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…
Month: July 2007
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…
Not Sure About This Narrative
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…
Ron ‘Ookie’ Mexico Is An (Alleged) Sick Fuck
Atlanta Falcons quarterback Ron ‘Ookie’ Mexico’s endorsements are dropping like flies as sick details of his dog fighting operations are beginning to emerge. From the Atlanta Journal-Constitution: Eight of the animals didn’t make the cut, and were executed by Vick and two co-defendants by “hanging, drowning and slamming at least one dog’s body to the…