Mine Eyes Have Seen The Glory Of The Coming Of The Chainsaws!
by TwistNHook
on Sep 5, 2008 11:13 AM PDT
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Reports have been flooding in all morning that work has started on cutting down the Oak Grove. Just wanted to put this out there, so those who aren't combing through the DBD will be aware. We've waited a long time for this day. Per OskiMonsta:
KGO Radio Report
Just heard it, complete with chainsaws humming in the background and hippies yelling. Mogolof confirmed they have officially starting work and will continue until it’s done.
Ayr: “it’s wrong, I know in my heart, we’re going to do what we can”
Discuss the developments in here!
ABC 7 has live video.
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Nice non-bitter post!
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by TwistNHook on
Sep 5, 2008 11:21 AM PDT
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and not a moment too soon…. tedford is still here!
My heart skips a beat every time I hear the band strike up 'Our Sturdy Golden Bear".
by oskisunbear on
Sep 5, 2008 11:21 AM PDT
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Anarchists unite:
Title: Berkeley OAKS being CUT NOW
START DATE: Friday September 05
TIME: 12:00 PM – 4:00 PM
Location Details:
The Memorial Grove is being attacked now and will be cut NOW
Support/witnesses are NEEDED NOW. Dozens of police, arborist in the grove.
Event Type: Party/Street Party
Dear friends,
Swarms of UC police have arrived at the Oak Grove this morning, along with workers. Tree-sit supporters say it looks like they may be preparing to cut the trees at any moment.
PLEASE come to the Oak Grove. We need your energy, your support, witnesses….
Your friends from the grove
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by TwistNHook on
Sep 5, 2008 11:28 AM PDT
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Somebody’s Bitter!
I kissed Dumpster Muffin and I liked it. The taste of her hippie chapped lips.
by Maharg on
Sep 5, 2008 11:32 AM PDT
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Yes. Yes, the anarchists ARE bitter!
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by TwistNHook on
Sep 5, 2008 11:35 AM PDT
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And confused
Another KGO radio report
Mogolof: we are taking off branches before cutting trunks and isolating protesters.
Random tearful hippie: “This is not about us or these trees, it’s about the entire human race, I can’t even explain how I feel…(pause)…(sob)”
by OskiMonsta on
Sep 5, 2008 11:37 AM PDT
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Great, great! Keep the updates flowing.
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by TwistNHook on
Sep 5, 2008 11:38 AM PDT
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Is ABC live video working? Not for me.
by OskiMonsta on
Sep 5, 2008 11:40 AM PDT
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Not for me either
"It's not my fault your team's so shitty" - every AL Manager to Bob Geren
by oaktownmario on
Sep 5, 2008 11:40 AM PDT
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You wrote "I am also"
"It's not my fault your team's so shitty" - every AL Manager to Bob Geren
by oaktownmario on
Sep 5, 2008 11:41 AM PDT
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really?.. yeah well, that's what I meant.
by danzig on
Sep 5, 2008 11:42 AM PDT
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I think you were responding to Descartes . . .
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by oaktownmario on
Sep 5, 2008 11:43 AM PDT
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"yo tampoco" is the phrase you were looking for...
just FYI.
by BearStage on
Sep 5, 2008 1:54 PM PDT
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It was working for me, earlier. But I just checked and now it doesn’t work. Not sure what the problem is.
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by TwistNHook on
Sep 5, 2008 11:41 AM PDT
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For reasons you can’t understand.
I kissed Dumpster Muffin and I liked it. The taste of her hippie chapped lips.
by Maharg on
Sep 5, 2008 11:41 AM PDT
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Fascist is more like it.
I kissed Dumpster Muffin and I liked it. The taste of her hippie chapped lips.
by Maharg on
Sep 5, 2008 11:44 AM PDT
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If being a facist is wrong, I don’t want to be right.
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by TwistNHook on
Sep 5, 2008 11:51 AM PDT
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You never are.
I kissed Dumpster Muffin and I liked it. The taste of her hippie chapped lips.
by Maharg on
Sep 5, 2008 1:08 PM PDT
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The Maharg is a great guy!
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by TwistNHook on
Sep 5, 2008 2:33 PM PDT
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I’m gonna have to disagree with you.
