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Oeyster: Just between you and me, I've been feeling really low in recent weeks. Crabathon: Join the flippin' club, douchenozzle. I mean, have you spoken to anyone around here for any length of time since the flood? Jeezm. Oey: Of course I have. But this was worse. I really think I reached my nader this time. Crab: You mean "nadir". Oey: No, I mean Nader ; as in, I feel like my egotistical eff...
Right Hand Thief - 10:21 a.m.
"This bill does not control costs," Rep. Paul Ryan, R-Wis. "especially for a bill that would affect one-sixth of the American economy." Orrin Hatch ,Republican senator from Utah. Is there some way to control costs without affecting one-sixth of the American economy? ...
Moldy City - 6:23 a.m.
Yesterday, Buddy Tudor, a “prolific” Central Louisiana real estate developer, passed away after a 17-year-long battle with cancer. Without a doubt, Buddy Tudor contributed to the commercial landscape of urban Alexandria more than any other single private developer. From The Town Talk: Tudor, who had repeat bouts with cancer over the last 17 years, is perhaps [...] ...
CenLamar - Mon 9:28 p.m. - 3 clicks 
Jeffrey asks some strong questions of our local fourth estate, such as: "If Frontline didn't want to do the story, would the T-P have just kept quiet?" --- Update: And can we eliminate the need to preface all of our discussions about criminal acts and abuses within the police force with the obligatory statement that "not all cops are bad"? Of course not all cops are bad. Not all people are ba...
Right Hand Thief - Mon 2:20 p.m.
Sorry. Lot's of post-pub editing on this post. I can't proofread for shit. This is the second comment below a rather threadbare dressing down of former NOPD officer Jeffrey Lehrmann by T-P reporter Terri Troncale. I wish I could link directly to it but NOLA.com is stupid. Troncale's blurb is today's "Monologue" on the Monday T-P "Viewpoint" sheet which is what remains of a once robust opini...
Library Chronicles - Mon 11:18 a.m.
In early 2007, I bought "The world's first auto-setting clock radio," which automatically sets the date and time when you plug it in. It's calibrated to some satellite. About a month later, Congress changed the weeks on which the time changes, so the clock has always done that on the wrong week. Much hilarity inevitably ensues. ...
Ian McGibboney - Sun 10:05 a.m. - 3 clicks
Louisiana U.S. District Judge G. Thomas Porteous Jr. was impeached by the House of Representatives today. In a rare show of bipartisanship, the legislative body voted unanimously to adopt articles of impeachment against Judge Porteus. The not-so-good Judge's fate now moves to the Senate, which requires a 2/3ds vote (67 votes) to convict him and toss him out on his ear. ...
DailyKos (Louisiana) - Fri 1:29 p.m. - 10 clicks
... and other U.S. Representatives who are officially undecided on the health care reform bill . Congressional switchboard # 202-559-4225 I called Rep. Anh Cao's office this morning in support of the (obviously not totally satisfactory) bill. But in terms of future consequences, both in terms of policy and politics, this is a big one. ...
Right Hand Thief - Fri 12:25 p.m. - 2 clicks
3/7: By NFL standards, it would have made for a long list of offensive legends (and a long unemployment line for defenders). By college football standards, it was the kind of game that both sides’ fans would have torn down the goalpost over, for opposite reasons. By high school standards, officials might have invoked a mercy rule. But by recent SOFA standards, it was actually pretty...
Ian McGibboney - Fri 10:50 a.m. - 2 clicks
Ah, poor David Vitter ... every single time a political sex scandal hits the news, the GOP runs out to defend the politician, unless, of course, that politician is a Democrat, because, of course, IOKIYAR: ...
Daily Kingfish - Fri 9:26 a.m. - 2 clicks
So I went to the clinic to get some health care reform. Afterwards, it was time to get the drugs. My options were essentially to stick it to Wal-Mart (by going to another pharmacy), or stick it to the pharmaceutical industry (with Wal-Mart's $4 generics). Wal-Mart won. Relish it, Wally World. Even a broken clock... I'm currently on two pills and a bottle of prescription cough syrup that taste...
Ian McGibboney - Fri 12:11 a.m. - 2 clicks
Anonymous has left a new comment on your post " Oh boy ": What I want to know is... who agreed to allow the City to use the revolver fund for non-reimbursable projects? Did the State agree to this use of the revolver fund? Did the City Council agree to this? What I find odd is there was no mentioning or out cry when the rules governing the use of the revolver was changed. Did the City...
American Zombie - Thu 6:20 p.m. - 4 clicks
So it is said, so it shall be: Dutch plan to let healthy elderly people commit suicide Jeez...that really freaks me out. I agree that a human being should have sovereign rights over their life, but once this is accepted and it starts to become a "trend"...I guarantee you the insurance companies are going to start marketing it. Damn, I thought I was imagining a future 10 to 20 years down t...
American Zombie - Thu 12:08 p.m. - 3 clicks
One would think after Jack Abramoff's former firm, the Alexander Strategy Group, shuttered its doors that the Spinning Sinning Senator David Vitter would stop hanging out with the principals and employees of that disgraced firm. But then again, the Spinning Sinning Senator thinks that such common sense rules don't apply to him : Wednesday, March 10, 2010 Sen. David Vitter (R-La.) Fundraising...
Daily Kingfish - Thu 11:29 a.m. - 9 clicks
Second former New Orleans police officer pleads guilty in Danziger Bridge shootings Many of the details Lohman admitted to when he pleaded guilty are reiterated by Lehrmann in documents associated his case. But the Lehrmann factual basis, which describes the facts the former NOPD is admitting, lays out a series of fresh details and allegations. These new details included the fabrication of c...
