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rapides parish clerk of court skates in frivolous suit filer case

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c-span caller "charles in shreveport" aint pushin pi no mo

this is the call from this mornings c-span washington journal program which received some play at the top of today's moon griffon talk radio program.

unfortunately, we werent recording today's moon griffon program but we were surprised to hear mr. griffon finally apologize to the voters for all the lies he told and the pi pushing he did in the 2007 louisiana gubernatorial campaign. this apology was extremely long overdue.

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city of alexandria, la. website hacked ... again

the gannett/the town talk repeater, bret h. mccormick, repeated today via his "city notebook" column that

CITY WEBSITE HACKED AGAIN

For at least the second time in less than three months, a link on the home page of the city of Alexandria's website has been hacked.

In September, a link to the city's Sugarhouse Road extension project was hacked.

Now, it's a link to information about the now-settled city's lawsuit involving Cleco Corp.

The link -- www.cityofalexandriala.com/ClecoCity/ -- has been accessed by a hacker who goes by the handle TW!$T3R.

It now features a headline that reads "N3w Own3r" with a picture of the back of a young child and the words "YOU'RE NOT ALONE!!" ~ source

here's hoping that next time the hacker will do the city a favor and finally install a title tag and favicon in their homepage.

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should police be allowed to run radar from a church?

churches have historically and traditionally been places of refuge from life's travails.

yet in louisiana, city, parish and state police routinely use houses of worship as cover to operate their revenue enhancing schemes from.

around 11:08 am this morning we observed city of pineville, la. police apparently running radar from the parking lot of the pineville church of christ.

that's just wrong. when are we ever going to see a state law banning this practice?

UPDATED ouachita parish, la. sheriff royce toney is a freak - divorce petition

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r.i.p. head coach janice joseph-richard

kalb announced at the top of their 6:00 p.m. news cast that louisiana college head women's basketball coach, janice joseph-richard has passed away.

head coach joseph-richard suffered from cancer. she was only 46 years old.

UPDATE: gannett/the town talk: Louisiana College women's basketball coach Janice Joseph-Richard dies

UPDATE-2 kalb.com: Janice Joseph-Richard Dies

UPDATE-3 everythingcenla.com - facebook: Coach Janice Joseph Richard died about 5:05 p.m. today

UPDATE-4 gannett/the town talk: LC coach Richard dies after five-year battle with cancer

gannett/the town talk: Benson: No words can describe Richard

UPDATE-5
Services for Janice Joseph Richard will be at 1 p.m. on Friday, December 10, 2010 at Louisiana College Guinn Auditorium with the Rev. Joe S. Green officiating.

Burial will be in Mount Pilgrim Baptist Church Cemetery under the direction of Gonzaque-Williams Mortuary.

Ms. Janice Joseph Richard, 46, of Alexandria passed away on Wednesday, December 1, 2010 at Christus St. Frances Cabrini Hospital.

Janice was a member of St. Matthew Baptist Church of Boyce, a 1982 graduate of Peabody Magnet High School and a 1986 graduate of Louisiana College.

She was preceded in death by her father, Clarence Joseph, Sr., mother, Menda Joseph and grandmother, Pearl Bell.

She is survived by son, Otis Lee Richard, Jr.; brothers, Clarence Joseph, Jr. (Dorothy) of Kileen, Texas, Burnell Williams (Sarah) of Pineville, James Joseph, Jerry Joseph, Kenneth Joseph, Raymond Joseph, Larry Joseph all of Alexandria and Walter Collins (Helen) of Monroe; sisters, Lillie Jackson and Pamela Jones (Kevin both of Alexandria.

Friends may call from 9 a.m. to 12 noon Friday, December 10th at Louisiana College Guinn Auditorium.

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gunfighter blog to retire

sad news arrived this morning in the form of an email from our friend gunfighter who writes in part that his life is changing (for the good) so he doesnt have the time to blog anymore.

gunfighter, who is a policeman in washington, d.c., 19 january 2009 post barack obama & the end of "acting white" will always remain as one of the most sincerely written, though provoking blog posts that we've ever read.

after 04 january 2011 you can find his best of gunfighter posts preserved at www.gunfightersview.blogspot.com.

