Monday, January 18, 2010

Fingers Crossed

You all just knew the week the Comet was going to go out of business wasn't destined to be a quiet one, didn't you?


Thoughts and prayers.
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18 comments:

  1. TheTruthJanuary 18, 2010 at 7:01 PM

    What happened to your MBB post?

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  2. Bram ReichbaumJanuary 18, 2010 at 7:19 PM

    Just hang in there for now.

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  3. TheTruthJanuary 18, 2010 at 7:33 PM

    A summary in the works? Certainly a solid way to go out. As always, great work Bram.

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  4. Burgher JonJanuary 18, 2010 at 7:59 PM

    Any chance the effect you and Virginia have had on this situation has made you reconsider?

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  5. MHJanuary 18, 2010 at 8:30 PM

    Good luck of your new endeavors.

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  6. Bram ReichbaumJanuary 18, 2010 at 8:35 PM

    TheTruth - No, not a "summary". I edited back out a rather stupid, alarmist mid-day update I had posted. It was a trying day and I trusted and forwarded some shiny information along too quickly. The original is back online below.

    Burgher Jon - ABSOLUTELY NOT! :)

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  7. MariaJanuary 18, 2010 at 8:56 PM

    Has your last week really come so soon? SHIT

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  8. AnonymousJanuary 18, 2010 at 9:28 PM

    Will Coghill be taking over this blog?

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  9. InsideAgitatorJanuary 19, 2010 at 5:03 AM

    Please post a list of needed items once the plane lands: cribs, blnkets, carseats, carriers, sippy cups, formula, wipes, caregivers, cash, whatever.

    is meh kinda like feh? Is there a Yinzer Yiddish idiom?

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  10. Bram ReichbaumJanuary 19, 2010 at 9:04 AM

    InAg - Though it sounds like the entire County is already mobilized, I'm sure Virginia will provide that very next thing. For my money I bet the #1 thing that will be necessary to secure for them will be loving adoptive parents.

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  11. Bram ReichbaumJanuary 19, 2010 at 9:13 AM

    And of course, per Virginia:

    Checks can be made payable to “Keystone” and sent to:

    Keystone
    161 Hazelwood Ave.
    Pittsburgh, PA 15207

    It is important that you write “BRESMA Orphanage” as the memo on the check.

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  12. AnonymousJanuary 19, 2010 at 9:31 AM

    Great. After reading through your posts Bram, and the Trib and PG articles, I'm left wondering why MBB freelanced rather than hooking up with her colleagues in the legislative branch of the federal government. It just seems logical that our elected representatives in the U.S. House and Senate would have the most influence in an international matter like this, and that MBB's connections could have been put to their best use in the service of those legislators. Like you, I'll assume that politics was not a consideration on either front, so again, why the separate effort?

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  13. Bram ReichbaumJanuary 19, 2010 at 10:33 AM

    First off all, for those of you not checking quite as obsessively, there is a welcome update:

    http://thatschurch.com

    Anon 9:31 - I can attest that Buchanan was in touch with Congressman Tim Murphy a lot of the day on Friday. I wouldn't know if there was any interaction up on that level though I hope so. It seems that Dr. Carrasco had involvement on both or we should say all sides of the effort; I know when we heard she'd be on the plane and then read she was "leading" the mission we were comforted. I feel like this is a discussion for another day.

    Jamie and Ali and the children are safe. Thank you to everyone so heroically involved.

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  14. AnonymousJanuary 19, 2010 at 3:41 PM

    Could the MB in this post be our own Mary Beth?

    http://crooksandliars.com/susie-madrak/how-bloggers-saved-orphans-and-haitian

    And what about those bloggers saving orphans?

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  15. AnonymousJanuary 19, 2010 at 3:42 PM

    Sorry, messed up the link


    http://crooksandliars.com/susie-madrak/how-bloggers-saved-orphans-and-haitia

    Just go read it! As they say.

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  16. Bram ReichbaumJanuary 19, 2010 at 5:16 PM

    It says, "Well, MB's husband Eric..."

    Nope, different MB. Neat story, though.

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  17. Mark RauterkusJanuary 19, 2010 at 9:05 PM

    Radio chatter made me think of a wise expression. "More gets done when nobody takes the credit."

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  18. kenJanuary 19, 2010 at 10:49 PM

    I think i can sum up what i am thinking in a song

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3w1TzLR2tYc

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