Friday, February 1, 2008

Vendredi



Parades Today
~Hermes - Uptown 6:00 p.m.
~Krewe d'Etat - Uptown 6:30 p.m.
~Morpheus - Uptown 7:45 p.m.
~Muses - Uptown after Morpheus -
moved due to rain
~Aquila - Metairie 7:00 p.m.
~Selene - Slidell 6:30 p.m.
~Orpheus - Mandeville 7:00 p.m.
~Aphrodite - Houma 6:30 p.

Who dat in d'Etat?~Deep Float


As Endymion returns to Mid-City in a colorful sign of recovery, it will pass through a kaleidoscope of once-familiar neighborhoods that are very much a work in progress.

Black Astronaut & Challenger Hero, Dr. Ronald E. McNair's Name Stripped from New Orleans School

No Way Out ~CBS/48hrs to air interview with owners of St. Rita's nursing home.

Dismissed Katrina levee suit may be harbinger for other cities

Editor sadly notes~We tried to tell you, America.
Who will be the next contestant?



Thank you, Kathryn Cramer







New Orleans to get more flood protection

Feds list Baton Rouge among cities at high risk for terrorist attack


A Global Human Rights Perspective on a National Disaster


East Hartford must sign PAL agreement to get two-year deadline for Corps of Engineers to complete FEMA-approved dike and levee repairs

Corps of Engineers may not be ready for Panama Canal's expansion
Editor really really...really wants to know~Who is now ultimately in charge of levee-training the Corps? I mean, who are we gonna call when they miss the bowl and piss in our faces again!

Report: How the USGS Responded to 2005 Hurricanes and Addresses Storms Today
Editor emphasizes~USGS is Civilian, NOT part of the Exquixotic Corps.

Money talks, says study of justices


392 grants under question in report


Senator Landrieu, others defend earmarks

Prosecution won't call him 'Dollar Bill'

Notes from New Orleans: The State of Historic Preservation~Walter Gallas

The Gardens That Care Forgot


Chris Rose~The 60-Second Interview: Helio Castroneves


Actor works to keep N.O. center stage~Jarvis DeBerry


Hot 8 Brass Band and other things NOLA~NOLA radfem blog


The beat brought Sayles back in time

New Orleans #4 - from 420 Café, Amsterdam


WWOZ~GAMBIT

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