Sunday, October 12, 2008

Dimanche

Jus'sayin...

Pampy, not so squeezably soft ~Gordon Russell

Freud on fraud - Sam Friedman puts health care on the couch ~slabbed

Manmade floods written out
~Rebecca Mowbray


Firmly Planted~Molly Reid

Urbanism Compared: New Orleans~Urban Prairie Schooner

"Twilight" mania at the
New Orleans Film Festival
~Ken Foster


~First, you must decide if you want to continue to live here, visit or enjoy the finer things that our unique culture provides to the world. The wetlands provide seafood, gas, oil, food, art and music just to name a few.
Are you ready to lose the millions of species of plants, insects, animals and most importantly a people, culture and a way of life that will be lost forever? If these things are important to you then we ask for you to make a VOW now because we need your help!!!
~Houma blues man Tab Benoit and his all-star crew of south Louisiana musicians are making noise about the state’s vanishing wetlands, and concerned residents from across the country are starting to join the chorus.~Festival Schedule
~Editilla Notellas~Susan Cowsill is my Hero Rock Goddess Mz Thang these days, and goes on stage right after Amanda Shaw, at around 4pm. Editilla got one request ...well actually a few don't'cha know...
--but wouldn't it be soooo cool if....


--or maybe...juuust maybe even...


State of The Nation~Messages from the Principal Chief Brenda Dardar Robichaux

DHS OIG: Review of FEMA's Sheltering and Transitional Housing Activities after Hurricane Katrina

Hat T'n'T~beSpacific

Are Houston's petrochemicals safe from hurricanes?
~Cain Burdeau
~Many of the plants and refineries are protected by a 1960s-era, 15-foot-high levee system built by the Army Corps of Engineers that is strikingly similar to the one around New Orleans that failed catastrophically during Katrina. Hat T'n'T... ~Harry Shearer on Le'Show from lede to this article.

Lee Harvey Oswald
~Squandered Heritage


Katrina survivors tell Galveston what to expect

Organization Continues Building Homes For Katrina Survivors

Volunteers build tables, help Katrina survivors furnish homes

The Word is Survivor~Beautimous Vatul Rock'N'Roll

Wind farm: Lawyers expect precedent-setting ruling

Rare gold coin to be on display at old mint~Talk about an investment in gold.
This one is insured for $2.5 million, although it contains only a half-ounce of the precious metal.
It's an extremely rare 1844 proof $10 gold coin struck at the U.S. Mint in New Orleans as a presentation piece for President James Polk.


Michael Dirda on 'Alphabet Juice'
~Roy Blount's comic, scholarly, idiosyncratic take on the English language.


Econony hitting N.O.'s living dead hard~NO Levee

Citywide Anarchist Meeting, Potluck, and Protest on Oct 26th

Some free stuff I did today…
~Daneeta Loretta


SNOOKS EAGLIN:
Legacy Of The Blues Vol. 2
~Blues Town

No comments: