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CenLamar: Wave!

Thu, 12 Nov 2009 17:50:35 -0500

Thanks to Ryan, I am an early adopter of GoogleWave, which, as I posted a couple of weeks ago, looks like it could be the death of e-mail. I don’t have invite privileges yet, but if Google rolls this out the same way they did with Gmail, I should soon. And [...]

CenLamar: Mother Jones: Senator David Vitter, R-Formaldehyde

Thu, 12 Nov 2009 17:25:44 -0500

Earlier today, Mother Jones published a revealing article about Louisiana Senator David Vitter’s ties to the formaldehyde industry and the reasons he is now single-handedly holding up President Obama’s appointment to lead the EPA’s Research and Development division. Quoting: Instead of the EPA ruling on formaldehyde now, Vitter wants the agency to [...]

Voices of New Orleans: NYT: Party for the po' boy

Thu, 12 Nov 2009 16:34:57 -0500

Next Saturday, New Orleans will be partying for their favorite sandwich and beating up Subway's Jared with a French loaf:

[I]n what organizers are calling a French Bread Fight, a combatant portraying Jared Fogle, the calorie-conscious Subway pitchman, will square off against a combatant representing John Gendusa, the baker who, in [...]

Library Chronicles: The Incalculable Wrongness of Yellow Blog Football Prognostication or How I Fought Off the Demon and Managed to Save the Day for All of Us (Part 1)

Thu, 12 Nov 2009 16:30:00 -0500

Note: The first half of the title here is a riff on the title of last week's unpublished football post which would have read "The Incalculable Wrongness of Bob Roesler or Why the Saints are Guaranteed to Lose This Week". As you can see, there's a lot of stuff going [...]

Library Chronicles: More analysis of the GNOCDC housing report

Thu, 12 Nov 2009 15:55:00 -0500

We are pleased to refer you to The Lens [...]

Your Right Hand Thief: Defeat the radical Metroplexual agenda

Thu, 12 Nov 2009 14:26:00 -0500

Number of comments: 4
A NW LA Who Dat is requesting your assistance. Apparently the Shreveport Fox affiliate can't decide whether to broadcast the Saints or the Dallas Cowboys football game this Sunday. So they've created an online poll that will determine the outcome. As the Who Dat fan explains

The rivalry between [...]

Liprap's Lament - The Line: So I've been under ...

Thu, 12 Nov 2009 14:09:00 -0500

Number of comments: 1

So I've been under the weather. No swine are anywhere near me, or their flu, thanks, but the collision in my body of antihistamines and cold virus is making for some bizarre dreams involving Maitri in a Bucky the Badger suit and some interesting [...]

Hooah Wife and friends: Ask Y

Thu, 12 Nov 2009 13:48:09 -0500

“I gotta tell you man. I love South Park. Sometimes it just nails it…” – Glenn Beck I agree but I wonder what he thought of this episode: [...]

Library Chronicles: Bye, Byron

Thu, 12 Nov 2009 13:29:00 -0500

You'd think they would have taken care of this a few months back when it could have done some good. ' [...]

Best Of New Orleans Blog: Who saw this one coming?

Thu, 12 Nov 2009 13:13:33 -0500

Number of comments: 2

Photograph by Jonathan Bachman

The Hornets are 3–6 and flying under the radar because of the Saints’ superb season but that won’t stop the Bees from making headlines. According to many sources, Byron Scott has been fired after New Orleans’ abysmal 124–104 [...]

Your Right Hand Thief: Why are women getting so hysterical over the passing of Stupak?

Thu, 12 Nov 2009 11:31:00 -0500

Number of comments: 2
Certainly Stupak was an ugly entity, seemingly from another era. But if you take the time to inspect Stupak's life, I think you can find a certain bizarre charm to the man. (For example, did you ever see the old curmudgeon get irritated on GSN's High Stakes Poker? Funny [...]

Adrastos: THE PICAYUNE SELLS OUT

Thu, 12 Nov 2009 11:10:00 -0500

New Orleans Times-Pic buyout mania. [...]

Hooah Wife and friends: What’s In A Name?

Thu, 12 Nov 2009 10:50:12 -0500

What does your name mean? Christopher From now on, will only respond to the names Kit or Chip. [...]

Library Chronicles: Sophisiticating up the corruption: Baltimore edition

Thu, 12 Nov 2009 10:09:00 -0500

It was over two years ago now when Robert Cerasoli told us our corruption wasn't "sophisticated" enough. “Corruption in other cities is so sophisticated (because of their rules) you wouldn’t find briberies. It’s very unusual you’d find someone passing money in an office somewhere.”

