I was in downtown Silver Spring tonight, celebrating efbq's recent birthday and the birthday of another good friend of mine from the Green Party. We left the restaurant about 10:15 pm and headed back to where we'd parked the car on Ellsworth, when we ran into an extreme police presence, presaged by the cop cars which had been whizzing by the window ( Read more... )

I apologize in advance for the length and the slight miscalculation in timeliness. I'm still not satisfied with it, but I feel I need to get it out there now, regardless of how polished it is.

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