City Council begins to examine NOAH The fourth highest-paid contractor, S&A Construction earned $137,000 in the home remediation program. According to Secretary of State records, the owner of S&A Construction is Nagin’s brother-in-law, Cedric Smith. When asked whether there was any conflict, Nagin said Wednesday “Not that I’m aware of.” ALL TOGETHER NOW! (Brother in…
Liens du Moment 7/24
Might join them? He MIGHT join them? Possibly might? Dirty Coast brands its fans Times-Pic Sid-Mars’ story (thanks Craig) Sid-Mars of Bucktown Sid-Mars Don’t drink the water, there’s blood in the water… Algiers residents and businesses question water quality Times-Pic
The NOAH Story Is Hooey!
How do I know? Because “all I know is” Nagin has “a list, backed up by files … and that’s the only list that counts.” “We aren’t going to agree on this” but, as people of “general intelligence,” yall should get out of this “gotcha mode … especially when we have people in town (we…
Operation Eddie Haskell at Politics With A Punch
The small contingent of blogg…uh, new medians… uh, Web nerds trickled into the Cricket Club one-by-scurvy-one last night. Our mission was simple. Infiltrate the “Politics With A Punch” panel and ask Harry Shearer politely to be the keynote speaker at this year’s Rising Tide Conference. In attendance were a Rogues Gallery of bloggers: Jeffrey, Erster,…
Causeway is Clear
Below is a list of several Nola.com front pages. Each reporting on the condition of Causeway traffic each morning. Note that never is the traffic bad and sometimes the morning report lasts well into the day. The worst case being the last in which the traffic was reported as clear at 7:24 a.m. and the…
Worst of Craigslist
One day I will start a site called “Worst of Craigslist.” Until then, it will just have to be a recurring post here. All that aside, check this ad for someone named “aloofgypsy” pedaling their “edditing and videogropher” wares… No you need an Edditor or Videogropher? (tv/film) Reply to: aloofgypsy@XXXXXXXX.com Date: 2008-07-08, 3:31PM CDT If…
Erster Asks…
… pay raise zeolats: Sabludowsky confirms that Jindal traded pay raises for vouchers
Worn Again
A most awesome “Worn Again” photo set is here courtesy of Miss Malaprop. Please click through and check the whole set. Previews of my favs are below…
The Day Is Still Young…
…it’s only 10:09 a.m. but this is the funniest thing I’ve seen so far. c-ray-loves-someone-else-taking-heat Thanks Clay!
Hey CNN!
Hey CNN! Varg here! Hey, now that oil is the highest it has ever been, you don’t have to continue writing stories about it reaching “a new high.” See, after it eclipses the highest it has ever been, each increment after that is a “new high.” So please spare us the inevitable “Oil reaches $143…