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Indeed this might get added to my FAQ here (go see the sect...
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“The more corrupt the state, the more numerous the laws.” ~ Gaius Cornelius Tacitus
This deserves a bit more because frankly, I'm getting tired of the nuts.
Indeed this might get added to my FAQ here (go see the sect...
on page a3 of the gannett/the alexandria daily town talk, saturday, 30 july 2011, newspaper edition and on their website here, gannett/town talk editors reproduced -- in its entirety, what amounts to a press release written by sgt. rebekah malone from the louisiana national guard and presented it to its readers as legitimate news.
all a press release is regardless of who issues it is just a propaganda piece designed to present the press releasers side in the sexiest way possible.
for a legitimate news organization, or for what passes as a legitimate news organization these days, to just publish an entire press release word-for-word with no follow up questions a/k/a reporting is not news gathering, or news reporting or practicing journalism at all.
all they are doing is just spreading governmental propaganda and disinformation as news.
for example, one question that any reasonable citizen would have is "so how much did this 24 month massive covert operation cost?"
the operation was comprised of 200 agents including:
terrebonne sheriff's office narcotics task force
louisiana state police narcotics division
st mary parish narcotics division
drug enforcement agency - nola
probation and parole
houma police department
70 national guard troops + 2 uh-72 lakota helos with pilots and crew.
to get in a parish of well over 100,000 residents:
only-
25 search warrants
73 arrest warrants
698 grams of narcotics
22 weapons
$50,000 in cash
you ever notice how the police always love to use the metric system when they're talking about "illegal narcotics"? at first look a number like 698 seems pretty substantial.
however, when one takes the time to convert 698 grams into the our american system of weights and measures you learn that its actually about 1 1/2 pounds or just just 24.62 ounces.
this is an amount that's easily (and probably already has been) replaced in the length of time it takes to drive one carload of dope in from houston, miami, mena, arkansas or wherever.
then they say that "22 weapons" were confiscated. weapons is a misleading word because a weapon could be anything from a sling-shot, brass knuckles, black-jack, tree limb or a stone that a fleeing suspect tossed at his pursuers.
$50,000 [35,000 eur]. fifty thousand dollars? you gotta be kidding. that must be walking around money for what the state is attempting to sell to us as a major drug ring that warranted 200 agents and a twenty-four month covert investigation.
where's the beef? now we know what happened to all those feds who were looking for usama bin laden all those years -- they got transferred to louisiana.
a paltry 73 arrest warrants issued and more than likely the vast majority, if not all, of the arrestees will get a public defender, again paid for by the taxpayers.
is anyone stupid enough to actually believe that right now there is not any drugs available for sale in all of terrebonne parish, louisiana?
probably at a cheaper price than ever before too ... that is at least until the new crime gang that replaces the old crime gang gets itself established.
and thats another thing. for all we know this crime gang that was just taken down might have been getting a little uppity. maybe they were cutting into someones market. maybe they were becoming reluctant to pay protection money anymore.
so perhaps the powers that be a/k/a criminals on the loose decided to take them out and put in some people they could work with.
so before you climb into your pick-up truck and fly down to houma, which we would advise against --since its probably still hot down there -- at least for outsiders.
consider what a state we could live in if instead there were 70 national guardsmen with the time, taxpayer money and resources that was dedicated to this little exercise investigating all the corrupt louisiana politicians, governmental and elected officials, legislators, sheriffs, mayors, council/aldermen, police jurors, police chiefs, districts attorney, banksters, "journalists," judges and lawyers.
now that would take a real bite out of crime that we could all benefit from.
who knows, maybe the guard could use the usa patriot act of 2001 (H.R. 3162 public law 107-56) and its progeny like the military commissions act of 2006 (H.R. 6166 public-law 109-366) to take them all out and shoot them.
though we would prefer guillotining them since that would be cheaper with no bullets or gun maintenance to pay for. they could just send a private with a file out every once in awhile to sharpen the blades.
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375 days ago, on monday, 19 july 2010, when the whole shirley sherrod controversy broke we were somewhat suspicious of it due to the way that it was broken and promoted.
matt drudge protege andrew breitbart posted an excerpt of a video of a speech given by ms. sherrod on 27 march 2010 to the local coffee (or dekalb) county, georgia, naacp chapter's 20th annual freedom fund banquet.
drudge and breitbart are both trouble makers. drudge reviles in it and breitbart already had a reputation for being less than truthful in and manipulative with his blog postings.
drudgereportarchives.com recount how it all started that day when cbs new york posted a story captioned:
City of Alexandria vs Frank Rambin On January 14, 2011, Defendant, Frank L. Rambin, was cited in Alexandria for speeding, in violation of La.R.S. 32:63.
