Bam: Following a roller coaster run of games, the St. Louis Cardinals win the World Series, defeating the Texas Rangers 6-2 in game 7.
Long Live the Queens: The British monarchy scrapped the long standing rule that the throne’s successor must be male and Roman Catholic.
Following His Father’s Footsteps?: Gaddafi’s son and would-be-successor, Saif al-Islam, pleads innocent to attacks against humanity. Court will have the final say.
In Heavy News: A suicide bomber hit a NATO bus in Kabul, injuring at least 13 Afghan and U.S. passengers, becoming the most severe of a series of attacks on multinational organizations.
On the Occupy Front: Trailing Occupy Oakland’s brutal crackdown, San Diego and Nashville Occupy protesters face arrests and camp shutdowns. Meanwhile, in Tahrir, Egypt, locals march to the gates of the U.S. Embassy in solidarity with Occupy Oakland.
Back at the Ranch: According to a press release, Occupy Portland prepares a march to the convention center, where Bank of America plans to hold a publicity event, then end at a “proposed occupation expansion space” in the Pearl District.
Getting Frisky: A TSA employee has been removed after placing a suggestive note in a woman’s bag that carried a vibrator.
More Plane News: A Gresham man flew unnoticed from Portland to Guam with 500 rounds of ammo in his carry-on. Apparently “meaning no harm”, the man simply wanted to fish with a gun once he reached Micronesia. That’s normal.
Poo Patrol: Police found a container of feces and urine thrown at the steps of the Multnomah County Courthouse. No ties to Occupy Portland, for now.
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- Technologizer
Unless you were making a joke, the British monarch still will NOT be able to be Roman Catholic, but must be still be good old “C of E”, Church of England, which is almost like Catholic but is OK with cutting off the Queen’s head if the King demands it, and has cool songs about Jesus “walk[ing] upon England’s mountains green” (a hymn I first heard on a Monty Python episode, which the following is not a clip from).
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WAA0A5WpZE4
“In solidarity with Occupy Oakland” links to Mr. Carry-on Ammo Guy story.
What are “yung kids” ready for? Dream analysis and symbolization?
Feces/urine prank: “No ties to Occupy Portland, for now.”
Is there any evidence to back up that implication?
Come on geyser, we all know it was some feces-flinging sex bum. duh?
The police planted it to get justification for tear gas.
What do those x-ray machines in airports see if they’re not able to see BULLETS!?!?