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Three memories of 9/11

When it comes to 9/11, "We will never forget" is more than an empty phrase. I will never forget where I was that day, nor the memories associated with it: One. I was at the Executive Offices of the Intercontinental Hotel Santo Domingo (currently a Crowne Plaza) - just an ordinary day of Sales & Marketing work. I had three bosses in the five years I worked there. The third one was in charge on September 11, 2001. It was 9:02 a.m. and the hotel managers started to come in, as they did every morning, to gather in the conference…

Doomsday Bunkers: Salvation for sale. Can you afford it?

I recently watched the Discovery Channel show 2012 Apocalypse. It shows people around the world making a living from selling doomsday bunkers at outrageous prices, as well as a wide range of survival gear. Other sites, usually blogs by self-appointed modern-day ¨prophets¨are selling e-books, DVD's and asking for donations to keep the 'cause' going. The cause being making more people aware of our imminent demise and 'preparing' them for it. Even the very people who tell you on their posts that they have been endowed by the Gods or powerful aliens to deliver this message want to charge you for…

The end of the world: the Rapture and other predictions

It's past 8 p.m. CST and the "Rapture" predicted by Harold Camping and much publicized by the media in recent days has not happened. Wait, it could have happened at 6 p.m. PST! Did California go down with a 9.0 earthquake? NOPE. No earthquakes in California, no noteworthy earthquakes anywhere. However, there is a volcano erupting in Iceland, the Mississippi River is cresting at 61+ feet and Sarah Palin has the "fire in my belly" for a presidential run. In other words, the world as we know it is over. It ended a while ago. Yes, that world in which…

Where is Rick Sanchez? A fan’s guide to following Rick

I miss Rick. That other people have bothered to google the keywords "Where is Rick Sanchez?" lets me know I'm not alone. The longtime TV anchor fired from CNN after calling John Stewart a "bigot" in October 2010 might have been colorful, in many ways unconventional and at times easy to make fun of... but he was great to watch. I belong to a big community of friends of Rick Sanchez who miss him and want him back. Rick's down to earth, pal-to-pal approach to news delivery was one of a kind. He is the first news anchor I watched…

EVICTED are those who have to leave home, to go live in a different culture

Terrorizing is not the way. Marin County Responds to Immigration Raids : Indybay In the wake of two days (Tuesday and Wednesday) of 5:00am raids by I.C.E. (Immigration and Customs Enforcement) teams in San Rafael and Novato, numerous Marin County groups felt called to respond. The Marin Interfaith Council, in cooperation with numerous local civic and community groups, announced that vigils will be held each morning from 5:00am to 8:30am in solidarity with immigrant neighbors in the Canal District of San Rafael. The first vigil of witness and solidarity took place on Friday, March 9th, at Medway and Canal Streets…

Gore’s Oscar to Bush

Hehe... Supreme Court Gives Gore's Oscar to Bush - Yahoo! News Creators Syndicate - Just days after former Vice President Al Gore received an Academy Award for his global-warming documentary, "An Inconvenient Truth," the United States Supreme Court handed Mr. Gore a stunning reversal, stripping him of his Oscar and awarding it to President George W. Bush instead. powered by performancing firefox

Hard finds – want one

Like what these people are doing, recording these rythms and traditions before they stop being part of the folklore. earthcds - Dominican Republic - CDs & DVDs of folkloric, traditional, ritual and ceremonial music from the DR MUSIC FROM THE DOMINICAN REPUBLIC Volume 1: The Island of Quisqueya Palos (drums of African origin) & Merengues. Hard to find CD! Released by Folkways. powered by performancing firefox