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<morning.blargh> Superdome Exodus On Hold After Shots, Fires NBC | 01 Sept 2005 NEW ORLEANS - National Guard troops in armored vehicles poured into New Orleans on Thursday to curb the growing lawlessness that included shots reportedly fired at a helicopter airlifting people out of the Superdome and arson fires outside the arena. The scene at the Superdome became increasingly chaotic, with thousands of people rushing from nearby hotels and other buildings, hoping to climb onto the buses taking evacuees from the arena, officials said. Paramedics became increasingly alarmed by the sight of people with guns. [Read More...] woopsie!! In Iraq, A Man-Made Disaster Robert Fisk | 01 Sept 2005 Martyrdom has always been a foundation of the Shia Muslim faith. But yesterday's tragedy gave it new meaning: possibly as many as 1,000 men, women and children were killed when they fell from a bridge over the Tigris river in Baghdad, apparently fearful that a suicide bomber had been let loose among them. There was no bomber. But there was death on a massive scale as hundreds of Shia Muslims fell over the railings of the narrow bridge. Hundreds of children were among the dead. [Read More...] double woopsie! Burning Man Feeds Art Inferno Daniel Terdiman | 01 Sept 2005 BLACK ROCK CITY, Nevada -- On Monday, the gates to Burning Man, an alternative arts festival held in northern Nevada's Black Rock Desert, officially opened. But by that time, thousands of participants had already arrived in order to help build the hundreds of art projects that will be on display during the week or to set up the countless "theme camps" that run the gamut from those providing massage to roller disco to morning pancakes. [Read More...] anyone got a light? i need a new flint in mine. </morning.blargh> -- Posted by sku11fukkr to The Blargh at 9/01/2005 09:13:00 AM |