LOL Diogenes. "fruit jellies"

TheDumbBlonde: LOL Diogenes. "fruit jellies"

I love B. Kliban.

Sergeant Grumbles: The sheer volume of personal belongings left behind after the early morning Los Angeles Police Department raid has astonished city workers: books and CDs, luggage and boom boxes, mattresses and dining chairs, cellphones, electric razors, a small red guitar with its neck snapped -- all surrounded by dozens of collapsed and empty tents.

A steady flow of people stopped by the park Wednesday to take photos and video and watch workers in white hazmat suits rake trash into neat piles.

So pretty much what the end of any state fair, sporting event, or Nascar race would look like if everyone were forced to get up and leave. The Hazmat suits are just there for the narrative. These aren't farking plague victims. It's like every other large gathering of humans in the entire farking country. I don't see the janitors in Hazmat suits cleaning up after the Super Bowl, or Mardi Gras, or St. Patrick's day,

Those things involve alcohol. So they're OK.

They were given plenty of warning to pick up their things and clean up their trash.

Hitler gave Poland a week's notice before he invaded, and pretty much the same thing happened. Did the Poles leave? No. Did they even clean their shiat up before Hitler carted them off to the ovens? Please.

"lei person?"

That would be an attractive young lady from the Hawaiian Tourism Board.

change1211: Suddenly? Didn't they give them a few days warning first?

Marcus Aurelius: Hitler gave Poland a week's notice before he invaded, and pretty much the same thing happened. Did the Poles leave? No. Did they even clean their shiat up before Hitler carted them off to the ovens? Please.

I didn't know the protesters had declared that park their own country. Also, no one was murdered by an insane dictator. Your statement is absurd.

Not as absurd as forcibly removing peaceful protesters from a park at midnight with a captive press contingent in a so-called "free country". Now, if you agree that America isn't a "free country", then of course, my statement is absurd.

Do you agree?

Sergeant Grumbles: why the completely insane ratcheting up in the scale and severity of the reaction?

You forgot to mention that these actions only happen after nightfall.

What's the matter PoPo Mr. Mayor? Frightened that someone might see what you've ordered to be done?

2wolves: Sergeant Grumbles: why the completely insane ratcheting up in the scale and severity of the reaction?

You forgot to mention that these actions only happen after nightfall.

What's the matter PoPo Mr. Mayor? Frightened that someone might see what you've ordered to be done?

Not to mention the "embedded" reporters.

The removal of the Occupiers from Los Angeles may be one of the best handled and politest so far in the country, and the only one done with the cooperation or at least knowledge of the protestors themselves. There was no beating, no gassing, and only one person hit with a rubber bullet (when he wouldn't come down from a tree). A few rocks got thrown. There's even already funding in place to pay for the cost of the removal. Even the protestors were impressed with the way the cops handled themselves, and the cops were not bad-mouthing the Occupiers.

Check out the story here: Link (new window)

Sometimes, the cops do learn from (others) mistakes.

Gyrfalcon: The removal of the Occupiers from Los Angeles may be one of the best handled and politest so far in the country, and the only one done with the cooperation or at least knowledge of the protestors themselves. There was no beating, no gassing, and only one person hit with a rubber bullet (when he wouldn't come down from a tree). A few rocks got thrown. There's even already funding in place to pay for the cost of the removal. Even the protestors were impressed with the way the cops handled themselves, and the cops were not bad-mouthing the Occupiers.

Check out the story here: Link (new window)

Sometimes, the cops do learn from (others) mistakes.

The LA Times reporters were "embedded" with the cops.

Do you have a source that didn't have a built-in conflict of interest?

change1211: Marcus Aurelius: Gyrfalcon: The removal of the Occupiers from Los Angeles may be one of the best handled and politest so far in the country, and the only one done with the cooperation or at least knowledge of the protestors themselves. There was no beating, no gassing, and only one person hit with a rubber bullet (when he wouldn't come down from a tree). A few rocks got thrown. There's even already funding in place to pay for the cost of the removal. Even the protestors were impressed with the way the cops handled themselves, and the cops were not bad-mouthing the Occupiers.

Check out the story here: Link (new window)

Sometimes, the cops do learn from (others) mistakes.

The LA Times reporters were "embedded" with the cops.

Do you have a source that didn't have a built-in conflict of interest?

If it's a story about everyone behaving well it must be biased?

I did find the bit about the guy in the tree a bit entertaining.

It's a story that allowed exactly ten reporters to join the police, and the rest of the reporters were arrested. Hence my allusion to Nazi Germany.

change1211: Marcus Aurelius: Gyrfalcon: The removal of the Occupiers from Los Angeles may be one of the best handled and politest so far in the country, and the only one done with the cooperation or at least knowledge of the protestors themselves. There was no beating, no gassing, and only one person hit with a rubber bullet (when he wouldn't come down from a tree). A few rocks got thrown. There's even already funding in place to pay for the cost of the removal. Even the protestors were impressed with the way the cops handled themselves, and the cops were not bad-mouthing the Occupiers.

Check out the story here: Link (new window)

Sometimes, the cops do learn from (others) mistakes.

The LA Times reporters were "embedded" with the cops.

Do you have a source that didn't have a built-in conflict of interest?

If it's a story about everyone behaving well it must be biased?

I did find the bit about the guy in the tree a bit entertaining.

This is what I'm talking about.

Marcus Aurelius: Gyrfalcon: The removal of the Occupiers from Los Angeles may be one of the best handled and politest so far in the country, and the only one done with the cooperation or at least knowledge of the protestors themselves. There was no beating, no gassing, and only one person hit with a rubber bullet (when he wouldn't come down from a tree). A few rocks got thrown. There's even already funding in place to pay for the cost of the removal. Even the protestors were impressed with the way the cops handled themselves, and the cops were not bad-mouthing the Occupiers.

Check out the story here: Link (new window)

Sometimes, the cops do learn from (others) mistakes.

The LA Times reporters were "embedded" with the cops.

Do you have a source that didn't have a built-in conflict of interest?

Oh, mother of god, it's the same reports we've been getting since the Occupation started, the same reports I personally got when I spoke to some of the protestors myself. Just because everything went off without a hitch, does that mean there was some kind of conspiracy about it? Yes, they did restrict access--so? All the Occupiers had cell phones and cameras, and nothing's been posted contradicting the official reports. No stories have shown up on Twitter or Facebook of brutalized people or pepper-sprayed victims.'

I totally agree that a media blackout was inappropriate, and that the ACLU was right to file a protest. But the LAPD and Mayor Villaraigosa's office has been amazing in their restraint and willingness to talk with the OccupyLA people since this began. Since all this started, NOBODY has been beaten or abused at our location, and nothing really negative has happened. If the ONLY thing you can biatch about is that there wasn't free press access, I'd say they did an outstanding job.

workers in white hazmat suits

Drama queens.

Gyrfalcon: Marcus Aurelius: Gyrfalcon: The removal of the Occupiers from Los Angeles may be one of the best handled and politest so far in the country, and the only one done with the cooperation or at least knowledge of the protestors themselves. There was no beating, no gassing, and only one person hit with a rubber bullet (when he wouldn't come down from a tree). A few rocks got thrown. There's even already funding in place to pay for the cost of the removal. Even the protestors were impressed with the way the cops handled themselves, and the cops were not bad-mouthing the Occupiers.

Check out the story here: Link (new window)

Sometimes, the cops do learn from (others) mistakes.

The LA Times reporters were "embedded" with the cops.

Do you have a source that didn't have a built-in conflict of interest?

Oh, mother of god, it's the same reports we've been getting since the Occupation started, the same reports I personally got when I spoke to some of the protestors myself. Just because everything went off without a hitch, does that mean there was some kind of conspiracy about it? Yes, they did restrict access--so? All the Occupiers had cell phones and cameras, and nothing's been posted contradicting the official reports. No stories have shown up on Twitter or Facebook of brutalized people or pepper-sprayed victims.'

I totally agree that a media blackout was inappropriate, and that the ACLU was right to file a protest. But the LAPD and Mayor Villaraigosa's office has been amazing in their restraint and willingness to talk with the OccupyLA people since this began. Since all this started, NOBODY has been beaten or abused at our location, and nothing really negative has happened. If the ONLY thing you can biatch about is that there wasn't free press access, I'd say they did an outstanding job.

So why did they do it in the dark of night?