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MAR 19 Here's the New York Times story about the plan to burn tons of explosives up in Minden. The story includes the history of the situation, as well as a lot more context than some of the other articles we've seen.
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EDU WEEK: BOBBY'S USING OKLAHOMA PULL-OUT PLAN
MAR 19 Bobby Jindal is trumpeting his plan to get Louisiana out of Common Core as his own invention, but according to this blog post in Education Week, he's not telling the whole truth there. (NO. Well slap my bottom and call me Susan. Bobby's fudging the truth?) ANYWAY -- turns out his plan is a mirror image of one from over in Oklahoma.
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MAR 19 Here's an update on the Mother Jones-Winn Parish story on CNNMoney. Mother Jones isn't telling CNN squat, but is denying that their reporter did anything unethical. Here's another post, on the Washington Post, from a blogger who is married to an MJ staffer: http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/erik-wemple/wp/2015/03/18/sheriff-mother-jones-had-undercover-operative-in-louisiana-prison/ The plot thickens...
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CROOKS AND LIARS ON BOBBY AND GROVER
MAR 19 Here's a post on the Crooks and Liars blog about our own Bobby Jindal and his BFF, Grover Norquist. There are words like "extortionist" and "blackmail" and "cowards." It's definitely entertaining, but one question remains. Of those two - which one's the crook and which one's the liar?
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MAR 19 Here's an interesting take on the March Madness bracket stuff. If you're tired of the NCAA basketball play-a-thon before it even begins, you might want to check out the Red Shtick's alternative in which "hot" women born in Louisiana "face off" against Louisiana-born athletes.
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HE MAY NOT WANT ONE, COME TO THINK OF IT
MAR 19 During budget hearings, the Advocate reports here, the Secretary of State told lawmakers he won't be holding a Presidential primary in Louisiana unless the Jindal administration coughs up some money to pay for it. Hey - maybe this is what Bobby intended all along. He sure doesn't want anybody to see how he'd fare in a Louisiana election nowadays.
Thursday's Blogs from the Bog!
The New York Times takes a look at the plan to just set fire to tons of unstable explosives up in Minden; Edu Week exposes the real source of Bobby Jindal's big Common Core plan; more on that Mother Jones thing Lamar told us about and other craziness today in La La Land!