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Last time they played Hamilton (Jan.), I heard there was a bit of a long break between the opener and their set, but the show started on time, around 10:30-11 (I think) and they played a 2 1/2 hour show. That seems reasonable to me.

I still won't be going though.

Purchased.

If anyone has room for an extra passenger in the Hamilton/Toronto/SoOn area, let me know.

SOUTHGATE, Mich., Oct. 22 (UPI) -- A Michigan restaurant that offers a 319-pound hamburger for $2,000 broke its own Guinness World Record by making a 338-pounder, the manager said.

Jason Jones of Mallie's Sports Grill & Bar in Southgate said the restaurant beat its record Thursday with a huge new creation called the "Absolutely Ridiculous Burger," The Detroit News reported Friday.

Maillie's holds the record for the largest commercially available burger.

Jones said a large crowd gathered to witness the introduction of the 3-foot-tall burger, and a Travel channel crew captured footage for the "Food Paradise" program.

Restaurant workers said patrons have yet to shell out the $2,000 cost for one of the mammoth sandwiches.

http://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2011/10/22/Restaurant-makes-338-pound-hamburger/UPI-81561319272200/

I'll be selling beer and grilled cheese.

Who knew it was a protest song.

http://ca.reuters.com/article/entertainmentNews/idCATRE79B55X20111013

LONDON (Reuters) - Bob Dylan, forever looking for a new road to walk down, has taken up the bagpipes.

The 70-year-old singer bought a set of traditional Scottish pipes while in Glasgow to play two concerts this weekend, a spokesperson for the National Piping Center said.

Dylan did not turn up at the centre's shop himself but sent a representative to pick them up.

"He's always wanted to learn," the spokesperson told Reuters. "It's a lovely sound when they are played well, and something to be appreciated."

Dylan chose a set of R.G. Hardie pipes -- one of the best makes -- in the Piping Centre's tartan along with a starter package including a chanter and a learning manual. She declined to say how much he paid.

Dylan has often shown an affection for things Scottish. He has cited national poet Robert Burns as a big influence, has an honorary degree from St. Andrews University in Fife, and a number of his songs are rooted in Scottish folk tunes, including "The Times They Are A-Changing."

In a 1997 song "Highlands" he sang: "My heart's in the Highlands wherever I roam, that's where I'll be when I get called home."

But for those who wince at the thought of Dylan's raspy voice combining with the skirl of the pipes, it might a case of "There must be some way out of here."

(Reporting by Angus MacSwan, editing by Paul Casciato)

Damn dave-o, you had me googling Giancarlo Esposito, for death notices.

I think I'm going have to find some recording gear. Been a long time since I recorded a Fatties show. Unless someone else plans to, then I'll just drink.

Led Zeppelin

Dallas International Motor Speedway

Lewisville, Texas

1969-08-31

1. Train Kept A-Rollin' (2:59)

2. I Can't Quit You Baby (6:49)

3. Dazed And Confused (14:59)

4. You Shook Me (10:42)

5. How Many More Times (Part 1) (10:45)

6. How Many More Times (Part 2) (11:42)

7. Communication Breakdown (4:42)

The Harvesters

La Luna's

Hamilton,Ontario

1997

Shannon Lyon - Guitar,Vocals

Chris Gatchne - Banjo,Vocals*

Tyler Gibson - Organ*

Jay Schiender- Bass*

Jody ? - Drums

*Fat Cats

Been watching (off and on) via various live-stream feeds. Watched a lot of the Boston one the other night that had all the arrests and hundreds of cops, more-less breaking it up, that night anyway.

As a long time union member, I was really happy to see the unions getting involved in NYC, especially in light of the US gov't's attempt at union breaking and the arrests of strikers that went on in Wisconsin. I imagine it won't be long before Harper jumps on that train of thought, hell, he already kinda did with Air Canada and Canada post by forcing them back to work. That's how it starts, next will be trades, food services etc etc.

