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P1_marshawn_tiny by TwistNHook on in Memorial Stadium Upgrade Comment 284 comments

The first ever LIVEBLOG of a bunch of trees getting cut down.  Watch it on the ABC Live Feed.  And comment inside!  That other thread was getting bulky!  Go Bears!

Dan Mogulof MUST BE STOPPED:

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"What a nicely dressed hippie!"  via kleph.com

Star-divide

 

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They've GOT to get a shot

of the hippies crying! That would become my new avatar.

by SonofCalifornia on Sep 5, 2008 3:49 PM PDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

That would be epic Fap. Anyone know if the curb/sidewalk people will be allowed to stay?

by Itchy25 on Sep 5, 2008 3:49 PM PDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Show me the stadium. Show me the STADIUM!!! fap fap fap

by zoonews on Sep 5, 2008 3:50 PM PDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   1 recs

I am self lubricating, my friend, and I am WET. fap fap fap fap fap

by zoonews on Sep 5, 2008 3:52 PM PDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   1 recs

haha

www.californiagoldenblogs.com

by CBKWit on Sep 5, 2008 4:08 PM PDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

that’s the huge log right there. nice shot.

by MCM711 on Sep 5, 2008 3:52 PM PDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

This would be a GREAT desktop, kleph!

"Save The Oaks: Overthrow Capitalism" said Dumpster Muffin sanguinely

www.CaliforniaGoldenBlogs.com

by TwistNHook on Sep 5, 2008 4:12 PM PDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

INCENSE WILL STOP THEM!

"Save The Oaks: Overthrow Capitalism" said Dumpster Muffin sanguinely

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by TwistNHook on Sep 5, 2008 3:51 PM PDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

i thought after high school that i’d never masturbate to tree destruction anymore. seeing this in motion makes me both happy as a cal alumn and as a perverted fetish freak.

by ch0ster on Sep 5, 2008 3:51 PM PDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

I have to watch this withouth the sound on lest anybody in my office realizes what is going on. Am I missing anything more than the sweet symphony of chainsaws?

"Save The Oaks: Overthrow Capitalism" said Dumpster Muffin sanguinely

www.CaliforniaGoldenBlogs.com

by TwistNHook on Sep 5, 2008 3:53 PM PDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

No sound here except for my vigorous fapping.

by zoonews on Sep 5, 2008 3:54 PM PDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Wish I had realzied that. Ive had my music off. Ai!

"Save The Oaks: Overthrow Capitalism" said Dumpster Muffin sanguinely

www.CaliforniaGoldenBlogs.com

by TwistNHook on Sep 5, 2008 3:55 PM PDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

no sound on the live feed anyway

by MCM711 on Sep 5, 2008 3:54 PM PDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

I’m surprised how quickly they’re moving with the removal. We might have this finished by this weekend.

by SonofCalifornia on Sep 5, 2008 3:54 PM PDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

At least 8 trees are down so far...

…according to someone who just left the site.

And I’m pretty sure there’s no sound on the feed ‘cause it’s from the helicopter, as opposed to the ground.

by BearStage on Sep 5, 2008 3:58 PM PDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

…treesitters sit helplessly in the tree doing nothing but rumbling and grumbling.

by MCM711 on Sep 5, 2008 4:02 PM PDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

and fapping?

I kissed Dumpster Muffin and I liked it. The taste of her hippie chapped lips.

by Maharg on Sep 5, 2008 4:02 PM PDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

What they are actually doing is watching the trees they’ve tried to STOP from being cut down for 20+ months, being cut down. They probably have an AWESOME view of that.

by MCM711 on Sep 5, 2008 4:04 PM PDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Best seat in the house. I’m jealous!

by zoonews on Sep 5, 2008 4:05 PM PDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

the irony is KILLING me

by MCM711 on Sep 5, 2008 4:05 PM PDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

look'n a little threadbare right now...

they used to be pretty well hidden in the limbs.

by Rocksanddirt on Sep 5, 2008 4:02 PM PDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

So uh, just a thought

who has to clean up all the crap on the ground once the trees and treetards are removed? what an ef’d up job!

by SonofCalifornia on Sep 5, 2008 4:03 PM PDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

the contractor who is building the new building

would be in charge of that. They would expect to have to do a bunch of clean up.

and they will likely do it with a loader and and dump trucks.

by Rocksanddirt on Sep 5, 2008 4:04 PM PDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Oh. My. God.

I just got home. THE TREES ARE COMING DOWN!!! ITS MUSIC TO MY EARS!!!!!

Go Bears!

by RollOnYouBears667 on Sep 5, 2008 4:03 PM PDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

You have missed some fantastic live helicopter action and, earlier, some serious chop chop of the protester’s platform tree while they lashed at the extension chainsaws with ropes! Now you are caught up.

by zoonews on Sep 5, 2008 4:04 PM PDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

What percentage of the grove would you say has ben cut down so far?

