Jackson Jambalaya

 State Auditor Shad White issued the following statement. 

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 The best Christmas movie returns to the big screen Saturday.  No description needed.  Just be there. 

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My success today is rooted in the failures of my past.

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 State Auditor Shad White rolled out his much-ballyhooed study on how to cut government waste in Mississippi.  However, Attorney General Lynn Fitch ruled yesterday the study was illegal and not allowed by statute.  

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Mississippi has a history of natural disasters, including hurricanes, tornadoes, floods, droughts, and, on rarer occasions, ice and snowstorms. From the New Madrid seismic zone, scientists say there is a 10% chance of an earthquake being felt in the state in the next half-century.

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 The Mississippi Republican Party issued the following statement. 

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 Accused killer William "Polo" Edwards is on trial this week in Hinds County Circuit Court for the murder of Bobby Davis on May 1, 2022.   It is his second trial as the first one ended in a hung jury.  Watch this afternoon's proceedings live from the courtroom, courtesy of WLBT. 

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The Mockingbird investors' lawsuit took an interesting twist recently as a defendant company director took the fight to the Mississippi Supreme Court.  

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 Local attorney Luther Munford submitted the following response to a Mississippi Center for Public Policy column about him that was published on JJ.

Sometimes people come up with what they believe to be a good idea and later learn, to their sorrow, that they are mistaken. That happened in Great Britain when politicians convinced the public that withdrawal from the European Union, known as Brexit, was a good idea. Now three years later the British business newspaper, the Economist, says its predicted damage to the British economy makes it “one of the rich world’s greatest economic blunders.”

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 State Auditor Shad White issued the following statement. 

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 Although Topgolf will not open until December 20, JJ's photographer Rick Guy was able to get a sneak peek recently. Feast your eyes on the metro area's newest attraction. 

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 Live from the streets of Jackson. Specifically Woodrow Wilson by the Five Points.  

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 It doesn't matter how you win or lose but if you get there, right.  

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 The budding Biden pardon scandal may extend to the Langstons of Dickie Scruggs fame.  The story begins with Keaton Langston's conviction for conspiracy to commit health care fraud earlier this year. 

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She started out as a dishwasher working to pay for college.  After graduating from seminary in the 1930's, Josephine Skaggs traveled to Joinkrama to start her life as a missionary.  It was a land of superstition, disease, and ignorance.  Twins rarely survived as one would be sacrificed to appease the river god so he wouldn't flood the village.  Life expectancy was under 40 years old.  Children often died in childbirth.  This was her world for years as she stayed true to her faith.  The land now has hospitals. People don't die young as they once did and mothers get to raise their babies.  All because of the faith of one woman as related by the late Dr. Frank Pollard in the 1996 sermon posted below.    

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Formed in 1991, the Mississippi Center for Public Policy is a Mississippi charitable non-profit corporation with IRS 501(c)(3) tax exempt status.

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 Uh-oh, nothing good is going to come of this idea where college football is concerned. 

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 Apple TV dropped a trailer for the second season of Severance a few hours ago. Waffle Party, anyone?

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Just as there can be no resurrection without death, so there can be no peace without war. Peace is not the absence of war or conflict, but is the conquest of war and conflict. Just so, resurrection is more than life from the dead; resurrection conquers death forever. When we go through the worst times and experiences, we are drawn upward, away from suffering into a peace that passes understanding.

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 Top Golf issued the following press release. 

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For as long as anyone can remember, the media didn’t just report politics. They shaped it.  News anchors decided what was newsworthy, often ignoring stories that did not fit their narrative. Newspaper columnists fed us opinions. Politicians, to be successful, found they needed to cultivate the media in order to get a fair hearing. Conservatives were demonized. When digital media first emerged twenty years ago, I wrote a book about how this might change. Rather than being spoon- fed our opinions by an Ivy League elite, we might see a democratization of opinion forming. 

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 Classic rock fans, get ready because you are going to get a triple feast at the Brandon Amphitheater next year.  

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Former Governor Phil Bryant moved one step closer to getting the names of Anna Wolfe's sources in her reporting on the DHS scandal after the Mississippi Supreme Court denied Mississippi Today's request for a protective order yesterday.  

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Do you ever think of something and suddenly break out in a big smile? This thought works for me.

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 U.S. District Judge Henry Wingate is fed up with the NAACP.  The "civil rights" organization sued the state of Mississippi in federal court last year to block the implementation of HB #1020.  The NAACP included Mississippi Supreme Court Justice Mike Randolph as a defendant.  Judge Wingate dismissed the Chief Justice with prejudice but did that stop the NAACP from trying to drag him back into the lawsuit time and time again? Not at all.  