Defendant appeared for trial on the offense on March 24, 2011.
After considering the evidence presented, the city court found Defendant guilty as charged, fined him fifty dollars, ordered him to pay $120.00 in court costs, and directed Defendant to serve five days in jail if he defaulted on the fine and court costs.
The record shows that Defendant promptly paid both the fine and the court costs.
Thereafter, Defendant filed a pro se “Motion and Order for Appeal” with the city court;
[...]
Under La.Code Crim.P. art. 912.1(B), defendants in criminal cases may only appeal their convictions when their cases are triable by jury.
[...]
Therefore, because the potential penalty for speeding does not meet the criteria that would make the offense eligible for a jury trial, Defendant’s speeding conviction and sentence are not appealable judgments.
[...]
Though his conviction and sentence are not appealable, Defendant has the right to seek judicial review of those judgments by timely filing an application for supervisory review with this court. La.Code Crim.P. art. 912.1(C).
the independent weekly via: the dead pelican
excerpts:
all bold oursBrown’s weekly column (which the Lisburn Press anthologized in a 2008 collection, Adventures in an Alternative Reality of Living in Louisiana) has run for years at various times in Gulf Coast outlets, including on newspaper websites such as The Ouachita Citizen and HoumaToday.com (the website of The Houma Courier) as well as political blogs across the Gulf Coast.
Brown’s column is a fixture on the New Orleans based BayouBuzz as well as Central Louisiana Politics and the Mississippi-based Slabbed, on the liberal blog The Daily Kingfish as well as its polar opposite, The Louisiana Conservative.
[...]
It wasn’t true, of course. Brown’s wording is very close to that of a viral email that has circulated off and on for years — but is a hoax.
Rogers had neither a military career nor tattoos.
But Brown’s tale of gentle, sweater-wearing Mr. Rogers as a tattooed assassin was reprinted not only on his website, but also on political blogs such as Slabbed, Bayou Perspective, Central Louisiana Politics and The Louisiana Conservative. ~ read more
"makes a blanket assertion that La.Const. art. 12, § (C) would render the Public Records Law useless, while providing no legal support for his assertion and ignoring the clear pronouncements of the supreme court on the issue of the enforcement of judgments against the State and its subdivisions.the louisiana supreme court agreed with the opinion. see louisiana supreme court 2011 news release #001
The admitted “frustrating dichotomy” created by La.Const. art. 12, § 10(C) renders the Louisiana Public Records Law no more useless than it renders tort or contract suits against the State, and the trial court was correct in applying La.Const. art. 12, § 10(C) in this case, in accordance with Newman. This assignment of error is devoid of any merit." ~ opinion page 6
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local blog, alex cenla, has some exclusive and breaking news about the filming of an approximately eight-part television series.
alex cenla posted that "it involves a business in alexandria, la.," and additionally, that this series is being filmed for broadcast from the history channel.
see alex cenla "major television series to be filmed in alexandria." to learn more.
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Johnny Carson is hooked up to a lie detector and asked questions by the press.
One of his best skits.
And why take ye thought for raiment? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow; they toil not, neither do they spin:
And yet I say unto you, That even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these.
Wherefore, if God so clothe the grass of the field, which to day is, and to morrow is cast into the oven, shall he not much more clothe you, O ye of little faith? ~ jesus christ at saint matthew chapter six verses twenty-eight - thirty kjv
by bob marshall, new orleans times-picayune
excerpt:If you're a Louisiana duck hunter who had a poor season last year, you were probably hunting in the wrong place.
According to harvest figures released by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Louisiana hunters killed more than 2.7 million ducks last year, more than any other state and more than all the ducks killed in either the Atlantic or Central flyways.
[...]
The coming waterfowl season is shaping up to be promising as well... ~ read more
flashback to tuesday, 14 november 1978, and a god & country rally held at an alexandria, la. church-school.
the only part of the rally that we can really remember is the part at the end of the governors speech. he remarked that when he attended events like these, he usually has some excuse ready so that immediately after his speech he could leave.
however, he informed the crowd to much applause, that since he was having such a good time, he wasnt going to do that to us, he was going to stay until the end and he did.
if the governor comes to alexandria on his book signing tour we plan to bring that annual to show him to ask if he remembers the rally and if so, hopefully get a few minutes of his recollection of it on video.
shortly past 7:00 pm, we caught the tail-end of this rainbow formed over the ruby-wise and kolin communities of rapides parish, louisiana.