Library Chronicles - Thu 10:29 a.m.
Big parade? Sure. QB on the Oprah show ? Okay. Pull an obnoxious prank on Jerry Jones ? By all means, yes, go do that. You've won the Goddamn Superbowl. It's time to live it up a bit. But here's what you don't get to do. You don't get to hire Peggy Wilson's nephew to write a book in your name that, if the pub is any indication , is filled with the kind of self-aggrandizing blather that would...
Library Chronicles - Thu 10:29 a.m.
Our recent predicament with Levee decertification has resulted in page after page of finger pointing both in print and online with one resounding theme of people being unclear about which government entity is responsible for what in regard to local levees. With the Levees, there is debate over whom actually is ultimately in charge of [...] ...
CenLamar - Thu 8:48 a.m. - 3 clicks
Chrisman did mean the entire 200 million would be depleted: Recovery oversight contract allowed overbilling, poor performance, inspector general says Quatrevaux, for instance, confirmed Chrisman's concerns about the state loan fund. The inspector general said agreement governing how the roughly $200 million can be spent initially limited use of the loan fund to projects that qualified for f...
American Zombie - Thu 12:29 a.m. - 3 clicks
Defaulted Loans May Haunt Seniors This is really amazing to me. Our society is undergoing a fundamental ethical shift....no wait...our government and corporate business interests are orchestrating a fundamental shift in our country's ethical fiber. The corporate manipulation of our current health care debate is not going to end with Obama, even if he manages to pass his bill. I'm starting t...
American Zombie - Wed 6:25 p.m. - 2 clicks
I am officially declaring the phrase, "politics of the past" dead as a doornail. The politics of the past are no longer a part of our present, so stop using the term...it's gone....it has no future...I'm tired of hearing it....stop it...that means you too, Mrs. Guidry. I would say that phrase officially died with Jay Batt's political career...write that date on the mausoleum headstone: Here lie...
American Zombie - Wed 11:42 a.m.
I started laying off of Chris Rose because everything I started to write about him just ended up looking like the above snip from this month's Levee I read his first Gambit column and it sort of pissed me off but in a sad way... no not in a sorrowful man of letters way... more in a bored way. When I was still bothering with it I once wrote I still can't decide if Rose is just that...
Library Chronicles - Wed 8:03 a.m.
As a young man in New Orleans -- a poser and a fuck-up -- I got laughed at while reading Jim Metcalf out loud to girls more than any other poet; more than Lord Byron, more than Rod McKuen even. I normally leave the making fun of Chris Rose to Jeffrey , but, when you get to be my age, it's good to remind yourself that few things in this world are more pathetic than a middle-aged man telling anyon...
Moldy City - Tue 6:09 p.m. - 12 clicks
I mean, by all appearances, this is a train from New Orleans to Disneyworld Maybe as long as it doesn't levitate , he's cool with it. ...
Library Chronicles - Tue 4:30 p.m.
Funny but, in a way, the President's plan really does threaten Medicare . Countries where health care prices are negotiated centrally with the government at the national or provincial level – for example, because they have a single public payer for health care – pay much lower prices and their medical inflation rates are lower. (Here's a good article about price vs. quantity; it's a pdf.) Ye...
Library Chronicles - Tue 12:07 p.m.
Why the hell not? OPELOUSAS, La. -- Opelousas plans a parade Saturday to honor hometown hero Devery Henderson, the New Orleans Saints wide receiver who had seven catches for 63 yards in the Super Bowl win over Indianapolis. ...
Library Chronicles - Mar 9
So what will this "task force" do, exactly ? Other than get another 30 of Mitch's friends' names on a meaningless but official-looking piece of paper, I mean. Maybe Leslie Jacobs can be on this task force too. (She's already on the "economic development task force") Jacobs has already combined both of these areas of expertise in advocating for a system of education which squeezes the maximum ou...
Library Chronicles - Mar 9
Is there a bigger racket anywhere than "consulting"? In his Feb. 20 letter to Hatfield, Chrisman raised concerns about the city’s use of a revolving loan fund that gives the city an advance on money that ultimately will be reimbursed by FEMA for professional service contracts such as the one held by MWH. Specifically, he takes issue with a contract with Haggerty Consulting. Chrisman said the c...
Library Chronicles - Mar 9
I'm hearing that HUD may be looking into misappropriated D-CDBG monies. Which means they may be asking for money back that we've already spent. That's not good....not good at all when combined with the revolver fund issues. I'm actually getting a little scared of how bad this financial situation may be. I guess I'm more scared that no one seems to know just how bad it really is, and I've aske...
American Zombie - Mar 8 - 4 clicks
I took a walk though Old Metairie Sunday and noticed a surprising number of blue and white signs with S/H written on them -- signs that looked like this . I saw three or four on just the two block stretch of one of the "wood" streets between Haynes Academy for Advanced Studies and the railroad tracks. There were more in the neighborhood. I thought it was worth mentioning . ...
Moldy City - Mar 8 - 8 clicks
All I hear lately from the FOX News broadcasts is about how the country is opposed to health care reform. Granted, there are quite a few polls out there that show more folks (but not a majority) oppose the current health care bills being debated in Congress. But none of those polls ask the obvious follow-up question: Are you opposed to the bills because they don't go far enough, or because you'r...