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Barak Patton will no longer rape, pillage, and plunder in Hinds County for quite some time after he went to prison last month.  Patton terrorized the Clinton area for years as Tomie Green and Robert Shuler Smith worked to ensure he never faced justice.  Patton is the nephew of the late Hinds County Court Judge Houston Patton and Hinds County Constable John Brown.  Being county royalty has its privileges.  

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 The Ladies Professional Golf Association issued a new rule regarding men who want to play on the tour masquerading as women.  The LPGA press release states: 

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State Auditor Shad White issued the following statement. 

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Jackson Mayor Chokwe Antar Lumumba said Thalia Mara Hall should reopen on January 18 at his regular press conference yesterday.  

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Need a Broadway fix since Thalia Mara Hall is closed?  Tickets are now on sale for the performance of Hamilton,  yes, Hamilton, at the Saenger Theatre in New Orleans.  The show runs from April 8 to April 20.  There are Saturday and Sunday shows scheduled for the early afternoon.  Not a bad day trip and let's be honest.   Hamilton is never coming to Jackson.  

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Bol Mabil, the brother of the deceased Dau Mabil, posted the following "update" on Facebook.

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 It's that time of year and you know what it means: It's time for my award-winning egg nog recipe:

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Thanksgiving was different this year. The usual hum of our family traditions felt even richer, the air filled with the unmistakable aroma of turkey, fresh herbs, and gratitude. My son and I spent four hours in the kitchen together, cooking side by side. We’ve cooked together many times before, but this time was different. This time, he wasn’t just helping—he was leading. He was teaching.

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 Rankin County Sheriff Bryan Bailey issued the following statements. 

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Update: The New York Post posted the video of the shooting.  Suspect used a suppressor. 

The CEO of United Healthcare was shot to death on the streets of Manhattan this morning.  The New York Times reported: 

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One of the capstone issues that the majority of American voters embraced in electing former President Donald Trump to a second term in the White House was his hardline stance on immigration and his pledge of mass deportations of the estimated 12 million undocumented immigrants already living in the U.S.

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 Jon Stewart has a little bit of fun about the Hunter Biden pardon.  

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 Madison Timber Receiver Alysson Mills submitted her required 90 day status report to U.S. District Judge Carlton Reeves on September 30.  There is no new news in the report as Ms. Mills documents her slog to recover funds for the victims of Lamar Adams. 

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Hinds County Constable John Brown's family just keeps getting in trouble. Flowood police arrested his grandson, Dylon Jason Brown, Sunday night and charged him with possession of a machine gun.  

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Our old friend, Adofo Minko, had so much to say about Mayor Lumumba's indictment that his screed against the Mayor had to be split up into two parts.  

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 After rocking Brandon earlier this year, Staind returns along with Breaking Benjamin at the Amphitheater.  More info is posted below.  

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Why does it always happen at the Walmart?

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  As Thalia Mara Hall fell apart, its manager pleaded for help from the Lumumba Administration but to no avail.  A sinking orchestra pit stage, handicapped people stuck in elevators at multiple shows, and the air conditioning failing during a Broadway show are just some of the problems that occurred at the municipal auditorium over the last year. 

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A measles outbreak occurred earlier this year at a "migrant center" in Chicago.  The CDC reported this little tidbit of information in May: 

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Note: This post was first published on Thanksgiving Day. 

If anyone expected Jackson's Mayor to stay quiet as he fights indictment, guess again as his counterattack has begun.  If you want to tune out the family or not see the Cowboys get beat at home yet again, check out the special Thanksgiving Day edition of The Jambalaya with the Kingfish podcast posted below.  Yours truly provides some color commentary on an "article" that attacks the indictment of Jackson's Mayor and Savior, Chokwe Antar Lumumba.  

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 Everyone needs some time on the couch at some point in life.  

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"Don't think because you are an eye, it's too bad you can't smell.  Don't think because you are an ear, it's too bad you can't see. Don't think because you are a hand, it's too bad you can't run fast," preached the late Dr. Frank Pollard in the 1996 sermon posted below.  Quoting from one of the "begat" chapters, he said we should try to be what we are built to be and that all gifts are equal.   Enjoy. 

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Thought about congenital syphilis lately? Our legislators should. The latest data show the number of babies born in Mississippi with congenital syphilis rose by nearly 80%. From 2016 to 2022 the rate increased a thousand percent.

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 Our old friend, former Hinds County public defender Adofo Minko, had a few things to say about Jackson Mayor Chokwe Antar Lumumba and his recent indictment.  

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