The PNBR website says their annual event is “about riding together to promote fuel conscious consumption, positive body image, and cycling advocacy.” http://www.phillynakedbikeride.org/
I held up my Flip video camera while I walked from 7th and Chestnut Streets to 10th and Spruce in Philly, not long after dawn this morning. Then I compressed 10 minutes into 60 seconds.
In a feeble attempt to please everybody, Philadelphia city officials responded to complaints from some city workers and other citizens by ordering the removal of the word “Christmas” from the Christmas Village signs at Philadelphia City Hall, where they are still hosting the Christmas Village you can find at, well, http://www.philachristmas.com/
They plan to replace it with a “Holiday Village” sign, but apparently not at the same time, and so for now it just says “Village.”
Oh, holiday tree.
Meanwhile, in the middle of the village, city workers continued to string Christmas lights on a Christmas tree, as “Oh, Christmas Tree” and other Christmas carols continued to play on the audio system.
RT @tsagov: Advisory: Children who “opt-out” of scans will be told Santa is dead. #tsa #tsagov Serisouly, we still have these? AP Exclusive: Color-coded terror alerts may end http://yhoo.it/geZ3eB Foursquare Takes on the TSA With “Baggage Handler” Badge http://on.mash.to/fiuNBO RT @warpafx: Shoe bomb, underwear bomb, toner bombs, liquid/gel explosives – failures, but we pay anyway. Non-bomb success: 9/11 reuters slideshow: Anatomy of a patdown http://reut.rs/fNnkgb Lie detectors next? Hahahahaha. RT @AP: INTERACTIVE: The new airport security measures: http://apne.ws/fUKK30 The terrorists won: Young boy strip searched by TSA http://youtu.be/XSQTz1bccL4 #video Boing Boing » TSA roundup: pilots get exception, Obama response, Clinton “wouldn’t submit,” Al Qaeda moves on http://bit.ly/dyV4zd Amputee forced to remove prosthesis, expose residual limb, be separated from 4yo son http://bit.ly/aN1ICh Everybody loses except the security industry. Boing Boing » How TSA screeners feel about junk-touching http://bit.ly/c4P6lu RT @USATODAY: Body-scanner makers spent millions on lobbying http://usat.ly/bYBObb Chance of dying from airport backscatter radiation about the same as chance of getting killed by terrorists. http://bit.ly/cOzRPD Agency’s enemy is terrorists, but travelers wonder why they’re made to feel the target http://apne.ws/9n8SA1 -SB TSA chief: ‘Invasive’ airport security policies here to stay http://usat.ly/at7Jys RT @nicolosi: Does the TSA ever catch terrorists? If they do, for some reason they won’t admit it. @Slate http://slate.me/8YmPpX “Don’t Touch My Junk”: The Rap Video http://bit.ly/9qhwDs TSA security groping leaves 61-year-old bladder cancer survivor soaked in own urine http://bit.ly/d6LmwS Elementary school teacher re TSA “I didn’t really expect her to touch my vagina through my pants” http://bit.ly/aSki0c onthemedia: The TSA and ‘Don’t touch my junk’ and what it might mean when activism begins online. http://bit.ly/csQ2fH TSA Forces Cancer Survivor Flight Attendant to Pull Out Prosthetic Breast During Patdown http://gizmo.do/dbP6N2 Soldier: And I can take over the plane with nail clippers? http://bit.ly/9x4OYR #boingboigbestfortsamadness Capt. Sully: “I don’t want anybody but my wife and maybe my doctor touching me in…” http://bit.ly/apESmK #video What will happen at TSA checkpoints if the next incompetent goofball “bomber” hides the explosives – um – “inside” his body? Y’know I’m just stating to feel bad for everybody involved. RT @jayrosen_nyu: Keeping us safe http://jr.ly/78ih RT @Michael_Yon: Stand up, America! Enough is Enough! I got handcuffed and still refused.. http://bit.ly/dCKABN RT @EliseAckerman: Orlando’s Sanford Airport shows backbone, kicks out the TSA http://gizmo.do/dpevXd AP: Airports consider congressman’s call to ditch TSA. http://apne.ws/970vWI Check out this awesome “Don’t touch my junk” story – http://tinyurl.com/272nboo TSA day continues: RT @slashdot: TSA Pats Down 3-Year-Old http://bit.ly/bZT3TM TSA day w/ Has Airport Security Gone Too Far? http://on.wsj.com/c2hqCS and mom blogger’s TSA – Sexual Assault http://bit.ly/b4TuW6
Installation is underway on the Grumman Greenhouse outside the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts in Philadelphia. ©2011 Jim MacMillan jim@jimmacmillan.com
