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An Update On “McSorley’s Wonderful Saloon”

McSorley’s in Greenwich Village is a 155 year old bar– sawdust floors, two kinds of beer (on tap only, a pale ale and a porter), newspaper headlines of late 19th century pugilists. Here’s an update from the Los Angeles Times.

Joseph Mitchell wrote a great New Yorker piece about the bar published in [...]

Once Again, Ashton O’Dwyer Was Less Than Temperate In Addressing Federal Courts

Given the recent ‘security breach’ at 500 Poydras Street, a number of scoundrels might be at risk if I DO become homicidal.

Former attorney Ashton O’Dwyer Jr., addressing the Bankruptcy Court in New Orleans and apparently referring to the incident at Sen. Landrieu’s office.

Folks may remember AROD, who long ago got himself banned [...]

Times Picayune Cartoonist on the NFL’s claim on Who Dat Nation

Category: Dumb questions by legislators. Answer: “You don’t.” What’s the question?

About yesterday’s Mississippi Supreme Court order that it won’t take any more budget cuts, Legislator, congressional candidate, and rocket scientist Alan Nunnelee spoke within hearing of a Clarion Ledger reporter:

Senate Appropriations Chairman Alan Nunnelee, R-Tupelo, said he’s seeking a second opinion from attorneys: “I don’t know who you appeal something like this to.”

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Separation of Powers: The Mississippi Supreme Court throws down the Gauntlet

Matt at Ipse Blogit just told me that Justice Randlolph stated at a CLE on the coast that at 1:00 this afternoon, the Mississippi Supreme Court issued an order that the Governor has no authority to cut the funds appropriate to the Judiciary Branch. Matt’s blogged this development.

This should be interesting!

UPDATE: Here’s [...]

Who Dat Nation on a Holiday: “The Court takes judicial notice that Saintsmania permeates the City of New Orleans.”

An order in a Orleans Parish case, Becnel v. Northrop Grumman Ship Systems (I’ve confirmed its a real case (here‘s an appearance on an interlocutory appeal from last year) just landed in my email. The case was set for a Jury trial on Monday, February, 1st. The court notes:

Considering the historic victory of [...]

Cochran yes, Wicker no on Bernanke

From the Tupelo Journal today

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke will get a “yes” vote from Mississippi Sen. Thad Cochran when his re-nomination comes up as expected Friday.

“I support him,” Cochran told the Daily Journal today. “He will bring stability and a feeling of comfort to people who watch the [...]

Art loans as Super Bowl bets: “I’ll see your sentimental Renoir and raise you a J.M.W. Turner masterpiece!”

Directors of Art Museums in Indianapolis and New Orleans are taking their Super Bowl bet. The Turner piece being put up by the Indianapolis museum should the Saints win is pictured above; the Claude Lorrain painting being offered from New Orleans is pictured below. The post is from the Arts Journal [...]

Will Shade and Charley Burse of the Memphis Jug Band musicians on film…

Here are two of the best prewar Memphis jug band musicians, Charlie Burse and Wil Shade, doing “Kansas City Blues” for a 1958 television special called “Blues Street”

Ole Miss football coach rumormongering

Kent Austin is apparently headed to head coach at Cornell (not a rumor) and, reporting that, Bleacher Report takes time to discount rumors that recently fired coach Texas Tech Mike Leach might be on the list to replace Austin. I can’t imagine there was much chance of that. He also says that one name [...]

NMC wrote on 10:39 pm, June 18, 2013 about I saw a warranty deed today…
You're a teacher, R.E. Mongue. Can you help me understand what this language could possibly mean? I thought for a moment "It's like a positive sign and a negative sign," but it's worse than that. I kn ..

Observer wrote on 9:07 pm, June 18, 2013 about I saw a warranty deed today…
Maybe the drafter felt that by using the phrase "including and excluding" precisely described the acre "more or less." ..

R. E. Mongue wrote on 7:17 pm, June 18, 2013 about I saw a warranty deed today…
I'm teaching real property this fall. It'd be great to have a copy of that deed for class - regardless of what it means. ..