Daily Kingfish - Mar 8 - 2 clicks
We'll send your ring through the postal service . Which means, of course, you might have to wait until after the weekend if you're expecting home delivery. But it's still probably better that way. If you were planning to drive down to the Dome to get it, you'd end up having to pay the damn parking meter . Anyway, Oyster is right . Fujita was one of the good guys and an easy guy to root for...
Library Chronicles - Mar 8
So often these incidents start with the convenient anonymous "neighbor's complaint" As seven New Orleans police cars converged on the corner of Second and Dryades streets on Mardi Gras night, Big Chief James Harris of the Seminole Warriors grabbed for the five youngest members of his Mardi Gras Indian tribe, all of them younger than 6. Holding up his feathered purple, green and yellow wing, ...
Library Chronicles - Mar 8
Spring is coming. You can see it in the buds beginning to sprout on some of the trees and vines. The NFL offseason is here. You can see in the stories about the Uncle Rico Scandal beginning to sprout back up in the news. ...
Library Chronicles - Mar 8
I know a lot of people are excited about the new document that proposes to freeze and segregate urban development patterns according to professionally planned ideas of what constitutes proper land use. I am not one of those people. I instinctively understand that the professional planners don't have a lot in common with people of my sensibility and income level. So I'm not comfortable with gi...
Library Chronicles - Mar 8
From USA Today: LB Scott Fujita said goodbye to the Saints and New Orleans on Sunday when he signed a free agent deal with the Cleveland Browns. But Fujita didn’t leave before leaving a generous gesture with the Gulf Coast region. He’s donated half of his $82,000 in playoff winnings to coastal restoration. “The people of this city and [...] ...
CenLamar - Mar 8 - 8 clicks
...to give me the tab? I'm trying to create a running tab of what Nagin may have spent the entire 200 million dollar revolver fund on. Here's what I have so far: Mahalia Jackson: 18 million Chevron Building Purchase: 8 to 10 million? MWH: 4.75 million Hagerty: 950k TDC: 925k That's about 35 million. Can anyone out there help me fill in the remaining 165 million? A couple of possible expen...
American Zombie - Mar 8 - 6 clicks
Off-season football. Here's another reason to hate it: Scott Fujita signs with the Browns . Bob Marshall wrote a column in today's paper about why "Scott Fujita, New Orleans resident, is a great role model for all New Orleanians." The dude donated a portion of his Super Bowl winnings to coastal restoration for South Louisiana. I mean... g-damn I'm gonna miss this guy. After the NFC Championsh...
Right Hand Thief - Mar 7 - 3 clicks
From Greg Aymond’s Central La Politics blog (bold mine): LEGISLATOR WANTS MORE DIVERSITY ON THE ETHICS BOARD “State Rep. Rosalind Jones wants to get more racial, gender and geographical diversity on the 11-member Louisiana Board of Ethics.”id. “The board currently has two female appointees, one of whom is the only black member.” id. While I am sure that someone [...] ...
CenLamar - Mar 7 - 4 clicks
I read in an online forum this morning that gun-control laws don't work because "criminals don't follow the law!" Then why have any laws at all? It's a serious question, because the right's philosophy concerns the need to protect freedoms and warning of the perils of too much regulation. Apparently, laws aren't worth it if there's a possibility criminals might break them. And apparently, ...
Ian McGibboney - Mar 7 - 2 clicks
Every now and then I like to check in on what Monsanto, the proud owner of the Terminator seed, who not so long ago acquired the Delta & Pine Land Company , the major purveyor of cotton seed, has been up to. Because, while I'm not a flaming environmentalist or the kind of person that joins outfits like Banterminator.org , Monsanto, like WalMart, another enterprise that's a Stephens I...
DailyKos (Louisiana) - Mar 7
Fox 8 obtains city hall documents that reveal a fight between top Nagin administrators In regard to the revolver fund, Chrisman wrote Hatfield, "currently sufficient funding exists for project construction until September." However, he goes on to say, "the dollar value of some contracts will dramatically impact the remaining dollars.. and the fund will now be depleted by mid March." D...
American Zombie - Mar 6 - 8 clicks
Everybody hearts Jay ( bonus ) Don't go Batty Should a conservative reformer vote for Jay Batt Go Guidry ...
Right Hand Thief - Mar 6 - 2 clicks
A slightly edited and expanded comment that I left at the Library Chronicles I missed the beginning of "Politics with a Punch" last night, did Jeff Crouere explain why he had Batt as a guest but not Guidry? If I understood Batt correctly, fiscal conservatives have the ability to pay for government services while eliminating sources of government revenue, especially unpopular sources of revenu...
Moldy City - Mar 6 - 3 clicks
I stumbled across an old Atlantic article while making another effort to find a copy of The Bobo Report (official title: "Pro Bono Publico?") online. I still couldn't find it, but when I checked a couple of years ago, it was available at the public library and a couple of university libraries. Of course, anything that James K. Glassman writes must be taken with much more than a grain of s...
Moldy City - Mar 6 - 3 clicks
Every Sunday, I and a rotating cast of friends play flag football. We've been doing it for more than a year now, and the tradition is to write recaps. I fell far behind on this, but today we catch up. Here’s how our last four games turned out: 1/31: Age (Jack, Jerome, Joe) took on Beauty (Ian, Toy, Kenny). Age wins handily, 86-38. I think 86 was their combined age, too, minus about 30. Tr...
Ian McGibboney - Mar 6 - 2 clicks
On Thursday morning I called into the Jeff Crouere show on WGSO and asked him if he thought that someone who chose to put $25K into his campaign instead of paying on a mortgage obligation would make a good mayor. He never gave an answer but Phil Capitano himself was on the show later and [...]...
