Good work by a Winnipeg surveillance officer may have averted a massacre. It’s a sad sign that it’s considered a badge of honour to take part in biker-war-stupidity here and that family homes are targeted. The only badge of honour deserved here should go to the cop who literally put himself in the line of fire to save a life or lives. What if kids lived inside the targeted homes? What if neighbouring kids wandered into the line of fire? What if the idiots showed up at the wrong address? When I was a little boy, I used to visit my grandparent’s home in north-end Winnipeg. It wasn’t a rich neighbourhood but it felt proud and solid and safe. Sad to think that this is under threat by idiots who have no clue of the meaning of honour.

The old Hells Angels clubhouse in Hamilton will soon be the place to go for a clubhouse sandwich. You’re invited to take a peek this Saturday.

They’re named after the Roman god of inspired madness, but nothing too wild was observed at a gathering of the Bacchus Motorcycle Club in New Brunswick this weekend. There was also apparently no connection to Italian Baroque master Caravaggio, who painted the semi-nudie masterpiece, Bacchus, so don’t go to the Bacchus gathering looking for art of the non-tattoo variety either. No word on whether the Bacchus bikers will Harley up to Ottawa after their meeting to see the Carravagio exhibit there. Michelangelo Merisi da Carravagio was a bad boy of the 17th century, with a reputation for killing, prison breaking and all-around rebellion centuries before the Harley first hit the road. He was also an inspiration for Martin Scorcese. Who knows? Maybe the New Brunswick Bacchus boys would enjoy the show.