Go Bears!

by RollOnYouBears667 on Sep 5, 2008 4:05 PM PDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

someone said 8 trees

by MCM711 on Sep 5, 2008 4:06 PM PDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

It’s tough to say from these limited views. These guys can move really fast when the coast is clear, so I wouldn’t be surprised to see a lunar landscape in the next few days.

by zoonews on Sep 5, 2008 4:09 PM PDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

The people yelling at them are losing steam, just got back from walking by. They are running out of hilarious insults to yell at the arborists.

by GoldBlooded on Sep 5, 2008 4:05 PM PDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

alrighty kids....

here’s a slightly crappy desktop wallpaper for your computer till someone comes back from the scene with something better.

by kleph on Sep 5, 2008 4:06 PM PDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Thats tough to see. I liked the one of the big earthmover thingy dropping the tree. That one ROCKED!

"Save The Oaks: Overthrow Capitalism" said Dumpster Muffin sanguinely

www.CaliforniaGoldenBlogs.com

by TwistNHook on Sep 5, 2008 4:07 PM PDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

dude...

i’m doing this from my apartment in fucking PERU. so you’ll take what you get AND YOU’LL LIKE IT!

by kleph on Sep 5, 2008 4:10 PM PDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Touche, salesman!

"Save The Oaks: Overthrow Capitalism" said Dumpster Muffin sanguinely

www.CaliforniaGoldenBlogs.com

by TwistNHook on Sep 5, 2008 4:11 PM PDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

kleph – can you post the picture of tree sitter Dan again? so classic

by MCM711 on Sep 5, 2008 4:12 PM PDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

which one was that?

by kleph on Sep 5, 2008 4:15 PM PDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

the one calling him a tree sitter

thread II definitely needs that picture.

by MCM711 on Sep 5, 2008 4:17 PM PDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

priceless.

did they correct their notation?

by Rocksanddirt on Sep 5, 2008 4:27 PM PDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

I put that up in the post.

"Save The Oaks: Overthrow Capitalism" said Dumpster Muffin sanguinely

www.CaliforniaGoldenBlogs.com

by TwistNHook on Sep 5, 2008 4:28 PM PDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

check your email, bro.

by kleph on Sep 5, 2008 4:31 PM PDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Man, they gotta move off of this tree-sitter scene. We need MORE ACTION!

"Save The Oaks: Overthrow Capitalism" said Dumpster Muffin sanguinely

www.CaliforniaGoldenBlogs.com

by TwistNHook on Sep 5, 2008 4:11 PM PDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

I dunno man

I’m getting Last of the Mohicans vibes here. Except the hippies will still be alive after all of this.

by BearsNecessity on Sep 5, 2008 4:13 PM PDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

I like the ropes or chains dangling from the surrounding branches. It’s like they decorated their tree for the party!

by zoonews on Sep 5, 2008 4:15 PM PDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Does anyone wants any specific details?

It’s hot out but I live less than half a mile from the action, I’ll go down there, gather some 411 and come back to my air conditioning. Justtell me what you need all I’ll deliver. For somereason I can;t upload any pictures, SD card reader on computer not working :(

by GoldBlooded on Sep 5, 2008 4:12 PM PDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Sounds good to me!

"Save The Oaks: Overthrow Capitalism" said Dumpster Muffin sanguinely

www.CaliforniaGoldenBlogs.com

by TwistNHook on Sep 5, 2008 4:13 PM PDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

buy a new one cheapo. they are like $2.00

by MCM711 on Sep 5, 2008 4:13 PM PDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

I wonder how many treesitters and Code Pink supporters are going to run onto the football field this year protesting soldiers and the UC. Now that they know that things like football exist, they’ll realize they can get maximal exposure to their causes.

by BearsNecessity on Sep 5, 2008 4:16 PM PDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Save the Oaks Updates:

Number one, this morning.
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
Number two, about an hour later:

Dear friends of the Oak Grove…
Update: UC police moved in this morning and cut many limbs and branches of the redwood tree and other trees surrounding the redwood… They are continuing to cut. They have yet to attempt to clear-cut the whole grove. We will send an update if anything major develops. In the meantime, your support at the grove would be appreciated.

Questions call 510 938 2109.

Sincerely,

Your friends at the Oak Grove
YOU KNOW IT
YOU TELL THE STORY
YOU TELL THE WHOLE DAMN WORLD
ITS ABOUT TIME TO BUILD THE SAHPC!

Go Bears!

by RollOnYouBears667 on Sep 5, 2008 4:16 PM PDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Oh sorry.

I didn’t use blockquote that time. Whatever.