Liberty and Justice for All - Mar 5 - 4 clicks
I'll defer the reasons why to the Yellow Blog . I don't have the energy right now to bash the Battster. ...
American Zombie - Mar 5
Earlier this week, I mentioned Stuart Rothenberg's issues with Rasmussen Report's polling #'s. Now, I've got more ammo to debunk the #'s coming Rasmussen Reports, one from Public Policy Polling (PPP) and another from Anzalone-Liszt. First, let's look at PPP, which named the Spinning Sinning Senator David Vitter the 2nd most vulnerable Republican in 2010 this week: David Vitter of Lou...
Daily Kingfish - Mar 5
Telegraph , "Facebook fueling divorce, research claims": The social networking site, which connects old friends and allows users to make new ones online, is being blamed for an increasing number of marital breakdowns. ... One law firm, which specialises in divorce, claimed almost one in five petitions they processed cited Facebook. Via Cryptogon: A Korean couple let their baby starve to...
Right Hand Thief - Mar 5
NYT: Washington [D.C.] is now the sixth place in the nation where same-sex marriages can take place. How will opponents react ? [A] state senator from Southern California was arrested for allegedly driving drunk after leaving Faces, a gay nightclub in midtown Sacramento... ... Ashburn, a father of four, is a Republican Senator... with a history of opposing gay rights. ... Ashburn's voting ...
Right Hand Thief - Mar 5 - 2 clicks
Batt's "war-chest" is impressive . Take a look at all these fine, upstanding pillars-of-the-community just aching to put him back on the council. Batt's donor list is peppered with familiar names. Among those who have given him the maximum $5,000 contribution are car dealer Ronnie Lamarque and his wife, Natasha; Fred Heebe, one of the owners of River Birch landfill, which receives at least $...
Library Chronicles - Mar 5
Somehow this flew under my radar. Former State Rep. Jim St. Raymond, Vitter's first cousin and his longtime political consultant , has had a spectacular fall from grace in recent months. He's filed for personal bankruptcy , citing over $12 million in liabilities. Worse, St. Raymond is reportedly under investigation by the Economic Crimes Unit of the Jefferson Parish Sheriff’s Office, and is ...
Right Hand Thief - Mar 5 - 3 clicks
I know I said I was going to stop reading these but earlier this evening, Fletcher released his latest 2-year scheme to trade every Hornet more or less for the fun of it. Seriously, he does this every week or so. This time I was going to let it slide since the Hornets really are pretty much done for the season and will likely continue looking for ways to dump salary. (Not crazy Fletcheresque wa...
Library Chronicles - Mar 4
I've been tinkering with the banner for the last few days, as regular readers will notice. I'm almost done, just one more thing to do with the banner before I can stop. Ideally, what I'd like to do is something similar to what the folks at Open Left have achieved, with some of the more popular links in their menu in their banner on the right side, but I'm having a heckuva time figuring out the...
Daily Kingfish - Mar 4 - 2 clicks
You can pick up your ring at the back door . Thank you. Have a nice day. New Orleans Saints Executive Vice President/General Manager Mickey Loomis announced Thursday that the club has released offensive lineman Jamar Nesbit and linebacker Mark Simoneau, and that the club will release defensive end Charles Grant on Friday. Grant, one of the team's two first-round draft choices in 2002, played...
Library Chronicles - Mar 4
FBI says it's investigating 2 more Katrina police shootings And and aaaaand.. if you'll notice the end of this article says The FBI is also investigating two other cases that are not Hurricane Katrina-related: the shooting death of Adolph Grimes and the shooting death of Robert Robair. And, I expect, there's more. Gonna have to turn the whole jar over and shake it all out. ...
Library Chronicles - Mar 4
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American Zombie - Mar 4 - 3 clicks
We've got some folks protesting our very own Congressman Bill Cassidy's seeming indifference to health care reform, as he continually pans the Democrat's health care reform bill, which will bring health care to another 30 million people. That's right ... 30,000,000 people. Anyhow, here's the Advocate's coverage of the protest: ...
Daily Kingfish - Mar 4 - 5 clicks
The Democrats are poised to pass the health care bill using a process known as reconciliation, which is essentially a legal (it's codified law, which you can find here ) way to sidestep a threatened filibuster by the minority party in the U.S. Senate. And because 60 is the new 50 for the Republicans, they're all spinning the Democrats' use of reconciliation as some new thing that has never ...
Daily Kingfish - Mar 4
When the the GOP isn't trying to scare its donors about the "Evil Democratic Empire", it sends out a Code Red to alert people to the existential danger posed by healthcare reform. (Who wants to bet that in thirty years neo-teabaggers will protest how Government must keep its hands off "my national healthcare"?) The Arkla-elderly are preparing for Red Dawn . Sarah Palin, Bobby Jindal and Karl...
Right Hand Thief - Mar 4 - 3 clicks
The majority of my political activity in Kenner was during the time that Phil Capitano was Mayor. Even though Kenner has a “strong mayor” form of government, he always sought ways to give himself more power. He is a strong advocate for an appointed police chief. He was an opponent of civil service and when [...]...
Liberty and Justice for All - Mar 3 - 3 clicks
For Photo of the Month on National Geographic: Mark’s my brother. He took the photo. Here’s my version: ...
CenLamar - Mar 3 - 3 clicks
In my humble opinion, the certification of our levees is the number one issue facing Central Louisiana. It could potentially affect more than 90% of Alexandria residents and thousands more throughout Rapides, Natchitoches, and Avoyelles Parishes. It could tremendously hinder economic development, threatening our regional competitiveness and investment worthiness. It could force an additional burde...
