IS THERE anything more ironic than Senator James Inhofe, after having declared Sandy victims shouldn’t get financial help in a bill that included climate change provisions, now demanding that Oklahomans in the path of the giant tornado that ripped through his state get federal help? Parsing who is deserving at a time of tragedy is [...]
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Giant Tornado in Oklahoma Kills 91
A giant tornado, a mile wide or more, killed at least 91 people, 20 of them children, as it tore across parts of Oklahoma City and its suburbs Monday afternoon, flattening homes, flinging cars through the air and crushing at least two schools. [...] Amy Elliott, the spokeswoman for the Oklahoma City medical examiner, said [...]
Tornadoes In Texas Kill 6 [Video]
According to the Dallas Morning News, tornadoes kill at least six people in North Texas, with fatalities occurring in Granbury. One video of the Granbury tornado is below. (You might want to turn your volume down.) Granbury, where the deaths occurred, also saw dozens of injuries and significant property destruction. At a press conference Thursday [...]
CNN, 10 x 10, and Intel’s “Girl Rising,” a Film of Educational Empowerment
Girl Rising was directed by Academy Award nominee Richard E. Robbins. It was created in collaboration with CNN, Intel, and 10 x 10, an organization devoted to the empowerment of women through education worldwide. The portion on Afghanistan was produced and directed by independent filmmaker Ramaa Mosley. The stories of the individual girls were taken [...]
Nemo, Winter’s “Historic Blizzard”
Boston – 10 – Blizzard conditions Friday afternoon through Saturday morning with 2 feet or more snow expected, winds gusting over 50mph. Portland – 9 – Blizzard conditions Friday afternoon through Saturday morning with over a foot of snowfall likely, blizzard conditions Friday evening through Saturday, winds gusting over 50mph. New York City – 7 [...]
Christie Getting High Marks for Bashing House Republicans
THE LATEST poll from Quinnipiac University shows Gov. Chris Christie getting marks with Republicans for scolding House Republicans, including Speaker Boehner, over the House’s obscene obstructionism over Sandy aid. Gov. Christopher Christie was right to criticize Congressional Republicans for delaying a vote on Hurricane Sandy relief, New Jersey voters say 79 – 15 percent, including [...]
Goodbye to All That
SANDY TAUGHT us a lot this year, that is if you didn’t already get the problem. Lesson one: climate change is real. But what will be done on climate change is not encouraging, if past is indeed prologue. President Obama has another chance in his second term. Few allies exist in the right-wing Tea Party [...]
Banfield’s Dr. Birch Saved Mr. Kennedy
SANDY HAD hit, but we had been spared the worst. To say it was a relief is an understatement. Irene had left us without power, we’d been marooned during the worst snow storm in 100 years a couple of years ago, so we were bracing for all bad news. Unlike so many others, Alexandria escaped. [...]
A Word from Al Gore
THERE IS resentment whenever a person calls something before others and is proven right. Nobody has taken more incoming than Al Gore, but he’s been right about climate change from the start. The images of Sandy’s flooding brought back memories of a similar–albeit smaller scale– event in Nashville just two years ago. There, unprecedented rainfall [...]
Greens Blast Romney, Obama on Climate as Sandy Hits
Greens blast Romney, Obama on climate as Sandy hits (via AFP) The White House hopeful of the Green Party on Monday accused President Barack Obama and Republican rival Mitt Romney of failing to address climate change as Hurricane Sandy battered the East Coast. “The Republicans and Democrats each talk about the election of the other [...]
Tomb of the Unknown Soldier During Nor’Easter Sandy
“The Old Guard has guarded the tomb minute of every day since April 6, 1948. Today will be no exception,” says an official posting on the unit’s Facebook site. [ABC News] THE PHOTO above went viral as Sandy began to bear down on the east coast, a reminder of this sacred duty. An inspirational picture [...]
News Desk — Sandy: At Least 16 Deaths, 7.5 Million Without Power
No doubt you’ve seen the maps, showing a storm so immense it’s difficult to fathom. And of course we’re seeing live coverage, video and photos. Or perhaps you’re looking out your window to see the passing of Sandy. Flooding described as “unprecedented,” wind damage, snow, and a huge fire in NYC which is reported to [...]
1000 Mile Wide Sandy Still Pounding, While Republicans Focus on New BLS Conspiracy Theory
NASA REPORTS, photos and video show the nor’easter Sandy as it truly is, a monster, extreme weather storm of historic proportions. In the middle of this atmospheric carnage, Republican Senator Chuck Grassley decides to show his base classlessness by suggesting the Bureau of Labor Statistics would release the jobs report late to help Obama, then [...]
Top Story: Sandy Lands in a Campaign Season Where Climate Change was Never Mentioned
At this point it’s pretty simple. Don’t go out if you don’t need to today. If you have to get somewhere this morning, it won’t be pleasant but you probably can if you’re careful. By around mid-afternoon, it becomes life-threatening. By now you should have your flashlights ready and cell phones charged. Many of us [...]
Sandy Closes Down Wall Street
WHEN EXTREME weather lands, money is forced to listen. The U.S. securities industry canceled all equity trading today and recommended bond markets shut early, moving to protect workers as Hurricane Sandy barreled toward New York City with 85-mile-per-hour winds and the threat of an 10-foot sea surge. The stock-market shutdown, announced by the Securities and [...]
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