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| Brad Horn / Nevada Appeal via AP |
Arrest made after Burning Man torched early
SAN FRANCISCO - Burning Man became Burnt Man four days early on Tuesday, and a San Francisco performance artist was arrested on suspicion of igniting the signature figure of the counterculture festival in the remote Nevada desert.The early morning fire scorched about 85 percent of the structure, Burning Man spokeswoman Andie Grace said.
A small follow-up to the infamous flier first referenced here last week.
The big meeting reportedly only drew ... four people. But the flier did indicate it was the "first" of such meetings.
ALSO someone posted in the comments a link to "Killing mockingbirds" by Kevin Uhrich of the Pasadena Weekly:
Despite the book’s good intentions, however, NAACP Pasadena Branch President Joe Brown and Chandler parent Jim Morris want it taken out of the school’s English curriculum.Neither Brown nor Morris want to take it out of the library. But using the book and its questionable language to teach young children lessons in English runs the risk of “sending the wrong message” to children.
For the record I did talk to Joe Brown, who says neither he nor his office had anything to do with -- or supported -- the lynching flier.