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Tree-Sitter Extraction Live Blog

I moved the previous text to the entry body behind the fold. 

I just spoke with Goldblooded.  He is at the grove right now.  He says that they are constructing a metal tower around the base of the tree.  It is similar to the drum major's tower, he tells me.  He says they are moving slowly, but have enough poles to make it to the top.  It is unclear exactly what this metal tower is for, but one would think it relates to the extraction.  Here is the ABC7 Live Feed if you want to keep an eye on things.  When I hear more, I'll pass word along to here.  Of course, as citizen journalists, if you hear of anything, similarly post it here.

It appears that things are coming to a head at the oak grove.  Keep it locked here for all the action.  We got people watching the feed and people at the location sending reports back in.

 

Star-divide

We interrupt the regularly scheduled open thread on Aaron Rodgers for this following announcement.  It (might be) Going Down!  No, not the trees (that was Friday) and not WSU (that was Saturday).  I have received word from Goldblooded and TheNick that the extraction has begun.  I am sure they will bring back great stories and photos, but we are all citizen journalists here.  We can't depend on the Carolyn Joneses of the world to give us a fair run down of the extraction.  So, if you can make it out for this once in a life time (hopefully!) event, you better hightail.  It could be over by now, who knows?  GO BEARS!

Edit:  Just heard from Goldblooded and TheNick again.  Goldblooded said he saw another cherry picker making its way towards the grove.  TheNick said that the cherry pickers were cleaning up branches (ostensibly to help the extraction), but have stopped that process for now.  There is a bit of a lull in the action, he tells me.  KRON4 didn't seem to report that the extraction was taking place.  So, we are getting conflicting reports here.  Perhaps they are waiting for this new cherry picker to make it.  We shall see, I guess.

Edit2:  TheNick and GoldBlooded tell me that a fire truck and more cops came, but it's unclear now where they are.  Both have left for now, so if anything does happen, it might be late night.  Boo to false alarms!  Yay to extraction!

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Sweeeeheheheaaat!

But none of the news stations are breaking this news at the moment, weird.

by SonofCalifornia on Sep 8, 2008 6:00 PM PDT reply actions  

nevermind, KRON 4 has it on now…

by SonofCalifornia on Sep 8, 2008 6:01 PM PDT up reply actions  

Live shot

didn’t show any extraction going on, just cutting additional tree limbs underneath the sitters

by SonofCalifornia on Sep 8, 2008 6:05 PM PDT reply actions  

Daily Cal reporting the same thing.

http://www.dailycal.org/article/102534

You’re taking more attention away from Rodgers just to spite CaliSeth aren’t you Twist?

by BearsNecessity on Sep 8, 2008 6:07 PM PDT up reply actions  

I wondered if something was going on...

I was in class all afternoon and between 430 and 530 helicopters were circling around making all sorts of noise. For a while the professor was barely even audible.

I’m disappointed that all that noise was over nothing. I was hoping to come home to glorious headlines of how the remaining tree-sitters were pulled out of the trees or fell onto inflatables. I wonder how many hours of footage these news stations have of trees with nothing really going on around them. It seems every day during the summer the campus would be buzzing with the noise of helicopters all afternoon.

by Berkelium97 on Sep 8, 2008 6:15 PM PDT reply actions  

the abc webcam doesn’t have much either

by kleph on Sep 8, 2008 6:23 PM PDT reply actions  

Dude, they're frickn having tea

… they’re not suffering up there… they’re actually having a good time.

by danzig on Sep 8, 2008 6:38 PM PDT reply actions  

Nothing doing at 7:30, though I did see ZRW and Dumpster Muffin chatting as I jogged by on Piedmont. The tree looks ridiculous but it looks like there is nice access both above and below for whatever operation occurs.

by royb on Sep 8, 2008 8:04 PM PDT reply actions  

Heard from the cops at around 9:00 that they don’t want to do it in front of a crowd. 3 AM visit to the grove anyone?

by GoldBlooded on Sep 8, 2008 9:13 PM PDT reply actions  

Those dudes must be sun burned and tired. It doesn’t look like they have a platform to really sit on or lie on so they are sleeping straddling the tree and branches all day? Then they only have a limited amount of water and food? Then they piss and poop right off the tree?

Does anybody know what resources they have up there?

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by HydroTech on Sep 8, 2008 9:47 PM PDT reply actions  

According to the CBS article on the left side of the front page, they have sunshine to sustain there.

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by TwistNHook on Sep 8, 2008 10:23 PM PDT up reply actions  

seems everyone – and i mean everyone – had a bylined story on this today. which is a good thing since you have to wade through all of them to get any idea of the substance of what happened yesterday.

On Saturday, university officials believed that they had struck a deal with the four tree-sitters: they would descend from their hand-built, solar-paneled perch about 100 feet up in exchange for the university’s increasing its tree-replacement program and allowing a vigil for a fallen tree.

Mr. Mogulof said that deal fell through on Sunday after protesters on the ground made more demands, including immunity for some tree-dwellers who are accused of tossing their human waste at the police.

