New Details Emerge in Lawsuit Against Army Corps Over New Orleans Flood ~Sandy Rosenthal, Huffington Post

Corps of Engineers Smurfs

*Special thanks to Levees.org

It's 11am, Nola, do yous knows where are all the little piggies?
~The Bryan Davis sayz: Are you ready for some butt? How about some ribs? Team Hock and Awe is raining down delicious on Saturday’s Hogs for the Cause.

Mayor Mitch Landrieu blasts SUNO -UNO merger plan

New Orleans officials and police officers need to fully embrace police reform: An editorial~H/T~Suspect Device

New DOJ report on NOPD Homicide division~Library Chronicles

New Orleans Public Belt Railroad money not available to city's general fund, attorney general says

Study finds West Bank turnpike cost triples

“Black Hat” West Bank Soprano Chris Roberts now wants to pretend he is not in the mob ~slabbed

Feds investigate Nungesser contracts

Feinberg fails, to succeed…and gets a raise!~Disenfranchised Citizen

LSU law chancellor Jack Weiss chosen for Gulf of Mexico oil spill claims appeals job

San Francisco Treat~Gambit
~Will Coviello chats with Tales of the City writer Armistead Maupin, who's coming to this week's Tennessee Williams Literary Festival

kaleidoscope eyes~hungry termite

Robert De Niro set to join 50 Cent on New Orleans-shot 'Freelancer'

Zulu resolves lawsuit over Mardi Gras merchandise

~ReTweet @ HeSaidSheSaidNO~ Oh man we wish we had written this! 10 Essential Food and Literature Pairings for Your Next Dinner Party flavorwire.com/165431/10-esse via @ziteapp

Lady Tambourine New Orleans

Hogs for the Cause, Pig Fun comes to City Pork!~NewOrleans.com
~Retweet @ NOLAfoodtrucks @Hogs4TheCause is tomorrow at @NOLACityPark... Pork, Love + Rock-n-Roll #NOLA http://ow.ly/4mp3E

The Disneyfication of New Orleans: The French Quarter as Facade in a Divided City~J. Mark Souther ~Big Hat Tweet to lunanola

The New Zorro~Cenlamar

I Just Want To Say That You're A Good Man~Cliff's Crib

Prison workers protest
~Michelle Millhollon

Today is Grand Jury day for the Jefferson Parish Council ~slabbed

Feds open probe into Plaquemines Parish government~Lee Zurik

Feinberg fights back? An answer to his answer to the Strange letter…
~Disenfranchised Citizen

Dolphin samples leaving Coast

Anglo-Suisse named officially responsible for spill

Waggonner & Ball selected to develop Water Management Strategy

Attend RTA's Public Meeting on Rampart/St. Claude Streetcar
~Transport for NOLA

New Orleans students learn, eat during visit to urban 'micro-farm'

Nominations Due for 2011 New Orleans 9 Most Endangered Sites List~PRCNO

Lo the Irony for Pumps Manufacturer
~Todd McGee knows all about floods. The Fort Myers-based company McGee owns with four partners, D&D Machine & Hydraulics, manufactures giant pumps for flood control. Its pumps have been installed around New Orleans, for example. So you can imagine McGee’s surprise when he discovered his company’s headquarters on Metro Parkway in Fort Myers is now located in a flood zone.

‘Hole-in-One’ Cat Bonds Are Top Asset Eluding Quake’s Grasp

Louisiana HBPA case of fraud, conspiracy divides horsemen
~Ryan Goldberg, Daily Racing Form

Swamp Monster! ~Riverside Nola

Mahalia Jackson Theater unveils new season

French Quarter Fest Food: Our Essental Guide~He Said/She Said NOLA

New Patties Beef Up New Orleans’ Burger Scene~Anne Berry

Payton’s ‘Bitches’ a nod to Davis
~Dave Hoekstra

"Industry Influence" hip-hop networking event to launch weekly TV show~Alison Fensterstock

Hugh Laurie says goodbye to acting (temporarily) as he launches a music career with his first ever performance

NOLA Pyrate Week Kicks Off Tonight With A Pyrade!

