Jeudi~What happens in New Orleans dies in New Orleans.

French Quarter/Marigny groups to deliver anti-crime petition Thursday~Kevin Allman

Heeding Obama’s Call, Writers Pitch In To Rebuild America
~Gerbil News Network
~For Armand St. Stephen, a recent graduate of Tulane University, Barack Obama’s inaugural call to public service was both an inspiration and a revelation. “I got misty-eyed when he talked about showing kindness to strangers when the levee breaks,” he says. “The only time you hear the rest of the country talking about our levees is when there’s a hurricane or somebody gets drunk and puts on Don McLean’s ‘American Pie’.”

He Said The 'L Word'!!!
~Big Red Cotton ~"That's practically a mic check for New Orleans!!! I'm swooning...
Now I can't say I understand how volunteering and building levees would go hand in hand. I guess Sandy Rosenthal and levees.org would have more to say about that, although much of their energy seems to be spent on challenging the Army Corp of Engineers on their PR-centered rather than public safety-centered efforts. And if memory serves me correctly, it was that red chapeau-wearing, martini lunch loving volunteer levee board we had in place before the storm that partied with the Corp for years, all the time overlooking engineering reports that predicted our levees would one day fail.
So I'm not sold on the whole volunteer- to- levees concept yet. But I'm willing to suspend my disbelief to listen to what the new man in our life has to say."
~Editilla Con'Sooooiellas~Whiskey Tango Blogrot?
Is it the Pharmaceuticals in the Water in New Orleans that could make an otherwise trendy, nola.com blogger use a genuinely cool presidential scenario to, what, marginalize the local safe-levees volunteer community? Before I start this Rantzilla, Gentle'rillas must rest assured that had anyone said such stupid horse'poo about Big Red Cotton, then Editilla would be on their ass like a fightin'javelina! Update: Big Red has clarified this butterfinger, but Editilla is loath to just chuck all this pristine zilla'rant.
What the hell...moving finger having writ and all...
Why shoot blanks at a local safe-levees advocacy group?
Aside from this Big Red chewing-gum-blogger's brutally incoherent, drive-by, scatological decent into the fallacy of false equivalency, their memory could stand some correction as well.
Perhaps more medication or the shock treatment of levee failure might do the trick, since it appears that their "memory serves them" none at all regarding the nature and work of levees.org.
Would this Big Red Cool Aid have us all Pay No Attention to That Men Behind The Levee?
Big Red's Bubble Gum has gone stale indeed if they think blogging stray flecks of existential angst and innuendo about such a hard working local grassroots group goes any deeper than, saaay,
a puddle at a tree pissing party.
Why say something so obviously divisive and incorrect about levees.org uncovering Corps COINTELPRO tactics? Ironic though how Big Red seems to have also had ASCECORPS Punks doing COINTELPRO in their comments section on this nola.com site too. Ironic? Surely they knew? Perchance they should run their own IPs. The PR Machinery of ASCECORPS is very real and active in New Orleans media. Everyone knows that now because of levees.org. Anyone who thinks the FedCorps doesn't play such hardball is a goddamn fool. We all need to find Common Ground.

And then there is that "equivalency thingy" again, further down the blog post: I do not see how James Carville's embed with Cheney's speech-writer has helped address one thimble-full of Louisiana Wetlands Protection very much (pre or post Katrina) or the failed flood control systems in and around New Orleans and the Nation. I believe Big Red has misunderestimated the power of the almighty dollar in Carville's base motivations to work PR as he does. While I can see how growing up in a Leprosy colony might lend someone to a fetish for crones, this man took an oath to go to bed with the most neoliterate, singularly grotesque media hag in Suffragette City! Mary Matlin? Jeez Louie! Trach me with a pen! James Carville is a PR Pimp if he is anything --somewhat a mentor to Editilla in that regard: "It's The Levees Stupid!"
It appears that Big Red would have us all drink such oh'so Tragically Hip'Cool Aid, sit back, assume the position and lay down for the Exquisite Corps, or automatically assume that Louisiana Democrats will keep us safe. Thanks BRC.
How do you take your Cool Aid? Sugarcane or Aspertain?

