Canucks get their ass kicked

Obviously the Canucks are still in this. Obviously it would be better to win the cup on home ice and obviously we completely got our ass kicked tonight. Sure a win by one goal in overtime is equal to a win by seven goals of regulation time but this slice of humble pie showed Boston's greatness.

Luongo had a bad night. It can happen to anyone. He's still our man. Give respect where respect is due. Tim Thomas was on fire. He had a good night. Tomorrow is another day. Win or lose, I think it's important to keep things in perspective. When a lot of people are gathered together in one spot all it takes is a few low life losers to turn things sour in the after game celebrations.

Rioting over a hockey game is really stupid. Vandalizing and looting has nothing to do with hockey. It's just a few dirt bags seizing the opportunity of an angry crowd. We can still shine in defeat as well as in victory. The funny video about the Bruin fan in Vancouver was right. Vancouver is a beautiful city. There is no need to trash that beauty by letting a few scum bags riot.

I do think we'll win the cup but I do realize it's far from over and it could easily go either way. Canada won the gold in the hockey at the Olympics because they won the key games which were close. They did have some setbacks along the way. Even if we win the series and take the cup I think it's important to acknowledge that in game 3 Boston kicked our ass. Yet even with this defeat, it's far from over.

Let's hope Nathan Horton is OK. No one like to see those kinds of injuries in a hockey game. What does this have to do with organized crime? Absolutely nothing. But let's face it, the Canucks in the Stanley cup playoff finals overshadows everything.

Burnaby Weapons Seized

It's hard to keep up with all the weapons seized involved in all the drug related violence in Vancouver but this last one has two interesting points to note. First, for some strange reason the police didn't release the name of the accused. That is odd. Second is one of the firearms found and seized. It was a Uzi with a long silencer. Just like the one found dumped in the Fraser river back in 2009 which the police say was involved in some Vancouver gang related shootings.



We've all heard of the Saturday night Special. Well the Uzi with a long silencer is fast becoming the Vancouver special edition. The Uzi is amazingly fast yet horribly inaccurate due to the short barrel. Adding the long silencer and all of a sudden you lengthen the barrel and improve the trajectory.

As I said before, there was a funny scene in the movie Grand Torino. Two groups of gang bangers in cars were talking shit to each other. One group pulled out a gun as if to say back off and stfu. The other group then pulled out an Uzi and shouted back how many bullets you got? Funny in a movie but no so funny in real life.

I'm really curious why the police didn't release the name of the person who was in possession of those firearms. Come on, which grow ops aren't run by the Hells Angels? We know Uncle Joe from Kelowna was caught in Salmon Arm with a cache load of weapons and a few associates. Shortly thereafter the police seized some cocaine in Salmon arm and found an abandoned grow op there. We know Randy Potts was found with six guns, four silencers and four grenades.

There was a "major" drug ring in Kamloops recently busted with connections to Surrey where a grenade was found in a baby's room. A major drug ring in Kamloops connected to Surrey which was the hub of the Jones brother's operation. How could that not be connected to the Hells Angels as well?

HST Advertising

Every day we see a full page or a half page add advertising for the HST in the newspaper. It's pretty obvious that if the government is spending that much money on advertising they want us to vote yes for it. It's pretty obvious the reason they want it is because in the long run it will increase taxes. The government doesn't have to spend money on advertising trying to convince us to lower taxes.

Due to the overwhelming opposition to the tax, the Liberal government has proposed a temporary reduction in the combined tax to encourage the public to vote in favour of the tax. 10 % of something that wasn't previously taxed is still a raise in taxes. There will be absolutely nothing stopping them from raising the percentage of the HST once the public has approved it.

The Tyee reports that the BC liberals have committed another $5 million to the HST add campaign. A left wing newspaper opposing government waste and raising taxes. Imagine that. Kevin Falcon said the adds will be neutral but they aren't. They are clearly slanted. The point is the government shouldn't be spending tax dollars on advertising telling us how to vote. Instead they should be listening to the voters on how to spend their tax dollars.

