Was Hurricane Rita manipulated? In this video, notice that the eye closes up when the "red fingers" appear, and returns after the "red fingers" disappear. Also notice that the hurricane changes course while the "red fingers" are present, and maintains the new course after they disappear. To view the path change, draw a straight line between the hurricane center and the Galviston Bay, as soon as the Bay is in view. (e.g. Position the edge of a piece of paper over the computer monitor.) Notice that the Bay moves closer to the hurricane center, along that line, until the "red fingers" appear. Explanation and video from the U. of Wisconsin CIMSS hurricane archive site. They have some really nice hurricane graphics.

(Dyan French Cole) Testifies to members of Congress (from Daily KOS)

The Congressmen tried to get Mama D to not go overtime and she scolded them, saying she came up from N'awlins with a list of complaints from fellow victims and she is going to read ALL of them. "Mama D"Testifies to members of CongressThe Congressmen tried to get Mama D to not go overtime and she scolded them, saying she came up from N'awlins with a list of complaints from fellow victims and she is going to read ALL of them. Then she accused Chris Shays of accusing the victims of lying about police pointing M-16s at 5-year-olds, of perfectly fine housing projects that Bush had steel-plated and closed, of a LEVEE BOMB (and she went "BA-BOOOOOM! right in the hearing room), of concentration camp tactics on the I-10 Causeway, of outright Ethnic Cleansing.

The "Ba-BOOM" segment begins around 1:36:00 Some comments in response to this testimony