Common Ground and Conflict: Looking Back on New Orleans and Working With Brandon Darby~C. Lince

Could independent voters bring down David Vitter (R-Pamp)? ~Jim Brown

Prima Pelican~NODP

Louisiana Stimulus: Enter Governor Jindal And Sen Landrieu~Stephen Sabludowsky

Katrina recovery review ordered by new FEMA leader
~Bill Barrow

An Artful Response to Disaster
~Stephanie Atlan
~Paul Villinski conceived of his traveling artist studio while visiting a post-Katrina New Orleans in the summer of 2006. He found himself scavenging the streets, longing to transport his New York studio so he could settle in and get to work grappling with the devastated city. His solution?
Salvaging a FEMA-style trailer, the formaldehyde-ridden government response to temporary shelter, and reinventing it as the Emergency Response Studio (ERS).

Do we need an anti-torture policy at home?~Jordan Flaherty

'Project Egypt: A Politically Incorrect View': An American Contractor Offers Uncensored Take on Egyptian Project and Society~"Project Egypt" is a construction project based in Cairo. The purpose of the project is to build the Egyptian army and its corrupt general a new computer center. Managed by a slew of government agencies -- each contributing additional headaches to what should be a simple project -- and funded by the American taxpayer, the endeavor was administered by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.

Shaw Awarded Contract Extension by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers

40 Suits and Counting:
Plaintiff Draws Feds' Ire
~Gretchen Mae Stone

Prom dresses to sell!

“Desire” Photography Exhibition
~Slide show

eBook: "Lights Out" by Halffast
~Post_Oil_Geography

Three literary translators discuss the joys -- and challenges -- of their profession~Susan Larson

La. makes strong showing at Academy Awards~The Advocate

The Rules of the Road
~Dan Willging, offBeat

Stereo Sinai - Biblegum Pop
~Teruah - Jewish Music

Mark Mullins & Jimmy Robinson at Carrollton Station Jan 30th
~all about Jazz

New Wynton Marsalis album
“He and She” coming Spring
~From The Horses Mouth

Telefon Tel Aviv’s Charlie Cooper dies at 31~Alex Woodward

NolaFunk NYC

Jazz Festivals Facing Tough Times~Between the Grooves

Mercredi

U.S. Census Bureau tracks down livable homes~Michelle Krupa

Brandon Darby- FBI Informant & Common Ground co-founder
~David Winkler-Schmidt

FBI informant says he never egged on RNC defendant

It's Not Over~Marquis Déjà Dû
~Fair commentary on Conceal/Carry/Show/Shoot.

New Orleans city budget battle could land in court~Frank Donze

LAE protests school takeovers
~Charles Lussier~About 25 members of the Louisiana Association of Educators held a protest Tuesday on the steps of the state Department of Education to argue that the recent decision to take over 10 public schools in Baton Rouge and Shreveport is the beginning of a larger assault on public ed.

Managing Water Resources in a Changing Climate ~USGS

US roads, water and basic systems earn 'D' grade from ASCE- CORPS own tests: Corps of Engineers asks for TRILLIONS MORE DOLLARS
~More from Popular Mechanics

Levee path selection due by summer ~Matt Scallan

Company seeks land for plant that would turn garbage into fuel
~Jen DeGregorio

CYPRESS PLANTING this coming Saturday.
~The Bayou Rebirth Wetlands Restoration has alerted me that they have 75 cypress trees left over from a tree planting that need to go into the ground this weekend. If anyone is available and would like help with this... the weather report for Saturday says it will be sunny and in the 60s... looks like a good day for it. You will be working in the wetlands so boots are recommended! (Jan. 31 8:30am-2:30pm)
Please contact lynda@changecorpsnola.org.
~Editilla T'n'T~Levees.org

Katrina Rebuilding Includes Solar Panels, Organic Farming And Hybrid Buses~Cain Burdeau

RMJM take on key projects to restore healthcare to
New Orleans
~World Architecture News

Sen. Landrieu hires former Cleveland mayor as new COS

Scalise says Obama wants to visit New Orleans to assess recovery

IRS offers new guidelines on hurricane damage aid
~Ted Griggs

Five Mardi Gras Float Designs
~Live Auctioneers

PEGASUS

"Man v. Food," Adam Richman travels to New Orleans~Mother's Restaurant, Deanie's Seafood and the 15-dozen oyster challenge at Acme Oyster House are all on the menu tonight at 9pm CST.