Second line Sunday: Revolution Second Line~Red Cotton, Gambit

Crowded at the landfill
~Stephanie Grace~Also~ This from Paul Rioux
~Aaand~ slabbed --who started logging this forest well before anyone was around to hear the 1st tree fall.
~Editilla Notellas~ We re-posted this editorial onto Goggle Docs because for some reason the nola.com version's Text Typeset showed up Tiny on my puter screen (editorial only, not Title or Comments, weird) (After all, we do aw'dis Ladderatin' and Aggregatin' as much for our own tired old eyes -as our Beloved Gentle'rillas- to see da' Nola news, views and whatnots -usually whatnots :)

No. of LA dropouts drops 28 percent

Links~Library Chronicles

Hospital Settles Corps-initiated Flood Deaths Class Action~Laura Maggi

~ReTweet @ Editilla the Pun @theharryshearer and Engineer Maria Garzino #TheBigUneasy at The Crest, #Sacramento tonight! http://bit.ly/ef2dIO #nola #itstheleveesstupid
~ReTweet @ LeveesOrg Big Info still emerges in investigation of BP disaster. When will there be an investigation of levee failures in NO? http://bit.ly/ggXJne

Coast Guard checks out dark-stained water in Chandeleur Sound
~Mark Schleifstein

Blowout preventer failure in Gulf of Mexico oil spill traced to bent drill pipe
~David Hammer
~SandySays March 24, 2011 at 9:50AM
~The report neither exonerates nor places blame. The intent is to find out what went wrong and why and to prevent future disasters. It is the intent of the independent investigation that President Obama ordered 84 days after the Macondo Well blew. Meanwhile, it has been more than five years since levees and floodwalls failed catastrophically in New Orleans and St. Bernard Parish swamping a major city and killing over 1,500 people, and no independent investigation has yet to be ordered. When the investigation is finally ordered, at a cost of about $5 million, we will finally find out what went wrong and why. The report would also recommend what changes, if any, should be made to the way water projects are chosen, funded and built in this country.
~Sandy Rosenthal, wife, mom, Who dat and founder of Levees.org

Here come the Attorneys General…
but where’s Obama?
~Disenfranchised Citizen

Mississippi makes list of 10 top states – for highest auto insurance rates – but Louisiana roars in at #2! ~slabbed

Panel approves addition to bill
~Marsha Shuller ~By a slim margin, a Louisiana House panel voted Wednesday to add a 30th black majority district to a plan that would reshape the chamber’s 105 election districts.
~Also~ This from the Alexandria Town Talk

NOLA Pyrate Week!~Humid Beings

New Orleans Roadfood Festival offers bites of great food from throughout the city~Todd Price

Lunch at K-Paul's~Blackened Out

Crawfish season is off to a slow start, but lots of mudbugs and low prices are expected~ Benjamin Alexander-Bloch

“An Ode to Crawfish”
~Georgia Pellegrini

Treme 1st season goes to DVD!

Jus'sayin...

Jeff Lamb RIP ~NOLAFemmes
~ReTweet @ hungrytermite~it's taken me 20 hours just to write 2 lines. :'( http://bit.ly/hdfzzA

~ReTweet @ Editilla the Pun @wwoz_neworleans @NOLAFemmes I donated to #WWOZ in Memory of Jeff Lamb -> #Nola Archivist/Photographer -and you can too http://bit.ly/e9HWvn

Hogs for the Cause this Weekend!


Corps Issues
~ReTweet @ theharryshearer~The Corps wrecked St. Bernard Parish wetlands, now has plan to fix. State & locals object. http://bit.ly/gdJlGp We've seen this movie...
~Reply @Editilla the Pun @theharryshearer More like seen the Syndicated Re-Runs of this Movie! They are emboldened despite #TheBigUneasy #BrassBalls'vs'#SteelCajones

Gulf Spill - Not So Fast - Problem at LOOP?~SkyTruth

Houston company accepts responsibility for oil spill off Louisiana
~David Hammer~Also~New sightings of apparent oil near Chandeleur islands reported from flyover~Trapped, buckled drill pipe stopped Macondo well blowout preventer from closing, investigators find

