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More going on than I can keep up with here.

Free Republic has comprehensive coverage/commentary.

Arts Journal has a list of livebloggers.

From the New Orleans National Weather Service:

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA

1011 AM CDT SUN AUG 28 2005

DEVASTATING DAMAGE EXPECTED

HURRICANE KATRINA

A MOST POWERFUL HURRICANE WITH UNPRECEDENTED STRENGTH...RIVALING THE INTENSITY OF HURRICANE CAMILLE OF 1969.

MOST OF THE AREA WILL BE UNINHABITABLE FOR WEEKS...PERHAPS LONGER. AT LEAST ONE HALF OF WELL CONSTRUCTED HOMES WILL HAVE ROOF AND WALL FAILURE. ALL GABLED ROOFS WILL FAIL...LEAVING THOSE HOMES SEVERELY DAMAGED OR DESTROYED.

THE MAJORITY OF INDUSTRIAL BUILDINGS WILL BECOME NON FUNCTIONAL. PARTIAL TO COMPLETE WALL AND ROOF FAILURE IS EXPECTED. ALL WOOD FRAMED LOW RISING APARTMENT BUILDINGS WILL BE DESTROYED. CONCRETE BLOCK LOW RISE APARTMENTS WILL SUSTAIN MAJOR DAMAGE...INCLUDING SOME WALL AND ROOF FAILURE.

HIGH RISE OFFICE AND APARTMENT BUILDINGS WILL SWAY DANGEROUSLY...A FEW TO THE POINT OF TOTAL COLLAPSE. ALL WINDOWS WILL BLOW OUT.

AIRBORNE DEBRIS WILL BE WIDESPREAD...AND MAY INCLUDE HEAVY ITEMS SUCH AS HOUSEHOLD APPLIANCES AND EVEN LIGHT VEHICLES. SPORT UTILITY VEHICLES AND LIGHT TRUCKS WILL BE MOVED. THE BLOWN DEBRIS WILL CREATE ADDITIONAL DESTRUCTION. PERSONS...PETS...AND LIVESTOCK EXPOSED TO THE WINDS WILL FACE CERTAIN DEATH IF STRUCK.

POWER OUTAGES WILL LAST FOR WEEKS...AS MOST POWER POLES WILL BE DOWN AND TRANSFORMERS DESTROYED. WATER SHORTAGES WILL MAKE HUMAN SUFFERING INCREDIBLE BY MODERN STANDARDS.

THE VAST MAJORITY OF NATIVE TREES WILL BE SNAPPED OR UPROOTED. ONLY THE HEARTIEST WILL REMAIN STANDING...BUT BE TOTALLY DEFOLIATED. FEW CROPS WILL REMAIN. LIVESTOCK LEFT EXPOSED TO THE WINDS WILL BE KILLED.

No whip today. "Whip tomorrow. There's always a Whip tomorrow."

Stupid men for instance post articles like this. One way or another, I'm too chicken to actually include this in The Whip.

As intelligence scores among the study group rose, the academics say they found a widening gap between the sexes.

There were twice as many men with IQ scores of 125, for example, a level said to correspond with people getting first-class degrees.

At scores of 155, associated with genius, there were 5.5 men for every woman.
. . .
The paper will argue that there is evidence that at the same level of IQ, women are able to achieve more than men "possibly because they are more conscientious and better adapted to sustained periods of hard work".

I've got no argument with the last paragraph . . . I'll have to check with Snookums on the rest, though.

#10: The Lenexa Spinach Festival
#9: SDSU fall sports season begins
#8: Yankees 5, Royals 1
#7: The Aristocrats: Obscene outrage, or comedic triumph?
#6: All over the Ellsworth AFB story
#5: When at the London Zoo, don't miss the Human Exhibit
#4: General Richard Myers goes off
#3: The Moronic Convergence
#2: The Leftist-Islamic alliance
#1: People close to Iraq soldiers support war more

Funny thing #1: There is a Kansas city named Lenexa. Funny thing #2: Lenexa holds an annual spinach festival.

On Saturday over 100 arts, craft and antique booths will be set up. A fun filled days of activities is planned for the whole family. Popeye and Olive Oyl will arrive on a vintage 1930's Belgian farm truck to mix the world's largest spinach salad. Numerous activities for all including, petting zoo, pony rides, games, quilt show, antique tractor display, green rock skipping, largest sunflower, cane pole fishing, paddle boats and more. The finale for this day of community fun comes at 5:00 pm with a quilt drawing from the Lenexa Historical Society.

South Dakota State women's soccer opens with a win:

BROOKINGS — Chelsea Goosen scored two goals and Kelsey Worcester added an insurance goal late in the contest to give the South Dakota State University women’s soccer team a 4-1 victory over Minnesota State, Mankato Friday night.

Jackrabbit volleyball team splits a pair at an Oregon tournament:

EUGENE, Ore. -- Minette Ridenour turned in a double-double performance with 22 kills and 10 digs to lead South Dakota State to a sweep of Gonzaga (Wash.) and a split of its volleyball opening day Friday at the Oregon Kickoff Classic.

The Jackrabbits dropped their opener 3-0 to Portland State (Ore.), before rebounding with a 30-26, 30-27, 30-26 victory over Gonzaga.

Or both? The Kansas City Star discusses:

It is by all accounts the world’s filthiest joke. Filthy not because of what’s in it, but because nothing is in it, and each teller is expected to dredge his darkest recesses to fill it up.

A man walks into a theatrical agent’s office and announces that he has the most amazing family act ever. He then goes on to describe an unyieldingly lurid performance involving himself, his wife, their young children and perhaps a grandparent and a family pet. No bodily function goes unmentioned, no sexual perversion is omitted.

When it’s over the agent is aghast: “That’s the most disgusting thing I’ve ever heard. What do you call this act?”

The man swells with pride: “The Aristocrats.”

Hey, it's got Penn and Teller in it. Snookums and I may have to go check it out for ourselves . . .

Royals come back to reality in New York:

Mike Wood (4-5), the winning pitcher last Saturday when Kansas City beat Oakland to snap its 19-game losing streak, allowed three runs and seven hits in six innings. The Royals had followed their skid by winning four of five, but Friday's loss dropped them to 0-9 at Yankee Stadium since Aug. 6, 2002.

Royals need to go 21-15 to avoid 100 losses.

South Dakota Politics blog is there . . .

Yours truly, wearing my political science hat, is quoted saying much the same thing as I have said here. Thune received more grief than he deserved when the base was put on this list and perhaps will receive too much attention now that it has been taken off. Still, Thune will no doubt benefit politically from this event.

Much good local flavor there (and national, too, the Kos v. SDP blog argument is pretty amusing).