ANYTIME BREAD PUDDING ~Serious Eats

- makes 9 servings -
Adapted from Baking Unplugged by Nicole Rees.

Ingredients
2 cups milk
1/2 cup raisins
1 1/2 cups heavy whipping cream
1 cup sugar
1/4 cup dark rum
2 teaspoons vanilla extract
Pinch of freshly grated nutmeg
4 large eggs
1 (1-pound) artisan bread loaf, preferably sourdough, cut into 1-inch squares (about 6 cups)

Procedure
1. In a medium saucepan, heat the milk with raisins over medium heat until the milk is very warm but not boiling. Pour into a large bowl and whisk in the cream, sugar, rum, vanilla, and nutmeg. Whisk in the eggs until smooth. Stir in the bread chunks, making sure that all the pieces are submerged. Let stand at room temperature, covered, stirring occasionally, until most of the liquid is absorbed, 45 minutes to 1 hour. (Alternatively, you may place the bread-custard mixture into the prepared baking dish, cover with plastic wrap, place a plate on top of the plastic wrap, weight down with a few cans, and refrigerate overnight. Allow to warm up for 30 minutes at room temperature before baking.)
2. Preheat the oven to 325°F. Butter a 9"-square baking dish. Spoon the bread mixture into the baking dish and cover with a sheet of butter aluminum foil. Set the baking dish in a shallow roasting pan. Place the roasting pan in the oven; pour enough hot water into the pan to come halfway up the side of the baking dish. Bake for 30 minutes or until the center is a little wobbly in the center when juggled. Remove the foil and bake for 20 minutes more. Do not overbake—bread pudding will set upon cooling. Cool for 15 minutes on a wire rack. Serve warm or cold.

Sour Cherry Amaretto Bread Pudding
Substitute 1/2 cup sour dried cherries for the raisins, reduce the vanilla extract to 1 1/2 teaspoons, add 1/2 teaspoon almond extract, and substitute 1/4 cup amaretto for the dark rum

Mardi

Judge rules boy, 14, can be held in killing Wendy Byrne
~Gwen Filosa

Day 1248: This Has Gotten To Us
~Maitri's Vatul Blog

Joan is for all ages
~St. Joan of Arc Krewe

Mardi Gras on the cheap
~Mary Foster

The 2010 New Orleans Mayor's Race: The Gambit refuses to endorse Larry Flynt Campaign ~Clancy Dubos~Editilla Jus'tollin'ya~

Mitch Landrieu advocates master plan for tourism industry
~R. Stephanie Bruno

Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal; Push The Coast With The Most~Stephen Sabludowsky

Power, politics, gossip on daily call ~John F. Harris “Wahzgoanawn?” ~So begins another morning in what may count as Washington’s longest-running conversation — a street-corner bull session between four old friends who suddenly find themselves standing once more at the busiest intersection of politics and media in Washington.
*Carville calls White House chief of staff Rahm Emanuel.
*Emanuel calls ABC News Chief Washington
Correspondent *George Stephanopoulos.
*A bit later, CNN commentator Paul Begala,
who is not quite the early bird that his friends are, will complete the circle with a rapid set of calls to all three. Different versions of this round-robin chatter have been taking place, with few interruptions, every workday for nearly a generation.

Get Congress on Track to Stimulate Mass Transit
~Levees Not War

Mardi Gras on Track to Be Most Successful Since 2004

Corps OKs better canal barrier
~Paul Rioux~The Exquisite Corps of Engineers has approved plans to build a floodgate and levee to block storm surge from entering the vulnerable Company Canal in Westwego, replacing a temporary gate that leaked during Hurricane Gustav.

US stimulus may bypass locks, dams -corn growers
~Roberta Rampton

More BS found in the “stimulus” package~Kevin Colby~Overview of some of the major items found in this bill in terms of spending.
~Editilla Crowellas~ I personally dig most of what is on this HUGE list Colby derrides, and consider the National Resource to be our Citizen Infrastructure. This Land Is Our Land. Jus'sayin...
I think it better to invest in Americans across the country rather than a few high-finance schmucks or desert pirates.
Everyone knows Editilla t'inks the Exquisite Corps should be stopped in their junkie tracks and not allowed another fix until we have the perps who built our failed levees in jail, the cause of those failures on 8/29/05 thoroughly investigated, and the decentralization of the Exquisite Corps of Engineers from our National Civil Engineering / Flood Control / Wetlands Policy.
Anything less is just blowing smoke up a Flying Dutchman's Ass.