Go Bears!

by RollOnYouBears667 on Sep 5, 2008 4:16 PM PDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Dont worry about it! We should call that number and sing that song!

"Save The Oaks: Overthrow Capitalism" said Dumpster Muffin sanguinely

www.CaliforniaGoldenBlogs.com

by TwistNHook on Sep 5, 2008 4:19 PM PDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

I called him.

I told him I respected strong beliefs and morals, and that the fact that this was put up with for so long was what made the USA and Berkeley such awesome places (the fact that people can be ridiculous and express radical opinions and all that w/o being killed). I told him I respected fighting for something you believe in, but this time I thought he was misguided and I congratulated him on a nice effort. Believe it or not, I didn’t mention anything about scooping feces out of a bucket and throwing it at the enemy, but I think I got my message across.

Go Bears!

by RollOnYouBears667 on Sep 5, 2008 4:22 PM PDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Update: It’s too late. Let’s find some other crazy ass thing to waste our time and money on.

by zoonews on Sep 5, 2008 4:17 PM PDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Me thinks he’s airin’ out the pits…

by zoonews on Sep 5, 2008 4:18 PM PDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

He’s gonna glide down with that banner!

by zoonews on Sep 5, 2008 4:19 PM PDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Or… cover his head in shame.

by zoonews on Sep 5, 2008 4:19 PM PDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

i can't figure out how to insert a picture into a comment...

…but i think someone should be posting screenshots of the video. it’s too funny.

is he playing hide and seek?

by RemorsefulBruinBabe on Sep 5, 2008 4:21 PM PDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

He’s hittin’ the pipe. 4:20! You gonna hit that, dude?

by zoonews on Sep 5, 2008 4:22 PM PDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Kleph has been doing it. Kleph, we need you!

"Save The Oaks: Overthrow Capitalism" said Dumpster Muffin sanguinely

www.CaliforniaGoldenBlogs.com

by TwistNHook on Sep 5, 2008 4:22 PM PDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Finally, somebody can join ZooNews in masturbating!

"Save The Oaks: Overthrow Capitalism" said Dumpster Muffin sanguinely

www.CaliforniaGoldenBlogs.com

by TwistNHook on Sep 5, 2008 4:18 PM PDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   1 recs

HAHAHAHAHAHHAA

"Save The Oaks: Overthrow Capitalism" said Dumpster Muffin sanguinely

www.CaliforniaGoldenBlogs.com

by TwistNHook on Sep 5, 2008 4:37 PM PDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

OMW down

If I’m not back in ten, keep waiting

by GoldBlooded on Sep 5, 2008 4:19 PM PDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Be saafe. Don’t take incense from strangers!

"Save The Oaks: Overthrow Capitalism" said Dumpster Muffin sanguinely

www.CaliforniaGoldenBlogs.com

by TwistNHook on Sep 5, 2008 4:20 PM PDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

4:20 TRUCE DUDES!

WE’RE GONNA HIT THE BONG DUDES! 4:20 TRUCE!

by zoonews on Sep 5, 2008 4:20 PM PDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

They are on the phone with UCPD!

They’ll come down IMMEDIATELY for a large Domino’s Pizza (pepperoni), a quart of Cookie Dough Ice Cream, one DVD of Cool Hand Luke, and a twelver of Miller High Life. I say we take that deal.

by zoonews on Sep 5, 2008 4:26 PM PDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

totally.

in fact up the offer by making it a case of miller.

by Rocksanddirt on Sep 5, 2008 4:27 PM PDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Throw in some Cool Ranch Doritos to show good faith.

by zoonews on Sep 5, 2008 4:29 PM PDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

and a case of hippie juice

http://www.starkwoodfarm.com/id1.html

"We believe this project is now dead." - Stephan Volker

by PolarBear on Sep 5, 2008 4:30 PM PDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

I think a flea bath is definitely in order!

by zoonews on Sep 5, 2008 4:31 PM PDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

I love how

the treetards are being tortured with this hot-streak while lamenting their last hours in the trees. Ah, karma DOES work!

by SonofCalifornia on Sep 5, 2008 4:22 PM PDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

i remember demetri martin saying something along the lines of “the more someone looks like jesus, the more likely they are to sell you weed.” in face of all these stereotypical kucinich voting, pot smoking, b.o. smelling hippies, i find that quote highly appropos

by ch0ster on Sep 5, 2008 4:25 PM PDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

We have movement below frame. But what could it be?

by zoonews on Sep 5, 2008 4:32 PM PDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Kleph, I changed the credit, dude!

"Save The Oaks: Overthrow Capitalism" said Dumpster Muffin sanguinely

www.CaliforniaGoldenBlogs.com

by TwistNHook on Sep 5, 2008 4:34 PM PDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Just saw something about thison KRON4

and they mentioned UC wants to get everything removed before the Colorado St game.

by SonofCalifornia on Sep 5, 2008 4:35 PM PDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Luckily, they have like 3 weeks.

