Win at trip to New Orleans with Harry Shearer~The Cajun Boy~Well, our friends at FilmBuff were inspired enough by Harry Shearer’s powerful and entertaining documentary, The Big Uneasy (which you should totally watch, btw), for its “ability to go behind the scenes and capture the events surrounding hurricane Katrina and the destruction that it laid upon the city of New Orleans.” (here Editilla axes WTF???) So they’re, with Harry’s help, having a contest:

From inspiration comes action, so we want to give you, our loyal FilmBuffs an unique opportunity: write a letter to your state senator and discuss what measures need to be taken to protect your community and prevent devastating natural disasters like this (here Editilla gotta axe: do they mean the US Army Corps of Engineers?) from crippling your town. Submit your letter to both your senator and also, via our team here, to Harry Shearer. Harry, the director of the The Big Uneasy, will personally select the best letter. Should that letter be yours, you will win a trip to New Orleans where Harry himself will guide you on a exciting tour of this great city and together you will witness first hand some of the renewal areas.
~Editilla Parentheticates~ We're a fan of this writer and follow him on Twitter. But, I don't care if you are Elvis' little brother, New Orleans was not flooded by a Natural Disaster named Katrina but by a man-made civil engineering failure named the US Army Corps of Engineers.
In the real world, we call such a miss-framing of the man-made Federal Flood that devastated New Orleans as "Katrina the Natural Disaster": Katrina Shorthand. In the 5 years I've watched Levees.org battle this misconception in the American Press, it seemed to have slackened to a trickle due to that group's unrelenting efforts to correct editors and journalists. Yet, here we are after the 6th Anniversary of that Man Made Disaster, and we find a local journalists/content writer doing it like they're some jail-punk at the AP. I don't even need to mention how antithetical this is to the entire premise of The Big Uneasy. They should watch the movie before trying to Katrina Shorthand it.

Roll on Red Bull!

~Hat Tweet @humidhaney

We Are Not Ready For Some Football...
~Library Chronicles

Concern in crisis adds to stress: human impact of oil leak studied~Jordan Blum
~Having strong roots and community commitment can actually lead to more stress and health problems, especially in times of crisis, according to a new LSU study.

Army Corps Bribe Case Includes Alleged Threat to Kill Witness ~Bloomberg

"Occupy New Orleans" finds a Metaphor!
~Yep... there it is hahaha --The Little Engine That Could! We couldn't resist :):):)

Sproles In Your Holes -or- One In The Pink ~moosedenied

Sheriff’s deputies not getting paid for months of work done through new city contract
~Matt Davis, The Lens

Preserving St. Henry’s rectory is “not a deal breaker” for papal exhibit, priest says
~Robert Morris, Uptown Messenger

New Orleans is focus of proposed amendment~Jeremy Alford
~Hat Tweet @RichardBienvenu

We're missing an opportunity with our levees

Drinking Water in New Orleans ~Watershed NOLA

Dardenne, Nungesser face off in debate

So, what are you doing November 14th?
~Disenfranchised Citizen

Louisiana seafood safety testing results go online

'The Simpsons' actor Harry Shearer offers to take 70-percent pay cut to save show

Booty: Famous Words
~Pauline's Pirates and Privateers

~Editilla Booty'tellas~ Sorry, I've seen them perform this half a dozen times. BOOTY!

TGIFriday Reads~Sky Dancing

T.G.I.F.~Blackened Out

Sunday: Prince of Wales second line parade 1-5 pm ~Big Red Cotton, Gambit

Gulf Coast Ecosystem Restoration Task Force offers to bribe Louisiana with carrots
~The America’s WETLAND Foundation (an industry funded lobbying group) praised the report for bringing Louisiana’s coastal land loss to national prominence. “We have been through numerous federal administrations where making the case for the restoration of valuable wetlands in Louisiana has been all but ignored,” said foundation Chairman King Milling (who funded 80% of the coastal destruction with oil exploration loans through his Whitney Bank). “Through the efforts of many, Gulf Coast deterioration is now a national concern, where agendas are forming to bring solutions to a crisis situation.”

