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Posts In 12/2008
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Hank uberstanks
1604 days ago
Jim Kunstler writes his 36,794th post declaring the end of civilization as we know it... but these days more people…
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Noble encounter
1606 days ago
We Saw That reminded us about this truly noble encounter between a polar bear and a tethered sled dog. WST…
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True
1606 days ago
===Update: Pastor Marshall Truehill passed away last night. Story here and here. Squandered Heritage and Adrastos have more.
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NOPD stocking stuffers
1607 days ago
A YRHT source reports that on Tuesday December 23, the NOPD was at UNO campus "in large numbers" doing some…
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Fa ra ra ra ra
1608 days ago
Happy Christmas to all.(That's YRHT's obligatory yuletide photo.)I think Greg is the hostilidays victor because nothing quite drained my soul…
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Brilliant
1608 days ago
The WSJ's Martin Feldstein thinks he has a great idea for President-Elect Barack Obama's stimulus/infrastructure spending proposal. How about using…
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"A shocking disregard for the facts and for the corps' own mission"
1612 days ago
From Noladder we were alerted to today's T-P editorial:Levees.org clearly is making the Army Corps of Engineers uncomfortable. Otherwise, why…
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"More juice than tropicana"
1612 days ago
An inside source tells YRHT that about a month after inauguration, President Obama will visit New Orleans and meet with…
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This looks like a promising direction
1612 days ago
From Cryptogon we learned of this disturbing BBC story:Teachers in England will have to act as “role models” both in…
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"Swallow this."
1613 days ago
Hostilidays entry:"The First Toenail"---*
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"They turn around the big fire, they sing a song to get higher."
1614 days ago
"Bonfire-lover" Michael Homan is seen throughout this local news report explaining why the annual Mid-City bonfire should continue. (Suddenly, city…
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"That's my problems"
1614 days ago
The January 2009 issue of Esquire is out in stores. It has a picture of Clint Eastwood on the front,…
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Here in my car, I feel safest of all
1615 days ago
This is simple.The Inspector General reports that the city administration is using 273 take-home vehicles. City ordinance allows a maximum…
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Congratulations, Grandmère Mimi!
1615 days ago
Belated kudos and starstruck wonderment to Grandmère Mimi of Wounded Bird, who recently enjoyed two lengthy profiles in the Huffington…
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Bush Memoir titles
1615 days ago
Kos has a post up inviting readers to name Bush's book. Bush is planning to write a memoir and might…
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"You can't say civilization don't advance -- for in every war, they kill you in a new way."
1615 days ago
Times have been tough for YRHT during the hostilidays. While other bloggers were brainstorming about important matters, we were spending…
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Poetry time
1616 days ago
THE FOG OF MORNOrleans agogAt thick morning fogI keep insidedrink nog, and blog.-- oysterLike oyster, D.H. Lawrence also wrote poetry.…
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Spoiler Alert!
1617 days ago
Both shoes miss.Yep. Bush ducks, and the flying footwear sails clean over his head. Twice. Watch it as much as…
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I want to be a Cao-boy
1617 days ago
President-elect Obama and family will be taking a train to Washington D.C. for the inauguration. I don't know if it's…
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Thieves and liars
1617 days ago
These same quotes from this Wapo story were flagged by Atrios and Josh Marshall, but still... this is insane.But at…
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Will that sinking feeling ever subside?
1617 days ago
The Times Picayune's three part series on "Losing Louisiana" reads like an obituary in the present tense. Today's installment dealt…
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Quotes of the weak
1618 days ago
"While it is bad for someone to be killed by the KKK, it is equally as bad for criminals to…
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If working girls were unionized, would Vitty have avoided all his troubles?
1619 days ago
Noladishu highlights this delicious morsel about Vitty-cent: "He'd rather pay a prostitute than pay auto workers."Bad Vitty.
