Good grief.
NEW YORK — A jury ruled Wednesday that the Port Authority was negligent in the bombing of the World Trade Center (search) in 1993 — a long-awaited legal victory for victims of an attack that killed six people and wounded 1,000.
The six-person jury ruled that the Port Authority (search), the agency that owned the World Trade Center, was negligent by not properly maintaining the parking garage, where terrorists detonated more than a half-ton of explosives in a Ryder van. It said the negligence was a “substantial factor” in the allowing the bombing to occur.
…but the people in harm’s way do not? ABC World News tonight had interviews with ‘desperate’ people on line for supplies in Miami. A young mother who needed milk for her baby. A quick mention that Jeb Bush had said folks in a storm’s path had some responsibility to prepare, but then back to “so many elderly live in Florida and they can’t…” An elderly lady whose insulin had no ice to keep it cool. A woman with a bad leg trapped on the 14th floor of her condo tower because the elevators were out. On and on.
HELLO, PEOPLE. You knew for DAYS this was heading right at you. “Desperate“?? When it’s only been TWO DAYS? Why ARE you out of gas, when you know there is none, the power’s out and they can’t pump? Driving around visiting and checking storm damage, no doubt and NOW it’s FEMA’S fault? Why DO YOU NOT have canned/boxed/powdered dry milk and bottles of water for your child ~ the child whose life YOU are RESPONSIBLE for? This is FEMA’s fault? Why didn’t you have a couple bags of ice in styrofoam knowing insulin had to stay cool, or enough supplies laid in when the condo tower elevators worked?
All of you watched what happened after Katrina. Poverty and age are no excuse for laziness, ignorance and the complete abdication of any sense of personal responsibilty for your own disaster preparation. Your being a dumbass is not FEMA’s fault.
UPDATE: The irony in this statement is just too frickin’ delicious to pass up. Mind you, this is a woman in a five hour gas line only 3 days after the storm.
“This is like the Third World,” said Claudia Shaw, who spent several hours in a gas line. “We live in a state where we suffer from these storms every year. Where is the planning?“
Obviously not her responsibility. The lights are on but nobody’s home.
We’ll miss you terribly, but are ever so grateful for the chance we had to get to know you. We are thankful you hurt no more, dear Lady. Hugs and many wishes for comfort and peace to your family.
Isn’t “CAPE GIRARDEAU” a French name?
Goat’s Rotten Week Ends With Eviction
First she was assaulted with spray paint, then kidnapped. Now, Sharon the goat faces eviction.
The 7-month-old animal has been the mascot for the Sigma Chi fraternity at Southeast Missouri State University. On Oct. 21, someone got inside a security fence at the frat house and spray-painted the goat.
Then early Sunday, the fraternity reported Sharon missing.
Oh yeah, I’ll BET they did…
…to decorate my throne.
King Tut Drank Red Wine, Researcher Says
(Apologies to David Frizzell.)
…it helps if an older gentleman has some bitchin’ new threads.
We’ve lost our first local kid. His name was Jonathon. LCpl Spears, to the Marines. He’d had to work awful hard to lose 60 pounds of high school offensive lineman’s bulk so he could be a Marine. He was seven weeks into his second tour.
All our deepest, heartfelt sympathies and most sincere gratitude to his family. Thank you for your son.
Our first Frost on the Punkin morning of the year!!!
Accuweather says it’s 37° right now at 0800. I LOVE it.
…to put on his Speedos and head for the beach.
GET BACK TO WORK, SLACKER!!!
a Don’t Feed the Animals sign handy.
“I’m going to go to Washington, D.C. and I’m going to give a speech at the White House, and after I do, I’m going to tie myself to the fence and refuse to leave until they agree to bring our troops home,”…
May I suggest this one?
Loosely translated it means:
Modifying a Volvo is like putting lipstick on a pig
…needs to go after this asshole.
And just WTF does that mean, anyway?
(And no, I didn’t misspell a damn thing.)
UK politician ‘received Saddam oil allocations’
More than $600,000 raised from allocations of Iraqi crude oil was deposited into accounts for the wife and campaign charity of George Galloway, the British member of parliament (MP), a Senate subcommittee investigating the Iraqi oil-for-food scandal alleged on Monday.
Documents, including wire transfers, as well as interviews with top officials of the Saddam Hussein regime show Mr Galloway “personally solicited and received lucrative oil allocations from the Hussein regime”, the committee alleged.
Last night it was just 85 grand in wifey’s account. This is a whole lotta crumpets more.
