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• WHO'DAT? WHO'DAT? WHO'DAT SAY THEY GONNA BEAT THEM SAINTS??? 12-0!

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  New Orleans Saints beat the Washington Redskins 33-30 in overtime!!!! [...]
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  Posted: December 06, 2009, 3:54pm EST
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• T-P/nola.com Hacks Dr. Robert Bea's Editorial ...

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  T-P/nola.com Hacks Dr. Robert Bea's Editorial Response!
  ~Editilla Explodellas~This is why it is such a bad thing that Optimal Process Partners works for the Corps, and designs and places their Flash Adverts in this outlet (indeed placed right here on this page with this Letter to' [...]
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  Posted: December 06, 2009, 7:30am EST
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• Private landowners can ...

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  Private landowners can restore wetlands on their property
  ~Daily Comet
  
  Five Questions - What Perry, Murray, Georges and Jacobs have to say ~YatPundit
  
  Plaquemines Parish festival celebrates orange growers' defeat of pest threats
  ~The festival is at the peak of' [...]
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  Posted: December 05, 2009, 8:30am EST
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• Funding N.O. Health Centers Must be ...

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  Funding N.O. Health Centers Must be a National Priority
  ~Rep. Edolphus Towns
  
  Video: Soros on Human Rights versus Economic Rights
  ~The Lens
  
  The Authorized Biography of Edwin Edwards To Be [...]
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  Posted: December 04, 2009, 5:20pm EST
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• CA Republican Issa tries to get ...

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  CA Republican Issa tries to get 'Tough Love' on Louisiana Hurricane(s) Survivors: wants us to Increase Our Taxes
  ~Jonathan Tilove
  ~"Is everyone so poor in Louisiana that the state cannot do more for you?" Rep. Darrell Issa, R-Calif., asked the panel. "Are you going to be permanent ward of" [...]
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  Posted: December 04, 2009, 8:00am EST
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• The Corps of Engineers is not ...

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  The Corps of Engineers is not a "scapegoat"~Bob Bea
  ~In their Point of View “Ruling scapegoats corps for disaster” (The Times-Picayune, November 25, 2009), Rob Young and Andrew Coburn discuss the recent ruling by the Federal District Court in Robinson v. United States that the U.S. Army Corps of [...]
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  Posted: December 03, 2009, 9:35am EST
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• Coburn offers amendment to remove Gulf ...

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  Coburn offers amendment to remove Gulf Coast money from healthcare bill~Tony Romm
  ~A $100-million earmark for Gulf Coast recovery in the healthcare bill believed to have swayed Sen. Mary Landrieu's (D-La.) early support may soon be no more. An amendment introduced Wednesday by Sen. Tom Coburn (R-Okla.) would strip' [...]
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  Posted: December 03, 2009, 8:00am EST
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• Corps ruling won't lead to greater ...

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  Corps ruling won't lead to greater liability~Joseph Bruno
  ~Rob Young and Andrew Coburn irresponsibly suggest that Judge Duval's ruling that the Corps of Engineers' gross neglect in the operation and maintenance of the MR-GO caused the flooding in St. Bernard and the Lower Ninth Ward "will open the door'" [...]
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  Posted: December 02, 2009, 8:00am EST
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• We've Lost One ...

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  We've Lost One of Our Best and Brightest: Pam Dashiell' [...]
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  Posted: December 01, 2009, 5:37pm EST
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• Baby I'm A Saints Fan!That's ...

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  Baby I'm A Saints Fan!
  That's why I say WHO'DAT?
  When the Patriots took the field, Saints fans responded with mostly boos ... at 99 decibels.
  And when the Saints came roaring out of the tunnel to start the game, the fans roared right back: at 105 decibels.
  And' [...]
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  Posted: December 01, 2009, 8:30am EST
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• "Be special, Finish ...

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  "Be special, Finish strong
  Smell greatness!"~Jeff Duncan
  
  I Love My New Orleans Saints ~NOLAFemmes
  
  Black & Gold Mania in Bars
  ~Alejondro De Los Rios
  
  Leslie Jacobs, School Reformer For New Orleans Mayor
  ~Christopher Tidmore
  ~"I don’t only support" [...]
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  Posted: November 30, 2009, 8:00am EST
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• Nola.com Mud-wrestles with ...