How about a bit of workplace gossip from the Hive ~slabbed

Out of a landfill came Fred Heebe's garden ~James Gill

Enabled~CenLamar

Judge rejects Google's library plan

The Rites of Spring: Top 10 Spring Things in New Orleans
~He Said/She Said NOLA

Hogs for the Cause and Ben
~In November of 2008, 4 year old Ben was diagnosed with DIPG, an incurable killer. After meeting Ben and seeing his love of life in the face of such terrible circumstances, Becker and Rene decided to focus the first Hogs For The Cause on raising money to help Ben and his family. That first year was a success and Ben continued to battle DIPG, all the while with a smile and more often a joke. Tragically, Ben lost his battle a week before Hogs for the Cause 2010. Ben’s story only solidified Becker and Rene’s desire to do whatever they could to help families who are struggling with the financial burdens of taking care of a child with brain cancer.
~Retweet @ Editilla the Pun~Ticket Contest! Offering 2 tix @Hogs4TheCause --Lucky Winnah answers question HOW MANY PIGS DOES IT TAKE TO CHANGE A LIGHT BULB? cont->@ Editilla the Pun~ just Reply tweet today/Wed I'll pick Lucky Winnahs' via DM and leave 2 Names @ Will Call desk #PIGFUN! #nola

Sean Payton talks contract extension --for himself!~WWL

Metro New Orleans area community meetings for Tuesday, March 22
~HERO CANAL CLOSURE MEETING~Thursday, 6 p.m. open house and 6:30 p.m. presentation, at St. Paul's Benevolent Association Hall, 128 E. St. Peter St., Oakville. The Army Corps of Engineers will explain plans to temporarily close the easternmost part of Hero Canal in Plaquemines Parish as part of a levee tie-in project.~Also~Corps dredge suit judgment upheld~Dredging News

More oil washes up on Grand Isle
~Daily Comet

Worker notes delayed health effects from oil leak~Amy Wold

And now, a word from our sponsors… Crossroads Anthem Version
~Disenfranchised Citizen

Gotta be the full moon – the howlin’ and jowlin’ “media narrative” about the dismissal of the Farese bar complaint filed by Zach Scruggs ~slabbed

Mardi Gras Indians Bring It On Home!
~Photos by Michael Hinton, T-P
~Editilla Featherellas~
~Soooo many Little Indians!
We couldn't post yesterday due to the rollicking good time had by all with the Mardi Gras Indians Supa Sunday parades. We tollin'ya, it will remain, for y'Ho Ho Homble Editilla, one of the most beautiful set o struts --as we'd never seen That many Indians and get to check out their Costumes with such leisure! Also, they were out posing with ANYONE no holds barred except if you were an asshole professional carpet photographer ahem! But they laid their Costumes out on the ground so we could take pics of Every Single Piece. It was nothing short of Stunning Outreach.
We all killed our Camera Batteries. Gentle'rillas can see my pics as we post them to Twitter today. Aaaaand, gotta give Hats Off to'da NOPD for rolling wit'it all!
~Also~St. Joseph's night with Mardi Gras Indians~Humid Beings

The NOPD report: white man in Jacksonsmith Palais…
~Disenfranchised Citizen

Ms Tabea Schiffahrtsgesellechaft MBH & Co. KG v. Board of Commissioners of Port of New Orleans

It's Monday, whadda'ya gonna do?

Haunting images from Japan evoke memories of Katrina for Gulf Coasters
~Sun Herald

Mystery Oil Slick off Grand Isle, LA ~SkyTruth

Coast Guard: Gulf sheen likely came from river~Daily Comet

Oil-recycler subject of hearing

Panel to consider Louisiana House redistricting plan today~Mike Hasten

Jindal releases budget proposal
~Michelle Millhollon

The People Say Project: Conversations in Culture and Money~Humid Beings

Verti Branjalina!

Anders Osborne Crushes Brooklyn Bowl ~Hat Tweet @champsuperstar
~Editilla Notellas~ Andres will perform at Hogs for the Cause!
~ReTweet @ Hogs4TheCause~Let's make a deal you buy a ticket and we will promise to stop making videos http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IjvATpQfeiQ

April 10th, Benefit for Japan at the Rock 'n' Bowl
~Featuring Jeremy Davenport, Bonerama, Papa Grows Funk, Big Sam's Funky Nation and more!

