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05/20/2009 18:38 #48707

Day off
So someone at work won Bison tickets and I'm going Thursday, they gave me the tickets they won. It looks like it might be a great day for a game. Well this is Buffalo so one can never be sure. It will be nice to sleep in. I can't stay in to late I want to get over to the AUD and get pictures during the day on a weekday. Most of my pictures are like when the sun is going down. It would be cool to get some pictures of people working on it also. When I went to opening day I ate at Moe's I think I might do that again not sure yet. If memory serves correctly they name the food after stuff from Seinfeld like one of them is close talker. Last time it was so good. My sis and Niece might be going to still not sure about that, I hope so. I wonder at 6 months can babies have Cotton Candy? Well I mean I know they can have it. All kinds of people give there kids all sorts of stuff at all types of ages. This is often extended to pets who they give people food to. When I was at the Biltmore in NC, I saw a lady share her ice cream with her dog. Not sure if she planned it or not but when you have a cone in one hand and the dog in the other there is no way of stopping it. Oh yeah my point was is pure sugar like that ok for a 6 month old? It may not even be a factor really. The bisons are doing pretty bad, but the fun part about Baseball isn't really the winning or losing at this level. I have another game to go to in June also, that is 2 days before Allen Town art festival, and then the next night I want to go to Purgatory Fetish Ball 2 at club Diablo. To bad the art festival doesn't start when Diablo closes that sure would make things easier. I really should look into how much a place downtown costs.
metalpeter - 05/21/09 18:11
I did go to the game and they lost today but it was still a good time. I did get a couple of pictures of moe's. If you go to my post about opening day :::link::: Towards the bottom you will see there are a couple of pictures from the one at the Coca-Cola field.
metalpeter - 05/21/09 11:23
I'm not sure if it is the same place or if it just has the same name. Some one at work told me there is a Moe's on Transit Road. I'm not sure where on transit road though. I assumed that Moe's being at the ball park was local but maybe it isn't I'm not sure really. Now I'm really getting hungry for it. I will try and get some pictures of it at the game and make sure that once the weekend is over I get some of them up here.
ladycroft - 05/21/09 09:19
Wait, a Moe's opened in Buffalo!? As in the 'fast-casual Mexican' place? I love that place! I think they had a great burrito called the love affair or something...I also have a great Jim Morrison painting poster from one of their walls :)

05/17/2009 17:02 #48684

Hospice Walk Around DT area
Category: photos
Pictures of Buffalo I took during the Hospice walk today:


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Even though the weekend isn't over yet it sure feels like it is, and it sure went by fast. Hope it was good to everyone.

05/09/2009 19:26 #48637

Star Trek and More
Category: entertainment
So I went to see the new Star Trek Movie. I don't want to give anything away so I can't say to much. The one thing that did bother me a little bit was that I know one of the Main Characters as someone else from a TV show, it was hard to see him as Spock when you know him as this other guy who is nothing like him. Besides for that I found the movie was very good. I also want to mention the previews for The Transformers, GI Joe and the new Terminator movies all make them look amazing. I don't think they can be as good as the shows. It is a different media and so it can't be as good as animation can be.

05/16/2009 18:32 #48681

Motorcycle clubs Gangs
Category: news
So I just got back from seeing Angels and Demons. I thought it was pretty good, but won't give away anything. It seemed like there where a lot of assholes out today, including the guy who got out of line in front of me at the bank and filled out his thing then bumped me and said something. What I should have done is say, um no dude you got out of line to the back of the line. That is what the tables are for you fill the stuff out then get in line.

If any of you follow me on facebook you will notice that I put links up to news articles. I think you have to like click 3 times and it ads the link to your page. I don't know why but all this stuff with the Chosen Few is really interesting.

That being said. I think it is important for everyone who watches the news or reads it to remember something. The News is only one persons perspective. It is also important to know that profit is a big part of the news now. What I'm saying in a round about way is when you hear news don't just go oh ok. Think does that make sense and think about what you heard. I'm not saying that you should go look it up your self. But just remember that when something happens (more internationally then locally ) that perspectives of what happened will change how the story is told.

