bikerHere’s something different altogether: a pro-war protest in Berkeley.

Hundreds of leather-clad bikers came tearing into downtown earlier today, waving POW flags and blaring country music from portable stereos. That’s hundreds of protesters, in comparison to the comparative handful - about 80 - that showed up for the anti-war protest this past Wednesday. Many are military veterans. Most are from the areas surrounding Berkeley, like San Francisco and Santa Clara.

We’re not sure what to make of this, since the Clog as a collective entity has already shipped off to the Bahamas, from whence we type ensconced in deck chairs while being attended to by slave boys with fans fashioned cunningly out of palm fronds and Heineken bottlecaps. We’re sorry to miss the undoubtedly rousing rendition of “Have You Forgotten,” to be sure.

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