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JFP: Noise: Jackson High School Wins National Honor

Fri, 11 Dec 2009 19:40:00 -0500

by Ward Schaefer December 11, 2009 U.S. News & World Report has named Murrah High School in Jackson a Silver Medal school in the magazines latest list of Americas Best High Schools. Murrah was the only school in the state and one of 461 high schools in the nation to earn the [...]

JFP: Noise: JFP Person of the Day: Mark Chinn

Fri, 11 Dec 2009 19:25:00 -0500

by Ward Schaefer December 11, 2009 Yes, he's a divorce lawyer, but if Mark Chinn has his way, that job description will sound less like a slur and more like an honor. Chinn, 56, wants to move his profession away from the litigious, take-no-prisoners mentality it currently holds to a more collaborative [...]

JFP: Noise: Jackson Happenings This Weekend

Fri, 11 Dec 2009 19:15:00 -0500

by Ronni Mott December 11, 2009 Bundle up this afternoon and head to the historic Farish Street district for an evening of holiday celebration. At 4 p.m., join the Farish Street/Main Street Project for the annual tree-lighting ceremony in the park at the corner of Farish and Hamilton streets. Then, at 7 [...]

JFP: Noise: [Ratcliff] Energy Efficiency is the Solution, Not Coal

Fri, 11 Dec 2009 19:15:00 -0500

by Mary Ratcliff December 11, 2009 Climate change and what to do about it has been a contentious topic for some time now. Although Al Gore's film, "An Inconvenient Truth," did a terrific job of telling the story about the threat of global warming, too many people don't believe they can or' [...]

Yall Politics: Barbour - If health care legislation goes threw, Miss. would have to increase taxes

Fri, 11 Dec 2009 17:05:00 -0500

Barbour - If health care legislation goes threw, Miss. would have to increase taxes Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour says health care legislation pending in Congress could make Medicaid too expensive for his state by putting lots more people on the program. The Republican governor sent a letter to U.S. senators Friday to [...]

Yall Politics: YP EXCLUSIVE - Paul Minor RICO Conviction Affirmed

Fri, 11 Dec 2009 17:04:00 -0500

Where will they appeal to next? by Alan LangeOn December 11, the convictions of Paul Minor, Wes Teel and John Whitfield were largely affirmed by the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals. All of the convictions stood except for one count involving Minor and Teel on the Section 666 Honest Services charge. [...]

Respond Mississippi: More Problems for Bennie Thompson: Report that lobbyists paid Thompson staffer to do fundraisers for Thompson

Fri, 11 Dec 2009 16:40:00 -0500

Y'all Politics dug up another item breaking this week about Bennie Thompson. The website TPMMUckraker reports a Thompson staffer has been paid by lobbyists to conduct events honoring Thompson. The plots thicken...A party planning side business run by three current and former congressional staffers raked in over $20,000 last' [...]

Yall Politics: Chaney says he had to agree to coastal insurance rate increase

Fri, 11 Dec 2009 15:48:00 -0500

Chaney says he had to agree to coastal insurance rate increase Mississippi Insurance Commissioner Mike Chaney said he was not happy about granting a 19.5 percent homeowners rate increase to State Farm, but he had little choice. "Would you want me to have 26,000 policies canceled on the Gulf Coast with nobody" [...]

Yall Politics: Dozens of amendments offered on financial overhaul bill

Fri, 11 Dec 2009 15:46:00 -0500

Dozens of amendments offered on financial overhaul bill Roughly 15 months after the global financial system teetered on the brink of a cataclysmic implosion, the House of Representatives on Thursday began debating the most sweeping rewrite of financial regulation since the Great Depression. The House began considering 36 amendments, after House leaders [...]

JFP: Noise: MDH Offering Free Flu Vaccines

Fri, 11 Dec 2009 15:45:00 -0500

December 11, 2009 The Mississippi State Department of Health is now offering free vaccines for the H1N1 flu, commonly known as swine flu, to Mississippians. Residents 6 months of age or older can get either the injectable vaccine or the nasal-spray vaccine free at any MSDH at any county health department. [...]