I find this very true with the Chosen Few articles. I feel like there is some stuff that doesn't make sense. There must be stuff that the news isn't telling us. I'm not going so far as to say they are with holding stuff maybe they just don't have all the information.

My first question is why are they and the Kingsmen rivals. The news says they are and says something about something at like a race of some kind. But it doesn't say what the Beef is.

One of the stories mentions that "The Law" met with the Chosen few and tried to stop the violence. At the very least to make sure if they went after The Kingsmen that no one else got hurt. That same story said that the Chosen Few where unable to stop the feud.
But they still don't say what the violence is about.

The part that I really don't get is if there is a supposed beef or even so called war, then why didn't they arrest any kingsmen. Maybe there is no reason to because maybe the left the feud in the past. But none of the articles say anything about it. Maybe some other agency is building a case on them. Maybe the kingsmen ended things and told the police that they them selves aren't a gang. I admit I have no clue. But unless I missed something nothing in the paper gives any answers to this. These articles leave the reader guessing.

I can admit that I know nothing about Bike Clubs. I would assume that once they start breaking laws they get called gangs. Just because someone puts on leather and likes to ride a big motorcycle doesn't mean they are in a club. I did see one documentary about some cop who got into I think the hells angels and it was pretty interesting. I remember being somewhere in Toronto maybe the skydome and they had a sign about not being allowed to wear your colors there. So I guess at least at one time it was a problem in Toronto I assume.

It would be nice if the news gave us readers all the information. I wonder if I'm the only one who read the articles and found them interesting but had questions. Sometimes I wonder if the news is turning something into a bigger then then it is to sell Papers. Other times I think they might not have all the info.


The Latest article on The Chosen Few



The local headquarters of the Chosen Few Motorcycle Club at 94 Main St., Depew, was bugged by the FBI.
Bill Wippert/Buffalo News

Updated: 05/15/09 07:44 AM
Biker club raid puts focus on theft case
By Dan Herbeck
NEWS STAFF REPORTER


When police raided the home of the president of the Chosen Few motorcycle club last week, they found about $5,500 worth of equipment allegedly stolen from his employer, the state Thruway Authority.

A wide range of items - including floodlights, electrical wire, raincoats, light bulbs, emergency flashers, numerous pairs of leather gloves and more than 30 boxes of paper towels - were seized from the Alden home of Alex Koschtschuk.

Police are investigating to determine how he got them, a federal prosecutor said Thursday.

"The Thruway Authority has been made aware of this investigation," Assistant U. S. Attorney Anthony M. Bruce said during a detention hearing for Koschtschuk.

Bruce also revealed that a series of diagrams were found indicating that the Chosen Few might have been planning to attack the local clubhouses and some homes of the Kingsmen, their rival club.

The prosecutor said the diagrams of Kingsmen clubhouses and homes were found by state police in Koschtschuk's home.

And he told a judge that authorities suspect someone in local law enforcement - possibly a suburban police lieutenant - has been illegally giving the Chosen Few police mug shots of rival bikers.

Koschtschuk, 58, and another Thruway Authority worker- Alan "Deuce" Segool, identified by FBI agents as the Chosen Few vice president - were arrested May 7 with 18 other members of the biker club. They are accused of waging a violent war against the Kingsmen.

During Thursday's hearing, Bruce called Koschtschuk a "danger to the public." U. S. Magistrate Judge Jeremiah J. McCarthy ordered that Koschtschuk be jailed until his case comes to trial.

The ruling was a disappointment to Koschtschuk's wife, Tracy, and to his attorney, Herbert L. Greenman, who said the federal investigation turned up "a lot of talk" but little evidence that Koschtschuk ever actually harmed anyone.

Greenman described Koschtschuk as a solid family man and working man whose past record includes no convictions for crimes of violence.

