disaster porn
Here's a Java applet that shows an animation of the path of Hurricane Katrina. Damn that's big. Here's a cut-away view that shows how New Orleans can easily turn into a lake. Earlier today this page...
View ArticleClik here to view.
handy travel-size container
"Joe Stevens, of Mobile, Alabama, fills his 1,500 gallon gasoline tank after waiting for approximately one hour in line at a Shell gas station along Interstate 10 in Mobile, Alabama August 30, 2005....
View ArticleClik here to view.
latest feel-good news
Black people "loot", white people "find"? Economics of disaster: "The poorest 20% of the city was left behind to drown. This was the plan. Forget the sanctimonious bullshit about the bullheaded people...
View ArticleClik here to view.
the ongoing horror show
I tend to assume that the stories of looting and armed gangs are blown way out of proportion; if there are 10,000 people "looting" bottled water and bread, and one guy hauling a television, the guy...
View Articlehorror show update
I imagine most of you have seen all this crap from several other sources as well, but here are the links that made me cringe this morning: Photo Op Senator Mary Landrieu, D-La: But perhaps the greatest...
View Article"Gift Economy Indeed: The shit is already in the car"
Burning VanGuard Right now, in the barren desert, an army of 35,000 volunteer soldiers is camped out on an endless tract of government land, armed to the teeth with water, food, shelter, and portable...
View Articleescape story
Here's one of doubtless many first-hand accounts of escape to come... It's pretty fucked up. Wasn't there supposed to be a little bit of a grace period, like more than 24 hours, before the world went...
View Articlemore first-person accounts
auryn24 is a nurse who was working at a New Orleans hospital when the hurricane hit. Day 1, 2, 3, & 4. "We limited our water intake to 1/2 a glass a day. We watched the patients take their meds...
View Articlenothing is beneath these people
Not an Onion headline: White House Enacts a Plan to Ease Political Damage In many ways, the unfolding public relations campaign reflects the style Mr. Rove has brought to the political campaigns he has...
View ArticleClik here to view.
horror update
Awesome allocation of resources: As New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin pleaded on national television for firefighters - his own are exhausted after working around the clock for a week - a battalion of...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Daily Show
The Daily Show last night was great, too. The videos are here, but I can't get any of them to play on OSX in either Safari or Firefox, and the source is too obfuscated for me to dig out the direct...
View ArticleClik here to view.
today in horror show news
"Go fuck yourself, Mr. Cheney!" (Quicktime) The guy in question is a doctor who lost his home in the hurricane. He was arrested for this. He had an ebay auction of the tape, but eBay took it down....
View Articlehorror show
Release the Plague Monkeys! At the very least, there are two Level-3 biolabs in New Orleans and a cluster of three in nearby Covington. They have been working with anthrax, mousepox, HIV, plague, etc....
View Articleoh, the oniony goodness
Halliburton Gets Contract To Pry Gold Fillings From New Orleans Corpses' Teeth HOUSTON -- On Tuesday, Halliburton received a $110 million no-bid government contract to pry the gold fillings from the...
View ArticleClik here to view.
situation normal
One of these stories is true. Can you guess which? FEMA Sends Trucks Full Of Ice For Katrina Victims To Maine The trucks started arriving this weekend, and they're expected to keep coming through...
View ArticleRed Cross
Rhinocrisy: "As a former volunteer for the Red Cross and as someone who has read over their tax filings more carefully than most members of the public, I'd like to scribble down a few of the ways in...
View ArticleClik here to view.
The Gomez Addams Memorial New Orleans Christmas Display
Homeless for the holidays Katrina display draws ire METAIRIE, Louisiana (AP) -- It's no ordinary holiday season in the Gulf Coast this year, so Frank Evans built an unconventional holiday display at a...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Sick Sad World
Scant Coverage of Obama Assassination Plot Was the U.S. media admirably discreet or just plain ineffectual in covering news of the arrest of three men suspected of plotting to assassinate Barack Obama...
View Article