New York Times

But the sitters and their supporters felt they would be losing a bargaining tool if the tree-sitters came down. They asked that the campus promise permanent and long-term discussions over the campus’ use of land, as well as payment of $6 million in mitigation-that would be donated to groups of their choice- before the sitters leave the trees.

Daily Californian

The mediator [identified by The Daily Californian as Peter Bluhon] met with protesters and campus officials over the weekend, but talks ended after an apparent split among the protesters, Mogulof said.

“It appears the tree-sitters and their supporters could not come to an agreement within themselves,” he said.

SF Chronicle

bottom line? we wait. and, it should be noted, your own daily californian is beating the pants off the major dalies – up to and including the vaunted grey lady – in both stories and photography.

by kleph on Sep 9, 2008 6:09 AM PDT reply actions  

And, if you want to get your hackles up, you should pop over to this story under the headline “”http://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2008/09/07/18534041.php" target="new">UC Berkeley commits 1st hate crime against WWI Veterans."

by kleph on Sep 9, 2008 6:10 AM PDT up reply actions  

Ugh. More of the same ill-informed propaganda. Is it weird that I found myself just as annoyed with the numerous spelling, punctuation, capitalization and grammar mistakes as I did the actual content of the article?

So, basically, you gotta Go Bears!

by ragnarok on Sep 9, 2008 9:46 AM PDT up reply actions  

Just wanted to note that again the ego of the ground support winning out over reason. They NEED something to hang their hats on, so they cant let the tree-sitters leave. They even note that they’d lose a bargaining tool. Its so stupid.

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by TwistNHook on Sep 9, 2008 7:22 AM PDT up reply actions  

definitely helicopters everywhere right now, just woke up, gonna go check it out

by GoldBlooded on Sep 9, 2008 8:52 AM PDT reply actions  

probably news choppers. from the live feed it looks like they are starting their day giving interviews and boasting about the glorious bolivarian revolution or whatever as usual.

by kleph on Sep 9, 2008 9:00 AM PDT reply actions  

If the extraction actually, yknow, begins, I’ll move this up.

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by TwistNHook on Sep 9, 2008 9:04 AM PDT reply actions  

ok, there is a chopper feed now. shows two big cranes and a bunch of activity building something at the base of the tree.

by kleph on Sep 9, 2008 9:14 AM PDT reply actions  

Wow

Are those poo-protectors for the guys with the erector set below?

by OskiMonsta on Sep 9, 2008 9:15 AM PDT up reply actions  

Goldblooded tells me that the tower is for a staircase and that the staircase goes up about 1/6th of the tree as of now.

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by TwistNHook on Sep 9, 2008 9:19 AM PDT reply actions  

that’s what it looked like when the copter zoomed it (sorry, dinna get a screengrab of it). kinda like the scaffolding you see on construction sites. i imagine the tarps on the cranes will rise to the level of the sitters while they build the tower beneath. which explains why they cleared all the extra limbs yesterday – they now have clear access to the level the sitters are at.

by kleph on Sep 9, 2008 9:22 AM PDT up reply actions  

closeups of the construction on the live feed right now.

by kleph on Sep 9, 2008 9:24 AM PDT up reply actions  

and this one is for you, zoonews.

by kleph on Sep 9, 2008 9:19 AM PDT reply actions  

Ok, apparently the first arrest of the day has been made. Again, the FIRST ARREST OF THE DAY has been made.

Who had 9:22 AM in the pool?

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by TwistNHook on Sep 9, 2008 9:22 AM PDT reply actions  

Do u mean the first extraction???

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by oaktownmario on Sep 9, 2008 9:23 AM PDT up reply actions  

It didnt seem like it to me, but Im double checking. When I know more, Ill post.

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by TwistNHook on Sep 9, 2008 9:28 AM PDT up reply actions  

don’t think so, it looks like all four are still in the tree (but have their battle hoods on. dudes, you ain’t the FARC and that tree ain’t ingrid betancourt)

by kleph on Sep 9, 2008 9:28 AM PDT up reply actions  

Yah, Goldblooded tells me that it was just somebody who tried to block the road. Now, the median has been moved to block the road and everybody is on the median.

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by TwistNHook on Sep 9, 2008 9:30 AM PDT up reply actions  

No access to TV...

Please keep updating here…this is fascinating!

Those thingies on the cherry (hippie) pickers look like mattresses…

by oski4u on Sep 9, 2008 9:31 AM PDT reply actions  

I thought they were poo-protectors for the guys working at the base of the tree, but maybe you’re right.

by OskiMonsta on Sep 9, 2008 9:33 AM PDT up reply actions  

no, when they showed the closeups they looked like some kind of tarp material and not sturdy enough to ‘catch’ someone.

by kleph on Sep 9, 2008 9:34 AM PDT up reply actions  

But sturdy enough to stop falling hippie poo-bombs!

by OskiMonsta on Sep 9, 2008 9:35 AM PDT up reply actions  

thats why i’m posting the grabs from the webcam.

by kleph on Sep 9, 2008 9:33 AM PDT up reply actions  

Are you saying the live webcam isn’t working for you?

