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BOBBY'S WORST NIGHTMARE: WAPO GOES TO INDIA
JUN 24 Bobby Jindal likes to talk about his immigrant background, but only in abstract, cliched and possibly not even accurate terms. So this story in the Washington Post, topped by a massive photo of two (clearly) Indian people who are his aunt and uncle, must be giving him fits. Adding insult to injury? It was co-written by Tyler Bridges, so he can't even make up a bunch of baloney to steer it differently.
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JUN 24 A Galveston TV station reports here about recent tests on the water along the Texas beaches - and the news ain't good. Seems swimming in the Gulf of Mexico there is "like swimming in a toilet" because of bacteria levels. Nice!
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JUN 24 Here's one more story on the Red Shtick that you wish was satire - but alas, Bobby Jindal is still governor and it's still true that he vetoed an effort to make him to pay his own travel expenses as he campaigns for president. Or, as the Shtick puts it, his "vaingloriously foolhardy attempt" to become the GOP's presidential nominee.
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LSU RESEARCHER ON LOOKING AT EXERCISE DIFFERENTLY
JUN 24 Here's an interesting article from NPR about changing views on exercise. Those changes stem from research that is giving us better information on exercise, what it does for us and what's necessary for a benefit. The main source here is Tim Church, a researcher at LSU's Pennington Biomedical Research Center.
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BOBBY ATTACKS KASICH FOR HIDING BEHIND JESUS. WHA?
JUN 24 This post on Talking Points Memo pulls the juicy bits out of a (Lengthy. Very lengthy. Did we mention lengthy?) profile of Ohio Gov. John Kasich on the Atlantic, to wit, a "heated" confrontation between Bobby Jindal, Kasich and SC Gov. Nikki Haley at a Koch function. The topic? Medicaid and Jesus. (As an aside: what are the chances that anybody - anybody - at a Koch function is truly friends with Jesus?)
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SCOTUS ORDERS HEARING ON LOUISIANA DEATH ROW INMATE
JUN 24 Buzzfeed reports here on the case of Louisiana death row inmate Kevan Brumfield. Brumfield, who has an IQ of 75, is entitled to a hearing on his mental capacity, the Supreme Court has ruled. The ruling of a Louisiana judge that denied the hearing was "unreasonable," the Court ruled.
Wednesday's Blogs from the Bog!
Bobby's worst nightmare -WaPo goes to India to profile his roots. Also today, bad news if you love Galveston and an LSU researcher talks about exercise.