A Day In The Life Of The God Pod
by TwistNHook on Sep 9, 2008 12:21 PM PDT
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Print"God, it really stinks up here. I wish somebody would cut me down. What is this? White-coated arborists building a giant staircase to take me down? Yay!!!! Come soon, new friends! Come soon!"
Well, as Thread II gets a bit bulky there, let's move on to Thread III here. The live feed is here. Comment away!
The aborists and company are almost there. They've got the staircase flush with the encampment, but the sitters have moved to the God Pod, where they are most likely smelling bad and mooching.
Edit: Announcement! Goldblooded, who is on the scene, just informed me (over the cheers of a crowd) that apparently an agreement has been reached. Cal will create some sort of committee for land use (the importance of which I predict will be minimal) and now the sitters are voluntarily coming down. When we hear more, we will update further. No forced extraction, it would appear.
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WTH, I was totally first, Berkelium97 cheats. I want Berkelium98.
I kissed Dumpster Muffin and I liked it. The taste of her hippie chapped lips.
First in the new thread! I’m totally gonna be the best in this thread.
I kissed Dumpster Muffin and I liked it. The taste of her hippie chapped lips.
What?????
"It's not my fault your team's so shitty" - every AL Manager to Bob Geren
by oaktownmario on Sep 9, 2008 12:26 PM PDT up reply actions
He lost. To Berkliums of all diferent colors.
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For some reason that graphic didn't show, only your name . . . weird
"It's not my fault your team's so shitty" - every AL Manager to Bob Geren
by oaktownmario on Sep 9, 2008 12:28 PM PDT up reply actions
Did they get one? WTF happened?
"It's not my fault your team's so shitty" - every AL Manager to Bob Geren
by oaktownmario on Sep 9, 2008 12:25 PM PDT up reply actions
New meaning to the term
“Smell of Victory.”
by Montezuma's Revenge on Sep 9, 2008 12:26 PM PDT reply actions
honestly.
I love how they keep cutting branches, forcing hippies to climb higher and higher if they don’t want to surrender. But as I said in the other thread…
…is a magical hippie hot air balloon going to swoop down and rescue them from the God Pod?
I think that’s what they’re thinking.
NOBODY IS GOING TO SAVE YOU. STOP CLIMBING.
by RemorsefulBruinBabe on Sep 9, 2008 12:29 PM PDT up reply actions
well...if they fall now
they will land on the platform of the scaffold. hurt like a mf’er but not be dead.
if they jump….well….different situation.
by Rocksanddirt on Sep 9, 2008 12:32 PM PDT up reply actions
class....ha!
when I was your age, young man….we didn’t even know where class was!
or something.
by Rocksanddirt on Sep 9, 2008 12:30 PM PDT up reply actions
Gather up your jackets, move out to the exits. I hope you have found a friend!
by CaliforniaBone on Sep 9, 2008 12:30 PM PDT up reply actions
Is there a way to record the live feed?
You know, so we can watch the final moments (when victory is ours) over and over again?
by RemorsefulBruinBabe on Sep 9, 2008 12:31 PM PDT reply actions
I'm telling you
It’s a spaceship. We’re all going to feel really silly when they take off in that thing.
KTVU reports that
the new demand from the hippys, via Ayr-head, it that the four will come down if the UC police back-off in an attempt to come down with some dignity. I think they don’t have any dignity to lose in the first place.
by Montezuma's Revenge on Sep 9, 2008 12:32 PM PDT reply actions 4 recs
+1
How is this in any way dignified?
by RemorsefulBruinBabe on Sep 9, 2008 12:33 PM PDT up reply actions
they will probably re-neg on this agreement too.
by Montezuma's Revenge on Sep 9, 2008 12:35 PM PDT up reply actions
I’m starting to get legitimately worried about dumbass up in the god pod just tumbling to his death.
whose the lady in the basket trying to
talk to them?
isn't it the police chief?