One thing I found rather funny was listening a dealers account of his 5 days in NYC before heading to Boston, apparently he made over 10k selling dope. Obviously not everyone is there to protest capitalism and greed.

My thoughts are the cartel part of the story isn't finished just yet, at least it doesn't/didn't feel like it to me anyway. Great ending for the season, but if it were the show finale, I'd be a bit disappointed. Way too many loose ends in my opinion. Glad there will be another season.

song of the day around my household. Tradition.

Toronto Downtown Jazz Society presents…

Grammy nominated Trombone Shorty & Orleans Avenue

with guests The Heavyweights Brass Band

Thursday, Nov 17, 2011

Doors 9pm

19+

$ 25 at Ticketmaster

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/10/06/us-drug-policy-war-congress_n_998993.html

The House Judiciary Committee passed a bill yesterday that would make it a federal crime for U.S. residents to discuss or plan activities on foreign soil that, if carried out in the U.S., would violate the Controlled Substances Act (CSA) -- even if the planned activities are legal in the countries where they're carried out. The new law, sponsored by Judiciary Committee Chairman Rep. Lamar Smith (R-Texas) allows prosecutors to bring conspiracy charges against anyone who discusses, plans or advises someone else to engage in any activity that violates the CSA, the massive federal law that prohibits drugs like marijuana and strictly regulates prescription medication.

"Under this bill, if a young couple plans a wedding in Amsterdam, and as part of the wedding, they plan to buy the bridal party some marijuana, they would be subject to prosecution," said Bill Piper, director of national affairs for the Drug Policy Alliance, which advocates for reforming the country's drug laws. "The strange thing is that the purchase of and smoking the marijuana while you're there wouldn't be illegal. But this law would make planning the wedding from the U.S. a federal crime."

The law could also potentially affect academics and medical professionals. For example, a U.S. doctor who works with overseas doctors or government officials on needle exchange programs could be subject to criminal prosecution. A U.S. resident who advises someone in another country on how to grow marijuana or how to run a medical marijuana dispensary would also be in violation of the new law, even if medical marijuana is legal in the country where the recipient of the advice resides. If interpreted broadly enough, a prosecutor could possibly even charge doctors, academics and policymakers from contributing their expertise to additional experiments like the drug decriminalization project Portugal, which has successfully reduced drug crime, addiction and overdose deaths.

The Controlled Substances Act also regulates the distribution of prescription drugs, so something as simple as emailing a friend vacationing in Tijuana some suggestions on where to buy prescription medication over the counter could subject a U.S. resident to criminal prosecution. "It could even be something like advising them where to buy cold medicine overseas that they'd have to show I.D. to get here in the U.S.," Piper says.

Civil libertarian attorney and author Harvey Silverglate says the bill raises several concerns. "Just when you think you can't get any more cynical, a bill like this comes along. I mean, it just sounds like an abomination. First, there's no intuitive reason for an American to think that planning an activity that's perfectly legal in another country would have any effect on America," Silverglate says. "So we're getting further away from the common law tradition that laws should be intuitive, and should include a mens rea component. Second, this is just an act of shameless cultural and legal imperialism. It's just outrageous."

Conspiracy laws in general are problematic when applied to the drug war. They give prosecutors extraordinary discretion to charge minor players, such as girlfriends or young siblings, with the crimes committed by major drug distributors. They're also easier convictions to win, and can allow prosecutors to navigate around restrictions like statutes of limitations, so long as the old offense can be loosely linked to a newer one. The Smith bill would expand those powers. Under the Amsterdam wedding scenario, anyone who participated in the planning of the wedding with knowledge of the planned pot purchase would be guilty of conspiracy, even if their particular role was limited to buying flowers or booking the hotel.

The law is a reaction to a 2007 case in which the 11th Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals threw out the convictions of two men who planned the transfer of cocaine from a Colombian drug cartel to a Saudi prince for distribution in Europe. Though the men planned the transaction from Miami, the court found that because the cocaine never reached the U.S. and was never intended to reach the U.S., the men hadn't committed any crime against the United States.