New Orleans named one of 15 Coolest North American Cities
~Lauren Wilbert

{"If you could write a short paragraph telling the world why the Big Easy is a "cool city," how would that read?}
Editilla O'Goddessas~ now it's started!
Thundering Ya'Herds of hip'cool. OK...we'll bite it.
~~Hello World! Why the Big Easy is a "cool city"? Why? Why? Because you have to ask, that's why. Because it Ain't Cool.
New Orleans is no longer Big, Easy or COOL.
Yaaaahhhhgggg... Well, errrah, because I used to never fear bumping into "cool" people, as we dripped the night wearing our hearts on our sleeves, leaf to leaf, club to club, dancing neutral grounds covered by the scent of jasmine, a breath of coffee and Bloody Mary coughing on a banquette by the gate of white class lace. Cool is to New Orleans as Aspertain is to Sugar Cane, as a pig is to lipstick, as Punchline is to a 2nd Line, as sex to orgazm,
Love to addiction, hero to a po'boy, as the reader is to the writer.
...as Flakes to Serial Killers of Culture...


Traffic signals at the intersection of Nashville and St. Charles bespeaks ghosts of urban planning~Angus Lind

Inside the Life of a Glam Makeup Artist ~"Hi Guys, I am Brandy Gomez-Duplessis and I'm a MAKEUP ARTIST! I always wanted to say that. I am based out of New Orleans and decided to start a blog last year.
This blog started out for my best friend Wendy in NYC.
My friends don't understand what my life is like. Plus, I can vent and share with them what's going on with me as I re-brand myself after losing everything in Katrina. It's my life, being a makeup artist with dreams of being an A-list makeup artist and doing it all from New Orleans."

From Norwich to the Big Easy ~Michael McGuire

AtHoc to Exhibit Its Flagship Net-Centric Emergency Notification System at Microsoft Army Symposium

New Orleans Mardi Gras Marathon has runners hitting the streets this week, and more
~Keith I. Marszalek~This week on the streets of New Orleans, runners of all shapes and sizes put Pumas to pavement for the 45th Mardi Gras Marathon.

Best Zydeco or Cajun Music Album Grammy Poll: Results
~Dirty Linen

Lundi

Dying La. marsh may be dyeing water orange ~Nikki Buskey
~Dying wetlands in the Pointe-aux-Chenes area are likely responsible for the bright-orange water in a southern Terrebonne canal, state scientists say. ~Editilla T'n'T~ WWL

Wiped off the map by “double trouble”? Future of Insurance, Regulatory Reform ~slabbed

More accurate FEMA flood maps could help avoid significant damages and losses

When Levees Fail
Megan Sever, Geotimes
~Editilla Notellas~ We re-posted this article, from 1 year after the Flood, for a number of reasons. Chiefly its salience remains in light of the Re-Introduction of the 8/29 Investigation Act to this New Congress. Unfortunately our legislative delegation allowed this vital legislation to starve to death in committee last year. Landrieu submitted the bill at the urging and hand-feeding of her own constituency, then promptly stuffed the Bill into the drawer. But we have an even golder opportunity to have this legislation passed. Please check with Levees.org to work for the current disposition and passage of this important legislation.
Please contact that grassroots organization's legislative director for information on how to help: Vincenzo Pasquantonio vpasquantonio@gmail.com

Vitter (R-Pamp): Plan needs more money for corps
~Robert Zullo

Preservation Plan for Charity Hospital Heard by Legislature
~Walter Gallas

James Perry eyes mayor’s race ~Jeff Crouere

Pro-union act finds opponents, supporters in La.~Deon Roberts

Immersion Experience
- The Baby in the King Cake
~Carter Romansky, The Harbus

King Cake Recipes:
~Smoky Mountain Cafe
~Cheri Sicard
~Emeril Lagasse

Enjoying a Carnival weekend in metro New Orleans
~Terry R. Cassreino

First Mardi Gras Event Kicks Off in Mobile

A La Crosse Mardi Gras celebration

El Paso Mardi Gras Parade Honors 15-Year-Old Cancer Victim~Margaret Hussmann, had a "fun list." On that fun list was to "celebrate holidays on non-holidays." That got checked off of Hussmann's list on Sunday, but she was not able to celebrate with them. Ms. Hussmann passed away on Saturday.

