The Times-Picayune has an article up on Nola.com right now about this year’s coming hurricane season and it does sound like deja vu from last year: Active hurricane season forecast Last year, while folks were filtering back into the city and levees and flood walls weren’t tip top, articles like this were circulating: NOAA PREDICTS…
Category: Haps
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Guns Don’t Kill People…
… but they sure are easy to trace. WWL is reporting that the recently-arrested owners of Elliot’s Gun Shop sold firearms that were used in 125 murders and 500 drug-related crimes around the region. More charges are supposedly pending. What I would like to see is the accused be charged with 125 counts of being…
And Here’s Where Two Waiters Beat The Crap Out Of Each Other…
I am actually surprised stuff like this doesn’t happen more often. I did some time working the hospitality industry in hotels on Canal and saw this type of shit “almost” happen all the time. Particularly at the banquets. I know on some nights I could have been involved in or witnessed a beatdown. Things get…
Where Ye Got Dem Booots?
Who knew this weekend was Pyratecon weekend in New Orleans? I searched the Web for some information on these guys and the worst thing I found was this terrible SNL sketch…
Yes, That’s How I Remember It …
Oh yes, I remember the half blue roof. I shakily went up there the day after we returned and screwed it in using a Craftsman drill and some 1x1s. Wasn’t gonna wait on Fema. No way. This shot must have been taken on a Sunday. There’s people at both churches. I was probably hungover. I’m…
Wait For It…The Race Card!
After reading Jarvis DeBerry’s recent editorial I have to say I agree with him on most points. Then he pulls out the race card out at slaps it on the table. I think it’s been forced into the ground that Ralph Lupin made a mistake and should feel embarrassed by his own actions. I myself…
Rats, Racism and 12 Answers.
(begin Garland Robinette voice) Ok, I’m just a layman here who doesn’t understand anything about garbage contracts and political cronyism and what not so…(end Garland Robinette voice) So it seems according to the comments posts here and at Adrastos along with today’s post at Moldy City that the more important issues to be concerned with…
Six Questions For Quarter Residents
After reading this article, I have six questions for French Quarter residents: 1.) How does a plastic garbage bin take away from the historic charm of the district but plastic Glad bags out on the street don’t? 2.) How does one solar-powered parking parking meter every block take away from the charm when a metal…
We’re All Saved!
Riley, Jordan unveil new agency policies Not going to speculate why this wasn’t being done in the first place. I will say that rhetoric and talk, talk, talk is seeming to materialize into something tangible. Finally a fucking plan. Whether it’s a failure or not remains to be seen. I don’t think anyone is going…
Boots-On-The-Ground
Nola.com says that alleged worst-mother-in-the-world Vanessa L. Johnson will be facing federal charges for giving her 17 year-old son, Clarence Johnson a gun with instructions to kill Robert Dawson, also 17. So we asked for it, and we got it. The feds are here. The Johnson case certainly makes a case that the state, even…