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capitol high academy shines at annual black history quiz bowl

via: press release from rogers multimedia works

Submitted by Owusu Bandele

Capitol High Academy Shines at the Black History Quiz Bowl: L toR Hanifah Muhammad, Darius Williams, Owusu Bandele, Moderator, Sherrell Briggs, and John Brumfield. - Photo by Lisa Gray

Baton Rouge (LA) Competition was keen as twelve teams competed for top honors at the 17th Annual Black History Quiz Bowl hosted by the Southern University Ag Center on Thursday, February 25.

The questions covered a variety of topics including politics, civil rights, culture, sports, and the arts.

Five high school teams and seven teams from the College of Agricultural, Family, and Consumer Sciences competed against each other.

In the end, the young scholars from Capitol High Academy took first place, followed by a second place finish by the Southern University Timbuktu Academy.

The Animal Scientists Blue Team from the Southern University College of Agricultural, Family, and Consumer Sciences finished third.

“It’s all about preparation,” expressed Dr. Owusu Bandele, a retired Southern University Ag Center Professor Emeritus, who initiated the annual quiz bowl seventeen years ago and moderates the sessions.

“The high school teams signed up early and, consequently received the study guides earlier. They took the event seriously. It was truly inspirational to see these young people perform so well,” added Bandele.

The Capitol High Academy team included John Brumfield, Sherrell Briggs, Darius Williams, and Hanifah Muhammad.

Timbuktu Academy team members included Ikechi Akujobi, Justin Brumfield, Kristopher Dandridge, and Cyla Queen.

The Animal Scientists team consisted of Isaiah Nelson, Bryan Smith, Patience Muse, and Bryan Goins.

All participants received books by or about African Americans as gifts.

city of alexandria, la. attorney charles "chuck"johnson, jr. phones into the ksyl talk back show

link to audio download page

while we hardly support many, if any, of city of alexandria, la. mayor jacques roy liberal programs and policies we've always felt like city attorney chuck johnson, despite what must be tremendous pressure, is a real stand-up guy in that he is loyal to the mayor and in these days, loyalty, especially in the political realm, is a hard thing to come by.

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sts-133 final flight of discovery

nasa.gov excerpt:

STS-133: Final Flight of Discovery

Workhorse, ambassador, scientist and equal opportunity emissary. Space shuttle Discovery has fulfilled all those roles over the course of its 352 days in space, thus far.

It’s been the first shuttle to venture into new territory several times, and it’s about to do so again: Following the STS-133 mission, Discovery will be the first of the shuttle fleet to retire.

“We’re wrapping up the Space Shuttle Program,” said STS-133 Commander Steve Lindsey. “Besides the excitement of completing the International Space Station and all the things we do, I hope people get a sense of the history of what the shuttle is and what we’ve done and what’s ending. Because they’ll probably never see anything like it flying again.” ~ read more

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silent color film of jfk at rice hotel houston 21 november 1963

roy botello film

The Rice Hotel in Houston was the second stop of a planned five-city Texas visit that was to have finished at a fund-raiser dinner in Austin. The Kennedy assassination happened in Dallas the next day.

Shortly before 9 p.m. in the hotel's grand ballroom, President Kennedy spoke to a group of several hundred from the League of United Latin American Citizens (LULAC). He then introduced First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy who spoke, without notes, in Spanish. The room erupted in cheers of "olé."

The film was recently donated to the Museum by Roy Botello who, at the time, served as the first Scholarship Corporation Chairman of LULAC in San Antonio. He brought along his home movie camera that evening and captured silent color film of the Kennedy arrival, welcoming dignitaries, a mariachi band and both Kennedys addressing the crowd. ~ read more and watch a higher quality version

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shirley phelps-roper: lack of spanking to blame for 'anonymous' hackers

via: twitter @rawstory

we dont know what to make of this crew. however, in a general sense ms. phelps-roper could be onto something.