I kissed Dumpster Muffin and I liked it. The taste of her hippie chapped lips.
by Maharg on
Sep 5, 2008 2:35 PM PDT
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I knew I wasn’t right. I never am!
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by TwistNHook on
Sep 5, 2008 2:42 PM PDT
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You say that you’re never right? Now you sound like your wife!
I kissed Dumpster Muffin and I liked it. The taste of her hippie chapped lips.
by Maharg on
Sep 5, 2008 2:43 PM PDT
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Bah. Court keeps me from following this. And now I got a client in. OF ALL THE DAY TO ACTUALLY HAVE TO WORK!
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by TwistNHook on
Sep 5, 2008 2:44 PM PDT
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I know how you feel.
I just spent almost 4 hours out of the office solving people’s problems. I come back and have missed almost 500 comments.
by Berkelium97 on
Sep 5, 2008 4:53 PM PDT
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FUCK PEOPLE! THIS IS A HISTORIC DAY!
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by TwistNHook on
Sep 5, 2008 4:56 PM PDT
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Did you try viagra, maybe that'll fix it
"It's not my fault your team's so shitty" - every AL Manager to Bob Geren
by oaktownmario on
Sep 5, 2008 11:42 AM PDT
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Will that fix my chronic impotence because that’s becoming a major problem for me. I’m just curious if it helps with websites AND getting lucky.
I kissed Dumpster Muffin and I liked it. The taste of her hippie chapped lips.
by Maharg on
Sep 5, 2008 11:46 AM PDT
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Danzig answered your questions
"It's not my fault your team's so shitty" - every AL Manager to Bob Geren
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Sep 5, 2008 11:47 AM PDT
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IT'S WORKING!
It’s a feed of the sitters… they’re just standing on a branch talking. No vid of the actual cutting yet.
by danzig on
Sep 5, 2008 11:46 AM PDT
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That video is awesome!
Now my day feels complete . . .
WTF ABC?!???!
"It's not my fault your team's so shitty" - every AL Manager to Bob Geren
by oaktownmario on
Sep 5, 2008 11:48 AM PDT
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This may tide you over until the camera man wakes the fuck up!
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Sep 5, 2008 11:52 AM PDT
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makes me wonder
.. do they go off to their own personal branch for privacy…and to wack off? How does that work?
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Sep 5, 2008 11:52 AM PDT
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that would be logistically difficult...
… plus the whole loss of balance thing… and given the limited space, they’d get in eachother’s trajectories etc… no?
by danzig on
Sep 5, 2008 11:54 AM PDT
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LEAVE THIS FOR GOLDBLOODED!
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by TwistNHook on
Sep 5, 2008 11:56 AM PDT
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I try not to wonder about the masturbatory activities of the tree sitters. I leave that for Goldblooded to do.
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Sep 5, 2008 11:53 AM PDT
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After being around dumpster mufff
I don’t think anyone would ever want to jerk again.
Or maybe that’s what makes them want to . . . who knows?
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by oaktownmario on
Sep 5, 2008 11:56 AM PDT
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Is that a bucket of pee on the lower right?
by OskiMonsta on
Sep 5, 2008 11:57 AM PDT
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New video angle featuring treestalker and blue tarp
Are we sure this is in Berkeley?
This looks like something from a Columbian FARC recruitment video.
These guys have me worried.
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Sep 5, 2008 12:01 PM PDT
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Did you see that? I think they have a monkey up there!
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Sep 5, 2008 12:03 PM PDT
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I gotta admit, this is not as exciting as watching football.
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Sep 5, 2008 12:04 PM PDT
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Maybe UCLA football. At least these guys can hit their target.
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Sep 5, 2008 2:35 PM PDT
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FleeingWolf repost!!
From BearInsider via California Golden Bear Football News:
"On my way to class this morning 20 or so UCPD officers including Mitch Celaya and Victoria Hharrison were out by Sproul Hall with 10 or so arborists. They had their shields and megaphones and equipment.
Was just up there now……there are 15 or so tards on the sidewalk. It’s actually pretty relaxed given what is going to happen . Ayr is the only recognizable face. I asked UCPD where ZRW was and they said he is now a "fleeingwolf" LOL. Nowhere to be found especially since his mayoral candidacy isn’t looking too good now.
