Virtually Speaking with Chris Mooney
Our next installment of the Virtually Speaking interview series takes place tomorrow night, at 6pm Pacific/9 pm Eastern. Chris Moony will come by to discuss his new book, Storm Worlds. Or at least,...
View ArticleMillions Fleeing 155mph winds, 18ft Storm Surge in Bangladesh
Top category 4 Cyclone Sidr is beginning to strike the Ganges delta of Bangladesh. A mountain of water is being driven by 155 mph plus supertyphoon strength winds through the funnel that is the Bay of...
View ArticleTonight! Virtually Speaking with Chris Mooney
Our next installment of the Virtually Speaking interview series takes place TONIGHT, at 6pm Pacific/9 pm Eastern. Chris Mooney will come by to discuss his new book, Storm Worlds. Or at least, that...
View ArticleCyclone? What cyclone?
The death toll in Bangladesh from Cyclone Sidr -- the sort of natural disaster that is expected to become more common due, to among other factors, global climate change -- has exceeded 2000, and...
View ArticleMyanmar cyclone, Katrina, People in Glass Houses...w/Poll
The. Chutzpah. Is. Unbelievable.: In a press conference yesterday, Laura Bush took the Myanmar junta to task for failing to prepare its citizens for the recent cyclone (est. death toll: 10,000) and for...
View ArticleNO POLITICS, PLEASE, WE'RE DYING
. MYANMAR DISASTER UPDATE: "PLEASE HELP" RARE APPEAL TO OUTSIDE WORLD BY BURMESE JUNTA Super-Hurricane Kills Thousands Tens of thousands dead. Hundreds of thousands homeless. Millions hungry, as the...
View Article(Video) Laura Bush's Insensitive Press Conference on Myanmar
Yesterday Laura Bush was at the White House giving a press conference on the tragedy in Myanmar. Everything appears on the level until the very end when the focus shifts to the details of Jenna's...
View ArticleMyanmar Cyclone 22,000 dead and rising.
This is not a political diary. This is a humanitarian diary. In this political day, I wanted to pause and think of all the people dead and displaced in this huge disaster.
View ArticleMyanmar: Deus In Adjutorium Meum Intende
Matins. Lauds. Prime. Terce. Sext. Nones. Vespers. Compline. Eight times a day, people all over the world stop to chant or pray the Liturgy of the Hours. "Lord, open my lips, and my mouth shall...
View ArticleIs Bush purposely goading Myanmar into rejecting our aid?
I mentioned in a previous post on my blog Celtic Diva's Blue Oasis that the First Lady's severe condemnation of the Myanmar government mixed in with the offer for aid yesterday surely seemed bent on...
View Article22,000
I'm sure everyone on this site, like myself, was anxiously watching the polls, awaiting the results from Lake County, tabulating percentages and hoping for the best tonigh. In the end, it appears the...
View Article80,000 DEAD IN MYANMAR CYCLONE
. HOW YOU CAN HELP LIST OF AGENCIES' AND NGOs' WEBSITES FOR ONLINE DONATIONS Plus Links To Background On Each Organization AUSTRALIAN BROADCASTING NETWORK Burma death toll 'likely to hit 80,000' "An...
View ArticleMoney Bomb: Burma
This morning many of us are celebrating a very good night for Obama. On the other side of the world it is a very bad morning. In Myanmar (Burma) this morning brings news of 60,000 - 80,000 people dead....
View ArticleCatastrophe to Celebration ...
Not everything is the Bush White House's fault. Not everything. In this case, not fully their fault, but the contrast is too striking to go without comment. The White House sent Laura Bush out to...
View ArticleWho Cares?
Yes, we are thrilled that our long and increasingly ugly primary process is drawing to a close, and that the prospect of a unified and strong Democratic party is increasingly possible and likely. We...
View ArticlePossibly better way to help Burma's cyclone victims
Even though I've been a regular visitor here, I've never posted my own diary. However, as I see a lot of people wanting to help and the traditional way of helping (red cross, doctors without borders...
View ArticlePhony of the Day: Condoleezza Rice
Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice yesterday on the crisis in Myanmar, calling on the government there to allow more foreign aid workers into the country: "This is not a matter of politics, this is a...
View ArticleWays to help the People of Burma
The deadly Cyclone Nargis has devastated Rangoon and other parts of Burma (Mynemar). Reports today say that some aid is entering the country (though U.S. flights are still being refused). A friend who...
View ArticleHOW TO TARGET DONATIONS TO BURMA AID ON THE GROUND NOW
. MYANMAR JUNTA DIDDLES WHILE BURMESE DIE IF EVER THERE WERE A CASE FOR REGIME CHANGE . . . Generals Intent Upon Profiting From Disaster The Myanmar Junta refuse to allow foreign aid workers in,...
View Articlemilitary action against Burmese generals?
I worry that Burma is not getting the attention it deserves, between the primaries and Jenna's wedding. If there ever was a case for regime change, the military junta in Burma is it. I can't believe...
View ArticleBurma -help now! half a Shelter Box need a bit more!!!!!!!
Hey! keep me alive till the morning!!! When people get back to work and log on at work! While people are complaining about the name of the place and wondering how to get around the Junta....
View ArticleThe daily Kos buys a Shelter box for Burma!
