Fili Sagapolutele/Associated Press The downtown of Fagatoga was flooded when a tsunami hit American Samoa early on Tuesday.
SYDNEY, Australia — A powerful tsunami generated by an undersea earthquake on Tuesday has killed at least 89 people and wiped out several villages on the tropical islands of American Samoa and Samoa, according to government officials, the police and local residents.
LOL! Maddow says “birtherism may have been disproven, it may be becoming a political punchline, even on the American right, but it also apparently is becoming a really good scam for raising money off of GULLIBLE SAD PEOPLE.”
A founding member of the Surrealist group in Paris, German-born Max Ernst (1891–1976) was one of the most inventive artists of the 20th century. His paintings, steeped in Freudian metaphors, private mythology, and childhood memories, are regarded today as icons of Surrealist art.
The Postman Cheval 1932 Paper and fabric collage with pencil, ink, and gouache on paper on canvas 17 7/8 x 14 7/8 in. Peggy Guggenheim Collection, Venice
What were the G20 thinking having a summit in America?Don’t they read the news?America is a hotbed for anarchists nowadays. Hey, cool ninja outfits!R.I.M prospects for P.!
(Matt Rourke/AP) Demonstrators march on the G20 venue. Police have mounted a massive security operation in the city
Alexandra Frean in Pittsburgh
Police fire tear gas at G20 protesters
From Times Online
September 24, 2009
An unpermitted anti-capitalist protest march towards the G20 summit in Pittsburgh has turned violent today, with police firing tear gas after protesters barricaded the street. Read the rest of this entry »