Just another day: Gustav

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• Gustav: Coming around the clubhouse turn and entering the homestretch is Gustav, the next in a series of devastating hurricanes to cross the Gulf of Mexico and smash into New Orleans. And like a thoroughbred hungry for the finish line, it appears that Gustav is only going to get stronger and more fierce the closer to land it gets.
• Hanna: If Gustav wasn't enough, Hanna sits 1000 miles due east making the duo look like a demonic barbell. At least there is no tornadic activity forecast for the plains today.
• Hurricane Vladimir: Georgia and Russia are still in the news. Rather than recognizing South Ossetia and Abkhazia as independent states, the Kremlin has decided to absorb them into Mother Russia. Out of the goodness of their heart. Georgia has cut ties with the bear. What's left of it.
• Iran/Israel: They both start with "I" but that's where their similarities end. News stories note that Israel has determined not to let Iran go nuclear. No matter the cost. Iran's response? No surprise, really. "We'll kick of WWIII." Kumbaya.
• Rock and Roll: FoxNews is reporting another 6.1 earthquake in China where the 7.2 brought devastation earlier this year. I went to the US Geological Service's web-site and found that China has had two other earthquakes on top of the one today that topped 6.0. Almost seems like the earth is trying to tell us something. Anybody speak seismonese?
• Bananas: I read this week where former vice-presidential candidate John Edwards' fee for speaking has been raised to $65,000 per engagement. Am I missing something? Wasn't he just exposed as an adulterous fraud and liar? Astonishing to think how close he came to the White House.
• Kickoff: The NFL season starts this next week. My blogging may tail off a bit for the next six months... Go Vikings!!