Friday, August 8, 2008

Vendredi

Georgia 'under attack' as Russian tanks roll toward Ossetia



Georgia's president said Friday that his country is under attack by Russian tanks and warplanes, and he accused Russia of targeting civilians as tensions over the breakaway Georgian region of South Ossetia appeared to boil over into full-blown conflict.


Putin Says `War Has Started,' Georgia Claims Invasion

"McCommunism" The Olympics: Unveiling Police State 2.0 ~Naomi Klein

Searching for Democracy Twenty Years On ~August 8, 1988, also known as
“the day of four eights [8.8.88],” when a nationwide pro-democracy uprising broke out across the country, was a major turning point in Burma's political history.
An estimated 3,000 protestors were killed on the streets, shot by the security forces to quell the nationwide outcry.


8888 Poem..”Peace and justice are indivisible” ~Burma Sitmone
Twenty Years ago..
The day and date were known among Burmese as 8888!


A Blast of Beijing Air

Today is 08-08-08
~Your Right Hand Thief

Didja know? Craps was "invented" in New Orleans, and Poker was brought to America through the Crescent City.

Mayor blames Lee Zurik for ...'everything'
~The New Orleans Levee


Brees, Saints go marching past Cardinals

ESPN: Breaking News
- Cardinals Score 10 !!!!
~Our New Orleans Saints


A note from the Breach
Dear Blogger friends:
We wish to comment on this article today in the
Times Picayune
.

Our response:

Angry over excessive delays by an internal ethics panel conducted by the American Society of Civil Engineers, we took matters into our own hands, and sent a direct set of questions to the elite group whose first Fundamental Canon of Ethics is to uphold the safety and welfare of the public.

Just 27 minutes after sending our list, we were issued a tersely worded note essentially saying "we don't have to and we won't."

Responses like this from ASCE are becoming a pattern. This is not the first time ASCE has reacted with sulking non-reactions. Last summer, ASCE admitted an egregious error in a press release accompanying their long awaited External Review of the corps-sponsored levee investigation after Katrina, but the society refused to issue a retraction. And last October, the ASCE threatened to sue levees.org and a bunch of high school kids over an adorable satire we produced together that spoofed the very same thing the ASCE ethics panel is reviewing this very moment.

This unresponsiveness is alarming in light of the publicly stated mission of ASCE, to provide essential value to its members and their careers; to its partners and to the public. I hope that you blog on these events!

Thank you all,
Sandy Rosenthal~Founder/Director, Levees.org

~Eitilla no'tellas as wella~
Don't miss...
The Katrina Myth: the truth about a thoroughly unnatural disaster
~Gala Premiers of Levees.org 10-minute documentary
~Rising Tide 3 Conference~August 22-24
~
Thu Aug 28, 2008~ Gala Premier & Partay!
Touro Synagogue,
6:30 pm, 4238 St. Charles Avenue, uptown New Orleans.

Louisiana given 30 years to pay to raise levees
~Mark Schleifstein


Is the Army Corps of Engineers undermining the Clean Water Act?~Scientists and Engineers for America

New Orleans Recovery and Google Street View
~James Fee GIS Blog


New Orleans Musicians Unite: Obama and McCain Flee from YouTube; Landrieu Goes to the Mat ~Georgianne Nienaber

Hurricane Obama vears away from New Orleans!~dakinikat

Meet Me In The Bottom
~Citizen K


Now This Baby is the Entire Slab of Beef~slabbed

Maverick Words~Click to enlarge~
~Da'Masqued E'vinga Strikes a Pen!


Cloud Computing:
Small Companies Take Flight
~Rachael King


School fair is Saturday in N.O.

A behind the scenes look at living the story

New Orleans Diary Xll: Sultry Summertime ~Independent Ear

Lynyrd Skynyrd to begin tour Friday in New Orleans


2 comments:

K. said...

ASCE to New Orleans: Drop dead.

How do we say "fuck you." Let us count the ways.

New Orleans Ladder said...

Thanks Noble K! We got'cher back too.
Hey guess what????
I published that ASCECORPS rilla'rant over at OpEd News.
Check it out:
http://www.opednews.com/maxwrite/diarypage.php?did=8531
And you can dig it here:
http://digg.com/environment/ASCECORPS_Everywhere_you_want_to_be
Damn this is fun!