well, i didn't have any cash on me

Sometimes a lady just needs to enjoy the cooler weather. Via the Times-Picayune:

Naked woman arrested after stealing cab in Covington

Published: Monday, September 13, 2010, 6:02 PM     Updated: Monday, September 13, 2010, 6:03 PM

 Jeff Adelson, The Times-Picayune 
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A Michigan woman allegedly made off with a cab after disrobing in its back seat and demanding her driver take her from the north shore to the Great Lakes State, authorities said.

View full sizeCovington Police DepartmentJennifer Gille

Jennifer Gille, 29, got picked up by a cab about 1 a.m. Sunday from a motel in Covington and was driven to Harrison Avenue south of the city, Covington Police spokesman Capt. Jack West said.

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But when she arrived at the destination, Gille refused to get out of the cab and began behaving erratically, West said. The woman first took off her clothing, then demanded that the cabbie take her to Michigan, he said.

the winner advances to a mud-wrestling match with the governor

Sometimes I see news articles that I don't even have to mock in order for them to be funny. Here is a case in point, via the Times-Picayune.

Opponent challenges Sen. David Vitter to Cajundome cage match

Published: Saturday, September 11, 2010, 5:45 PM     Updated: Sunday, September 12, 2010, 1:04 AM

 Times-Picayune Staff 
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You've already seen Louisiana's U.S. Senate candidates sling mud at each another. Now how about a mixed martial arts cagematch? That's what Mike Spears, an independent candidate from Lafayette-- one of 11 challengers to incumbent Republican David Vitter -- proposed last week.

View full sizeLafayette independent Mike Spears, left, is one of 11 challengers to incumbent Republican David Vitter, right.

"In early America, when a politician insulted the honor of another,
a duel was in order. Consider this challenge a modern-day duel," Spearssaid. "Sen. Vitter's behavior, his admission of breaking the law in2007, has insulted the honor of the people of Louisiana."

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Spears, 46, said he wants three rounds with Vitter on Oct. 16 at the Cajundome in Lafayette. "This fight will symbolize the epic battle between the American people and an out-of-control, tyrannical federal government and the reckless politicians at the helm," he said. Spears said he has no previous experience in mixed martial arts, but that he is prepared to go up against a "standby fighter" on the off chance that Vitter declines the challenge.

quran sounds like one of them black people names, dontit?

You know that crazy people always find their way to Louisiana . . .
Via the Times-Picayune:

Florida pastor who threatened to burn Quran owns home near Slidell

Published: Thursday, September 09, 2010, 5:27 PM     Updated: Thursday, September 09, 2010, 5:58 PM

 Christine Harvey, The Times-Picayune 
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The Gainesville, Fla., pastor who Thursday afternoon reversed a plan to burn the Quran this weekend owns a home near Slidell that he apparently bought to be near the 9th Ward in New Orleans, where his disciples told neighbors that he had formed a new church and opened a second-hand store.

well earl, thanksgiving will be a little tense this year

Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice, shame on my gunshot wounds.
Via the Shreveport Times:


Authorities: Father-in-law shoots son-in-law a second time

MANSFIELD — The man shot Wednesday night by his father-in-law has been shot by the same man before — and with the same gun, authorities said Thursday.


Alvin Gentry, 39, of the 900 block of Daw Road, is recovering in LSU Hospital in Shreveport of a through-and-through gunshot wound to his back. The injury is non-life threatening, DeSoto sheriff's Cpl. Dusty Herring said.





McKinney gave officers the gun he used in the shooting, as well as a confession, Herring said. Still, Gentry was reluctant to have charges pressed against his father-in-law, the detective added.


It was Gentry's decision years ago not to have McKinney prosecuted for shooting him the first time. In that incident, which was more than five years ago, McKinney shot Gentry in both legs below the knee.

a love letter

Dear East Coast,
About damn time you took one of these suckers. Hope your fancy-pants adirondack chairs don't float away.
Love, Louisiana

Oh, good gravy.

http://www.cnn.com/2010/US/09/02/louisiana.oil.platform.explosion/index.html
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/09/03/us/03rig.html?_r=1&hp