CenLamar - Mar 3 - 3 clicks
The District A race has officially crossed over into stupid-land. At the Gambit blog, Kevin Allman reports on last night's final candidate forum of the 2010 election. And while neither Batt nor Guidry deviated from their well-worn positions on the campaign trail, one topic was much discussed by both candidates: ACORN, the advocacy organization for low-income families that’s been so much in th...
Library Chronicles - Mar 3
After the flood, in the first few weeks after we were allowed back into town, I had two really weird conversations at Johnny White's which followed this script. 1) Person A and I are talking about things we hope come back soon. 2) I mention something that I particularly like or is important to me. 3) Person A suddenly reveals that he/she just happens to own or be in charge of that thing. One of...
Library Chronicles - Mar 3
WWL: In a new memoir, Republican strategist Karl Rove staunchly defends Bush's handling of Hurricane Katrina... ...
Right Hand Thief - Mar 3 - 2 clicks
Fuck them very much. Latter & Blum terminates President Arthur Sterbcow I hope they go out of business in 6 months. I hope Sterbcow starts his own realty company and takes all L & B's employees. I suppose they won't be contacting me for an ad will they? Shoutback : To the guys at Slabbed . I've only been following them for about a week and this blog is some...
American Zombie - Mar 3 - 2 clicks
Congratulations to Mayor White for winning the Democratic nomination for Governor of the State of Texas. As someone who lived in Houston throughout most of Mr. White’s tenure as Mayor, I strongly believe in his leadership and encourage our Texan neighbors to support his candidacy for Governor. ...
CenLamar - Mar 2 - 3 clicks
Without naming nameless names, I think it’s probably time to clarify some of the absurdity currently being perpetuated by less than a handful of local bloggers. Let’s get a few things straight: 1. The attorney for our local levee board cannot control and does not dictate FEMA’s or the Army Corps of Engineers’s national standards for levee [...] ...
CenLamar - Mar 2 - 3 clicks
Eric Asher recently plugged this relevant WCBF post about Police Chief Warren Riley on the Mighty 690am. Timely reading. Also, this (2003?) AP article by Alan Sayre may also be of interest, as it documents US Attorney Jim Letten's expressed belief that the mob has been so weakened in New Orleans that he considers N.O. to be an "open city". === NEW ORLEANS -- In 1990, a year before the Legi...
Right Hand Thief - Mar 2 - 8 clicks
Kudos to native Alexandrian (who was once a fixture in Downtown Alexandria) and friend of the blog, Holly Hawthorne, for making her debut in the Times-Picayune. I had no idea Holly made tamales, but they look delicious. Click here to watch her video interview. ...
CenLamar - Mar 2 - 7 clicks
I've decided to try an experiment. If anyone is interested in buying ad space on the right hand side of the blog, I'm game. I'm thinking $200/month for the spot at the top of the page, I'm negotiable on remaining spots. I'm averaging about 20,000 unique visits monthly so that comes out to a penny per impression...sounds like a deal to me. If you're interested, hit me up at ashedambala@g...
American Zombie - Mar 2 - 2 clicks
Wipe that smile off your face you thievin' witch. T-P columnist Jarvis Deberry explains the total and utter sham that was "Care Unlimited", which the organized political crime family known as the Jeffersons used to enrich themselves: Care Unlimited had no employees. Care Unlimited did no work -- not for pregnant teens and not for anybody else. The reports that the nonprofit had submitte...
Right Hand Thief - Mar 2 - 2 clicks
So the NFL is talking about changing the rules of overtime. Bad timing, bad idea. Yes, I'm aware that the league has reportedly been bandying about this idea for years. But it still seems like the NFL rules committee meets in Minneapolis, if you catch my drift. I was curious to see how the league would disrespect the Saints even after a decisive Super Bowl victory. At this point, it ...
Ian McGibboney - Mar 2
For the past few months I've had numerous conversations with folks about the potential of a Ray Nagin indictment and the repercussions it would have for New Orleans. Will it happen? What would the charges be? When would it happen? What effect would it have on the city? There are lots of thing to consider, and I would like to speculate on some those things with this post. Will it happen? ...
American Zombie - Mar 1
So quite a few folks were disappointed with the last poll on the Senate race came out ... on the Democratic side, that is. But Stuart Rothenberg joined the party of Democratic strategists panning the reliability of Rasmussen Reports #'s on individual races across the country: The numbers in the Wisconsin survey that stuck out like a sore thumb were the favorable and unfavorable ratings of ...
Daily Kingfish - Mar 1
Retired officer's guilty plea in Danziger Bridge case a blow to a struggling NOPD "What I can say is that Michael Lohman deserves to go to jail. and any other officers who participated in this cover-up should also go to prison and be given the maximum sentence allowed," Riley said. So I'm assuming Riley will willingly plead guilty when implicated in the cover up? Be...
American Zombie - Mar 1
UPDATE : For more info on the race, y'all should stop by Blue Arkansas , the statewide progressive blog for Arkansas. As y'all know, I don't typically comment on the Senate races in other states, but the brewing Democratic primary in Arkansas has the potential to be shake up the Democratic Caucus in the Senate, and embolden the Senate Democrats to start listening to their base, and ...
Daily Kingfish - Mar 1
Some people seem to think global warming is a hoax. Not that it's not happening, or that it is happening and can't hurt us, or that humankind can't adversely affect it one way or another. But that it is a straight-up scam perpetrated by government-bankrolled scientists to keep their jobs and make us all dependent on the socialists or whatever. Not to mention, hey, AL GORE!! Can somebody p...
