Signal boost:: abandoned kitty rescued, needs home!

Rescued abandoned house kitty needs a home or temporary foster home in or near North Georgia:

Someone in my new apt. complex has moved and left their cat behind. I live in N.GA near the TN line, and would be willing to drive the cat to a new home even if it's several hours away. She's amber with amber eyes, medium length hair, and is very friendly. I offered her food, and even though she's thin she wanted petting more than the food. If you or someone you know anywhere in the area might be interested please let me know.

meret has put a waterproof, windproof shelter outside for the cat, along with food and water, but is very concerned about the cold front moving in.

If you know anyone in her area who might be able to foster or adopt a cat, contact her at her LJ.

Occupy DC Violently dispersed, protesters forced against fence with batons.

Occupy DC Violently dispersed, protesters forced against fence with batons.

The National Park Service has been concerned about first amendment rights.

"Americans expect to be able to exercise their right of freedom of speech in national parks in the nation's capital," Peggy O'Dell, the Park Service's deputy director of operations, wrote. "Courts too have recognized that 'the right to use public parks for expression of ideas is of special importance to the District of Columbia' where 'the general concepts of First Amendment freedoms are given added impetus as to speech and peaceful demonstration in Washington, D.C., by the clause of the Constitution which assures citizens of their right to assemble peaceably at the seat of government and present grievances."

However, House Republicans blasted them and threatened them with subpoenas in January -- and now the Republican controlled House is getting its way.

Today National Park Service police began slowly dismantling the Occupy DC encampment at McPherson Square on K Street early Saturday morning. Over the course of several hours, cops asked protesters to leave while authorities in hazmat suits combed the park and removed tents.

Despite protesters insisting that the temporary structures were in compliance with the latest regulations imposed on the demonstrators, the cops continued to clear out the park throughout the course of the day. With only a small section of McPherson still spared by late afternoon, authorities eventually moved in and used force to clear the rest of the park. Protesters, passersby and journalists alike were assaulted as cops clad in riot gear stormed into the crowd and attacked anyone on the scene.

Here cops are showing forcing a group of people out of the park with plastic shields and batons, only for them to fall into the mud and be crammed into a fence that prevented them from easily vacating the premises. Several arrests were reported, including one photojournalist, and many others were injured in the raid, including one RT cameraman. (Filmed by RT)