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Dance party briefly shuts down two Portland bridges - KPTV - FOX 12
Hundreds of partiers shut down two Portland bridges Wednesday night during an event that was part of Tom and Gary's Decentralized Dance Party.
In Louis C.K.'s new one-hour stand-up special, Live at the Beacon Theater , the comedian jokes that he's made his money from "being a professional asshole." Within 12 days, the comedy show had netted that asshole another $1 million. And C.K. has decided not to spend it like a jerk . "One million dollars.
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from the get-your-censor-on dept David Rees became a well known political cartoonist about a decade ago, but he eventually gave it up for other pursuits... until SOPA came along. Last week he announced that he was coming out of retirement in order to launch GetYourCensorOn.com , with a bunch of comics and images related to SOPA. Here are just a couple, but you can click the link above to see more.
SOPA Is So Bad, Political Cartoonist Comes Out Of Retirement To Create New Comics Warning About It | Techdirt
Mill Ends Park, the smallest park in the world, summer 2007 Mill Ends Park (sometimes mistakenly called Mill's End Park) [ 1 ] is a tiny urban park located in the median strip of SW Naito Parkway, approaching esplanade along the Willamette River near SW Taylor Street in downtown Portland, Oregon , United States . The park is a circle 2 ft (0.61 m) across, with a total area of 452 sq in (0.292 m 2 ). It is the smallest park in the world, according to the Guinness Book of Records , which first granted it this recognition in 1971. [ 2 ] The park in summer 2004 (before remodeling) The park was dedicated on St.
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Occupy Wall Street protesters shut down 'Law & Order: SVU' set depicting OWS - Global Illumination Council
More than 100 Occupy Wall Street demonstrators stormed the set for “Law & Order: Special Victims Unit” across from the Manhattan State Supreme Courthouse, shutting down production of an OWS-themed episode. "We made it so that they could not exploit us and that's awesome," said Tammy Schapiro , 29, of Brooklyn. The protesters arrived around midnight at Foley Square and roamed around the park inspecting tents and signs built by the production company.Reverend Billy is leaning against the counter of a Starbucks in Northridge, California. Dressed in a white suit and clerical collar, his gelled, dyed-blond hair swept skyward in a John Travolta pompadour, he could pass for a real man of the cloth–until he opens his mouth. “They are coming into our neighborhoods like space aliens!” he says in a booming televangelist voice.
Reverend Billy’s Holiday Shopocalypse | Democracy Uprising
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There are many issues raised by the Occupy movement, but they all stem from a system that prioritizes profit over the well-being of people and our greater society. In theory, government is supposed to be the balancing force that keeps the profit-driven system in check, but it can’t when corporations have increasing influence over government. The slogan, “We are the 99 percent,” began as a blog on Tumblr to promote the September 17th Occupy Wall Street event. People were invited to post photos of themselves holding signs.
Protesters set up a Batman-themed projection on a building on SW 4th Avenue near Clay Street downtown. The signal was up for a few hours, but protesters say you can expect to see their new signal in other parts of Portland in the near future.
Occupy movement calls on Batman | Local & Regional | KATU.com - Portland News, Sports, Traffic Weather and Breaking News - Portland, Oregon