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Another day in Iraq, another international law wantonly disregarded. Meanwhile, tonight the American electorate prepares to look past all o...

I don't care how mean you are, I will not do your freaking fifth grader's homework for you!! Got that? Probably not.

For the easily entertained, such as myself. Click here. Nice, Aaron .

Oooh someone please implant an RFID chip in my arm. Man that sounds like fun!

That the supposedly independent television networks have boldly refused to have their use of camera angles dictated by the Commission on Pre...

NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. consumers may soon have to swallow more expensive coffee as soaring futures and rising costs from milk to fuel ind...

Know your audience. NEW YORK (AP) -- The folks at Comedy Central were annoyed when Fox News Channel's Bill O'Reilly kept referring t...

If you're like me, and I know I am, you may be familiar with that special relief that comes at the first sign that your shaky but to thi...

So it turns out that the guy using the phone claims to be trying to get the VA to give him his medication and is receiving "the runarou...

Our library system regularly pulls staff from the larger branches to cover for the smaller branches on days when they are short. Because I ...

From the Times-Pic this morning Levitan's proposed hurricane-safe public buildings would be unstaffed refuges and contain few amenitie...

Ever have one of those days wherein you just can't seem to make any progress no matter how much running you do? This is certainly one o...

I thought you might win six or seven games. If Deuce misses any significant amount of time , you won't win four. But you knew that alre...

This quarterback rotation crap just ain't gonna cut it. By the way, what is the deal with all these missed extra points in college foot...

Next time you find yourself evaluating whether or not to postpone an election that falls on the weekend after a massive evacuation of the st...

To the 177,157 Louisianians who voted against the gay marriage ban in yesterday's elections and thereby proved yourselves not to be hate...

If you don't believe me, just check out the new Maddox.

Deuce McAllister called out the Saints coaches yesterday regarding the team's new one back offense. Offensive coordinator Mike McCarthy...

If we tried to hold an election two days after a huge evacuation of the state's most densely populated area? A big mess that's what....

Bill Moyers' address to the Society of Professional Journalists.

Posting this a day late This morning, much of my neighborhood was still boarded up. Many evacuees have not returned just yet so I imagine a...

... but they won't tonight . Of course, this could have been "the one." In Alabama, they are reporting 50 ft waves. The goo...

I just noticed that, due to the inclement weather conditions in New Orleans, I inadvertently typed the phrase, "shelter of last result...

Image of the day: Here at Metroblogging New Orleans. Mental image of the day: Floating balls of fire ants.

Uptown is starting to get some wind but it's not even raining yet.. and we might not get much rain according to what they're saying ...

I'm preparing to ride out Ivan and I'm stuck here with one bottle of Pinot Noir and two Bud Lights. The good news is my dial-up con...

The Mayor has just announced that the Superdome will be open as a shelter of last resort for "special needs" citizens, the indigen...

I just spent a few minutes breaking curfew on my bicycle getting pictures of the Uptown New Orleans ghost town situation with my $5.00 dispo...

So at 7:00 this morning, we almost panicked. Or.. we did panic and then got over it. Dad and his parents and my brother and a cat a dog and...

As of 6:45pm Monday here is the situation for Tuesday. St. Bernard Parish: Voluntary evacuation issued. Public Schools Closed. Plaque...

So Ivan is starting to get all freaky on us. Anybody got any ideas?

The new Project Censored is out. The next person who complains about the "liberal media" to me gets a big fat punch in the mouth...

So sayeth this Globe report .

In this part of the world, the arrival of late summer and early autumn engenders a great deal of optimistic forward looking type thinking am...

First: The White House did not question the authenticity of these documents when CBS presented them. Second: It's really disgusting...

According to a study from the Massachusetts Taxpayers Foundation, denizens of the Gret Stet of Louisiana pay $111.26 in state taxes per $10...

For you to check out Nathan Newman's Labor Day mega post , which I wanted to link to a few days ago.. but there were Blogger issues. Ne...

Ready made, simplistic media framing. Let's see how quickly they pick up on this. Dick Cheney : " Go Fuck yourself ." T...

By now, I'm sure you all know that the records show that the President of the United States, while serving in the National Guard, disobe...

What's totally unacceptable is to tell the American people that the mere act of voting for your opponent opens the door to a terrorist a...

Look, just go read everything Atrios has posted today. Start here and go down.

Poor Florida can't catch a break , it would seem. Someday, some intolerable hack historian will make hundreds of thousands of dollars se...

WASHINGTON, Sept. 7 (UPI) -- A startling pattern of violence and suicide by America's most elite soldiers has followed their use of a co...

A great number of the local school children have received an assignment which requires them to acquire one work of fiction. I know nothing ...

If you can read this, it means that Blogger doesn't hate my existence exactly, just one particular post I've been trying to squeeze ...

So now that labor day is over with, what could possibly be next? Well, let's see, there does seem to be a certain swelling of enthusias...

I submitted the following letter to the T-P this morning. Perhaps it is too cute? There's nothing like a beautiful early New Orleans...

To even begin to appear to gloat about any of this . Because, of course, I am all too familiar with the cruelty of Fortuna's wheel. O...

Yup Note: echo chamber alert

The stockholders should be getting nervous.