The New Orleans-based Gulf Restoration Network, however, attacked the report for not recommending specific restoration projects. “Where are the measurable goals and outcomes for the restoration agenda?” spokesman Aaron Viles said in a news release. “Where will the money for specific projects come from? How can we be sure that restoration decisions are sound if there is no requirement for independent scientific review and a Science Advisory Committee?”
~Editilla Notellas~ We would've linked to AWF but their url is suspiciously almost exactly like the following coastal science group GRN. Making your URL exactly like your competition's is an old Public Relations aggregation trick from the days of signage.
America's Wetlands is funded by the vary industry which has destroyed South Louisiana, which in turn was financed for the most part by the group's chairman King Milling's bank. When such well-funded PR Machines play-act as grass roots activists you get ASTROTURF.

~Photograph of wetlands damage from the MRGO, by Quinta Scott: wetlands blogger photo-archivist, fine art nature photographer and big friend of Louisiana and your New Orleans Ladder. Please also see her post: Ecosystem Restoration: The Upper Mississippi and the Louisiana Coast, Studied to Death

Defend Our Coast, Defend Our Culture
Join us for an evening of great discussion, food, and music to benefit GRN

Oil spill may be causing infertility problems ~Disenfranchised Citizen

Voice of the Wetlands Festival Oct. 7-9
~The eighth annual Voice of the Wetlands Festival is scheduled for Oct. 7-9 at Southdown Plantation, 1208 Museum Drive, Houma. Admission is free.
~Other fall festivals across South Louisiana

Aaron Bennett is busy ingratiating himself: Stephanie Grace

Xanax and Highballs~American Zombie

Almost half of Louisiana schools fail

Thousands in improperly documented Nagin-era charges foul city’s 2010 audit
~Ariela Cohen, The Lens

The New Orleans Levee: The Last Word in Ridiculous for the Last Five Years
~Notes on New Orleans.net

Mississippi River 9th Ward Film and Arts Festival hoping third time will be a charm

Putting the K in Oktoberfest~Gambit

Short Order Reviews~Blackened Out

Fraud in Corps of Engineers? No Way!
~Hat Tweet @theharryshearer

Probe sought in Army Corps of Engineers bribe case

Lee Zurik Investigation: Corps gives controversial contractor $51M in work
~At least one public agency defends the hiring of a government contractor who’s been paid tens of millions of your dollars. While the company Benetech has made millions of public dollars, it has run into problems on much of its work. We’ve been trying to get an interview with Benetech owner Aaron Bennett for months. Three weeks ago at the airport Bennett refused to respond to our questions.
~Hat Tweet @The_Gambit~US Atty Jim Letten has issued bills of information against Jiff Hingle & Benetech's Aaron Bennett. Up on blogofneworleans.com soon.
~Also~Plaquemines Sheriff 'Jiff' Hingle to resign~WWL

Corps' Seabrook Floodgate Delays Affect Local Business~WDSU

New Orleans North
~FoodMusicJustice.com

Superdome: "Lord won't you buy me, Mercedes Benz"~American Zombie

Nyuk nyuk nyuk nyuk nyuk: Its the silly season ~Slabbed

Ken Feinberg’s next modification…
~Disenfranchised Citizen

Companies that participated in oil spill cleanup aren't immune from health claims

~Hat Tweet @lizzieohreally Lizzie O'Leary~RT @jimtankersley: The fed gov releases its plan to restore the Gulf ecosystem, post-BP (and decades of other abuse): njour.nl/qo2MmB

Graffiti writer turned legitimate muralist frustrated by gray overpainting
~Doug MacCash

Deutsches Haus plans move to Bayou St. John~Rebecca Mowbray

Winesday~Blackened Out

Nalco…not just following orders…
~Disenfranchised Citizen

Four arrested in Corps of Engineers bribery and contracting scam~Hat Tip~ Sandy Rosenthal

