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Friday, February 02, 2018

Peak Falcons

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Arthur Blank is a ninny . The Atlanta Falcons have had enough of the jokes — especially ones made at their expense. After multiple ins...

Funny how some could paint you as a criminal

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Last night there was a rally for the embattled employees of Bourbon Street strip clubs. Club workers have repeatedly pointed to the fact ...
Thursday, February 01, 2018

Start with the fascists in your own streets

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Man that Trump State of the Union was a real doozy.  He started out running through the self-congratulatory bullshit everybody expected. ...

It all moves in a circle

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I think I see the problem here . NOJO Chairman Ron Forman, the broadly respected head of the Audubon Institute, told WWL-TV on May 12 tha...

Jim Henderson is turning down the sound

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Jim Henderson is retiring . Jim Henderson, who has provided impassioned play-by-play as the voice of the New Orleans Saints since for the...

Crying at work is the new normal

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I'd love it if it were possible to boycott the omnipotent leviathan that Amazon has become but I think maybe the better path would be to...
Wednesday, January 31, 2018

High deference

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A federal judge refused to order a halt to construction on Bayou Bridge.  This isn't the end of the case but there's little reason t...
Tuesday, January 30, 2018

What are they there to "assist" with?

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The reason the State Police are so valuable (in the mayor's estimation) in policing the French Quarter is they are allowed to get away w...

Republican legislators love the fiscal cliff

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They don't really care if the state is solvent or not. They do care about making sure their wealthiest patrons don't have to pay tax...

Out of the goodness of their hearts

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These mega-companies just want to help you .  No other motive.  I think that's nice. The new company will be independent and "...
Monday, January 29, 2018

Still out of compliance

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The specialist appointed to do Marlin Gusman's job for him has failed . Less than two weeks after a damning report from federal monito...

Still rounding up the usual suspects

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Eventually, they'll charge somebody with something in order to try and justify all the raids.  But it's going to take a while to fig...

"The forecast could change in the coming days"

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Weather people. What do they even know ? Carnival season kicks into high gear this weekend, with more than two dozen parades set to roll ...
Friday, January 26, 2018

Security State Gras

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It's parade season! Who is ready to go out walking in the streets after dark ? Well, here's something from a New York Times re...

More raids

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What are they even charging the clubs with? Everybody keeps throwing around the phrase "human trafficking" but no one has found an...

So what happens if they violate the NDAs?

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Nobody seems to know yet . It remains unclear how the agreements would be enforced. Shachat said she didn’t know of any penalty clause in ...
Thursday, January 25, 2018

Speak no evil

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The new thing that happened in the credit card saga is they got the State Supreme Court to appoint an ad-hoc judge who will now decide whet...

Speaking of "off the shelf" tax subsidies

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Three of the four candidates for the District 93 House seat were at an Alliance forum this week . They all sounded skeptical.  Three candi...

"Off-the-shelf"

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I think this phrase is meant to reassure people.  See, the state's 6 billion dollar offer to Amazon isn't all that alarming. These a...

Travel ban proposal

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Since Campbell Robertson is gone now, there's really no need to send any more NYT reporters to New Orleans.  Nothing good comes of it .

Wonder what Georges wants with the building

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The owners of the Swiss Confectionery sold him their building on St. Charles .  What made Culotta decide to leave St. Charles Avenue? ...
Wednesday, January 24, 2018

Shitcoin

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Too bad FNBC went under. Seems like they would have been exactly the people to handle the trade in these "pollution credits." Ma...

What did John Bel know and when did he know it?

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I guess Bayou Bridge is moving into the "ask for forgiveness instead of permission" phase of the operation.   The Bayou Bridge ...

Judge Vitter

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I don't put too much stock in this but, for what it's worth, there is chatter among the law talking people that Wendy isn't actu...
Tuesday, January 23, 2018

The things John Bel caves on

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Work requirements for Medicaid . He also suggested some items that Edwards said he expected Republicans would put forth, including a tran...
Monday, January 22, 2018

"John Bel Edwards is taking your shit"

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I wonder if he realizes the impact of the headlines being written now . This is year three of a legislative strategy based on giving Repub...

The morality police and their scribes

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It's good that we all got out this weekend and marched against fascism again .   From the looks of things, though, we're gonna need ...

Budget Day

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The traditional kickoff to Carnival may come on January 6, but lately it feels like the season doesn't really get into swing until the G...
Saturday, January 20, 2018

Are we better off than we were one year ago?

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I have an uncomfortable relationship with protest marches. On the one hand, I believe democracy does better when people make themselves se...
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