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SHTICK DOES A FACT CHECK ON THE DONALD
JUN 18 When Donald Trump and his comb-over (Is that one word? Is it hyphenated? AP needs to nail that down) announced that they would be running for President, you had to know a Red Shtick post was not far behind. And it wasn't. And here it is.
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YOU'VE BEEN USING THAT RELIGION - NOW WHAT?
JUN 18 Now here is an interesting discussion on Breitbart about the impact of Pope Francis' statements on climate change upon politicians who have been cynically using their religion as a political platform plank. What happens now to these guys who deny climate change (despite evidence and biology degrees from Brown)? Isn't that a fascinating question.
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WAIT - THEY DON'T SAY THAT EVERYWHERE? MAIS.
JUN 18 This is a clickbait list, but an entertaining one, from onlyinyourstate.com. It's a list of phrases that only people from Louisiana will understand. (Seriously? Nobody else says "Come see"??)
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SATURDAY DOWN SOUTH: LSU HAS BEST STADIUM
JUN 18 The Saturday Down South blog lists its top 10 college football stadiums here, and LSU's Tiger Stadium comes out on top. "There's no place like Death Valley at night," they say, and they aren't wrong.
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JUN 18 The Advocate reports a weird story about a Louisiana family that seems to specialize in lying about horrible catastrophes, medical and otherwise. One of them is now murdered and another has disappeared.
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IT'S NOT JUST NOLA THAT IS WORRIED ABOUT FILM CREDITS
NOV 18 This post from Gannett looks at the bill passed during session that would trim some of the state's extraordinarily generous tax credits for film and television. Although the focus is on New Orleans generally, other areas of the state also benefit. Right - because millionaire duck call makers need their fellow citizens' money. K.
Thursday's Blogs from the Bog!
The Shtick does The Donald - and in a big way. Also today, Breitbart poses an interesting question about politicians who seek to use religion in a cynical way - and how that could be catching up with them.