The Information Super-Frog

News story: "A New Orleans civil judge has ruled that a case brought by a couple who were turned back by police when they tried to cross a Mississippi River bridge following Hurricane Katrina should be heard by a court." "Turned back" makes the situation sound much more civil than it was.

Nice profile of pianist/composer Tom McDermott from Offbeat Magazine

Some stuff on the web I found of interest:

5,200 year old potters wheel zoetrope animation


Harry Shearer: The Pulitzer for Getting Katrina Right is Yet to be Awarded

New edition of Frommer's Guide on New Orleans

Driftglass on the Democratic primary fight excerpt:
"God knows after eight years of Dubya and five years of Iraq no one should have to explain this to Senator Clinton, but the first test of real leadership is not just how well you fight the necessary and unavoidable battles, but how well you keep us the Hell out of stupid, unnecessary conflicts in the first place ... how much clearer does it have to be that the worst possible trait to have in a leader is a willingness – an eagerness! -- to fudge facts, gin up divisive brawls out of thin air and lob bombs to advance their personal political agendas and fortunes."

Misc stories of interest:

Project Censored: Top 25 Censored Stories of 2007 Some very interesting ones on the list. If you havn't seen this yet, check it out.

Iraq Veterans Against the War have been in New Orleans gutting houses with the Arabi Wrecking Krewe

Related Reason Magazine story on post-Katrina home grown volunteer relief

With Fidel Castro apparently in his last days, interesting to note how the embargo plus the fall of the Eastern Block prompted largescale sustainable agriculture developments in Cuba. Harper's: The Cuba Diet

(via vyoma) Fundies Say the Darnedest Things!

jdquintette: If the USA were currently a nation ruled by law, rather than the whims of the Imperial Palace, this would probably be very important information

New Orleans' Old Homes Built To Last-- as mentioned before, older style architecture easier to fix up


Florida spammer faces $11bn fine -- Froggy says: "Ha ha!"

Mediaeval Sexual Behaviour from "Sex in History" Appose of nothing in particular beyond that I just found this on line, and it's some interesting reading.