Testing of blowout preventer is being mishandled, federal board says

Burning Tradition: Christmas bonfires bring crowds to St. James

On This Day In Jazz Music

Times Thine Inequity~moosedenied

"Of course" they beat them
~Library Chronicles

PLEASE SIGN PETITION~Levees.org

Mayor Mitchmo announces Christmas tree recycling ~Gambit

Sop, sometimes working for you really sucks~slabbed

For many Gulf oil spill victims, a glum Christmas~WWLTV

It’s the Transparency, Stupid…
~Disenfranchised Citizen
~Also~Fla. BP claims pass La.

Jindal poised to follow through with Medicaid cuts~Green Heritage News

Mr. O and Mr. A~Harry Shearer

Santa, Don't Pass Our House Up! ~NOLAFemmes

~~HO HO HA HA...Hat tweet: JuliaPretus~70 degrees in December, left lane campers, ke$ha, The Royal Wedding, weak drinks, Cam Newton, Atlanta Falcons #airingofgrievances

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Water outages, low pressure reported for an hour across New Orleans

Gulf residents, businesses say they're still suffering from BP oil spill effects
~Mark Schleifstein

Erasing MR-GO's damage: An editorial

Corps' plug funding unplugged

Recommendation for new jail came from non-member
~Matt Davis, The Lens

Disbarred attorney not as crazy as he seems ~James Gill
~Editilla Crowtellas~ Geaux Omega Man!

St. Pierre: Patron Saint of Public Payouts and Patronage
~American Zombie

Hancock, Whitney banks to merge

Can we just recall Obama? Net Neutrality dead. Thanks again, pal
~Library Chronicles

GCCF Follies from the Times-Picayune~Disenfranchised Citizen

Insurers join for well policies

Friends, colleagues remember slain rapper Magnolia Shorty
~Allison Fensterstock

Fans of Music and Fellow Musicians
~Humid Beings

BR to keep airing 'American Routes'

Mauldin High marches to Sugar Bowl

Happy New Year Everyone!
~from Editilla wit'Love

~Done on'da fly wit'my new super fly laptop and "new" 1973 Martin 12 string.
Rough chops still from the interregnum... and first time on a 12 string...
Just wait till we get settled into this 12 string theory, Look Out Tuberverse!
---I hope y'all enjoy!

It's Christmas time in New Orleans (in my best Louis Armstrong voice)
~Crescent City Ramblings

~Hat Tweet~CanalStreetCar

HANO moving forward with scattered- site demolitions~Ariella Cohen
~Also~Empty since Katrina, 233 HANO units will be torn down

~In this handout photo provided by NASA, a total lunar eclipse is seen behind the Washington Monument as the full moon is shadowed by the Earth on the arrival of the winter solstice, on December 21, 2010 in Washington, DC. It is the first lunar eclipse that has coincided with the Winter Solstice, the shortest day of the year, since 1638. (Bill Ingalls, NASA via Getty Images)

~Photo Composite by Matthew Hinton / The Times-Picayune, a total eclipse of the moon is seen in this composite of seven photos on the date of the winter solstice by the center spire of the St. Louis Cathedral beginning at just after midnight before becoming totally eclipsed around 2 am in New Orleans,

Corps' Vicksburg facility tests device designed to plug broken levees

Louisiana, New Orleans Census, Population Takes Hit Again
~Jeff Crouere, Bayou Buzz

Stay Classy, David Vitter
~Daily Kingfish

USF, Coast Guard and Feinberg…Who You Wanna Believe?
~Disenfranchised Citizen

Time asks "Whatever Happened to the Gulf Oil Spill?"~Alex Woodward

Petition to Senior Editor, New York Times~Levees.org
~Editilla Crowtellas~ Levees.org don't play wit'da causes of New Orleans flooding on August 29th, 2005. It is sad bordering on heinous that we have to address this bullshit AGAIN wit'da NYTs. Indeed it is ridiculous. Please sign this petition. Stop the Madness. Toll'em: IT'S THE LEVEES STUPID!

Nash Roberts, "We'll never see his kind again'~WWLTV~More from the Times-Picayune
~Special Thanks fo'da Nash Ad: Creole Tomato

The Win Streak Is Over So the Saints Posts Are Back~Cliff's Crib

Report concludes NOPD wastes time on petty offenses~Laura Maggi

New Orleans public school construction is booming

River Diversion Outlet project must go foward~Monroe News Star

Court Rejects Katrina Victims Settlement…Because All Money Might Go to Lawyers

Local shrimpers to receive federal subsidies

Louisiana’s Seafood Certification Initiative Gains Momentum

Monday Zombie, WWZS?

Slabbed issues an AMBER ALERT for Buddy Caldwell of Baton Rouge

MS Governor Haley Babar Under Fire for Revisionist History~Daily Beast

Legends Of Malakatude
~Adrastos, First Draft

Debra Shriver’s Lullaby To Our City: Stealing Magnolias ~NOLAFemmes

Gulf Coast Attorneys General Warn Against Feinberg’s Quick Settlement Option~Disenfranchised Citizen

Oil-impact study may take 20 years
~Defend New Orleans

The Physiology of Foie: Why Foie Gras is Not Unethical~Serious Eats

Reveillon~Blackened Out

~humidbeings Red Beans and Rice coming at y'all Lundi Gras 2011 http://bit.ly/i7ZUqy #nola

Typically I hate all football coaches ~ Library Chronicles

Artificial Reefs could resurrect oysters on Independent Island

Levee that protect South Florida from everglades flooding fails to meet Federal standards

Pilot program will remove hazardous anchors used to secure oil spill boom

This one goes out to Citizen K and his move to blogging Health Matters

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