Arborists are in cherry pickers taking off huge branches and pruning the redwood with all of the sitters in it along with other trees. UCPD said they are pruining before taking down the big trees and that things are going to move fast from here on out. Sitters were chucking feces at the arborists (i thought you don’t do that sort of thing on a native burial ground?) A UCPD officer was reading them their rights and advising them not to throw things or "interfere" with the arborists."
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Sep 5, 2008 11:33 AM PDT
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If taking down trees is wrong, Ayr, well, then I just plain don’t WANT to be right!
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by TwistNHook on
Sep 5, 2008 11:38 AM PDT
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Just wanted to repeat what I said about the case being dead in the other thread
The “appeal” in the COA is dead
The hippies must now resort to the Cal Supreme Court. The language of the Appeals Court order states:
"The petition for a writ of supersedeas, mandate and/or prohibition and the related requests for an immediate stay and a 20-day stay are denied." The "petition for writ of supersedeas" was the petition essentially requesting the overturning of the decision of the lower court.
California Rules of Court, Appellate Rule 8.112. Petition for Writ of supersedeas
"(a) Petition
(1)A party seeking a stay of the enforcement of a judgment or order pending appeal may serve and file a petition for writ of supersedeas in the reviewing court. "
As far as I know, that is all the Petitioner’s filed. In UC’s original Opposition to Request for Immediate Stay and Petition fort Writ of Supersedeas, the only issues that were discussed in the brief were the Stay Request and the Writ of Supersedeas. From the looks of this, there was no other "appeal" on some separate track. From what I can tell without looking at all the available filings is that what was filed with the COA was the Request for Immediate Stay and the Writ of Supersedeas. The Court’s order disposes of those so there is nothing else to the case. Moreover, the fact that the hippies say they are going to the CSC means that the Appellate Court has ruled on all the issues because you normally can’t go to the CSC unless you have exhausted your appeals in the lower courts.
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Sep 5, 2008 11:39 AM PDT
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Our true opponent isn't the "hippies", and never has been
With the trees (finally) coming down, and with ZRW gone AWOL, I think we can (almost) say that this case no longer belongs to the “hippies”—if, in fact, it ever did. The City is out. The hippies will soon be out. And with the trees gone, I expect the misguided Oak Foundation to be out soon, too. The only party that now truly stands in the way of the UC are the NIMBYs up on Panoramic Hill. I imagine I’m not the only one hoping their legal efforts bankrupt them to the point they have to sell their precious homes to remain solvent. Now THAT would be just dessert for their arrogant selfishness.
Any chance we could get the Cal Band (and/or Student Section) to collectively moon the Hill at halftime of the next home game?
Go Bears!
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Sep 5, 2008 1:15 PM PDT
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timber.........say hello to piedmont avenue hippie. (with your face)
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Sep 5, 2008 11:47 AM PDT
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That would be so cool!
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Sep 5, 2008 11:49 AM PDT
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Awwww…. I’m on the other side of the country, otherwise I’d totally be there taking pictures.
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Sep 5, 2008 12:00 PM PDT
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There is a curious lack of fire and death in this video. I’ll give it a C+ for now.
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Sep 5, 2008 12:06 PM PDT
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It's heating up
Angry tree-dweller yelling and shaking fists!
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Sep 5, 2008 12:07 PM PDT
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Holy, I think that guy really is rap battling someone on the ground!
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no way. hippies are more into 25 minute long guitar solos not rap.
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“Oh man, I can’t wait to see the look on those little Eichmanns’ faces when they hear this crunchy groove.”
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What is that from>??? I can place it, but where!
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Sep 5, 2008 2:36 PM PDT
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ya ya ya!
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by TwistNHook on
Sep 5, 2008 2:42 PM PDT
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Anything to see some live poo-flinging! (sorry arborists, but that would be too cool)
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it’s full of angry hippie atm. which is pretty awesome.
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Taking a swig of something now. Must be tiring doing all that yelling and fist-shaking.
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Sep 5, 2008 12:11 PM PDT
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A buddy of my was passing by my office and heard me laughing.. he stuck his head in and asked, “what’s so funny”…
I replied, “oh nothing, I’m just watching a live feed of some hippies drinking water and rapping.”
He said, “oh… ok.” … and left.