"Save The Oaks: Overthrow Capitalism" said Dumpster Muffin sanguinely

www.CaliforniaGoldenBlogs.com

by TwistNHook on Sep 5, 2008 4:36 PM PDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

They are in a post-4:20 daze. Right now would be a great time for the second half!

by zoonews on Sep 5, 2008 4:38 PM PDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

I'm afraid

i missed all the excitement. dang.

by giantfan5 on Sep 5, 2008 4:39 PM PDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

wait...

…i think i hear more choppers…

by giantfan5 on Sep 5, 2008 4:43 PM PDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Not much happening right now. Is this all of the clearing for the day? It’s just people sitting in the tree. Hopefully, not k-i-s-s-i-n-g.

BTW, all day its said “Tree sitters defy court order” at the top of the ABC page. Thats true, but also not true. Theyve been defying it since October. Its not really breaking news.

"Save The Oaks: Overthrow Capitalism" said Dumpster Muffin sanguinely

www.CaliforniaGoldenBlogs.com

by TwistNHook on Sep 5, 2008 4:43 PM PDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

yup

more choppers are overhead…

by giantfan5 on Sep 5, 2008 4:46 PM PDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

no it’s just kron
damit!

by Nasty_Nate on Sep 5, 2008 4:47 PM PDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

KRON KOPTER 4??? Watch out for that thing!!!!

by zoonews on Sep 5, 2008 4:49 PM PDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

is that Noel Cisneros?

by Nasty_Nate on Sep 5, 2008 4:58 PM PDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

LOL

i can’t see them, at the moment, i can only hear them out my window…

by giantfan5 on Sep 5, 2008 4:47 PM PDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

mogoloff gives 72 hour warning!
Whatever that means!

by Nasty_Nate on Sep 5, 2008 4:47 PM PDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

He said yesterday

he would give 72 hours notice for the treetards to come down peacefully on their own, if not, they get the ax, the ax, the ax!

by SonofCalifornia on Sep 5, 2008 4:48 PM PDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

I’d prefer forceful extraction, makes for better silent video!

by SonofCalifornia on Sep 5, 2008 4:48 PM PDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

A day after winning their battle in court Thursday, UC Berkeley gave Memorial Stadium tree-sitters a 72-hour warning Friday morning that their days in the branches were nearing an end.

UC Berkeley spokesperson Dan Mogulof said that though the university had given the tree-sitters a previously negotiated notice promised before any action against the treesitters, "by no means does it mean we are preparing for a forcible extraction in 72 hours."

The Friday morning task of the arborists, he said, was to further isolate the tree-sitter and prevent reinforcements from reaching them from other trees.

Mogulof said the university is not prepared for the immediate commencement of construction activities other than site clearance.

BDP

by kleph on Sep 5, 2008 4:50 PM PDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

ughhhhhhh
regents and old blues = pussies afraid of a sproul repeat
F that!
Break out the tree shakers and the bee hives

by Nasty_Nate on Sep 5, 2008 4:51 PM PDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

actually just clear the whole site

then start up with the 24hr lights and bagpipe music.

by Rocksanddirt on Sep 5, 2008 4:52 PM PDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Hippies hate Slayer
Maybe we could build a CGB Hippie Drill and infiltrate Piedmont and blast Slayer from memorial’s awesome state of the art sound system

by Nasty_Nate on Sep 5, 2008 4:55 PM PDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

It’s extra awesome because theres a TON of people for the Dave Matthews Band at The Greek… its such a circus… and on that note I was wondering if there are ever weekends where The Greek has an event AND its a home football Saturday?

by Itchy25 on Sep 5, 2008 4:47 PM PDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

dave matthews band is here? i was unaware

by giantfan5 on Sep 5, 2008 4:48 PM PDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

indeed, we can hear tuning up from the dorm.

by Itchy25 on Sep 5, 2008 5:33 PM PDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

6 trees down so far
36 to go

by Nasty_Nate on Sep 5, 2008 4:50 PM PDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

i wonder if there is any internal debate among the tree sitters. like “hey, maybe we should come down.” i could easily imagine them fighting amongst themselves.

by MCM711 on Sep 5, 2008 4:50 PM PDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

they’re probably too busy brading each others hair.
Runningwolf has an awesome doo.
I want my hair to be like that.

by Nasty_Nate on Sep 5, 2008 4:53 PM PDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

i think their “internal debate” consists of “dude, quit bogartin’ my weed, dude”

by kleph on Sep 5, 2008 4:58 PM PDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

dude get me an avacado, an icepick, and my snorkle…
TRUST ME BRO I’VE MADE BONGS WITH LESS!

