I hope Saint Muffin doesn’t change out of those leggings before you guys go out on your date Twist. It’s a good look. And an even better smell, i’d wager.

Sunday Morning QB is asking what teams he should preview for the upcoming season as since there are more teams than he has time remaining. Thus, only the teams with the most votes (comments) will get reviewed. I’m interested in knowing SMQ’s take on Cal. If anyone shares my interest, go over to this post and kindly ask for Cal to get reviewed.

Video of the arrest of Saint Dumpster Muffin. At least that is what it purports to be. I couldn’t quite get it to work on my computer.

Shem and his loyal companions were quoted to say that “they would tie themselves to the tree if they became too weak.” That reads like an easy removal job next week. These low lifes are really bad at their chosen career. Perhaps, they should consider an about-face and start their own tree removal service. Oh wait, they’re anarchist.

Timber!

In the latest photo on the CC Times, we learn Ayr’s real name, Eric Eisenberg. Wasn’t there a Nazi prison guard by the name of Eisenberg? Opps! Now, we know his motivation! Back to reality, if anyone is bored and local to Berkeley, perhaps, you can post his address, so that someone can squat in his residence. Oh wait, he lives in People’s park!

"Open letter to Berkeley tree-sitters"–posted on craigslist.

Dear Berkeley tree-sitters,

Let me begin by stating that I like trees. Some of my best friends are trees and I generally support the peaceful coexistence of humans and trees. Similarly, I worry about carbon dioxide emissions and their impact on global climate. I also work on the UC Berkeley campus, and I often walk or ride along Piedmont Ave. on my way to or from work. Thus, I encounter your encampment on a near-daily basis. I see your slogans chalked on the sidewalks. I see your Tibetan prayer flags. I pass through clouds of your collective body odor and exhaled marijuana smoke. Having observed your actions for quite some time now, sometimes I wonder if you’ve ever considered just how much damage you’re doing to legitimate pro-environment, pro-leftist movements everywhere.

Let us examine a few key points that may help you understand why your effort to save the oak grove manages to be futile, ridiculous, ignorant, destructive, and offensive all at the same time:

(1) Consider what you are fighting for.
How many trees does UC intend to destroy for its construction project? (Answer: 38). Is the coast live oak an endangered or threatened species? (Answer: No). Will the removal of these individual trees have any significant impact on the health of the overall population of the species? (Answer: No). Consider how many collective man-hours your campaign has devoted to saving these trees. Has it occurred to you that your time may be better spent focusing on (for example) the huge swaths of the Amazon that are cut down by loggers and developers every day? Are you choosing to protect 38 trees because you really think it is a significant, meaningful cause? I hope not–because that would be ignorant. It seems much more likely that you choose this battle because it is relatively convenient and riskless. Honestly–why don’t you sac up and take on a real environmental offender?

(2) Consider your conduct.
Do you intend to win the hearts and minds of the people with catch-phrases like "Guantanamo Berkeley" chalked on the sidewalks? Do you really think you have anything in common with the prisoners currently incarcerated at Guantanamo Bay? Perhaps in a momentary flash of sobriety, one of you will realize just how offensive it is to draw a comparison between your fenced-in encampment and an actual prison.

(3) Consider the backlash of your actions.
You are the source and embodiment of all negative stereotypes that conservatives hold against liberals. If you’re going to stage a protest, are you capable of doing it in a dignified, respectable manner? Hint: smoking drugs in the trees does not exude dignity. Also, consider periodic showers. Rather than winning popular support from pedestrians who encounter your encampment, you are actually contributing to their mistrust and ire toward environmentalists. Perhaps you are Republicans dressed up as hippies deliberately trying to damage public opinion of the left?

(4) Consider your hypocrisy.
Is that your 60’s-era VW minibus parked next to the "Stop driving" message chalked on the sidewalk? Do you know what the gas-mileage on that thing is? (Answer: ~14-18 mpg) Have you considered investing in a catalytic converter? Perhaps you are also the same people who spray-paint "driving" on all the stop signs in Berkeley. Do you think your graffiti will trigger a massive, group epiphany in passing motorists and cause them to suddenly abandon the automobile as a mode of transportation? In reality, your graffiti (and your very presence) only detracts from the natural beauty of this campus and the surrounding town.

In summary, do not think for a moment that you exist under a shield of popular support. You are wasting your time on a futile, meaningless cause. If you’re going continue living outdoors and imparting your naïve views on pedestrians, I suggest that you move your operation to People’s Park (or perhaps the sidewalk of Shattuck Ave) where you can peacefully co-exist with the rest of Berkeley’s hobos.

Go home. We’re sick of you guys.

