Friday's Blogs from the Bog!
Friday's Blogs from the Bog!
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Abita releasing new beers this summer
JUN 6 Abita is releasing several new beers this summer, a post on NOLA Defender tells us. The Louisiana brewer is rolling out beer with titles like Seersucker Summer Pils and Strawgator. So if you wouldn't be too humiliated to utter "I'll have a Seersucker Summer Pils" at your local watering hole, here you go.
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JUN 6 Here's another pointless Buzzfeed list, but a darned entertaining one. It's a list of things that would only happen in New Orleans, and it is a hoot. Warning: if you offend easily, what are you doing here? Go somewhere else, and don't read this list.
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JUN 6 For all the doubting Thomases, here's video proof that Gov. Bobby Jindal will be on the next season of Duck Dynasty. In this preview video, posted on Huff Post, we see Willie greeting the governor, and a split second of Jindal wearing a cheesy grin and looking about as comfortable as a long-tailed cat in a room full of rocking chairs. Set those DVRs!!
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Civil rights plaintiffs want White out
JUN 6 The group of plaintiffs who filed a federal civil rights lawsuit aimed at the RSD have called for the resignation of state Superintendent John White, The Lens posts here. He called their suit a farce and a joke, and that shows he's not taking this issue seriously, the plaintiffs argue. But what really matters is whether a federal judge will take it seriously, isn't it?
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How to suceed in budgeting without any money
JUN 6 Here's Melinda Deslatte's take on this year's state budget, posted on the Yahoo! news page. The state's budget contains nearly $1 billion in "piecemeal" funding, she tells us, while the Jindal administration seems intent on maintaining it's "Nothing to see here, move along please" mantra.
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Deshotels: RSD is not a success and we all know it
JUN 6 In this post, blogger Mike Deshotels takes a look at the "math" used to try to prop up the idea that the Recovery School District is a success. He's got a lot of links and info in here, and makes the argument that the perception is more PR than reality. It's a "bad joke," and the joke's on us, he says.
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CB: Bobby lying on national TV!
JUN 6 Blogger CB Forgotston is astonished that Sean Hannity got all mixed up (and that Bobby Jindal agreed with him) when he said that Jindal took a billion-dollar deficit and turned it into a surplus. Actually, CB reminds us, Jindal took a billion-dollar surplus and turned it into a $2 billion deficit. He's got a link to video, and to Moon Griffon's discussion of the whole thing.
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Aswell not impressed with savings report
JUN 6 Blogger Tom Aswell has looked at the recommended cuts report from the contractors hired by Bobby Jindal, and he has (not surprisingly) found it lacking. The report is backed by experts, or as Tom calls them "someone with a briefcase from out of town." Best of all, he's got a clear, comprehensive list here, accompanied by analysis.