Is Sony clowning around with PSP carnival colors in Japan?
~David Carnoy

Coming up in The Gambit: Politics, spies, arts, and crime

Army antiterrorism conference to focus on awareness, ‘tempering the weapon’
~Soldier of Fortune

Plan to demolish flood-imperiled homes worries, angers their owners ~Bob Shaw

TVA cleanup intensifies and so does the heat bill
~Kenny's Sideshow

‘Ghosts,’ The Coast
Mississippi featured on three '09 stamps~Kat Bergeron

Lower Garden District warehouse being converted into film studio~Kimberly Quillen

Renee Zellweger, Harry Connick Jr Interview, New in Town

Let it Raine!~Bayou Contessa

Serious Cheese: Bush's Legacy, Making Roquefort Almost Impossible to Buy~Serious Eats

Why are you hollering at me
~The Japanese Redneck

Dimanche

As the murder scenes move ever closer to his front door, a father weighs love for the city against responsibility to family ~Keith Spera~Illustration by Kenny Harrison

New Orleans breeding bold killers as half of murders happen in daylight~Laura Maggi, Brendan McCarthy, and Brian Thevenot

Sign up for crime alerts through texting at NOLA Crime Alerts:
~Liprap's Lament - The Line

Taxes~NO Murder Blog

City Council pay raise
~Your Right Hand Thief

Oyster Donation

La. projects aim to protect and preserve~Amy Wold
A dredge pumps sediment to rebuild a ridge of land that once kept Bay Joe Wise separate from the Gulf of Mexico. Erosion destroyed the strip of land. The $30 million project will move about 3 million cubic yards of sediment from offshore to rebuild three miles of barrier shoreline and some marsh. Photo: Bill Feig

Ditch FEMA’s worksheets

Windmills planned for
New Orleans' riverfront park
~Jen DeGregorio

New soil test may speed levee work ~Paul Rioux~The West Bank levee board is considering an experimental technique to speed soil testing at a proposed borrow pit that it hopes will replace several controversial pits where the Army Corps of Engineers plans to excavate clay to raise levees.

The Hacienda Must Be Built
~Good Dreams of Bad Things

Found Karma
~Overflowing Brain

International Fiction Book Club of New Orleans - 2009 Selections
~10% discount for book club members will be available at
DeVille Books , 134 Carondelet St.

Blue Cypress Books

Chris Rose: Goodbye Prospect.1, hello Prospect.none

Liqourish Clothing
~Hustlehard Magazine

Marsalis concert benefits Savannah Music Festival

Samedi

Update: The second line for Wendy Byrne has been changed to 2pm. It is still on Saturday, starting at Starlight by the Park, in the 800 block of Rampart.
~While the probable-cause hearing in juvenile court was based on prosecutor questioning of homicide detectives, Cannizzaro said he needs to obtain investigative reports before making a formal charging decision. He has 120 days to evaluate the case.
Do we have 120 days?

Notes from the Crime Meeting
~Liprap's Lament - The Line

Proponents of LSU/VA Feeling Threatened?
~We Could Be Famous

La. prepares to fight new flood maps~Robert Travis Scott

Terrebonne and Lafourche parish officials are urging residents to buy flood insurance~Ben Lundin

New Orleans native confirmed as EPA administrator

Napolitano searching for director of the “F-word"
~and~How do you spell “double trouble”? F-E-M-A-C-O R P S
~slabbed

Ten Things to Know about Louisiana Executive Branch Lobbying
~Christopher J. Dicharry

"This is all we have"
~Your Right Hand Thief
Editilla notellaz~After Oystya got me on wit da'Rage...
we gonna play lil'tag here. Y'all gotta figure the rest of hit...


Obama gives hope to Katrina activists ~Jonathan Tilove

Goodbye, icons; hello, infrastructure: Obama inaugurates a new era of architecture~Blair Kamin

Bush's legal foes now Obama's legal team~Ben Smith

Carnival crawfish could be in short supply

U. New Orleans fifth annual writing contest for study-abroad

Swan Peak: A Dave Robicheaux Novel by James Lee Burke

House Watching:
2113 Prytania Street

Friends With Poux!

