This is some despicable shit. NEW ORLEANS (AP) — About $16,000 worth of belongings was reported stolen from the home of the late Marquise Hill’s mother while she was at the funeral for her son, a New England Patriots lineman who drowned last week, police said Wednesday. No suspects have been identified in Saturday’s burglary…
Author: Varg
Liens du Moment: 6/6
Perhaps this is something on the skyline Jeffrey and I can agree on: Oak Trees! As money finally falls into place, City Park sows seeds for a slew of recovery projects, with more on the horizon Nola.com Levees can withstand a 40 year storm. Wait, what? New Orleans Levees 1,000 Times Riskier Than Large Dams…
I Know, I Know
– I know I just blogspotted him two posts ago but I wanted to send everyone back to the ‘Dish for his image depicting the extended family of Dollar Bill Jefferson. He said he has a Power Point presentation that goes into more detail but this will have to do for now. – I looked…
Jefferson To Be Indicted Today
CNN is reporting Dollar Bill is to be indicted on a dozen corruption charges. They even had it emblazoned on their “breaking news” banner for a few minutes. More soon. UPDATE: Looks like they up-and-indicted him. Here’s the Justice Department’s nuts-and-bolts press release that goes into some more detail than local and national reports. And…
Whiskey Tango Foxtrot?
Holey Shit, Holy Shit
I strongly urge everyone to head over to Nola-dishu to check out Clay’s sobering photos of the SoLa wetlands. He took (and scanned in one-by-one I might add) several photos of shipping canals seemingly carved at will out of the coast. Perhaps it would have been prudent to simply come up with a plan of…
Straight From The Mainstream Media’s Mouth
If CNN says it, it’s got to be true! Source: Nagin considering gubernatorial bid New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin is seriously considering a Louisiana gubernatorial bid, a political intimate of Nagin tells CNN. Whoa! Hey! Consider that source! What the fuck is a political intimate? Wait, there’s more… At the mayor’s State of the City…
Yesterday’s News…Today.
We all know Nagin’s speech was last night. The blogs are talking about it. It’s on the front page of the Times-Picayune. It’s all over the radio. It’s even on the front page of Nola.com, but hey, what’s that other thing on their front page? Do they have a headline posted prominently that announces, “Nagin…
Why Quibble About a Few Extra Miles?
I don’t listen to WWL at night much. I usually catch the a.m. stuff while running errands in the car on weekdays but that’s usually it. So in the interest of full disclosure I must admit that I have never listened to Bob Mitchell before tonight’s show following Nagin’s state of the city speech. And…
The Ghetto Bird is Coming!
You heard Nagin say it tonight. The ghetto bird is coming… “Why, oh why must you swoop through the hood like everybody from the hood is up to no good. You think all the girls around here are trickin up there lookin like Superchicken At night I see your light through my bedroom window But…