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Republican Senators Dodging Republican Convention!
The Democratic Daily Blog | 14 hours ago
According to Congress Daily, 9 of 12 targeted Republicans running in the most competitive U.S. Senate races this fall “are either skipping the Republican convention in St. Paul, Minn., or have not decided whether to attend.” Among those w read more
TUG BOAT NEW ORLEANS by M BALDWIN
Daily Painter's Marketplace | 14 hours ago by p conyers
AN ORIGINAL OIL PAINTING"TUG BOAT NEW ORLEANS"24" X 18"Available HERE read more
The Flute Player
pic journal | July 24th 2008 by Mo
At the center of the garden is another Enrique Alférez bronze sculpture called “The Flute Player.” It is placed in the middle of fountain under an oak tree. It faces a building named The Pavilion of Two Sisters. Special events are regularly held read more
The Zemurray Azalea and Camellia Garden
pic journal | July 24th 2008 by Mo
My first journey was a walk through The Zemurray Azalea and Camellia Garden. The first point of interest was an Enrique Alférez bronze sculpture called “Woman in Huipil.” I followed the walkway to the right and continued around the outer edge of read more
New Orleans Botanical Garden
pic journal | July 24th 2008 by Mo
Recently I visited the New Orleans Botanical Garden in City Park. As I walked around I shot some photos. The sun was out and it was quite hot. read more
20 Years For Pot Possession?
NORML Blog | July 24th 2008
According to an investigative report by the New Orleans City Business newspaper, Orleans Parish District Attorney Keva Landrum-Johnson is routinely seeking five-to-20 years sentences for minor pot possession offenders. Smoke Screen District a read more
Daily Steroid Dose
Steroid Nation | July 24th 2008 by Gary G
1. How will the MLB Hall of Fame look after the Steroid Era? (The Guardian) 2. Who is trustworthy in sports today? (Sun-Sentinel) 3. Coaches in Louisiana want control over their high school players to keep them away from 'roids. (Daily World) 4. New read more
The Louisiana oil bidness
Walking Prescott | July 24th 2008
With petroleum dominating much of the news currently, what better time to post the oil bidness pictures I took while in Louisiana. Aside from Cajun food, a university and local color, oil is what Lafayette is all about. We waited more than once at ra read more
Daily Tidbits: July 24, 2008
Roadkill Refugee | July 23rd 2008 by Roadkill Refugee
Matt Yglesias on McCain’s latest attempt to dig himself out of his Surge-gaffe without conceding error: redefine what “surge” means! McCain is trying to re-define it as merely shorthand for standard “counterinSURGancy̶ read more
Day 1061: Links For 2008-07-23
Maitri's VatulBlog | July 23rd 2008 by Maitri V-R
* Favre Allegedly Used Packer Cellphone To Call Vikings Nothing but forthcoming and cooperative with us, huh, Brett? You’re still under contract with the Packers and it is dimwit moves like this that make a whopping 200 people desire your retur read more
Do you think Racism still exists? Baron “Scooter” Pikes Tase…
Zennie's Zeitgeist - Zennie Abraham's Look at Pop… | July 23rd 2008
From wordpress.comBaron “Scooter” Pikes, 21, died horribly on Jan 17th 2008. Handcuffed in police custody and pleading for mercy he was tasered 9 times by officer Scott Nugent who is white. Pikes is Black. The incident occurred between 1:28pm read more
New Orleans, La: Bring it On!
Wanderus - Travel Tips for the Traveling Wanderlust | July 23rd 2008 by wanderus
I'm headed to New Orleans this weekend with the BF for a little anniversary-ing. It took us a while to figure out what city we wanted to celebrate in (not surprisingly, we don't do gifts... we do travel!) and one of our "musts" was that we wanted to read more
Louisiana steroid bust catches high school athletes, as Texas lam…
Steroid Nation | July 23rd 2008 by Gary G
Several weeks after many Texas newspapers decried high school steroids testing, Louisiana law enforcement uncovered a huge distribution ring including several high school athletes. (To the Daily Advertiser) News of a St. Landry Parish Sheriff's Depar read more
"a" Series Part II
dot art | July 23rd 2008 by Mo
Here are the first three dot painitngs from the second half of the “a” Series. I’m not sure what I’ll use for the sub name at this time. These paintings cover January through March of 2007. I’ve noticed as I work on these a couple of ideas read more
Louisiana Prosecutors Want Justice For Their Children
Legal Research Center | July 22nd 2008 by Andrew Potaski
As mentioned in Child Rape: Not Death Sentence Worthy in Louisiana, a law prohibiting the death penalty in Louisiana, which came about after a horrific rape case emerged, grabbed the world’s attention. And now, Louisiana prosecutors are asking read more
Leadbelly at Angola, Louisiana
SqueezeMyLemon | July 22nd 2008 by Fitzgerald
Prison Compound No. 1, Angola, Louisiana, Leadbelly in ForegroundBuy at AllPosters.comWhen we were boys, the old folks used to tell us, "If you keep being bad, you going to end up in Angola."That would make us behave for a good thirty minutes or so. read more
Learn to throw a casting net and never pay for bait again
OutdoorBlogging | July 22nd 2008 by Braddock Jones
When I was a kid all I ever fished with was live bait. On the way to the fishing hole Dad would take us by the bait shop to pick up whatever our target fish was fond of. We would fill our bucket with minnows for White Perch. A cardboard cylinder read more
Praise Jesus (in Public Schools)
The Education Optimists | July 21st 2008 by Liam Goldrick
As reported in the Houston Chronicle, the Texas State Legislature passed and the Texas State Board of Education approved an elective high school Bible course with no standards because they might be "too difficult to write". Critics say the law is hea read more
VIP City Tours (New Orleans) - LOUISIANA
Trails and Travelogues | July 21st 2008 by Ging
Our tour started at 1pm that lasted for 2 hours. It started with the tour guide's introduction of the city of New Orleans...the birthplace of Jazz music! We went around the city's famous buildings and historical places. Not much photos to share in he read more
More Democrats Appalled to Be American
Conservative Belle | July 21st 2008 by Conservative Belle
I would like to welcome the Democrats of Congress out from underneath their rocks. Welcome to real America.It seems a recent delegation of Congressional Democrats are touring through the Katrina-ravaged areas of the Mississippi Gulf Coast and New Orl read more
The tides and moon phases really effect the fishing in Grand Isle…
OutdoorBlogging | July 21st 2008 by Braddock Jones
I devoted a sizeable chunk of July to chasing the Speckled Trout, Redfish, and Blue Crabs of Grand Isle, Louisiana. My eagerness to fill my freezer with fish fillets and lump crab meat would have been better served by learning how the tides and moo read more
Advocates want chess to have greater role
Chess Addict | July 21st 2008 by Neill
MONROE - Along the Gulf Coast in southwestern Louisiana, Henry Heights Elementary in Calcasieu Parish teaches by this simple mission statement: " ... to provide an education that allows all students the opportunity to grow and develop to their fulles read more
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