Yall Politics: C. Pickering and Hester meeting with Danks today over after soccer match scuffle

Fri, 11 Dec 2009 15:44:00 -0500

C. Pickering and Hester meeting with Danks today over after soccer match scuffle The attorneys for former U.S. Rep. Chip Pickering and a youth soccer coach, both charged with simple assault from a weekend scuffle, will meet this morning with Municipal Judge Dale Danks Jr. to discuss resolving the issue. Danks [...]

Yall Politics: House approves allowing checked guns on Amtrak

Fri, 11 Dec 2009 15:38:00 -0500

House approves allowing checked guns on Amtrak Rep. John Fleming, R-Minden, who introduced the proposal early this year, praised the House action. “This strong bipartisan measure is an essential part of the effort to reclaim our Second Amendment rights, which have been eroded over the years by activist judges and liberal lawmakers,” [...]

Respond Mississippi: Fifth Circuit: Paul Minor Still Guilty

Fri, 11 Dec 2009 15:29:00 -0500

Per our post yesterday about Oliver Diaz defending the integrity of Paul Minor, Y'all Politics breaks the story that the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals finds that Minor is still guilty.' [...]

Yall Politics: No more lines? Kiosks offer self-serve renewals for drivers

Fri, 11 Dec 2009 14:56:00 -0500

No more lines? Kiosks offer self-serve renewals for drivers On Thursday, Gov. Haley Barbour joined Department of Public Safety officials in Jackson for the unveiling of the kiosks as the latest measure to improve the Department of Motor Vehicles. Over the next two weeks, kiosks will be placed inside Department of Motor [...]

NMissCommentor: The Fifth Circuit overturns all bribery convictions in the Minor case

Fri, 11 Dec 2009 14:42:55 -0500

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At 74 pages it’s a lot to absorb, but particularly given that what’s left is the mail fraud charges (see below what that matters), the Fifth Circuit’s opinion in the Minor case is a big thing both in terms of Minor’s case and the law relating to federal program bribery.

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Right of Mississippi: Another Switch to the GOP – Number 9

Fri, 11 Dec 2009 14:41:11 -0500

Mississippi Republicans welcomed the ninth Democratic elected official to switch parties to the GOP this year since the Innauguration of President Barack Obama. At a press conference featuring Governor Haley Barbour and Republican National Committee Chairman Michael Steele, the GOP announced that five-term Neshoba County Chancery Clerk Larry McMillan has [...]

Ipse Blogit: YP: Paul Minor Appeal Decided

Fri, 11 Dec 2009 13:22:00 -0500

Y'all Politics reports that the Fifth Circuit has decided the appeal taken by Paul Minor, John Whitfield, and Wes Teel.

The seventy page opinion reverses all aspects of the convictions based on 18 USC Section 666, the "federal program bribery" statute. The Court found that there was no' [...]

State Street Posts: "6 Ways Comcast-NBC Deal Could Affect Consumers"

Fri, 11 Dec 2009 12:59:57 -0500

NPR: "Investors are still skeptical about the wisdom of cable giant Comcast's bid to purchase control of NBC Universal from General Electric. But consumers could be the ones with the most at stake, according to analysts. 'I've been scratching my head to see how this deal could bode well for...[...]

State Street Posts: Love them book smarts...

Fri, 11 Dec 2009 12:46:07 -0500

From the Starkville Daily News - "Economist: Education a factor in sluggish Mississippi economy in 2000s": Mississippi's economy has struggled this past decade – at least in part – because it has the least educated population in the country, an economist said Thursday.... Figures from the 2009...

