Beer ’stripped’ off the shelves

A Belgian lager with a risque marketing strategy has been stripped from sale.

Bottles of Rubbel Sexy Lager featured a picture of a woman with a removable swimsuit on the label.

Drinkers could scratch her clothes off to leave her naked, reports Sky News.

Alcohol industry regulator the Portman Group has ruled the name of the drink and the scantily-clad model could lead drinkers to associate the product with sexual success.

The group had received a complaint from trading standards officers in Buckinghamshire.

The lager is produced by Brouwerij Huyghe and had been imported to the UK by Beer Paradise Ltd. It has now been withdrawn from sale.

JR Brown and The Beach Boys

RUSH STAR LOSES CIVIL RIGHTS BATTLE WITH POLICE

RUSH guitarist ALEX LIFESON has lost his bid to shame the Florida police deputies who arrested him and his son at a New Year’s Eve party in 2003.

Lifeson, real name Alex Zivojinovich, sued the cops claiming they used excessive force and violated his civil rights in an altercation with him.

But a federal judge has ruled that officers from Collier County “were objectively reasonable.”

Lifeson’s lawyer, Michael McDonnell, plans to appeal.

The rocker and his son, Justin, were Tasered in the skirmish at a Naples, Florida hotel and Lifeson’s nose was broken.

The fight broke out after Justin Zivojinovich ignored hotel security warnings and climbed up onto a stage where the house band was performing.

The police were called and Justin was escorted out of the hotel. The pair then fought with deputies on a stairwell.

Lifeson and his son accepted a plea deal in 2006 to avoid a jail term.

Movies to Get Her in the Mood?

Fact is most women aren’t turned on by the hardcore stuff you see on pay-per-view and the Playboy channel. It’s just a little too over-the-top for most women. For this reason a lot of men think women don’t like watching sex movies. Nothing could be further from the truth — women just have slightly different tastes.

The hardcore stuff may work for the guys, but chances are it’ll do little or nothing for her. She most likely wants something with a little more warm-up time and some intellectual stimulation, with a little slow seduction mixed in. And I think most guys will agree that it’s well worth the extra time to get their partner as revved up as they are.

So how about finding some hot, steamy, sexy movies that will get you both excited and ready for a memorable night of hot, passionate, sexual adventure?

There are quite a few options in the erotic thriller category, many of which are truly good quality movies that include a real plot and real characters with depth — the kind you can actually relate to.

An erotic thriller should have the key ingredients to get you both going in the right direction: sexual attraction and lust, a little danger and excitement, sexual intrigue or forbidden passions, and slow seduction.

Here are some recommended erotic thrillers:

• 9 1/2 Weeks
• Another 9 1/2 Weeks
• Wild Orchid
• Basic Instinct
• Sliver (Unrated Edition)
• Two Moon Junction

Start with these and see what happens.

Get a couple of these and plan to stay in for a hot movie date with your partner. See how you two feel when things start to get hot; and guys, when you start to get really excited, wait another 15 minutes to give her time to catch up…

End of the Fairytale

PRINCE William’s five-year romance with Kate Middleton was dramatically killed off at a secret royal summit when the Queen said: “Don’t rush down the aisle—we don’t want another Diana.”

Her Majesty issued the shock advice around 10 days ago after William sensationally confessed his doubts at a top-level family conference.

The prince told other royals, including Prince Charles and the Duke of Edinburgh, that he didn’t want to commit to marriage in the near future and preferred to put his Army and state duties first.

The final death blow to Wills’ relationship with his university sweetheart was delivered by grandfather Prince Philip.

He declared: “You can’t string her along for ever.”

It was felt by senior royals that after five years, the couple really ought to know if the relationship was going anywhere. They were very young when they met at university and it now seemed to have run its natural course.

The high-powered meeting of the family’s most senior members— often known as the Way Ahead Group— was called at Windsor before Easter to discuss Wills’ future and the important constitutional role he will play over the next few years.

Furious

But when the young prince arrived for the pow-wow he had already had a heart-to-heart with Kate following a spate of stories in which he was pictured in nightclubs cuddling or groping other girls.

Feisty Kate, 25, who famously said of Wills: “He’s lucky to be going out with ME”—was furious and demanded to know where she stood.

When the prince told her he was not ready to give her any more commitment they both realised their whole relationship was in jeopardy.

William, second in line to the throne, had also confided in his father the Prince of Wales, who assured him he would stand by any decision he took.

But in the end it was the ever-present ghost of Wills’ mother Princess Diana—plus the fear of yet another failed marriage and ‘annus horribilis’—that galvanised the Windsors into action.

This August sees the 10th anniversary of Diana’s death but the outcry caused by the tragedy still haunts the royal family.

And within minutes of the summit meeting starting the conversation turned to William’s worries about Kate. The gathering listened intently as the prince candidly described how SHE wanted more from their relationship, then admitted HE didn’t know which way to turn.

