What do you guys think is the best place to donate? Red Cross? Doctors Without Borders?
Jeez, don't get all Movie of the Week. I was just too cheap to buy you a real present.
Dawn ,'The Killer In Me'
Natter 65: Speed Limit Enforced by Aircraft
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, pandas, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Dana - Jan 13, 2010 7:56:41 am PST #1247 of 30001
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
Gudanov - Jan 13, 2010 7:57:17 am PST #1248 of 30001
Coding and Sleeping
I suppose nobody really knows, but it can't be good with a city like that being hit with a big earthquake.
Strega - Jan 13, 2010 8:02:01 am PST #1249 of 30001
I always give to Doctors Without Borders.
erikaj - Jan 13, 2010 8:03:20 am PST #1250 of 30001
Always Anti-fascist!
Those are probably both decent choices, Dana. I don't think your money is in bad hands with either one.
megan walker - Jan 13, 2010 8:03:41 am PST #1251 of 30001
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
They are also French so they may already have a decent presence in Haiti.
DavidS - Jan 13, 2010 8:06:44 am PST #1252 of 30001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
I doubt the death toll will reach 100,000, though tens of thousands seems probable.
People survive earthquakes in a way they don't survive typhoons and flooding.
I'd like to believe that this would be an opportunity to rebuild Haiti into something more stable, but I doubt that will happen. It just a huge dose of human misery to a place that's already a wreck.
tommyrot - Jan 13, 2010 8:11:44 am PST #1253 of 30001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
From The Onion, Gay Teen Worried He Might Be Christian
Faber's parents, although concerned, said they're convinced their otherwise typical gay son is merely going through a conservative Christian phase.
"I caught him watching The 700 Club once when he thought he was alone in the house, and last week, I found some paperbacks from the Left Behind series hidden in his sock drawer," his mother, Eileen Faber, said. "I'm sure he'll grow out of it, but even if he doesn't, I will love and accept my son no matter what."
Faber's father was far less tolerant in his comments.
"No son of mine is going to try to get intelligent design into school textbooks," Geoffrey Faber said. "And I absolutely refuse to pay his tuition if he decides to go to one of those colleges like Oral Roberts University where they're just going to fill his head with a lot of crazy conservative ideas."
He added, "I just want my normal gay son back.
Polter-Cow - Jan 13, 2010 8:13:27 am PST #1254 of 30001
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
I just made an appointment to give blood on Friday morning. I don't need it all.
Oh, oh, do earthquake victims need maternal guilt? I have plenty of that to spare as well.
DavidS - Jan 13, 2010 8:20:51 am PST #1255 of 30001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Further research indicates that some of the highest death tolls from natural disaster are from earthquakes.
Also, China has had some incredibly deathy wars. More than a few with between 10 and 20 million dead.
msbelle - Jan 13, 2010 8:25:09 am PST #1256 of 30001
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb
I am not sure what sort of mis-firing is going on in my head, but I almost just responded to someone with "if you can smell what the rock is cookin'" RANDOM and now Jump Around is stuck in my head.