The Isle of Orleans, Tim Laughlin
~all about Jazz

Vendredi

House of the Rising Sun~NODP

Parents turn in third teen suspect in French Quarter killing of Wendy Byrne
~Updates: The 2nd Line for Wendy Byrne has been changed to 2pm. It is still on Saturday, starting at Starlight by the Park, in the 800 block of Rampart.

Sen. Vitter (R-Pamp) to Face Porn Actress in GOP Primary? ~BBuzz

Hizonorable Mayor Larry Flynt
~Editilla the Pun

Residents want 'aesthetically pleasing' new pumps from Corps
~Scott Satchfield
~"I'm concerned about the aesthetics of it, whether they gonna camouflage it to, you know, where it'll look good,” Lakeview resident Jerry Aitken said. “That's mostly our concern here. We don't want a big monster building down (there)."

New Orleans ranked 18th as one of "most wired" cities

Rebuilding of five New Orleans libraries to be expedited
~Michelle Krupa

Literary geographies of war and natural disaster~Chasing Ray

But will she use the cash to buy brand-name clothing?
~Adam McDowell

The Next Real Estate Crisis:
Shuttered Stores and Empty Malls~Paul Craig Roberts


ZAP has electric cars at New Orleans show
~If you happen to be in New Orleans for the National Automobile Association Dealers expo this weekend, you might want to swing by Booth 4763. On display are three new vehicles from Santa Rosa's ZAP Alias, which is shaping up as an increasingly serious player in the burgeoning electric car market.

Long, Stretchy Carbon Nanotubes Could Make Space Elevators Possible

Bus fares in New Orleans will not change

The 60-Second Interview:
Dennis Woltering~Chris Rose
You know him as the veteran journeyman newsman and the evening anchor on WWL-TV -- alongside broadcast legend Angela Hill in the 6 p.m. slot. But, did you know: Dennis Woltering is a budding thespian as well?
Indeed, Woltering joins The Times-Picayune's own legend (and veteran actor), society columnist Nell Nolan, this weekend at Le Chat Noir for the theater's annual presentation of "Love Letters, " a poignant tale of a lifelong friendship told through letters.

Filmmaker Eyes The Frayed Edge Of Social Fabric~Laura Winters

Dr. Michael White to Perform at Hotel Galvez During Mardi Gras!

Jeudi

Wendy Byrne's shooting case goes to adult court~Laura Maggi ~Wendy's 2nd Line ~Update: The second line for Wendy Byrne has been changed to 2pm. It is still on Saturday, starting at Starlight by the Park, in the 800 block of Rampart.
~While the probable-cause hearing in juvenile court was based on prosecutor questioning of homicide detectives, Cannizzaro said he needs to obtain investigative reports before making a formal charging decision. He has 120 days to evaluate the case.

Neighborhood Anti Crime Meeting Friday January 23rd.

Crime victims' fund often not tapped due to minimal effort by police, New Orleans council told

Updates on the Call for Charity,
Bringing Change Home
~We Could Be Famous

Live Online Now: Plight of Mid-City New Orleans Comes Before LA House Committee

Nowdy’s insurance believe-it -or-not~slabbed

Tonight's Punch Crunch~BBuzz

Twine noose found on chair at the Governor’s Office of Homeland Security and Emergency Preparedness
~Sonia Smith

Breaux Act Task Force looks for source of sediment on the lower Mississippi River
~Mark Schleifstein

Environmental review causing pump delay~Sheila Grissett

St. John the Baptist Parish Levee work must wait for years of more study by Exquisite Corps
~Victoria St. Martin

Army Corps says flood mitigation won't help one state and hurt another~Danielle Thomas
~A Hancock County supervisor says he feels the federal government is not doing enough to protect residents from the threat of storm surge.

Russel Honore among those on list for new FEMA chief
~Bruce Alpert

Three Things Congress (Yes, Congress) Must Do to Fix FEMA~Kelly Caldwell

Do You Know What It Means to Green New Orleans?

Cigar staffer sees hurricane's destruction firsthand
~The Good 5¢ Cigar

Michigan: Boy’s Louisiana Relatives Come for Him

John Biguenet and 'Shotgun'
From Playfest


First para- normal attraction to open in New Orleans
~Phantoms & Monsters
~The PARAPLEX is located throughout a completely remodeled, 14,000 square foot historic and haunted mansion built in the late 1800's as a private residence and later a funeral home.

