Archive for the 'Natural Disasters' Category

Japan to Offer 10,000 Free Trips to Foreign Visitors in a Bid to Bump Its Moribund Tourist Trade, But It May Not Help How Japanese Really Feel About Nuclear Power and Their Government

• October 31, 2011 • 2 Comments

Schwarzenegger Puts Reviving His Film Career On Hold, Plus News Outlets Are Baying to Publish a Photo of His Newly-Acknowledged Child

• May 19, 2011 • Comments Off on Schwarzenegger Puts Reviving His Film Career On Hold, Plus News Outlets Are Baying to Publish a Photo of His Newly-Acknowledged Child

The President at Booker T. Washington High School Commencement, Memphis, Tennessee, May 16, 2011

• May 17, 2011 • Comments Off on The President at Booker T. Washington High School Commencement, Memphis, Tennessee, May 16, 2011

“Faubourg Tremé: The Untold Story of Black New Orleans” Here for a Limited Time Only

• May 13, 2011 • 2 Comments

How Come Haiti Can Stand With Japan, But The Rest of The World Doesn’t?

• March 19, 2011 • Comments Off on How Come Haiti Can Stand With Japan, But The Rest of The World Doesn’t?

Black Chicagoan Edward Clemons Survived Japan Quake and Tsunami After Days Without Food or Water; Finally Able to Talk With Anxious Mom Back Home

• March 19, 2011 • Comments Off on Black Chicagoan Edward Clemons Survived Japan Quake and Tsunami After Days Without Food or Water; Finally Able to Talk With Anxious Mom Back Home

New Page for SGI Buddhist Members and Friends Regarding The Japan Crisis

• March 17, 2011 • Comments Off on New Page for SGI Buddhist Members and Friends Regarding The Japan Crisis

Why Should Black People Care About What Happens To Japan? Because Black People Live and Work in Japan, That’s Why

• March 16, 2011 • 1 Comment

Former President Jean Bertrand Aristide Returning to Haiti

• March 12, 2011 • Comments Off on Former President Jean Bertrand Aristide Returning to Haiti

A Big One Hit Japan (w/Updates)

• March 11, 2011 • 4 Comments

Meanwhile, Back in Wisconsin: Blizzard Watch for Nine States, Including Cheeseland

• February 1, 2011 • Comments Off on Meanwhile, Back in Wisconsin: Blizzard Watch for Nine States, Including Cheeseland

That American Standard Heating & Air Conditioning “Tongue” Ad Spot

• September 27, 2010 • 1 Comment

The President at The Fifth of Katrina, Xavier University, New Orleans, August 29, 2010

• August 29, 2010 • Comments Off on The President at The Fifth of Katrina, Xavier University, New Orleans, August 29, 2010

The Fifth of Katrina – The People

• August 29, 2010 • Comments Off on The Fifth of Katrina – The People

Spike Lee Returns with a New Documentary About New Orleans (and the Oil-Soaked Gulf) Five Years After Katrina on HBO

• August 19, 2010 • Comments Off on Spike Lee Returns with a New Documentary About New Orleans (and the Oil-Soaked Gulf) Five Years After Katrina on HBO

More Skepticism Voiced About Wyclef Jean Candidacy for President of Haiti

• August 8, 2010 • Comments Off on More Skepticism Voiced About Wyclef Jean Candidacy for President of Haiti

Preview of “Treme,” Fifth Episode: “Shame, Shame, Shame”

• May 8, 2010 • Comments Off on Preview of “Treme,” Fifth Episode: “Shame, Shame, Shame”

The President at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner. And Jessica Simpson Dearly Wants to Be Michelle Obama.

• May 2, 2010 • Comments Off on The President at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner. And Jessica Simpson Dearly Wants to Be Michelle Obama.

Oprah is So Not Believing Rielle Hunter, and I Don’t Either

• April 30, 2010 • 1 Comment

The Slo-Mo Oil Sludge Will Make Landfall Friday; Another Louisiana-Gulf Coast Disaster in the Making?

• April 30, 2010 • 1 Comment

Preview of “Treme,” Second Episode: “Meet De Boys on De Battlefront”

• April 17, 2010 • Comments Off on Preview of “Treme,” Second Episode: “Meet De Boys on De Battlefront”

I Can’t Watch “Treme” on HBO, But You Can Starting April 11 (w/Update)

• April 9, 2010 • 2 Comments

Wyclef Jean Accused of Gifting Mistress with $105,000 of Yele Haiti Money in 2008, and of His Connections to Right-Wing Haitian Politics

• March 17, 2010 • 2 Comments

Pittsburgh Resident Curtis Mitchell: Killed by EMS Laziness?

• February 18, 2010 • 8 Comments

John Mayer is an Idiot, with an Update

• February 11, 2010 • Comments Off on John Mayer is an Idiot, with an Update