Corps of Engineers: an Equal Opportunity Shell-Game Racket~After raging waters devastated farms, homes and livelihoods along the Missouri River this summer, the Missouri Corn Growers Association is calling on the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to immediately reallocate funds to rebuild damaged levees. "Despite their ongoing claims that flood control is the No. 1 priority of the system, the corps continues to state money is not available for levee repair and isn't expected for some time," noted MCGA CEO Gary Marshall. "Meanwhile the corps has millions of dollars at their disposal for other river projects that further jeopardize flood control."
~Editilla wilts like a point'setta~ We really hate to keep bringing this up buuuuut the Corps of Engineers are, well, basically fucking liars who work for higher bidders than the American Taxpayer. They want a new expensive huge flood control structure at the Bird's Point levee breach they caused during their recent flooding project. They will wait out these measly farmers to get what the Corps wants. And from whom will this bell toll? They work for subsidized corporations like ADM and Con Agra, Tyson... the list goes on as these are the Stakeholders who've benefited the most from our Federal Infrastructure. The Corps doesn't give a Rat Fink's Ass for some Corn Growers Assn. Ha! Those people just pay taxes. The larger Engineering Problem lies in their lies about the whole system in the upper Mississippi. It is designed to Get Product Out, not protect stupid farmers dumb enough to've bought the con to grow corn for ethanol. Missouri farmers are shat outta luck and small fry in a bigger cookout.

The hurt from Corps' Flood bridge blockade remains incalculable~Jarvis DeBerry

Orleans Public Defenders Office sues Sheriff Gusman over visitation at OPP

Comment Bump: Bill "Wimpy, Jr." Loiry prices his new snake oil
~American Zombie

Yes I agree Benetech needs a good probe. A 24 inch speculum should work nicely for the job ~Slabbed

Occupy Wall Street ~Thanks Katrina
~Hat Tweet @Editilla the Pun~A contributor to 2nd Harvest Food Bank, I'm concerned about hooking #OccupyNewOrleans onto their good hard work #Nola bit.ly/qLEPSF

$27.1 million Claiborne Avenue drainage improvements contract is awarded

Kenner built 4 sewer stations with key components vulnerable to flooding

Harvesters dispirited by white shrimp catch

White Shrimp Season Not Too Shrimpy ~Bayou Woman~Hat Tweet @captainswallow

Iceland, Terrebonne could become partners

Prune-hibitionists~Blackened Out

'Mr. Okra' documentary to screen Wednesday at free outdoor NOMA event

A Sneak Peak at 'The Music Box,' Where Sculptures Form a Symphony
~Brad Rhines, NOLA DEFENDER

WWOZ Membership Drive!

It’s Official: Whitehouse.gov is Tedious but Worth the Effort --just 3 more weeks left to sign the Petition!~Levees.org

New Orleans Saints tight end Jimmy Graham is a star~Jeff Duncan
~New Orleans Saints tight end Jimmy Graham (80) dunks the ball over the crossbar after scoring a touchdown during the first half of an NFL football game against the Jacksonville Jaguars in Jacksonville, Fla., Sunday, Oct. 2, 2011.
~AP Photo/Phelan M. Ebenhack courtesy of WWL

Real trouble could be ahead for Gulf fish, wildlife, researcher warns
~Bob Marshall

Some crawfish, mussels, birds, plants in Louisiana could get endangered species status~Benjamin Alexander-Bloch

Oil Industry skeptical about Federal drilling numbers~Cara Bayles, Daily Comet

Protest should focus on Lafayette Square — and 2nd Harvest Food Bank
~Allen Williams

Slabbed again in the news in Nova Scotia

New Orleans master plan getting tweaked

Released after three month delay, city audit reveals $21 million 2010 budget shortfall~Ariela Cohen, The Lens

Use the Movie & Book Title Wall Very Thoughtfully* ~NOLAFemmes

Introducing “The InvadeNOLA Guide to New Orleans”

~Hat Tweet @TujaguesWondering just what goes into an absinthe frappe? @Esquiremag answers all your questions: - http://ow.ly/6Julb

Farm to Table: Hollygrove Harvest Soup
~He Said/She Said NOLA

WHOOOODAT!