by Nasty_Nate on Sep 5, 2008 5:05 PM PDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

but will the cops give them a snorkle?

or are they going to have to try and carve a pipe out of one of the few branches they have left….

by Rocksanddirt on Sep 5, 2008 5:06 PM PDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

I actually had work to do this afternoon

Can I get a summary of the last four hours in bullet points?

by Berkelium97 on Sep 5, 2008 4:53 PM PDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

-Some
-Trees
-Come
-Down

"Save The Oaks: Overthrow Capitalism" said Dumpster Muffin sanguinely

www.CaliforniaGoldenBlogs.com

by TwistNHook on Sep 5, 2008 4:54 PM PDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Can I get bullet points instead of dashes?

I kissed Dumpster Muffin and I liked it. The taste of her hippie chapped lips.

by Maharg on Sep 5, 2008 4:59 PM PDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Too long to read, bullet point summary?

I kissed Dumpster Muffin and I liked it. The taste of her hippie chapped lips.

by Maharg on Sep 5, 2008 5:00 PM PDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   1 recs

Did they move to a 3-4, too?

"Save The Oaks: Overthrow Capitalism" said Dumpster Muffin sanguinely

www.CaliforniaGoldenBlogs.com

by TwistNHook on Sep 5, 2008 5:03 PM PDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

the arborists are running some kind of spread offense (the other half of their offense is on the opposite side of the field… er, tree). we think the hippies are running a man to man coverage but with little sucess. we’ll see after the break if they switch to the zone like i believe.

by kleph on Sep 5, 2008 5:11 PM PDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

How are their LBs?

In other words, Go Bears!

by royrules22 on Sep 5, 2008 6:19 PM PDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Shew, he’s safe?

by zoonews on Sep 5, 2008 4:54 PM PDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

they might be getting ready for some

more chainsawing….since the one guy has his chainsaw fouling rope out…..

by Rocksanddirt on Sep 5, 2008 4:56 PM PDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

I hope they get

a long sentence for all this crap they’re making UC put up with, but who thinks they’ll get more than a small fine and cautionary probation? no justice man.

by SonofCalifornia on Sep 5, 2008 4:58 PM PDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

I know who we need to get the Tree sitters out:

FUCK YEAH!

"Save The Oaks: Overthrow Capitalism" said Dumpster Muffin sanguinely

www.CaliforniaGoldenBlogs.com

by TwistNHook on Sep 5, 2008 4:54 PM PDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

I'm going up there now.

I’ll post pictures if I get shots of anything good.

by Berkelium97 on Sep 5, 2008 5:01 PM PDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

In other news.
Navy is getting killed!

by Nasty_Nate on Sep 5, 2008 5:03 PM PDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Wince

Yeah, I think I’ll pass on that one.

by BearsNecessity on Sep 5, 2008 5:10 PM PDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Daily Californian: TREES BLEED TREE BLOOD!
Four to five trees have been cut down today in the oak grove near Memorial Stadium, UC Berkeley officials said this afternoon.

Dan Mogulof, the campus’s executive director of public affairs, said that arborists will continue to remove trees until late tonight. At about 4 p.m., a tree at the south end of the oak grove next to Memorial Stadium was removed.

At least four tree-sitters in a nearby tree were visible from the ground. A crowd of more than 50 people were watching the scene this afternoon.

The Daily Californian

by kleph on Sep 5, 2008 5:07 PM PDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

From the Berkeley Daily Planet article linked above:

Buckwald said a central issue was construction of "a huge new building … right beside a dangerous earthquake fault. That is irresponsible and unsafe. We could use a dose of common sense here, and we hope that the courts will provide that as the case proceeds.

"It is not over yet, not by a long shot," he said.

For the love of Tedford, Buckwald, give up. You’ve lost.

"Save The Oaks: Overthrow Capitalism" said Dumpster Muffin sanguinely

www.CaliforniaGoldenBlogs.com

by TwistNHook on Sep 5, 2008 5:11 PM PDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

I’ve been staring at this tree too long. I think I’m falling in love with it.

by zoonews on Sep 5, 2008 5:12 PM PDT reply reply actions actions   1 recs

my live feed has been ska rooed for a bit now.

by kleph on Sep 5, 2008 5:13 PM PDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Still live for me. It has audio now too. It’s asking me to come to the tree. I want to go to the tree.

by zoonews on Sep 5, 2008 5:14 PM PDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Protest dude is yelling down towards the ground angrily. But all I hear are the sweet summons of the tree on her heavy breath. She wants me to climb her.

by zoonews on Sep 5, 2008 5:16 PM PDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Watch out! You don’t want to get a STD!