And God spake unto Noah, and to his sons with him, saying, And I, behold, I establish my covenant with you, and with your seed after you;
And with every living creature that is with you, of the fowl, of the cattle, and of every beast of the earth with you; from all that go out of the ark, to every beast of the earth.
And I will establish my covenant with you; neither shall all flesh be cut off any more by the waters of a flood; neither shall there any more be a flood to destroy the earth.
And God said, This is the token of the covenant which I make between me and you and every living creature that is with you, for perpetual generations:
I do set my bow in the cloud, and it shall be for a token of a covenant between me and the earth.
And it shall come to pass, when I bring a cloud over the earth, that the bow shall be seen in the cloud:
And I will remember my covenant, which is between me and you and every living creature of all flesh; and the waters shall no more become a flood to destroy all flesh.
And the bow shall be in the cloud; and I will look upon it, that I may remember the everlasting covenant between God and every living creature of all flesh that is upon the earth.~ genesis chapter 9 verses 8 - 16 kjv
As the appearance of the bow that is in the cloud in the day of rain, so was the appearance of the brightness round about.
This was the appearance of the likeness of the glory of the LORD. And when I saw it, I fell upon my face, and I heard a voice of one that spake. ~ ezekiel chapter 1 verse 28 kjv
And he that sat was to look upon like a jasper and a sardine stone: and there was a rainbow round about the throne, in sight like unto an emerald. ~ revelation chapter 4 verse 3 kjv
And I saw another mighty angel come down from heaven, clothed with a cloud: and a rainbow was upon his head, and his face was as it were the sun, and his feet as pillars of fire: ~ revelation chapter 10 verse 1 kjv
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"boston legal" season 2 episode 18 shock and oww!
original air date 07 march 2006
News Release
Date: July 20, 2011
USA vs Bagdasarian 19july2011!09!50529 california ninth circuit appeals court reverse convictions under, 18 U.S.C. § 879(a)(3), which makes it a crime to
this is a fascinating opinion and well worth the read. what the court is saying here is that "to those familiar with american political history, none of this should have come as a surprise;" you cant send an internet message board troll to jail for being ... well ... an internet message board troll.
“knowingly and willfully threaten [ ] to kill, kidnap, or inflict bodily harm upon . . . a major candidate for the office of President or Vice President, or a member of the immediate family of such candidate.”On October 22, 2008, when Barack Obama’s election was looking more and more likely, Bagdasarian, under the username “californiaradial,” joined a “Yahoo! Finance — American International Group” message board, on which members of the public posted messages concerning financial matters, AIG, and other topics.
the opinion runs to page 20 and from there to page 34, judge wardlaw, in a long bleeding-heart liberal rant that'll surely get the violins tuned up and the tears flowing, opined that she would have affirmed the conviction.
At 1:15 am on the day that he joined, Bagdasarian posted the following statement on the message board:
“Re: Obama fk the niggar, he will have a 50 cal in the head soon.”
about twenty minutes later, he posted another statement on the same message board:
“shoot the nig country fkd for another 4 years+, what nig has done ANYTHING right???? long term???? never in history, except sambos.” ~ opinion page 5
echo and tango (we cant tell them apart) seem to be getting on well over this hot dry louisiana summer;
here our little predators are learning to work together to formulate a joint plan of attack.
see: "Oversights or plagiarism? Jim Brown’s mea culpas don’t add up" by mark moseley at the lens.
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My first Twit from space! Pict I took tonight - Atlantis packed for home.
the longer herman cain runs for president, "the more ammunition he will give to the anti affirmative action crowd" lol
i would like preface this post by stating that it is my opinion of the events in question, and it is not intended to be taken as facts unless i indicate otherwise.
i went to trial today as a defendant in a defamation suit brought against me by greg aymond, an attorney in alexandria.
two days ago a young attorney agreed to represent me in this suit. his name was adam huddleston. he can be contacted at 318-528-9070 if you need legal advice. mr. huddleston could have requested a continuance of my trial to get acquainted with the case but instead he spent about 40 of the last 48 hours preparing for today's trial.
despite mr. huddleston's valiant defense of my comments about mr. aymond and his valiant efforts to defend my first amendment rights to insult people on my blog if i want to insult them, the judge found in favor of mr. aymond. i guess that pineville city court's reputation for being pro-plaintiff all the time is well deserved.
