Alert -- Scammers target World Trade Center Relief

From, of all places, the Lone Gunmen section of tvtome.com...

Alert -- Scammers target World Trade Center Relief
Scambusters.org and several news sites have received alerts that there are scammers out there promoting sites that are supposedly for relief organizations (or promising to donate money from sales of product.) Please pass the word to your less technically adept friends not to fall for it. This is a list of OFFICIAL sites for monetary assistance.

http://www.unitedway.org/ -- NOTE: This has a DIRECT link to the New York City United Way, where you can directly contribute to the September 11th fund.

www.redcross.org
www.helping.org
www.amazon.com
www.paypal.com

Let's fight disinformation and greed with the truth.

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I want my mommy.

Go away, bad feeling. G'way. Shoo. Stop it. Go.

Fuck.

more news links

http://www.worldnewyork.org/

(Thanks, Sarah.)

i want to apologize...

...on behalf of the entire state of Nebraska for the recent, bizarre antics of Senator Chuck Hagel. He was born without generative organs of any sort, and his way of making up for it is to grab as much camera time as he possibly can. Ignore him.

more places to help

from the nice folks at Working Assets:


--Aid for Victims and Relief from the September 11 Attacks--

Many organizations are collecting funds for use in supporting the relief efforts now going on and in assisting the victims in rebuilding their lives. The need is so new that there is little detail on precisely how the funds will be used. Here are a few organizations which have mobilized already.

International Association of Fire Fighters (IAFF) Charity Fund
daily.iaff.org/fund.htm

Americares - Aid for Terrorist Attack Victims
americares.org/InTheNews/Article.asp?id=160

Second Harvest
giveforchange.com/cgi-bin/GiveForChange.storefront/EN/product/SEA-36-3673599-00

The Red Cross
redcross.org

The September 11th Fund
uwnyc.com/epledge/sept11.cfm


--Middle East Peace, Justice and Reconciliation--

Some of our members have asked us for suggestions of groups that are working for peace, justice and reconciliation in the Middle East. Recognizing that nobody has yet claimed responsibility for the terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001, these seven groups all do important work that deserve your consideration. Please note that all work in this area is risky and controversial. All are working on long term efforts that hold some promise. Working Assets does not specifically endorse the precise approach of each of the groups - indeed, some are in conflict with each other. May peace and compassion be our watchwords in the difficult days, weeks and months ahead.

Grassroots International
giveforchange.com/cgi-bin/GiveForChange.storefront/EN/product/GIN-04-2791159-00

New Israel Fund
giveforchange.com/cgi-bin/GiveForChange.storefront/EN/product/NIF-94-2607722-00

MADRE
giveforchange.com/cgi-bin/GiveForChange.storefront/EN/product/MAD-13-3280194-00

Global Exchange
giveforchange.com/cgi-bin/GiveForChange.storefront/EN/product/GLE-94-3066686-00

American Friends Service Committee
giveforchange.com/cgi-bin/GiveForChange.storefront/EN/product/AFS-23-1352010-00

Mercy Corps International
giveforchange.com/cgi-bin/GiveForChange.storefront/EN/product/MCI-91-1148123-00

Middle East Research Information Project
giveforchange.com/cgi-bin/GiveForChange.storefront/EN/product/MER-04-2552770-00

Americans for Peace Now
peacenow.org/help.html

disney 'n universal pic-o-rama 7, approximately: the adventurers club

For Sharon, it's her boyfriend (*kof*) the Adventurers Club bartender:

(I've been told all the bartenders are called Nash.)

Here's Sunny the maid, beloved of the club's genie:

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I am thankful for one thing this week - unlike many, I have not been plagued with nightmares. Perhaps it's because recent events have combined pretty much every recurring nightmare I've ever had (we just need a faceless, knife-wielding killer, nuclear armaggedon, and a great deal of confusion regarding final exams and nudity to complete the package), freeing up my subconscious for more abstract visions.

Or I'm just too damn tired.

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Gee, remember the innocent days of...er...last week? No?

Archie: Boy the way Aaliyah played
Edith: Sharks would eat small kids who wade
Archie: Watch the budget surplus fade
Both: Those were the days