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by TwistNHook on Sep 9, 2008 9:34 AM PDT up reply actions  

I lost it for a few mins but now it’s back.

by OskiMonsta on Sep 9, 2008 9:35 AM PDT up reply actions  

finally got a grab on those…

by kleph on Sep 9, 2008 10:49 AM PDT up reply actions  

Looks like the hippies are preparing a counter attack with ropes…

by OskiMonsta on Sep 9, 2008 9:37 AM PDT reply actions  

Goldblooded tells me the stairs are about a quarter of th way up. He also says that the sitters are trying to do something with rope, but he cant really tell whats going on. Maybe the live feed shows it better.

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by TwistNHook on Sep 9, 2008 9:38 AM PDT reply actions  

Rope tricks, one of them is moving lower…

by OskiMonsta on Sep 9, 2008 9:39 AM PDT up reply actions  

saw that too but it’s hard to say what those bozo’s are doing.

by kleph on Sep 9, 2008 9:40 AM PDT up reply actions  

One of them jumped on the top of the cherrypicker!!

by OskiMonsta on Sep 9, 2008 9:44 AM PDT reply actions  

Do we have a screengrab of that?

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by TwistNHook on Sep 9, 2008 9:45 AM PDT up reply actions  

no, i can’t really make out whats going on via webcam

by kleph on Sep 9, 2008 9:46 AM PDT up reply actions  

one of the hippies looks to be chanting slogans at the top and ninja hippie might be moving about at the bottom. the tarps seem to be moving back into place

by kleph on Sep 9, 2008 9:48 AM PDT up reply actions  

they are being lowered…

by kleph on Sep 9, 2008 9:45 AM PDT up reply actions  

Goldblooded tells me that there are 4 cherry pickers and a crane twice as tall as Memorial Stadium are moving in. He also says Saint Dumpster Muffin is there and she is continually banging on the “poop bucket.” Not sure what that is, per se.

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by TwistNHook on Sep 9, 2008 9:44 AM PDT reply actions  

It looks cold in Berkeley. I need more hot coffee just to watch that live feed.

by sec119 on Sep 9, 2008 9:44 AM PDT reply actions  

Now some hippie fist waving!

by OskiMonsta on Sep 9, 2008 9:46 AM PDT reply actions  

Goldblooded says that the tree sitters lowered themselves a bit below their platform using rope and are sitting there. Not sure how that relates to OskiMonsta’s view that one of them jumped on top of the cherrypicker.

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by TwistNHook on Sep 9, 2008 9:46 AM PDT reply actions  

Do you guys see that dude out on a branch?

Crazeee!!

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by oaktownmario on Sep 9, 2008 9:47 AM PDT reply actions  

Looks like he's going to end his life . .

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by oaktownmario on Sep 9, 2008 9:47 AM PDT up reply actions  

fucking stupid, you mean.

by kleph on Sep 9, 2008 9:48 AM PDT up reply actions  

He says that “Erik” (perhaps Ayr) is telling the cops to put their helmets on and clear the area. Not sure what that means exactly.

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by TwistNHook on Sep 9, 2008 9:47 AM PDT reply actions  

Something about Ayr trying to get a line of people near the police barracades. It is a bit unclear to me.

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by TwistNHook on Sep 9, 2008 9:49 AM PDT up reply actions  

Tell Goldblooded to be more clear!

by CaliforniaBone on Sep 9, 2008 9:52 AM PDT up reply actions  

One hip is trying to rip one of the “tarp things” off the top of the cherrypicker

by OskiMonsta on Sep 9, 2008 9:49 AM PDT reply actions  

It appears he failed.

by OskiMonsta on Sep 9, 2008 9:50 AM PDT up reply actions  

We need some play by play here

"and he’s reaching for the shit bucket . . . He’s down to his last ammo . . . "

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by oaktownmario on Sep 9, 2008 9:50 AM PDT reply actions  

Where’s Joe Starkey when you need him?

by OskiMonsta on Sep 9, 2008 9:54 AM PDT up reply actions  

The most amazing, sensational, dramatic, heart rending,

exciting, thrilling, tree extraction in the history of sports . . . There will be no more hippies!

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by oaktownmario on Sep 9, 2008 9:57 AM PDT up reply actions  

Goldblooded says that the sitters are throwing lines of rope from the tree. They are either working on coming down or trying to get ropes down for more people to climb up. That might make sense as to why Ayr is trying to get people closer to the tree.

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by TwistNHook on Sep 9, 2008 9:53 AM PDT reply actions  

Also, that the hippies have been unsuccessful, because the rope keeps getting snagged on the tree below them.

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by TwistNHook on Sep 9, 2008 9:54 AM PDT up reply actions  

if that’s true, he’s even more stupid than i believed. and that took some doing.

by kleph on Sep 9, 2008 9:54 AM PDT up reply actions  

Damn it! This is going to ruin my

work production for the day.

Why can’t they just hire a sniper and kill 2 birds with one stone so to speak?

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by oaktownmario on Sep 9, 2008 9:54 AM PDT reply actions  

stones, eh?

anyone got a trebuchet?

