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JFC, are there no editors left at that goddamn rag?

The republican caucus is covering themselves with something, and it is not glory.

Impressively dumb. Congratulations.

Trumpflation is an intolerable hardship for every American, and it’s Trump’s fault.

Bad people in a position to do bad things will do bad things because they are bad people. End of story.

Sadly, media malpractice has become standard practice.

Let’s bury these fuckers at the polls 2 years from now.

The line between political reporting and fan fiction continues to blur.

I’ve spoken to my cat about this, but it doesn’t seem to do any good.

This country desperately needs a functioning fourth estate.

The lights are all blinking red.

Do not shrug your shoulders and accept the normalization of untruths.

Jack be nimble, jack be quick, hurry up and indict this prick.

We’re watching the self-immolation of the leading world power on a level unprecedented in human history.

These are not very smart people, and things got out of hand.

These days, even the boring Republicans are nuts.

It is not hopeless, and we are not helpless.

Balloon Juice, where there is always someone who will say you’re doing it wrong.

We are builders in a constant struggle with destroyers. keep building.

Giving in to doom is how we fail to fight for ourselves & one another.

Jesus watching the most hateful people claiming to be his followers

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Of course you can have champagne before noon. That’s why orange juice was invented.

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I am too wrapped up watching the Hurricane coverage to be of much use to you all right now.

It looks like New Orleans had some small fortune in that thes storm weakened slighlty and turned eastward, but there are reports of levee’s failing. I have also heard that the Superdome roof has not necessarily failed, but part of a covering of the roof (not structural, but waterproofing and weatherproofing) has been peeled back.

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  1. 1.

    Tim F

    CNN affiliate is reporting that daylight is visible through the roof and sheets of rain are pouring in on one side. People are being herded to the dry side of the stadium, but the worst of the storm has not even arrived yet.

  2. 2.

    Tim F

    Another affiliate reports that ‘sheets of rain’ is more like ‘leaking.’ Both reports are an hour old by now.

  3. 3.

    zzyzx

    There were some unconfirmed reports on MSNBC (the only one I can stream at work) of levees being breeched. That’s the fear.

  4. 4.

    docG

    I am going to embrace my inner crochety old bastard here, but can’t we let news happen BEFORE reporting it? The 24 hour news cycle has, in large part, reduced news gathering and reporting to sticking a video camera near an event and letting it run while talking heads basically gossip, then retract most of what was said.

    Major weather disasters must be predicted and people warned. All forms of media share responsibility for providing warnings, but the details of what is happening on the ground should wait until we actually know what has happened. Talking about a roof falling off a major structure, and that hasn’t actually happened, is gossip, not news. Enough of the grumpy old bastard rant, time to send a new donation to the Red Cross.

  5. 5.

    bg

    My wife heard a report of a levee break on the radio, but I haven’t seen that elsewhere. Can anyone link to a report with that info?

  6. 6.

    bg

    Ah, MSNBC just reported that while there are rumors of a levee breaking, water is currently just rising above it. Not nearly as bad (knocking on wood).

  7. 7.

    norbizness

    Well, as long as the Saints hold some decent tryouts during this wet disaster, something good will have come of it. I predict Gary Hogeboom will be the new QB.

  8. 8.

    Boronx

    This from the link…

    In a free democracy like we’re fortunate enough to have in the good old US of A, everyone has the right to speak up for what they believe in. However, there’s something despicable and temper tandrumish to do under the hospital windows of the very individuals who fought on behalf of your country. These soldiers bled for us and some sustained disabling wounds. Even if you don’t agree with the war, this sort of protesting is bottom feeding.

    Then this via Atrios:

    They’ve called for better health care benefits for soldiers wounded in Iraq, protested an early policy of making some soldiers buy their own meals while in care, and accused the military of purposely flying injured troops in under cover of night to downplay the volume of casualties. And they’ve waved signs protesting the war and the Bush administration.

    Organizers say they weren’t getting much media attention – even after a pro-war group began gathering to protest the vigils – and that the coverage they did get was generally positive, including a write-up in the military newspaper Stars & Stripes.