The conservative case for saving the coast ~Bob Marshall

Insurers win as post-Hurricane Katrina/Federal Flood issue is resolved~Rebecca Mowbray

PWALLY Mostly True Stories, Part II

"Twirl" by Polly Jackson

She is also our Corps Illustrator: The Masqued E'vinga!
You can find her littered all over your New Orleans Ladder. Without her pictures cutting humorous satire across our blog, yer ho ho homble Editilla's angry ass woulda surely ended up in da hoosgow. Not only do we love her for steppin into it with da Ladder, I've purchased a group of her Chicken Paintings (like the one at right: Hamburg Chic) for Editilla's House of Piety! I'd link to them but would rather our Gentle'rillas go and enjoy pecking down her Facebook page to see all her other paintings. Polly also writes wonderful short stories under the blog name PWALLY, from whence come these great little books.

Swamp expo shows off culture

In 1840, New Orleans was America’s third-largest city. Today, it’s 52nd
~The Economist
~NEW ORLEANS has been taxing demographers since the day six years ago when Hurricane Katrina burst the city’s levees, killing more than 1,000 people and setting off the greatest diaspora in recent American history.
~Editilla Rotellas da Velvetta Bidness News~ We are continuously repugnatized by journalists who still use Katrina Shorthand to miss-frame and misreport the cause of our city's devastation 8/29/05. Yet is with a more burrish chagrin that we find the Economist still sliding this spit-ball public relations propaganda. You'd think Economists would know better, that they would know the facts about our Federal Man Made Disaster. You'd think that BIDNESS PEOPLE would consider the liability and redress which They would Seek if Their BIDNESS had GONE UNDERWATER due to MISFEASANCE by the Corps of Engineers.
Such slipshod tar papering of the truth leads me to question the veracity of the whole article.
Perhaps The Economist actually (actuarilly) represents the Insurance and ReInsurance industry. Maybe they're just lying for the Industry so that our Flood Premiums in any man-made disaster anywhere in the world will remain high and tightly controlled.

Corps of Engineers loading towns with unfunded federal mandates

And now a word from Harry Shearer…

Gorgeous Vintage Maps of the Mississippi River’s Path Over Time
~Hat Tweet @dlightful ~Also~ Long pic of all the maps laid out together! ~Pruned

Is Avondale’s owner sabotaging possible sale of the shipyard?~Mark Moseley, The Lens
~Photo courtesy of The Gamit!

Occupy Poydras Street or Pawed And Herded And Other Mistreatments Of Superdome Patrons~Library Chronicles

~Hat Tweet @nolastan~Reason no. 131 to love #nola: average citizens have arguments over faux historic vs modern for proposed Walgreens. uptownmessenger.com/2011/09/walgre…

What a beautiful day to join/renew membership with our city's guardians of the congroovience: WWOZ!

Ten states have two or more cities with populations > 300K living counties protected by levees ~Levees.org

Editorial: Congress can't walk away from flood control

Corps of Engineers loading towns with unfunded federal mandates

Study: Locals unaware of coastal threat ~Nikki Buskey

Turnaround tactics: Principal Lause sets a new course for Harriet Tubman Charter
~Jessica Williams, The Lens