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Sep 5, 2008 12:14 PM PDT
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That "tower" looks like Isengard
Where’s Sauruman when you need him.
by BearsNecessity on
Sep 5, 2008 12:14 PM PDT
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getting his ass kicked by a bunch of pissed off trees, ironically enough.
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Sep 5, 2008 12:14 PM PDT
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That'd be a fitting result
The about to be cut down oaks revolt and kick out the hippies.
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Sep 5, 2008 12:16 PM PDT
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Damn. Too bad I am 3000 miles from Berkeley.
In other news, anyone know of a sports bar in South Florida that will be showing the game this Saturday? I realize I could just call around, but it’d be nice to be able to watch the game with some other Cal fans.
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Sep 5, 2008 12:18 PM PDT
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I've looked on CAA
Apparently there is no Florida alumni association.
I normally am in California. Hence, the last minute scramble to find the game down here.
by MrRodgersNeighborhood on
Sep 5, 2008 12:21 PM PDT
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Look up the UCLA alum association
Any bar that carries Oregon, Washington, Arizona or UCLA games will carry FSN Pacific Network. Just ask them for the names of the bars they meet up at and they should have the game.
by danzig on
Sep 5, 2008 12:24 PM PDT
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Cal @ WSU on TV
http://calbears.cstv.com/sports/m-footbl/spec-rel/090308aag.html
that’s all we know.
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Er...
And by South Florida I mean the Miami-Ft.Lauderdale-Boca-West Palm Area…
not South Florida as in USF/Tampa.
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Sep 5, 2008 12:20 PM PDT
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If Tampa is hell on earth, Then what is Stockton, CA?
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Sep 5, 2008 12:22 PM PDT
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I thought that was Bakersfield.
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Sep 5, 2008 12:30 PM PDT
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Hell is the central valley, and its various suburbs merely its population centers.
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Any part of CA>>>>>>>>Tampa. Really.
by Spazzy Mcgee on
Sep 5, 2008 1:59 PM PDT
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except natural disasters
i’ll take a hurricane over an earthquake any day. you can run from a hurricane.
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You can run from an earthquake, technically.
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Have to trust you on that one. Thanks to this thread I will be sure never to visit to find out for myself!
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Don't know if you have DirecTV at home or not
but if you do, then just add the “sports pack” for $10 – $12 extra per month and that will give you all the regional sports networks including FoxSportsNorthwest which will carry the game. I’m pretty sure Dish and cable have similar packages but not sure what you have. Don’t know if this helps at all or not, or if you just want to hang out with other Cal people, but there will be blogging here that day during the game . . .
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Sep 5, 2008 12:25 PM PDT
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Two Words
Tranquilizer Darts.
www.bearswithfangs.com
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Sep 5, 2008 12:19 PM PDT
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yeah, but they charge double for day work.
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[University of California, Berkeley spokesman Dan Mogulof] said arborists working under the supervision of campus police began work this morning to insure that the four remaining protesters in a grove of oak trees next to the football stadium remain confined to a single tree.
“The pruning and other activities are being conducted to ensure public safety by preventing any possible expansion or enlargement of the protest,” Mogulof said.
He said the university is reiterating its call to the remaining tree-sitters to heed court rulings and come down voluntarily.
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ok, screw this
i’m supposed to work this afternoon, but i think i’m taking my camera and a long lunch. i can’t miss this, i just can’t.
So, basically, you gotta Go Bears!
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Sep 5, 2008 12:23 PM PDT
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Can anyone record this dude who's cursing out cops and mix it with some hip hop?
This would be greatest youtube ever.
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Sep 5, 2008 12:31 PM PDT
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just don’t expect gil scott-heron or anything.
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Sep 5, 2008 12:35 PM PDT
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Lotta brohams up their!
Looks like weechee has taken over leadership duties from paploo.
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Sep 5, 2008 12:31 PM PDT
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NO WAY!!! ProtestShooter has pics up on his site already and video!!!
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Sep 5, 2008 12:33 PM PDT
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Geeze, and you beat me to posting the link here! That was quick!
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This one is my favorite.
Keep up the good work.
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Your straightforward presentation is appreciated. Nice job, hope you get more shots as this continues.