Ian McGibboney - Mar 1
NYT Magazine: For some unknown reason, the modern human mind is tilted toward sadness and, as we’ve now come to think, needs drugs to rescue itself. The alternative, of course, is that depression has a secret purpose and our medical interventions are making a bad situation even worse. --- Update: Linday Beyerstein responds to article here . --- Porno for Pyros, "Sadness" : Fuel an...
Right Hand Thief - Mar 1
Apparently, President Obama made a wager with Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper over who would get a gift of beer if their country won the gold in the hockey gold medal match. According to the Constitution, the President cannot accept a present from a foreign leader without the consent of Congress. With Senator Brown being the 41st [...]...
Liberty and Justice for All - Feb 28 - 2 clicks
Jeffrey summarizes it appropriately. Apparent source material [nsfw]: As the Cinema Snob would say, "the spoon is a good prop". ...
Right Hand Thief - Feb 28 - 4 clicks
You say that the Democrats should not use options that get around a filibuster to pass healthcare reform. If they do, and if as Eric Cantor suggested, the Democrats lose their majorities because of it… would you use options that bypass the filibuster to overturn the legislation? If so, why does that not confirm your hypocrisy? ...
Liberty and Justice for All - Feb 28
It's been a year since the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (aka the Democratic Stimulus) was passed by the House, the Senate and signed by President Obama. Yet we've rarely heard the Democrats in Louisiana stand up for the stimulus ... until now. The Spinning Sinning Senator has been gallivanting across Northern Louisiana telling folks that he thinks the Democratic Stimulus was a waste...
Daily Kingfish - Feb 26 - 4 clicks
Quite a few of my libertarian Republican friends believe all Americans need in terms of health care is catastrophic care. I think President Obama destroys that viewpoint quite effectively here: ...
Daily Kingfish - Feb 26 - 2 clicks
This is the GOP view of health care reform, courtesy of Rep. Eric Cantor, the Republican Whip in the House: ...
Daily Kingfish - Feb 25
SIBEL EDMONDS: THE TRAITORS AMONG US Larry Flynt is still Bob Livingston's worst nightmare. If you had any doubts on the unholy alliance between MegaCorps, Government, and the MSM, let this story dispel those doubts for good. I've been following Edmonds' story since she first went public and while I'm glad to see she has finally spilled the beans without being arrested (or worse), the frighte...
American Zombie - Feb 24 - 2 clicks
Some noticed a pretty big fire yesterday evening at an Uptown apartment building. The NOFD took care of the blaze but not before massive damage occurred to the large three story structure. Fortunately, all of the tenants evacuated and no one was hurt, although one tenant with heart trouble had to be taken to the hospital. This is a twelve unit building, and the tenants are primarily low wage w...
Right Hand Thief - Feb 24 - 3 clicks
Rachel Madow criticized GOP Representative Shock for his attacking the stimulus and then taking credit for projects funded by the stimulus. His response? With all due respect, Rachel, does that mean you’re going to give back your Bush tax cuts that you continue to rail against? This was a lame argument when he made it himself. But [...]...
Liberty and Justice for All - Feb 23
An AP report claims that tonight’s loss in Cleveland was a “waste” of Marcus Thornton’s outstanding 37 point performance. Let me get this straight… the Hornets fought hard the entire game against the best team in the league who just picked up another quality player without our star player and made it a very close [...]...
Liberty and Justice for All - Feb 23
(Alternate title: Moron, that damn billboard) To answer that question, which judging by its Facebook popularity has plenty of people inexplicably answering in the affirmative, I can only say: • I'd respond to that with, "There's a better chance a black man will be elected president and the Saints will win the Super Bowl," but those things have happened. So to more accurately con...
Ian McGibboney - Feb 23 - 3 clicks
Nobody has used the filibuster as much as the GOP has this year. The GOP are even filibustering bills that they would support of they were in power just to hand Obama political defeats. To them, political victories are more important than passing policy (even if the policy is one that they would agree with). That [...]...
Liberty and Justice for All - Feb 23
So I've been having this recurring dream for about four years now... It takes place in a vast network of apartment complexes, health clubs, bus stops, malls, football fields, storage sheds, highways, night spots, acting schools and even swamps. Each venue is punctuated by its own song, usually a Michael Jackson one, and in each one I'm always trying to acquire something. Acquire what? I h...
Ian McGibboney - Feb 23
...and I'm on the wagon, ya heard? Anonymous has left a new comment on your post " I do hereby admit... ": Links for your perusal: Minacore to Geocor: http://www.nola.com/living/t- p/index.ssf?/base/living-0/ 122249287283440.xml&coll=1 The property seems to be a bar and a daiquiri shop....with video gambling of course. And who is Geocor? http://www...
American Zombie - Feb 22 - 2 clicks
... said Zulu Vice President, Naaman Stewart , when asked about the terms of the $800,000 grant which was recently bestowed upon the organization by our mayor. Well..then why don't we ask the guy who put the proposal together...who, as luck would have it, is the recipient of the contract to replace the Zulu headquarters. If anyone should understand the UDAG proposal, it should be this guy. Who ...
American Zombie - Feb 22
There's a commercial airing on the Olympics that bothers me. It involves a hockey coach talking to his young team, who just lost. He gives them a short speech, and then says, "We're going to eat like Olympians!" Then they go to McDonald's. Where they eat like Olympians. I wonder if there's an official cigarette of the games, too? ...