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la state senate staffer suspended over obama email forward

according to a report by the associated press repeater, melinda deslatte, louisiana state senate staffer tammy crain-waldrop, sent -- what some are calling an "offensive e-mail to hundreds of government workers."

the email in question, which the associated press claims to have obtained, purports to sport a "doctored" photo of president obama made to look like a white man with the tag: "do you like him any better now? no? me neither ..... then you're not a racist."

notice how the media criminals brag about how they have a copy of the email -- yet dont post it for all to see. no blogger anywhere in the world would be allowed to get away with something like that.

you should consider that this is just another trick to cause racial fights and problems.

as far as that goes, is anyone stupid enough to believe that any of that collection of freaks, perverts and criminals who comprise the organized crime gang which calls itself the loony looziana legislature is truly offended by this email? what when they routinely author, coauthor and vote in laws that are unneeded, unwanted and are an offense to the people, the constitution and almighty god?

people who work in state government would be better off -- if they are going to do something to get fired or suspended over -- to spend their time exposing all the fraud and corruption in the legislature and not wasting time on silly obama emails.

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caroline fayard contemplates future

former candidate for lieutenant governor, caroline fayard, posted the following statement on her website www.geauxcaroline.com today:

Fayard Contemplates Future

New Orleans – Caroline Fayard, who garnered 43 percent of votes cast in the November 2nd runoff election for Lieutenant Governor, said that she will carefully consider where she can best contribute to the state of Louisiana.

“I’m extraordinarily grateful to my supporters and volunteers who have helped to make my first run for statewide office possible,” said Fayard. “Going from being a virtual unknown to having over a half-million voters place their trust in a first-time candidate is a tremendous accomplishment, and I’m very proud of the positive campaign we ran.”

Fayard said that her message has always been about giving all citizens in the state a voice, as well as calling on our state government and leaders to be accountable to the hard-working people of Louisiana. Fayard said that she will continue that mission.

“I am honored by the calls I’m getting from people all around the state who are asking me to get more involved in politics. I am listening to them and I will continue to listen. The campaign just ended, and I will think things over during Christmas before deciding where I can make the best contribution as our state tackles very serious challenges affecting all of us.”

Fayard said that she will continue to focus on higher education and the brain drain, corporate accountability and increasing voter participation.

Posted on November 29, 2010.

we had never heard of ms. fayard prior to the lieutenant governor's special election. we didnt pay her any attention either until she made the runoff;

while some aspects of ms. fayard's past professional life are troubling -- such as her work for goldman sachs -- and not counting her obamacare blunder, in the several interviews that we were able to catch, we found her to be a very fascinating and interesting person. we hope to see her in some political campaign again.

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wrong bush in a jar

babs bush "said that she had never, as her son George W Bush claimed in one of more bizarre sections of his new book, placed her stillborn foetus in a jar, saying her housekeeper had."

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black friday for willie nelson

el paso times excerpt:

Country music superstar Willie Nelson was arrested Friday morning for allegedly having about 6 ounces [170 grams] of marijuana after his tour bus was stopped at the Border Patrol checkpoint in Sierra Blanca, about 85 miles [137 km] east of El Paso.

Nelson, 77, was traveling from California to Austin, where he owns a ranch.
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Nelson was stopped at the checkpoint about 9 a.m.

Border Patrol agents searched Nelson's tour bus and found the marijuana, which Nelson claimed was his, said Hudspeth County Sheriff Arvin West. [...] West said that Nelson posted a $2,500 [1,888 EUR] bond and was on the road again by 1:30 p.m. Friday.
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A court date has yet to be set.
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Nelson's publicist Elaine Schock could not be reached for comment Friday, and no changes had been made to Nelson's tour schedule.

His next performance will be today at the WinStar casino in Thackerville, Okla. ~ read more

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