Fight the HST

Vote no to the HST

Bandido Massacre

I find the Bandido massacre somewhat significant. We were all told the Bandidio massacre was because the Winnipeg Bandidos felt cheated by the Ontario Bandidos and wanted to take them over. Yet there might be more to the story than that.

The outlaw bikers gone missing and presumed dead were originally members of The Loners, a gang scattered across southern Ontario. Half of their members patched over to the Hells Angels in late 2000, which was part of a mass defection across Ontario led by a Ottawa-based Hells Angel Paul "Sasquatch" Porter. Billy Miller, who was once part of the Loners with Kellestine, went on to become president of the London Hells Angels.

But half the gang didn't want to join Hells Angels, one of the largest crime corporations in the world. Instead, they were courted over four months by a prominent U.S. Bandido to join his club. After a lot of visits, the patch over to the Bandidos was hatched in a Toronto coffee shop. Surely it wasn't the same coffee shop Toronto Hells Angel Paris Christoforou teamed up with Peter Scarcella and did the botched hit that paralyzed an innocent bystander.

Right after the Bandido massacre, the Toronto Hells Angels denied responsibility. "The Hells Angels Motorcycle Club, or any of its members, are not involved in this crime in any way shape or form. Newspaper reports and speculation to the contrary, will be proved completely wrong, in the coming days," Hells Angels Toronto told the Citizen last night.

They sure had a lot of inside information about the murder claiming that information would come forward in the coming days which would prove the Hells Angels were not involved. To me that statement sounds incredibly suspicious. How did they know information was coming forward in the near future that would apparently vindicate them? Was someone already set up to take the fall?



I mean like why would Wayne Kellestine join the Bandidos? He was a white supremacist who proudly displayed Nazi emblems on his farm. The Bandidos were open to Hispanics. Hence the Hells Angels skull remark about no tacos.

Kellestine danced a jig several times during the slaughter while singing the Nazi national anthem, "Deutschland über alles." Kellestine told a Jewish biker he would be killed last so he would suffer the most.

David Weiche was described as Wayne Kellestine's right hand man. David's father was also a white supremacist who ran for the Nazi party of Canada and had two kkk cross burning ceremonies on his farm. David moved to Winnipeg three months before the massacre. Three of the six accused involved in the massacre were from Winnipeg which is a huge Hells Angels strong hold. Berlin Bandidios merged with the Hells Angels.

Michael Sandham, was a former police officer and full patch member of the Bandidos who was believed to be the leader of the Winnipeg chapter. So why would two white supremacists join the Bandidios if they were a racially mixed MC?



I mean let's face it. The Bandidios that were murdered were part of the "No Surrender Crew." As in they refused to give in and bend over for the Hells Angels. "IF" their murder was part of an internal cleansing does that mean the Bandidios have caved in like they did in Berlin? Or was it an infiltration and set up from white supremacists who were aligned with the Hells Angels all along?

Either way the Bandidio massacre was a huge betrayal of brotherhood that rivals the Lennoxville massacre and the Death Riders take over. The order may have come from Texas but the Hells Angels benefited from it and appeared to have fore knowledge of it.

Burrows Magic

How about Burrows overtime goal against Boston? That was magic. Like the commentator said, I don't know about game one but in game two Burrows sure took a bite out of Boston. They were all complaining and claimed that Burrows bit a guys finger in game one. In the photo it just looked like they were pushing and the Bruin stuck his open hand in burrows face and crammed his finger in Burrows mouth. It sure didn't look like he pulled a Mike Tyson and intentionally bit the guy. Moral of the story: Don't stick your hand in his face.

Second man charged in 2008 Mission double murder

Justin Andrew MacKinnon, 26, was charged Thursday with two counts of first-degree murder in the death of Guthrie McKay and Lisa Dudley. Last month Jack Douglas Woodruff, 52, of Surrey was charged with the same counts of first degree murder in the death of the same couple.

