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I await the official word from some evangelical, religious cult from Pan-Appalachia…

Monday, November 17th, 2008

in order to assess blame for the cause of this latest tragedy.

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AFP

The photo shows the horrific, southern California fire.
 
Look closely.

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Whose face appears in the terrible flames?
 
Is it Osama?
 
Satan?
 
The A.I.G. CEO?

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No. 
 
It is Anthony Quinn as the bedouin leader, Auda abu Tayi,
from the 1962 David Lean classic–LAWRENCE OF ARBIA.
 
I don’t get it it!

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Image: (Anthony Quinn […]

Posted in California, Movies, Crime, Holier Than Thouists-Conservative Evangelical Arm, Natural Disasters |

Certainly, one must question the accuracy of the Chinese total, but do we have a figure of perished and missing from Katrina?

Saturday, May 31st, 2008

Google katrina missing dead for a fluid answer.
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The Economist
China quake toll rises to 68,977: report
31 May, 2008, 1347 hrs IST, AGENCIES
BEIJING: The death toll from China’s earthquake has reached 68,977, with another 17,974 missing, the State Council said on Saturday.
The confirmed death toll, sent in a statement to AFP, marked an increase of just […]

Posted in administration, Katrina, China, Natural Disasters |

More than 32,000 confirmed fatalities, over two hundred thousand injured and countless missing; yet we have a story about three %$#@ pandas?!

Sunday, May 18th, 2008

3 pandas missing from reserve after China quake
May 18, 2008
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BEIJING - Three giant pandas are missing from the world’s most famous panda reserve after the earthquake and five staff members were killed, a Chinese official said Sunday.
All the pandas at the Wolong Nature Reserve were first reported safe Tuesday, but an official with the State […]

Posted in China, Nature, Natural Disasters |

Bangladesh cyclone death toll tops 3,100–AP headline, 11/19/2007

Monday, November 19th, 2007

The headline recalls a post I made here May 22, 2006.

I counted 17 New York Times stories(10 by Times writers plus letters to the editor) about the injury to Kentucky Derby winner Barbaro.
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I have also included front pages from Saturday, Sunday and Monday. On none of the front pages did I see any reference to […]

Posted in News Media, Katrina, Homeland Security, African-Americans, Horse Racing, Natural Disasters, Bangladesh |

“It makes a significant difference when you have somebody in the statehouse willing to take the lead.”–W’s ‘Heckuva job, Brownie’ to Arnold.

Sunday, November 18th, 2007

Ca. Fire Documents Conflict With Reports
By AARON C. DAVIS – 13 hours ago
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Several aircraft were able to fly in strong winds on the first full day of last month’s Southern California firestorms, contradicting officials’ earlier claims that the weather had grounded virtually all aircraft, according to documents released Saturday.
Twenty-eight of 52 […]

Posted in Bush, California, Natural Disasters, Schwarzenegger |

The White House blames Kansas.

Wednesday, May 9th, 2007

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May 9, 2007
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Kansas Tornado Renews Debate on Guard at War
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By SUSAN SAULNY and JIM RUTENBERG
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CHICAGO, May 8 — For months, Gov. Kathleen Sebelius of Kansas and other governors have warned that their state National Guards are ill-prepared for the next local disaster, be it a tornado a flash flood or a terrorist’s threat, because of […]

Posted in administration, Bush, Katrina, Pentagon, Homeland Security, Chertoff, FEMA, National Guard, KANSAS, Natural Disasters |

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