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Liberal Smash: "Evolution" and the Dumbing Down of Our Kids

Fri, 11 Dec 2009 11:49:00 -0500

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This is a graphical "progressive" representation of "evolution" presented as "FACT!" from the purveyors of the Religion of Darwinism. Please ignore the very real fact that ALL of these pictured thingies actually still EXIST. It is absolute PROOF of the progression and the "evolution" of species. Ignore [...]

Ipse Blogit: Reeves Barbour does the impossible: 2 holes-in-one in the same round

Fri, 11 Dec 2009 11:45:00 -0500

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Oxford publication The Local Voice has a story coming out soon detailing an incredible round of golf by Gov. Haley Barbour's son, Reeves. The younger Barbour was playing in a tournament at the Robert Trent Jones Golf Club in Manassas, VA, when he aced two holes in the same [...]

State Street Posts: Jackson man found guilty of murdering Brandon teen

Fri, 11 Dec 2009 11:23:31 -0500

Verbatim from news release: STATE OF MISSISSIPPI JIM HOOD ATTORNEY GENERAL Jury Reaches Verdict in Murder of Brandon Teenager December 11, 2009 Jackson, MS--A Hinds County Circuit Court jury has reached a verdict in the trial of a Jackson man charged with the murder of a Brandon...

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Jackson Jambalaya: Kuns now practicing law again

Fri, 11 Dec 2009 10:55:00 -0500

Laura Kuns is practicing law again. Jackson Jambalaya reported earlier this year she had been disbarred by the Mississippi Supreme Court. The former MC Law School professor had testified to having an affair with then-Justice Oliver Diaz in his trial. Ms. Kuns was disbarred for (ready for this?) not paying [...]

State Street Posts: "Poly-Local"

Fri, 11 Dec 2009 10:13:23 -0500

Lost Remote: Local Online News, Advertising, Hyperlocal and Neighborhood Blogs: "Poly-Local -- A term that NBC Local’s Brian Buchwald used at ILM 09 to describe a growing number of users who don’t distinguish between local and national content experiences. “The line is blurring,” he said. Buchwald...

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State Street Posts: Sunny California...

Fri, 11 Dec 2009 10:04:19 -0500

Space-Based Solar Plant Planned For California Green - Technorati: "Billed to be the first of its kind, a renewable energy contract on a space based solar project has been approved by the California Public Utilities Commission. This 15-year commercial contract has been awarded to California’s...

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State Street Posts: "Medianet"

Fri, 11 Dec 2009 10:03:05 -0500

Beet.TV: Cisco's Vision for a Paid Model for Online Video: "For the most part, the advertising model for online video is not working The ecosystem for premium content is going to be a paid-model/subscription model and Cisco is planning to be a big part of this, according to Murali Nemani." [...]

Shira bat Sarah: Shabbat Shalom and Sameach Chanukah!

Fri, 11 Dec 2009 09:38:00 -0500

May the lights of freedom shine for all!Take a stand like this man did in Switzerland did after minarets were banned! [...]

Liberal Smash: Fun With Math and Dead Presidents

Fri, 11 Dec 2009 09:36:00 -0500

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It just hit me that we have FOUR living ex-Presidents, plus the current bozo in the White House. Of the five, four are total idiots.

Here's the shocker Liberals, George W. Bush is the smartest of the five and there is not much chance that you can dispute that [...]

State Street Posts: CL opines on Gulf Coast insurance woes

Fri, 11 Dec 2009 09:07:39 -0500

HT @ProgressforMiss - Insurance: Still the issue on the Coast | clarionledger.com | The Clarion-Ledger: "Mississippi Gulf Coast residents dodged a major storm this past hurricane season and continue to rebuild from the devastation Hurricane Katrina brought in 2005. But they have to deal with other...

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State Street Posts: MDA finds a lot less to report in 2009

Fri, 11 Dec 2009 08:53:53 -0500

Mississippi Business Journal � Blog Archive � Recession cuts projects by more than half: "According to information from the Mississippi Development Authority (MDA), the recession cut the number of new and expanded facilities in the state in 2009 by more than half and decreased capital investments...