~ReTweet @ Editilla the Pun~ Patio @ Satsuma, wakin- bacon, Charlotte Dayberry just came up & sat on mah foot #Home #Nola twitpic.com/4b2pr9

~ReTweet @RebirthFinance @humidbeings See how we help NOLA business get affordable financing using crowdfunding. Don't forget to follow us back http://cot.ag/hWr8QB

City Council zaps ‘aggressive’ panhandlers in New Orleans business district~Karen Gadbois, The Lens

Slabbed visits the “secret garden” of River Birch’s Fred Heebe and his wife Jennifer Sneed Heebe: Our business stinks and we live it up!

Study Projects Louisiana Pension Funds To Run Dry in 2017
~The Pelican Post ~Hat Tweet @ Noladishu

~Jus'sayin...

NPR, Bill Moyers Pining for Bygone Faux News Days~Take Zwerdling's investigations as just one example: Over the years, he has sorted out the complexities and secrets of the 1986 Challenger space shuttle disaster and the warnings that preceded it, dangers posed to humans by the plant pesticide Chlordane (it eventually was banned by the Environmental Protection Agency) and the failures of the Corps of Engineers to maintain safely the dikes and dams around New Orleans -- among many other stories.
~Editilla Notellas~ Emphasis mine. Forgive me, but I'd like a list of News Stories where NPR framed the Destruction of New Orleans as a Man-Made Disaster, or Federal Flo0d as a result of Engineering Misfeasance (Federal Judge Duvall's word in Court Ruling) by the Corps of Engineers.
If Gentle'rillas know anything about me and this Ladder, y'all know that covering the coverage of the Crucifixion of New Orleans 8/29/05 remains one of our main raison d'etres. As this has been more-or-less what I do every day and late into the evening, to wit: scouring the Internets for News on Nola and the Federal flood, I haven't seen NPR on "our side" of those levee failures. Indeed, given the way they shat in the mouth of long-time supporter and Editilla Herolero Harry Shearer over the release of his copiously factual documentary, The Big Uneasy ---even going as far as to require that he ReFrame his own words to SAY KATRINA DID IT--- begs the question of NPR's impartiality regarding their Corporate Sponsors who are also major stakeholders in Corps Projects across the country.

A family, not a statistic…
~Disenfranchised Citizen

Third drilling permit issued
~Kathrine Schmidt

Oil Spill Reported Near Deepwater Drilling Site in Gulf

10,000 cypress goal~Richard Burgess

Gumbo and Sunshine~NOLAFemmes

Abita Beer's Top Of The Hops Beer Fest TODAY, Fontainebleau State Park

Cajun Claws in Abbeville just might have the best crawfish around
~Bret Anderson

Mardi Gras Indians, New Orleans police meet to avoid conflicts on St. Joseph's Night

New Orleans' Floodgate and levee maintenance costs expected to increase dramatically~Mark Schleifstein

A reflection and offering
~American Zombie

~Editilla Rolellas~ Special Thanks to Ladder Correspondent and Known Felon in Drag, Georgianne Neinaber, for pegging us.
We've been on the train it seems for days. Hence, our internets have been stretched, so we'll just keep hangin'em though a tad later than sooner ahem.
My oh my but it is good to be back home in New Orleans.

More writs from a dishonest bitch are ditched as Randy and the gang at United Fire Group get their asses kicked again ~slabbed

Chinese drywall remediation guidelines revised by U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission

Yearlong Justice Department probe blisters NOPD for constitutional violations: Update
~ReTweet @ skooks Ah here we go http://www.justice.gov/crt/about/spl/nopd.php

NPC Luncheon with Harry Shearer (Video & Photos) and The Big Uneasy Q & A the following night!

~Above right: Harry addresses the National Press Club on the incongrooviencent state of News Media Myth Heads, to wit: the Editorial fetish for inaccurate narratives like say Katrina flooding New Orleans.
~Above: Harry and Maria Garzino, who's brave whistle-blow on the Corps figures solidly in the movie The Big Uneasy, answer audience questions in the packed Silver Theater in Silver Spring, Maryland. Ahem, the latter is before I presented Ms. Garzino with our 1st Editilla's Civil Engineering Brass Balls Award, and Harry with an honorary pair for his place as a linchpin for getting our story straight, getting the Accurate Narrative to a national audience and keeping it there clearly.

