Standing Rock Pipeline Protest

[petrus4]

A win?  Hmmm  hard to believe they would stop the pipeline with just one section left to complete

The Internet means that the actions of the psychopaths now have a lot more public exposure; and while they've tried to put that genie back in the bottle on a localised basis, it hasn't worked.

[Phedre]

It is hard for me to believe The COE gave up so easily, but I'm certainly greatful that they did. Some very cold weather is coming in and the Tribal protestors would have just sat there through it, now they can come home. I doubt that any thing is "Over", just postponed.

[zorgon]

Well public opinion on the web on the Bundy issue worked... the jury ruled that they had the right to protest the Feds  and they were found not guilty

Only down side was Lavoy getting himself killed...

So yeah maybe

There are all sorts of stories on the net about public opinion making them reconsider  but few people follow up

The case of the lady with the vegetables in the front yard, the Amish raw milk farmer, the Toyota dealer saving 'illegal' rainwater...

All of them cleared thanks to public outcry

We should start a collection

[petrus4]

Veterans at Standing Rock shock tribe members, beg forgiveness for war crimes against tribal nations

http://m.dailykos.com/story/2016/12/5/1607591/-Veterans-at-Standing-Rock-shock-tribe-members-beg-forgiveness-for-war-crimes-against-tribal-nations

This is a beautiful thing.

[Phedre]

I can see the appeal if one is into Feudalism. Those Vets , better get going, they have a lot of apologizing to do around the world.   

[Sgt.Rocknroll]

Veterans at Standing Rock shock tribe members, beg forgiveness for war crimes against tribal nations

http://m.dailykos.com/story/2016/12/5/1607591/-Veterans-at-Standing-Rock-shock-tribe-members-beg-forgiveness-for-war-crimes-against-tribal-nations

This is a beautiful thing.

Quite hilarious. I really can't stop laughing. 

[thorfourwinds]

DO NOT BE FOOLED: DAPL WILL Continue To Drill Despite Easement Being Denied!
Published on Dec 5, 2016
Uprising Media





Snow Storm Has Just Arrived At Standing Rock 12/5/16 Update
12/5/16 | #Nodapl Archives
Credit: Digital Smoke Signals





#NoDAPL CAMP TOUR!
Published on Nov 24, 2016
BLACKxOPSxSECRETSx





Artie from Lakota People's law project gives the bad news that DAPL is drilling currently!
12/5/16 | #Nodapl Archives
Credit: Rod Webber





Veterans at Standing Rock: Now is the time!
Rod Webber
Published on Dec 4, 2016





Veteran and His Family Kicked Out of Ramada Inn
in Bismarck for Being a Water Protector!
Published on Dec 4, 2016
#NoDAPL #WaterProtectors #VeteransForStandingRock #BoycottBismarckRamada





Have you had enough yet ? WELL I HAVE !
oldmarinevaughn
02 dec 2016




is this OREGON all OVER AGAIN ?

oldmarinevaughn
Published on Dec 1, 2016





Update from Standing Rock 12/5/16
J Grady



http://www.snopes.com/dapl-routed-through-standing-rock-after-bismarck-residents-said-no/?

... and it comes out today that the people of Bismarck said no to this pipeline because of the risks to the drinking water.





Breaking News STANDING ROCK Army Corps Say Reroute DAPL
- EARTH WINS ! Do They Know It's Christmas




http://www.cbsnews.com/news/massive-oil-pipeline-break-under-nd-farmers-wheat-field/?

Massive oil pipeline break under N.D. farmer's wheat field

So DAPL says it's safe to drill and lay pipe underneath the water supply, eh?  Good luck with that.


Perfect segue...

[thorfourwinds]

1806 Road Block is open!
Deliver supplies to Praire Nights Casino auditorium
Published on Dec 6, 2016

No, the road block on the bridge is still there.