"Save The Oaks: Overthrow Capitalism" said Dumpster Muffin sanguinely

www.CaliforniaGoldenBlogs.com

by TwistNHook on Sep 5, 2008 5:17 PM PDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

I thought the phoenix five were still in jail?

by Nasty_Nate on Sep 5, 2008 5:16 PM PDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

I can’t believe how much I love that stupid picture.

by RemorsefulBruinBabe on Sep 5, 2008 5:21 PM PDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

I’m sure it will reappear around Big Game. My work has lasting appeal!

by zoonews on Sep 5, 2008 5:23 PM PDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

What would happen if Muffincat took on Freidgencat?

"Save The Oaks: Overthrow Capitalism" said Dumpster Muffin sanguinely

www.CaliforniaGoldenBlogs.com

by TwistNHook on Sep 5, 2008 5:15 PM PDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

This is better than a Giants game for sure.

by zoonews on Sep 5, 2008 5:21 PM PDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

wtf, interviews? Show me my tree goddamnit!

by zoonews on Sep 5, 2008 5:23 PM PDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

SCREW THE INTERVIEWS

The hippies are, and have always been dumb.

by RemorsefulBruinBabe on Sep 5, 2008 5:24 PM PDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

“They need to restore” the trees and area, he says.

by zoonews on Sep 5, 2008 5:25 PM PDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

“It’s your choice,” he says, looking straight into the camera.

I CHOOSE TO TEAR DOWN THE TREES!

by RemorsefulBruinBabe on Sep 5, 2008 5:27 PM PDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

so…they need to replant in the same place they are tearing them down?

by RemorsefulBruinBabe on Sep 5, 2008 5:25 PM PDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

hippies are an affront to rationality

by RemorsefulBruinBabe on Sep 5, 2008 5:27 PM PDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Seems like they are sending in their other cam stuff now for the broadcast.

by zoonews on Sep 5, 2008 5:27 PM PDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

hippie interview = mute!

by kittwin on Sep 5, 2008 5:29 PM PDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Can you hear me now?

by zoonews on Sep 5, 2008 5:30 PM PDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

I was just going to post this picture

but I still can’t figure out how to put a screenshot into a comment. It keeps asking me for a URL? How can there be a URL of a screenshot saved on my desktop?

by RemorsefulBruinBabe on Sep 5, 2008 5:33 PM PDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

The pic needs to be online...

You need to upload it to PhotoBucket or some other online hosting site, and then use the link they provide.

by calgbear on Sep 5, 2008 5:34 PM PDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

…or I’ll just keep letting zoonews post the pictures I was just about to post. He seems to be reading my mind. I am choosing to be grateful (lazy) rather than creeped out.

by RemorsefulBruinBabe on Sep 5, 2008 5:36 PM PDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

yeah. i was doing that earlier but it’s time for the internet here to go all pear shaped. i’m hardly able to keep the feed to the abc vid going at all right now.

by kleph on Sep 5, 2008 5:38 PM PDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

wthell just happened
oh what?
LMAO
some guy just got manhandled by the fascists!

by Nasty_Nate on Sep 5, 2008 5:31 PM PDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

ayr just got arrested!

SWEET!

by Nasty_Nate on Sep 5, 2008 5:31 PM PDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

“this is not right”

BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH

by Nasty_Nate on Sep 5, 2008 5:32 PM PDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Here come the firetrucks (minues american flags on back)!
Sweet!

by Nasty_Nate on Sep 5, 2008 5:33 PM PDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

my feed must be slow

All I can see are the damn hippies in the trees and the same shots of the chainsaw…what the eff?

by RemorsefulBruinBabe on Sep 5, 2008 5:33 PM PDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

This link has been cutting from that to (presumably) feeding cool stuff to the studio.

by zoonews on Sep 5, 2008 5:35 PM PDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

likely.

and they don’t want to show something on the ground that might need editing first accidentally.

by Rocksanddirt on Sep 5, 2008 5:36 PM PDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

It had a few curse words when he got arrested! My ears are fucking burning!

by zoonews on Sep 5, 2008 5:38 PM PDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

i saw a bulldozer for a second, but now it's all hippies...

dammit.

Why am i still at work? Oh yeah, ’cause my home connection sux.

well i guess i’m still doing work too :-p

by BearStage on Sep 5, 2008 5:37 PM PDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Berkelium just went up their?
wonder if he caught that?

by Nasty_Nate on Sep 5, 2008 5:38 PM PDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

We’ll see. Could have been live, could have been earlier.

by zoonews on Sep 5, 2008 5:39 PM PDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Which one of you wonderful bastards brought the free firewood sign? (Video very soon)

by protestshooter on Sep 5, 2008 5:41 PM PDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Welp, I'm signing off!