Billy Nungesser's Diverse Portfolio
~NOLA DEFENDER

Hairy, crazy ants make it into Louisiana
~Steven Ward, Advocate

William Loiry, aka. "Wimpy Jr.", strikes again ~American Zombie

High-ranking NOPD officer accused of altering own license plate

Bourbon Tomato Jam~Hat Tweet @Paulineagain

Abita releases 25th anniversary Vanilla Doubledog~Todd A. Price

Community Prays For Mid-City Shooting Victim

Levees.org is now #1 on Whitehouse.gov ~Humid Beings

I’m getting that old familiar feeling again. In my pants. ~moosedenied~I guess it really is in the eye of the beholder, eh? Because for such an "ugly" win, it sure was a thing of beauty to me. I don't know, maybe the Dome smelled of burnt toast all day Sunday, but from where I was sitting, I was getting a big ole whiff of that pungent aroma we all remember from back in 2009. I was smelling Greatness. And it gave me that special kind of boner that I haven't had since those days. If it didn't have that effect on you, well then I consider that a damn shame. Hopefully it'll look a lot different to you when you look back on it in February.
To shamelessly mangle a sentiment once expressed by John F Kennedy: This win wasn't beautiful because it was easy, it was beautiful because it was hard.

Michoud chosen by NASA for heavy-lift rocket work!

The Goat Speaks: our heroes have always been Gleasons ~Hat Tweet @pbodenheimer

Sheriff disses mayoral aide at tense meeting on law enforcement spending priorities
~Matt Davis, The Lens

Attorney for River Birch landfill official has a conflict of interest, federal prosecutors say

Its a brother in law deal: The noose around Fazzio’s neck draws tighter ~Slabbed

What is BP hiding now, and why is the Coast Guard and NOAA helping?
~Disenfranchised Citizen

Houma Tribe Wants Storm Protection For Its Coastal Towns~Susan Buchanan

More help for Louisiana's coast

Hurricane Ophelia becomes 4th hurricane of the Atlantic season

Chris Rose: deadbeats

Feds, La. disagree over funding

NOLA History: The Flags of New Orleans
~GO NOLA

Frank's Place to screen again at NOCCA

A Vintnerview with Michelle Gueydan ~Blackened Out

~Hat Tweet @nolamaven~Just bought my ticket for @BoudinandBeer. You should too! Abita Beer Presents Boudin & Beer boudinandbeer.com via @carnivaleduvin

WWOZ Fall Membership Drive!
~Editilla Re-Memberellas~ We dropped by the station yesterday on our way to Harvest the Music in Lafayette Square. (What a nice example of Living Metaphor!) They're such nice folks and the place smelled like a Nola Food Festival because of all the donated food. There was live music going on, and phones a'ringin...a general air of Faith and Resurrection.
You have to have stood outside the old station in Armstrong Park, during The Flood 8/29/05, to understand what I've meant by the "Screaming Silence" of that day the music died.
But this is New Orleans... our city of Rebirth. Please go online and give them money.
They'll give you Cool Shwag aaand keep your soul intact, guardians of the congroovience.

John Goodman shows he knows what it means to miss New Orleans~Mike Scott

Levees.org's Petition to the President of the United States is Now Number One
~Editilla Dixclaimas~ In their usual style of making communicating with POTUS easier, the White House has added a few hoops, some snakes and ladders, one deep rabbit hole and a Kafka Mountain to jump over for your trip through Open Government:
You have to Register, Verify, Change Password, Sign Out, ...Sign In, then Click Sign. Uuummm, thanks Baraaaaaahhhk!
~But, we can have faith that our signatures of champion support become that much more important -thus noticed- after traversing this Gauntlet of Democracy.
~~We will always be the ones left standing for New Orleans.

Mid-City Shooting Victim Rafael Delgadillo Loses Eyesight, Vigil Planned in Bayou St. John~NOLA DEFENDER

Child-psychology office on Maple rejected, but Taco Bell given green light on South Claiborne~Uptown Messenger

Audit finds that Criminal Court is holding money that should go to crime victims
~Matt Davis, The Lens

Street legal: Let’s make law fit our culture --not the other way around~Alan White
~Not only do we cherish our cultural idiosyncrasies, they are a critical part of our economy. Selling food and drinks at parades, showcasing crafts and fine art on the sidewalk, and playing music at curbside isn’t just lagniappe. It’s a livelihood for families across town and often the best career alternative for those who were failed by the city’s dysfunctional school system. Throughout our history, street work has been the humble beginning of many creative and driven people who have gone on to define New Orleans. It is also the fertile ground from which some of our city’s anchoring businesses and institutions have grown.