Yesterday after posting a comment on another diary about Burma ...... Can't we concentrate on Myanmar and forget about superdelegates for one day? by proud2Bliberal I posted a link to a Rotary...
View ArticleSupport local NGOs in Myanmar-a 1st diary
My stepson Jeremy Paster was a co-founder of Burma Humanitarian Mission. He was among a team of activists that trek across the Thai border to bring medical supplies to the camps holding the Karen...
View ArticleHelp Burma, but not the junta
Since the disaster struck, I have been so disgusted and appalled at what is happening in Burma, especially after reading this article that the generals are not just hampering relief, but they are...
View ArticleBurma and China - Man-made disasters
Britain's Guardian is carrying an interesting piece this evening which shows how angry Chinese are turning on their government after the devastation caused by the recent earthquake. It reported a...
View ArticleMyanmar Needs Local Action and Aid on a Global Scale
My sister Daphne studied Burmese music in Yangon. She is in touch with teachers and students at the music school Gitameit. They are organizing relief aid. Daphne wrote this: Small and local aid...
View ArticleThe People of Myanmar/Burma Still Need You
I was idly going through the articles on Truthout this evening, and a NYT piece about the cyclone relief efforts in Burma caught my eye. Apparently, it is the monks who have been able to help the...
View Article"Perfect Milk from Perfect Cows"...seriously?
Okay, I've kept quiet long enough and there are no open threads so... What the fuck is up with the CyClone dairy ads???!!! The first time I saw one I thought it was a joke. Then this morning I log into...
View ArticlePhilippines - Parma a super typhoon (Cat 4 Hurricane)
Just over a week ago Cpt Robespierre posted a diary on the natural disaster which was unfolding in the Philippines as a result of Tropical Storm Ondoy. Massive Storm Hits Philippines This was followed...
View ArticleBP Oil Disaster v 5.0: Water Retention
"Death in the Gulf." BP and Halliburton committing ecocide. This WineRev Model series focuses on the effects. BP, the Coast Guard and corporate media are selling propaganda that the GoM Loop Current...
View ArticleBP Oil Disaster v6.0: Response and Race
"Death in the Gulf." BP and Halliburton committed ecocide. Mitigation efforts so far have had minimal effect. This WineRev Model series focuses on biological impacts, the science underlying oil and its...
View ArticleBP Oil Disaster v7.0: "Offshore Drilling Halted"
Death in the Gulf. Pics, videos and examples of bad media work are welcome. BP and Halliburton committed ecocide. Mitigation efforts have had minimal effect. Use of "dispersant" chemicals have made...
View ArticleBP Oil Disaster v8.0: Mindless Mitigation Activity
Death in the Gulf. Pics, videos are welcome. Same for examples of media coverage as propaganda. BP and Halliburton committed ecocide. Dumping 200,000,000+ gallons of crude oil into the Gulf will be...
View ArticleBP Oil Disaster v9.0: Ecocide Ignores the Cheering
Pics, videos of this ecocide are welcome here. Same for examples of media coverage as corrupt propaganda. BP and Halliburton have committed ecocide: -- 200,000,000+ gallons of crude oil -- New...
View ArticleBP Ecocide v10.0: One Swab, No Mask
Your pics and videos are welcome here. Between the Deadly Sins and incompetence, BP and Halliburton have loosed a massive petrochemical killing zone. Mitigation efforts use booms, sand bars, humans...
View ArticleUPDATE BP Ecocide v11.3: Seabed Geysers
Your pics and vids are welcome. There's nothing like a direct image. Edger posted at yesterday's diary: Seabed blow out ejecta, videoed by Viking Poseidon ROV 1. The blow out continues with...
View ArticleBP Ecocide v12.1: "Undetermined Anomalies”
"Where there's smoke, there's fire" comes to mind. Except for scale. Residual leaks work to drain the Macondo Prospect reservoir. That's 100,000,000 barrels or 4,000,000,000 gallons of crude oil....
View ArticleBP Ecocide v13.2: New Pollution & Leaks from "Stack"
The focus here is ecological damage from this Deepwater Horizon blow out. Louisiana officials list these counties for oil pollution: St. Bernard Parish - Oil in the marsh in Drum Bay southwest of...
View ArticleBP Ecocide v14.0: Fake Command Center Pics Admitted
This came out Monday. The follow up astonishes. Yessirreeee....... BP went and repeated a plot twist out of Sean Connery's "Rising Sun" movie. All that's missing is a dead gal sprawled on a conference...
View ArticleBP Ecocide v15.0: Encyclopedia of the Gulf
Bit o' brilliance. Katja Schulz, Species Pages Coordinator at National Museum of Natural History's struck gold with an idea she suggested to SkyTruth. Katja has altogether too much education and...
View ArticlePique the Geek 20110911: Cyclones, Typhoons, and Hurricanes: Oh, My!
Lots of pieces have been written about why Hurricane Irene did so much damage as a Category 1 storm as it skirted the Eastern seaboard. The answer is deceptively simple, but does not fit in with what...
View Article"Climate Change and the End of Australia"
Australia is at the other side of the planet and facing extremes that we have yet to deal with. Sure, we've had floods, hurricanes and fires this year, but not to the extent of Australia. Is...
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