Monthly Archives: November 2005

I’ve let Middle East topics on this blog go disturbingly dormant, but will try to pick it up again, even while mixing the Katrina stuff in as we go. I have lots of stuff backed up, but let’s just throw … Continue reading →

1) Katrina relevant links definitely worthy of checking up: This entire blog is devoted to Katrina and NO reconstruction:http://worldclassneworleans.blogspot.com/ This is NYC for NOLA website, including an Onion takeoff:http://nycnolahelp.org/creoletomato/ Here’s the most comprehensive Katrina info blog I’ve seen yet:http://peoplegetready.blogspot.com/ Here’s … Continue reading →

I have let this ball drop quite a bit in the past 6 weeks, and I’m afraid that postings will probably not rise above once a week until mid-December, when I return to New Orleans itself and should have a … Continue reading →

Today I heard on WWOZ internet broadcast that Mid-City Rock N Bowl will be reopening this Thursday night. For those who don’t know, Rock N Bowl is one of those amazing local sites that tourists rarely see — a bowling … Continue reading →

1) Italian media now reports that illegal phosphorous weapons were used at Falluja and other locales: http://news.independent.co.uk/world/middle_east/article325560.ece US forces ‘used chemical weapons’ during assault oncity of Fallujah By Peter Popham Published: 08 November 2005 Powerful new evidence emerged yesterday that … Continue reading →