84 year-old Dorli Rainey was pepper sprayed by Seattle police yesterday night as they attempted to clear Occupy Seattle protesters out of Westlake Park downtown. She sent an email to local alternative paper The Stranger with her retelling of the event: Something funny happened on my way to a transportation meeting in Northgate. As I got off the bus at 3rd and Pine I heard helicopters above.
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Maturity Reigns
A neighborhood controversy has erupted in a New Orleans suburb over signs erected by one Timothy Reily that depict President Barack Obama in diapers and as a puppet of George Soros. Locals flocked to Reily’s home in protest and city officials met with him, but so far the legal status of the billboards remains unclear. Ahhh, giant billboards
Free Speech Gets a Rise Out of Library-Goers
Double entendre headlines are the reason I get out of bed in the morning. Lecherous browsers rejoice! Anything goes at New York Public Libraries, and that includes looking for pr0n on the internet! The New York Post reports: The electronic smut falls under the heading of free speech and the protection of the First Amendment, library officials say.
Some Exceptions Apply
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