    Until last week, that is. That’s when an online news service with politically conservative ties released a special report suggesting the vigils were actually protests aimed at wounded soldiers – an accusation that infuriated vigil organizers, many of them family members of troops serving in Iraq and some of them veterans themselves. The Drudge Report previewed the story, and conservative television and radio hosts seized on it.

    Your Republican media at work, doesn’t that make you proud?

  9. 9.

    Rick

    Boronx,

    Your left-wing brain posting on the wrong thread. Doesn’t that make you proud?

    That’s when an online news service with politically conservative ties… Gee, might that be the “Conservative News Service (CNS)?” Really stealthy about them ties.

    Cordially…

  11. 11.

    jobiuspublius

    The storm in NO has been downgraded to category 3, from category 4, and weakening. Katrina is headed towards central mississippi. She’s expected to be there by midnight. Seems like a certain historic catastrophe will fail to occur. But, will there be another?

  12. 12.

    Boronx

    The quote I cut and pasted came from the link John put in this article. In otherwords, your stratospheric logic is far above my grasp.

  13. 13.

    jobiuspublius

    http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/aboutsshs.shtml

    Category Three Hurricane:
    Winds 111-130 mph (96-113 kt or 178-209 km/hr). Storm surge generally 9-12 ft above normal. Some structural damage to small residences and utility buildings with a minor amount of curtainwall failures. Damage to shrubbery and trees with foliage blown off trees and large trees blown down. Mobile homes and poorly constructed signs are destroyed. Low-lying escape routes are cut by rising water 3-5 hours before arrival of the center of the hurricane. Flooding near the coast destroys smaller structures with larger structures damaged by battering from floating debris. Terrain continuously lower than 5 ft above mean sea level may be flooded inland 8 miles (13 km) or more. Evacuation of low-lying residences with several blocks of the shoreline may be required. Hurricanes Jeanne and Ivan of 2004 were Category Three hurricanes when they made landfall in Florida and in Alabama, respectively.

  14. 14.

    jobiuspublius

    Because NO is 10 ft. below sea level, chock full of toxic substances, and thousands of people are trapped inside, Category 3 may not be as much a relief as expected. Katrina may become the other 9/11 after all. Does anybody know what’s in central Mississipi?

  15. 15.

    jobiuspublius

    http://money.cnn.com/2005/08/28/news/international/bc.markets.oil.reut/index.htm?cnn=yes

    Oil tops $70 on Katrina fears
    Gasoline, heating oil soar as Hurricane Katrina heads for New Orleans, disrupting Gulf production.
    August 29, 2005: 9:04 AM EDT

    …….

    “We can expect two months of lost production, and coming in the peak-demand period this is the worst possible news,” said David Thurtell, strategist at the Commonwealth Bank of Australia.

    ……..

    More than 40 percent of all U.S. crude oil production in the Gulf of Mexico was reported closed down due to the hurricane, with the total expected to rise significantly as more operators report affected production to the U.S. government on Monday.

    ………

    The Gulf of Mexico normally pumps about 1.5 million barrels per day (bpd) of U.S. crude, a quarter of domestic output and equivalent to nearly 2 percent of global oil production, similar to the estimated spare capacity left within OPEC.

    ………

    Gulf Coast refiners produce about 45 percent of U.S. gasoline, he said, and they might struggle to restore operations amid power cuts and flooding, even if they escape damage.

    …………

  20. 20.

    jobiuspublius

    http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/text/refresh/MIATCPAT2+shtml/291438.shtml

    …….

    COASTAL STORM SURGE FLOODING OF 15 TO 20 FEET ABOVE NORMAL TIDE
    LEVELS…ALONG WITH LARGE AND DANGEROUS BATTERING WAVES…CAN BE
    EXPECTED NEAR AND TO THE EAST OF THE CENTER. STORM SURGE FLOODING
    OF 10 TO 15 FEET…NEAR THE TOPS OF THE LEVEES…IS STILL POSSIBLE
    IN THE GREATER NEW ORLEANS AREA. SIGNIFICANT STORM SURGE FLOODING
    IS OCCURRING ELSEWHERE ALONG THE CENTRAL AND NORTHEASTERN GULF OF
    MEXICO COAST.

    ……..

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