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State Street Posts: Watkins, Allen hedging their bets on a Pearl lake?

Fri, 11 Dec 2009 08:46:23 -0500

Jackson Free Press: Jackson, Mississippi - Noise - City/County - development - Developers Push a Lake for Downtown: "Jackson developer David Watkins, whose ventures include the King Edward Hotel and the Farish Street entertainment district, unveiled plans for a downtown lake and riverwalk at a...

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Majority In Mississippi: Friday Ramblings with Robert

Fri, 11 Dec 2009 08:39:05 -0500

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The Fall of Chip Pickering Chip Pickering had it all in front of him only to see it blow up in his face so fast. The news this week that former Rep. Chip Pickering got into a fight at his son’s soccer game with the other teams head coach has carried all [...]

State Street Posts: Update on Boys & Girls Club shooting

Fri, 11 Dec 2009 08:37:39 -0500

Stray bullet hits child at Boys & Girls Club | clarionledger.com | The Clarion-Ledger: "Prayers were flowing inside the intensive care unit at University of Mississippi Medical Center for an 8-year-old girl hit by a stray bullet Thursday afternoon while doing her homework at a south Jackson...

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State Street Posts: Ice chunk approaches southwest Australia

Fri, 11 Dec 2009 08:32:02 -0500

Australia shipping alert over massive iceberg - Yahoo! News: "Australian authorities Friday issued a shipping alert over a gigantic iceberg that is gradually approaching the country's southwest coast. The Bureau of Meteorology said the once-in-a-century cliff of ice, which dislodged from...

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State Street Posts: CIA hired Blackwater mercs, says NYT

Fri, 11 Dec 2009 08:25:16 -0500

Report: Blackwater guards linked to CIA raids - Yahoo! News: "Private security guards working for Blackwater USA participated in clandestine CIA raids against suspected insurgents in Iraq and Afghanistan, The New York Times reported Thursday. Blackwater, now renamed Xe Services, disputed there was...

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State Street Posts: Cue Bowie's "Young Americans" for this story

Fri, 11 Dec 2009 08:22:33 -0500

Pakistan Case Highlights Jihadi Efforts On Web : NPR: "Five young Muslim Americans were detained in Pakistan this week. Investigators close to the case believe the five wanted to train in terrorist camps, making them the most recent Americans known to have been radicalized in the U.S. who then...
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Jackson Jambalaya: Latest crime stats

Fri, 11 Dec 2009 07:02:00 -0500

Latest Jackson crime stats for the week November 30-December 6, 2009. [...]

JFP: Noise: Girl, 8, Shot at Boys & Girls Club

Thu, 10 Dec 2009 23:08:00 -0500

An 8-year-old girl was shot in the head while sitting inside the Boys & Girls Club on Sykes Road at around 2:30 p.m. today, according to Jackson police. The unidentified girl was reportedly doing her homework when a bullet came from outside. [...]

Liberal Smash: Help a Little Funny Looking Girl Win an iTouch

Thu, 10 Dec 2009 22:50:00 -0500

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A friend of mine just gave me the big hurt about wanting to save money on Christmas gifts for her daughter and enlisted my help. Since it is obvious that I am not going to get my kid anything, I thought that it would be a good idea to help [...]

JFP: Noise: Howard Exec Pleads Guilty

Thu, 10 Dec 2009 22:02:00 -0500

by Ronni Mott December 10, 2009 Jose Humberto Gonzalez, 45, former personnel director at Howard Industries in Laurel, Miss., pleaded guilty yesterday to conspiracy related to the company's hiring of undocumented immigrants. On August 25, 2008, Howard Industries was the site of the biggest immigration raid in U.S. history, during which U.S. [...]

Jackson Jambalaya: Change we want? Change we need?

Thu, 10 Dec 2009 20:06:00 -0500

Warning: May not BSFW

So how did wrestling go from this:

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