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Let's not pretend this is going to be anything but a prolonged annoyance. There's too much money in this.
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The French have the right idea for dealing with this sort of nonsense.
3
The coast guard finally gets something to do with its gunboats besides shadowing ferries! These yutzes should be glad they won't be as, um, proactive as the French were in dealing with this sort of nonsense.
4
Those kayaks would be more effective if they were carried by protestors down 2nd Ave
5
How big is the Danger Zone and can we smoke big cigars in it?
6
Here's one person coming from Bellingham to join the resistance. Many other friends and community groups from Whatcom will be coming as well. Shell must be held accountable for their disregard for human and non-human life.

The federal government conservatively estimated 75% chance of an oil spill in the Arctic. And we have five times the amount of known carbon reserves we can burn already and keep the planet from spiraling into 2 degree Celcius+ warming chaos- why in God's name is Shell looking for new sources in the most dangerous, remote, and fragile regions? Greed and arrogance.

7
Maybe something positive can come out of this. Maybe the port can donate the money it makes to the homeless. Or use it to fix up some of their vast holdings down on Harbor Island for homeless encampments. You know, give back.
On a personal note, I can't bitch about oil drilling because I use oil. :/
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>Here's one person coming from Bellingham to join the resistance. Many other friends and community groups from Whatcom will be coming as well. Shell must be held accountable for their disregard for human and non-human life.

Shell doesn't give a fuck about knit-hat beardies doing Fairhaven "degrees" and their plastic boats.
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How will these knit hat knuckleheads get from Bellingham? Ride their bikes, take the bus (fossil fuel burning also) or all ride together in a V.W. bus? Stay in Bellingham and invent some kind of solar power that will replace all of our needs for fossil fuel then you will be wealthy and you won't give a shit about Shell.
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The "First Amendment Zone" established for protesters of a multinational corporation along with the stern warnings of jail time and fines seems incredibly Orwellian to me. Regardless of how you feel about the protests, that's pretty creepy.
11
Arrest them all upon arrival.
12
Nobody has raised an alarm over the patchouli oil slick these kayakers are going to leave behind.
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@5 Daaaaaaaaanger zoooooooone!!!!!!!!

No, seriously, I want in on this cigar action.

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