Depressing news “out there.” On the home front, got the basement cleaned up enough yesterday that the guys can put in the new glass-block windows today. Also mowed the lawn, and got some work done. Today, the glass block, end-of-month administrivia, and probably something else from the long to-do list.
- Last night, St. Paul Saints win to tie Lincoln for lead in South Division. More from the Saints website and the PiPress. According to the league’s website, Gary, Winnipeg, Calgary, and KC are in the running for the wild-card. Lincoln is 51-40 overall, which would actually put them in the lead (a game ahead of Gary) for the wild-card if they don’t win the division. I thought they’d had a worse first-half than that. [strib]
- The coverage of Hurricane Katrina has been more than a little depressing for me, as much for the stark reality of how little the government has been helping people as anything. You’ve got a cop join[ing] in the looting, illegal searches at refugee centers and official plans to leave behind the 10-20% of the population who couldn’t afford to bug out. And the depressing part is that after all this, people are still trusting the government to take care of them in case of a disaster. [war on guns]
- Meanwhile, it’s pretty clear that gas prices will be going up. I’m with Warren in praying Let There Be Gas Price Gouging, rather than overregulation. For that matter, let people sell gas below the minimum if they want to, too. [coyote blog]
- And don’t believe those who blame Global Warming for Katrina. The damages are higher than they were for Ivan or Andrew because more people were affected and more expensive buildings were damaged. [instapundit]
- Cosh also has a Katrina round-up, in which he points out that this wasn’t so much bad luck for New Orleans as an end to a long run of good luck. [colby cosh]