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  Nola.com Mud-wrestles with Financial Conflict of Interest in Corps' Advertorial Advertising
  ~DIXCLAIMER! WARNING! BAT SIGNAL!
  Scream-shot of Corps Advertisement today's Corps Editorial
  ~Editilla Theorellas~Who'dat Crying Alligator Tears?
  Other than giving these criminal sympathizers at nola.com more chances to run their Corps Flash' [...]
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  Posted: November 29, 2009, 9:30am EST
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• NoLA Rising Teams ...

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  NoLA Rising Teams With Tipitina's and the US Marine Corps for Toys for Tots IYTI Art Exchange [...]
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  Posted: November 28, 2009, 6:13pm EST
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• What's In Your Levee???Boh Brothers ...

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  What's In Your Levee???
  Boh Brothers admits 'filling' with Construction Garbage, blames Corps for accepting it
  ~Figuring out just exactly how all the debris got into that 2,000-foot (7 football fields long) stretch of levee more than five (less than 10) years ago remains something of a mystery.
  ~~"We'" [...]
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  Posted: November 28, 2009, 7:00am EST
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• Will Harry Shearer run for Mayor ...

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  Will Harry Shearer run for Mayor of New Orleans or not?
  ~Editilla Politellas~ Who to get behind--not in front!
  
  "Reality Stars": Sign Us Up... Before We Kill Again
  ~Harry Shearer
  
  Who, and what, is Katrina the Clown?~New Orleans Levee
  [...]
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  Posted: November 27, 2009, 12:34pm EST
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• Fishermen asked to ...

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  Fishermen asked to watch for predatory tiger shrimp
  ~Amy Wold
  ~These large, non-native shrimp occasionally appear off the Louisiana coast, but so far they don’t seem to have established themselves. Instead, the only confirmed tiger shrimp catches this year have been adults, said Marty Bourgeois, [...]
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  Posted: November 27, 2009, 9:00am EST
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• Editilla's Who'dat Thanksgiving

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  Editilla's Who'dat Thanksgiving
  
  Thanks Ms Susan and Ms Georgianne fo'da Who'dat!
  
  Da'Glory, Da'Dirty, Da'Coast
  ~There comes a time every few years when a player gets you excited . . . really excited. Few players have the crowd pumping ferocity as' [...]
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  Posted: November 26, 2009, 7:00am EST
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• Rut'Row Astro!

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  If in Politics You May Have Paid "Volunteers", can they then be Fired for Breach of Ethics?
  Please see comments in post linked above.
  
  How much is left in the till?
  ~Fix the Pumps
  
  U.S. to invest in reviving Gulf of Mexico 'dead zone'
  [...]
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  Posted: November 25, 2009, 10:00am EST
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• Why Obama Needs ...

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  Why Obama Needs to Weigh In With the Corps of Engineers
  ~Harry Shearer [...]
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  Posted: November 24, 2009, 2:28pm EST
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• Preliminary Thoughts on Leslie Jacobs for ...

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  Preliminary Thoughts on Leslie Jacobs for Mayor of New Orleans
  ~Huck UpChuck
  ~"When questioned about her positions on some of the hot button social issues of the day, such as the pro-life/pro-choice and gay marriage debates, she seemed reluctant to reveal herself and actually punted altogether on the gay" [...]
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  Posted: November 24, 2009, 8:30am EST
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• The Corps' invented crisis~Fix the ...

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  The Corps' invented crisis
  ~Fix the Pumps
  The Corps arguments against Option 2 boil down to three contentions:
  1) They are not authorized by Congress to build Option 2.
  2) They haven't been given enough money to do so, according to their own estimates.
  3) They don't have enough' [...]
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  Posted: November 23, 2009, 5:17pm EST
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• Our House! Perfect 10'eaux fo'da Baby's Saints!