Victoria something-or-other, I think…
I have to go in a minute. I’m going to be really sad if this all ends in the next 30 minutes while I’m away from my desk…
Somehow, though, I feel like it’s going to go on all day.
by RemorsefulBruinBabe on Sep 9, 2008 12:36 PM PDT reply actions
Goin' up to the GodPod in the sky...
That’s where I’m gonna go when I die…
When I die and they lay me to rest,
Gonna go to the place that’s the best.
i sure hope not.
i’m sure at least one of them will try for martyr status. hopefull they will be stopped.
by Rocksanddirt on Sep 9, 2008 12:38 PM PDT up reply actions
OMG THERE IS FINALLY SOUND AND I HAVE TO GO
by RemorsefulBruinBabe on Sep 9, 2008 12:38 PM PDT reply actions
yeah, your audio is REALLY hot
bow chica ow ow
by RemorsefulBruinBabe on Sep 9, 2008 12:38 PM PDT reply actions
Is there a magical way to record this???
by RemorsefulBruinBabe on Sep 9, 2008 12:40 PM PDT reply actions
switch to the high def camera for
live news shot
Takin out the trash. Oh yeah.
(They actually have trash cans in the small cherry picker and are ever so carefully handling the hippie cloths and throwing them away)
yes.
he doesn’t want to have to look through hours of tape to find the 30 secs of goodness for the news.
by Rocksanddirt on Sep 9, 2008 12:45 PM PDT up reply actions
His dream was to report from the front lines of World War III, or at least announce the death of a world leader. Instead he’s stuck out in the cold watch cops yank a few dumb hippies out of a tree. i’d be grumpy too
which is why i’m a freelancer in south america. this week, peru. next week, argentina. enjoy the follow-up story of the hippie tree mourning you overpaid preening asshole.
double time
i hope the videographer is making the big bucks up there!
by BearBallCarrier on Sep 9, 2008 12:45 PM PDT reply actions
Hey guys, how many people are down in the ground area? Are there more protesters on the ground today? Are they combative at all?
What a bunch of pansies.
As protests go, theses clowns are so unprepared. Why aren’t they chained to the tree or linked to each other with metal sleeves?
by Montezuma's Revenge on Sep 9, 2008 12:47 PM PDT reply actions
Remember when you ran away and I got on my knees and begged you not to
leave because I’d go berserk?? Well…
You left me anyhow and then the days got worse and worse and now you see
I’ve gone completely out of my mind.. And..
these branches will make a nice cozy fire later.
by BearBallCarrier on Sep 9, 2008 12:53 PM PDT reply actions
Goldblooded tells us the following:
1. The dude taking out the main platform kept revving the chainsaw, much to the cheers of the people below (well, some of them).
2. When they threw it down, it exploded into splinter, to further cheers and rejoicing!
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by TwistNHook on Sep 9, 2008 12:53 PM PDT reply actions 1 recs
So awewome - This reporter is a douche bag
by 33SwisherSweet on Sep 9, 2008 1:00 PM PDT reply actions
What? There coming down...
without their $6 Million? Don’t they know how to negociate?
by Montezuma's Revenge on Sep 9, 2008 1:00 PM PDT reply actions
t-minus 30 seconds
till our next abc racial incident!
Can somebody explain for us with no sound why he is a dushbag?
Moreover, Goldblooded says there are about 400+ people there. One quarter pro-Cal. One quarter pro-trees. One half press/casual observer.
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hello, i'm a reporter
i swear i have some actual facts to report here. just give me a second to locate them.
Goldblooded says the following:
“Agreement has been reached. Creation of that odd committe for land use. Tree people are coming down.”
I could hear the cheers in the background. I wonder what this committee is.
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All that and all you got was a powerless ‘advisory committee’ on land use. LULZ YOU WIN THE INTERNETZ!
