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Annual Kibuki at LLNL continues to wither away

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By scooby
Annual Kibuki at LLNL continues to wither away

Yet another "protest" at LLNL on Aug 6. It's now down to fewer than 100 people total. The BIG demonstration: laying down on the street and getting chalk lines drawn around them. And getting a pre-arranged arrest for trespassing which doesn't even go to court any more. The guards even cooperate in staging photos for the newspapers. It's all pretty pathetic.

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Anonymous said…
Kabuki…unless there is another Japanese theatrical tradition of which I am unaware that is spelled with an 'i".
8/07/2014 3:02 PM
Anonymous said…
insanity = doing the same thing over and over while expecting different results.

If the bigger protests of the past didn't accomplish anything, the sad ones of today sure won't. It's kind of embarrassing.
8/07/2014 3:13 PM
Anonymous said…
Thanks, August 7, 2014 at 3:02 PM - I think I've been spelling it wrong my whole life. Spell checker didn't catch it either!
8/07/2014 5:20 PM
Anonymous said…
I live in Bezerkely and I was a hippy in the 70's (I dodged the military).
I am so retro that even my grand kids think there is something wrong in my mental process.
But I did not want the US to bomb Japan because it was ok to have a million US soldiers as casualties in the invasion of Japan.
I also was ok if Russia (today taking over the south Ukraine)nuked us here in the US.

Also let's have a religious service
Because God does not want the US to defend itself with nuclear weapons but to be a weak nation.
oh yes and the good Lord never killed anyone in the Old Testament so He is peaceful too.
8/08/2014 7:56 PM
Anonymous said…
To the above post,
I would add that I am from Bezerkely and I was a hippy and I am still doing drugs even though I'm in my 60's.
8/09/2014 9:00 AM
Anonymous said…
Or,
I would add that I am from Bezerkely and I was a hippy and I am still not working (on the gov't. dole)and on Welfare even though I am in my 600's.
8/09/2014 9:04 AM
Anonymous said…
There were no real hippies in the 70's, only hippy wanna-bes.
8/10/2014 10:41 AM
Anonymous said…
Let's remember to thank the dynamic & important group that brings you these embarrassing events year after year: Tri-Valley CARE - Citizens against really everything
8/11/2014 9:08 AM
Anonymous said…
Finally, something to unite the blog in sarcasm. Tri-valley cares.
8/11/2014 4:47 PM
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