Gulf’ll be fine by 2013, right Ken? Not according to…~Disenfranchised Citizen

Congress restores Disaster Aid
--after coming dangerously close to extorting the American Taxpayer through Fear ala Shock Doctrine
How's Your House by Ian Hunter (Song at NOMRF.org)

~Never Forget it could happen to you. We gotta stick together!
For example: check out Matt McBride and Sandy Rosenthal slugging bad media on the Federal Flood of New Orleans. Thanks for watching our backs! (Aaand Gentle'rillas know yer Ho Ho Homble Editilla couldn't stay outta it ;)

errhhh...P.S.A. - Flood Insurance Map ~American Zombie

Corps of Engineers begins testing West Bank levees for woody debris

Waste Management lawsuit alleges dirty tricks by River Birch landfill

There are other ways to honor Danziger Bridge victims: Stephanie Grace

Rebranding the Democrats: Ditch Obama and get behind Elizabeth Warren ~Slabbed

Study says BP spill severely hurt species of fish found in marsh~Cain Burdeau

Coast Guard notifies Transocean of recent Gulf oil sightings

Bayou resident aims to revive French

DAYUM!!! PHOTOS: 11-foot alligator caught on Northshore

Pen Master: Angola Prison Journalist Wins Lit Peace Prize~NOLA DEFENDER

Scenes from 127 years of Fire & Swag: Young Men Olympian Jr. Benevolent Association ~Big Red Cotton, Gambit

Bonarama in Lafayette Sq tomorrow!

Whirlwind Tour of Failed Corps Levees ~Society of Professional Journalists
~On board the bus will be a senior representative of the Army Corps of Engineers’ New Orleans District office, which oversaw the construction; a representative of the Southeast Louisiana Flood Protection Authority-East, which pairs with the state of Louisiana as local sponsor for the system; and Levees.org founder Sandy Rosenthal, a corps critic who has helped ensure the new system was built correctly. We’ll drive through several of the areas worst flooded when levees and floodwalls failed in the aftermath of Katrina.

A Conversation With Sandy Rosenthal, Founder of Levees.org ~The Atlantic

Pulitzer Worthy~Adtrastos, First Draft
~Editilla Whodatellas~ We shot this one with our phone! Behold my next jersey!
At one point Gleason looked directly at me. What a Saint!
~Hat Tweet @FletcherMackel ~RT @erster~PHOTO: unreal night, steve gleason gets SB44 ring, @scottfujita99 did amazing job making this happen yfrog.com/nz8jlrj
~Aaaand yes, 'dat was yer Ho Ho Homble Editilla on the Jumbo Tron shakin'it fo' da Team! So lucky to occasionally get to see Our Boys in Our Sacredome. It puts me back together again...back in line, makes me feel at home, as if we will one fine day live here for realzies after taking soooo long to return to this city we all love

LSU Earns Respect After Defeating 3rd Top 25 Team In Four Games ~lasportsdude
~Hat Tweet @avesbabe

Floating Islands? Really?
~Bayou Woman

Study is bad news for fish in spill

Feinberg ain’t no Santa Claus…
~Disenfranchised Citizen

BREAKING: Self described King of Torts gets his ass kicked in California ~Slabbed

WHOA! Ingalls awarded $700m contract

Cleaning sweep on both shores of Lake Pontchartrain collects almost 8 tons of trash

Louisiana incomes grow as nation struggles~WWL

Spanish Fly~Blackened Out

Saturday Night’s Alright For Fighting:
Le Foret~He Said/She Said NOLA

RIP: Angel Miranda, founder of Lola’s ~Gambit ~Hat Tweet @HeSaidSheSaidNO

French Quarter noise ordinance raising a ruckus~"You can't blow a trumpet less than 85 decibels. If this thing was in effect years ago, we wouldn't have had Louis Armstrong and Al Hirt, because you couldn't can't [sic] with that," says Bourbon Street bar owner Earl Bernhardt.