A friend of the law wrote on 10:25 am, June 18, 2013 about Just Suppose (a moment of paranoia)
If only the federal government snooping was this transparent........ http://m.youtube.com/#/watch?v=F9gtV-rSyEc&desktop_uri=%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DF9gtV-rSyEc ..

Bb63 wrote on 1:40 am, June 18, 2013 about House Bill 490: Mississippi’s Bid for Supremacy in the area of Legislative Silliness
Thank you for posting their pictures. If I see them out in public, I'll be applauding them. ..

pamela kay (@kidsroc) wrote on 11:30 am, June 17, 2013 about Two Father’s day pictures
Tom, you resemble your Pop very much and the dog looks happy to be the pillow! ..

A friend of the law wrote on 10:35 am, June 17, 2013 about Just Suppose (a moment of paranoia)
http://news.cnet.com/8301-13578_3-57589495-38/nsa-spying-flap-extends-to-contents-of-u.s-phone-calls/ Nader appears to backtrack on his statements made to Mueller during the Congressional hearing. How ..

Crispin Garcia wrote on 10:35 am, June 17, 2013 about Just Suppose (a moment of paranoia)
@tba: Rep. Nadler appears to be adding more confusion not the CNET article. The update mentions "assurances" from the Obama administration but we aren't told what they are. The national security state ..

thusbloggedanderson wrote on 10:28 am, June 17, 2013 about Just Suppose (a moment of paranoia)
Here's Gellman in the WaPo over the weekend, on the 4 different programs at work: Two of the four collection programs, one each for telephony and the Internet, process trillions of “metadata” records ..

thusbloggedanderson wrote on 10:25 am, June 17, 2013 about Just Suppose (a moment of paranoia)
The CNET story adds more confusion, since they've now updated with this: James Owens, a spokesman for Nadler, provided a statement on Sunday morning, a day after this article was published, saying: "I ..

Crispin Garcia wrote on 9:59 am, June 17, 2013 about Just Suppose (a moment of paranoia)
I RT'd the article on my Twitter feed yesterday. The article can be found onat news.cnet.com. The story is written by Declan McCullagh and is dated June 15, 2013. It purports to quote Rep. Jerrold Nad ..

thusbloggedanderson wrote on 9:15 am, June 17, 2013 about Just Suppose (a moment of paranoia)
AFOTL: link please? ..

A friend of the law wrote on 3:26 pm, June 16, 2013 about Just Suppose (a moment of paranoia)
Well, it appears that the NSA analysts have been listening to, collecting, and storing the content of domestic phone calls of US citizens in the US, without a warrant or court order. And they have bee ..

Bill Dees wrote on 3:16 pm, June 16, 2013 about Charlie Rich demonstrates what he thinks of John Denver
Two things struck me. First, Glen Campbell appears to have a cigarette in his right hand at the beginning of the clip, and 2, The Mississippi Delta is well represented with Conway Twitty and Charlie P ..

Chico Harris wrote on 11:12 am, June 16, 2013 about Charlie Rich demonstrates what he thinks of John Denver
Who is the Elvis Costello-looking fellow sitting behind Loretta Lynn? ..

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An Update On “McSorley’s Wonderful Saloon”

Once Again, Ashton O’Dwyer Was Less Than Temperate In Addressing Federal Courts

Times Picayune Cartoonist on the NFL’s claim on Who Dat Nation

Category: Dumb questions by legislators. Answer: “You don’t.” What’s the question?

Separation of Powers: The Mississippi Supreme Court throws down the Gauntlet

Who Dat Nation on a Holiday: “The Court takes judicial notice that Saintsmania permeates the City of New Orleans.”

Cochran yes, Wicker no on Bernanke

Art loans as Super Bowl bets: “I’ll see your sentimental Renoir and raise you a J.M.W. Turner masterpiece!”

Will Shade and Charley Burse of the Memphis Jug Band musicians on film…

Ole Miss football coach rumormongering

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