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I’ll drop by as time allows. Thanks everybody for the nice comments!
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and fyi...
i use a hood and a uv filter on my lens. but it’s cause i need the “belt and suspender” treatment.
last year a building i was shooting from following the 8.0 earthquake in peru partially collapsed in an aftershock. the hood perished and the uv lens was skee-ratched like you wouldn’t believe – but the lens survived.
needless to say, i doubt you’d have to handle the same issue shooting from the street there at some hippies inhabiting oak trees.
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Sep 5, 2008 1:25 PM PDT
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Indeed. But that lens has a front element that’s just a protective element – if you scratch it, Canon will replace it cheap. So it’s already built in. And he was shooting with a flare inducing filter with no hood right into the sun – even if he doesn’t get massive flare his contrast will suck. Why spend thousands of dollars on gear and either not put on or not put on correctly the included $30 hood which will massively improve image quality in that exact situation he’s shooting in?
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oh, i completely agree with you. my example is more of the exception that proves the rule.
(i’m also saving up to invest in one of those big bad boys myself and it irks me some dooshbag proto-hippie has enough cash in hand to just buy one. none of these pseudo-socialists wouldn’t last ten minutes in a protest down here.)
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Really really great sequence, thanks!
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Heading down to the grove right now, hilarious, yet crappier quality photos than those posted above, to follow. Go Bears!
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Sep 5, 2008 1:30 PM PDT
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EVERYONE WATCH THE LIVE FEED
They’re flinging shit… they’re getting close to the hippies.
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Sep 5, 2008 1:51 PM PDT
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You guys missed it
the arborists were craning over to the hippies… the hippies started throwing something… eventually I figured out what it was… branches… the arborists had their sheilds out… then the arborists pulled out a pole of some kind and tried to grab something near the hippies… not sure what because they were stopped by the hippies… then the arborists backed down.
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heads up....
folks are scurrying about again…
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It looks like they are having a friendly chat?
"We believe this project is now dead." - Stephan Volker
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Sep 5, 2008 2:11 PM PDT
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NVM
They’re cutting the redwood branches, and the hippies are using ropes to try to snatch the tools away
"We believe this project is now dead." - Stephan Volker
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Sep 5, 2008 2:12 PM PDT
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incredible
"We believe this project is now dead." - Stephan Volker
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the arborists seem to be cutting with those poles and the hippie above them keeps trying to catch them with that rope.
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“Those poles” are usually small chainsaws on extensions.
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They are whipping the saw with their ropes. I’m sure that will prevent construction indefinitely!
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They’re sawing from the other side too. These arborists are pretty solid. UC must be paying for them to risk what they are doing.
"We believe this project is now dead." - Stephan Volker
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Sep 5, 2008 2:15 PM PDT
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What if the hippies get their hands on one of those chainsaws. That would be bad…
"We believe this project is now dead." - Stephan Volker
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Sep 5, 2008 2:16 PM PDT
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ah ha. got them above now move below and cut away the branches with the structures. slick.
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probably more exciting than any of the games scheduled for tomorrow, thats for sure.
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that’s probably the most exercise they’ve had in months
by turkey on
Sep 5, 2008 2:38 PM PDT
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keep those updates coming!
can’t get the live video to work here
Go Sox!
by luzinski on
Sep 5, 2008 2:23 PM PDT
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They’ve just renewed cutting right at the redwood tree platform. Tree guy has a bow. Not a bo, but a bow!
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Sep 5, 2008 2:24 PM PDT
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they are in taser range now, but that’s might just be wishful thinking on my part.
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Sep 5, 2008 2:24 PM PDT
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2 tree cuttin’ guys in a cherry picker with an extension chainsaw moving with stealthy coordinated quickness, 4 guys with ropes and garbage in a tree.
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Sep 5, 2008 2:25 PM PDT
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One tree guy with riot shield moving the picker, one with maybe 12’ extension chainsaw working from behind. It gets all the people really close together which can’t end well.
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Sep 5, 2008 2:27 PM PDT
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Ooo now cuttin’ from both sides again. They are definitely trimmin’ the fluff away from the platform for easy hippie snatching later.
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Hippies moving higher, practicing downward rope-on-chainsaw tricks again. They are able to wrap around the chainsaw shaft, but… it’s a chainsaw. It wins every time.
