• Help the foul-mouthed spokesman of Gulfport rebuild his house: The star of the "Go fuck yourself, Mr. Cheney" video is auctioning it off. [eBay]

• All together now: "No one could have predicted the levees would break." But they knew it was going to be one asshole of a storm: "MOST OF THE AREA WILL BE UNINHABITABLE FOR WEEKS...AIRBORNE DEBRIS WILL BE WIDESPREAD...PERSONS...PETS...AND LIVESTOCK EXPOSED TO THE WINDS WILL FACE CERTAIN DEATH IF STRUCK." [NOAA]

• A psychiatrist goes crazy trying to help at the Reunion Center. [AddieStan]

• The Washington Post immediate hurricane coverage blew. [City Paper]

• Really excellent news tracking from the WSJ. Read the whole thing, as they say. [WSJ]

• Local events and benefits, including one by "The Museum of the American Cocktail." [DCist]

• Express your desire to sit on Trent Lott's porch. [www.trentlottsporch.com]

• NBC correspondents attack puppy-like Scott McCellan, save actual puppy. [FishbowlDC,MSNBC]

• A partial (2/3) explaination of why we're so rabid on the animal rescue front. [The Antic Muse]