According to a university spokesman, the advisory committee will be meeting Half-past Never on Tuesday September 45th. Please meet at Superman’s Ice Lair. Refreshments will be served.
by AndBears on Sep 9, 2008 1:06 PM PDT up reply actions 2 recs
WTF, A COMMITTEE?!?
I don’t like the sound of this committee. Ultimately the regents should be making decisions. This committee better be powerless.
oh no
that WOULD have been a pretty sight!
Impalement not pretty?
I guess it depends on you point of view.
by Montezuma's Revenge on Sep 9, 2008 1:05 PM PDT reply actions
hee
it’s totally where i sleep though!
by BearBallCarrier on Sep 9, 2008 1:08 PM PDT up reply actions
Did they really say people studied there?
My only memories about the grove were walking past it late at night hoping the rapists/murderers/robbers lurking there wouldn’t assault me as I walked past.
It's the idiot reporter
saying that, not the idiot protesters.
KTVU had a nice shot of the cops taking the mask off one of the fools.
by Montezuma's Revenge on Sep 9, 2008 1:08 PM PDT reply actions
studies in that grove area?
those folks have NEVER spent time on campus.
that area sucks for hanging out.
Dude, that one cop used to hang at KIPS when i was there
from 1997-2001. The tall goofing looking bald guy in a helmet with the mustache. He’s gone high places.
by 33SwisherSweet on Sep 9, 2008 1:08 PM PDT reply actions
Not carrot top. He was bald, tall, slender, mustache, walked around like a bad ass
and dated some undergrad.
by 33SwisherSweet on Sep 9, 2008 1:10 PM PDT up reply actions
Is there audio?
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Dude, this reporter is such a negative asshole - I'll take his job
any day of the week. He gets paid to do the play by play on this shit. SO awesome.
by 33SwisherSweet on Sep 9, 2008 1:11 PM PDT reply actions
LOL
You that stupid flag at the top? Looks like they took a United Nations flag and tweaked it a little bit. Stupid.
This committee is probably a good idea as long as it is powerless. Let the hippies stomp their feet and make a lot of noise. Then, they make a recomendation, which the governing body ignores. Then, Cal can say “You had your voice!”
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I just got back...
Is there only one hippy left in the tree?
by RemorsefulBruinBabe on Sep 9, 2008 1:12 PM PDT reply actions
I love the various methods of getting them out he is describing.
by 33SwisherSweet on Sep 9, 2008 1:13 PM PDT reply actions
I couldn't stop laughing when I heard that one....
How do these reporters talk about these clowns without laughing?
by 33SwisherSweet on Sep 9, 2008 1:16 PM PDT up reply actions
dignity
went out the window when you threw feces, dude.
it's not about dignity
it’s about attention. And Shem is currenlty s…t…r…e…t…c…h…i…n…g his out
FUCK, I wish I could hear this!!!
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headphones, twist!
where are your headphones?
by RemorsefulBruinBabe on Sep 9, 2008 1:15 PM PDT up reply actions
At the moment it is lame reporter discussions
You’re not missing a lot of intelligence.
Read my lips.
YOU GET NOTHING, but a stay in the cross-bar hotel.
by Montezuma's Revenge on Sep 9, 2008 1:16 PM PDT reply actions
Not to mention nobody knows
who was where. The trees have been occupied for 22 months, but the people varied and it is undoubtedly true that these guys were NOT in the trees for 22 months.
One of the reasons they could keep their cellaler phones charged...
…is that they had sun… solar… err….. solar thingies that make… Cheryl???
CBS5 story backs up Goldblooded:
BERKELEY (CBS 5 / BCN) ― Ending an epic battle over the fate of a grove of trees near the University of California, Berkeley’s football stadium, four tree-sitters have agreed to descend from their perch atop a redwood tree.
One tree-sitter announced via walkie-talkie to media assembled on the ground around 12:50 p.m. that the four had decided to descend as part of an agreement that calls for the formation of a land-use committee that will have a voice in any future development by the university.