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muammar gaddafi's "appalling" speech of 22 february 2011

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around 5:53 pm tripoli, libya time. col. gaddafi through state t.v. addressed the libyan people.

his speech was so bizarre such as his repeatedly referring to the libyan protesters as rats, cockroaches, drug addicts, mercenaries and so forth that press tv at around twenty-eight minutes into it chose to cut-a-way and bring in some commentators --. although they may have done so before, this is the first time that we've ever seen press tv break-a-way from any leaders speech while still in progress.

one press tv political analysis from damascus, nabeel al-samman, observes that gaddafi is at "the end of his rope now" and that the he doesnt make sense.

gaddafi brags about being a revolutionary but is suppressing a revolution. gaddafi doesnt offer any programs to resolve the problem. instead, gaddafi is pitting people against each other.

mr. al-samman says that gaddafi is complaining about the united states -- yet it was gaddafi who cooperated with the u.s. so many times. he says that gaddafi changes alliances just to stay in power.

nabeel al-samman: gaddafi is a jew! "everyone knows about it." gaddafi's mother was a jewess.

as far as drug addicts: "[gaddafi's] son was involved with an italian [jewess] actress and he was arrested in switzerland many times because he hit the policeman.

in italy, his son was involved with a jewess italian actress with drugs and he talking about the people they are on drugs -- gaddafi, this guy doesnt make sense."

jackson allers, a journalist in beirut says that if there are any foreign elements in libya sowing discord then gaddafi is the one who let them in.

"if these foreign elements are in libya sowing discontent as he says, then he is the one that allowed for them to be there -- the truth of the matter is: libya has a very strong secret service and the idea that he would allow for anyone in this country to actually enact any sorts of dissent or sow the seeds of dissent with the so called drug addicts or the rodents, the dogs, as he is calling them -- absolutely appalling language to be calling your own people in these ways, i dont see the advocacy of such an argument.

i do think that it's against the interests of the west to have this kind of violence ensue because your precious oil reserves are at stake. the free flow of oil in this case. we've seen the price of oil shoot up to over $100.00 a barrel; i dont see how that could serve their interests for example.

so i do think thats a bit of an incorrect analysis on the situation. i think a better question to ask, in this case, is, why has it come to this point that the people are in the streets protesting in a way, taking over state military structures, taking over things that are the sort of sacred institutions of the revolution. the things that gaddafi prides them on and the fact that gaddafi says that we havent used all of our power yet?

i think that hes really blowing a lot of smoke up in the air. i dont think that he really has too much to stand on and i'am really afraid for where this is going."

yahya al-arizi, university professor, damascus, says that gaddafi is trying to intimidate people such as how his speech was full of threats. professor al-arizi points out that there are thousands of protesters in the streets and no one can expect that all those thousands are drug addicts or to be people just protesting "for the hell of it or the sake of it."

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16 year old florida cowgirl brooke ann coats killed in bull riding accident

this is tragic but at least as many of her friends and family said, she died doing something that she loved and not many people have that opportunity. condolences to miss coats family, school mates and friends as well as the arena owners, promoters and staff.

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usa holds secret direct talks with the taliban

the united states has held secret talks with a number of senior taliban members to see if they are willing to lay down their weapons and join the peace process -- "but such informal contacts have been denied by the taliban. they say it is just washington's propaganda to cause rifts among the taliban rank-and-file." + the taliban has the upper hand and do not want to engage in peace talks.

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H.R.1 blackburn amendment: turn coat rodney alexander; fluoride pushing quack doctor bill cassidy stand with nancy pelosi

The Names of the 92 House Republicans That Votes Against Cutting Government Spending

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robbie payne v brett gardner state supremes restore some sanity in rapides ambulance chasers gone wild case

Payne v Gardner Supreme Court
This litigation arises from an accident that occurred in rural Rapides Parish on March 9, 2004, when thirteen-year-old Henry Goudeau climbed onto the moving pendulum of an oil well pump and attempted to “ride” the pendulum.

As the pendulum continued its upward motion, his pants unfortunately became entangled in other parts of the pump, resulting in severe personal injuries.

Henry’s mother, Robbie Payne, subsequently filed suit against the manufacture of the pumping unit, Lufkin, among others.

In response, Lufkin filed a motion for summary judgment, asserting it was not liable for Henry’s injuries because it did not “anticipate” at the time it designed and manufactured the product in the 1950s that it would be “used” for recreational purposes–“riding”–by persons, including teenagers.

