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BR FOOD BLOGGER SHINES IN PREMIER OF FOOD NETWORK STAR
JUNE 8 Jay Ducote, a Baton Rouge blogger, made the top three in last night's premier of the new season of Food Network Star. The show features chefs, food personalities and others hopeful for a Food Network show competing in a weekly program. Here's a link to his Bite and Booze blog's post about last night's show.
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RIGHT HAND THIEF: VITTER'S A WEASEL
JUN 8 Judging from this post on the Right Hand Thief blog, David Vitter can probably leave them off his Christmas card list. It's commentary on a recent episode of grandstanding by our senior Senator, and it's typical Vitter.
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JUN 8 This post in NOLA Defender gives an interesting update on what's up with farmer's markets in New Orleans. There is some pretty cool stuff going on.
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CB: NO SPECIAL PRIVILEGES FOR LEGES
JUN 8 Blogger CB Forgotston has a good idea here, but it might be a case of too little too late. He's upset over an amendment to a bill that would give expanded conceal carry privileges to retired state lawmakers. Let them follow the laws that the rest of us follow, CB says. Well -- do they do that now?
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GUEST POST ON SAVE: DOES GROVER HAVE PHOTOS?
JUN 8 Stephan Winham wonders, in this guest post on the Louisiana Voice blog, if Grover Norquist has compromising pictures of Bobby Jindal and our leges somewhere. Why else would they even contemplate the nonsense that SAVE is? It's a good question -- but not near as good as the newest entry from Aswell's anonymous cartoonist, which sits on top of this story.
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BEAM: DON'T HOLD YOUR BREATH ON THAT VETO
JUN 8 Columnist Jim Beam offers his commentary on the budget "work" that our fearless leaders have been doing in the Legislature. It's a bit of a mess, because there's a massive hole and Bobby Jindal will veto anything that resembles taxes because he cares more about Grover Norquist than he does Louisiana. The bottom line will probably be something involving a balanced budget and a veto. Will this legislature grow the stones required to override a Jindal veto? Don't hold your breath, he says.
Monday's Blogs from the Bog!
Baton Rouge blogger Jay Ducote does good in the first episode of Food Network Star! Also today, posts about Vitter, Grover and the Legislature.