So, basically, you gotta Go Bears!

by ragnarok on Sep 9, 2008 9:55 AM PDT up reply actions  

A what now?

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by TwistNHook on Sep 9, 2008 9:56 AM PDT up reply actions  

A trebuchet. Basically, a really large, powerful medieval weapon for slinging large boulders. Also, a highly entertaining way of removing hippies from trees.

So, basically, you gotta Go Bears!

by ragnarok on Sep 9, 2008 9:58 AM PDT up reply actions  

Too bad there isn’t sound or this would be great entertainment!

by CaliforniaBone on Sep 9, 2008 9:55 AM PDT reply actions  

whenever this drama gets going i put this on my mp3 player.

by kleph on Sep 9, 2008 9:58 AM PDT up reply actions  

Just heard the news.

This is great. Keep the updates coming as usual. Thanks!

by trisweb on Sep 9, 2008 9:55 AM PDT reply actions  

2 people in a crane enter stage left even…UC cops I presume

by OskiMonsta on Sep 9, 2008 9:57 AM PDT reply actions  

It’d be great if it was like a totally random run in by the nWo or something like that.

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by TwistNHook on Sep 9, 2008 9:59 AM PDT up reply actions  

Or Ayr had somehow comandeered one. And then they had a high stakes battle atop cherry pickers.

God, this would make a GREAT movie!

Another arrest of a ground support person, I am informed.

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by TwistNHook on Sep 9, 2008 10:00 AM PDT up reply actions  

I thought the arrested Ayr – is he out on bail?

by OskiMonsta on Sep 9, 2008 10:01 AM PDT up reply actions  

Theyve arrested him like 18 times. Hes always out like 20 minutes later!

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by TwistNHook on Sep 9, 2008 10:01 AM PDT up reply actions  

So is this the Return of the King (Tedford)?

Or are we still on The Two Towers?

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by oaktownmario on Sep 9, 2008 10:01 AM PDT up reply actions  

Ok, looks like 4 people, probably cops in a gondola-type thing hanging from a crane are trying to talk/negotiate with the tree hippies.

by OskiMonsta on Sep 9, 2008 10:00 AM PDT up reply actions  

screengrabbin…

by kleph on Sep 9, 2008 10:01 AM PDT reply actions  

We can neer have enough screen grabs, btw. Keep up the good work!

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by TwistNHook on Sep 9, 2008 10:03 AM PDT up reply actions  

Now one hip looks like he’s heading for the god pod. The gongola has swung around to the other side of the tree.

by OskiMonsta on Sep 9, 2008 10:04 AM PDT up reply actions  

Goldblooded tells me that one sitter is climbing up to the god pod

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by TwistNHook on Sep 9, 2008 10:04 AM PDT reply actions  

FLEE HIPPIE! FLEE!

by kleph on Sep 9, 2008 10:05 AM PDT up reply actions  

I seriously think these dumb hippies

want to die and become martyrs for their twisted cause. Heck, it sure beats getting a job . . .

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by oaktownmario on Sep 9, 2008 10:05 AM PDT reply actions  

3rd ground crew arrest. They are dropping like flies!

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by TwistNHook on Sep 9, 2008 10:07 AM PDT reply actions  

I’m not one for hyperbole, but this is the most amazing thing I have ever witnessed.

by Tony M on Sep 9, 2008 10:08 AM PDT reply actions  

I'd say the same thing but I can't see anything

on that crappy abc video, and I especially can’t see any hyperboles . . .

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by oaktownmario on Sep 9, 2008 10:10 AM PDT up reply actions  

CBS story:

BERKELEY (CBS 5) ― Crews wearing hazmat suits moved cranes and scaffolding into place Tuesday in an apparent attempt to remove the remaining 4 tree-sitters protesting plans by UC Berkeley to expand athletic facilities.

The move comes a day after university officials vowed to use force if necessary to remove the protesters from the tree. Crew have already removed 40 of 42 trees in front of Memorial Stadium to make way for a new sports training facility.

Recent court rulings have giving the university the green light to go ahead with their project following a 21-month standoff with tree-sitting protesters.

An agreement that called for the tree-sitters to receive food, water and other support from backers on the ground expired at 9 a.m. Monday.

<a href=“http://cbs5.com/video/?id=”mailto:38895@kpix.dayport.com">38895@kpix.dayport.com" target="new">This is a video apparently of Ayr being upset with a reporter. I havent watched it myself, its from the CBS story.

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by TwistNHook on Sep 9, 2008 10:10 AM PDT reply actions  

The video of Ayr being upset is very funny if it’s the one I saw earlier – she mentioned no student support and he blew up.

by protestshooter on Sep 9, 2008 10:11 AM PDT up reply actions  

http://cbs5.com/video/?id=38895@kpix.dayport.com

That link might work better.