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  Every game a home game for Our New Orleans Saints~Jeff Duncan
  
  New Orleans Saints 38 @ Tampa Bay Buccaneers 7: Who Dat Say!?
  ~Canal Street Cronicles
  ~Twitter~
  usama_young28 Who dat! Thanks for the support yall. U kno me. Gotta ice up and [...]
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  Posted: November 23, 2009, 8:30am EST
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• The cruelty of Katrina shorthand ~Levees.org

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  The cruelty of Katrina shorthand ~Levees.org
  
  USA Today Stretches Truth Condom Over MR-GO Ruling
  ~Should they ride the lawsuit's momentum and try to extract potentially billions of dollars from the federal government to compensate Katrina victims? Or should they keep the focus on getting federal help for' [...]
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  Posted: November 22, 2009, 5:03pm EST
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• Geaux Babies!!! 10-0!!!!

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  Fur-wearers, dealers say Louisiana’s nutria can make ‘beautiful’ coats, help wetlands
  ~Laura McKnight
  ~Editilla Scrotellas~ We added that last part about helping wetlands due to the erosive effects of Nutria on restoration efforts and flood control structures. A friend actually suggested it, make Nutria Fur Coats to raise tons [...]
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  Posted: November 22, 2009, 10:00am EST
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• Breaching Federal Flood Denial~The Palm ...

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  Breaching Federal Flood Denial
  ~The Palm Beach Post~H/T~Levees.org
  ~The federal government's failure after Hurricane Katrina — "Brownie, you're doing a heck of a job" — might turn out to be nothing compared with its failure before Katrina missed NOLA.
  
  
  Civil Engineers weigh on Corps liability [...]
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  Posted: November 21, 2009, 10:30am EST
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• Corps' MR-GO claims should be settled, ...

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  Corps' MR-GO claims should be settled, and fast, attorneys say
  ~Mark Schleifstein
  ~Winning Attorney Pierce O'Donnell said the Obama administration has two choices in responding to Duval's Wednesday ruling.
  "The Justice Department could continue the scorched earth policies of the prior administration and stonewall the people of New Orleans'" [...]
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  Posted: November 20, 2009, 11:50am EST
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• Kenner City Council asks Corps for ...

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  Kenner City Council asks Corps for information about Garbage in substandard Levee
  ~Mary Sparacello
  ~The Kenner City Council asked Thursday that the Army Corps of Engineers disclose who allowed a section of Kenner lakefront levee to be raised with substandard material. "I want to know where that weak link" [...]
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  Posted: November 20, 2009, 8:30am EST
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• Nola.com White Washes ...

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  Nola.com White Washes Corps' Graft on Garbage-filled Levees
  ~WARNING! Blatant Financial Conflict of Interest!
  ~That contractor is off the hook now, Mr. Herr said, because the corps accepted the job back in 2000 and 2001. So taxpayers will have to pay a yet-to-be-determined amount' [...]
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  Posted: November 19, 2009, 8:40am EST
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• Corps liable for failed operation ...

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  Corps liable for failed operation of MR-GO: doomed homes in St. Bernard, Lower 9th Ward,
  judge rules~Mark Schleifstein
  ~"Judge Duval exposed 40 years of the Army Corps of Engineers' gross malfeasance with regard to the operation and maintenance of the MR-GO," said Pierce O'Donnell, a Los Angeles-based [...]
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  Posted: November 18, 2009, 8:59pm EST
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• Leslie Jacobs, good opening Ad --except ...

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  Leslie Jacobs, good opening Ad --except for a mispilled gut check on the Teeensy Fact that Katrina did not cause New Orleans to flood on August 29th, 2005
  ~Editilla bites the tongue that feeds it~
  It is but a tiny little bone in my heart, the difference between a [...]
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  Posted: November 18, 2009, 2:47pm EST
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• Independent study sought in Charity Hospital ...

