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For active Katrina links, see:http://peoplegetready.blogspot.com/ 1) Krewe du Vieux satire pictures, regarding Katrina (note the French float):http://flickr.com/photos/thethirdbattleofneworleans/sets/72057594063757567/ More Krewe du Vieux pix available at:http://peoplegetready.blogspot.com/ Krewe du Vieux’s newsletter, entitled “Monde du Merde”:http://www.kreweduvieux.org/MdM2006.pdf 2) Today the Louisiana State Legislature is debating … Continue reading →

This long sojourn was something of a self-imposed sabbatical, enhanced by a profound sense of inertia. Interestingly, the blog connected to this listserv still attracts a solid 29 hits a day — no less, no more. I’m convinced that the … Continue reading →

[A lot of this content is decidedly local in nature] I’ve now been in New Orleans for 5 days, and there are some clear impressions about what’s going on here. It started it off by going to a Saints game … Continue reading →

For previous postings, please see www.truthtalkziraq.blogspot.com Tonight we drove into NO from VA. It was a rainy day, and there wasn’t much to see as the sun set on us at the LA-MS border. There was a palpable sense of … Continue reading →

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 →

My apologies for inactivity — I’ll try to get back on the horse again. 1) Preliminary body map, showing where bodies got recovered in the New Orleans area after Katrina:http://www.nola.com/hurricane/katrina/pdf/102305/1023A14.pdf 2) This is an extensive article on the coastal restoration … Continue reading →