Suspect in Olympia ecoterror case found dead in jail:

PHOENIX - An Arizona bookstore owner charged with eco-sabotage in Washington was found dead in a Flagstaff jail cell early Thursday, authorities said.

William C. Rodgers, 40, of Prescott, Ariz., committed suicide, according to the Coconino County Sheriff's Office. The county medical examiner determined that Rodgers suffocated after placing a plastic bag over his head while he was being held in a one-person cell.

Rodgers was one of six people arrested this month in connection with eco-terrorist attacks in Oregon and Washington in recent years. He was charged in the firebombing of a government wildlife lab outside Olympia, Wash.

Indy Media Report

Statement by his friends

My own comment: I don't understand why there was a plastic bag in his cell.

It's a zero-sum game, at least in my opinion. In order for the US to have, say, 56, we have to take 56 from the rest of the world. If China is at 40 and want to add another four, they're going to have to get it somewhere. We must ensure that four doesn't come from our 56.

• Singing
• Silence
• Rude gestures
• Taunting officials
• Haunting officials
• Symbolic lights
• Symbolic sounds
• Collective disappearance
• Delivering symbolic objects
• Disguised disobedience
• Protest disrobings
• Lysistratic nonaction
• Destruction of own property
• Turning one’s back
• Skywriting and earthwriting
• Nonviolent air raids
• Suspension of sports activities
• Staying at home
• Pilgrimages
• Removal of signs and place marks
• Hiding
• Dumping
• Satyagrahic fast
• Self-exposure to the elements
• Sit-in
• Stand-in
• Ride-in
• Wade-in
• Sick-in

The devil made me do it.

That is my excuse and I'm sticking to it. I know better. Venturing into a shopping mall mere days before Christmas is nearly a suicidal act. But I needed a walk, the Decatur Woods Park giant gophers have banned me from their domain, and I was curious.

As of five minutes ago, there are some parking places available. Take the bus or walk in though if you can. Listen to friendly upbeat music in preparation.

I stepped into the temple of shopping and immediately was reminded of the low rumble of voices I'd hear before mass began in our parish Catholic Church. Not bad, I can handle this. Of course then as I progressed the voices got louder, the knots of people denser, and everything sillier.

More...