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• Voices from the Gulf....

  Published: August 28, 2007, 1:47 pm

  Tags: Nola, Federal Fuckwits At The Helm, Katrina

  of the gulf coast and NOLA specifically. There are still tens of thousands that can't come home. 30,000 families are scattered across the country in FEMA apartments, 13,000 are in trailers, and hardly any of the 77,000 rental units destroyed in New Orleans have been rebuilt.Sign the petitionUrge the United States Senate to pass Senator

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• August 29, 2005

  Published: August 26, 2007, 1:17 pm

  Tags: Fema, Obama, Nola, Katrina

  will be streaming into NOLA to point their fickle fingers of fate at BushCo and how crappy a job he and his cadre are doing. The NYT has a writeup of Obama's grandiose plan to fix the region and the agency's that deal with this kind of catastrophy. A small wisp of it:The Gulf Coast restoration, Mr. Obama said, has been weighed down by red

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• Ghosts of New Orleans ~ 2 Years On

  Published: August 29, 2007, 10:02 am

  Tags: Federal Fuckwits At The Helm, Nola, Demon Princess Posts, Daily Featured, Culture, Politics

  Your Demon had the great fortune to live in New Orleans for several years pre-hurricane, so the way that a great & wholly unique American city was allowed to disintegrate right before our very eyes is a continuing outrage, & a personal one, to me. It was, to me, a magic place, a [...]

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• Katrina Blanket

  Published: August 29, 2007, 10:01 am

  Tags: Nola, Katrina, Fema, Fear, Environment, Sumo S Posts, Corruption In Govt, Action, Politics

  A flag is many things to many people. In the aftermath of Katrina this blanket of the American flag is her comfort. Little did she know that help wasn’t on the way. An old woman now…probably worked hard all of her life as someone’s maid or housekeeper. She had old age to look forward to [...]

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• Write Your Own Caption

  Published: September 15, 2007, 8:18 pm

  Tags: Nola, Write Your Own Caption, Air America

  h/t Cliff Schecter

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• Open Thread

  Published: September 18, 2007, 11:30 pm

  Tags: Right Wing Radio, Nola, Right Wing Stupidity, Conservative Talking Points

  Spocko’s Brain: KSFO-AM Radio is at it again. Hosts tell prison rape jokes and declare that New Orleans Saints’ fans displaced by Katrina should “stop whining and shut the h*ll up.” Since KSFO is owned by ABC/Disney, we’re waiting for the promo, “Hi, Kids! I’m Mickey Mouse, and I endorse hate

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• NoLA promises 3.6Gbps download rates

  Published: October 13, 2007, 5:19 am

  Tags: New Nomadic Local Area Wireless Access, Newnomadiclocalareawirelessaccess, Nola, South Korea, Southkorea

  per hour or slower. Dubbed NoLA, which translates out to New Nomadic Local Area Wireless Access, the technology should allow folks to "download a disc full of data in under two seconds." Choi Mun-kee, head of the Daejeon-based institute, stated that NoLA data transmissions far surpass the "international 4G benchmark for slow-moving users," and

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• The Art of Handwriting

  Published: October 22, 2007, 11:56 pm

  Tags: Art Design, Chronicle Books Blog, Handwriting, Jen Bekman, Lisa Nola, Photography, Sabrina Ward Harrison

  Listography. Author Lisa Nola invites readers to record their lists on various topics both in this workbook style book and on her website of the same name. Clever illustration and simple titles (written in what appears to be pencil) invite the reader to dive in to this playful form of (handwritten) autobiography. Another new handwritten

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• Cuteness: Angelina Jolie, Keira Knightley

  Published: December 5, 2007, 10:51 am

  Tags: Angelina Jolie, Keira Knightley, Angelina Jolie, Brad Pitt, Keira Knightley, Lower Ninth Ward, Maddox Jolie, Nola

  Awwwww: Just Jared has pictures of Angelina Jolie and Maddox being impossibly cute. They're down in New Orleans, where Angelina and Brad have been working on a project called "Make It Right," dedicated to building new, sustainable, ecologically-friendly, storm-proof houses...

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• Serious Problems in NOLA

  Published: December 5, 2007, 4:10 pm

  Tags: Hurricane Katrina, Nola, Progressive Politics Action

  From Advancement Project, watch the video: Part 1, Part 2, Part 3 If you read The Shock Doctrine, this news comes as no surprise.  HUD/HANO has been itching to destroy the public housing in New Orleans since Katrina hit.  It looks like in mid-December 15th, they are slated for demolition: On the 12th day before Christmas, the U.S.

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• Top 10 Ethics Scandals for 2007

  Published: December 18, 2007, 3:43 am

  Tags: Constitutional Crisis, Corruption In Govt, Dustys Posts, Executive Privilege, Fema, Foia, Federal Fuckwits At The Helm, Federal Government, Gonzogate, Housing, Judiciary, Katrina, Nola, The Shrub, Wingnuts On Parade, Morals, Politics, Congressional Scandals, Crew, David Dia

  Courtesy of CREW, Citizens for Responsibilty and Ethics in Washington has released their year end report. They note at the top of the page that despite the Democrat’s election vow to institute more checks and balances on Congressional ethics, not a damn thing has changed in that regard. No new enforcement regulations were put [...]

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• New Orleans Recovery and Star Power

  Published: December 24, 2007, 4:59 am

  Tags: Daily Featured, Sagefevers Posts, Action, Brad Pitt, Gulf Coast Recovery, New Orleans, Nola

  My local community became national news this week as CNN picked up the local beaver must die story~ and if you do not already know the beaver family has been given a reprieve. Just in time for Christmas. They can continue their beaver doings, though as I write this we do not know if it [...]

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• Have baby, will travel--planning our first real vacation as a family!

  Published: January 8, 2008, 2:45 pm

  Tags: Family, Family Vacation, Familyvacation, Have Baby Will Travel, Havebabywilltravel, Mr Pickles, Mr Pickles, New Orleans, Neworleans, Nola, Vacation

  Mr. Pickles visited Nola once before, when he was in utero. He enjoyed the music and the food, but from a totally different perspective. Now he'll be able to appreciate everything live and in color, and all before his bedtime of 8:00 PM at the latest. The real key to making this vacation a success is finding the right place to stay.

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• Tarde - Esp nola de Mendon a

  Published: February 11, 2008, 8:31 pm

  Tags: Poesia, Esp Nola De Mendon A, Painting

  - Porque partiste?Esp nola de Mendon a ( 1891-1944 )

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• A thought-provoking post..

  Published: February 16, 2008, 3:33 am

  Tags: Nola, Corporate Bullshit, Katrina

  This is a great post about the bullshit that is the United States of America, although it starts out on a different issue..that of Timor. A short blurb:Is the US a failed state? The thought came to my mind three times in one day, so it is begging for a response.First, the issue of "failed states" was raised by Alan Narin, journalist and long-time

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