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by TwistNHook on Sep 9, 2008 10:13 AM PDT up reply actions  

That was awesome. Wow.

by sec119 on Sep 9, 2008 10:28 AM PDT up reply actions  

crane just went up.

by kleph on Sep 9, 2008 10:13 AM PDT reply actions  

I can’t help but think this would be less complicated if they just cut the tree from below. Which do hippies hate more? Water or gravity?

by Tony M on Sep 9, 2008 10:14 AM PDT up reply actions  

damn i was hoping we see some gen-u-wine police brutality in the tree.

by kleph on Sep 9, 2008 10:15 AM PDT up reply actions  

YES! I think all this dust was shipped in for added drama!

by Tony M on Sep 9, 2008 10:15 AM PDT reply actions  

I think he was throwing handfulls of dirt at the cops.

by protestshooter on Sep 9, 2008 10:16 AM PDT up reply actions  

Yeah really. So another arrest on the ground is what it comes down to.

by trisweb on Sep 9, 2008 10:16 AM PDT up reply actions  

HOLY CRAP! Did you guys see that? Filming the ground crew and they knocked it down!

by trisweb on Sep 9, 2008 10:15 AM PDT reply actions  

They switched to the ground crew, looking at the crowd, and suddenly someone fell down, knocked like 2 tripods down and tried to run down the hill, but the police chased him down.

by trisweb on Sep 9, 2008 10:25 AM PDT up reply actions  

It looks like night of the living dead out there!

by CaliforniaBone on Sep 9, 2008 10:16 AM PDT reply actions  

BRAINS! MORE BRAINS!!!

by CaliforniaBone on Sep 9, 2008 10:16 AM PDT up reply actions  

bet it smells like it too

by kleph on Sep 9, 2008 10:16 AM PDT up reply actions  

screaming hippies, a la carte.

by kleph on Sep 9, 2008 10:17 AM PDT up reply actions  

Some dumb hippie got taken down on the ground by police

He was not one of the tree sitters. It was on the abc video link at the top of this page.

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by oaktownmario on Sep 9, 2008 10:19 AM PDT up reply actions  

Anybody know who that was?

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by oaktownmario on Sep 9, 2008 10:16 AM PDT reply actions  

I bet that wasn’t quite live – they probably recorded it a few minutes ago and wanted to upload it to the folks back home.

by protestshooter on Sep 9, 2008 10:17 AM PDT reply actions  

Damn. Everything looks so orderly from up here lol.

by CaliforniaBone on Sep 9, 2008 10:17 AM PDT reply actions  

Ah man

They cut away from the good stuff. Stupid hippies with their potty mouths.

by BearsNecessity on Sep 9, 2008 10:17 AM PDT reply actions  

woooo!!!!

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by HydroTech on Sep 9, 2008 10:17 AM PDT reply actions  

Cut back to the tree. Whoever is directing this opus for ABC deserves an emmy.

by Tony M on Sep 9, 2008 10:18 AM PDT reply actions   1 recs

that was a nice little scrum

theres no way these sitters get pulled from the tree without some sort of injury

by AlucardXVIII on Sep 9, 2008 10:19 AM PDT reply actions  

I honestly hope no one dies

but I think it’s a real possibility and would just make things worse for everyone . . .

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by oaktownmario on Sep 9, 2008 10:20 AM PDT up reply actions  

sadly, it really IS a possibility...

you’re right, that would be terrible :-(

by BearStage on Sep 9, 2008 10:20 AM PDT up reply actions  

i’m pretty sure the university too that into account when coming up with a plan to deal with this.

by kleph on Sep 9, 2008 10:21 AM PDT up reply actions  

Well, I want them to die,

but because of dysentery and cholera, in jail, from basically living/eating/breathing in close proximity to their own shit for 2 years. Not because of a fall.

by Spazzy Mcgee on Sep 9, 2008 10:52 AM PDT up reply actions  

I agree

unfortunately, it’s not because of any real feeling of these hippies value to mankind, but because it would complicate the situation to no end. And it’d make people feel sad.

I’m not sure if this makes me a bad person, but it’s true.

by AndBears on Sep 9, 2008 10:22 AM PDT up reply actions  

Don’t worry. I’m thinking the same thing.

by CaliforniaBone on Sep 9, 2008 10:23 AM PDT up reply actions  

We're right there with you . . . nothing bad in that thought

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by oaktownmario on Sep 9, 2008 10:25 AM PDT up reply actions  

Scaffolding

As the scaffolding goes up, those chances are going down – there will be less distance to fall. This is why the route they are taking is very wise.

by tmoran3020 on Sep 9, 2008 10:28 AM PDT up reply actions  

Working down on Hearst and Oxford. Theres like, 4 helicopters, and I keep seeing news vans drive up Hearst. Must be the 6th one so far.

by CaliforniaBone on Sep 9, 2008 10:19 AM PDT reply actions  

just posted a big image of the tree if anyone wants to take a stab at making a count as to who is left up there.

http://www.andeancurrents.com/photos/hippiedown10.jpg

by kleph on Sep 9, 2008 10:21 AM PDT reply actions  

There are still 4

I think 1 or 2 are in the godpod, and/or on the other side of the tree

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by oaktownmario on Sep 9, 2008 10:22 AM PDT up reply actions  

One is below the pods, using ropes

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by oaktownmario on Sep 9, 2008 10:23 AM PDT up reply actions  

Reenforcements levatating in from stage left.

by Tony M on Sep 9, 2008 10:21 AM PDT reply actions  

GoldBlooded informs me that the stairs are about 50% finished. The police crane is hovering around trying to talk to the sitters. Prolly telling them that their time is up and if they dont come down, bla bla bla bla. Its a bit unclear but it seems that the hippies keep trying to throw a rope to no avail.

