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Yesterday was my birfday. I am now technically ancient and gain a +1 bonus score to my wisdom.
Anywho, super huggles go out to
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According to a short new blurb over at Boing Boing, "The Army Corps of Engineers is now reporting that police just shot and killed some of its workers as they crossed a bridge on the way to repair a canal ( Read more... )

Just one example of why a "shoot to kill" "no tolerance" policy has no place during a relief operation:

"A young lady was being raped and stabbed ( Read more... )

Written in 2004, this academic column regards the potential impacts to NOLA had 2004's Hurricane Ivan been on target and hit the city. It's evaluation and criticism of the evacuation for that hurricane bears eerie similarities to current evacuation problems.

The fact that 600,000 residents evacuated means an equal number did not. Recent evacuation ( Read more... )

The U.S. is a society built on personal materialism and the acquisition of personal comfort. In most developing countries, wherein most of the population are usually living at subsistence level, the focus is not so much on the individual, but rather the communal good. Certainly there are variances, but I question if the troubles in NOLA have ( Read more... )

A good review of the cause and effect that man's flood control efforts have on increasing the impact of major flooding, in this case with a focus on NOLA:

"In New Orleans, the worst-hit parishes were the lower-income ones. But the city also ignored the power of nature. More than one million acres of Louisiana's coastal wetlands, or 1,900 square ( Read more... )

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I've conducted a major purge. Sorry if you were bumped. Heck, sorry if you were kept.

The KFA remixes have begun to appear:

Location: The Kompound, Chicago ( Read more... )