~Hat Tweet @TheAbitaBeerBoo Monday. Focus on Wednesday. Free music w/Bonerama & ice-cold Abita Beer at Lafayette Square Wednesday after work @2ndHarvestGNOA

Photos & Video: Young Men Olympian Jr. Benevolent Association, Inc., 127th Annual Parade

New Orleans Saints Win!
~Jus'sayin...Yer Ho Ho Homble Editilla snapped that shot! HIGH FIVE!

New Orleans Saints cult hero Steve Gleason battling ALS~Jeff Duncan

Saints vs. Houston, and Kenny Rogers…
~Disenfranchised Citizen

Looks like we're doing it live
~Library Chronicles

Fun with food and drink
~Judyb, NOLAFemmes

Crescent City Blues and BBQ Festival!

Due to the Nature of this blog, we cannot express our Repugnance of Republicans extorting our nation's Disaster Aid Funding

Superdome's destruction, aftermath made for emotional return for workers

~Editilla Whodatellas~This video can still make me cry.
If we're not at the dome, it's Vaughn's.

Learn from mistakes on public housing: James Perry

Team Trout Point begins another PR offensive: The Halifax ChronicalHerald covers the Trout Point Lodge Trip Advisor warning about Lodge ~Slabbed

Really, can Obama get anything right in the Gulf?~Disenfranchised Citizen

"Floating Islands" experimental project aims to protect marshes ~Nikki Buskey
~Also~Louisiana Indians get a new road, new 'islands' ~Cain Burdeaux
~ISLE DE JEAN CHARLES, La. - Hope that their way of life will be saved is dimming among the American Indians who live on this ribbon of land in coastal Louisiana, a place of golden marsh, alligators and exotic birds that has been torn apart by hurricanes, oil drilling and the Army Corps of Engineers. <--Thanks Cain!

Coliseum Square Park Sees Birth of a Muse ~NOLA DEFENDER

Street Fare Derby celebrates these visionary vendors, of New Orleans and beyond, operating out of bars, delivery-only establishments, borrowed kitchens that transform weekly from breakfast joints into gourmet burger establishments, and food trucks. It’s an exciting time to explore the new, the unusual and the highly creative and always delicious mobile food possibilities. As evidenced by such TV shows as The Great Food Truck Race and Eat St., you have probably noticed that the street food craze is sweeping the nation as a fun, delicious and affordable option to the traditional sit down restaurant. New Orleans is following this trend and what better city to explore alternative dining option than ours, right? Those new and familiar to the New Orleans street food scene will be able to threaten edible options all in one place. 12 Noon!

~Hat Tweet @humidbeings~RT @17poets New Orleans celebrates #100thousand poets for change today, 4pm at the little park on Esplanade near Fair Grinds. #nola #100TPC

Happy 50th Birthday, Wynton Marsalis! --Swinging Into The 21st

Funkiest second line of the season: YMO Jr. 127th Anniversary Parade

Sundae on Thursday
~suck the heads ~Hat Tweet @nolamaven

Community Forum on Prison
~American Zombie

BP backs out of negotiations with cities over spill damage

On the Foodie Side of the Street: Street Fare Derby~He Said/She Said NOLA

Coastal protection study to continue without corps~Amy Wold

Gulf of Mexico oil spill fine allocation gets bipartisan support in U.S. Senate committee

Senator John Cornyn, still an asshole... ~Disenfranchised Citizen

Here's where to send Letters of Support to list the New Orleans levee breach sites to the National Register of Historic Places

Disaster aid fund 'running on fumes, Napolitano says

Daisy Pignetti: Blogging the Unfinished Story in Post-Federal Flood New Orleans ~NOLAFemmes

~Hat Tweet @SLABBEDblog~Stephanie Grace lays the wood to the village idiot. You go girl! nola.com/opinions/index…

Cab companies spending millions on gray market for sought-after certificates
~Matt Davis, The Lens

Absent NOPD protection, homeowners turning to self-defense during string of home invasions

Will Smith returns fresh and confident

In Search of Date Night
~He Said/She Said NOLA

Shultzilla at the Street Fare Derby!

