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the pole

axis42

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Aaron,
The barber shop pole is the ceremonial South Pole. About 20 feet to the, well, south I guess, is the Geographic Pole. It moves about 24 feet a year and each year, on New Year's Day, they place ...

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Sat Dec 30, 2006 12:38 pm

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South Pole CM

axis42

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Howdy folks,

Well, it's finally happened, CM has made it to the South Pole. For the record, the first-ever CM at the SP took place on Dec. 30 (here, it was Friday at home and the last day of our wo ...

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Sun Oct 22, 2006 11:02 am

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Another lad in exotic lands

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axis42

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I'll ask Nick about keeping the bike from freezing.... Though I assume that while riding, it's much less likely to freeze the moving parts. I'll also check in on the deatils of what makes a snow bike ...

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Sun Oct 22, 2006 1:23 am

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Canada's cool and all

axis42

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Canada's cool and all, but I'll tell ya what, Antarctica is freaking COLD!
We're forecast to get up to +4 tomorrow, which is the warmest I've seen yet. And I'm still on the coast. We can't get into t ...

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Wed Jul 26, 2006 3:26 pm

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NO CHARGES FOR ZACK!

axis42

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nah. light the fire.

Feit pulls shit like this all the time. He's often a bad journalist who tries to make news instead of reporting it. Giving him a tool like a blog does subject him to less overs ...

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Fri Jul 21, 2006 10:18 am

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In a shocking development

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axis42

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In a shocking development, the PI ran an article today outlining years of complaints and issues with ... wait for it, wait for it.....

KING COUNTY DEPUTY METRO TRANSIT COPS
http://seattlepi.nwsour ...

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Sat Jul 15, 2006 10:35 am

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axis42

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And the current Stranger:
http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/Content?oid=41651

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Thu Jul 13, 2006 11:37 am

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axis42

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To follow up on this, the lawyer also asked that this little nugget of information be publicized.

Lawyer, david Speikers wrote:

Tell everyone to require that a copy of the Detective's report con ...

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Wed Jul 12, 2006 9:18 am

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axis42

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You know, I started this thread and after reading all the responses and following it and all, I gotta say that publically inviting the cops to ride at Mass (as a rider myself, not as a rep of mass sin ...

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Tue Jul 11, 2006 1:48 pm

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axis42

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Apparently they have re-assigned the case to a different cop who is actually doing some investigating.
Imagine that.

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Sun Jul 09, 2006 7:32 am

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axis42

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Of course everyone's invited. None of us could control that if we wanted.
But this is about an olive branch to show how great we are and the original question was about a public invite of the bike co ...

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Sat Jul 08, 2006 11:12 am

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axis42

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The PI covered the reaction of Ron Sims (also known as god) to the arrests:
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/local/276914_metro08.html
LEtters also in tomorrow's issue (online today):
http://seattlepi ...

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Sat Jul 08, 2006 10:19 am

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axis42

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Sims added that several months ago, he and his wife were in his car when the Critical Mass rally zoomed past, blocking street access.

"I turned off my car. I talked to my wife," he said ...

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Fri Jul 07, 2006 2:48 pm

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axis42

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I didn't say I have the time to be doing this... just that I am.
;)
Seriously, I knew that this day would be a huge let down for me. Not that I wanted to see the pain and suffering of Zack et al go ...

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Fri Jul 07, 2006 2:37 pm

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axis42

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oh yeah, all the dupes on there are the print only versions vs. the regular versions. Not sure why I was being so anal about that. but there you go.
prolly cause I'm already bored to death here at my ...

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Fri Jul 07, 2006 2:35 pm

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Subject:

Dave Ross Show Clip

axis42

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Thanks for doing this Henry!
c

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Fri Jul 07, 2006 2:25 pm

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axis42

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Hey folks,
For those who give a shit or want to re-live the last week of our ROCKING THE GODAM FUCKING WORLD IN SUPPORT OF ZACK AND JACE, I have collected all of the coverage I could find on the Web ...

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Fri Jul 07, 2006 12:11 pm

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axis42

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What'd KUOW do?
I heard a short piece this AM (8am) by Derek Wang. Did the piece change?
c

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Fri Jul 07, 2006 12:11 pm

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axis42

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By inviting them to attend, but not dictate, we put them in a tough spot. Minor traffic violations are put directly in their face. How would we have them respond?

That's a good point and one I h ...

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Fri Jul 07, 2006 10:59 am

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axis42

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I don't care if they come or not. I care about how we as bike riders are preceived in the media and by the public (not to mention drivers who cut me off twice yesterday, within a block of each other, ...

