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Jindal Signs Louisiana Science Education Bill (Doubting Darwin)

Sun, 06 Jul 2008 20:32:00 GMT

Earlier this year, the Louisiana State House of Representatives passed the Louisiana Science Education Bill by an overwhelming vote of 93-4. The State Senate recently followed up that action by passing unanimously 35-0. This past week, Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal signed the bill into law. What exactly is the Louisiana Science Education Act? This law allows for the following:...

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New Advertising Rules In Louisiana (Legal Profession Blog)

Sun, 06 Jul 2008 14:31:21 GMT

The web page of the Louisiana State Bar Association has an announcement of new advertising rules governing members of the Louisiana Bar. The full text of the new rules, as adopted by the Louisiana Supreme Court, is linked here. The...

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More on Louisiana's "assault on Darwin" ... (Post-Darwinist)

Sun, 06 Jul 2008 02:01:00 GMT

Floyd and Mary Beth Brown are pretty happy with the new Louisiana academic freedom bill that would permit teachers to discuss reasons why Darwin's theory of evolution might not be correct: One would think legislation which allows an environment that promotes “critical thinking” and “objective discussion” in the classroom would please everyone -- it did the bipartisan group of legislators in...

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Louisiana Civil War Museum (Consul-At-Arms)

Sat, 05 Jul 2008 22:36:00 GMT

More re-Americanization. Taken in the Warehouse District, New Orleans, Louisiana, on August 3, 2007.

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Bobby Jindal Takes Another Bold Step, Signs Louisiana Science Education Act (Pardon My English: Conservative New)

Sat, 05 Jul 2008 20:21:34 GMT

Proving once again that he may be the best young lion the Republican party has seen in decades, Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal has taken yet another big step toward becoming a national figure.

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Cutting-edge, ’supplemental science’ comes to Louisiana (The Carpetbagger Report)

Sat, 05 Jul 2008 13:00:59 GMT

Guest Post by Morbo Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal has signed legislation allowing public school teachers to use “supplemental materials” in class when teaching about evolution. This is necessary, the new laws says, to promote “academic freedom.” After all, everyone knows evolution is “controversial.” What will these “supplemental materials” be like? It’s hard to say because the law [...]

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USA 2000 - New Orleans, Louisiana, United States (TravelPod.com Recent Updates)

Sat, 05 Jul 2008 12:31:18 GMT

Jump to the full entry & travel map New Orleans, Louisiana, United States USA 2000

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Kim on Tony Meyers from Church Point, Louisiana (Uncool)

Sun, 06 Jul 2008 10:26:00 GMT

TONY MEYERS FROM CHURCH POINT, LOUISIANA dragged a starved mare behind a trailer until her hooves were nearly ground away. TONY MEYERS FROM CHURCH POINT, LOUISIANA wrapped the mare's halter in barbed wire. TONY MEYERS FROM CHURCH POINT, LOUISIANA shot this same mare in the face. Not in the brain, mind you, not to even to kill her , but in the nose, to increase her agony. TONY MEYERS...

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The preventable crisis (Crunchy Con)

Sun, 06 Jul 2008 18:18:58 GMT

When the Katrina disaster hit Louisiana, it was a hard but entirely anticipated blow to realize that so much of the destruction could have been prevented. For decades, the entire state had been expecting the Big One, the hurricane that...

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Plaquemines 3 Years Later (Michael Homan)

Sun, 06 Jul 2008 16:50:00 GMT

Yesterday the family and I took one of our "educational" tours of Louisiana, the kind Clark W. Griswold and I love and the kids hate. We drove down Highway 23 until it ended, in Venice Louisiana. We wanted to see how Plaquemines Parish was doing now almost three years after Katrina. Plaquemines Parish is famous for having more water than land, and it is the mouth of the mighty Mississippi,...

