Category: Madness

I have a few questions regarding the story linked below: Second teenage girl identifies Bonds in court; Juror tells court Bonds is “fidgeting” during testimony When they say… “Now we’re reading the testimony?” prosecutor deBlanc objected. Judge Jerome Winsberg agrees. …do they change tense in the middle of the paragraph? When they say… “Judge, these…

Here is the article that mostly details a woman’s grief over the death of her niece who was found strangled in East New Orleans… Sojourn in city ends in tragedy Article was posted at Friday at 10:53 p.m. And here is the message in the comments that followed… I imagine she was tricking, smoking, begging,…

I was reading this story about the tragic death of New Orleans Police Officer Nicola Cotton and saw this strange bit of melodrama at the end… On Monday, she had a smoked sausage sandwich with cheese on toast. About 30 minutes later, paramedics rushed to the scene of her shooting. Do we really need to…

Arrrghhhh! I would never say that I am much of an empath. But damn if the ignorance of strangers doesn’t damage me to no end. I think it has something to do with collective consciousness. That is, I am not entirely a singular being. There is Varg, the self. Then there is Varg the 1/…

short shrift – NOUN: 1. Summary, careless treatment; scant attention: These annoying memos will get short shrift from the boss. 2. Quick work. I couldn’t help but notice the short shrift given to certain Council at-Large seat candidates in the latest Gambit article by Allen Johnson Jr. After including large images and multiple paragraphs for…

Unmoderated and anonymous comments on Nola.com reach a new low… Marrero man electrocuted while working See, nobody would be making these comments if their full name and image appeared beside the post. So this is not an accurate representation of people’s true thoughts on the incident. The reason they are making the insincere comments is…

Wreck led to woman’s drug addiction, and ultimately her murder It wasn’t so much a weak spirit but a strong will, relatives say, that drove 28-year-old Nicole Guagliardo to a tiny Shrewsbury back street on what would become a fatal search to score drugs. Hmmmmmmm… Guagliardo’s unwavering confidence, after all, had helped her walk again…

Since Nola.com began allowing its users to post unmoderated comments on the official Web site of the Times-Picayune, the results have been a fine example of how unreasonable many of our fellow citizens can be. When given a venue to freely and anonymously express their stupidity along with the release of any judgment on the…

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…

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…