Protesters stage jazz funeral for arts programs~Sarah Chacko~Brandon Nicholas, left, Derek Mudd and Brianne Waychoff carry a mock coffin during a jazz funeral Wednesday for the loss of state arts funding. Gov. Bobby Jindal’s executive budget proposes an 83 percent cut to a $3 million grant program. The protest march made its way from the Shaw Center for the Arts past the State Capitol to Capital Grocery on Spanish Town Road.
Child-Governor Bobby Jindal:
Louisiana's Fundraiser In Chief
~Jeff Crourere~This story is getting very old.
Once again, our Anti-science Christian Exorcist Repo'Page- Governor is leaving the state for a fundraiser. Over the next two days, The Governorcist is visiting Missouri and Illinois to raise money for his continuous gubernatorial presidential campaign.
F*cked Up by Church and State?
~"As long as the husband is not traveling, he has the right to have sexual intercourse with his wife every fourth night," Article 132 of the law says. "Unless the wife is ill or has any kind of illness that intercourse could aggravate, the wife is bound to give a positive response to the sexual desires of her husband."
The Nagin Countdown Clock
~Krewe of Truth
NYT promotes New Orleans
correspondent, Adam Nossiter,
to West Africa bureau chief
~Editilla jus'axin~Promotion, right? Vacation? Therapy?
New storm barrage causes train collision in South
~Holbrook Mohr
Pearl River crests today at historic level~WWL
~Floodwaters inch into St. Tammany Parish~TP
Editorial: Fargo's disaster envy
That’s a lot of sand
~Matt Chambers
~As interesting as that graphic is, I don’t quite feel it does the number of sandbags, or the effort of the volunteers justice. One sandbag placed next to Jin is an easy reference to grasp, but he is a tad out of proportion next to 3.5 million sandbags.The real cool figure is three-point-five million. That is the number of sandbags that all ages of volunteers cranked out in just a matter of days. These sandbags were police escorted on flatbed tractor-trailers from the numerous sandbag- making stations to dozens of dikes in the Fargo metro area. Many of these sandbag dikes ended up being taller than 4′ and a half-mile in length or longer.
No one answer to Red River's troublesome ice jams
~Chuck Haga
An aerial view shows ice south of Fargo on Sunday.Photo~ Allen Fredrickson, Reuters
Whistle-blowers say disasters from storms can be avoided
(Part 6)~Carol Forsloff
~Editilla T'n'T~Levees.org
Daily Slabbed
Mississippi Sea Wolves Leaving?
~Ixolib
Biking in New Orleans:
Sprocket Science~Ian McNulty
Chinese Drywall in New Orleans and Louisiana
It’s not all fun and games on
Bayou Lafourche~Robert Zullo
Two councils unite to discuss
Army Corps' plan for canals
~Scott Satchfield, WWL
Obama nominates Water Warrior Jo-Ellen Darcy to oversee Army Corps of Engineers
~Mark Schleifstein
Officials: Taxpayers paid too much for storm protection
~Ben Lundin, Daily Comet
Levees may not protect downtown, Corps of Engineers' final report says
~The Dallas Morning News
Court Rejects Army Corps Permit for King William Reservoir ~Mosquito Blog~U.S. District Court Judge in D.C. Finds Permit "Arbitrary and Capricious"
~Editilla hits da'Fat Signal~ ~dat'what call da'Fatman for a new blog find! 'Course, Gentle'rillas may be more familiar with the Bat Signal we send out when quick Bat Action is required... Fatman and Batman bein'related, super heroleros don't'cha know.
Plus plus plus we get a Motto of the Month for New Orlean's shrunken foot print: "If you think you're too small to be effective, you've never been in the dark with a mosquito."
Aquifer
~An under- ground bed or layer of earth, gravel, or porous stone that yields water.
Please click to enlarge.
2 convicted of bribery in Katrina levee case~A former Army Corps of Engineers consultant collapsed and had to be carried out on a stretcher after a jury convicted him of bribery Wednesday. Kern Wilson, 58, of Apollo Beach, Fla., was convicted in federal court along with Durwanda Elizabeth Heinrich, a subcontractor.
Court hears Texas case over animal sacrifices
~Michael Kunzelman
~A Santeria priest who sued a Texas city for denying him permission to sacrifice a goat as part of a religious ceremony asked a federal appeals court Wednesday to let him resume the ritual in his home.
What's new in spring cookbooks and food books~Judy Walker
What It Means to Miss
New Orleans?~Elyse Glickman
The Tio Family: A New Orleans Clarinet Dynasty~Riverwalk Jazz
Book Review: Hotter than That
~Trevor Herbert~Gabbard romps perilously through the history of the trumpet. He does history badly - very badly: generalisations come easily, his faith in anecdote is relentless and he resorts to cliche without hesitation.
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