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[dryrunguy]

Oh, it's definitely sleazy.

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Speaking of legalized prostitution, if it were regulated and taxed, the revenue from Congress' payments alone would pay down the debt within months.

Can I quote you on that on FB? Because I think that's HILARIOUS and think my FB posse would get a kick out of it!

[JTContinental]

Ha! Just found this on our neighborhood blog:

Are You the Caroline Wozniacki of Hilltop?

[Kirkus]

Can I quote you on that on FB? Because I think that's HILARIOUS and think my FB posse would get a kick out of it!

Certainly.

[Charlie02123]

Ha! Just found this on our neighborhood blog:

Are You the Caroline Wozniacki of Hilltop?

Short shorts, finger sandwiches, and mimosas!? It's honestly like something out of my dreams.

[Drop-shot]

I don't know when and where it happened, but at some point, I crossed the threshold and now believe prostitution should be legalized. I'm stunned.

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I do too. People should be free to do whatever they want with their bodies.






Of course Belslus takes this all too far.

[mwoods]

Ha! Just found this on our neighborhood blog:

Are You the Caroline Wozniacki of Hilltop?

If so, look out for the Roberta Vinci of Hilltop!

[Ti-Amie]

SAN FRANCISCO -- Transit officials blocked cellphone reception in San Francisco train stations for three hours to disrupt planned demonstrations over a police shooting.
Officials with the Bay Area Rapid Transit system, better known as BART, said Friday that they turned off electricity to cellular towers in four stations from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. Thursday. The move was made after BART learned that protesters planned to use mobile devices to coordinate a demonstration on train platforms.

The tactic drew comparisons to those used by the former president of Egypt to squelch protests demanding an end to his authoritarian rule. Authorities there cut Internet and cellphone services in the country for days earlier this year.
"BART officials are showing themselves to be of a mind with the former president of Egypt, Hosni Mubarak," the Electronic Frontier Foundation said on its website.
The American Civil Liberties Union criticized the tactic, saying on its blog that it was the "wrong response to political protests."

BART officials were confident the cellphone disruptions were legal. They said in a statement that it's illegal to demonstrate on the platform or aboard the trains, and that it has set aside special areas for demonstrations.
The demonstration planned Thursday failed to develop. "We had a commute that was safe and without disruption," said BART spokesman Jim Allison.

The demonstrators were protesting the July 3 shooting of Charles Blair Hill by BART police, who claimed Hill came at them with a knife. Several people were arrested when a July 11 demonstration disrupted service during the rush-hour commute and prompted the closing of BART's Civic Center station.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/0..._n_926135.html

[Scotty]

SAN FRANCISCO -- Transit officials blocked cellphone reception in San Francisco train stations for three hours to disrupt planned demonstrations over a police shooting.
Officials with the Bay Area Rapid Transit system, better known as BART, said Friday that they turned off electricity to cellular towers in four stations from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. Thursday. The move was made after BART learned that protesters planned to use mobile devices to coordinate a demonstration on train platforms.

The tactic drew comparisons to those used by the former president of Egypt to squelch protests demanding an end to his authoritarian rule. Authorities there cut Internet and cellphone services in the country for days earlier this year.
"BART officials are showing themselves to be of a mind with the former president of Egypt, Hosni Mubarak," the Electronic Frontier Foundation said on its website.
The American Civil Liberties Union criticized the tactic, saying on its blog that it was the "wrong response to political protests."

BART officials were confident the cellphone disruptions were legal. They said in a statement that it's illegal to demonstrate on the platform or aboard the trains, and that it has set aside special areas for demonstrations.
The demonstration planned Thursday failed to develop. "We had a commute that was safe and without disruption," said BART spokesman Jim Allison.

The demonstrators were protesting the July 3 shooting of Charles Blair Hill by BART police, who claimed Hill came at them with a knife. Several people were arrested when a July 11 demonstration disrupted service during the rush-hour commute and prompted the closing of BART's Civic Center station.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/0..._n_926135.html

This was BIG local news.

However, until recently, there was no mobile service at BART's underground stations or tracks. I'm not sure whether the carrier(s) or BART own the antennae & whatever provide signal down at that level, but I don't feel like I have a right to expect to make/receive calls from down there.

Also, the next station (on one side) is only a few blocks away, so if the protesters couldn't manage to re-locate, then I'm not that impressed with their skills.

[JTContinental]

If so, look out for the Roberta Vinci of Hilltop!

Ha! Too bad you aren't here yet; I know you have some Ilie Nastase shorts you're just aching to break out!

[mwoods]

Ha! Too bad you aren't here yet; I know you have some Ilie Nastase shorts you're just aching to break out!

Labor Day weekend! Save some sun for me!

[Kirkus]

Breaking:

Stage Rigging Collapses at Indiana State Fair



INDIANAPOLIS — Stage rigging collapsed after a storm gust Saturday night, trapping and injuring at least a dozen people at a concert at the Indiana State Fair, NBC station WTHR reported

The outdoor stage was set up for the Sugarland concert at the state fairgrounds.

Medics and rescue crews throughout Indianapolis were converging on the State Fairgrounds after Hoosier Lottery Grandstand stage rigging fell.

Dave Lindquist, music journalist for The Indianapolis Star, reported on Twitter, "Tragedy at fair concert. Entire stage collapses on track." He also wrote that "perhaps a dozen injured people have been removed from track on stretcher-type boards."

Concertgoer Amy Weathers told Lindquist, "It was like in slow motion, you couldn't believe it was actually happening," he tweeted.

NBC station WTHR reported evacuation efforts were already under way when the stage collapsed.

[Kirkus]

Indiana State Fair Stage Collapse

[Kirkus]

Video of the actual collapse:

http://www.facebook.com/video/video....54444461143&co

[Kirkus]

Sugarland tweet following the collapse:

We are all right. We are praying for our fans, and the people of Indianapolis. We hope you'll join us. They need your strength.

[Kirkus]

Local news is reporting at least 4 deaths and dozens injured.

Here's the video I linked to above:

Stage Collapse - Indiana State Fair