More of St. Paul via I-Witness Video

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Twin Cities: Police State

Blogging about blogging that blogs about blogging is ridiculous, but this is well wroth the read. I can't stand it when the government takes away our rights.

Twin Cities: Police State

via ACLU Blog: Because Freedom Can't Blog Itself: Official Blog of the American Civil Liberties Union by Suzanne Ito, ACLU on 9/2/08

Scary news has been coming out of Minneapolis since Sunday, where police have been
raiding homes and making mass arrests. Glenn Greenwald has been all over the story. He writes:

Beginning [Sunday] night, St. Paul was the most militarized I have ever seen an American city be, even more so than Manhattan in the week of 9/11 — with troops of federal, state and local law enforcement agents marching around with riot gear, machine guns, and tear gas canisters, shouting military chants and marching in military formations. Humvees and law enforcement officers with rifles were posted on various buildings and balconies. Numerous protesters and observers were tear gassed and injured.

Dumpster Diving

In preface, over the last few weeks I have gleaned some remarkable trasures. Coincidentally, all but a few of these treasures came from a large metal container behind a thrift store. So far the list includes: 6 bikes, 1 wheel chair, 2 mirrors, 3 crab traps, 1 aquarium, 1 pair of dress pants, a kayak spray skirt, a dish rack, a dresser, a coffee table, and a few other odds and ends.



First, here is a nice How To on dumpster diving
http://www.wikihow.com/Dumpster-Dive


Second, I am not convinced that dumpster diving is illegal, but this blog cites some relevent law.


When I introduce friends to the pleasures of the dive, everyone will sooner or later ask is this really legal? I am, as the obligatory disclaimer goes, no lawyer, but to the best of my knowledge, the answer is Well, mostly, yes. Oregon state law prohibits the removal of recyclable materials from collection containers (ORS 459A.080), and recyclable material is defined as any material or group of materials that can be collected and sold for recycling at a net cost equal to or less than the cost of collection and disposal of the same material (ORS 459.005, paragraph 19). The intent of the law is clearly to keep scavengers from highgrading recyclables—from which the hauler can sometimes realize a profit—out of their presorted containers. Retrieving garbage, which costs money at all phases of disposal, would appear to be well outside the scope of this law. I'm not aware of any equivalent statute that applies to solid waste.
http://bodger.org/dumpster


And last, here are some people who want to go "skip diving" as well.
http://dumpsterdiving.meetup.com/cities/us/or/portland/