"It's morning in America, Hackenbush, and you
work the nightshift."
Friday, September 30,
2005
Let's blame Buffy! It's only a TV show, Alphonse van Worden, September 29. 2005 (Via Wood S Lot) Gee, I feel better already.
Posted by Ginger Mayerson @ 09:56 AM PST [Link]
Thursday, September 29,
2005
What a great idea! Webcomics Hurricane Fundrasier Comics and info page. Where to buy the book. All proceeds go to the Red Cross.
Posted by Ginger Mayerson @ 03:53 PM PST [Link]
Wednesday, September 28,
2005
My fellow Californians, I'm voting NO on Props 78 and 79, BuyBlue's research was just the icing on the NO cake for Schwarzenegger. In fact, it just confirms that I'm voting NO on everything in our very stupid special election. Well, that's easy to remember.
Posted by Ginger Mayerson @ 09:03 PM PST [Link]
"In general, higher rates of belief in and worship of a creator correlate with higher rates of homicide, juvenile and early adult mortality, STD infection rates, teen pregnancy and abortion in the prosperous democracies," says a study that brands the U.S. as "almost always the most dysfunctional of the developing democracies, sometimes spectacularly so." "America is simultaneously the most professedly Christian of the developed nations and the least Christian in its behavior," writes Bill McKibben. "That paradox ... illuminates the hollow at the core of our boastful, careening culture." Cursor, September 28, 2005 Sigh.
Posted by Ginger Mayerson @ 10:58 AM PST [Link]
"One morning I saw a pair of legs emerge from the hole pictured above. A young woman, clearly dressed for work in clean slacks and a dark shirt, stood up and brushed herself off. She combed her hair, and walked off toward the city center. The pictures that follow show what she might have seen along the way." An Urban Home, Happening Here? blog, September 26, 2005 I lived across the street from Lake Merritt for a few months in 1981, but that's not why this is going to bother me all day.
Posted by Ginger Mayerson @ 09:13 AM PST [Link]
Tuesday, September 27,
2005
"We must also invest in preparedness. The California Legislature recently passed up the opportunity to survey the century-old levee system in the Sacramento Delta, which supplies water to 22 million Californians and many farm Central Valley farm operations. A 1995 law requiring California hospitals to retrofit their facilities by 2008 is now being pushed back by 12 years. More than 70 percent of school buildings in the state are expected to fail in an earthquake. "Hopefully, our tectonic plates are shifting at a slower pace than our bureaucracy." Heh heh heh. "Emergency preparedness plans must be constantly reviewed and improved by those in charge. Citizens must also expect to be responsible for their own food and water for their first 72 hours following a major seismic event. "The lessons of New Orleans should not be lost on us. Disaster will strike here and we must be prepared. After Hurricane Katrina, none has any excuses. "A final note: our vulnerability here at home is obvious. Under the rubric of 'Superpower,' America’s people and treasure have been spread all over the world. "Before it is too late, let’s secure the American homeland. "Weakened levees... "Shockingly inadequate resources for schools... "Growing immiseration... "All this calls out for investment in matters domestic. Where is Roosevelt when we need him? "Wake up America!" Are We Ready for the Big One? Mayor Brown of Oakland's Blog, September 26, 2005 And, y'know, I've noticed I've been buying more bottled water than usual.
Posted by Ginger Mayerson @ 08:20 AM PST [Link]
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