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Sep 5, 2008 2:30 PM PDT
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Kind of looks like they’re sword fighting. At least one of the arborists just has a pole if I see that right (with no chainsaw) poking the tree attacks away.
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by PolarBear on
Sep 5, 2008 2:31 PM PDT
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Yeah, left cherry picker is pole & chainsaw, right cherry picker is shield and chainsaw. Left cherry picker has some fluckin’ sack to go up their w/o shield.
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didn't really dawn on me till now but
how stupid do the hippies have to be to pick the redwood tree as their permanent camp? could they not have all gotten together on one of the live oak trees they are actually trying to save? did they not know the difference?
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by PolarBear on
Sep 5, 2008 2:00 PM PDT
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It would be hypocritical either way...
If they camp in the oaks, they’ll be blamed for hurting the very trees they’re trying to save. If they camp in the redwood, they just get to watch as the oaks get cut down. It’s a catch-22.
In that case where both options are illogical, they should really be thinking about whether they should be doing it at all ;-)
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Sep 5, 2008 2:06 PM PDT
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Is the redwood one of the trees that UC even wants to cut down?
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Sep 5, 2008 2:07 PM PDT
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I thought not. But I’d do it now anyway, out of spite.
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For those visiting the grove...
Can you guys let out collective cheers each time a chainsaw stops and a branch falls?
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by PolarBear on
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not much going on up there right now...
went up there about an hour ago, not really much to see. No sound of chainsaws, nothing like that. There was one guy up in the trees pontificating on some hippie nonsense, but that’s about it. Pity.
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Seriously?
This passes for news in Berkeley?
By the way, does cutting down this tree have anything to do with putting plumbing in the stadium or figuring out a way to have a PA system that doesn’t block my view or putting in actual seats instead of benches? If not, I laugh even harder.
by Nuss on
Sep 5, 2008 2:13 PM PDT
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What passes for news in Pullman?
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Sep 5, 2008 2:16 PM PDT
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EX-WSU Footbal Coach Bill Doba's house going on sale
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Sep 5, 2008 2:18 PM PDT
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You got that right
I’ll bet you can’t buy Tedford’s house when he gets fired.
by Nuss on
Sep 5, 2008 2:21 PM PDT
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I’ll bet that you haven’t seen my paystub.
by zoonews on
Sep 5, 2008 2:22 PM PDT
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Oh, that's right
You give a coach at least 10 years of mediocrity before a guy gets himself replaced.
by Nuss on
Sep 5, 2008 2:33 PM PDT
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Are you insulting God?
I kissed Dumpster Muffin and I liked it. The taste of her hippie chapped lips.
by Maharg on
Sep 5, 2008 2:37 PM PDT
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You gave Doba 7 years.
“His legacy was mared by four of the most frustrating years in WSU football following the 2003 season and the Cougars inability to win critical games.”
LOL WUT
by CaliforniaBone on
Sep 5, 2008 2:38 PM PDT
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Actually, Doba only got five
His first was a 10-win season that included an upset of Texas in the Holiday Bowl. The last four not so much.
by Nuss on
Sep 5, 2008 2:42 PM PDT
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He was mining Mike Price's talent
They made the Rose Bowl the year before didn’t they?
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Nuss, you know we love you round these parts. But this is the collective ejaculation of 2 years of pent up frustration. So, cut us some slack here, dude.
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by TwistNHook on
Sep 5, 2008 2:42 PM PDT
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I just think it's funny
Besides, there just isn’t much else going on around the blogs today.
by Nuss on
Sep 5, 2008 2:43 PM PDT
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Well, join in the live blog! Welcome aboard!
"Save The Oaks: Overthrow Capitalism" said Dumpster Muffin sanguinely
www.CaliforniaGoldenBlogs.com
by TwistNHook on
Sep 5, 2008 2:45 PM PDT
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Besides, there just isn’t much else going on in Pullman today. Or ever.
There, fixed your quote.
by Spazzy Mcgee on
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You know what they say about Pullman!
Nothing. Nobody ever says anything about Pullman.
by zoonews on
Sep 5, 2008 2:47 PM PDT
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Someone told me it rains there. A lot.