Ian McGibboney - Feb 22
My kids saw Percy Jackson and The Olympians: The Lightning Thief over the weekend, while my wonderful wife gave me a Sunday afternoon pass which I spent cocooned in a really fascinating book . Anyway, back to the post... Entergy's worst nightmare may be unfolding. First this: It’s Official: Google Can Sell Power Like a Utility then this last night: The Bloom Box: a power plant for...
American Zombie - Feb 22 - 3 clicks
Dead Pelican publisher Chad Rogers was a guest on Jeff Crouere's Ringside Politics radio show on WIST 990am. A caller named James from Metairie phoned in and asked Rogers if he felt the need to apologize or retract his false "Flash Sheet" news report claiming "the National Democratic party [planned] to provide massive amounts of Cash" for Mitch Landrieu's mayoral campaign". There was stunne...
Right Hand Thief - Feb 22
...that Oyster has bigger balls than I do. Just say no to drug kingpins I was tipped to that info. last night and I thought twice before posting it....no I pussed out. Here is one of the comments: Anonymous has left a new comment on your post " Blanque Check ": AZ, a Batt-buddy related question: See the NOLA.com story about the "New Orleans drug kingpin" today? Paul Cattoche a ...
American Zombie - Feb 21 - 3 clicks
A T-P story from February 13th provided updated information to some of the details presented in a recent far-flung YRHT post . STANDING DOWN: A real-estate developer has withdrawn a suit he filed last week in an attempt to stop criticism during the District A City Council campaign that, he said, "unlawfully ridiculed and derided" him. Vincent Marcello Jr. had sued candidate Susan Guidry an...
Right Hand Thief - Feb 21 - 2 clicks
I wish I could be as passionate about anything as today's conservatives are about government spending. I say this as a football fan whose team just won the Super Bowl for the first time. I say this as someone whose mother just endured major surgery and was informed that her insurance company is refusing to pay for the final two days of her hospitalization. I say this as someone not kn...
Ian McGibboney - Feb 20
Virginia signs her political death warrant: Jay Batt gets endorsement from former rival Virginia Blanque If she want's to jump in bed with the obnoxious, fat, rich guy because she needed her bar tab paid (that's metaphor people)...well...hey...you gotta do watcha gotta do. But the hangover will last forever...that will be the end of her political career or any future chance of getting elect...
American Zombie - Feb 20
Late Night Punk Rawk (hardcore) courtesy of Bad Brains circa 1979(!), performing "Attitude" and "I". Vital stuff. In 1988 my friends implored me to go with them to see Bad Brains do a Spring Break show in Daytona Beach (where I grew up). Almost no major punk rock bands ever played Daytona, so this was a big deal. But like a little douchenozzle, I decided not to go because I was busy...
Right Hand Thief - Feb 20
The Times Picayune does some post-election expenditure reporting. Of interest: In the New Orleans mayoral race, the campaign of the biggest overall spender -- businessman John Georges, who injected $3.5 million of his own money into the race -- put the most dough on the street during the Feb. 6 primary, according to reports filed this week with the state Ethics Administration.In addition to ...
Right Hand Thief - Feb 19 - 4 clicks
Thanks to Oyster for sharing this link from the Gambit. Apparently, if you want to find well endowed men, come to New Orleans. This made me ask a question though. Didn’t they come out with a “happiest cities” survey recently? I wondered why New Orleans was not number one. Well, as it turns out, the happiness study [...]...
Liberty and Justice for All - Feb 19 - 2 clicks
Claude Mauberret : Erroll Williams, a district assessor who has appraised property for roughly half the city for nearly 25 years, was elected New Orleans' city's first citywide assessor Thursday after his opponent, Claude Mauberret, pulled out of the March 6 runoff. ... "I did not look forward to a bruising campaign against someone for whom I have a great deal of personal and professional regard...
Moldy City - Feb 18 - 3 clicks
Your Cousin Pat at Hurricane Radio writes a very thoughtful and persuasive post about the predictable dynamics that all-too-often impede well-intentioned advocacy groups. Over time, many advocacy groups become associated with (or, worse, invested in) failed governmental organizations. When crisis occurs and the cumulative failures of the organization are exposed, these reformist groups do not ha...
Right Hand Thief - Feb 18
This is one of my personal pet peeves. You hold elections for a reason. If you are going to require a simple majority (something I agree with) and you have a runoff to determine who of the top two will win, the person in 2nd place should not be able to withdraw from the race. [...]...
Liberty and Justice for All - Feb 18
Big Man was incredulous at the early spin describing today's events in Austin, TX: [E]verybody is falling all over themeselves not to call this cat a "terrorist." It's "possible terrorist-related activity" but it's not terrorism and he's not a terrorist. What the hell? How can you fly a plane into a building out of spite, and have folks call it "suicide by plane?" That's like calling it ...
Right Hand Thief - Feb 18
Hah! Priceless! He may have used HUD revolving fund cash to pay out that fat ass check. Zulu check comes with unanswered questions Funny, cause I just watched a similar scenario with my daughter today on That's So Raven . Raven's dad gave her 100 bucks to go buy a book she needed for school. But Raven had this party coming up and she really wanted a fly-ass blouse to wear to the party,...
American Zombie - Feb 18 - 3 clicks
...you're not supposed to understand it cause it's a goddamn mystery. UPDATE: Claude Mauberret drops out of assessor's race I have it under good authority from multiple sources that this plan was hatched between Mauberret and Williams last summer before the race even started. The idea is that if they could both get into the runoff, one of them would drop out while the other carried out the ...