Stuffed Miriliton's
~The Japanese Redneck

Night Peoples~Louis Maistros

Interview with Ned Sublette
~Thanks fo'da Food Music Justice

Tipitina's 31st Anniversary
~Jeffrey Dupuis

An Invitation To His Louisiana
Guitarist Sonny Landreth Reflects and Collaborates on 'From the Reach'
~Geoffrey Himes

Mercredi

Two 15-year-olds hand themselves over to NOPD
in French Quarter killing of Windy Byrne~NOPD not apprehending 3rd suspect, Chief Worthless Warren Riley still on the job spinning yarn about detectives' work hours,
Murder Brand Mayor still in office.

Turned Himself In? ~Humid City
~Children and parents, a constant topic when our city’s murederers ore often below the age of 17. All I can think of when I look at this situation is that the kids pictured in the police sketches look a lot like one kid I saw when in Gustav exile at a friend’s in Cincinnati. A kid who pulled up next to us on a bike, something that here induces fear because of instances like Wendy’s murder, and smiled and yelled “thank you,” my friend driving waved him ahead.
That is what it should be like, not this.
Not this. ~Loki, founder of Humid City


43 Katrina victims still a mystery
~Rick Jervis

Gautier approves MEMA cottages

Morganza work continues
~Mike Brossette

Alliance touts energy plan
~Allen M. Johnson Jr.

Court upholds New Orleans' domestic partner policy

slabbed, youz?

CenLamar: On Life in Louisiana

Louisiana, New Orleans, US Infrastructure, Obama And Flood Protection
~Stephen Sabludowsky

The Tone of Washington
~Harry Shearer

The Baracktail ~Serious Eats
~Gin, hibiscus syrup, mint, and lime juice come together to make this refreshing cocktail that honors our new president.

Kosher Computing

Living With Music: T Cooper
~Gregory Cowles

Mardi~ Inauguration of Hope

"It is the kindness to take in a stranger when the levees break."
~President Barack Obama Got It
~Bush's Chief Justice screws up oath?

From our New Whitehouse.gov
~Katrina~President Obama will keep the broken promises made by President Bush to rebuild New Orleans and the Gulf Coast. He and Vice President Biden will take steps to ensure that the federal government will never again allow such catastrophic failures in emergency planning and response to occur.
President Obama swiftly responded to Hurricane Katrina. Citing the Bush Administration's "unconscionable ineptitude" in responding to Hurricane Katrina, then-Senator Obama introduced legislation requiring disaster planners to take into account the specific needs of low-income hurricane victims. Obama visited thousands of Hurricane survivors in the Houston Convention Center and later took three more trips to the region. He worked with members of the Congressional Black Caucus to introduce legislation to address the immediate income, employment, business, and housing needs of Gulf Coast communities.
President Barack Obama will partner with the people of the Gulf Coast to rebuild now, stronger than ever.

An Open Letter Supporting
Lord David’s Proposition
~We join with our 150-200 hits/day. Whatever you need.
Over half of our readers are like Editilla, nolafugees still on the back hand path. We do not live where we live, when there is still really only one place to die.
We stretch from Seattle to Miami, from Finland to Mumbai, we are all over the City Care Forgot and the NOPD has left to Die.
We are not getting by...
We need a little help from our friends.
Thank you,
Editilla
~Updates from the Humid City


"The Order of Myths"

How do you spot a New Orleanian at the inauguration? ~Chris Rose
~You -- the New Orleans reveler in President Obama's court -- have the cultural portfolio no one else has. You've got Mardi Gras and you've got Jazz Fest. You know crowds. Throngs are not something you're afraid of; in fact, when you're drunk, it's what you beg women to throw to you from Bourbon Street balconies.