Police say it was a targeted hit but have not released the motive for the hit or the affiliation of the shooters. Karen Batke, Jack Douglas Woodruff's girlfriend went missing back in 2007. Police believe she too has met with foul play.

Palin Trump - Dumb and Dumber

The Republicans have got to do better than that. Donald Trump and Sarah Palin? That's like dumb and dumber revisited. The wing nut and the whack job. A tax evading Nazi who wants to invade countries like Libya to steal their oil and a down right idiot who can't remember if the US supported North or South Korea in the war. God help us.

Sarah Palin also recently mixed up the Paul Revere story as well. Giving her the nuclear codes would be somewhat less than comical.

Quebec's own Peter Leask

I suppose we've all heard about the 31 Hells Angels and associates who were arrested in a large drug sweep in Quebec and had their charges dropped by an insane judge who felt that some time in the future they would be denied the right to a speedy trial. Some time in the future. Like that's not bizarre.

Well it turns out in 2005 this same judge lifted all 14 restrictions on serial killer Karla Homolka, imposed by the court before she was released from prison which thankfully the Quebec Government appealed. Thankfully the Quebec government is appealing this insane decision as well.

Peter Leask is a court judge in BC that most of us here think is a complete idiot. He is either inept or corrupt. It appears that James Brunton is Quebec's own version of Peter Leask. Our condolences to our brothers and sisters in Quebec. Keep the faith. J'imagine.

Et merci pour Luongo. The Montreal Canadians have made some significant contributions to the sport for generations with Ken Dryder, Guy Lafleur and the crew. They made us all proud when we were kids. This year it's finally Vancouver's turn. Can you believe that? Yet Joannie Rochette is still the queen of our hearts.

The Vancouver Canucks

How about them Canucks?! Torres scores late in the third period to give Canucks the win in Game 1. They had the game on the big screen at Surrey Central. The game was 0 - 0 at the end of the second period. Lots of silly penalties on both sides yet both teams power plays were ineffective and the game remained scoreless.

I'm thinking to myself, the Canucks are still in this. Kesler is winning most of the face offs. No one is really dominating the game. Even if the Canucks had lost game one, they'd still be in it. They have a very real chance at actually winning the series and winning the Stanley cup for the first time in history.

Boston is a great city and I rather lose to Boston than some of the other places but that just might not happen. We just might win. Back in the day the Boston Bruins had some pretty big names like Bobby Orr when they won the Stanley cup, but we have the big names now: Kesler, Luongo, the Sedins, Bieksa.

There have been quite a few Youtube videos to get people pumped up about the series. Someone put Eminem's Lose Yourself to Cannucks footage. Someone else rewrote Bruno Mars The Lazy Song to a Canucks theme. Then there was a funny video about a Bruins fan in Vancouver that even made the paper. And of course there's Drake and the black, red, yellow. It's just a game right? Yeah right. This is history. Boston Pizza even changed their name for the playoffs.



Remember how Towel Power started? That was in Chicago. It was a protest against bad officiating. It is now a tradition. We're all pretty nervous watching the games. It's not until after the game with a win on paper that the cars start honking across the province. It's a taste of the Olympic spirit that swept Vancouver in 2010.

Interesting to note that Colin Fraser brought the Stanley cup to Surrey in 2010. He was from Surrey but actually played for the Chicago Blackhawks when they won the Stanley cup. Longtime Abbotsford resident Scott Bradley is playing with the Bruins this year.

I tell ya what's going to save Surrey. Immigration. I remember years ago when they changed the name of Whalley Exchange to Surrey Central. We all laughed and said you can change the name but you can't change Whalley. But they have. The demographics has changed considerably. Back in the day a Surrey rat was a white kid with long hair, daytons, a scruffy jean jacket and a lumberjack shirt who listened to heavy metal music. Surrey Central with the new University and all the new construction is changing. Soon it will host the new library and city hall. Sure some of the old jokes and stereotypes continue but things are changing. The future lives here.