Rojo’s famous picture is in the second one:

Why Pac10 is better than SEC pt.1

Why Pac10 is better than SEC pt.2

1) Am I the only person that finds Daily Bear Dump slightly disturbing? Not the idea, but the name.

2) Any of you that worked a half day and are now done with work… I hate you.

- i thought the metaphor was the whole point of the joke… you sit down and take a dump everyday and what comes out of you?... a bunch of random shit. Then you show it to your friends.

“With one talented recruiting class after another joining the program these days, there’s heavy competition for those coveted starting nods. Freshman defensive lineman Ernest Owusu is a player who definitely fits into that category.”

Could Owusu truly push Jordan or Davis at DE? I could see an opportunity due to injury, but that’s it in MHO, since they both have game-time experience. Of course, if he is getting sacks and qb hurries like in spring ball, and they aren’t, then I’m all for seeing the young man out there a lot more.

Go Bears!

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Gillette now offers collectible collegiate razors. Now you can show your Cal pride while you shave off that stubble.

Even on July fucking 4th, I can’t sleep in. Fuckity fuck fuck. Oh well. While I laid in bed this morning trying to stop my mind and sleep, the photo of Dumpster Muffin popped into my mind and I had sort of a realization:

I think I recognize her. I think it’s that girl I interviewed last March at the grove. Here are the photos, I think it is her:

It is kind of tough to tell from those photos, but that’s what we have to work with. I think that’s her! And she was at the “Special Activism Training” too!

I feel as if we are BFFs! To recap, this is what she told me back in March:

“1. The woman said it was the happiest time in her life. I think her exact quote was something like “Every day is the happiest day of my life.” She had been there since the fall. She said it was the longest tree sit in America history, barely beating out that great time we all hung out in Bobby’s treehouse for 15 months. Or something.

2. Tennessee fans were great to them. The tree-sitters theorized as some sort of “enemy of your enemy is your friend thing.” I predict that that is not accurate and that the Tennessee fans weren’t as much nice as they were stunned. Kind of how you are “nice” to animals in a zoo. You dont scream or yell at them. But that monkey with the red bottom is a weird oddity. And certainly compared to the Berkeley fans, who were seeing the tree-sitters for the first time (it started like the day after Big Game 06, I think), the Tennessee fans were going to be less mean.

3. Nonetheless, Berkeley fans were generally OK. Some had hurled invectives at my new friends. Some of their friends had had beer bottles thrown at them by the Berkeley fans. The tree-sitters seemed to think it was a small group of a-holes ruining it for everybody. Trying to gain their trust, I said “Isn’t it always that way, I mean right now there’s a small group of a-holes running the country, ruining it for everybody.” I made a educated guess that these tree-sitters were not pro-Bush conservatives, who would have been insulted by that. And I was right! I really wanted to say “There’s a BIG GROUP OF A-HOLES RUNNING THE CITY, RUINING IT FOR US ALL!”

But that might have ended poorly.

4. I asked about the Order. The girl said she hadn’t read it. The guy said he couldn’t read (couldn’t tell whether he was being serious). The girl said cops used to come by with megaphones and read it out, but that hadnt happened in a while. It was dated in October of 07, afterall.”

Wow, if I’m right about this, I mean I never knew. Unbelievable. Damn. Saint Dumpster Muffin and I hanging out together. Kicking it. And I didn’t even realize. sigh

There’s a fine line between exercising one’s right to return to the NFL and putting the would-be starter (Aaron Rodgers) through the hell of not knowing his future. I was fine with Favre when after the season he went through a few months of deliberation on whether to retire or not, but now that he made the choice to retire, any such publicized comments of his inkling to return are just detrimental to the team and Aaron Rodgers. Favre had his time to put himself before the team, now it’s time to put the team before him and make up his mind whether he’s truly retired or not. This is getting a bit ridiculous. I really feel sorry for Rodgers.

I just got a PS3 :D Now I own all systems!

From the grandmas:

[save oaks] Grandmothers ask you to come again this Sunday with food…

Another note from the Grandmothers for the Oaks:

“We tried to get food and water up to the treesitters last Sunday. UC
is currently sending up only 1,000 calories per day per treesitter -
which is completely insufficient – and they’re only sending up cliff bars
which are not nutritious enough to sustain people.

Last Sunday the UC police agreed to send up four bags of food, then
went back on their word and only sent up medical supplies! We grannies are
not pleased.

So everyone please come this Sunday July 6th at 2pm, bring lots of
nutritious food and water, and let’s support our friends in the trees! We
can do it, we will do it!

Love,

Berkeley Grandmothers for the Oaks”

Twist, have you visited Dumpster Muffin in jail yet?