mr. aymond was awarded $500 dollars in damages, i was ordered to pay court costs and certain attorney fees to mr. aymond's attorney. i think the judge's award was so small because i think it was his way of saying "yeah, greg, someone said something mean, here's some change go home and get over it,"
i believe that a grave miscarriage of justice occurred today.
for all of you commentators on other central louisiana blogs that comment about greg aymond be advised, the judge ruled that greg aymond is not a public figure in central louisiana.
aymond's attorney, susan ford fiser, asked him on the stand if he considered himself a public person to which he replied "no."
do not be surprised when mr. aymond sues other cenla bloggers and/or town talk commenters. my guess is that lamar white, whom greg calls "freddy," is up next. watch your back lamar and stay out of pineville or it could be you having to pay $500 dollars. let me say it again, it is my opinion that the judge got it absolutely wrong.
i am now determining what my next step will be. i need to decide by the end of the week whether to file for a new trial or whether to appeal to the 3rd circuit in lake charles. filing an appeal is a little expensive so i may just cut my losses and be done with this.
i want to thank mr. huddleston for taking my case on such short notice.
if november 4, 2008, was the death of journalism in america, as claimed by "shallow" sean hannity, then i believe that july 18, 2011, was the death of the first amendment in pineville, louisiana. rest in peace freedom of speech. you had a good run.
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Former Louisiana Governor Edwin Edwards first TV interview in 10 years, during a public appearance at the Preservation Awards Ceremony, Foundation for Historical Louisiana. ~ louisiana hometown network
cbs news: via twitter @klfy
meet "brutus" the 18 feet [5 meters], 2 ton [1814 kg], northern australian crocodile.
although handicapped, brutus recently thrilled tourists when he posed for photographs next to their tourist boat.
brutus is missing his right arm -- apparently, taken off by a shark, cbs news reported.
For Immediate Release
July 12, 2011
"Under the Senate Republican proposal, Congress would cede its constitutional power to borrow on the full faith and credit of the U.S. in deference to the Executive Branch. All of this, apparently, to solve a short-term political problem for Republicans seeking to avoid blame for a failure to pass an increase in the $14.294 trillion debt ceiling.
"This abdication of responsibility is puzzling to say the least. When spending is this out of control, and the only thing keeping it in check is the congressionally authorized debt ceiling, why would Congress cede its say on the nation's finances?
"If Republicans give sole power to raise the debt ceiling to Barack Obama, it will be a colossal failure of this Congress."
press release excerpt:(Baton Rouge, Louisiana) July 8, 2011 – As the Foundation for Historical Louisiana honors historian-biographer Leo Honeycutt for his award-winning bestseller Edwin Edwards, Governor of Louisiana, the book’s subject will make his first formal public appearance in a decade at the event.
Former Louisiana Governor Edwin Edwards is set to appear at the Foundation for Historical Louisiana awards banquet Tuesday July 12, 2011, at 6:30 ...
... Open to the public, the banquet is atop the Baton Rouge Hilton Capitol House. Tickets are $75 and $85.
Contact www.fhl.org or call 225-387-2464.
begin from 1026 cdt - 1119 cdt in final 60 seconds of countdown. includes :31 hold + launch replays & external tank separation. recorded live.
:31 hold 0027 - 0247 blogs.orlandosentinel.com: countdown was stopped in order to place camera #62 in position to "verify the retraction of the Gaseous Oxygen Vent Arm, or "Beanie Cap." it was fully retracted.
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launch time 1029 cdt
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clock restarted at 240
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skip ahead to 1938 for launch replays
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445 mysterious "D" appears on screen
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earlier today, local local media personality and musician, mark klein, alerted his followers to louisiana college's new twitter account by tweeting a warm welcome at them.
www.orlandosentinel.com/news/local/caylee-anthony
recorded live; unedited from from online stream 7:59 am cdt through 8:42 am cdt. this is up to the court recess.
Casey Anthony sentencing: Casey is not leaving jail today
Should could be out by late July or early August, depending on how credit for time served is calculated.
Chief Judge Belvin Perry sentenced Casey Anthony this morning for lying to police, giving her four years in jail and credit for the time she's already served since 2008.
How much credit she gets will be calculated later. But it's clear she's not getting out of jail today.
She could be released by late July or early August.
The sentence also includes four, $1,000 fines for each of the four counts of lying to police. ~ read more
this afternoon, president obama took some questions tweeted to him by tweeters using the hashtag #askobama.
the president said that he was making history today by becoming the first president to live tweet: