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Mattel Inc. recently announced its upcoming release of limited-edition Barbie Dolls that reflect Louisiana and the always popular New Orleans-area market. Locals have said many are frighteningly realistic.
In another stroke of pure genius, New Orleans Mayor C. Ray Nagin has revealed that he has discovered a sure-fire cure for the city’s many ills. “I just ordered 10,000 cases of HeadOn,” the mayor said. "All ya gotta do is apply it directly to the forehead. C'mon, man."
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Inspired by the recent drug arrests of four New Orleans firefighters for selling crack cocaine and heroin in front of Fire Engine House No. 9 on Esplanade Avenue, The Levee recently found area children have, in response, localized the familiar schoolyard rhyme “Engine, Engine No. 9.”
(NEW ORLEANS – April 21, 1861) The criminal sheriff of New Orleans caused quite a commotion this week, referring to the city as “a perfect Hell on Earth” in response to the continuing escalation of violence, murder and general mayhem in the streets. (See the rest of the story...)
Governor Bobby Jindal, the Legislature and the so-called “good government watchdogs” and the media are busy patting each other on the back about the laws passed during the special session that purport to limit what lobbyists can do.
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In the wake of a Times-Picayune photo mistakenly showing New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin deliberately pointing a gun at the police chief when he was doing nothing more than carelessly and irresponsibly handling a lethal assault weapon that never should have been in his hands for any reason in the first place, other photos are surfacing of "Our (armed) Mayor"...(See photos inside!)
Following weeks of tension between City Hall and local media, embattled New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin finally responded yesterday to “an unwarranted campaign of gross distortions designed to make me look like a madman” by strangling WWL-TV newscaster Lee Zurik during a press conference.
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From the Breach
The New Orleans Museum of Art is giving the Bayou State's own iconic Blue Dog artist George Rodrigue a major retrospective. Following NOMA's lead, the Guggenheim immediately announced plans for a significant Thomas Kinkade exhibition, the Lincoln Center is staging a Milli Vanilli reunion concert, James Lipton scheduled has Rob Schneider and Jean-Claude Van Damme for upcoming episodes of "Inside the Actors Studio," and the Audubon Institute is drawing up plans for a new wings dedicated solely to pigeons. In light of the Rodrigue show, a number of local artists banded together to note that three things are embarrassingly clear: 1) NOMA director John Bullard, one of the city's highest paid employees, deserves a significant pay cut, 2) Clancy Dubos, who wrote Gambit's glowing cover article on the show, should stick to politics, and 3) NOMA, like so many Louisiana politicians, sold out!
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