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by TwistNHook on Sep 9, 2008 10:23 AM PDT reply actions  

I’m really trying to figure out what the point of throwing a rope could be.

by Tony M on Sep 9, 2008 10:25 AM PDT up reply actions  

I think they're trying to get more people up in the trees

lame, but that’s what they’re probly trying

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by oaktownmario on Sep 9, 2008 10:26 AM PDT up reply actions  

I am informed and thereon do believe and allege that their rope has been caught on some power lines and they cant seem to get it off. Ha!

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by TwistNHook on Sep 9, 2008 10:30 AM PDT up reply actions  

It would never work. These hippies have spent years gradually building up a tolerance to tranquilizers.

by Tony M on Sep 9, 2008 10:27 AM PDT up reply actions  

just...

hung a backpack form a rope connected to the godpod?

by AlucardXVIII on Sep 9, 2008 10:27 AM PDT reply actions  

this is fascinating

i can’t look away. this must be what it’s like to watch car chases on TV in LA.

So, basically, you gotta Go Bears!

by ragnarok on Sep 9, 2008 10:27 AM PDT reply actions  

Wow, they’re really working on something up there… tying ropes or something. They’re frenzied.

by trisweb on Sep 9, 2008 10:27 AM PDT reply actions  

I think the final move may be to tie themselves to the tree.

by protestshooter on Sep 9, 2008 10:28 AM PDT up reply actions  

It’s sure getting crowded up there.

by protestshooter on Sep 9, 2008 10:27 AM PDT reply actions  

Maybe the police should change their negotiation techniques

and start telling the sitters they should consider “revolutionary suicide” . . . that would make the extraction quicker . . . but it would cause a shitload of controversy.

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by oaktownmario on Sep 9, 2008 10:28 AM PDT reply actions  

“Come on… Everyone loves a martyr! You’ll get 20 unshaven hippies in your yogurt and sandal filled heaven… You’ll meet these trees there too!”

by AndBears on Sep 9, 2008 10:29 AM PDT up reply actions  

Is it just me?

Or does anyone else want them to starting cutting off some of the other branches?

by Rickeyfan on Sep 9, 2008 10:29 AM PDT reply actions  

Yeah, it seems like they could strip everything on that one side – oh, somebody’s pulling crap down.

by protestshooter on Sep 9, 2008 10:30 AM PDT up reply actions  

ha, we have your blankets! You have to come down now!

by kittwin on Sep 9, 2008 10:30 AM PDT up reply actions  

I think they should go oldskool and just set the tree on fire. Not in a mean way. Just, you know, light the ends of a few branches.

by Tony M on Sep 9, 2008 10:31 AM PDT up reply actions  

Thanks Bears,

you just got the FBI, CIA, NSA and whoknows who else in on this Blog discussion b/c of that J word. Just Great!

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by oaktownmario on Sep 9, 2008 10:31 AM PDT up reply actions  

TwistNHook's seditious activities need to be reported

under some Patriot Act provision I don’t bother to memorize

by BearsNecessity on Sep 9, 2008 10:35 AM PDT up reply actions  

Praise Be To Tedford (PBUH!)

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by TwistNHook on Sep 9, 2008 10:37 AM PDT up reply actions  

what an awesome...

advertisement for this crane company

by AlucardXVIII on Sep 9, 2008 10:30 AM PDT reply actions  

GOLDBLOODED TELLS ME THAT THE ARBORISTS ARE DISMANTLING THEIR PLATFORM FROM THE BOTTOM!

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by TwistNHook on Sep 9, 2008 10:31 AM PDT reply actions  

wow, that’s vastly not bright.

by kleph on Sep 9, 2008 10:32 AM PDT up reply actions  

my bad, i thought you meant they were dismantling the tower at the base of the tree…

by kleph on Sep 9, 2008 10:34 AM PDT up reply actions  

Haha, they missed all of Burning Man for THIS!

by Oznog on Sep 9, 2008 10:31 AM PDT reply actions  

my hippie count stand at three…

by kleph on Sep 9, 2008 10:32 AM PDT reply actions  

I think there's one in the god pod, no?

