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Listen to the Louisiana Poor People’s Campaign speak with Baton Rouge Community Radio

Listen here to a conversation between two members of the Louisiana Poor People's Campaign, Jasmine Pogue and Mia Taylor, on WHYR's weekly call-in show A Pause for Thought (live Wednesdays @ 5:00pm). In a half-hour live conversation, host Wayne Parker, Jasmine and Mia discussed the goals and actions of Louisiana's Poor People's Campaign and the national movement against poverty occurring on the 50th anniversary of the original 1968 Poor People's Campaign. […]

todayMay 28, 2018 1

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LA Governor’s Office spying on Bayou Bridge protesters, from Democracy Now!

The Louisiana Governor's Office of Homeland Security and Emergency Preparedness has been spying on Louisiana citizens concerned about the construction of Energy Transfer Partners' Bayou Bridge Pipeline through the Atchafalaya Basin ending in a African-American community in St. James parish already surrounded by industrial sites. Construction on that pipeline was stopped in federal court in late February. Democracy Now!, an hour-long national and global news program you can only hear […]

todayMarch 13, 2018

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Where the Alligators Roam with Rhonda Gleason of Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense

Where the Alligators Roam spoke recently (before the Parkland, FL shooting) with Rhonda Gleason, Louisiana member of Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense. Listen on-demand to this and dozens of other Where the Alligators Roam websites at their website, and listen on the radio in Baton Rouge every Friday at 5:00pm. http://wherethealligatorsroam.us/index.php/podcast/schools-as-killing-fields-reignite-moral-outrage-over-gun-deaths/  

todayFebruary 22, 2018

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KEEP CALM AND CARRY ON

Well, we’re past Trump’s 100 days and, as of right now, we haven’t been disintegrated by a nuclear blast.  Life is good! A couple of months ago, this blog lobbied for increased vigilance against poor journalism, but left out specific examples of what could (should?) be avoided by the serious news seeker, problem-solver, and political peace-maker.  Therefore, please find examples of poor journalism enclosed herein dear readers (all five of […]

todayMay 2, 2017

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MANGOS CAN BE USEFUL

At some point this blog has to say something about the good that has come from the “election” (in quotes, so it wasn’t really an election per se) of Agent Orange to the presidency.  It has to be done because we’re all Americans and, at some point, communication and healing have to begin.  But we don’t have to be saintly about it…we can be snarky.  Now snarkiness, something Liberals and […]

todayApril 1, 2017 1

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MODERATION

The following is an account of a shipwreck published in the New York Times on May 27, 1856. ALMOST A TRAGEDY—Collision of a Steamer and a Schooner—Two Hundred Excursionists Terribly Frightened and Very Nearly Drowned—an Uncomfortable Night at Sea—Varied (word is unclear) Incidents. An event occurred on Sunday afternoon which might have resulted in the loss of nearly two hundred lives, but which, fortunately, was productive of nothing worse than […]

todayMarch 1, 2017

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KOOL-AID

Once upon a time there was a young man who landed an audition for a television game show called “The All-New Dating Game.”  The format of the show was simple: a beautiful young lady or attractive young man would sit on one side of a partition and lob questions dripping with sexual innuendo at three hot contestants of the opposite sex on the other side of the partition.  They, in […]

todayFebruary 1, 2017

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HAPPY NEW YEAR?

Okay… Here we are. In the last four months we have lost our homes, our businesses, and our country and it’s January of a new year, a time to be hopeful. How do we do this exactly? Well, an extended hiatus from the clueless, noisy gong/clanging cymbal, sound-and-fury-that-signifies-nothing, noise-machine political media and a little distance from the two tragedies of a devastating flood and devastating election have allowed a few […]

todayJanuary 2, 2017

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PELICANS AND REALITY

Before summer ends stroll out to the tip of the long pier that slides like a spear into the Gulf of Mexico from the Biloxi Lighthouse. Quiet your mind and open your senses. The sun embraces you, the water gently slaps the girders below and a steady breeze strokes your face and tosses your hair. Squadron after squadron of brown pelicans glide serenely by, sometimes as high as you can […]

todayJuly 31, 2016