University Police Chief Victoria Harrison was still making last-minute negotiations with the tree-sitters around 12:30 p.m. from a metal basket hanging from a crane at the tree-sitters’ level.
The protesters’ announcement was the culmination of a tension-filled day marked by scuffles between police and protesters on the ground. Several protesters were taken away in handcuffs.
He also says that the chainsaw guy is going back up. Not sure why. Hopefully, for gore!
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omg, this anchor
knows nothing. wtf is the ca oak association? it’s FAKE! Panoramic is rich people who dont like traffic. Whatever!
attention whore!
he’s thinking, time for a nose dive!
"Victory flag waving" Cheryl?
That would imply victory.
by RemorsefulBruinBabe on Sep 9, 2008 1:21 PM PDT reply actions
JUMP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
by 33SwisherSweet on Sep 9, 2008 1:21 PM PDT reply actions
<- Cheryl
Let's hope it doesn't hold up and he tumbles.
by 33SwisherSweet on Sep 9, 2008 1:21 PM PDT reply actions
Fingers crossed
He could still fall. Gravity don’t fail us now!
I’ve never taken that many drugs.
by Montezuma's Revenge on Sep 9, 2008 1:23 PM PDT up reply actions
only tiny branches to hold on to
THATS WHAT SHE SAID!
by BearBallCarrier on Sep 9, 2008 1:24 PM PDT up reply actions
I feel bad for those cops. I bet the hippies smell awful.
by RemorsefulBruinBabe on Sep 9, 2008 1:23 PM PDT reply actions
Like in CSI
a little Vicks Vapor Rub under thenose goes a long way.
by Montezuma's Revenge on Sep 9, 2008 1:24 PM PDT up reply actions
My video went to shit...
…but the comedy portion of this is over for me anyways. Now it’s just pathetic.
Good afternoon, and GOD BLESS!
agggg
knocked off their solar panel? You mean the one I’M LOOKING AT IN THE PICTURE?
iq…draining…away…
sure
compare the tree sitters to the moon landing. Makes sense to me.
Is Neil Armstrong coming out of retierment too?
by Montezuma's Revenge on Sep 9, 2008 1:27 PM PDT up reply actions
They are pretentious cocks that embarrass actual environmental causes.
And that is why we should feed them to the tigers.
"One giant leap for a movement"
OMFG
“Folk heroes!”
This coverage is a joke.
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What was the direct quote?
Had to turn sound down.
by 33SwisherSweet on Sep 9, 2008 1:27 PM PDT reply actions
DEFORESTATION?
Last I checked, this was NOT a forest.
by RemorsefulBruinBabe on Sep 9, 2008 1:27 PM PDT reply actions
Why is he giving a nazi salute?
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It's not just about trees
It’s about attention whores!
by Montezuma's Revenge on Sep 9, 2008 1:28 PM PDT reply actions
You are
You so are. I wish I wasn’t, but it’s like crack the ending of this saga.
No Native Americans, except RonDub, were saying anything about it being
sacred grounds.
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The final tree sitter is down and in police custody!
by RemorsefulBruinBabe on Sep 9, 2008 1:29 PM PDT reply actions
Done deal.
Construction starts today with any luck.
nah.
still gotta take down this tree, then lots of excavation can begin.
So, basically, you gotta Go Bears!
Also have to do a state law mandated archeological site investigation, you know ancient burial ground and all.
oh right. I forgot about that. I hope they find lots of artifacts. Or not.
by RemorsefulBruinBabe on Sep 9, 2008 1:33 PM PDT up reply actions
I wonder if the hippies dug around at night and planted fake artifacts. I bet they did.
by RemorsefulBruinBabe on Sep 9, 2008 1:35 PM PDT up reply actions
Did it go black for any body else?
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Yea, they said they were going back to regular programming.
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I think its going to take a while the get the stink out.
by Montezuma's Revenge on Sep 9, 2008 1:32 PM PDT up reply actions
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