Let me know if anyone falls and dies ok bye!

by zoonews on Sep 5, 2008 5:45 PM PDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Alright, just got back

More than half the trees down? Maybe? Many open spots, a lot of people yelling, maybe 60 total. the nick and I met uyp, talked for a bit, saw my friends from SAE who had created a “Free Firewood” sign that should be all over the news tonight, and daily cal. That certainly got EVERYONE riled up, they came over and accussed us of being “disrespectful”. That sparked heated debate over the stadium; no topic, from sacred indian burial ground status to the availability of a perfectly good field in Oakland, was left untouched. I, of course, held my own and defeated three hippie supporter types in verbal spars. It got boring after they started using racial slurs and babbling incoherently, so I left. Meanwhile, the trees continued to fall at a steady pace. Time for the volleyball game! Go Bears!

by GoldBlooded on Sep 5, 2008 5:55 PM PDT reply reply actions actions   1 recs

Bulldozer

was tearin’ it up, literally. Also, an industrial wood chipper drove by about ten minutes before I left. University means business!

by GoldBlooded on Sep 5, 2008 5:56 PM PDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Ayr was also tased twice

after he decided that hopping the fence to do…something?…was a good idea. I have no idea. He put up a great fight though! Berkeley protesters are much tougher than ucla students.

by GoldBlooded on Sep 5, 2008 5:57 PM PDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

not surprising. the LAST thing the university is going to allow is some fruitcake to chain themselves to one of the bulldozers.

by kleph on Sep 5, 2008 5:59 PM PDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

can’t wait to see that sign

"We believe this project is now dead." - Stephan Volker

by PolarBear on Sep 5, 2008 6:00 PM PDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

They keep zooming in and out and panning up and down, keeping the tree of the sitters as the focal point. It’s getting kind of boring. More chainsaw!

by RemorsefulBruinBabe on Sep 5, 2008 6:00 PM PDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

true that

"We believe this project is now dead." - Stephan Volker

by PolarBear on Sep 5, 2008 6:01 PM PDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

what is the crazy hippie yelling?

I have no sound right now, but it looked like he was yelling “GO!” complete with the fist pump that is customary at football games…was he expecting the bystanders to yell “BEARS!” back at him? Is he giving up? Will the hippies surrender?

Answers: tonight at 11.

by RemorsefulBruinBabe on Sep 5, 2008 6:08 PM PDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

also...

…unless the same black SUV is driving in the same spot over and over again, this feed is no longer live.

by RemorsefulBruinBabe on Sep 5, 2008 6:09 PM PDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

I hear music

The sound of chainsaws sounds like Ode to Joy right now.

by BearsNecessity on Sep 5, 2008 6:12 PM PDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Hoooray!

Wow. Just…WOW. I mean, this blog, at least its SB Nation version, wasn’t even alive when there weren’t treesitters up.

by sec119 on Sep 5, 2008 6:17 PM PDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

i know, we’re going to need a new headlining phrase and everything…

(our original Blogsome site went live the Wednesday of Big Game Week 2006, a whole 3 days before the hippies took to the trees. i don’t even remember what it’s like to run a blog that had nothing to do with smelly hippies…)

So, basically, you gotta Go Bears!

by ragnarok on Sep 5, 2008 6:21 PM PDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

have you started the process of coming up with a new one?

Go Bears!

by RollOnYouBears667 on Sep 5, 2008 10:14 PM PDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

No. We should work on that.

"Save The Oaks: Overthrow Capitalism" said Dumpster Muffin sanguinely

www.CaliforniaGoldenBlogs.com

by TwistNHook on Sep 5, 2008 10:16 PM PDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

time for a news dump
UC Berkeley today began clearing the Memorial Stadium oak grove where tree-sitting protesters have been camped for nearly two years in an attempt to block construction of a sports training facility there.

Arborists wielding saws began thinning a portion of the grove as several dozen protesters shouted from the median on nearby Piedmont Avenue. The action came a day after a state appeals court refused two groups’ request to stop the project.

“It’s surreal to see the grove finally be cut down, after so much energy and effort and spirit was put into protecting it,” said Daria Garina, a UC Berkeley junior and supporter of the tree-sitters. “It’s tragic and awful.”

Workers in two cherry-pickers stripped most of the branches off the redwood where the tree-sitters reside, while the protesters swatted them with sticks.

A worker was struck on the head by a bottle from the tree-sitters’ perch but was able to continue trimming, officials said.

UC plans to remove some of the larger trees today but has no immediate plans to forcibly remove the four remaining tree-sitters, campus spokesman Dan Mogulof said.

A group of oak tree advocates and a Berkeley Hills neighborhood group planned to appeal the decision to the California Supreme Court.