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by oaktownmario on Sep 9, 2008 10:32 AM PDT up reply actions  

and i’ve no idea what happened to the ninja hippie below who was messing with the tarps earlier.

by kleph on Sep 9, 2008 10:33 AM PDT up reply actions  

I take zero

They aren’t building that scaffolding for the fun of it. This ends today.

by tmoran3020 on Sep 9, 2008 10:33 AM PDT reply actions  

They’re hoisting water into the god pod. Don’t tell me they think they’re all gonna fit up there…

by CaliforniaBone on Sep 9, 2008 10:34 AM PDT reply actions  

i doubt that is water.

by kleph on Sep 9, 2008 10:35 AM PDT up reply actions  

Yep, they’re goin up. Crazy. Maybe they’re just going to keep a couple in the tree…

by trisweb on Sep 9, 2008 10:35 AM PDT up reply actions  

"You forgot to read your fortune, punk"

It’s says “You’re shit out of luck”

by oski4u on Sep 9, 2008 10:34 AM PDT reply actions  

I keep thinking that Batman would handle this whole situation differently.

by Tony M on Sep 9, 2008 10:36 AM PDT up reply actions  

If Sarah Palin was there they would have been out of that tree 20 months ago.

by protestshooter on Sep 9, 2008 10:36 AM PDT up reply actions  

"Quick Robin"

Hand me the “Treesitter Repellent”

by BearsNecessity on Sep 9, 2008 10:37 AM PDT up reply actions  

Goldblooded says they are moving all their stuff up to the God Pod.

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by TwistNHook on Sep 9, 2008 10:35 AM PDT reply actions  

Yeah, 'cause THAT'S gonna work...

as if the extractors can’t just move the crane higher.

“They’ll never catch us up here!”

by BearStage on Sep 9, 2008 10:36 AM PDT up reply actions  

It will be hard to drag them out of it, and it shakes around in a dramatic fashion.

by protestshooter on Sep 9, 2008 10:37 AM PDT up reply actions  

It’s like when all the stupid people in horror movies run upstairs — we’ll be safe without an exit plan!

by AndBears on Sep 9, 2008 10:37 AM PDT up reply actions  

The cops should just wait until they’re finished transfering their supplies up there, and then go grab the God Pod.

by Tony M on Sep 9, 2008 10:37 AM PDT up reply actions  

Airlift it with a helicopter!! Just attach it, and cut the tree off at the top. Perfect!

by trisweb on Sep 9, 2008 10:39 AM PDT up reply actions  

Put on some sort of forklift attachment to the crane...

then come up from underneath and just pop the god pod off the tree… then the tree sitters come to the cops pre-packaged.

by calgbear on Sep 9, 2008 10:39 AM PDT up reply actions  

Too many live events today!

This and the apple event are spreading my attention, it’s so hard to concentrate… (http://live.gizmodo.com/ if you’re interested)

by trisweb on Sep 9, 2008 10:37 AM PDT reply actions  

Apple. Feh.

I don’t see the choice in the matter.

by BearStage on Sep 9, 2008 10:39 AM PDT up reply actions  

If he doesnt announce a price cut, I’m not interested…much.

by CaliforniaBone on Sep 9, 2008 10:40 AM PDT up reply actions  

You mean “tree cut.”

by Tony M on Sep 9, 2008 10:41 AM PDT up reply actions  

Where’s the iHippieRemover? If he talks about that, Im good to go!

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by TwistNHook on Sep 9, 2008 10:41 AM PDT up reply actions  

Since they aren’t moving that basket any higher, the crane might be at it’s maximum height, and not able to reach the pod. The scaffolding will get there eventually, though.

by Oznog on Sep 9, 2008 10:41 AM PDT reply actions  

Whats going on on the feed?

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by TwistNHook on Sep 9, 2008 10:42 AM PDT up reply actions  

Do negotiators ever have to keep their word?

After all, don’t the hippies get arrested when they come out, end of story?

by Rickeyfan on Sep 9, 2008 10:44 AM PDT up reply actions  

ponies can’t live in trees…silly hippies.

So, basically, you gotta Go Bears!

by ragnarok on Sep 9, 2008 10:44 AM PDT up reply actions  

Meanwhile, back at work:

I get an email:

“Hi Titiana,”

Yeah…I snickered a bit.

by CaliforniaBone on Sep 9, 2008 10:42 AM PDT reply actions  

so, I tried to go back to work

I swear to Tedford, the first line in the document I’m reviewing is:

015320 Tree Care and Protection.

Tedford wants me to blow off work and watch this unfold.

by AndBears on Sep 9, 2008 10:43 AM PDT reply actions  

that's true!!

how did you know!

oh wait, I know you in real life… Hi.

by AndBears on Sep 9, 2008 10:44 AM PDT up reply actions  

my computer is the only one that gets the live feed

I’ve actually been shooing people away all morning so I can get work done LOL.

also, you’re not the boss of me ;-)

(hehe)

by BearStage on Sep 9, 2008 10:51 AM PDT up reply actions  

More backstory getting uploaded.

by protestshooter on Sep 9, 2008 10:45 AM PDT reply actions  

ayre or whoever threating the man. way to be all peace loving there, hippie.

by kleph on Sep 9, 2008 10:46 AM PDT up reply actions  

For those of us who cant watch the video, if the comments could be a bit more specific, wed appreciate it.