He told the meeting: “I don’t want any more commitment, I don’t want to get married just yet. What should I do?”

That’s when the Queen told her grandson straight that she didn’t want him to rush into anything he felt he would regret later. She led the discussions that followed and calmed the young prince.

She made it clear the family must learn from earlier mistakes that cast them in such a bad light and urged caution so that history did not repeat itself.

A senior courtier last night told the News of the World: “The meeting went straight to the issue of William’s feelings for Kate. What he said came like a bolt out of the blue. William explained how he’s been enjoying life in the Army and the freedom it gives him, and that he doesn’t want to be tied down at the moment.

“Within the royal family the Queen acts as head of the country and Prince Philip is the head of the family—so it was he who then gave William a fatherly talking-to. He told him frankly that he has to ‘put up or shut up’. He either commits to Kate now or he walks away. He stressed that he couldn’t mess a woman around and treat her badly.

“The Queen had thought Kate could be the future of the monarchy, the future Queen even. She liked her a lot and every time they met they got on extremely well.

“But she had to put her grandson’s interests first and sadly for her that meant doing what is best for him and the future of the monarchy. “If a marriage had gone ahead and ended in tears the Queen simply didn’t want to still be the reigning monarch in 10 years time and left wondering why she let it go ahead. It wouldn’t bode well for the royals or look good around the world.

“It’s clear the Queen doesn’t want William to go through a carbon copy rerun of his father, marrying the wrong woman.”

Staff at Clarence House were told about the split seven days ago.

William, 24, and Kate have both been out with pals in recent days, trying to forget their upset over the end of a love affair that first blossomed as they studied together at St Andrews University.

William was partying at top London nightclub Mahiki on Friday. And on Thursday night Kate—an accessories buyer for fashion chain Jigsaw—shared the news with close friends at a dinner party.

A source at the meal told us: “At first when Kate walked in the room it wasn’t apparent there was anything untoward going on.

“Halfway through the evening the conversation turned towards relationships and boys and everyone had their say. But as calm as anything, Kate turned round and said she was no longer going out with William. ‘It’s over,’ she said.

“Everyone’s jaw just dropped to the table. There was a huge sense of disbelief, nobody could quite take it in. But Kate put on her British stiff upper lip. It was apparent she wasn’t going to break down in tears. In fact she was very calm throughout the whole evening.”

She might have guessed the writing was on the wall two years ago in Klosters when William admitted to reporters: “Look, I’m only 22 for God’s sake. I’m too young to marry …I don’t want to get married until I’m at least 28 or maybe 30.”

Sexy

Things still looked rosy last December when lip-readers at Wills’ Sandhurst passing-out ceremony spotted Kate saying her man was “so, so sexy” and later added: “I love the uniform.”

The downward spiral started around the prince’s initiation period in January and February at Combermere Barracks, Windsor.

Kate only lives a 20-minute drive away from the base but Wills preferred to watch football on TV rather than see her.

One local said: “I saw him in the pub next to the barracks and he was enjoying himself playing pool and watching the Champions League. He just wanted to be one of the boys.

“I didn’t even see him check his phone to see if Kate called or left a message.”

Last month the couple were pictured enjoying close moments on the Swiss ski slopes in Zermatt. But back home, William has been based in Bovington, Dorset, on a troop leader course.

There have been occasions when he could have driven to meet Kate but, again, he preferred to stay with his fellow officers.

Then a fortnight ago came his night on the town in Bournemouth which sparked a ferocious row. “A source said: “Kate absolutely blew her top. She didn’t know whether she could trust him any more.”

A friend of the couple last night said: “William would often just want to crash in his room after being on exercises rather than travel to see Kate. It’s very sad what’s happened but as time went on they spent less and less time together. So they’ve decided to end it while they were both on good terms.

“They’ve drifted apart because they want different things.

“But somehow I don’t think this is the last you’ll see of Kate. She’s a beautiful young woman and maybe there still is a future for the two of them—but not at the moment.”

MOORE’S ‘SICKO’ STUNT

TAKES 9/11 WORKERS TO CUBA

Filmmaker Michael Moore’s production company took ailing Ground Zero responders to Cuba in a stunt aimed at showing that the U.S. health-care system is inferior to Fidel Castro’s socialized medicine, according to several sources with knowledge of the trip.

The trip was to be filmed as part of the controversial director’s latest documentary, “Sicko,” an attack on American drug companies and HMOs that Moore hopes to debut at the Cannes Film Festival next month.

Two years in the making, the flick also takes aim at the medical care being provided to people who worked on the toxic World Trade Center debris pile, according to several 9/11 workers approached by Moore’s producers.

But the sick sojourn, which some say uses ill 9/11 workers as pawns, has angered many in the responder community.

“He’s using people that are in a bad situation and that’s wrong, that’s morally wrong,” railed Jeff Endean, a former SWAT commander from Morris County, N.J., who spent a month at Ground Zero and suffers from respiratory problems.

