Canada eyes mask-wearing demonstrators
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Canada's federal government and two riot-stricken cities are considering making it illegal for demonstrators to wear masks at violent protests.
Alberta Conservative Member of Parliament Blake Richards announced his private member's bill Sunday that could result in five years in prison or a fine of up to $5,000 for a rioter caught wearing a mask.
Beginning in June 2010 when masked rioters breaking from a demonstration against a Group of 20 summit in Toronto torched and smashed the downtown core, demonstrations have increasingly turned violent.
Last June, masked rioters led an alcohol-fuelled crowd of thousands on a rampage that caused millions of dollars in damages in Vancouver after the hometown Canucks lost the Stanley Cup.
Source: UPI.com
Gas Masks Scarce for Israelis, Abundant for NYC Stoners
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If you are an adventurous New Yorker who is adequately prepared for the zombie apocalypse and who also enjoys weed, you may have used a gas mask/bong combo. If you haven’t…you definitely should. It will either be the best experience of your life or the worst. It could also be both.
These bong masks are a prime example of one of the greatest dichotomies of stoner life: despite the fact that we are all lazy fuckers, we will go to incredibly complicated, outlandish and ingenious lengths to get really, really stoned.
The gas mask/bong combos can be found on the major thoroughfares in New York City: St. Mark’s Place, Union Square; basically any street with more than one falafel restaurant or a 2 Bros Pizza. They are, depending on the mood of the person selling them to you and how expensive your clothing looks, relatively cheap and easy to find. This fact makes it surprising to learn that in Israel, where the bong-less gas masks are used by civilians to actually filter dangerous gas (rather than imbibe it), there is a shortage of the masks.
Source: Heeb Magazine
Store clerk in Statesville shot by man in Spider Man mask
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Two men with masks -- one of them wearing a Spider Man mask -- walked into a gas station in Statesville early Thursday morning and one of them used a revolver to shoot the clerk, just missing an artery, city police said.
The shooting happened just before 1:30 a.m. at the Kangaroo Express gas station, which fronts Safriet Loop at its intersection with East Broad Street, said Statesville Police Department Sgt. Dan Miglin
"The whole thing took about five seconds," Miglin said. "The quick version of the story is they walked in, immediately saw the clerk and then shot him. Then they turned around and left."
The clerk, Eugene Cintron McClain, was fortunate that the bullet went through the his pants and grazed his inner thigh about an inch from his femoral artery.
Source: Winston-Salem Journal
Detroit, Michigan producer Apollo Brown just released his first album of 2012, Trophies with veteran emcee OC The Mello Music Group album is Apollo's latest in a string of projects including The Left's Gas Mask, Daily Bread's self-titled project and an
In another protest-related arrest, Michael Yocco, 28, of Racine, Wis., was charged with carrying a dangerous weapon and other firearms offenses after police allegedly found spring-loaded knives, a gas mask and a bag containing ammunition in the trunk