The San Francisco Chronicle

University of California, Berkeley spokesman Dan Mogulof said the university today began tearing down oak trees next to its football stadium as the first step in a project to build a news sports training center adjacent to the stadium.

Mogulof said this morning that the university would only be “pruning” trees today in the wake of a court ruling on Thursday that allowed the university to go forward with the project after a 20-month legal battle.

But at a 4 p.m. news briefing next to the football stadium, Mogulof said the university actually began tearing down trees today and plans to tear down a total of 42 trees by the end of the day Monday.

He estimated that about four to five trees had been removed as of 4 p.m. today.

Videographer LA Wood, who has filmed activities at the grove of oak trees since a UC Board of Regents committee approved the project December 2006, said at least six trees have been taken down so far.

Michael Kelly, the president of the Panoramic Hill Association, which is one of three groups that filed suit to try to stop the project, said he thinks at least a dozen trees had been removed.

Wood accused UC officials of issuing a “misleading” statement about their plans for today.

“They didn’t prune trees, they killed them,” Wood said.

Four tree-sitters remained in a single tree near the stadium and at least 50 supporters had gathered near the site to watch the trees being cut down.

Wood said he thinks the university wouldn’t have cut down the trees today if there had been a larger group of protesters.

Mogulof said there are currently 70 oak trees in the grove next to the stadium and when the university finishes the work, 20 will remain.

He said the university will plant three new trees at the site for every one it removes.

Mogulof said the university expects that it will take two and a half years to build the new sports training center.

Shortly after 5 p.m., UC police detained Ayr, the leader of the ground support team for the tree-sitters.

Kelly, who witnessed the incident, said Ayr had been arguing with a small group of university students who supported removing the trees and were carrying a sign that said “Free Firewood.”

Kelly said he didn’t think Ayr did anything to warrant being detained.

CBS5

Crews began cutting down trees next to Memorial Stadium at UC Berkeley late this afternoon, 21 months after activists climbed into the trees to protest the university’s plan to raze them to build a $140 million sports training center center.

Work crews with chainsaws and bulldozers arrived at the university grove Friday and by 4 p.m. six trees had been chopped down.

Clad in black ski masks, the four remaining tree protesters who were driven into a single redwood several months ago, remained in the tree today at at times sparred with arborists, tossing a bottle and branches toward the crews.

Arborists trimmed most of the branches from the redwood, leaving the few tarps and wooden platforms and the tree sitters alone before moving on to other trees on the south side of the grove.

The San Jose Mercury News

by kleph on Sep 5, 2008 6:24 PM PDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

while the protesters swatted them with sticks.

arrest ’em all for assault!

by RemorsefulBruinBabe on Sep 5, 2008 6:27 PM PDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

I’ve created a new thread for all the discusson as this one is getting bulky. Let’s move there! Can you put all these in there, so people can see them?

"Save The Oaks: Overthrow Capitalism" said Dumpster Muffin sanguinely

www.CaliforniaGoldenBlogs.com

by TwistNHook on Sep 5, 2008 6:35 PM PDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

and protest shooter is on the case....

he’s got his pm update up with fallen tree goodness and this ….

by kleph on Sep 5, 2008 6:27 PM PDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Oh, dear God, people keep beating me to posting my own links. Video soon!

by protestshooter on Sep 5, 2008 6:29 PM PDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

i was lurking. great stuff, mate. you simply have to love the afternoon light in california for shooting. btw, what kind of camera are you using?

by kleph on Sep 5, 2008 6:31 PM PDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

That’s like asking a chef what kind of pots she uses. Just doesn’t matter.

by protestshooter on Sep 5, 2008 6:34 PM PDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

i’m also a cook. and i prefer cast iron.

by kleph on Sep 5, 2008 6:35 PM PDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Heh, me too. But if what you have is tinfoil, you use tinfoil…

by protestshooter on Sep 5, 2008 6:37 PM PDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

I <3 firewood

www.californiagoldenblogs.com

by HydroTech on Sep 5, 2008 6:30 PM PDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

I really wish I had a fireplace.

by RemorsefulBruinBabe on Sep 5, 2008 6:34 PM PDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

NEW THREAD

"Save The Oaks: Overthrow Capitalism" said Dumpster Muffin sanguinely

www.CaliforniaGoldenBlogs.com

by TwistNHook on Sep 5, 2008 6:37 PM PDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

EARTHQUAKE!

www.californiagoldenblogs.com

by HydroTech on Sep 5, 2008 9:02 PM PDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

thenick is back!

Sorry everyone, I had a long day that involved going up to the stadium twice!

I’m now at my computer and ready to process my photos.

They might not be the quality of protestshooters, and somehow I can’t get them up as fast, but they’re what I’ve got. To be continued…

by thenick on Sep 5, 2008 11:26 PM PDT reply reply actions actions <