Judy Walker's got a chili bowl jones...

The Muffin Man~Blackened Out

Silence Is Violence peace walk at 6pm
~Big Red Cotton, Gambit

Bearly a contest~moosedenied
~Well, I guess that'll just have to do. Oh I bet you thought I'd be over the moon with that righteous beatdown the Saints put on the asshole Bears Sunday afternoon. Well, you'd be wrong. I've got a laundry list of gripes this week. Specifically, I've got a BIG problem with two Saints linebackers and a certain head coach right about now. You guys are aware of the fact that you're currently living in 21st century America, right? Must you always be so fuckin' classy and sportsmanlike? Come on, surely you could stoop to their level just once, for crying out loud.

Corps delays new pump station project along lakefront AGAIN ~WVUE

Corps of Engineers New Orleans District: We own the IHNC breach site. Oops, no we don't. Wait! Yes we do! ~Levees.org

Old Algiers Point Levee Too Dangerous For Recreation ~WDSU

In this episode of Magnum J.D.: Slabbed solves the mystery of Foti’s facinorous fecalith ~Slabbed

Former inmates, others give DOJ an earful~Matt Davis, The Lens

To get hospital off ground, elevation grants sought~The New Orleans Levee

Bill aimed at using BP fines to restore Gulf goes to full Senate

The oil isn’t degrading, but BP’s legal arguments are~Disenfranchised Citizen

Thievery is the greatest flattery ;)
~the hungry termite

Meetings aim to help plan bayou’s future ~Nikki Buskey

“Swamp People” Series Spotlights State’s Alligator Management Program

Proposed lake ferry hits new snag

NoDef Numbers: Sept. 14-21
~NOLA DEFENDER

Live the good life~Slow Southern Style

Winesday~Blackened Out

Street Fare Derby is an opportunity to sample the best in curbside cuisine
~Todd A. Price

Jean-Paul Villere: Food Truck (The Movie)~Uptown Messenger

Trombone Shorty: For True

New Orleans first in appearing on ranked lists~The New Orleans Levee

Change disaster regulations for small businesses: A letter to the editor

Upon further review~Slabbed

While waiting for federal grant, Landrieu taps charitable trust for stop-the-violence program~Matt Davis, The Lens

City places second Maple Street bar under strict sanctions~Uptown Messenger

NOCOG LIVE WEBCAST TONIGHT
~American Zombie
~the New Orleans Coalition for Open Government will be conducting a live webcast of the Community Forum on Jail Conditions from 6pm - 8pm at the Mahalia Jackson Center, 2405 Jackson Avenue.

Spaghetti becomes Louisiana State Dish`
~Here's a graphic showing every tropical storm and hurricane that has struck within 65 miles of Houma and Thibodaux from 1900 to 2010. You can generate this map or alter it to examine each storm at www.csc.noaa.gov/hurricanes.

1 million urged to evacuate as typhoon Roke nears Japan

Barataria oil spill response continues

Judge Must Decide if State Law Applies to Punitive Damages in BP Oil Spill

Study: BP oil not degrading as fast as assumed~Also~Oil found stuck on Gulf bottom, contradicting hopeful estimates

La. rice crop sets record
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Atelier Vie plans absinthe distillery in Mid-City~Todd A. Price

Street Fare Derby SPOTLIGHT:
The Burrito Juke Joint
~New Orleans Food Trucks

In a Sentimental Mood: Happy Birthday John Coltrane
~He Said/She Said NOLA

Linnzi Zaorski back in town, playing at dba tonight! ~Humid Beings