At least 4,000 are at the gates to the Port of Oakland. Occupy Oakland: General Strike

The Silicon Valley Mercury News ^ | November 2, 2011 | Kristin J. Bender, Cecily Burt and Sean Maher

[2ndDivisionVet]

OAKLAND -- Protesters have effectively shut down maritime operations at the Port, Director Omar Benjamin said at a media briefing Tuesday, as more than 4,000 people are at the gates.

The crowd stretched several blocks down Middle Harbor Road leading into the port as they begin their attempt to shut down the port for start of the 7 p.m. night shift.

[exit82]

All I can say is-——I hope they all know how to swim.

[Recovering Ex-hippie]

How about just oil and marbles on the street? ( shades of Animal House )Or some kind of spray foam of innocuous stuff over the whole crowd?

this is what they wanted...Isn’t that what Bloomberg “warned” us about? “rioting in the streets!!!”

I just wish there was some way we could deflate these thugs.
Ok, Ex Lax brownies??

[Califreak]

I guess it all depends on who’s doing it, doesn’t it?

[MountainDad]

Bull’s-eye-sheviks.

LOL! Now that's a good one!

[patton]

LOL - I was going for “Front towards Enemy”

Maybe I goofed it up.

;)

Haven’t seen a russian claymore in decades.

[Califreak]

It’s almost starting to look like sort of a trial balloon.

Creepy.

[SaraJohnson]

Targets suit me fine. I dispise communists for the oppression they wish upon us Americans.

[LibertyRocks]

Why didn’t you just translate it, Viking? It says “Front to Enemy”. Quite an apropos response to the poster who was looking for his claymores! :) I do like the whole “spawn of a ferret” dig though...

[Viking2002]

I haven't seen a Claymore mine since basic. The 'Front Toward Enemy' stamping seemed like a pretty self-evident conclusion once you knew what one of them did. But, that's why we have annual Darwin Awards. LOL!

"But know this, that in the last days perilous times will come: for men will be lovers of themselves, lovers of money, boasters, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy, unloving, unforgiving, slanderers, without self-control, brutal, despisers of good, traitors, headstrong, haughty, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God, having a form of godliness but denying its power. And from such people turn away, for his name is Obama."

[Viking2002]

I haven't seen a Claymore mine since basic. The 'Front Toward Enemy' stamping seemed like a pretty self-evident conclusion once you knew what one of them did. But, that's why we have annual Darwin Awards. LOL!

"But know this, that in the last days perilous times will come: for men will be lovers of themselves, lovers of money, boasters, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy, unloving, unforgiving, slanderers, without self-control, brutal, despisers of good, traitors, headstrong, haughty, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God, having a form of godliness but denying its power. And from such people turn away, for his name is Obama."

[LibertyRocks]

I wonder if any of the containers at the dock contain Silly String? I’d pay to see that...

Re: Ex-lax brownies... I guess we might be able to verify if our Gov’t really has that “Brown Noise” weapon. Don’t think I’d want to be anywhere near that crowd if they do - but the stories would be rather funny...

[molson209]

It’s almost starting to look like sort of a trial balloon.

Creepy.

by the way ,where is that Van Jones guy hiding

[patton]

So I didn’t do so bad - lol.

Russian is not one of my languages. I know just enough to recognize it on the radio.

[LibertyRocks]

Full Disclosure — asked my daughter who is studying Russian (not through school, but as a ‘hobby’). She could pronounce it but had no idea what she was saying, so yes, I used Google Translate myself. Then I had to look up “front to enemy” as we assumed it was a Russian saying similar to “Come at me, Bro!” ;)

[Califreak]

I just checked after you mentioned his name. The community organizer from Oakland is agitating the student body at Kalamazoo College

http://www.mlive.com/news/kalamazoo/index.ssf/2011/11/van_jones_former_white_house_a.html

“Jones is participating in a panel discussion called “The Political Moment: Social Justice Tensions, Possibilities, and Aspirations,” at Kalamazoo College’s W.K. Hicks Student Center banquet room on Thursday morning.”

[patton]

Actually - that is an alternate translation - “Come at me, Bro!”

So your daughter is doing good.

And good on her, for her efforts.

Now if I could get me hands around that damn alphabet ...

[Fightin Whitey]

Took a look at your bio, ‘Dad.

Congratulations on that fine son of yours, and on him getting home safely.

Keep your powder dry and your flag flying high.

[Viking2002]

'Why didn’t you just translate it, Viking?'

I did translate it. I got 'You are the spawn of a ferret and an elm tree'. I think the web site I used is run by the same company that employs these folks........

"But know this, that in the last days perilous times will come: for men will be lovers of themselves, lovers of money, boasters, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy, unloving, unforgiving, slanderers, without self-control, brutal, despisers of good, traitors, headstrong, haughty, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God, having a form of godliness but denying its power. And from such people turn away, for his name is Obama."

[Califreak]

Egads what a circus.

And city hall lets the dogs run free.

Unbelievable.

[Viking2002]

'Then I had to look up “front to enemy” as we assumed it was a Russian saying similar to “Come at me, Bro!" '

It could also be gay slang for dropping the soap in front of a heterosexual and daring them to pick it up.

I have no idea what that means. It just popped in my head.

"But know this, that in the last days perilous times will come: for men will be lovers of themselves, lovers of money, boasters, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy, unloving, unforgiving, slanderers, without self-control, brutal, despisers of good, traitors, headstrong, haughty, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God, having a form of godliness but denying its power. And from such people turn away, for his name is Obama."