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Going Through the Garbage

Posted by michael on from the taking-out-the-trash dept.

frankejames writes "This is a very funny piece on how Portland politicians said it was okay for police to seize a citizen's garbage without a search warrant. But when some reporters swiped their garbage (and reported the contents!) they screamed foul play! Read Portland's top brass said it was OK to swipe your garbage--so we grabbed theirs."

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  1. Good Lord! by tempest303 · · Score: 4, Funny

    Only 4 troll posts so far, and already their webserver has melted!

    Are they being hosted by that "webserver-on-a-gameboy" guy, or what?

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    1. Re:Good Lord! by AgentTim3 · · Score: 4, Funny
      Haha. And by getting modded up with that sig, you've also melted your own website!

      Ah, the price of being witty on /. :)

  2. GIGO... by cqnn · · Score: 5, Funny

    Garbage In, Garbage Out...

  3. Re:text from site by Mitchell+Mebane · · Score: 5, Funny

    Wrong! The *full* text from the site is as follows:

    Error connecting to site

    The Proxomitron couldn't connect to...
    www.wweek.com/flatfiles/News3485.lasso
    The site may be busy or the web server may be down.

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  4. Has to be done by psi_diddy · · Score: 3, Funny

    All your garbage are belong to us!

  5. Re:They have every right by Skyshadow · · Score: 3, Funny
    On the internet, nobody knows you're a dog.

    Being a seventh grader, on the other hand, seems far more easy to detect.

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  6. Re:Seems to me there is a difference... by Milican · · Score: 4, Funny

    Have you seen one of those tampon shredders at Office Max? Or should we all incinerate our trash now too... Going through trash without a warrant in my opinion is a violation of the Constitution of the United States of America. I am not a lawyer, but I am an American citizen and that is my interpretation.

    JOhn

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  7. Re:Anthro by YetAnotherDave · · Score: 3, Funny

    >The lying on these surveys is astounding.

    really? I've always thought that telling the truth
    on those surveys was a bit odd. I mean, what's my
    incentive for giving true answers?

  8. Re:I got into a fight with a garbage guy once by litewoheat · · Score: 5, Funny

    Its illegal to do the teamster's job of taking away trash. If too many people trash-pick, then there won't be enough jobs for the teamsters. Gotta love those unions.

    If anyone has tradeshow setup experience you'll be nodding your heads right about now

  9. That's Gotta Hurt by limekiller4 · · Score: 3, Funny

    From the article :
    "Chinese takeout boxes and junk-food wrappers testify to a busy lifestyle with little time to cook. A Post-it note even lays bare someone's arithmetic skills (the addition is solid, but the long division needs work)."

    Ouch.

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  10. Re:I don't get it by richie2000 · · Score: 3, Funny
    In what situations can police beat or shoot people where ordinary citizens can't?

    When there are no ordinary citizens with camcorders around.

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  11. Simple solution. by grub · · Score: 3, Funny


    If you live in Portland just start flushing your garbage down the toilet and shitting in your garbage can.

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  12. Re:I know I'm too late to be moderated or seen, bu by nathanh · · Score: 4, Funny
    Hypocracy has reached it's peak in the 'land of the free'.

    Hypocracy? WTF is that? A ruling class of syringes?