Limbaugh’s clownish guess at Katrina costs no laughing matter
~Mark Moseley, The Lens

Statistics Are The Enemy of The Status Quo~Cliff's Crib

BP protest organizers undaunted by low turnout~John DeSantis
~SCHRIEVER — Grilling sausage and rib aromas wafted on a steady breeze, past parade-style barricades and over a wide alligator-inhabited ditch. Bright white tenting and a DJ’s gospel music added to perceptions of a church picnic rather than a promised protest.

New Orleans Tennessee Williams Festival kicks off with world-premiere and gala

Big Media Operates in a “Culture of Impunity” says Harry Shearer ~Levees.org
~At left~Sandy Rosenthal "standing the colors" at the National Press Club Luncheon, Washington DC.
~Editilla Goes To Washington
~Given that Harry's NPC Luncheon was the root of the entire reason I came to DC, we were also Blessed to catch The Big Uneasy with Harry and Engineer Maria Garzino doing Q & A! Not only that buuuut at the end we presented our 1st ever Editilla's Civil Engineering Brass Balls Award to Ms. Garzino for her role in the movie: Standing Up to the Corps of Engineers regarding worthless pumps they installed in New Orleans' 3 outfall canals after they flooded the city 8/29/05 -and thus suffering professional recriminations. It could be argued that Matt McBride, or Bob Bea should have gotten the 1st Award, but this is how the voting shook out in Editilla's excited mind. Aaaand we gonna get them boyz anyway don't'cha know.
To see the smile on Maria Garzino's face when she held up her Balls made this entire trip to our nation's Capital worthwhile for me. We will award more of these Brass Balls to Engineers, probably during the next Flood Anniversary.
Though not an Engineer, (and doesn't even play one on TV;) Harry Shearer also received his own pair of Brass Balls from Editilla ---in honor of his place as a linchpin in the entire narrative of our Kafkatrina Federal Flood Crime. His work on The Big Uneasy alone says indisputably that We Won't Back Down Don't Know How!
A Charter Member, advisor and supporter to Levees.org and his relentless coverage of New Orleans' Flood on his Huffington Post blog have put Harry on the front lines of this Battle of New Orleans' Narrative.
Harry is my personal Herolero, on many levels, and an integral influence on the development of Your New Orleans Ladder.

Army Corps of Engineers' mission questioned by some House Republicans
~Bruce Alpert

US Army Corps of Engineers to inspect Miss. River levees twice a week because of rising water

New Orleans neighborhoods without grocers targeted by $14 million program

Louisiana pols fiddle with facts while Japan’s reactors burn
~Mark Moseley, The Lens

Regents support SUNO, UNO union ~Jordan Bloom

New Orleans police vs. the Krewe of Eris was no Clash of the Titans
~James Gill

I’m the Engineer DING DING DING DING DING! ~slabbed

Crabbers distressed by what they're harvesting~John DeSantis

Well Ken, I suppose congratulations are in order?~Disenfranchised Citizen

Sen. Boxer promises quick action on bill to give Gulf states bulk of BP fines

Prepared to do a heckuva job
~Library Chronicles

Editilla Goes To Washington!
~Apollo/Soyuz used in famous Space Meet'N'Greet!
~Please forgive the B&W, but I couldn't seem to return my Android smarter-than-me phone to just normal light filtering. It got stuck in the 'solarizing' or 'posturizing' kinky color stuff grrrr!

Actor Harry Shearer blasts mainstream media during trip to Washington
~Watch Harry's remarks on C-Span

Senator Jim DeMint Introduces Army Corps of Engineers Reform Bill

~ReTweet @ SkyTruth~Hi-res satellite pic showing damage to Fukushima reactor buildings 3/14 http://bit.ly/gJonXJ - damage analysis (PDF) http://bit.ly/f3cvSZ

Texas Goes Nuclear…
~Disenfranchised Citizen

U.S. International Trade Commission votes to keep tariffs on imported shrimp

Meeting pits assessors against oil lobby

Politicians side with parents asking review of plans to put KIPP charter at Colton site~Ariella Cohen, The Lens