And it was only' [...]

Hooah Wife and friends: All He Wants Are Christmas Cards

Thu, 12 Nov 2009 09:48:53 -0500

Read this and see if you can help this little kid out. [...]

Library Chronicles: Jefferson Parish Carnival Krewes do not think very creatively

Thu, 12 Nov 2009 09:31:00 -0500

I don't see what the problem is here.

Not wanting to compete with the biggest game in football, and potentially the biggest game in New Orleans Saints history, Metairie’s Krewe of Rhea has canceled its 2010 Carnival parade on Feb. 7, Super Bowl Sunday.

Nobody knows how' [...]

My Bossier: Haynesville Shale Expo Friday

Thu, 12 Nov 2009 09:00:00 -0500

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November 13th at Shreveport Civic Center
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New Orleans Ladder: ~Editilla Notellas on'da Crow'tella~ If any'youz ...

Thu, 12 Nov 2009 08:30:00 -0500

Number of comments: 4
~Editilla Notellas on'da Crow'tella~
If any'youz would like to know just how fast someone can run from That Flood, please do check and compare our first post
--at the bottom of our very first week alive, with today.
Go Down There. Climb that first week. Then come back' [...]

forgotston.com: Absolutely genius!

Thu, 12 Nov 2009 08:00:39 -0500

On Tuesday ( Story here.), the State Streamlining Commission approved a recommendation to the governor and leges that they reduce expenditure in next fiscal year’s budget by 2% or $124 Million.

On Monday, Commissioner of Administration Angele Davis said that the state would have a revenue [...]

Mostly Cajun, All American and Opinionated: Food for Thought – 12 November 2009

Thu, 12 Nov 2009 07:52:10 -0500

There ain't no such thing as a free lunch... (I'm paying for [...]

The Old River Road - Blogging Louisiana & Its Politics: Tidbits from the bond supporters' CFRs

Thu, 12 Nov 2009 07:06:12 -0500

Kip Holden's Bond PAC has raised over half a million dollars so far, and it has come from primarily two types of individuals: 1) those who stand to benefit financially from the bond's passage (i.e. architects, engineers, contractors, etc.) and 2) those on the cocktail circuit (i.e. the downtown crowd).

Some [...]

And So it Goes in Shreveport: A Rant is Simmering

Thu, 12 Nov 2009 06:43:00 -0500

Number of comments: 7
I'm fighting the urge for a huge rant. It's simmering beneath the surface and I've been squashing it for a few days. It started a few days ago when a commenter accused me of never saying anything nice about the president. That's a rant in itself, but it's all mushing [...]

Mostly Cajun, All American and Opinionated: Today in History – November 12

Thu, 12 Nov 2009 05:00:58 -0500

Number of comments: 1

1793 – Jean Sylvain Bailly, the first Mayor of Paris, is guillotined. If New Orleans re-elected Ray Nagin, exactly how bad do you think THIS guy had to be…

1927 – Politics as she is practiced in the USSR: Leon Trotsky is expelled from the Soviet Communist Party, leaving [...]

CenLamar: Hook, Line, and Sinker: Part Two

Thu, 12 Nov 2009 02:43:06 -0500

Number of comments: 5
I didn’t expect the strong reaction I have received since I posted Part One of Hook, Line, and Sinker, but I sincerely appreciate the comments and advice I’ve received during the last 24 hours. I did, however, expect that Greg Aymond would respond, in his own way, on his blog, considering [...]

Voices of New Orleans: USA: Big cruise ship finally returns

Thu, 12 Nov 2009 01:38:54 -0500

The city had to wait an extra day because of tropical storm Ida, but finally, after more than four years, the mammoth Carnival cruise ship is back in New Orleans:

The 2,758-passenger Carnival Triumph, one of the biggest ships in the Carnival fleet, will make its debut in the Big Easy [...]

Not Right About Anything: Eye for an eye? Not I

Thu, 12 Nov 2009 01:17:00 -0500

Number of comments: 8
Does anyone else find it ironic that the U.S. government executed a former Army sharpshooter on Veterans Day?
Maybe it isn't so ironic, especially in light of the recent Fort Hood shootings at the hand of Nidal Malik Hasan. Some say the common thread is Muslim extremism. But I think' [...]

Louisiana News Link: EDITORIAL: Corruption Takes Its Toll