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SEP 18 The Times Picayune is cutting staff - again. In recent years, the cuts to the newsroom and other staff have been devastating, as "da paper" has faded from a strong, Pulitzer Prize-winning force of nature to a sad, lame version of its former self. Adding insult to injury? From now on the paper will be printed in Alabama.
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SEP 18 When you have some time, you've got to take a minute to peruse this website. It's a survey of dancehalls around Louisiana, with photos and info about dancehalls that are still around and those that aren't, plus an option to tell your own dancehall story.
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SLATE ON THE DEBATE: BOBBY'S NUTS
SEP 18 Here's Slate Magazine's take on the GOP "kids' table" debate Thursday night. Bottom line? Santorum and Jindal ranted about Kim Davis, and said rants were "completely insane." This is as opposed to partially insane, which it was our understanding was like being partially pregnant.
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SALON ON JINDAL'S 'BREATHTAKING DESCENT'
SEP 18 This post on Salon takes a look at Bobby Jindal - once a rising star in the GOP and now a fringe lunatic "town crier." When you read it laid out like this, it's kind of striking, the descent he's made. It doesn't seem so drastic to us, because we're too close to it.
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SEP 18 Here's an interesting post from blogger Rod Dreher. He's examining the issue of evangelicals and Donald Trump. A lot of the former seem to like the latter, which would seem at odds with the (stated) source of the former's name. Here's another interesting angle to this discussion: conventional wisdom is that you need the evangelicals to win a GOP nomination. But what if Trump doesn't have it -- and he wins anyway? Then can we finally be freed from the maniacal pandering to the extreme right wing?
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LEE STATUE HEADED FOR PAPERWEIGHT DUTY
SEP 18 The NOLA Defender brings us up to date on the Confederate monument debate going on over in NOLA. This week, Mayor Mitch Landrieu let the City Council know that an anonymous donor had stepped up and offered to pay for the removal of the big three statues. This shoots down the first argument that was made against the move to retire them: that the city can't afford it.
Friday's Blogs from the Bog!
The ax is coming down - again - at the Times Picayune. Also today, an interesting discussion about evangelicals and Donald Trump, and potshots at Bobby.