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Fri Jul 07, 2006 10:51 am

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axis42

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Hey all,
There's a discussion developing on the arrests thread that seems worth a coversation of its own:
Namely, should we maybe invite the bike patrols from SPD and KCDeps to the next CM?

It's ...

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Fri Jul 07, 2006 9:18 am

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axis42

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pardon my dumbness, sekai, but is that RCW in your sig for real?

It'd be cool if it is!

My two cents on inviting the KC bike patrol to CM: LET'S DO IT!
I'm not generallyu against cops. I've had ...

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Thu Jul 06, 2006 7:46 pm

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axis42

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Josh Feit Wrote on The Stranger blog:
Best Quote: “They’re thugs!” —Council Member Peter Steinbrueck on the K.C. detectives who arrested the Critical Mass bikers last Friday. “Let us take c ...

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Thu Jul 06, 2006 6:16 pm

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axis42

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You all didn't need me to help frame this in the media... with letters written that well, esp. going to the PI in response to thier editorial today, I'm gonna be out of a (volunteer) job soon. Which m ...

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Thu Jul 06, 2006 3:18 pm

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axis42

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OMG! you all rock! No, wait, you all RAWK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

thank you all so much for showing today and looking so smart and sounding so good when the press talked to you. You all are like a PR man's ...

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Thu Jul 06, 2006 10:55 am

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axis42

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Hey folks,
King 5 is picking this up so keep an eye on those casts if you have a TV (I don't) and tape it please. I think the other two (KIRO and KOMO) will prolly show too. Can folks keep an eye ope ...

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Thu Jul 06, 2006 10:15 am

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axis42

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Funny, I heard Ken Lay was riding a bicule when he had the heart attack.

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Thu Jul 06, 2006 9:54 am

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axis42

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the caller, Holly...
THAT'S MY MOM!!!!!!!!!!!
She rocks!
And Dave is an idiot playing to the lowest common demoninator.
and he's out of his league. My mom will tear him up.
c

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Thu Jul 06, 2006 9:49 am

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axis42

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"the serious bike commuters because they're wearing the spandex..."
nice

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Thu Jul 06, 2006 9:44 am

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axis42

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This is ridiculous.... But it is Dave Ross. He didn't even listen to me... CM can't "get together and decide" anything. Besides, I clearly said that we don't break into clumps in order to ma ...

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Thu Jul 06, 2006 9:31 am

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wow

axis42

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I've seen that guy mutilate people before... I have to say so myself, I'm pretty proud. thanks guys!
If who ever is recording can continue recording it and get the phone callers as well please, that' ...

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Thu Jul 06, 2006 9:04 am

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on the radio

axis42

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Hey folks, Zack's lawyer will be on 710 KIRo on Dave Ross in a few minutes. I will follow him. Check it out if you can and if anyone can record it, I'd love that!
Charlie

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Wed Jul 05, 2006 1:42 pm

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yes

axis42

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Just to clarify, the tuesday public hearing is at the KC Courthouse at 5th and James again, correct?

The hearing is tomorrow, Thursday the 6th.... it is at the same place. it will start at 230 and ...

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Wed Jul 05, 2006 11:57 am

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let it go

axis42

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Hey folks,
So far we have been lucky that no flaming and trolling has happened here.
Let's keep it that way and ignore any attempts like the above to incite a debate and get us off topic, ok? What m ...

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Wed Jul 05, 2006 9:27 am

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the press coverage

axis42

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FWIW, I have been orgainzing the media coverage and putting out prerss releases for Zack and for Joby and making sure their side of the story is represented in the press.

If you ask me, most of the ...

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Mon Jul 03, 2006 3:08 pm

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Subject:

We need contact info

axis42

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Does anyone know who took this picture?
http://www.thestranger.com/blog/files/2006/07/criticalmasspolice.jpg
The Seattle Times wants to run it and we need their name and contact information so they ...

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Mon Jul 03, 2006 9:15 am

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We got legs, and we know how to use them

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axis42

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Folks, thanks to your caring, efforts, involvement and quick thinking, we are very much getting attention in the press right now which is a HUGE boon to Zack's case and to getting some positive change ...

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Sun Jul 02, 2006 2:55 pm

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just re-iterating

axis42

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Hey all,
We've got a good reporter on the case at the PI as well as a good one on the case at the Stranger. Anyone who is willing to talk to the media that I haven't already spoken with should give m ...

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Sun Jul 02, 2006 1:41 pm

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Need info

axis42

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For the press release I am drafting to try and get this into the rest of the media, can anyone tell me when the first CM ride in Seattle was? At least an approximate year?

thanksCharlie
cmonster a ...

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Sun Jul 02, 2006 9:29 am

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