Inauguration New Orleans Style: Handa Wanda Obama
~Karen Dalton-Beninato

Louisiana Coast, Hurricane Protection, New Orleans Slowly Gets Protection ~BBuzz

Corps should have known that rivers are changeable

Change in order to survive, survive in order to change - Change is coming ~slabbed

Skilling's attorneys file new appeals

Tonight: Author Night at Hubbell Library -and- Alvar Arts Night

Cajun Sausage
~The Japanese Redneck

Regulars celebrate inauguration at Vaughan's Lounge
~Katy Reckdahl

Irvin Mayfield Leads
New Orleans Jazz Orchestra
~The best of the Big Easy comes to the Emerald City as master jazz trumpet player Irvin Mayfield leads the New Orleans Jazz Orchestra in five Seattle Pops series concerts at Benaroya Hall.

Lundi

At The Cost of a Life~Lord David

French Quarters mourns bartender killed in deadly holdup~Brendan McCarthy






Sheriff all but admits guilt in killing of
Cayne Miceli ~NOLAmotion
Cayne Miceli @ NO Jazz Fest 2008 photo by Kim Uddo (Links to slideshow)

And the raven,
never flitting, still is sitting,
still is sitting
On the pallid bust of Pallas just above my chamber door;
And his eyes have all the seeming of a demon's that is dreaming,
And the lamp-light o'er him streaming throws his shadow on the floor;
And my soul from out that shadow that lies floating on the floor
Shall be lifted - nevermore!

Recession trolls Carnival krewes
~Richard A. Webster
Bill Egan, captain of the Krewe of Gladiators, says his organization could not stage a parade this year because of the recession. (Photo by Tracie Morris Schaefer)

To Miss New Orleans
~Glenn Ligon

Making Los Groceries, Latino Groceries in New Orleans
~Ian McNulty

Cuba struggles with recovery after three hurricanes
~Alan Gomez

City’s gay vacation appeal drops

Galveston seawall being repaired after Ike

JHL Supply Unveils UrbanSurvivalStories.com to Provide Information on Surviving Urban Emergencies

The Cape Wind Project
~Wesley Roberts

Short Flights Can Be Grounded With Better Rail~Andrea Nocito

House Beautiful Magazine asks:
Who are design bloggers, really?
~*visual*vamp*

Playing For Change Presents "Don't Worry"~Mike Ragogna

The stage is reset in New Orleans ~Randy Lewis

NolaFunk Lagniappe

Dimanche

BREAKING NEWS:
FEMA deemed incompetent.
Also "nutty"~richard

New levee safety approach proposed~Mark Schleifstein
~The report also recommended that Congress address concerns by federal and state agencies and contractors that they will be held financially liable for the failure of levees they have built or inspected. Such protection is needed, the report said, "to prevent much-needed levee repairs, rehabilitation and certification from coming to a halt." (Emphasis mine)
~Editilla begs to diffa with that Corps line of reasoning and do not enjoy the implicit threat to public safety left hanging by the Corps of Engineers. They are basically saying: "We either build/engineer without independent Oversight or We Flood You To Hell". The Corps is still trying to run and hide from flooding New Orleans in '05 and flooding half of America with failing civil engineering infrastructures. Any engineer who signs their work is responsible for that work. Why would any of this engineering activity come "to a halt" due to threat of oversight? The Corps is only interested in covering their own sorry asses for their already copious Engineering Failures to date, particularly in over 50 locations in New Orleans on 8/29/05.
The Corps want their own Get Out of Jail Free Card.
Indeed, the costs into the TENS of BILLIONS of Tax Funding to implementing these Corps Recommendations which Mr. Schleifstein reports should be the real red zinger. The Corps of Engineers needs to join Shop'Aholics Annon (ShopAA).
The 8/29 Investigation Act requires only a fraction of this costs at around a cool $5 Million.
That is Chump Change in Col. Alvin Lee's Trousers.
~Comments and review by the Association of State Floodplain Managers (ASFPM)

LOOW Taking on the Army Corps
~Caitlin Murray
~“Well, let me send a message loudly and clearly to the Corps,” Niagara County Legislator Clyde Burmaster said. “This is not your government. This is the people’s government. ... To not include the public in the process is unforgivable and un-American.”

Some'say (?) New Orleans is poised to benefit from Obama's energy policies
~Rebecca Mowbray
~Editilla just wants these alleged editors at the TP to stop passing along hearsay from the some'says. We have had quite enough of these butthole commuendos thank you very much.
Some'say this some'say that some'say'some'say.

JFK Researchers Broaden Link To New Orleans Mafia Boss
~Carl Hartman

Jewdyssee - The return of Yiddish cabaret! ~Teruah