Monday Masques as Tuesday~slabbed

It’s an oldie but a goodie: Sunshine is the best disinfectant, and we need a good dose~Steve Beaty, The Lens

A reflection and offering
~American Zombie

20 Baby Steps to the Revolution
~Miss Malaprop

Taking It All Off: Saint Baldrick’s Oak Street Block Party
~He Said/She Said NOLA

The Ham Sandwich~Blackened Out

French Quarter Fest lineup announced

Actor Harry Shearer Remarks on the State of Journalism ~C-Span
~Editilla Crowtellas~ We really enjoyed our Big Herolero Harry Shearer's remarks today, thrilled as well to be in the Club of Journalists. There they were, all walking about out in the open. Harry didn't pick on them as I'd hoped, but he did deliver a stinging rebuke to profit driven editorship. I'm always impressed with how smart and quick Harry is, a mind like a steel trap. We got to meet him too and he is Very Gracious as well. Thanks Harry fo'watchin our back!

Harry Shearer of ‘Simpsons’ visits D.C. to screen post-Federal Flood of New Orleans film
~Washington Post
~ReTweet @ Editilla the Pun~Today I will have lunch with @theharryshearer http://bit.ly/ho8mJv and then maybe the Air & Space Museum #EditillaGoesToWashington

City of Lafitte aims to sue U.S. Army Corps of Engineers

FEMA taking another look at Lafourche levees

Endangered plants flourish at Nicholls State University Farm outside Thibodaux

TLC for the After-Mardi Gras Spirit ~NOLAFemmes

You Say Tagalongs. I Say Peanut Butter Patties~Blackened Out

Rock and Roll Hall of Fame-bound Dr. John is a lifelong rambler looking for redemption~Keith Spera
~Hat Tweet @captainswallow

Editilla Goes To Washington!
~Follow our 1st visit adventures as we whodat the nation's Capital!
~Retweet @ Editilla the Pun~ Aw'right! Sidewalk cafe on K street, heads up for the ubiquitous, cunning Lobby Rat name droppings on the walk. #EditillaGoestoWashington

During tsunamis and hurricanes, wanting the best for family and the world~Jarvis DeBerry

Termite service announcement
~hungry termite

My Two Cents on the Rail... ~Disenfranchised Citizen

~ReTweet @ nolamaven Susan Whelan

Louisianians need to get moving: Kim Chatelain: mobile.nola.com/advnola/db_265…

New Orleans DA singles out Judge Laurie White for criticism

Mississippi River is rising, but is unlikely to reach flood stage

Gulf residents launch walk to Washington, D.C., for awareness of post-spill health issues, other concerns

Field of Dreams, Nucor plans will change the face of St. James Parish

Chauvin boat blessing will go on

A Crown Jewel in New Orleans
~Judyb54, NOLAFemmes

We decided to not post the Ladder today in deference and concern for Japan.

Gentle'rillas may follow our trip "Editilla Goes to Washington" on Twitter.

Harry Shearer to launch Phase II in promotion of The Big Uneasy


Corps releases proposed plan for Plaquemines Parish levees

FEMA will start charging trailer dwellers $800 a month in May? Hola!
~Editilla tamps the lodge like a hungry beaver~ Really? You'd think that if these people could afford a nice apartment in New Orleans or a condo in Bay St. Louis they would right?

NOPD shuts down Iron Rail, Plan B and others in permit bust
~Alex Woodward, Gambit
~Editilla Crucifellas~ I would like to know if "all the artists upstairs" means the studio I had (where the poet Moose has since worked) at 511 Marigny for many years until the Kafkatrina Federal Flood of 8/29/05.
If so then New Orleans has been dealt a grievous blow indeed, a stab so deep that I am left with only 1 question: "Et tu, Mayor Mitch'mo?"
This is heinous on the scale of the Salem Witch Hunts or McCarthy era blacklists. For me such civic ass-hattery belongs in the covenants of Boca Raton or Baton Rouge ---not in this City of Living Metaphor, where a misunderestimation of Cliche' can get you killed and the 5th District will throw people in jail for marching on Goddamned Mardi Gras!