"[Koschtschuk is] not a danger to any person or to the community," Greenman said.

Bruce disagreed, saying federal agents used hidden recording devices in the Chosen Few's clubhouse in Depew to get tapes of Koschtschuk ordering his club members to go after the Kingsmen with guns, fists, ax handles and bombs.

"[Koschtschuk] is the unquestioned leader of this organization," Bruce said.

Both Koschtschuk and Segool, 48, of West Falls, are employees of the Thruway Authority, according to state records obtained after a Freedom of Information request by The Buffalo News.

Koschtschuk is a general mechanic for the authority at an annual salary of $47,049. He was hired in August 1999 and is currently on leave without pay because of a work-related injury. He receives workers' compensation pay.

Records show that Segool is a Thruway maintenance worker who was hired by the state in July 2001. Because of his arrest, he is on unauthorized leave without pay.

Before working with the Thruway Authority, Segool worked for six years as a police officer with the Buffalo Municipal Housing Authority, said his attorney, Angelo Musitano.

Segool has never been convicted of a crime of violence, Musitano said, but McCarthy said he did not feel that he could risk releasing Segool on bail.

"I think he's one of the key players [in the Chosen Few]," the judge said, "and I can't be certain that he would not instruct others to use violence."

dherbeck@buffnews.com



A few other stories about them





metalpeter - 05/17/09 15:09
Not sure if I mentioned it but one of the articles they mentioned some one who knew some members (there is a term I heard called a friend of the club, not sure what it means, so that is why I didn't say it that way) who claims they aren't violent at all and that this was being blown up to more then it was.

Not that I Know any of the inner workings the brotherhood part I Kinda get. I think most people who have been in team sports get that same feeling. Saying that feeling of being one of "The Guys" and "Hanging Out With the Guys". Doesn't really describe it well.
theecarey - 05/17/09 13:21
yeh, i dont know much about the inner workings of these 'gangs'- but the going ons sure give them a bad name. Rival gangs, violence, theft, property damage, etc.. yikes. I glanced at an article recently about those trying to hold to/increase the brotherhood aspect, and not the gang elements. The stuff my 'club involved' friends (as I mentioned somewhere) tell me go entirely over my head. My views tend to be judgmental, yet I try to support their enthusiasm, try to understand what they love about it. Feeling involved is one thing (and I dig that), but being part of a bigger picture that involves all those negatives is another. Hopefully it is becoming more of the exception and not the norm.

05/10/2009 16:41 #48641

Mothers Day Gardens
Category: photos
Well Mothers day was interesting we wound up going to the botanical gardens. Maybe it was just me but it seemed smaller since I went last, I think some of the rooms might not have been opened. There will also be some pictures from Buffalo also.



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Here are some flower pictures from near where I live:


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metalpeter - 05/11/09 19:53
Thanks for all the nice comments. It was a nice time, I'm still not sure that I got to see everything. The waterfall wasn't going and it didn't seem as warm as I remember it being in the past.
libertad - 05/10/09 22:28
I love that picture you are talking about tiny. Nice stuff peter.

news - 05/10/09 18:02
I love the botanical gardens. Its is so nice in there, even when the weather is not so nice outside.
metalpeter - 05/10/09 17:02
That is my Niece Maya, she is being held by my sister but you can't really see my sis in that picture. She is also holding her so she can put her hand in the water later on in the pictures and in another picture in the set someplace. I have more pictures of them that I didn't post. I have to admit I wish I had the Camera Skills of a few people on this site, But I'm happy with the pictures I got. Yes having better what I call photographic vision would still be pretty cool, it just isn't a talent I have. I tried on the outside pictures near my place (going to the bank and coming home from Star Trek). The other pictures of buffalo where through the window of a moving car, the highways didn't line up right to get any of the AUD. Hope everyone had a great weekend and for those that did something had a good mothers day.
tinypliny - 05/10/09 16:49
Really pretty photos! Thanks for posting!

Who is the cute little kid in the first picture?