my nose and swallow a burger whole I can charge the bar with suffucation!

I'm drowning over here!

From the National Post article: "Take the case of the Ottawa bar where a server refused a clearly inebriated customer, only for an inspector to pop up and tell her the man was now her responsibility and she was obliged to either escort him home or sober him up with a free meal."

The concept of vicarious responsibility is absurb. If I go to The Beer Store and buy a 24 and drink it all and jump off a bridge, the president of the Beer Store and the employee murdered me?

It's shameful that legislation deflects responsibility. Why can't anyone just admit that they are responsible for their own actions? I just heard on CBC that of the 16 people charged, only three of them were actually at the resort on the evening in question. Imagine getting the call - "Y'know that night you were sitting home watching tv? Well, you're being charged with contributing to the death of three people that night, you soulless bastard." Here's a question - shouldn't the RCMP be charged as well for not having a RIDE program set up that night? How about the car companies for not having breathalizers built into their cars? Ontario police charge club, employees in Muskoka traffic deaths Last Updated: Monday, January 12, 2009 | 3:04 PM ET Comments317Recommend139CBC News Ontario Provincial Police have taken the highly unusual step of laying charges against a Muskoka resort and 16 of its employees in connection with three traffic fatalities. Last summer Cory Mintz, 20, Tyler Mulcahy, 20, and Kourosh Totonchian, 19, died after the car they were riding in burst through a guardrail and struck a tree before ending up on its side in the Joseph River. The OPP said at the time that its investigators had determined that alcohol and speed were "definite factors" in the crash that killed the three young men from Toronto. An autopsy confirmed that all three drowned. On Monday, police in Bracebridge announced they were charging 16 employees, along with the directors of the Lake Joseph Club with offences under the Liquor Licence Act in connection with the deaths. The 34 charges include allowing drunkenness on the premises of the club as well as serving liquor to an apparently intoxicated person. The three victims had been visiting the cottage of Mintz's mother and decided to have a late lunch at the restaurant in nearby Port Sandfield. While returning to the cottage the car hit a guardrail on the Joseph River bridge, crashed through trees and plunged into the water. "The vehicle had hit and peeled back about 30 feet [about nine metres] of guardrail, and had launched itself and snapped some pine trees off approximately 25 feet [about 7.6 metres] in the air," Jim Sawkins, fire chief for the Township of Muskoka Lakes, told CBC News. The speed limit for that section of road is 80 km/h. Sawkins said he believed the car was travelling much faster. The deaths helped prompt new legislation that will put a strict ban on drinking for any driver 21 and under. A fourth member of the party, Nastasia Elzinga, 19, of Toronto survived the crash.

Actually, that was me drooling.