March 2008

Day 942: NOLA Public Housing Complexes Are “Critical Structures” Now?

March 26, 2008

The Bridge: New Orleans public housing defenders charged under terror law Mid-way through the protest three housing justice activists—Jamie Laughner, Thomas McManus, and Ezekiel Compton—slipped below a barb wired fence, scaled the metal grating of a two-story public housing apartment building, and situated themselves on the balcony of an unoccupied apartment. About an hour later [...]

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Day 941: Shell Oil President On Charlie Rose

March 25, 2008

Guess it’s not cartoon, Food Network and UFO Hunters night at Casa M&D. Bush’s War on PBS Frontline is over. On to John Hofmeister, recently-retired president of Shell Oil, on Charlie Rose. Right off the bat, Hofmeister expressed two sentiments that strike me as surprising/refreshing coming out of the mouth of an oil company executive: [...]

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Day 941: Russ Feingold For President

March 25, 2008

Y’all can have Clinton, Obama, Vitter and Landrieu. This is my Commander In Chief speaking. Asked what he thinks about calling in the U.S. Department of Homeland Security to deal with anti-war protesters, Sen. Russ Feingold says it shouldn’t happen. “I think that public protest is one of the greatest things that happens in this [...]

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Day 941: If Clear Channel Can’t Win, Everyone Else Must Lose

March 25, 2008

Have I not told you on several occasions that the FCC is Clear Channel’s wet nurse? Check out the latest from Engadget: Clear Channel wants the FCC to force XM / Sirius to obey indecency laws Apparently Clear Channel’s new motto is “if you can’t beat ‘em, make life suck on the other side of [...]

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Day 941: The Dangers Of Not Going To Medical School

March 24, 2008

Right after I got done telling my radiation oncologist buddy that, despite my immediate family’s medical leanings, I’m not a doctor because rocks and data don’t talk back to you, I got a call from Herr Doktor Brother. My grandma’s non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma is here again. It has manifested itself in the past as colon cancer [...]

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March 24, 2008

I was afraid of this: “If at first you don’t succeed, failure may be your style.” — Quentin Crisp Tweet

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Day 940: Antitrust Clearance Given To Sirius-XM Merger

March 24, 2008

Noooooooooooooooooooooooo Sirius Satellite Radio’s $4.59 billion purchase of rival XM Satellite Radio was given antitrust clearance on Monday as the Justice Department concluded consumers have many alternatives, including mobile phones and personal audio players. As I’ve said before, XM plays great and eclectic music, while Sirius excels at talk radio. Traditionally, such mergers haven’t yielded [...]

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Day 940: Al Copeland Dead; D Interviewed

March 24, 2008

… by WWL TV while in food coma. Interview terminated before entry into “Copeland screwed over Orleans Parish and my buddy Loki after the storm” territory. Update: I may actually get some Popeye’s chicken for dinner tonight, in honor of dear departed Al. Tweet

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Day 940: The Troubled Fortnight Of VatulBlog

March 24, 2008

Some of you may have noticed that between March 14th and this past weekend, there were no new posts up at this blog. This is all due to iPowerWeb, which deserves an award for Worst Web Host Ever. Here is my official warning to the denizens of InternetLand: Steer clear of iPowerWeb! Also, be prepared [...]

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March 23, 2008

A WDSU news anchor (whom I think was LaTonya Norton) and a cameraman rushed into Fahy’s last night in search of bathrooms. What was going on? The anchor, who clearly didn’t want to be working last evening, explained that someone had been shot in the leg on Bourbon St. and she was there to cover [...]

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