Thursday's Blogs from the Bog!
Thursday's Blogs from the Bog!
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More sex advice from duck people
OCT 9 Here's more sage advice from the man whose qualifications appear to be his ability to make duck calls: "Biblically-correct sex" prevents STDs. The Inquisitr reports that Phil Robertson, whose wife has admitted she was pregnant when she married him at 16, says you can't get STDs in a marriage that follows the Bible. (You mean like Lamech, Phil?)
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Salon on JIndal's 'dopey pre-presidential routine'
OCT 8 Salon's Jim Newell offers his opinion (hint: it's not high) in this post of Bobby Jindal's efforts to get into the foreign policy discussion recently. It's a common step for potential presidential candidates, and it's not that interesting on the R side, given as it's generally just about bombing people, Newell says. Maybe they should all just release lists of countries they want to bomb, he says.
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Emails contradict DOA statements
OCT 8 Once again, blogger Tom Aswell seems to be covering the OGB scandal all by his lonesome. In this post, he's comparing the testimony of Jindal Director of Administration Kristy Nichols about the draw down of the health plan's fund balance to documents from the contractor she says recommended it. Spoiler alert: They don't match.
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OCT 8 This post in Christian Science Monitor takes a hard look at Louisiana's Senate race, as well as a fascinating and developing aspect of American politics: technology. Can a political campaign be divorced from the human touch? Probably not, the post concludes.
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Yankees determine we stink. Again.
OCT 9 A group of learned individuals has determined that the south is the worst place in the country to live, this post on the Picayune tells us. As a state, we came in eighth from the bottom, the story reports, but we did really poorly in the public safety and education categories. (Quelle surprise!)
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OCT 8 The Dead Pelican, Louisiana's (mostly) non-partisan version of the Drudge Report, has been offering this poll for a couple days, asking readers what they think Bobby Jindal's chances are to become president. Abysmal has a decisive lead here -- apparently Teepell hasn't had time to sit in the dark, repeatedly clicking "great."
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OCT 9 Here's another post from the NOLA Defender blog's drinking writer who has been visiting bars and writing slice-of-life profiles about the scene. This time Joseph Toman is writing about Lucky Pierre's on Bourbon Street; he picked a night that had both a Burlesque show and a drag show. An embarrassment of riches!
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Reveille: audit finds no improper spending
OCT 9 An internal audit of the LSU Alumni Association's books found no misuse of funds related to the former President's relationship (sexual, professional and financial) with a former employee, LSU's student paper reports here.