Bill Quigley | Eighteen Months After Katrina Eighteen months after Katrina, over 80 percent of the 5,100 occupied public-housing apartments in New Orleans remained closed by order of the US Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), which has controlled the Housing Authority of New Orleans (HANO) since 2002. HUD pressed ahead even though internal HANO documents revealed the cost for repair and renovation was significantly less than for demolition and redevelopment. A professor from MIT inspected the buildings and declared them structurally sound. Architecture critics applaud the current garden-style buildings. Yet HUD plows ahead, planning to spend tens of…
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It’s been a busy week at work and at home and at church. I’ve gotten through a ton of work at work, done not so much work as a lot of thinking at home, and did some interesting new things at church. Saturday, didn’t do too much – I was thinking a lot about family members near and far, hoping for the best for one person in particular. Schlepped around and relaxed, otherwise. Much playing with the cat. David went in to work for the whole day, leaving me to my own devices. Sunday started out with a big last-minute…
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Man charged in suburban church thefts | Chicago Tribune A 42-year-old Chicago man is accused of driving a stolen van containing $3,500 in property that had been stolen from several area churches, authorities said today. Lloyd Martin was arrested Wednesday for allegedly shoplifting from a Jewel Food Store on the city's North Side, police said. Investigators connected him to the series of church burglaries in northwest suburban Park Ridge, Des Plaines and Elk Grove Village and west suburban Villa Park, police said." Yikes! He stole a van from a neighbor church! There was a breakin at Holy Innocents a while…
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Via: Flickr Title: No more cake By: GinnyRED57 Originally uploaded: 6 Mar ’07, 4.45pm CST PST
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Chicken Soup Recipe You Can Make at Home 1 tablespoons olive oil 1 whole chicken, breasts removed and reserved 2 onions 2 quarts boiling water Salt 2 bay leaves 1 large carrot 1 celery stalk 1/2 teaspoon dried thyme 1/4 cup fresh parsley leaves Ground pepper Time for some chicken soup. The slight sore throat I had last weekend has gone, but left behind a runny nose, a cough, and sneezy sniffles. Meh. This particular recipe is one we've made before – this time we made matzo balls to go along…
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I've noticed several news stories lately with a similar theme… as a Highlander fan of long standing, these kinds of things always catch my eye. Once upon a time, we fans used to groan and say "Oh, no, not again, brace yourselves for the backlash," but the media never made the connection we did between "samurai sword wielding man wreaks mayhem" and an obscure cult action movie/syndicated TV series. Featuring a samurai sword man wreaking mayhem, but for good, not evil. Charges expected in samurai sword slaying Man arrested after Highway 4 car chase Police shootings usually ruled OK…
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Total Lunar Eclipse, March 3, 2007 Here's a great webcast resource of the total lunar eclipse – it has links to a bunch of different feeds, and auto-refreshes. The sky dragon has taken a bite out of the moon, and will soon be mistaking our cloud-ridden homeworld for a glass of milk. Flee! To the starboats! Flee! UPDATE: Color change – now nearly total? Even redder – pretty much looks total… [tags]Lunar Eclipse[/tags]
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What was that just now about parenting models being the framework for every kind of ideological framework? Evangelicals seek to oust leader over global warming | Chicago Tribune WASHINGTON — More than two dozen evangelical leaders are seeking the ouster of Rev. Richard Cizik from the National Association of Evangelicals because of his "relentless campaign" against global warming Yeah. And that bit about Falwell preaching that global warming is a myth is referenced. He should go evangelize the Inuit for a year, that guy, and walk a mile in their mukluks. Or travel 1200 miles by dogsled, like this group.…
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I already knew this, but it bears repeating: Our view of God, strict or nurturing, divides us – Nashville, Tennessee – Saturday, 03/03/07 – Tennessean.com A battle of two moralities is roaring in this country — really, a battle between two views of God — and it explains nearly everything, and nearly everyone ignores it. An unspoken conflict of attitudes toward parenting — Strict Parent model vs. Nurturing Parent — shapes the showdown between conservatives and liberals across the board, whether at worship, in Congress or on the Iraq war. [tags]God, Nurturing Parent, Strict Parent, liberals, conservatives[/tags]
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The juicy bit: the former New Mexico US Attorney has stated that he was pressured to investigate Democrats before the November elections. Because, after the elections, they'd be in a much better position to investigate political shenanigans and inappropriate White House meddling with the Justice Department. Now they have less than two years to really screw things up, appointments-wise. White House Backed U.S. Attorney Firings, Officials Say – washingtonpost.com Since the mass firings were carried out three months ago, Justice Department officials have consistently portrayed them as personnel decisions based on the prosecutors' "performance-related" problems. But, yesterday, officials acknowledged that…