Lufkin, in support thereof, filed a Statement of Undisputed Material Facts, which stated Lufkin manufactured the pump for the sole purpose of extracting oil, and not as a ride, as well as the deposition of Jon Tarver, the coowner of the company that owned the oil pump, who testified to the same.

In opposition, Ms. Payne argued there existed a foreseeable risk children would attempt to play on the oil well pump and submitted trial court cases from California, Texas, and Oklahoma in which children had been injured while attempting to “ride” on an oil well pumping unit and the deposition testimony of Brett Gardner, regarding a fatal accident in Shreveport involving teenagers attempting to ride a pumping unit.

The District Court granted summary judgment, finding plaintiff “failed to allege any facts that the pump was unreasonably dangerous in itself and for the purpose for which it was intended,” i.e., pumping oil:

At the time of the accident, the minor was thirteen years of age; he should have known not to attempt to ride the oil pump.

The standard is that of a reasonable person.

The oil well, in itself, was not unreasonably dangerous for its reasonably anticipated use; because it’s anticipated use was for pumping oil and not riding.

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more facebook malware pours from the cybercrime community

infosecurity.com excerpt:

18 February 2011

Facebook users are being subjected to an even greater tide of online malware and worms, such as Win32/Yimfoca.AA and Win32/Fbphotofake, claims a leading IT security researcher.

According to Marek Polesensky, a researcher with ESET, Win32/Yimfoca.AA has even ranked in his IT security firm's top ten security threats in many European countries, including Austria, Italy, the Czech Republic and Slovakia, over the last few weeks.

Polesensky reports that the Yimfoca worm uses Facebook chat to attack, while Fbphotofake is a social engineering worm which distributes itself and other malware through spam Facebook messages. ~ read more

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faux news forced to apologize on air for deceptive cpac 2011 broadcast

via: the daily bail

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why do secret homosexuals complain the most about ... homosexuals?

a couple of tweets that recently appeared in our twitter timeline here and here reminded us of that age old question.

not surprisingly, there is a web site "ranker" that makes lists of various things; one of their lists is "top 10 14 anti-gay activists caught being gay."

earlier this month the blogger perez hilton (who is homosexual) complained in a post about a piece of [according to mr. hilton: anti-gay] legislation that a utah state representative has introduced.

utah goings-on are of no concern to us -- especially considering that louisiana's own collection of freaks, perverts, criminals and lunatics will soon enough be convening in baton rouge (twice this year) to deprive us of even more liberty and property.

however, one of the perez hilton commenters, exbff, left a comment that we found worth reproducing here:

No way those lips haven't touched wood. Come on out precious…it's ok.

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"rotund" alexandria, la. attorney susan ford fiser gets a 3rd circuit smack down

we dont know whether or not louisiana third circuit court of appeal judges, elizabeth a. pickett, sylvia r. cooks and marc t. amy saw our 08 april 2010 post where we pointed out that alexandria, la. attorney, susan ford fiser, louisiana bar roll number: 22,366, (the ford law firm, 1630 metro drive, alexandria, la.) needed to pay a lot better attention to her legal papers;

it's too bad that willard a.harp and lisa harp didnt see that post as it possibly could have saved them a bundle in unnecessary legal fees:

Willard Harp Lisa Harp vs Penny Darryl Penny

last month, (15 january 2011) ms. fiser's name surfaced in a gannett/the town talk report regarding another suspicious ninth judicial district court proceeding that she participated in:

Judge Dumps Lawsuits 15 January 2011
link to gannett/town talk report

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kalb: louisiana attorney general raids winn parish sheriff a.d. bodie little office and residence

incredible. to trigger a state investigation, this guy must be a total screw-up.

louisiana districts attorney, police -- especially the state police, attorney general, etc. traditionally cover-up for and suppress investigation and prosecution of governmental and political corruption and wrong doing.

this is why when you hear about a crooked louisiana politician being investigated -- much less prosecuted, its always being done by the feds.

on the other hand the state initiating an investigation like this could be a trick.

it could be that the state got wind of an imminent fbi raid on the winn parish sheriff and that they are actually rushing in to protect the sheriff by seizing and burying the evidence.

anyway, this is kalb's 5 and 6 pm report.

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fox news caught manipulating 2011 cpac coverage

via: whatreallyhappened.com


we dont support the gold bug ron paul but this video should help you to understand why its called faux news and how they can and do manipulate public opinion.

UPDATE: faux news forced to apologize on air for deceptive cpac 2011 broadcast

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fiscal year 2012 budget of the u.s. government

Fiscal Year 2012 Budget of the US Government

link to video watch/download page

president obama's press conference on the 2012 budget.

supposedly, "obama drops 's-bomb' at presser on budget" this occurs at 00:03:00 in and looks to be a bit of a stretch.

this was captured live from whitehouse.gov/live and there are occasional buffering issues you can download a copy from the white house at this page or from this link:

www.whitehouse.gov/videos/2011/February/021511_PressConference.mp4 [581 mb].

to download a 56 mb .mp3 sound file from the white house click here.

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swiss reject tighter gun control laws

in switzerland voters have rejected a proposal to impose restriction on the possession of firearms.

election results show that a majority of swiss states have voted firmly against banning rifles from the homes.

existing laws allow citizens to keep their weapons at home both during and after military service.

more from news.google.com here.
we think everyone should rush out and buy swiss chocolates in commemoration -- especially seeing as how tomorrow is saint valentine's day.

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mystery secret and hidden places via google earth

each video's description box gives the lat and long for you to check on google earth yourself.

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video: president obama remarks on egyptian revolution

originally aired from 3:00 pm, washington, d.c. time (est) and captured live from whitehouse.gov. speech begins at 00:01:50.

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hosni mubarak abandons egyptian presidency

originally aired from 6:01 pm cairo, egypt time friday 11 february 2011.

egyptian vice president omar suleiman (another israeli agent/zionist puppet/torturer) announces that egyptian president hosni mubarak has abandoned the presidency.

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video: egyptian president hosni mubarak speech of 10 february 2011

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with after speech commentary from beirut, lebanon by international lawyer, franklin lamb.

originally aired from 10:46 pm cairo, egypt time, thursday 10 february 2011.

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intellicast: 40% chance of snow in central louisiana this evening

UPDATE: gannett/the town talk: milder winter storm expected tonight

Details for Wednesday, February 09 (Evening)

Evening: A few snow showers scattered about the area this evening, otherwise a good deal of clouds.

Some rain or sleet may mix in early.

Low near 25F.

Winds N at 10 to 15 mph.

Chance of snow 40%. ~ reporting station kesf (esler field)

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state of la vs eric joseph smith 3rd circuit affirms murder & attempted 1st degree murder conviction in alexandria crack ring murder case

eric joseph smith was convicted of shooting kendrick cyriak and shooting and killing telisha rainey.

State of La vs Eric Joseph Smith

a lot of times these opinions make for better reading than the old timey true crime detective novels. likewise, this should make a fascinating read for those interested in whats going on in the streets of alexandria, la.

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H.R. 514 all 6 of louisiana's treasonous, traitorous rethug-la-rats vote to extend the usa patriot act

steve scalise - yea
supposed tea bagger jeff landry - yea
john fleming - yea
rodney alexander - yea
fluoride pushing quack doctor bill cassidy - yea
charles boustany - yea

Feb 8, 2011: This bill failed in the House of Representatives by roll call vote. The vote was held under a suspension of the rules to cut debate short and pass the bill, needing a two-thirds majority. This usually occurs for non-controversial legislation. The totals were 277 Ayes, 148 Nays, 9 Present/Not Voting.

H.R. 514 USA Patriot Act Extension 2011

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another taser death scandal for the alexandria, la. police department

UPDATE: robert ricks photo via kalb.com

looks like mayor roy's lame choice to be chief of the apd is starting to bear fruit.

23 year old robert ricks grandmother, maxine jones, called 911 saturday night because her grandson was having seizures. ems arrived at the house and jones says they refused to take ricks.

officers with apd arrived a few minutes later and took ricks into custody. at some point while in custody, ricks was tased. a fact confirmed by louisiana state police.

according to louisiana state police, ricks collapsed in his cell. he was eventually taken to rapides regional hospital and pronounced dead ~ kalb reporter r.t. morgan.

kalb reported that the louisiana state police is going to investigate the incident involving the alexandria police -- in louisiana, the most corrupt state in the union, that's equivalent to lucky luciano investigating his associate meyer lansky.

