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Monday, October 10, 2011

Quote of the Day

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Steve Gleason: On the following Monday night, during a surprise ring ceremony at Mr. Johns Steakhouse, Scott Fujita went around the room em...

This week's first mystery

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Sunday's Times-Picayune offered an entertaining look at businessman Aaron Bennett and his central role in what could be several invest...
Saturday, October 08, 2011

It's what the fashionable revolutionaries are doing

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My favorite paragraph from this NOLAdef account of #Occupy Duncan Plaza In this pre-meeting facilitators decided that the human microphone ...
Friday, October 07, 2011

We Are Not Ready For Some Football or #Occupy Belgium Superdome

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Apologies in advance this week. We've been more distracted than usual and are not only late with this but also are pretty sure we'v...
Thursday, October 06, 2011

Fooled again

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This is obviously not the week I'm gonna crank out the Saints post any earlier than I have been. Part of the problem is, while I've ...

Welcome to the occupation

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The kids got a permit. A group of protesters calling themselves "Occupy New Orleans" will march across the city today before sett...

The single most ridiculous thing I have ever read in my entire life

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What a shameless fucking fraud that man is. But then, who isn't these days?
Wednesday, October 05, 2011

Some 99% are more 99% than others

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Here's something Jonathan Schwarz wrote about the 2008 campaign which is also relevant to understanding what these "Occupy" m...
Monday, October 03, 2011

#Occupy Cannizzaro!

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In a word, awesome. UPDATE I just realized I posted the wrong video here and left it like that all week. Here's what you should have se...

Michael Bloomberg rock opera

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Shorter Bloomberg: " For people like me, there is no problem! " Meanwhile, it's good to see the Paultards show up to plan this...
Friday, September 30, 2011

Things I don't get to go watch because of the early LSU kickoff

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The "Save Our (Avondale) Shipyard" march tomorrow morning on Poydras will begin at 10:00 AM and move from the Superdome to the Bog...

Serpas Signal

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Hot donuts License, registration, proof of insurance -- have them at the ready tonight and early Saturday morning if you drive in the Downto...

Occupy Poydras Street or Pawed And Herded And Other Mistreatments Of Superdome Patrons

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We hope your calendars are marked, New Orleans. This coming Sunday at noon, you'll certainly want to be in Washington Square Park for t...

All you need to know about Nagin and "Some people Uptown"

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Just one line from this whole stupid signage story is all you need. The former mayor was in that number, although he was more peacemaker th...
Thursday, September 29, 2011

Radtke to the rescue?

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Pat wonders where our anti-eyesore superhero vigilantes are when we need them .

Indentured Servitude

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This is an interesting Lens article I missed last week about the market for city cab licenses. Because the sale of these licenses,termed Ce...
Wednesday, September 28, 2011

Mean justice

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Quite an indictment of Judge Robin Pittman in this post . Can anyone corroborate any of this? In this case she sent a Carnival visitor to pr...

Leave your opinions at home

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Look, these yard signs illustrate some false and stupid right wing talking points but the man has a right to display his ignorance. Also if...

Clay reads the US Coast Guard/Interior Department report on Macondo so you don't have to

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See that and discussion on various other things here. Also see: Gulf of Mexico oil spill hurt common Louisiana marsh fish, study finds BP an...
Tuesday, September 27, 2011

Which one is the white guy?

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This morning's T-P looks at the race for Louisiana Secretary of State between incumbent Tom Schedler who inherited the office when Jay ...
Monday, September 26, 2011

Interesting word choice

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Jay Dardenne on his opponent Billy Nungesser "His chain is being yanked now by Sen. (David) Vitter" Really really bad imagery at ...
Saturday, September 24, 2011

Looks like we're doing it live

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I think the Bears game re-cap is just gonna have to get thrown together with the Texans game re-cap next week. I know everyone loves it when...

Tower to the skies

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Certain development proposals in New Orleans generate an absurd amount of passionate opposition. This week's example was this apartment ...

Elephant Jokes

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Billy Nungesser drops out of two previously agreed to debates with Jay Dardenne. Wonder what he's worried about . Also, I know it's...

Retroactive Serpas Signal

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Thursday night there was a DWI checkpoint in "the Gentilly area" which we neglected to post here ahead of time as per our usual ha...
Thursday, September 22, 2011

Mission Accomplished

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Way to go, Amazon. You've managed to make this every bit as cumbersome and stupid as we knew you would. First you go to your library...

To save a whorish industry, turn to a real whoremonger

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As a candidate for the office which oversees the Louisiana Department of Culture, Recreation and Tourism, Billy Nungesser would be charged w...
Wednesday, September 21, 2011

More like this

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Remember, Elizabeth Warren was the appointee Obama refused to fight for .
Tuesday, September 20, 2011

Poster Child

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Congratulations to my very good friend Nicole and everyone else who's had to endure the dehumanizing degradation of "Don't Ask...

Tuesday digest

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Busy and tired today so not a lot of Yellow Blog going on. Obviously we don't have the game re-cap ready but Wang has one (or part of on...
Monday, September 19, 2011

Recipe replay

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Because nobody asked, I think I'm going to make this again tonight.

Baton Rouge is quite a puzzle

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Dambala asks a pretty good question about the rights and privileges of BR royalty.

"Civil liberties and all that"

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The other day I meant to add this to the "Other Austin Badon facts" but couldn't find the quote anywhere. Today, I was helpful...
Saturday, September 17, 2011

This should go well

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Noted neo-prohibitionist , red light camera proponent and cell phone Nazi , Austin Badon is considering running for City Council. Other Bado...

"Manmade disaster"

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Sounds familiar Some of those whose homes were inundated have taken to describing the flooding as a "manmade disaster," suggestin...
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