Bob Morris @ Sep 1st 2008 22:17 - Category: Climate change ;
This is not a good thing. For the first time in recorded human history, open water circles the Arctic. Scientists say this could signal an Arctic “death spiral.”
Bob Morris @ Sep 1st 2008 19:04 - Category: Election 2008 Tags: RNC protests;
Amy Goodman of Democracy Now arrested, charged with conspiracy to riot.
From Democracy Now
Goodman was arrested while attempting to free two Democracy Now! producers who were being unlawfuly detained. They are Sharif Abdel Kouddous and Nicole Salazar. Kouddous and Salazar were arrested while they carried out their journalistic duties in covering street demonstrations at the Republican National Convention. Goodman’s crime appears to have been defending her colleagues and the freedom of the press.
Coldsnaplegal twitter approx 30 minutes ago
Code Pink is w/ Mothers Against the War. They’re being pushed against Wabasha Bridge by 150 riot cops now.
The police are out of control.
Bob Morris @ Sep 1st 2008 15:40 - Category: Unfiled ;
Google Chrome, their new web browser, goes live tomorrow. Yes, a web browser.
Bob Morris @ Sep 1st 2008 14:48 - Category: Election 2008 Tags: RNC protests;
Cell phone video live from the tear gas zone of the RNC protests.
Bob Morris @ Sep 1st 2008 14:18 - Category: Election 2008 Tags: RNC protests;
ColdSnaplegal is twittering directly from the streets.
The Uptake has live video (via Qik, which streams live video from a cellphone)
Update: The National Guard is being called in.
Bob Morris @ Sep 1st 2008 11:28 - Category: Election 2008 Tags: RNC protests;
From the Twin Cities Indymedia LiveWire
Mon, 09/01/2008 - 13:16. ~20 pagans at kellogg/cedar stopping delegate busses. successful blockade at 8th and wall. cops moving in.
Mon, 09/01/2008 - 13:13. windows OF DELEGATE BUS SMASHED ON KELLOGG
Mon, 09/01/2008 - 13:11. New 7th and wall hard blockade. on 94 offramp
Mon, 09/01/2008 - 13:09. Sherrif Bob Fletcher is personally on site at John Ireland and Kellog confronting black bloc
Bob Morris @ Sep 1st 2008 10:57 - Category: Election 2008 Tags: Sarah Palin;
So what? If a mom covers up for a pregnant daughter, why should this a big deal? But Sarah Palin was the one who was pregnant, and this whole incident makes it clear that the coming campaign will be monumentally vicious on all sides.
Michael Moore and the ex-head of the DNC have apologized for being gleeful about Gustav screwing up RNC plans. As well they should have.
Folks, let’s keep our own side of the street clean. Wouldn’t it be nice if the candidates talked about the issues rather than the tsunami of attack ads that we all know are coming. I know, I’m just a crazy idealist.
Bob Morris @ Sep 1st 2008 09:05 - Category: Unfiled Tags: Hurricane Gustav;
But the floodwall itself is holding. “Army Corps of Engineers officials said the spillage does not pose a major threat.”
So far, no catastrophic damage and the authorities have, by all accounts, done an excellent job with the evacuation and contingency plans. Nagin absolutely did the right thing by ordering an evacuation. Cuba routinely does this during hurricanes, and their highly regarded hurricane contingency plans unquestionably have saved many lives.
Check The Oil Drum for constantly updated reports on damage to oil infrastructure. One major concern, the LOOP took a direct hit.
The Louisiana Offshore Oil Port, or LOOP, and Port Fourchon, which has historically been a land base for offshore oil support services in the Gulf, was directly in the path of Gustav and is expected to be damaged. As you will see below, a good bit of oil and natural gas is also expected to be taken offline: some for weeks, some for much longer.
LOOP is the only facility in the Gulf to unload VLCC tankers which carry over 2 million barrels of crude.
Bob Morris @ Sep 1st 2008 01:38 - Category: Unfiled Tags: Hurricane Gustav;
The evacuation and logistics appear to be way better organized this time. Good. Let’s hope the levees hold and the LOOP isn’t badly damaged.
Bob Morris @ Sep 1st 2008 00:24 - Category: Unfiled Tags: Abraham Lincoln Brigade, RNC protests;
Abraham Lincoln Brigade Memorial. San Francisco. Detail from the memorial. it was dedicated on March 30, 2008 and is the first such memorial in the US.
(View much more of it full-sized on Flickr.)
I took this photo at the 2004 RNC protest march in NYC. At least NYPD mostly respected freedom of speech and assembly unlike Twin Cities police currently at RNC 2008, who clearly haven’t a passing acquaintance with the concepts.
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