Go Sox!
by luzinski on
Sep 5, 2008 2:48 PM PDT
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And even the rain wishes it stayed in Seattle.
by CaliforniaBone on
Sep 5, 2008 2:52 PM PDT
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In Pullman?
You need a lesson in geography, sir. That would be like saying, “I heard there’s smog in California.” You’re off by about 300 miles.
by Nuss on
Sep 5, 2008 2:53 PM PDT
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See! Nobody ever says anything about Pullman. It’s 100% speculation. I’ve unfortunately been there and I remember nothing. Lots of memories about getting to Pullman, absolutely nothing remembered about Pullman proper. If there is such a thing.
by zoonews on
Sep 5, 2008 2:57 PM PDT
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the one time I was there
I remember that I drank to much and the game sucked.
fun time was had by all….sort of.
by Rocksanddirt on
Sep 5, 2008 2:59 PM PDT
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I thought it was
All Dirt Roads Lead to Pullman
by AndBears on
Sep 5, 2008 3:43 PM PDT
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Yeah, housing prices are still pretty high.
People want to, you know, actually live here.
by Spazzy Mcgee on
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Speaking of talking shit,
CougCenter has a drug induced, delirious analysis of how the Coug defense is going to stop Best and Vereen. Check it out for a few laughs.
"It's not my fault your team's so shitty" - every AL Manager to Bob Geren
by oaktownmario on
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they just better hope they have a better D than the hippies...
by kleph on
Sep 5, 2008 2:59 PM PDT
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One of them totally bailed on the play. And in his pants.
by zoonews on
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he was trying to cover the strongside treehackers.
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Ah, I see! Thanks! I’m still learning the game.
by zoonews on
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i think the hippies are trying to go man-to-man but this situation clearly calls for zone coverage.
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In the current break in the action, 3 tree dudes have lined up and raised their arms in victory. I’m sure that this is eliciting a rousing response from below! Meanwhile, the chop chop crew sips cool beverages and refill their tanks and talk about how they are going to spend all of the sweet money they are making.
by zoonews on
Sep 5, 2008 2:46 PM PDT
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Maybe one of them will buy Bill Doba’s house.
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Sep 5, 2008 2:50 PM PDT
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wow.
has anyone noticed if they are getting on the trunks of the other trees yet? or just trimming around the occupied tree?
by Rocksanddirt on
Sep 5, 2008 2:56 PM PDT
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Is everyone watching the ABC live video?
Cause the resolution looks like crap on my comp. I can’t tell what’s going on, just see green and a bit of blue blur from the tarp and some multicolored blurs from the treetards.
by SonofCalifornia on
Sep 5, 2008 2:59 PM PDT
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It’s better when they zoom in, then it looks like the screen grabs above. Currently it is zoomed out to the useless position.
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Actually, let’s call this medium zoom. All the way out you can see all of the top of I-House and some.
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Maybe we call this
‘out of poo-flinging range’ zoom.
by SonofCalifornia on
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no action right now. just the sitters in the tree.
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I hope our side is gettin’ their lemonade on, it’s “Berkeley hot” today. Hydrate, boys. Don’t cramp up.
by zoonews on
Sep 5, 2008 3:05 PM PDT
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wow, that’s not even close to correct.
So, basically, you gotta Go Bears!
by ragnarok on
Sep 5, 2008 3:10 PM PDT
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that is hilarious – someone get a screen shot!
by MCM711 on
Sep 5, 2008 3:12 PM PDT
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I literally just walked by. There was a symphony of chainsaws and girlish hippie screaming. All at once, a glorious cracking could be heard in the distance, followed shortly by cries of, “THEY FELL THE FIRST TREE, WE NEED A CAMERA CREW NOW!” I just walked by laughing and revving my Air-Chainsaw. UC IS EPIC WIN.
by Itchy25 on
Sep 5, 2008 3:11 PM PDT
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Too bad they aren’t football fans, we could use them to make some noise on D.
by zoonews on
Sep 5, 2008 3:15 PM PDT
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Perhaps this is what you heard
Go Sox!
by luzinski on
Sep 5, 2008 3:17 PM PDT
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omg I want to be there to watch so bad.
by Spazzy Mcgee on
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I don't know about you guys and gals out there, but for me this is a relief.