But the Smith bill goes farther than necessary to address that outcome in that case. "They could have limited this law to prohibiting the planning of activities that are illegal in the countries where they take place," Piper says. "That would have allowed them to convict the guys in the Miami case. There was an amendment proposed to do that and it was voted down on party lines. They intentionally made sure the bill includes activities that legal in other countries. Which means this is an attempt to apply U.S. law all over the globe."

It wouldn't be the first time. Over the last several years, a number of executives from online gambling companies have been arrested in U.S. airports and charged with felony violations of U.S. gambling, racketeering and money laundering laws, even though the executives were citizens of and the companies were incorporated in countries where online gambling is legal.

Last May, one U.S. citizen saw how the police can apply in reverse. Joe Gordon, a native of Thailand who has lived in America for 30 years, was arrested while visiting his native country for violating Thailand's lèse-majesté law, which bans criticism of the Thai royal family. Gordon had posted a link on his blog to a biography of Thailand's king that has been banned in Thailand.

In recent years, officials have also attempted to impose U.S. white collar crime policies on other countries as well, such as pressuring Switzerland to soften it's privacy laws to help American officials to catch tax cheats and money launderers.

But Silverglate says the Smith bill breaks new ground. "I'm horrified by the pressure on Switzerland, and that's probably the libertarian in me, but at least there you have an argument that there's an American interest at stake. Here, I don't see any interest other than to a desire to impose our moral and cultural preferences on the rest of the world."

http://gizmodo.com/5847651/how-does-an-entire-bridge-go-missing

How Does an Entire Bridge Go Missing?

Police in North Beaver Township, Pennsylvania are scratching their heads right now. Why? A 50-foot long, 20-foot wide steel bridge just disappeared. How? Apparently, some very bold criminals just up and stole it.

Stealing a bridge, as you'd imagine, is a pretty complicated crime. This isn't some 90s era magic trick people. The local police suspect that the bridge robbers worked at this for over a month. They presumably used a blow torch to cut the corrugated steel and then somehow moved the pieces—steel beams and such— to sell for scrap metal. That couldn't have been easy as each foot was estimated to weigh hundreds of pounds. But why oh why would you even bother stealing a bridge? Because the scrap metal is estimated to be $100,000. Oh.

But even knowing how it happened, I'm still left wondering, how does this happen!? It's a crime that's so far out there that no one really knows what from how and who from why. In fact, police say the bridge went missing some time between September 27th and October 5th. That's a pretty long range for something that big to go missing, right?

And who in the right mind would look at a bridge and go hey, I think I can take that down. How do they transport it? Who are they selling it to? And how come no one noticed earlier? (this has a more reasonable answer, it's deep in the woods and the bridge is an old railroad bridge). Will they re-build the bridge? Were the robbers really there for a month? Are they going to steal another one? Is this going to set off a bridge stealing bonanza? Hey, I'd actually like that. Life would be more exciting if more bridges got stolen. Robbing bridges is the new black.

Yeah, I thought it odd that so many people didn't receive a card, or were even registered. Numerous friends claimed the same thing, especially in my area. When I left the polling station (high school gym) the line to register was probably 3x the line for registered.

Go back and read the playoff thread, then tell me.

I have no betting practice, in fact, last night was the first money bet I made on any sports team since the NBA was on pro-line. I just noticed something last season and took a chance last night after reading this thread before the game. If that's a tin foil hat conspiracy deal to you guys, then so be it. You guys obvious have different definitions then I.

I've noticed an interesting trend, and actually used it to make a wager, and won. Anytime Habs fans start trashing the team they are playing (here, FB etc), they almost always lose. Last night game made me 50 bucks and a case of beer. I'm no leafs fan by any means, in fact I would normally bet on the Habs if unless they are playing Boston (then I don't bet, I never bet on my own team), but it was something I noticed during the playoffs, and decided to roll my luck on it last night.

Anyway, thanks for the quart of sour diesel and case of 50 guys. I'm all set for a friday night now.