George W Bush Accepting the Republican Nomination for President: I believe every child can learn, and every school must teach - so we pa...

Kerry today "I'm not going to have my commitment to defend this country questioned by those who refused to serve when they could h...

Is it some weird dream of mine or has the RNC devolved into a bizzare Simpsons episode? First we get a catch phrase and movie reference fil...

Convention Jockeys. Sort of the RNC's version of VNRs in real time. Blech! via: Derelection 2004 , The brand-spanking new election ...

"I read an article about Elvis Presley where he said he had a book called The Shroud of Turin. It was about Jesus and he said it chang...

Kurtz asks, "What were they thinking?" and then pretty much answers his own question. (Quoting the LA Times reaction) "The s...

The Louisiana Blog of record.

900 arrested in New York.

Which is a shame becaue Macs are cool.

Now I can definitively answer the question, when was the last time I managed to clear all the crap off of my desk? Answer: December 2, 20...

Once again the Gambit's stupid yuppie readership provides us with the latest version of exactly how not to enjoy New Orleans. Bruno...

Daisy , who once said the following to me, "The other night I got really drunk and went to the library's web site and requested a b...

On the eve of the RNC in NYC tens of thousands of people are taking to the streets prompting me to wonder why I spent my vacation in Destin ...

Who will be the first bobble-headed, trend conscious, lemming girl to say these words to me, "I don't smoke except when I'm han...

Things, as usual, are not well here in our shanty on the wrong side of the streetcar tracks. On Friday, I logged a complaint with my slumlo...

He's not exactly humble, but he's also not the prima donna ala Terrell Owens or Randy Moss that he is sometimes painted as. He talk...

Unfortunately the Challmatians continue to run wild but we'll get them too eventually. Now, thanks to science, you can watch yesterday...

Is now open at 3300 Canal St. Stop in and pick up a few bumper stickers so you can show your support for the weakest presidential candidate ...

Hell, yeah I'd love to go to Chicago on New Year's Eve to witness the final performance of the greatest spectacle in the history of...

Patron statement of the morning "I need some of those talking books because I have a... I'm allergic to that print that they use....

Sprucing up the liberry for tonight's gigantimongous NASA reception. I've even been so trite as to create a solar system mobile out...

This Times reporter is typically humorless and superior about this, which comes as no surprise really. But I think this is going to be pret...

Especially for someone who hasn't had even one official carry as a pro. ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. -- Running back Willis McGahee has asked the ...

So the birthday was a success. I even managed to suck it up and participate in the evening festivities and had a great time. I've hear...

Today is Consuela's birthday. In honor of this Mexican national day of celebration, I have weasled my way out of work so that we may ...

Tonight, we here at Lib Chron are quite pleased to present you with a short experiment made possible by the new Blogger "Navbar." ...

This time from professional nutball, Alan Keyes.

Bunch of damn subversives. link via LIS News

Is particularly obnoxious today, not in any amusing fashion worth detailing here, just plain rudeness. I mean, who do they think they are, ...

In New York In New Orleans

International observers in Venezuela have confirmed President Hugo Chavez's victory in a referendum on whether he should be removed from...

"What's that?" I blurted violently as I tugged Daisy toward the big glass box wherein was housed a rack of hanging meat. ...

Here is a quick rundown of today's notable Times-Pic offerings. In a clarification of yesterday's report which appeared to indicate...

This is an article about how well the Saints' defensive line played in last night's win over the Jets. Meanwhile, this is an ar...

So I'm only posting this for the following reasons: 1) Matt did it already 2)It has been a long time since I posted a quiz 3) I o...

The weather in New Orleans today is stunning. This morning, I had to check around to make sure I hadn't slept for three months and skip...

Having just arrived at home after safely conducting my vehicle along the route between the bar and my residence, I just have to let everyone...

I'd say it's high time that somebody bought Susie a polar bear .

I'm trying to get the hang of using this Hello crap. The unremarkable subject matter of the photo is, well, me engaged in some sort of ...

Probably. The close race is still very close. So stay on the ball. And for Christsakes try to keep your foot out of your mouth.

Figures WASHINGTON - A campaign worker for President Bush said Thursday American workers unhappy with low-quality jobs should find new ones ...

Here comes Bonnie. Remember, folks. The storm is not as bad as long as we stay on the west side.

The freedom loving Mexican attorney genreral has begun injecting them into employees' bloodstreams.

I'd like to dedicate this, my 500th Blogger post, to Greg Maddux who goes for his 300th career win today.

August 6 is Hiroshima day. Here is a chilling Guardian interview between Studs Terkel and Paul Tibbets who piloted the Enola Gay. Tibbets ...

Yup, in honor of the Timshel time killing game of the week , and also in honor of the latest Bushism (see previous post) it's the time k...

Here is today's Bushism Our enemies are innovative and resourceful, and so are we," Bush said. "They never stop thinking about...

This morning the staff were treated to a sadly uninspired performance of athleticism and oratory by a local woman of questionable residentia...

Goes up and up and up. If it gets much worse, we'll all be wobbling about on Segways for the rest of our lives. Side note: It's fu...

The title of the piece is Liberty Enlightening the World Since shortly after September 11, visitors to Liberty and Ellis islands have been...