FOR THE RECORD:

Recorded Call With ACE HARDWARE!
No Propane For Standing Rock Water Protectors!
Published on Nov 30, 2016

Update On Blizzard Conditions In Bismarck, North Dakota
Published on Dec 6, 2016
12/6/16 10:00 AM | #Nodapl Archives
Credit: periscope.tv/DPet_KARE11News

http://bsnorrell.blogspot.com/2016/12/dapl-is-drilling-without-permit-dec-5.html

Marchers in blizzard - DAPL says it will drill without a permit
05 December 2016

This is not over.

DAPL has been breaking various laws since the beginning of this travesty.

To think that DAPL would stop construction because they were denied by the Army Corps of Engineers is wishful thinking.
The DAPL oil police are not to be trusted.

Stay vigilant and safe, my Brothers and Sisters.
Semper Fi.

Remember this from a short two months ago?

Militarized Police Raid Standing Rock Protest, Point Guns at Protestors | #NoDAPL
Published on Oct 2, 2016

The Standing Rock Sioux tribe was holding a public prayer gathering in protest of the Dakota Access Pipeline project, and to shut it down, the state of North Dakota sent in militarized police in riot gear that arrested multiple protestors and reportedly used excessive force and tear gas.

Legal Defense Fund for Protesters: https://fundrazr.com/d19fAf

State Terrorism at Standing Rock #NoDAPL
Published on Sep 28, 2016
Thomas H. Joseph II

DAPL EXPOSED #1: College student contradicts Morton County.
Published on Oct 16, 2016

College student contradicts Morton County/ Fox News KFYR.

As an eyewitness that day he says "That was the farthest thing from a riot I've ever seen... The closest it came to violence is when they were pushing us back."

Kevin Gilbert Has A Message For Those Sending Him Death Threats
Collective Evolution

Veterans March at Standing Rock!
We Are Here Until The Black Snake Is Gone!
12/5/2016

And this from Business Wire, a Berkshire Hathaway Company. 

http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20161204005090/en/Energy-Transfer-Partners-Sunoco-Logistics-Partners-Respond

Energy Transfer Partners and Sunoco Logistics Partners Respond to the Statement from the Department of the Army
04 December 2016

In spite of consistently stating at every turn that the permit for the crossing of the Missouri River at Lake Oahe granted in July 2016, comported with all legal requirements, including the use of an environmental assessment, rather than an environmental impact statement, the Army Corps now seeks to engage in additional review and analysis of alternative locations for the pipeline.

The White House's directive today to the Corps for further delay is just the latest in a series of overt and transparent political actions by an administration which has abandoned the rule of law in favor of currying favor with a narrow and extreme political constituency.

As stated all along, ETP and SXL are fully committed to ensuring that this vital project is brought to completion and fully expect to complete construction of the pipeline without any additional rerouting in and around Lake Oahe. Nothing this Administration has done today changes that in any way.

DAPL has no regard for any laws, as evidenced by their response to 14 November 2016's announcement by the Army Corps of Engineers regarding Dakota Access Pipeline's lack of authority to cross under Lake Oahe in North Dakota.

Here, ETP CEO Kelcy Warren trashes that decision.

"This action is motivated purely by politics at the expense of a company that has done nothing but play by the rules it was given," said Kelcy Warren, CEO of Energy Transfer Partners. "To propose, as the Corps now does, to further delay this pipeline and to engage in what can only be described as a sham process sends a frightening message about the rule of law."

http://ir.energytransfer.com/phoenix.zhtml?c=106094&p=irol-newsArticle&ID=2222374


This cretin has the audacity to speak about 'the rule of law?'

Balderdash! And did this decision by the Corps stop construction?

NO!

But, conveniently, there is no one to enforce the law in the (evidently) lawless plains of North Dakota.


http://together4earth.one/wordpress/one-video-pretty-much-sums-up-nodapl/

ONE VIDEO PRETTY MUCH SUMS UP #NODAPL

[petrus4]

Quite hilarious. I really can't stop laughing. 

