Alternative New Media for the Gulf South
“To understand the world, you must first understand a place like Mississippi” When I need words to explain something “Mississippi”, I reach for the last work of the late (and great) Willie Morris, “My Mississippi” – and what words I find! Some, such as those of Faulkner, come as quotes from other Mississippi writers. The … Continue reading “Flipping the wig on “whiggocracies””
Asked by McGovern (Simon’s attorney) if he thought a Jewish person would be offended by a supervisor giving the Nazi salute, Kerlec said, “I don’t know whether they would be or not. I mean … I never even thought about whether anybody would be offended by it. There were so many people (co-workers) egging me … Continue reading “Defending the indefensible: A Parish of shame. New revelations in the "NAZI" case Simon v Jefferson Parish and Armand Kerlec. A Guest post by Whitmergate.”
In Flores et al v State Farm, “The initial focus of the punitive liability of State Farm is on its adjuster Heather Keyt… One specific educational source that was identified by Ms. Keyt was an instructional video on “how to tell the difference” in causation questions over wind versus water”. State Farm has not produced … Continue reading “Still got some popcorn? Grab a chair and watch State Farm's training video – "Which Was It…Wind or Water?"”
What has become known here on slabbed as the Jefferson Parish political corruption scandal is a multi-faceted affair that would take several posts to recap. In my opinion the big Kahuna is the River Birch landfill but we also have the petty corruption in the Redflex Contract along with some garden variety payroll fraud, and of course the … Continue reading “The truth emerges. Steve Theriot's lawsuit against the Blogosphere is continued retaliation against Anne Marie Vandenweghe. Slabbed was there from the beginning and now can tell the story. (Corrected)”
Thursday, May 6th, 2010 Baton Rouge, Louisiana I’M SEVENTY? YOU’VE GOT TO BE KIDDING! I woke up this morning, followed my normal routine of walking the dogs, picking up the morning papers, pouring my large glass of orange juice half filled with water to dilute it down, checked my emails, walked out to glance over … Continue reading “Jim Brown turns 70. Happy birthday Jim!”
“How can we fail them? How can a nation that relies on its miners not do everything in its power to protect them?” Obama said. “How can we let anyone in this country put their lives at risk by simply showing up to work, by simply pursuing the American Dream?” President Obama delivered an eloquent … Continue reading ““Our livelihood and our brotherhood” – and the “brotherhood” of Massey Coal”
In early March a new reader mentioned to me that it was a FBI agent that recommended Slabbed as a resource in the ongoing federal investigation in the cesspool that is known as Jefferson Parish Government. To the extent we tend to gets lots of official traffic (you kids know who you are) I wasn’t necessarily surprised … Continue reading “A five thousand dollar bribe for Hubbard’s girlfriend on the side: Ray Davezac cops a plea. A Jefferson Parish Political Corruption Update.”
“The most obvious signs of allergies are sneezing and itchy, watery eyes…” – or so the Sun Herald reports in Pollen Proliferation: “This year we had a colder than normal winter, and when it warmed up, it warmed up quickly, to warmer than normal. So it wasn’t a gradual release of pollen. Everything popped at … Continue reading “Proliferation of pollen accounts for scarcity of posts – and Nowdy’s eyes!”
The best place to hide a needle is in a haystack of needles – and, at the moment, there’s no bigger haystack of needles than the docket of the Branch Consultants qui tam case The Branch defendant insurers file a single motion as a group and, then, some or all file essentially the same … Continue reading “Liberty Mutual accepts “responsibility” – a lot more than the Company thought!”
I count myself as a lucky guy this morning as a very busy day is still ahead for me and I really don’t have the time to write a comprehensive post on yesterday’s insurance roundtable sponsored by Senator Wicker and his staff. I’m lucky because Anita Lee was also there and she did a fantastic job reporting … Continue reading “Anita Lee covers Senator Wicker’s Insurance Roundtable. Slabbed adds a bit of analysis.”