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Milla Peterson
Milla Peterson, my ex-mother-in-law and Sasha and Jeremy’s grandmother, passed away last Tuesday at the too young age of 70. Diagnosed nearly a year ago with Ovarian Cancer, the kids got to spend lots of time with her in the last year. Their whole family took one last trip to… Listen ⇢
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Bill Maher’s Open Letter to the President
From Andrew Tobias via Caleb, we have the text of a open letter to the President from Bill Maher: Mr. President, this job can’t be fun for you any more. There’s no more money to spend–you used up all of that. You can’t start another war because you used up… Listen ⇢
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Bathroom Break
From Caleb we have a link to this fun picture from Reuters. Read the text of the note he’s writing to Condoleezza Rice while attending the 60th General Assembly of the United Nations yesterday. Listen ⇢
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Why I switched to Firefox
Latest industry stats show that Internet Explorer still holds 76% of the browser market. Yeah Safari and Firefox are making inroads, but not fast enough. Unless you are required to use it, I have no idea why anyone still uses IE. If you need more info to help you make… Listen ⇢
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BAGnewsNotes
From Sarah, we have this link to the brilliant BAGnewsNotes, which helps us look deeper into the images that we are flooded with. Listen ⇢
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Harrowing First Person Katrina Account
From Cam Barrett, we have a link to this extremely well written first person account of the Katrina disaster. Parmedics Larry Bradsahw and Lorrie Beth Slonsky were in New Orleans for an EMS conference, and the tale of their lives in the days after the storm reads like the script… Listen ⇢
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Chertoff: “Katrina scenario did not exist” – LIE
For years now, the mainstream American press has been giving the Bush administration a free pass when it came to challenging his government’s web of lies. These lies have been spun almost continuously since September 11th – from the supposed tie between Iraq and Al Queda to the supposed ability… Listen ⇢
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New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin’s Radio Interview
Folks might have heard snippets of New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin radio interview on WWL where’s he’s extremely critical of the govenment’s actions. It’s a raw, honest and highly emotional piece of radio. A piece of history. Folks who haven’t heard it should definately give it a listen. During an… Listen ⇢
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FEMA chief blames victims
How can we not be stunned by the following headline from CNN: FEMA chief: Victims bear some responsibility Brown pleased with effort: ‘Things are going relatively well’ Look at the footage from New Orleans and what do you see? Poor blacks who did not have the resources to escape. With… Listen ⇢
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