A spokeswoman for the Weinstein Co., the film’s distributor, would not say when the director’s latest expose would hit cinemas or provide details about the film or the trip.

Responders were told Cuban doctors had developed new techniques for treating lung cancer and other respiratory illness, and that health care in the communist country was free, according to those offered the two-week February trip.

Cuba has made recent advancements in biotechnology and exports its cancer treatments to 40 countries around the world, raking in an estimated $100 million a year, according to The Associated Press.

In 2004 the U.S. government granted an exception to its economic embargo against Cuba and allowed a California drug company to test three cancer vaccines developed in Havana, according to the AP.

Regardless, some ill 9/11 workers balked at Moore’s idea.

“I would rather die in America than go to Cuba,” said Joe Picurro, a Toms River, N.J., ironworker approached by the filmmaker via an e-mail that read, “Joe and Mike in Cuba.”

After helping remove debris from Ground Zero, Picurro has a laundry list of respiratory and other ailments so bad that he relies on fund-raisers to help pay his expenses.

He said, “I just laughed. I couldn’t do it.”

Another ill worker who said he was willing to take the trip ended up being stiffed by Moore.

The 3rd Man to walk on water

1st one was Christ…

2nd one was Peter (the apostle)…

Then there was this guy ….Jose

Blind Cops Episode 1

Classic Disney "Runaway Brain" w/Green Day

‘Tiny Bubbles’ Singer Don Ho Dies at 76

‘Tiny Bubbles’ Singer Don Ho Dies at 76Legendary crooner Don Ho, who entertained tourists for decades wearing raspberry-tinted sunglasses and singing the catchy signature tune “Tiny Bubbles,” has died. He was 76.

He died Saturday morning of heart failure, publicist Donna Jung said.

Ho had suffered with heart problems for the past several years, and had a pacemaker installed last fall. In 2005, he underwent an experimental stem cell procedure on his ailing heart in Thailand.

Ho entertained Hollywood’s biggest stars and thousands of tourists for four decades. For many, no trip to Hawaii was complete without seeing his Waikiki show – a mix of songs, jokes, double entendres, Hawaii history and audience participation.

Shows usually started and ended with the same song, “Tiny Bubbles.” Ho mostly hummed the song’s swaying melody as the audience enthusiastically took over the familiar lyrics: “Tiny bubbles/in the wine/make me happy/make me feel fine.”

“I hate that song,” he often joked to the crowd. He said he performed it twice because “people my age can’t remember if we did it or not.”

The son of bar owners, Ho broke into the Waikiki entertainment scene in the early 1960s and, except for short periods, never left. Few artists are more associated with one place.

“Hawaii is my partner,” Ho told The Associated Press in 2004.

Donald Tai Loy Ho, who was Hawaiian, Chinese, Portuguese, Dutch and German, was born Aug. 13, 1930, in Honolulu and grew up in the then-rural countryside of Kaneohe.

In high school, he was a star football player and worked for a brief time in a pineapple cannery. After graduating in 1949, he attended Springfield College in Massachusetts on an athletic scholarship. He grew homesick, returned to the islands and ended up graduating from the University of Hawaii in 1953 with a degree in sociology.

Inspired by the U.S. military planes flying in and out of Hawaii during World War II, Ho joined the Air Force. As the Korean War wound down, he piloted transport planes between Hickam Air Force Base in Honolulu and Tokyo.

When he returned home and took over his parents’ struggling neighborhood bar, Honey’s, he put together a band and started performing at his father’s request.

“I had no intention of being an entertainer,” Ho said. “I just played songs I liked from the radio, and pretty soon that place was jammed. Every weekend there would be lines down the street.”

Honey’s became a happening place on Oahu, with other Hawaiian musicians stopping in for jam sessions. Ho began to play at various spots in Hawaii, then had a breakout year in 1966, when appearances at the Coconut Grove in Hollywood helped him build a mainland following, and the release of “Tiny Bubbles” gave him his greatest recording success.

Soon he was packing places such as the Flamingo Hotel in Las Vegas. Stars such as Lucille Ball, Sammy Davis Jr. and Frank Sinatra were known to be in the audience for Ho’s shows.

Ho also became a television star, and hosted the “The Don Ho Show” on ABC from 1976-77. One of Ho’s most memorable TV appearances was a 1972 cameo on an episode of “The Brady Bunch.”

“I’ve had too much fun all these years,” he said in the 2004 interview. “I feel real guilty about it.”

Besides “Tiny Bubbles,” his other well-known songs include “I’ll Remember You,”"With All My Love,” and the “Hawaiian Wedding Song.”

In the final years of his life, Ho’s heart problems couldn’t keep him away from the stage. He was back performing at the Waikiki Beachcomber Hotel on a limited schedule less than two months after his heart procedure in Thailand. His final performance was Thursday, Jung said.