New York Marathon Diverts Scarce Resources After Sandy
Mayor Bloomberg has decided to hold the New York Marathon Sunday even though millions are still without power and the city infrastructure is unable to cope with normal activity. NYT (“Marathon Presses...
View ArticleAlabama Utility Crews Turned Away From Sandy Relief: Not Union [UPDATE: Not...
Utility crews from Alabama traveled to New Jersey to help get the power back on. They were turned away on account of not being unionized. AL.com (“Because Alabama utility crews not union, New Jersey...
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After Criticism, Bloomberg Cancels The NYC Marathon
After another day of criticism for his decision to allow the New York City Marathon to go forward, New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg announced late this afternoon that the event would be canceled,...
View ArticleU.S. Death Toll From Sandy Rises To 109
The death toll from Hurricane Sandy is starting to rise: The death toll in the United States from Superstorm Sandy rose to 109 victims on Friday, as Pennsylvania reported four additional deaths and New...
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Chris Christie: My Critics Don’t Get It
Chris Christie has responded to those on the right who have been critical of his praise for President Obama in the wake of Hurricane Sandy: (Reuters) – New Jersey Governor Chris Christie defended his...
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Chris Christie Turned Down Request To Appear With Romney Last Night
In the immediate aftermath of Hurricane Sandy, Chris Christie said that he didn’t ”give a damn about Election Day,” in the light of the disaster that was inflicted upon his state. In case anyone...
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Obama, Christie, and Springsteen: Superstorms Make Strange Bedfellows
The bromance between President Obama and New Jersey Governor Chris Christie has now become a love triangle with the addition of Bruce Springsteen. WaPo (“Christie: Hug from Springsteen made me weep“):...
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Chris Christie Denies Snubbing Romney, Blasts “Know Nothing, Disgruntled”...
Chris Christie responded to the report I made note of yesterday that he had turned down a request to appear at Mitt Romney’s Sunday night rally in Suburban Philadelphia in a press conference today,...
View ArticleU.S. Death Toll From Hurricane Sandy Hits 113
The recovery from Hurricane Sandy continues to proceed, but the costs continue to mount: The outward signs of recovery were everywhere Monday across the Northeast nearly two weeks after Superstorm...
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BP To Pay $4.5 Billion In Fines, Plead Guilty To 11 Counts, In Gulf Oil Spill...
More than two years after an explosion at the Deepwater Horizon rig in the Gulf of Mexico, during which oil spilled into the Gulf of Mexico for nearly three months and caused severe environmental...
View ArticleChristie’s Approval Rating Surges In Wake Of Hurricane Sandy
Not surprisingly, New Jersey Governor Chris Christie is getting high marks in the wake of Hurricane Sandy: (Reuters) – New Jersey Governor Chris Christie’s approval rating has leaped 19 percentage...
View ArticleFinal Costs Of Hurricane Sandy Could Exceed $60 Billion
It’s been just under a month since the East Coast was hammered by Hurricane Sandy and, while the initial problems of power outages and gasoline shortages have largely cleared themselves up, much...
View ArticleNew York City Cites Hurricane Sandy Victims For Failure To Maintain Property
This is insane: Residents in one Queens neighborhood are crying foul after they were written up for failing to clean up the city’s own mess. It is yet another new complication in life after Superstorm...
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Chris Christie Slams House Republicans Over Sandy Relief Failure
Chris Christie has never been once to mince words, so it’s not surprising that his reaction to the failure of the House of Representatives to even take a vote on Hurricane Sandy relies culminated in...
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A Different Way Of Handling Disaster Relief
In the wake of the controversy over funding for relief for victims of Hurricane Sandy, Matthew Yglesias comes up with what I think is actually a pretty good idea: A natural disaster is clearly a...
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Meteorite Strikes Central Russia, Up To 500 Injured
It’s not uncommon for meteorites to streak through the atmosphere and burn themselves out in the sky. It’s less common for one to actually make it to Earth, and yet that’s exactly what happened in...
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Did Special Forces Snipers Kill Americans After Katrina?
Former Navy SEAL sniper Brandon Webb charges that some of his colleagues killed American citizens in New Orleans during Katrina’s aftermath. SOFREP (“The Long Shadow Of Katrina: Military Snipers...
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Chris Christie Has No Regrets
It was six months ago today that Hurricane Sandy plowed into the Jersey shore and the coastal areas of New York City causing a level of destruction unlike anything that part of the country had seen in...
View ArticleThe United States Is The Tornado Capital Of The World
Alexis Madrigal explains why: The simple answer is that warm, moist air from the Gulf of Mexico gets sandwiched between war, dry continental air and cold, dry air from drifting down from the Rockies....
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Three Storm Chasers Killed In Friday’s Oklahoma Tornadoes
The tornadoes that moved through Oklahoma, Arkansas, and Missouri on Friday were, fortunately, far less destructive than the May 20th tornado that hit Moore, Oklahoma, but they ended up claiming the...
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