OhmyNews International I guess we’ll have to postpone our reunification celebrations… Kim Jong-il’s Second Son to Inherit Dictatorial Mantle North Korean leader Kim Jong-il has decided to pass the mantle of leadership of one of the world?ì ² most repressive regimes to his second son Kim Jong-chul (23), according to AERA magazine, a sister publication of…
Month: September 2005
Almost Before We Spoke, We Swore – New York Times
“William Shakespeare, in keeping with traditions of Elizabethan drama, peppered his plays with profanity and celebrated the vulgar as well as the sublime.” Almost Before We Spoke, We Swore By NATALIE ANGIER Published: September 20, 2005 Incensed by what it sees as a virtual pandemic of verbal vulgarity issuing from the diverse likes of Howard…
Fukn.us is being Sued! We've hit the big time!!!
(This is what I’m guessing my mysterious caller looks like…cd) Morning my Beautifuls! I just had the funniest call from a (wo)man who wouldn’t identify herself. She asked me lots of questions and absolutely refused to say fukn instead referring to our lovely site as funkn even when I politely corrected her. When I asked…
granma.cu -Cuba's success in minimising loss of life during Hurricane Michelle
granma.cu -Cuba’s success in minimising loss of life during Hurricane Michelle Cuba’s success in minimising loss of life during Hurricane Michelle The Guardian (London) – Socialism and storms: Cuba’s success in minimising loss of life during Hurricane Michelle highlights the social dimension of coping with natural disasters Ben Wisner Hurricane Michelle was a category 3…
Bernest Does Katrina
(The latest Bernestcast…..memoires and thoughts on New Orleans…..) Bernest does Katrina
President Assasinated and Dead
On Sept. 19, 1881, the 20th president of the United States, James A. Garfield, died of wounds inflicted by an assassin. (If only history really did repeat itself….cd)
Storms in the Pacific
Clinton blasts Bush
WASHINGTON (AFP) – Former US president Bill Clinton sharply criticised George W. Bush for the Iraq War and the handling of Hurricane Katrina, and voiced alarm at the swelling US budget deficit. Breaking with tradition under which US presidents mute criticisms of their successors, Clinton said the Bush administration had decided to invade Iraq “virtually…
4 Storms Churn In Pacific Ocean – Yahoo! News
Hawaii forecasters are keeping a close watch on two hurricanes and a tropical storm that are moving west in the Pacific Ocean. Hurricanes Jova, Kenneth and Tropical Storm Lidia lurk to the east of the Hawaiian Islands. Forecasters are still uncertain if any of them will impact the state. Hurricane Jova is now a category…
Rush On Hurricane Supplies Drain Costco, Sam's Club
With the images of Hurricane Katrina’s devastation fresh in the minds of Hawaii residents and four storms lurking to the east of the islands, people have been stocking up on essentials. Forecasters have been keeping close watch on hurricanes and storms inching closer to the state. The storms have many people in Hawaii on edge….