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“News is what somebody somewhere doesn’t want you to know. All the rest is advertising.” –Dan Rather
More things in heaven, indeed
This article at Wired News, “Bird Plus Plane Equals Snarge” starts out humdrum, talking about the damage that bird strikes do to aircraft and the lab at the Smithsonian that does DNA and other analysis on the remains to determine the species. And then, just at the last paragraph, it takes a left turn into [...]
Damned if you do, damned if you don’t
Hurricane Rita is at this moment the third most intense storm the National Hurricane Center has ever recorded, a Category 5 monster that’s steaming towards the Texas coast. As one would expect following (well, really, during) FEMA’s Katrina debacle, all levels of government are standing up straight and manning their posts. What I’m thinking is, [...]
“No Place for a Poet at a Banquet of Shame”
“No Place for a Poet at a Banquet of Shame” is a beautifully written letter from the poet Sharon Olds to First Lady Laura Bush in which Ms. Olds declines her invitation to the National Book Festival in Washington, DC.
Handy WashPost Scandal Roundup
“Scandal Visits the White House” is a nice roundup of the current outlandish things going on around PA Ave. You know, folks, I don’t know if everything everyone mentions about the Bush Administration (including me) is as horrible/conspiratorial/evil/stupid/really stupid/really, absolutely, blindingly evil and stupid/dumb as it’s made out to be. But what chafes my pants-covered-areas [...]
FBI Wins War on Terror, Shifts Focus to Pornography
The new squad will divert eight agents, a supervisor and assorted support staff to gather evidence against “manufacturers and purveyors” of pornography — not the kind exploiting children, but the kind that depicts, and is marketed to, consenting adults. “I guess this means we’ve won the war on terror,” said one exasperated FBI agent, speaking [...]
Scary talk brings questions to my mind
CNN.com – Bush pledges nation’s help for Gulf Coast – Sep 15, 2005 “It is now clear that a challenge on this scale requires greater federal authority,” [President Bush] said, “and a broader role for the armed forces — the institution of our government most capable of massive logistical operations on a moment’s notice.” What [...]
Katrina: the Gathering
From the Making Light of a Bad Situation Department, Broken Toys brings you Katrina: the Gathering.
Bye, Bye Brownie
Mike Brown has resigned as the head of FEMA. Wow, NOBODY saw that coming. *snark snark snark*
More outrage than you can shake a stick at
CNN is reporting “New Signs of Progress” in New Orleans. This is good news. As the number of civilians in the city drops while the number of National Guard, Army, and volunteer organizations increases, good cannot help but get done. Sadly, the Feds are still running about like foxes caught “guarding” the hen house. While [...]
More outrage than you can shake a stick at
CNN is reporting “New Signs of Progress” in New Orleans. This is good news. As the number of civilians in the city drops while the number of National Guard, Army, and volunteer organizations increases, good cannot help but get done. Sadly, the Feds are still running about like foxes caught “guarding” the hen house. While [...]