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Good for the Washington Post (The Corner)

Sun, 06 Jul 2008 12:59:42 GMT

The Post, which supports the result in the Supreme Court's Kennedy v. Louisiana decision invalidating the death penalty for rape, concedes (in an editorial yesterday) that the case should be reconsidered in light of the error on which the ruling was based. Relevant to the issue we've talked about here and on Bench Memos, the Post says it takes the vote of five justices to rehear a case -- although...

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Essence Music Festival: Day 1 (..::That Grape Juice // ThatGrapeJuice.net::..)

Sun, 06 Jul 2008 15:52:00 GMT

The annual Essense Music Festival kicked off this past Friday, 4th July, in New Orleans. Many an artist made an appearance, performed and whatnot at the event - which took place jointly at the Ernest N. Morial Convention Center and Louisiana Superdome. Check out the pics of Rihanna, Chris Brown, Kanye West, Solange, Bow Wow among others below: What do you think of the pics?

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14th Annual Essence Music Festival: Brings Another Night of Funky Music (Black Voices Blogs)

Sun, 06 Jul 2008 12:30:00 GMT

Filed under: Entertainment Newswire Black Voices Blogs : By Brennan Williams, BlackVoices.comLast night men and women from all over the country were fresh, dressed like a million bucks, as the '2008 Essence Music Festival' kicked off it's second night of music festivities at Louisiana's Superdome. And talk... Read more

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Rihanna's Crotch Sings?! (WhyFame)

Sun, 06 Jul 2008 12:20:05 GMT

I'm sorry for being so pathetic but I just couldn't resist! Rihanna was in New Orleans on Friday, the Fourth of July, to perform at the Louisiana Superdome during the 2008 Essence Music Festival. The festival celebrates black music and culture and moved to Houston in 2006 after Hurricane Katrina smashed New Orleans. It returned to New Orleans in... [ More on WhyFame.com ]

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Post Calls for Kennedy Rehearing: (The Volokh Conspiracy)

Sun, 06 Jul 2008 16:07:00 GMT

On Saturday, the Washington Post called for the Supreme Court to rehear its decision in Kennedy v.Louisiana holding unconstitutional the death penalty for child rape....

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Jindal does the right thing ... (New Orleans Bulletin)

Sun, 06 Jul 2008 05:01:00 GMT

We are in New Orleans this week, so we’ll simply report some news and tell you about the visit next time. Pictured is the New Orleans symbol, the fleur de lis, wrapped in the hope ribbon. AP, via The New Orleans Examiner, reports that: Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal has vetoed a bill that would have doubled salaries for the state's lawmakers. The Republican had previously said he would not veto...

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New Mexico bans cockfighting (Jurisdynamics)

Sun, 06 Jul 2008 02:12:00 GMT

New Mexico bans cockfighting . When a ban takes effect in Louisiana in August, cockfighting will be illegal in all 50 states. Fuller details available on Agricultural Law .

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Rihanna Astound In Essence Festival Stage (Celebrity Blog News)

Sat, 05 Jul 2008 23:42:00 GMT

The choice of work on Independence Day, Rihanna took the stage to present at the Louisiana Superdome during the 2008 Essence Music Festival on Friday (July 4). The New Orleans-based festival, which began yesterday and continues until Sunday, "celebrated black music and culture and moved to Houston in 2006 after Hurricane Katrina smashed New Orleans . She returned to 2007, and organizers gasoline...

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Jindal to challenge US SC ruling on child rape (Times of India)

Sat, 05 Jul 2008 21:37:58 GMT

Indian-American governor of Louisiana Bobby Jindal is hogging US media headlines as he mulls challenging a recent controversial supreme court ruling forbidding the death penalty in child-rape cases.

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A Human Disaster, Revisited (Plastic: Most Recent)

Sat, 05 Jul 2008 20:28:25 GMT

Plastic::Politics::Disaster: On August 29, 2005, Hurricane Katrina made landfall as a category 3 hurricane, causing catastrophic damage to Louisiana and Mississippi.

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