Seeing photos of a canucks jersey on the statue of Lord Stanley at Stanley park just clued me in. That's the same Lord Stanley the cup is named after. He was governor general at the time and donated a cup to be used for a championship between the various hockey teams. Indeed the cup is coming home.

The Vernon Greeks and the Hells Angels

Disclaimer: Please note this Peter Manolakos is not a Medical Doctor from Boston and has never been to university. He’s a crack dealer from Western Canada tied to the Hells Angels. Different person, same name, worlds apart.

Freddy asked me why I don't write about the Greeks who were selling drugs in Vernon and I simply was honest and said I don't know much about them. My gut feeling was that since Vernon is to Kelowna what Dawson Creek is to Prince George, I could not see how the Greeks in Vernon could function without the support of the Hells Angels. Three minutes on Google confirmed that premise.

Police say the “Greeks” have links to the Hells Angels. Marniuk's death is also linked to last year's extensive search of a Vernon warehouse that has links to the Hells Angels. The place on Fairweather Road is owned by Zenon Stepkowski whom police confirm is an associate of the Calgary chapter of the Hells Angels.

Police allege The Greeks were involved in smuggling cocaine and heroin, and have ties to biker gangs. "The Hells Angels out of Calgary and Kelowna have sanctioned The Greeks in Vernon to carry out their drug trafficking business," alleged Haslett.

Castanet posted two articles about the Greeks in Vernon with a photo of some support gear seized from the Greeks. One shirt said Be Silent or Be Silenced. The others were clearly Hells Angels support gear including one that said support your local big red machine Calgary. Which would not only confirm a Hells Angels affiliation but also specifically an affiliation with Calgary as was implied with Zenon Stepkowski's involvement.

Let's have a quick peek at the drug related violence that affiliation created in Vernon. Andre Raymond admitted to one count of first-degree murder in the death of Ron Thom and three counts of manslaughter in the deaths of David Marniuk, Thomas Bryce and Robert Hewison. Raymond was sentenced to life in prison with no eligibility for parole for 25 years.



RCMP said the four deaths were part of a case involving seven homicides in just over a year between April 2004 and May 2005. It's the largest case they've handled in the Okanagan city of about 36,000 residents.

RCMP said they believe the killings were part of an on-going gang war over control of street drugs. Sgt. Al Haslett, who led the police investigation, said Raymond was just one of the people involved in the gang killings. "Andre Raymond was a member of the Greek organization. They were involved in homicides, high-echelon level drug trafficking as well as controlling street-level trafficking," the undercover cop told CBC News. "They were involved in every type of criminal activity imaginable."

In April of 2007, Ken Beck pleaded guilty to second-degree murder in the Hewison killing and was sentenced to life in prison with no parole for 10 years.

Five other men — Sheldon O'Donnell, Leslie Podolski, Dale Sipes, Peter Manolakos and Douglas Brownell — are also charged with murder after a total of seven men were shot or beaten to death.

Andrew Yeo, manager of a local shelter called Upper Room Mission, said there's still drug-related violence on the streets. "People fear the Greeks. That's a name that absolutely struck fear in people's hearts," he said. "People walk into the Mission with a bruised eye or broken arm and you just know what [it is] about," Yeo said.

The Vernon Greeks are in the media now because their case is coming to trial in Vancouver. As we hear the gory details of the trial let's remember who is ultimately responsible for that drug related violence. The ones who supplied and empowered them to do their work, the Hells Angels. Moles and mules are a dime a dozen. Let's not forget who the Greeks were affiliated with.

The term silence or be silenced is very temporary. It's like trying to stop water from flowing down stream. It defies gravity. No lie can live forever. Truth crushed to the earth will rise again. What's done in the dark shall be brought to the light. That's a law of physics. Testifying against these kinds of criminals is not being a rat. Being a rat is profiting from that kind of depravity and turning the other way.