Friday's Blogs from the Bog!
Friday's Blogs from the Bog!
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POLL: JINDAL'S SUPPORT KISS OF DEATH
SEP 5 A recent poll in the 5th Congressional District race, reported here by the Picayune, indicates that candidates should probably decline any calls from the Governor's office. Any perceived connection with Bobby Jindal is "toxic," the poll found.
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BRITISH REACTION TO ROGERS' SHOOTING
SEP 5 Here's a post on BBC covering the shooting of Baton Rouge television personality Scott Rogers. This includes info about his history in the UK, where he operated a dance school described by authorities as a "cult," and links to current US stories.
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ZOMBIE: JUNEAU PERJURED HIMSELF
SEP 5 BP has filed a motion to have attorney Pat Juneau removed as claims administrator, and Jason Brad Berry (as usual) has all the details in this post on his American Zombie blog. BP claims Juneau perjured himself, and that he was representing the state against BP when he took the post.
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POST-MORTEM OF MARRIAGE EQUALITY RULING
SEP 5 This post on Think Progress does a full autopsy on this week's federal ruling regarding gay marriage. Author Ian Millhiser breaks down the ruling's main arguments and annihilates them.
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ASWELL ON NEPOTISM IN STATE POLICE
SEP 5 Blogger Tom Aswell is writing about State Police again, but this time it's not about the Edmonson Amendment (surely that I-told-you-so post will come later!) In this post, Aswell is doing what he does best, weaving a million strings into a revealing, detailed tapestry.
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REACTION TO THAT MARSHALL COASTAL PIECE
SEP 5 (Yes, it really is worth mentioning again.) The Lens' interactive piece on coastal loss is the topic of this chat transcript, from an event held last week. This discussion reveals the reaction to the piece, and one central question has (apparently) been raised again and again - why doesn't anyone in Louisiana seem to care?
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MAYBE IT'S AN ISSUE AFTER ALL?
SEP 5 There's been some talk that the furor surrounding the so-called Edmonson Amendment is a non-issue, manufactured by bloggers. But this story in the Advocate tells us that the extra retirement benefits granted to the chief of State Police by this last-minute change were rejected by the board overseeing the affected retirement system.
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SEP 5 Blogger Rod Dreher starts an interesting discussion here about social media. Politics comes into the mix, as does the nastiness that often comes out in online conversations. It's an interesting collection of thoughts he's gathered from others, with his own observations mixed in.