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Now it's only a matter of time
1619 days ago
Via Suspect Device:The secret world of dreams has been unlocked with the invention of technology capable of illustrating images taken…
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Crisis presents opportunity
1620 days ago
Rumor has it that after yesterday's blizzard, New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin is considering an $18 million emergency budget request…
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The Mighty (salty) WIST 690am
1620 days ago
Tuesday, former N.O. City Councilman Jay Batt was a guest host on Kaare Johnson's afternoon radio talk show on WIST…
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Let the good times roll
1621 days ago
T-P:More than a dozen federal, state and local officials hoisted shovels and beamed Tuesday morning as the U.S. Department of…
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Brilliantly naive or naively brilliant?
1621 days ago
From the front page T-P story titled "Mr Cao goes to Washington":Anh "Joseph" Cao arrived in Washington on Wednesday to…
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Snow, like happiness, is good for an hour
1622 days ago
The New Orleans area has become a winter wonderland! And it's pretty cool. And wet.Earlier, I got some hot choco-coffee…
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Christian Iraqi-American rapper schools Chuck Norris
1622 days ago
Watch the video at Grim City.
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Awkward "only white dude in the group" moment
1622 days ago
This morning I was chatting with some fellow New Orleanians about Gov. Blagojevich's corruption debacle. We were going over the…
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Vitty-cent says package has "ass-backwards" approach
1622 days ago
Big thanks to M. Homan for alerting us to this comment from our junior Senator, regarding the proposed automaker loan…
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"Respect" your enemies
1622 days ago
This holiday video war is escalating at a fearsome rate.Historians should note that Greg started it. Then YRHT fired back.…
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Someone's feeling frisky
1623 days ago
Greg commences hostilities in the annual holiday video war. Last year, I thought I had won with the Christmas Shoes…
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When you need more Cao bell
1624 days ago
The Times Picayune has more on what's next for Representative-elect Joseph Cao. (Some of the following T-P quotes have been…
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Playing the new game
1624 days ago
Saturday, T-P reporter Bruce Eggler took stock of the current negotiations between the City Council and Mayor Nagin over the…
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Let's wig out at Styler's
1625 days ago
T-P wordsmith James Gill uses nearly all of his Sunday column to discuss Vince Marinello's wig. Vince Marinello is the…
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Four years to make a menu
1625 days ago
The Times Picayune reports:A long-delayed Army Corps of Engineers plan for protection against a Category 5 hurricane -- a storm…
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Cao a bunga!
1626 days ago
Joseph Cao defeats William Jefferson.I got to give credit to local Republicans. This was a once in a generation opportunity,…
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Bricks are Heavy, though
1627 days ago
Joejoejoe sent me this delightful video of the Diagram Brothers' song "Bricks". It "joyously celebrates the trivial". Watch it, it's…
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Shawn Barney for State Senate
1628 days ago
After doing an interview and taking calls on Jeff Crouere's Ringside Politics radio show this morning, it's very clear that…
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The Mind reels
1628 days ago
"Why are we [opening a restaurant in] New Orleans? Whose idea was this, Aquaman?"-- (slightly altered) quote from Comedian Carlos…
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Making States
1628 days ago
My friends, be careful what you wish for. As far as the political prospect of getting "2 more Dem Senators…
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Monkeyshines: an experiment in fear
1628 days ago
Jeffrey posts a fascinating chronology of the various times when monkeys escaped from the Tulane Primate Center. He implies that…
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To my many conservative friends...
1628 days ago
Your Barack Obama commemorative plate needs are so taken care of this holiday season.
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SLAP me silly
1629 days ago
The New Orleans Levee December print issue is out and has an amusing article I wanted to share:A recently repaved…
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Street Tile update
1630 days ago
The street tiles on "BIRCH" street that Entergy destroyed still haven't been replaced.Ashley Morris was outraged about this just before…
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Holy Cao!
1630 days ago
A favorite Harry Caray quote:"There's a high foul ball... and it lands right in that woman's Busch!"===Anywho, da Paper wrote…
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Thanks holiday music channel!
1631 days ago
Explaining why "Mommy was kissing Santa Claus" to an inquisitive* 4-year old enrapt in the yuletide mythos is an unexpected…
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"Not yet."
1631 days ago
Heh.Tomorrow, I'll post a very special (but belated) Jindal Thanksgiving post at First Draft.
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