I protest your cruel and evil metonymic use of Olympia.
Yes, Olympia is also a beer. Very cute. Now stop it. [...]
I'm not really sure how to pose this question to you, as I'm not sure what all might be considered relevant. This is not a query, I do not need advice (well, no relevant advice at the moment), but I wanted to ask: Is anyone preparing to protest the eventual [...]
Some Palin supporters, fresh from meeting a woman they deeply admire after standing in line all day, reacted strongly to the presence of Palin opponents. There was some nasty jeering and some verbal confrontations. “We didn’t really want to be anti-Palin,” Bry said of her segment of the [...]
Only in America:
RALLY AND PROTEST AGAINST THE BOOB JOB AND BOTOX TAX IN CENTER OF BROADWAY THIS SUNDAY
Dozens of angry protesters will hold a rally with Park Avenuue Cosmetic Surgeon on Sunday December 13, 2009 in Times Square against the US Congress' proposed tax on cosmetic surgery. The almost 5%' [...]
In February, when Vancouver, British Columbia, kicks off the 2010 Olympic Winter Games, 20 teams will begin patrolling city streets and venues, scouring for anything—people, protests, posters—deemed anti-Olympics.
Andrea Woo reports from Vancouver on why this has civil liberties activists alarmed, and what they're planning' [...]
Students are protesting their way through the threats:
"From now on, we will show no mercy" to protesters or their families, the government's chief prosecutor, Gholam-Hossein Mohseni-Ejei, said Tuesday. He added: "Intelligence and security . . . forces have been ordered not to give any leeway to those who break" [...]
The most violent protests in months, led by students, have spilled into their second day.
From the NYT:
As the scale of Monday’s demonstrations became clearer, Tehran’s police chief announced that 204 people had been arrested in the capital, the semiofficial Mehr news agency reported. The clashes took place on campuses [...]
North Koreans protesting against their government? Unheard of. This government has ruled through terror for so long, one has to wonder what it will mean when its citizens are no longer fearful. [...]
Protesters wave signs outside a barricade at a local bookstore in Norman, Okla., where former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin is signing copies of her book, "Going Rogue," Thursday. (AP Photo/Sue Ogrocki)
Thursday Poll: 83 of 98 (85 percent) respondents said they haven't had a speeding ticket in the last three years.' [...]The Port of Bellingham is on solid ground in claiming that Newport, Ore., isn’t.
That’s the essence of a ruling announced today in Washington, D.C. The Government Accountability Office ruled in favor of Bellingham’s protest of the process that picked Newport as the new site for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric [...]
Reports Seattlepi.com:
A man who carried a pistol into a West Seattle community center two weeks ago to protest Seattle's new ban on guns in public spaces on Friday filed a lawsuit in U.S. District Court, saying the policy violates the U.S. and state constitutions, as well as state law.
Bob [...]
Ten years later, what exactly did the WTO protests accomplish? Paul Schell and Norm Stamper lost their jobs after the tear gas wafted away. Charlize Theron later starred in the Crash-like melodrama Battle in Seattle. But if we're not mistaken, globalization continues even more i...' [...]
BBC reports:
Riot police in the Egyptian capital, Cairo, pushed back a violent demonstration near the Algerian embassy in the early hours of Friday.
Egyptian protesters reportedly hurled firebombs at police protecting the embassy and overturned a police van.
Egypt's Interior Ministry said 35 people were injured.
The clashes stem from [...]
This will get interesting:
A group of state lawmakers has endorsed building a wider Montlake interchange and a second north-south Montlake drawbridge as part of their plan to replace the old Highway 520 floating bridge.
But both House Speaker Frank Chopp and Rep. Jamie Pedersen—who represent the 43rd District—voted against the [...]
People covered in fake blood protest bullfighting in Lima, Saturday. The sign reads in Spanish "No more cruelty." You write the cutline. (AP Photo/Martin Mejia)
1. small letters in sign: would you please return our bras - we have been here for three days -- Pecky Cox.2. The consequence is evident after [...]Jon: Men who stare at votes (via OneGoodMove).
Headzup: Fred Phelps & Westboro Baptist Church protest Obama’s kids and military funerals:
Maddow: Recap of CBS Expose’ On Rep. Buyer.
Palin Around with Crazy:
Young Turks: Sarah Palin’s idiotic coin conspiracy. Even FAUX News is fact-checking Sarah Palin [...]