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by TwistNHook on Sep 9, 2008 10:46 AM PDT reply actions  

He said “A true measure of how conscious these protesters are of the environment is to see how many of them work with the university to plant new trees.”

by CaliforniaBone on Sep 9, 2008 10:48 AM PDT up reply actions  

Also, there was a lot of footage of the protest below, one arrest, some crane footage, and an angry protester.

by CaliforniaBone on Sep 9, 2008 10:48 AM PDT up reply actions  

Sure thing

Currently they’ve panned up toward the god pod, showing one guy climbing up to it and one person already in it, in addition to two people further down the tree. Harder to see when zoomed out though.

by trisweb on Sep 9, 2008 10:48 AM PDT up reply actions  

It’s tought to describe. One hippie is up on the Pod now, and I’m starting to suspect that it’s actually a spaceship. The hippies will flee, orbit the earth in suspended animation until the age of Man has ended and the earth has cooled again.

by Tony M on Sep 9, 2008 10:49 AM PDT up reply actions   1 recs

You lose the game.

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

by Maharg on Sep 9, 2008 10:55 AM PDT up reply actions  

You lose at life.

Ergo, I win. WOOOO!

by BearsNecessity on Sep 9, 2008 10:57 AM PDT up reply actions  

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

by Maharg on Sep 9, 2008 11:00 AM PDT up reply actions  

Ugh, I need a 2 hour nap

This is like watching Ben Braun’s offense …

by Rickeyfan on Sep 9, 2008 10:47 AM PDT reply actions  

or washington state off/def/speacial teams/coaching

by AlucardXVIII on Sep 9, 2008 10:48 AM PDT up reply actions  

Wazzu’s PA announcer is more entertaining than this.

by CaliforniaBone on Sep 9, 2008 10:49 AM PDT up reply actions  

No, that was excitingly bad

This is like watching Fresno State’s off/def/special teams/coaching

by BearsNecessity on Sep 9, 2008 10:50 AM PDT up reply actions  

Goldblooded tells me that the stairs are about 3/5ths of the way up. Time is running out for the hippies.

Should we get a new thread soon?

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by TwistNHook on Sep 9, 2008 10:50 AM PDT reply actions  

i’ll send a fresh screengrab for it…

by kleph on Sep 9, 2008 10:51 AM PDT up reply actions  

4th arrest of a ground support person.

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by TwistNHook on Sep 9, 2008 10:53 AM PDT reply actions  

they aren’t getting any brighter.

by kleph on Sep 9, 2008 10:54 AM PDT up reply actions  

Nice view of that dude

by BearsNecessity on Sep 9, 2008 10:54 AM PDT reply actions  

oooo Ford Explorer...

ooo large motorcycle…

boring :-p

by BearStage on Sep 9, 2008 10:55 AM PDT reply actions  

Argh my boss is 3 feet away from my screen I wish I could watch

by Spazzy Mcgee on Sep 9, 2008 10:55 AM PDT reply actions  

That staircase they’re building doesnt look very sturdy…any sort of rumble and the entire thing would shake violently.

by CaliforniaBone on Sep 9, 2008 10:55 AM PDT reply actions  

It’s pretty wide on all sides and is sure to be put together well with crossbeams etc. I think it’s probably pretty sturdy.

by trisweb on Sep 9, 2008 10:57 AM PDT up reply actions  

Really nice views now

Looks like that scaffolding is going up nicely. They’re showing the view from the helicopter panning around the tree with the stadium in the background.

by trisweb on Sep 9, 2008 10:56 AM PDT reply actions  

This grove was actually the site of an ancient staircase that was originally here before the university was...

the fact that they dare to build a new staircase is opposite to everything I believe in!

MUST. DESTROY. Or at least raise a stink (both metaphorically and bodily) about it.

by BearStage on Sep 9, 2008 11:00 AM PDT up reply actions  

Newsfeed just crashed for me

Here’s what I grabbed from the helicopter pan.

by Berkelium97 on Sep 9, 2008 10:57 AM PDT reply actions  

good stuff dude, i’m having trouble with my feed.

by kleph on Sep 9, 2008 10:58 AM PDT up reply actions  

(in addition to the technical difficulties)

by kleph on Sep 9, 2008 10:59 AM PDT up reply actions  

What is this, an episode of Lost?

by Tony M on Sep 9, 2008 10:58 AM PDT reply actions  

I dunno, reminds me of Dawn of the Dead. Which means the hippies are going to turn into zombies and we are all fucked.

by BearsNecessity on Sep 9, 2008 10:59 AM PDT up reply actions  

Slow zombie-hippies from the original, or fast zombie-hippies from the remake?

by Tony M on Sep 9, 2008 11:00 AM PDT up reply actions  

I want something funny

like if they held up a sign to the camera that said ‘Free Mumia!’

by Rickeyfan on Sep 9, 2008 11:00 AM PDT reply actions  

Its up in the new thread, dude!

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by TwistNHook on Sep 9, 2008 11:02 AM PDT up reply actions  

cool. posted it as well.

by kleph on Sep 9, 2008 11:03 AM PDT up reply actions  

NEW THREAD!

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by TwistNHook on Sep 9, 2008 11:01 AM PDT reply actions  

That thread was dead when I got there!

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by TwistNHook on Sep 9, 2008 11:48 AM PDT up reply actions  

ok ok fine.

I didn’t get here until around 11:30 anyway.

by RemorsefulBruinBabe on Sep 9, 2008 11:51 AM PDT up reply actions  

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