Galloway fans may see things differently once it all comes out. These are the same folks who gushed…
…What happened next was a rare political moment: to the surprise of the assembled senators, congressional aides, and press, Galloway turned the tables on his accusers, calling attention to the dishonesty and hypocrisy that led to the war in Iraq. This is the story of Galloway’s relationship with Saddam Hussein (including details of their private meetings) and of his remarkable visit to Washington in which he dared to set the record straight—not just his own record, but also that of the U.S. government. Filled with the passion and wit that are Galloway trademarks, the book includes the complete transcript of the famed Senate testimony and is packed with facts about the U.S.’s ignominious history in Iraq—facts that are easy to forget but crucial to remember.
…trying to peddle a book called “Mr. Galloway Goes to Washington”.
Nah. It’ll never happen. The capacity for self dillusion is strong in them, young Skywalker.
Yeesh. I only got four out of ten, including one I should have known right off.
That’s me though, always only seeing the good in people…
Major Dad, on the other hand, knows his Javas from Favas.
Not him.
Nope. 
Him neither.
I mean THESE guys! They’ve turned out to be the Martian version of a “three hour tour“. (And talk about getting…
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‘Goodfellas’ Said Best Film of All Time
Martin Scorsese’s classic mobster movie “Goodfellas” is the greatest film of all time, according to the experts(!!) at a British film magazine.
THAT would be awful enough on it’s own but this…(?!)
“Fight Club,” starring Brad Pitt, came fourth…
…leaves no hope for the future. Throw “Alexander” in there and be done with it.
Thank you. 
Mrs. Parks was 42 when she committed an act of defiance in 1955 that was to change the course of American history and earn her the title “mother of the civil rights movement.”
She was 92 brave years old.
Well, they did say they trained marine snails…
In the snail experiment, researchers put bryostatin in sea water, days in advance of any learning or training, causing certain proteins to be made by the neurons of the snails.
When the snails were trained days later, instead of remembering something for a minute or two, they would remember it for weeks, researchers said.
I’m thrilled to hear such wonderful news about a possible Alzheimer’s treatment, but the real breakthrough in my mind is trained snails. Who ‘remember‘ sh&t for weeks! How aMAZING is that?
UPDATE: After a little in-depth, scientific research of my own, I have determined that there are NINE (count ’em, NINE) “training events” in which the snails in this experiment were forced to participate against their snail-y wills. (It says so right here in the research paper bulletin.) I want to know just what exactly ARE these ‘events’ and if the snails are, at any time, in danger or pain.
Not use them, I mean. But knowing that someone in a trailer they’re thinking of breaking into might just be packing could conceivably cause a rethink of the situation, right?
FEMA lifts ban on guns at temporary housing
Under new policy, residents can own, store firearms, but not use them
Following complaints from gun-rights groups, the Federal Emergency Management Agency said Monday it is lifting a ban on firearms at emergency housing parks built in the wake of Hurricane Katrina.
Under the new federal policy, residents can possess and store firearms. Use of weapons is still prohibited in the parks, said Butch Kinerny, a FEMA spokesman.
We know somebody famous, how ’bout it! (Though it’s a pity a person with his exalted stature has to mug a lizard for a red convertible photo op. Rent one, you cheapskate! At least the gecko’s insured.)
Tim Blair‘s Sexy Man of Mystery Photo
The Gecko when he still had his ride.
…it’s the MOST wonderful time of the year?
I am positively giddy with excitement. Jazzed about the cool weather and all. And having a wonderful husband who will let me drag him to every pumpkin patch for miles around ~ over and over again. He’s a babe. A very indulgent babe.
I know you were hoping that this was your year.
Florida Cracker and all our south Florida babes ~
Keep Yer Powder Dry
We’re thinking of ya.
“I don’t like people walking around armed on the street. But since all the bandits have guns, you need to have a gun at home,” said taxi driver Mohammed Osei, who voted against the ban.
Brazil votes no on a nationwide gun sale ban.
A decision that most likely will open the door to a second term for Colombian President Alvaro Uribe may also spark an increase in violence by the country’s left-wing rebels after three years of relative quiet.
The last thing FARC wants is more Uribe cramping their style. It was the safer bet to lay low while he was in office, thinking he couldn’t run for reelection. But now that that hurdle is almost cleared, they’ve had to revamp their plans.
Mr. Rangel says the FARC may try to call into question the efficacy of Uribe’s “democratic security” strategy, which has dramatically reduced kidnappings, homicides, and terrorist attacks.
As a result, Colombians are likely to see further economic sabotage, attacks on military bases, and urban terror plots on political targets similar to the assassination attempt in Bogotá recently of Uribista Sen. German Vargas Lleras, he says.
The president’s favorability ratings stand at near 80 percent, and polls that showed overwhelming support for the idea of reelection revealed that between 53 and 56 percent of Colombians would vote to reelect Uribe in May 2006.
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