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20-ton Marmite spill blocks M1 motorway near Sheffield - Telegraph

Tue, 29 Nov 2011 16:21:10 +0000

A large-scale clean-up operation was launched after a tanker carrying more than 20 tonnes of yeast extract - believed to be Marmite - overturned on the busy M1 motorway in South Yorkshire near Sheffield.

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Earthquake Sets Japan Back To 2147 | The Onion - America's Finest News Source

Mon, 23 Jul 2007 20:46:17 +0000

"Japan finds itself in crisis, with our society and culture temporarily reverting to a pre-cyberunification era"

Tags: #disaster #funny #japan #onion #singularity

Gov't fulfills few Katrina promises - Yahoo! News

Sun, 20 Aug 2006 16:37:31 +0000

"A year after the storm, the federal government has proven slow and unreliable in keeping the president's promises."

Tags: #bush #disaster #hurricane #katrina

CBS News | FEMA Extends Ex-Chief's Contract | October 26, 2005 20:30:06

Thu, 27 Oct 2005 15:46:52 +0000

Doesn't resignation mean... er... "I quit" and then you find a new job? "The former head of the Federal Emergency Management Agency on Wednesday defended the agency's decision to keep him on the job another 30 days as a "completely legitimate thing to d

Tags: #bush #disaster #fema #katrina

Just a Bump in the Beltway: Saving NOLA

Mon, 03 Oct 2005 14:39:23 +0000

"Failure to plan, and train properly has plagued US efforts in Afghanistan, Iraq and now that failure has come home to roost in the United States."

Tags: #bush #corruption #disaster #hurricanekatrina #hurricanerita #neworleans #politics

LawGeek: Bush's Response to Katrina sub-par compared to other preisdents

Mon, 26 Sep 2005 04:49:36 +0000

"Bush was on vacation, riding his bike for two hours the day before the hurricane lands. "

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Daily Nightly: A trick of the light? - Nightly News with Brian Williams - MSNBC.com

Fri, 16 Sep 2005 17:53:25 +0000

"The motorcade route through the district was partially lit no more than 30 minutes before POTUS drove through. And yet last night, no more than an hour after the President departed, the lights went out. The entire area was plunged into total darkness aga

Tags: #bush #disaster #hurricanekatrina #neworleans #politics

Talking Points Memo: by Joshua Micah Marshall: September 11, 2005 - September 17, 2005 Archives

Fri, 16 Sep 2005 17:48:47 +0000

"President Bush has now put us on notice, the Gulf Coast reconstruction effort is going to be run as a patronage and political operation."

Tags: #bush #disaster #hurricanekatrina #neworleans #politics #rove

Bush to Focus on Vision for Reconstruction in Speech - New York Times

Fri, 16 Sep 2005 17:47:41 +0000

What. The. Fuck?! "Republicans said Karl Rove, the White House deputy chief of staff and Mr. Bush's chief political adviser, was in charge of the reconstruction effort, which reaches across many agencies of government and includes the direct involvemen

Tags: #bush #disaster #hurricane #hurricanekatrina #karlrove #katrina #neworleans #politics #rove

New Zealand Herald - New Orleans 'unsafe for a decade' - Sunday 11, September 2005 23:47.00 PM - World News

Wed, 14 Sep 2005 15:11:55 +0000

"And, he added, the Bush Administration is covering up the danger. "

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New FEMA boss is 'Duct Tape Man' - Bloggermann - MSNBC.com

Wed, 14 Sep 2005 15:06:19 +0000

"the man President Bush immediately named to succeed "Brownie," proves to have been the same FEMA official who, two-and-a-half years ago, suggested that Americans stock up on duct tape to protect against a biological or chemical terrorist attack"

Tags: #bush #disaster #hurricanekatrina #neworleans

How Bush Blew It - Newsweek Hurricane Katrina Coverage - MSNBC.com

Tue, 13 Sep 2005 18:40:30 +0000

"Repeatedly, the president turned to his aides and said, "Fix it.""

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BobHarris.com: Bush orders FEMA to protect Upsidedownland

Tue, 13 Sep 2005 11:34:58 +0000

"Welcome to upside-down-land: the areas at risk for Katrina were quite remarkably the areas not included in Bush's declaration of emergency."

Tags: #bush #disaster #fema #government #hurricanekatrina #katrina #louisiana #neworleans

BBC NEWS | World | Americas | Viewpoint: Has Katrina saved US media?

Mon, 05 Sep 2005 17:53:50 +0000

"Amidst the horror, American broadcast journalism just might have grown its spine back, thanks to Katrina."

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Do You Know What It Means to Lose New Orleans? - New York Times - By Anne Rice

Sun, 04 Sep 2005 20:37:03 +0000

"But to my country I want to say this: During this crisis you failed us."

Tags: #annerice #disaster #katrina #neworleans