I wish I understood why you are the way you are, Rock.  I wish I knew what had happened.

[Sgt.Rocknroll]

I'm quite normal.
I don't care what happened to you or why you're the way you are.

[zorgon]

I wish I understood why you are the way you are, Rock.  I wish I knew what had happened.

Sgt has been replaced by Aliens

[Sgt.Rocknroll]

Sgt has been replaced by Aliens

[The Seeker]

  I haz one of them, Sarge

[Phedre]

I have one also, I do love the feather! 

[thorfourwinds]

DAPL protest site now one of the largest cities in North Dakota
Published on Dec 5, 2016

Anti-Dakota Access Pipeline activists may have scored a big victory by blocking the pipeline's original path, but many don't want to leave the community they've built in North Dakota. The main protest camp just north of the Standing Rock Sioux reservation is a fully-functioning community with a population that makes it among the largest cities in North Dakota. RT America's Manuel Rapalo has the story.



http://www.wsj.com/articles/energy-transfer-partners-seeks-court-ruling-on-dakota-access-pipeline-1481055961

Energy Transfer Partners Seeks Court Ruling on Dakota Access Pipeline

Company presses for quick reversal of Obama administration decision denying pipeline completion.

By CHRISTOPHER MATTHEWS
Updated Dec. 6, 2016 3:54 p.m. ET

Energy Transfer Partners LP, the company behind the embattled Dakota Access pipeline, is continuing to pursue a court challenge to force the Obama administration to approve completion of the project instead of counting on a better reception from Donald Trump.

A day after the Obama administration put the brakes on the nearly 1,200 mile oil pipeline by denying a permit needed to finish the route, a spokesman for Mr. Trump said Monday that the incoming administration supports completing it.

But instead of waiting until the president-elect takes office next month, Dallas-based Energy Transfer Partners is pressing ahead with a request to a federal judge to allow the company to immediately cross beneath a Missouri River reservoir, the final 1,100-foot link to be built in the pipeline.

Analysts say Energy Transfer Partners has two potential reasons to seek a faster resolution: It is losing millions of dollars due to delays, and a longer wait could scuttle a $2 billion deal to sell a stake in the pipeline.

Lawyers for Energy Transfer Partners asked U.S. District Judge James Boasberg for an expedited ruling late Monday that would allow the company to complete the project. The delays have already cost the company $450 million, the company said in court papers filed in U.S. District Court in Washington, DC.

A hearing in the case is scheduled for Friday morning in Washington, D.C.

A spokeswoman for the company didn't immediately respond to a request for comment Tuesday.

The company's lawyers argued Monday that the Army Corps of Engineers had already approved the reservoir crossing, and that the final, needed approval—an easement—is nothing more than a perfunctory "ministerial" document. The delays amount to political interference and aren't supported by the law, they argued.

The Standing Rock Sioux tribe, which has garnered international attention for its months-long protest of the pipeline, has asked the court to halt the project, arguing the reservoir crossing could contaminate their water supply, which is 70 miles downstream from the project.

Aside from the hundreds of millions of dollars Energy Transfer has already lost, further delays of the project could also scuttle a deal to sell roughly half its stake in the pipeline.

Energy Transfer and Sunoco Logistics Partners LP, which is also building the pipeline, reached a $2 billion deal in August to sell a minority stake in the pipeline to Enbridge Inc. and Marathon Petroleum Corp.

But under the deal's provisions, Enbridge and Marathon can walk away from the deal in early January if the Army Corps of Engineers hasn't released the project, according to securities filings.

"Closing of the investment transaction is subject to a number of conditions, not all of which have been met at this time," an Enbridge spokesman said. "We're working with our potential partners to understand the implications of recent developments on the transaction."

A Marathon spokesman didn't immediately respond to a request for comment.