It has been 20 months of forwarded articles, snide comments from peers, and a general misconception that the students and alumni of Cal support this behavior. I am so happy this is finally coming to an end.
Go Sox!
by luzinski on
Sep 5, 2008 3:26 PM PDT
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I am ready to call this season a success!!!!
by Spazzy Mcgee on
Sep 5, 2008 3:27 PM PDT
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Even if we lose the next 10 games?
by BearsNecessity on
Sep 5, 2008 3:28 PM PDT
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I feel our recruiting power strengthen with each tree branch that falls!
by SonofCalifornia on
Sep 5, 2008 3:29 PM PDT
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That’s the truth. This could be a mega-recruiting year if we finish strong.
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Sep 5, 2008 3:31 PM PDT
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Hey,
if we break ground on the SAHPC this season (which it appears we will), we finish the season strong, pigs fly, and the stars align, we might be seeing the Rose Bowl soon!
by SonofCalifornia on
Sep 5, 2008 3:34 PM PDT
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Man.
I just want to beat Wazzu. Always ten steps ahead with Cal fans…
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Sep 5, 2008 3:37 PM PDT
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I kid, I kiiid! Hence, the pigs flying and stars aligning.
by SonofCalifornia on
Sep 5, 2008 3:38 PM PDT
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aaaaaaand you jinxed it.
No seriously though, the fact that Tedford can now say “see here son we’re (literally) breaking ground on a state of the art facility…..” instead of
“see here we’re virtually almost ready to break ground on a state of the art facility once the appeals court clears the 20 day injunction stay following the incomplete trial court ruling, but we have a high chance of winning if we examine the historic case of Omar vs. Rudy which followed Treaty of Belch, ca. 1540 in the Netherlands…” etc etc.
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...I didn't finish my thought
is very good. Very good.
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i’m not. this little telenovela got me through the offseason.
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They just showed a video of a tree being cut down!
www.californiagoldenblogs.com
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well, the tree-sitters are pretty well isolated
Front and center is the base of the tree all the remaining protesters are in. A redwood, not an oak. All the lower limbs are gone, so I don’t think they could get out without help. It’s hard to tell in this photo, but all the other trees in the area are gone.
So, basically, you gotta Go Bears!
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i took some other amateurish photos
and put them up on our facebook page. this is one of my favorites, though.
So, basically, you gotta Go Bears!
by ragnarok on
Sep 5, 2008 3:41 PM PDT
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They should burn that tree at the Big Game rally.
Go Sox!
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A tree just came down... and the camera panned over and captured it.
…and I counted 13 people there to witness it. 13 people at the barrier??? Assuming at least half are hippies, then what sort of support do the tree people have?
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i counted 20, maybe 25 people there when i was there a couple hours ago. there’s a separate support station further back, too.
So, basically, you gotta Go Bears!
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Who would have ever thought
watching a silent video of trees being cut down could be so rewarding. unless you are paul bunion that is.
by SonofCalifornia on
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I love these new shots with the rim of the stadium in the foreground and complete destruction underneath. These are the money shots!
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YES! OMG YES! fap fap fap fap fap fap fap fap
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Get a shot of the rim. Oh yeah. fap fap fap fap fap
by zoonews on
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that one tree they are messing with right now is huge
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hee....
progress in berkeley….I never thought I’d see the day.
by Rocksanddirt on
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Holy crap!
ABC feed has an earth mover going, etc. Lots of lumber! I can’t screencap tho.
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yeah, i saw those earlier
they’re definitely ready to roll. didn’t really get a good photo, though.
So, basically, you gotta Go Bears!
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Bring this all into the new thread!!!!
"Save The Oaks: Overthrow Capitalism" said Dumpster Muffin sanguinely
www.CaliforniaGoldenBlogs.com
by TwistNHook on
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Its getting busy in here. I’ll start a new thread. HOLD ON!
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OMG hurry up!!! It’s a warzone down there!!!
www.californiagoldenblogs.com
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Will the city continue to allow people to camp out on the curb?
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Looks like we’re digging a trench to shove them into.
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"Save The Oaks: Overthrow Capitalism" said Dumpster Muffin sanguinely
www.CaliforniaGoldenBlogs.com
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7 trees are down so far...
according to someone who just came down from the site.
Progress baby!
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