NOPD is reviewing arrests of 12 at Krewe of Eris parade Sunday night ~The Chicory

D.A. Cannizzaro fires back by releasing Judge White’s attendance record
~Matt Davis, The Lens

Grand Isle Louisiana: A Pedophile’s paradise? Maybe so long as ol’ Euris is around running interference~slabbed

Evaporating oil from BP spill likely posed a health threat, study says
~Mark Schleifstein

First installment of BP money for Louisiana tourism to be divided among all 64 parishes

Lawmakers push for extension of offshore drilling leases

State losing on natural gas tax exemption

The Thursday Think Tank - #39 Ghosts ~Poets United~Hat Tweet @NOLAFemmes

Mardi Gras 2011 ~Humid Beings
~ReTweet @queenreesie Big Queen Cherice~ RT @johnmcquaid: Photos of Mardi Gras Indians fromTuesday's celebrations http://bit.ly/hxy1fF

L O L A, Lola~Blackened Out

Crawfish Boil 101: Expert boilers give you their advice~Judy Walker

How to Render and Use Wild Game Fat
~Georgia Pellegrini, American Hunter

Foburg Music Festival~Gambit

Dr. John sounds off on his early career, his induction and more~Keith Spera

Harry Shearer Hopes to Shame Press Practitioners~Levees.org
~Editilla Bra'tellas~I have tickets to attend this event --as well as:
Special Whistleblower Film Series Screening: The Big Uneasy.
Of course we shall keep Gentle'rillas posted!

Troubled waters~Todd Jorgenson
~Harry Shearer is tired of people referring to Hurricane Katrina as a natural disaster. More than five years after the storm led to catastrophic damage in New Orleans, Shearer calls such references little more than ignorant pandering.

No U.S. levees for Hurricane Carp
~Tom Henry
~Remember how New Orleans tried convincing the Corps it needed stronger levees for the city’s Third Ward before Hurricane Katrina hit? ’Nuff said.
~Editilla Notellas~ this just tickles me more than a pile of speckled Dachshunds. Here we witness the results of the hard-fought efforts by Levees.org --to Re-Frame the media narrative from Katrina Myth back into Federal Reality- Based Record-- spreading into the Mainstream View.
I mean really, we can't stress enough the intractability of journalists to break from the pack and write what they know.
~Special thanks to Ladder Illustrator and Levees.org supporter Da Masqued E'vinga! for our latest: "Pig'N'Boots!"

World Water Summit

Louis Armstrong Airport receives approval for service to Cuba

R.O.C.K. in the U.S.A! Get Down! Get Back Up Again!

When good times roll, must crime cameras roll, too?
~Mark Moseley, The Lens

Marching On~Pontchartrain Pete

Mags has her MG Pics up!

~Retweet @NOLAnotes~Awright, my 2011 carnival pics: http://www.flickr.com/photos/nolanotes/sets/72157626109484087/

Mardi Gras gave maskers in New Orleans a chance to mock BP
~Cain Burdeau

Arrested at the Eris Parade~New Orleans Indie Media, via Rex Dingler
~Editilla Notellas~ You will know them by their own words --or NOT.
~UPDATA~Officer Hits Man Shooting Video Of Parade Bust~WDSU

Suppose you are a newbie to Slabbed and want to catch up…

Final Oil Spill Payment Averages Going Down… ~Disenfranchised Citizen

‘Before I Die…’ Public Art in New Orleans~He Said/She Said NOLA

Old and Magnificent: 10 Top Live Oaks in Louisiana~Louisiana Life Magazine
~Selecting Louisiana’s Top 10 live oaks from the thousands of magnificent specimens of Quercus virginiana species across the state is a bit like choosing the Top 10 bowls of gumbo. It’s completely subjective. A few are obvious choices, with a reputation and familiarity that transcends personal taste. But then there are others that ask for inclusion because of their striking beauty, unusual shape or simply because of the circumstances of weather and light that helped me successfully translate onto film the unique personality of a specific tree. In the three decades that I’ve photographed Louisiana’s live oaks, almost everyone I speak with has a favorite tree, and I will recognize those when space allows. With this caveat, here is my selection of Louisiana’s Top 10 oaks. ~William Guion

Foburg Back for Round Two
~Leo McGovern, ANTIGRAVITY