The protests have become a major headache for the Energy Transfer Partners and Sunoco, both part of the web of pipeline companies run by billionaire Kelcy Warren.

Native American activists and other protesters have been gathering near the project site since August and have seen their numbers swell in recent days with the arrival of hundreds of U.S. military veterans, garnering blanket media coverage.

Dave Archambault II, chairman of the Standing Rock Sioux, said Monday that it was time for the protesters to leave, citing both their recent win against construction of the pipeline and harsh winter conditions.

But Energy Transfer has given little consideration to waiting out the protesters, according to a person familiar with company's thinking. Digging under the reservoir is a significant undertaking, which could take as many as 90 days, and the company wants to avoid further losses, the person said.




What a bunch of carp!

Not that the Wall Street Journal is noted for it's honest reporting, but this is going too far - an outright lie perpetrated to slander the Standing Rock movement.

http://www.wsj.com/articles/what-the-dakota-access-pipeline-is-really-about-1481071218?mod=trending_now_4

What the Dakota Access Pipeline Is Really About

The standoff isn't about tribal rights or water, but a White House that ignores the rule of law.

By KEVIN CRAMER
Dec. 6, 2016 7:40 p.m. ET

A little more than two weeks ago, during a confrontation between protesters and law enforcement, an improvised explosive device was detonated on a public bridge in southern North Dakota. That was simply the latest manifestation of the "prayerful" and "peaceful" protests against the Dakota Access Pipeline...

TRUMP JUST DECIMATED OBAMA AND THE DAKOTA
PIPELINE PROTEST WITH A SINGLE DECLARATION
Published on Dec 6, 2016

Will Water Protectors Leave Standing Rock?
12/6/16 | #Nodapl Archives

Please Stay at Oceti Sakowin Camp Winter is deadly 12/5/16
Published on Dec 6, 2016

Please Stay at Oceti Sakowin Camp. Winter is deadly. Government entities are absolving themselves of the risk of your possible death from the elements but Standing Rock citizens need you to stay.



http://observer.com/2016/12/matt-mcgorry-says-police-jammed-his-phone-so-he-cant-document-standing-rock-protests/

Matt McGorry Says Police Jammed His Phone So He Can't Document Standing Rock Protests

By Sage Lazzaro • 12/01/16 11:50am
   
Last night, Matt McGorry posted this photo with a caption about the police jammers.

Instagram/mattmcgorry

Orange Is the New Black and How to Get Away With Murder star Matt McGorry has become known as more than an actor since his rise to fame. He's also an activist who fights for issues from Black Lives Matter to women's and trans rights, and with an Instagram following of nearly two million, his voice is heard widely.

McGorry recently made two trips to Standing Rock to protest the Dakota Access Pipeline, and on the second, he said police were using jammers to prevent protestors from documenting the front lines of the protest. With wide reports of excessive force, this wouldn't be surprising considering celebrities (others include Shailene Woodley and McGorry's HTGAWM co-star Kendrick Sampson) have joined the efforts and are sharing what's happening to millions of followers directly.

Last night on Instagram, McGorry posted a photo from the outskirts of the protest site and wrote "I tried to record other videos, but after hearing many accounts of how people's cell phones and cell phone cameras have been interfered with by the police jammers, I experienced it first hand."

He explained that upon approaching the front lines, his phone said it had no memory left and wouldn't allow him to take more videos or photos. He said this was never an issue before, and that 30 minutes later when he was further from the front lines, his phone was working fine again. He said this happened two days in a row and that Sampson experienced a similar problem as well.

"It is terrifying," he added on Instagram, "that even with the majority blackout of mainstream media, the people's ability to document the injustices at Standing Rock are being interfered with.

They don't want the people to show the atrocities that are being and will continue to be committed. Each time the water protectors remain peaceful and are met with brute force, more people become aware of the horrible injustices being committed by the government. And the hearts and consciences of the people of the world will not stand by idly."