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03/30/2009 19:25 #48243
MetallicaCategory: music
Yes those are Famous Basketball Coaches I think all from College and not the pros.
Well Hopefully the second video works also.
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03/29/2009 14:57 #48230
Bandits lostCategory: lax
I should mention that the above pictures where from warmups and not the game them selves. Here are some from the game.
After the game they played the Sabres on the big screen and people could stay and watch, I headed home. Before the game though I took some downtown shots. I didn't see any of the Tea Party protest thingy though.
03/29/2009 13:05 #48227
Vancouvers Drug Promblem?Category: drugs
So Hopefully that link leads to an interesting story about drugs in Vancouver . I would really like to read a follow up about the BC Bud, but I'm guessing there won't be one about that, it just gets a quick mention. The other day on Facebook I mentioned that I like the show DEA. I think there is a Marathon from about 1pm to 8pm on spike TV. It is a pretty good show. I also said that I don't agree with the drug war. I figured out why I like the show. First of all it is pretty good. Second of all since drugs are illegal there is all this crime and gangs and all the nasty stuff that goes along with things in the street. If you want to kill people over drugs then you should go to Jail and that is why I think the DEA is good. But on the other hand I think the drug war is wrong and drugs should be made legal. I think it would take a lot of the crime out of it and make a lot of people much safer and then you get tax money. In any event for those that don't like to follow links here is the article.
Guns seized by police in Vancouver, Canada, were displayed during a news conference about the city's rising crime rate.
Associated Press
03/29/09 06:35 AM
Increased crime plagues Vancouver
Drugs are source of the problem at 2010 Games site
By Jeremy Hainsworth
ASSOCIATED PRESS
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VANCOUVER, British Columbia - With its spectacular bay and stunning, snowcapped peaks, Vancouver ranks as one of the world's most beautiful cities. But in recent months, the people of Canada's Olympic city have been living in fear.
As Vancouver prepares to host the 2010 Winter Games, its crime rate is going up. Since January, there have been 45 shootings in the region, 17 of them fatal. There were 58 homicides last year in this region of 2.7 million people, up from 41 the year before, according to the regional Integrated Homicide Investigation Team.
"It's terrifying," said Doris Luong, who lives near the scene of a March 10 double homicide. "This used to be the best city in the world. . . . I fear for my children."
At a nearby elementary school, pupils' movements were immediately restricted as word of the killings spread.
The root of the problem seems to be drugs, or rather a shortage of them.
The Mexican cocaine supply line extends through the United States, especially Los Angeles, up to Vancouver, according to Royal Canadian Mounted Police Superintendent Pat Fogarty.
But the Mexican government of President Felipe Calderon has mobilized 45,000 soldiers and 5,000 federal police to curb drug cartel activity. That has driven up the price of cocaine in Vancouver from $23,300 per kilogram to almost $39,000, Fogarty said, and gangs are killing each other.
"People are nervous . . . and so are the police," said Fogarty, head of the regional gang task force. "The public's outraged. The government's outraged."
Vancouver social activist Jamie Lee Hamilton, who lives in Vancouver's seedy Downtown Eastside, said she no longer has much faith in the justice system.
"I'm really apprehensive about going out in the evening," Hamilton said. "We've turned into an American city."
Public Safety Minister Peter Van Loan recently called Vancouver the country's gang capital and said the violence is the worst in Canada.
Canada's largest city, Toronto, has seen only 11 homicides this year in a population of 5.1 million, almost double that of the Vancouver region.
On a visit to Vancouver earlier this month where he met with family members of victims, Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper proposed a new law that would label gang killings as first-degree murder with a prison sentence of at least 25 years and no parole. The law would also create a new offense with a minimum four-year jail term for drive-by shootings.
Harper has said people planning to attend the Winter Games should not worry about violence, since 15,000 police officers, private security and military personnel are expected to provide security.
Local authorities say they have stepped up actions to curb the gangs and their violence. Police announced the arrests of 10 gang members recently, and four more were arrested on drug and weapon offenses earlier this month.
Police Chief Jim Chu acknowledged the city is in the middle of a "brutal" gang war and said the strategy is to detain gang members on as many charges as possible. However, some of those arrested are being released on bail by the courts.
Mayor Gregor Robertson has said police are fighting a losing battle.
Vancouver may in part be paying the price for some of the very features that help make it so attractive. Rob Gordon, director of the criminology school at British Columbia's Simon Fraser University, noted that the city has a laid-back attitude, easy access to the U. S. border and a vast backcountry with a climate ripe for growing potent marijuana. Police say British Columbia marijuana, known as B. C. bud, is often traded for cocaine, and Vancouver is known for marijuana growing operations.
03/25/2009 19:14 #48202
Day OFF and black03/22/2009 11:51 #48151
e:matt's partyCategory: photos
I feel as if this blog should be more then just pictures but other then that I'm not sure what to say really. Well of course Happy Birthday Matt Hope you and everyone else enjoyed it.
Well it looks like at the end there is a bonus picture of City Hall Not sure why that is the last shot but oh well. Hope everyone had a great time.
:) Nice party.
Nice pics peter. These were the cloths I was talking about :::link::: They are good cause they don't usually leave lint and don't scratch. You could use it with some type of lens cleaner.
Yes (e:lilho)'s legs are pretty amazing, I didn't see all the outfits she had on I kinda missed part of the fashion show. Oh yeah On a side note I did go to the Bandits game before hand and they won, it was a great game with fights and hitting and scoring.
Other than that I had an awesome time. Thanks for taking pictures.
How did the fat bitch get through with those high heel slut boots. If I had noticed I would have kicked her in the face.
Looks like another PMT spectacular, flowing booze, lilho's legs, good times. sorry I missed it.
People should lose the right to vote as soon as they retire...they're too old and out of touch with today's world. That's never been more evident to me than it has since moving back to Buffalo. So we need politicians with balls! Hell at the end of a term, say a president in his second term, he can't be re-relected anyway so go for it! Of course his party would likely frown upon it and there goes deeper into the problem....the two-party system.
One of the things you mentioned is one factor why I don't think it will ever be made legal. I think it being illegal is a big business (prisons, cops, DEA, Boarder Agents and that kind of thing). I think making it legal is a great idea. That being said most people who have the power to try and do so know that to even mention it can cause the end of a political life, even though it could be a great idea.
While I don't do drugs and don't plan on ever doing any, I am also against the "war" on drugs. It's a major waste of resources maintained by people with an old way of thinking and limited frame of mind. Legalize it and our prisons empty out 80%, crime drops significantly, the drugs themselves become safer and there's less allure to try them, and we can tax the hell out of it! Aisle 17: Pot, pot and more pot.