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  Independent study sought in Charity Hospital debate
  ~Jan Moller
  
  The most mysterious drink in the city: the enigmatic, Mass Portal
  ~American Zombie
  
  Clueless~We Could Be Famous
  
  Applications available for NOLA health program ~NOLAFemmes
  
  From Look'see to Come'see: Corrupted Levees in Kenner [...]
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  Posted: November 18, 2009, 8:00am EST
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• Leslie Jacobs to ...

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  Leslie Jacobs to launch ad blitz in New Orleans mayoral race
  ~Frank Donze [...]
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  Posted: November 17, 2009, 7:42pm EST
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• Liprap's Lament - The Line:Leslie ...

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  Liprap's Lament - The Line:
  Leslie Jacobs and the Bloggers
  ~Apart yer'ho'so humble Editilla (who was jus'schleppin the Gambit Twit) , Liprap is first outta'da gate on Leslie Jacobs Live from last night's "Mayor Mugs Bloggers" meet'n'greet.
  We always enjoy the way Leigh lays it right in da'pocket. She' [...]
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  Posted: November 17, 2009, 4:29pm EST
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• Leslie Jacobs reaches ...

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  Leslie Jacobs reaches out to Nola Bloggers before official campaign announcement ~Gambit Twits!
  
  Leslie Jacobs
  Speaking with Sandy Rosenthal of Levees.org, Kevin Allman of Gambit and Leigh Checkman of Liprap's Lament
  
  ~Editilla Counsuellas~Again, Big' [...]
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  Posted: November 17, 2009, 9:00am EST
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• Contaminated Soil in New Orleans: New ...

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  Contaminated Soil in New Orleans: New Research Finds Arsenic is from Federal Flood
  ~Gina Solomon
  
  Corps looks to strengthen flood walls~Jennifer Van Vrancken
  
  Nation's largest gay newspaper publisher closes~Dorie Turner
  ~H/T~ BBuzz
  
  $7,500 grants available to strengthen homes against storms ~WWL[...]
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  Posted: November 16, 2009, 4:07pm EST
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• Editilla expecta'hear One Wordabout Leslie ...

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  Editilla expecta'hear One Word
  about Leslie Jacobs for Mayor...
  
  ~Yeah!~We have been trying to get a Woman elected God for the longest time. But, since Heaven ain't exactly what you'd call a Democracy if you know what I mean, Editilla would have settled for President of the' [...]
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  Posted: November 16, 2009, 7:00am EST
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• Kenner levee 'compromised' ...

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  Kenner levee 'compromised' by debris, Corps officials say
  ~Sheila Grissett
  ~Warning Dixclaimer Bat Signal~
  Screen Shots of Expensive Flash Adverts from today's nola.com above and at right. Yes, they are real and the Irony galling...
  --like the T-P/Corps would stick a Thump Up in' [...]
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  Posted: November 15, 2009, 8:30am EST
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• 'Leslie Jacobs for ...

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  'Leslie Jacobs for Mayor' launches Website, Facebook, Twitter platform sans 'Platform'
  ~~T'row Me Some'tin, Sista!
  
  ~Editilla Gotta Toll'ya... we toll'ya! hahaha~
  I took one look at this woman and all sorts of Intuitive Bells and Whistles began [...]
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  Posted: November 14, 2009, 10:30am EST
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• The Word ...

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  The Word Not Spoken: Bagram ~Harry Shearer
  
  Proposed live oyster ban on hold~Jay Vise
  
  "With ingenuity and determination"
  ~Your Right Hand Thief
  ~And a bit mo'from ADRASTOS
  ' [...]
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  Posted: November 13, 2009, 12:54pm EST
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• New Army Corps ...

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  New Army Corps Policy Forces Project Designers to Consider Rising Seas~Taryn Luntz
  ~Also~Congressional delegation decries Army Corps’ Plan to deepen Delaware River
  
  All about Louisiana's oil-and-gas industry~Daily Comet
  
  St. Tammany Parish president frustrated over delay in funding for flood control[...]
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  Posted: November 13, 2009, 8:30am EST
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• ~Editilla Notellas on'da Crow'tella~ 77,777 hits ...