UPDATE: gannett/the alexandria daily town talk family upset over death of alexandria man in police custody

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fbi raids ouachita parish sheriff's office

as usual, the people of this state must rely on the federal government to investigate and prosecute corrupt public officials. that's just sad.

kard excerpt:

FBI Agents are now on the scene of the Ouachita Parish Sheriff's Office and an FBI Agent tells NBC 10 it's part of a criminal investigation.

The cars of several agents led by the FBI surrounded the Ouachita Parish Sheriff's Office late this afternoon.

Federal agents swarmed the Sheriff's personal office ... ~ read more

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ball mayor roy hebron plead guilty and resigned today

gannett.the town talk excerpt:

Ball Mayor Roy Hebron pleads guilty, resigns

Longtime Ball Mayor Roy Hebron pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court today, Jan. 5, to one count of conspiracy to commit fraud in a case prosecutors said was a scheme to overbill a federal agency after Hurricane Gustav in 2008.

Hebron also has resigned as mayor, sending a letter to Secretary of State Tom Schedler saying the resignation was effective at noon today, Hebron’s attorney Mike Small said.

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U.S. District Judge Dee Drell, who accepted both guilty pleas today, has set sentencing for Hebron and Kimball for May 6. ~ read more

hebron was just reelected ball, mayor on 02 october 2010.

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george w bush cancels visit to switzerland over fears of arrest

tip: next time do not announce your plans in advance.

UPDATE: the hill's blog briefing room: excerpt:

President George W. Bush has canceled an event in the famously neutral country Switzerland because of expected protests to his presence there.

Bush was supposed to give the keynote address at a Jewish group's charity gala on Feb. 12 in Geneva.

Leftist groups had planned to protest the visit, according to news agencies. But several human rights groups had also filed criminal complaints against Bush, demanding that he be taken into custody if he stepped on Swiss soil and investigated for allegations of ordering torture.

A right-wing member of the Swiss parliament also demanded last week Bush's arrest on war crimes allegations if he came to the country, according to Reuters. ~ read more

the commenter bunky over at the hill wrote up a succinct description:

by bunky on 02/05/2011 at 10:40

They shouldn't have warned him ahead of time.

They should have just arrested him as soon as he stepped on Swiss soil and taken him off to prison to stand trial, which is what should have happened in the U.S. Some democracy we have here huh?

America is supposed to be an example to the world of a nation that follows the 'rule of law'. What a joke.

We don't even prosecute our own criminals and other countries have to step in to do it for us!

The Obama justice department and the congress were negligent in their duties to prosecute Bush for war crimes. What a travesty of justice.

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rain or freezing rain forecast for central louisiana

Details for Friday, February 04

Rain and freezing rain this morning.

Then clouds lingering this afternoon.

Thunder is possible early.

High 36F.

Winds NW at 5 to 10 mph.

Chance of precip 70%.

Evening: Some clouds this evening will give way to mainly clear skies overnight.

Cold. Low 22F. Winds WNW at 5 to 10 mph.

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mac davis "the beer drinkin' song"

"the beer drinkin' song" by mac davis was originally released in 2011 1982.

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rod noles: an alexandria, la. city council person utilities turned off for nonpayment

supposedly it happened last friday, 28 january 2011 -- but mr. noles will not say which council person it is because "it's just bad manners." to do so he says. how lame of mr. noles is that? pretty lame; but it helps to underscore how in central louisiana this is what we have that passes as a "radio personality" and an "expert."

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as it turns out, earlier this evening we happened to notice a billboard advertising another talk radio station. this is the first that we've heard of it and we're not getting our hopes up in anticipation that they will be worth a damn or even that they have a local talk radio show -- but ksyl could definitely use some competition.

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alexandria attorney thomas d davenport jr wins one loses one in today's 3rd circuit opinion dump

Tjon v Fitzgerald 10-0882np

Salem v City of Alexandria 10-1039opi

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3rd circuit allows class action lawsuit against roy o martin dura-wood others to move forward

Price v Martin 10-0599

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