I was at N. Rampart and St. Bernard intersection yesterday and was trying to snap a photo of a billboard by this local attorney that strangely features a photo of him looking rather disheveled. This post was originally going to have that photo and some text inquiring as to why a legal professional would put…
Author: Varg
How Many Levees Can You Build With One Iraq War?
It seems appropriate that I reposted Bush’s Jackson Square speech yesterday, because later in the day, I read a story that said he plans to veto a largely bipartisan bill (381-40) passed in Congress to help provide better levee protection for Jean Lafitte, Jefferson, Orleans, Terrebonne and Lafourche Parishes. Just yesterday, one of Bush’s party…
Liens du Moment: 7/31
Lien lagniappe: DA situation makes the L.A. Times, too bad the local press seems to have forgotten about all about it. A violent tempest in New Orleans LA Times Speculating on Nola’s future Recovering New Orleans Common Ground Sometimes I go back and read this… Bush’s speech: full text Herald Tribune And hell, while we…
Random Acts?
No commentary necessary here. After the murder of contractor Tony White, NOPD sergeant Joe Narcisse said: “I think people can take some comfort in knowing that it was a random act of violence,” It doesn’t seem random that this is the third recent robbery that has turned (or was perhaps originally intended to be) violent:…
17th St. Canal Centrifuge Test
Here is a great video that shows a model of the levee system I-wall when placed in a centrifuge to simulate the pressure placed on it during a Lake Ponchartrain storm surge.
Still No Suspect
Following is a short update on the murder of Chris Roberts on Father’s Day. Actually it is not much of an update, the police still have no suspects or motives. I have traded a few e-mails with his girlfriend Jeanette Kelly and here is what she has told me: – Kelly is doing some investigating…
Fowee Night!
Need a reason to head on over to Algiers (nee’ Slaughterhouse) Point? Now you got one! From Friends of the Ferry: Ferry Night July 28, 5 p.m. until midnight Friends of the Ferry is inviting locals and tourists alike to celebrate the extension of the Canal St./Algiers Ferry hours from 8:45 p.m. to midnight. Fairy-dressers…
The Mismeasure of Man
Ministers show support for Jordan The Rev. Joseph C. Profit Sr., president of the Ideal Missionary Baptist Association, said New Orleans’ murder rate was also high in the years before Jordan became the first African American DA in the city’s history. But when Jordan’s predecessors were in office, Profit said, “No one cried out for…
Wearing Real Thin
Well, it appears as though another newspaper columnist has taken up the “let it die” cause. This one has considerably less credentials than the last but he needs to be addressed nonetheless. No one gets a free pass when they are advocating my and my neighbors’ financial ruin and the destruction by neglect of our…
We Only Ask For Better
We knew it would come. The issue of race has entered into the DA debate. Well, actually, it was always there. Since the day Ed stepped into office really. But man, it is really stinking now. It stinks because no debate as to the merit of black leadership can avoid the inevitable comparisons to lynch…