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  ~Editilla Notellas on'da Crow'tella~
  77,777 hits on yer'Birf Day! Hahahaha, that is just cool as hell.
  If any'youz would like to know just how fast someone can run from That Flood, please do check and compare our first post
  --at the bottom of our very first week alive, [...]
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  Posted: November 12, 2009, 8:30am EST
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• Another Letter About ...

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  Another Letter About Afghanistan the President May Not Be Reading~Harry Shearer [...]
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  Posted: November 11, 2009, 5:13pm EST
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• Thank You NOFD, Charity Hospital ~and all who held The Line. Jus'sayin... Sinn Féin

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  ~Thank You, Pop.
  Thank You, Sandy.
  
  *
  Letter: Use of eminent domain for LSU/VA immoral with reasonable alternatives available
  ~SaveCharityHospital.com
  
  Rep. Cao vs. retired Gen. Honoré
  ~Denis Keohane
  
  Melancon, Cao protected by politics ~Gerard Shields
  
  School choice: Grandmother struggles to [...]
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  Posted: November 11, 2009, 8:00am EST
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• St. Bernard Parish fares well during ...

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  St. Bernard Parish fares well during Ida; parish officials watching slow-draining rural areas~Bob Warren
  ~Taffaro did say that officials and area residents had noticed that the water seemed to be taking longer to drain from areas outside the levee system today. He said officials went out to the earthen [...]
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  Posted: November 10, 2009, 7:19pm EST
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• Troy Henry launches N.O. mayoral campaign: ...

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  Troy Henry launches N.O. mayoral campaign: ranglin'fo Successful Business Exec with No Political Experience
  --But Not like Nagin was...
  or Georges is, or... Leslie who?
  ~David Hammer
  ~Editilla Ho'tellas~Yeah, well, we all expect the next mayor to "Get The Job Done", right? But what about actual issues?
  Who has [...]
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  Posted: November 10, 2009, 8:30am EST
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• Ida not weakening; ...

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  Ida not weakening; spreading heavy rains inland
  ~Wunder Blog
  
  London Avenue Canal gates are ordered closed
  
  Parsing: Corps publicly commits to fix outfall canal walls
  ~Fix the Pumps [...]
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  Posted: November 09, 2009, 3:21pm EST
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• EU commemorates the ...

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  EU commemorates the fall of the Berlin Wall, reproduces the domino effect
  ~The center piece of the "Festival of Freedom" will be an artistic project reproducing the domino effect of the events in 1989. Organised by the City of Berlin with the participation of [...]
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  Posted: November 09, 2009, 8:00am EST
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• Dimanche~ GEAUX SAINTS! 8-0 BAY'BAY!!!

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  WHO'DAT???
  YO'BEAUX 8-0!!!!
  ~Alejandro de los Rios
  
  
  ~La. Gov. declares state of emergency as Hurricane Ida menaces Gulf Coast
  
  Coastal Parishes Prep For Possible Flooding ~WDSU
  
  Louisiana Anxious, Watchful for Hurricane Ida~Carol Forsloff
  
  Ida takes casualties~NYT
  
  Ida takes [...]
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  Posted: November 08, 2009, 6:27pm EST
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• "Man With Balls Lives Here" Rep. ...

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  "Man With Balls Lives Here" Rep. Cao is only Republican to vote for Democrats' health care ~Jonathan Tilove
  ~In the end, satisfied that the House health care reform bill would not subsidize abortions, Rep. Anh "Joseph'' Cao, R-New Orleans, voted "yes" late Saturday night, making him the only Republican'" [...]
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  Posted: November 08, 2009, 8:30am EST
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• H/T'n'Thanks Youz

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  H/T'n'Thanks Youz Charolette getting Dinglerized!
  
  Ed Blakely Former Recovery Buffoon is on Facebook
  ~Thanks Youz Karen!
  ~and a little'mo Lagniappe from Squandered Heritage.
  
  Navy Week: Johanna Mudge
  ~NOLAFemmes
  
  Ida might skip Louisiana, veer to Florida~Mark Schleifstein
  
  [...]
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  Posted: November 07, 2009, 10:15am EST
  by New Orleans Ladder