Shoreline Caucus

ELECTILE  DYSFUNCTION:
The  inability to become aroused over any of the choices for President put forth in the 2012 election year. (Thank you Frieda!)

SEATTLE – A beaming bride, a crumbling warehouse — Babylonia Aivaz said it’s a love that will never die, as she exchanged wedding vows with the Seattle building on Sunday.

Aivaz and the 10th and Union warehouse entered into a self-described “gay marriage,” surrounded by friends singing of love and united against displacement in their neighborhood by means of new development.

Aivaz told the crowd of approximately 50 people about her relationship with the building, which is slated to be demolished in a week to make way for a new apartment complex.

In December, she said, she and 16 Occupy Seattle activists linked arms and occupied the warehouse to fight against gentrification and for community space..

The Washington Post, November 2, 1922:

The Arctic Ocean is warming up, icebergs are growing scarcer and in some places the seals are finding the water too hot, according to a report to the Commerce Department yesterday from Consulafft, at Bergen, Norway . Read more »

Hat tip to Powerline:

Filmmaker Evan Coyne Maloney took a walk through Zuccotti Park and played a quiz game with a number of Occupiers. He put together this entertaining video of the occasion. In general, his interactions with the Occupiers were remarkably cordial, and it appears that some of them learned a few things. My favorite moment involves the guy who admires Che Guevara and says he sometimes goes by the name “Che,” but doesn’t look like he would fare very well in a Colombian jungle. (Then again, neither did Che.) Anyway, here is the video.

Warning! Profanity! Government rant about the trillions of dollars in government debt. His frustration is perfectly understood!