American Zombie - Feb 18
Turns out, I did end up spending Mardi Gras like many of the revelers on Bourbon street...face down in the toilet. My son contracted a very nasty stomach virus which he in turn gave to the rest of my family so we've had a blast the past 48 hours....and I do mean blast, but I won't get graphic. That was the sickest I've ever been in my life; avoid this bug at all costs. Meanwhile an anon sent th...
American Zombie - Feb 17
• Numerous people were wearing Drew Brees, Devery Henderson, Darren Sharper, Marques Colston, Reggie Bush, Jeremy Shockey and Scott Shanle jerseys who were, in fact, not those guys. • I caught a plush cheetah, easily my best catch of the day. I let a baby boy next to me have it, and he went from seeming disturbed by the cacophony to ecstasy. His mom was grateful. Cute, too. • While I stoo...
Ian McGibboney - Feb 16 - 2 clicks
On Thursday, Rasmussen Reports came out with a poll on the Louisiana Senate race that is rather discouraging: Candidate Percentage (October 2009) Sinning Senator (R) 57% (46%) Charlie Melancon (D) 33% (36%) One of the reasons for this surge of support for the Sinning Senator is that he has continually attacked Charlie by linking to h...
Daily Kingfish - Feb 14 - 2 clicks
A recent poll states that only 8% of Americans want Congress to be reelected. This is just about as dumb as the congressional approval rating polls. Why are such polls meaningless? Because at the end of the day, incumbents typically have a 85%+ reelection rate for Congress. Usually people disapprove of Congress as a whole. However, [...]...
Liberty and Justice for All - Feb 12
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Danger Blond - Feb 12
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Danger Blond - Feb 12
During his presidency in 1987, Ronald Reagan was asked how he reacted to Mikhail Gorbachev's offer to cut aid to the Sandanistas. He glanced at an index card and said, "This is a subject we are going to be discussing for quite some time." By now, most Americans have seen Sarah Palin's palm notes for her address/Q&A at the National Tea Party Convention. Energy. Tax cut. Budget ...
Ian McGibboney - Feb 9
Due to last night's turn of events, I have not been able to sit down long enough to tame the pure, unbridled joy that I feel. After 20 hours or so, I have finally sunk to a level where I feel like I can express myself a little better. WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO...
Ian McGibboney - Feb 8
Slowly he peeled off his white game pants and pulled a sleeveless undershirt over his head. He squirted white, gooey shampoo into his grey buzz cut and it began running down off his head. All of this he has done hundreds of times since he was a little boy, flinging footballs around fields in Mississippi. ... Next came wide receiver Sidney Rice. Over the course of their one season together, Rice...
Moldy City - Feb 7
Four years ago, watching TV, I wondered what some wet behind the ears Tulane professor from who knows where could possibly tell me about New Orleans politics. Now that Brian Brox finally looks old enough to shave, another station trots out some kid from who knows where who looks even younger. He was on ABC26 tonight, but I couldn't find a picture of Michael Sherman anywhere. I set a persona...
Moldy City - Feb 7
Y'all can see the #'s over at the Secretary of State's website . Once you get to that page, click on the Parish tab, and choose Orleans Parish to see all the results for the entire Parish. But the election of Mitch Landrieu to the Mayoralty is yet another step in the right direction after all the political mis-steps in the years following Katrina. Now, it's time to get ready f...
Daily Kingfish - Feb 6 - 3 clicks
An advisory is out about the Saints Super Bowl drinking meme that's been going around: Due to a computer glitch, some rules of the game could cause you to be unresponsive. Here are the new, repaired drinking game rules: Drink four beers: • Every time an NFL analyst picks the Saints to win (this includes print newspapers and MySpace). • For every pre-game vignette that treats the Sa...
Ian McGibboney - Feb 6
The family of Trina Renee Harris has filed suit against Toyota Motors Inc. Ms. Harris was killed in an accident when her car sped through a stop sign and smashed into a cement wall. The accident occurred just weeks before the recall that would have included Ms. Harris’ 2009 Toyota Corolla. The Houston Chronicle says Ms. Harris told her husband that she felt t...
Justice is a Fickle Thing... - Feb 3
In honor of the flap that the NFL found itself in regarding the ownership of the phrase "WHO DAT?!" and the Sinning Senator's co-sponsoring of the DC Gay Marriage Referendum bill about to be introduced in the U.S. Senate, and currently in committee in the House, someone's about to have a whole lotta fun (and probably) make a ton of money on these t-shirts that I'm hearing are about to hit th...
Daily Kingfish - Feb 3
This has been hanging up in my cubicle since 2007. In that game, the Colts trounced the Saints 41-10, leading me to attach a note answering the ad's question: "The Colts, apparently." That piece is long gone now, but the question is born anew. Bonus: Can you find the huge spelling mistake? Most people miss it. ...
Ian McGibboney - Feb 1 - 2 clicks
Since I couldn't find archives on the Tribune's website, I'll copy it at the bottom of this post. It's worth rereading after reading this month's endorsement of John Georges: The New Orleans Tribune has been a tireless advocate and a consistently strong voice for self-governance and self-determination in a majority African American city. We have been out front endorsing and supporting African A...
Moldy City - Feb 1 - 2 clicks
Or just up to Gary Locke ? Really, Nagin or Riley (or somebody at WBOK) should say something if the Picayune's just making this up: Riley got in the last word, suggesting that if the favored candidate of his unnamed movers and shakers wins the upcoming race to succeed Nagin, those forces will see that the city's population tally increases -- on paper, that is -- so that the rate of violence ap...
Moldy City - Feb 1
