Ben, where were you Saturday night?

[Cort Haus]

If you see me walking down the street,
And I start to cry each time we meet,
Walk on by, walk on by

A great song. Especially The Stranglers' version.

Burt Bacharach

[Wezil]

Arrests made.

Four men were arrested on Canada Day in two separate Vancouver incidents that police described as possible hate crimes.

On June 12, David Holtzman and his partner Peter Regier were returning home after a concert and said they saw two men urinating on their door as they approached their Keefer Street home in downtown Vancouver. After a confrontation, Mr. Holtzman and Mr. Regier were beaten, both concussed, and landed in hospital.

The beaten men alleged that the assailants made homophobic slurs.

On Canada Day afternoon, Vancouver Police announced that two brothers from Richmond have been charged with assault causing bodily harm – two charges against 30-year-old Parminder Singh Peter Bassi and one charge against 27-year-old Ravinder Robbie Bassi.

The brothers are set to appear on July 5 in Downtown Community Court, which was set up in 2008 generally to handle cases against the mentally ill and drug-addicted.

An alleged hate crime is considered as an “aggravating factor” if the case reaches sentencing, Constable Jana McGuinness said Thursday.

Arrests in the high-profile case came after tips to police following the release of surveillance photographs on June 18, at a news conference attended by Police Chief Jim Chu and Mayor Gregor Robertson.
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http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/british-columbia/four-arrested-in-suspected-hate-crimes/article1626065/

[OzzyKP]

My favourite movie is Shawshank Redemption, and it's got Morgan Freeman in it too.

He's a wonderful actor, Asher. You should check him out sometime.

Deleted scene from The Office (the good one) after Obama got elected:


Michael - Now that an African-American is in office, you guys are the man. You guys are whitey. And suddenly, you're the ones you can't jump, or dance, or do math. Do you understand the responsibility that that puts upon your shoulders? Do you have any idea how often you are going to bite your tongue now? And I'm not talking just about race, I'm talking about the obesity epidemic that's going on over here, or the fact that somebody is gay and acts like it, and looks like it...

Oscar - Michael...

Michael - No, no, see, here's the thing, I can say these things, you guys can't anymore. You can't do it. You can't say them, are you up to the task? You guys ready?

Darryl - Yes, can I say a few words?

Michael - Oh yea, oh my God, this is your time, you have two minutes.

Darryl - As the social leaders there will be some new rules. Um, all food will be slightly spicier, public radio is now private, cut it out with the Jonas Brothers, NASCAR is over, no more Morgan Freeman movies.

Michael - Really?

Darryl - Yea.. he's more for you guys. And no more winter Olympics.

Dwight - But those are the best Olympics.

Darryl - Stanley?

Stanley - Naah.

Darryl - But there is good news, you can stop pretending you like jazz music.

[Ben Kenobi]

Jazz? Nah. I'm more into Gene Chandler.