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-Signs, Portents, and the Weather-

Greenpeace activists unfurl 'resist' banner from crane near White House

2017-01-26

[THEHILL] Activists with Greenpeace on Wednesday brought a massive "resist" banner to a construction site in Washington, D.C., to protest President Trump’s actions promoting oil pipelines.
It's yellow, just like Hezbollah's, and it's got a red sun rising behind the word. Very artsy.
Protesters started scaling a 270-foot tower crane at a downtown construction site Wednesday morning and unfurled the banner once they reached the top.

Greenpeace’s intent is for the 70-foot-by-35-foot banner to be visible from the White House, a few blocks south of the building site, said spokeswoman Cassady Craighill.

The group is protesting Trump’s order yesterday to revive the Keystone XL and Dakota Access pipelines, after former President B.O. rejected Keystone and delayed final federal approval for Dakota Access.

"People in this country are ready to resist and rise up in ways they have never done before," Karen Topakian, chairwoman of Greenpeace’s board, said in a statement.

Posted by:Fred

#8 Just remember, Greenpeace, Humane Society of the United States (HSUS) and Humane Society International (HSI) are one in the same.

There will always be a funding stream from innocent folks thinking that they're donating to the 'American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals' (ASPCA) just because the Greenpeace/Sea Shepherd storefront calls itself the 'Humane Society'. My mom used to send money to them before I explained that it wasn't the ASPCA.

Posted by: Mullah Richard 2017-01-26 21:54

#7 How cold would the greenpeace offices be if someone switched all their electricity and gas off?

Posted by: Bright Pebbles 2017-01-26 13:41

#6 She's right about people being willing to resist in new ways. She's wrong thinking that applies just to her side.

Posted by: Rob Crawford 2017-01-26 12:10

#5 The asshole organization which ruined the Nazca lines.

Posted by: swksvolFF 2017-01-26 11:23

#4 [i]Protesters

Crusader, why did you use square brackets instead of angle brackets?

Posted by: trailing wife 2017-01-26 09:05

#3 How about welding a steel plate about 50-feet above the boom foot and letting the "Activists" stew on the remaining 220 for, let's say, 3 days?

Posted by: Vast Right Wing Conspiracy 2017-01-26 08:57

#2 [i]Protesters started scaling a 270-foot tower crane at a downtown construction site Wednesday morning and unfurled the banner once they reached the top.[/i]

Doesn't *anyone* take security seriously these days? Good Lord, I've managed rental houses with more attention than this.

Posted by: Crusader 2017-01-26 01:00

#1 Something between 'criminal trespass', 'wanton endangerment' and 'hazarding navigation' seem suitable charges.

Posted by: Skidmark 2017-01-26 00:56

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