Jackson Jambalaya

How good is Dave Chappelle? Kevin Hart tells you how good he really is on Joe Rogan's podcast.  Enjoy.

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Nutshell version: The Mayor, Aldermen, and Alderwoman fussed and fought for ten minutes before going home.  No action was taken. 

Watch the fireworks streamed live below from Facebook:

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It's going to be war tonight in Pelahatchie:

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Governor Tate Reeves his holding is daily briefing on the Covid-19 virus.  It is streamed below.

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 The Mississippi State Department of Health reported 313 new cases of the Wuhan Virus as well as 18 deaths today. The total number of cases is 14,044. The virus has caused 670 deaths. Nursing home deaths comprise 51% of overall Covid-19 deaths in Mississippi.  More information and a complete list of infected counties can be found at the MSDH website.

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Just a bear following a child down a hill, that's all.

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The city of Jackson apparently released quite a bit of raw sewage into the Pearl River earlier this year.  The Pearl Riverkeeper website reported yesterday:

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There has been more than a little media tut-tutting over the decision by Mississippi Gov. Tate Reeves to hire controversial former Louisiana corrections official Burl Cain, 77, to lead the Mississippi Department of Corrections.

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The Mississippi Department of Human Services pays rent on its former home even though it no longer occupies the building on North State Street.  DHS moved into the old Skytel buildings on Lamar Street in June 2018.  However, DHS has paid $3.8 million to the landlord in monthly rent since the move.  The lease does not expire until 2027.  DHS thus pays double rent.  JJ obtained a list of the payments through a public records request. 

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The Mississippi Highway Patrol issued the following statement.

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Warren Strain's wife posted the following update on Facebook yesterday.

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While diving into the Jack Dempsey rabbit hole last week, the Kingfish came across a boxing legend that bore investigation.  It has been rumored and reported for quite some time that boxing greats Jack Johnson and Jack Dempsey once squared off in a secret prize fight in 1921.  The fight supposedly took place in Saskatchewan.   Some experts, including Muhammad Ali, consider Johnson to be the best heavyweight boxer of all time while Dempsey's name needs no introduction even today. Such a bout would have been one of the ages but did it actually happen?

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Meanwhile, over at the track by the junkyard in Madison County....

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UMC claimed it will lose at least $100 million over the next few months due to the pandemic.  WLBT reported Friday:

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Rankin-Madison County District Attorney John Bramlett withdrew the indictment against Savannah Reis. A Rankin County grand jury indicted her for two counts of sexual battery with a minor on September 18 while she was a swim coach at Performance Elite Aquatics.  She is an elementary school teacher in Madison County but is currently on administrative leave.  The indictment states:

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JPD issued the following statement. 

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Just another night at the Exxon on Beasley and Adkins.

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 The Mississippi State Department of Health reported 247 new cases of the Wuhan Virus as well as 9 deaths today. The total number of cases is 13,252. The virus has caused 625 deaths. Nursing home deaths comprise 50% of overall Covid-19 deaths in Mississippi.  More information and a complete list of infected counties can be found at the MSDH website.

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This story was originally published by ProPublica.  ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. Sign up to receive their biggest stories as soon as they’re published.  Joe Sexton and Joaquin Sapie authored this story.  This story is a loooong one but well worth reading.  Get two Cohibas and fix a drink.  Enjoy.

By March 14, London Breed, the mayor of San Francisco, had seen enough. For weeks, she and her health officials had looked at data showing the evolving threat of COVID-19. In response, she’d issued a series of orders limiting the size of public gatherings, each one feeling more arbitrary than the last. She’d been persuaded that her city’s considerable and highly regarded health care system might be insufficient for the looming onslaught of infection and death.

“We need to shut this shit down,” Breed remembered thinking.

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Even though churches are reopening, not everyone can make it to church.  For those readers, JJ offers this 1991 sermon presented by the late Dr. Frank Pollard of First Baptist Church (Jackson).  Enjoy.

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Mississippians trust the care of precious loved ones to many wonderful nursing homes and other long-term care facilities. But, the COVID-19 pandemic has raised concerns.

While 13% of the state’s virus cases occurred in long-term care facilities, they had 50% of deaths (the national average is about 33%).

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JP Morgan determined Covid-19 lockdowns caused more harm than good. CNBC's Carl Quintanilla tweeted Thursday:

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Meanwhile over on I-220.....

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A video of a confrontation between a JPD officer and yewt surfaced on social media yesterday:

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Meet Mike Tyson's favorite boxer.  If there was a white version of a rampaging Mike Tyson in his prime, Jack Dempsey would be it.  Dempsey may have become a movie star but he was no pretty boy.  He was a literal hobo, living on the trains while going days without food.  Losing a fight meant literal starvation, so he won.  Dempsey meant destruction, a pestilence of death for his opponents. 

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Governor Tate Reeves issued the following statement at his daily Covid-19 briefing.  The video is posted below. 

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The Mississippi State Department of Health reported 402 new cases of the Wuhan Virus as well as 16 deaths today.   The total number of cases is 12,624.  The virus has caused 596 deaths. Nursing home deaths comprise 50% of overall Covid-19 deaths in Mississippi.  More information and a complete list of infected counties can be found at the MSDH website. 

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Today's edition of Flashback Friday focuses on how Jackson used to be just a few short weeks ago.  

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Posted below is video of Mayor Lumumba's staff harassing attorney Lisa Ross before her press conference began yesterday. 

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Will David L. Lane go to jail? The Bridgewater Homeowner's Association wants either its money or Lane's forced residency at the Rankin County Detention Center.  A court ordered Lane to liquidate two accounts in March and surrender the funds but Lane apparently has yet to do so even though the deadline was nearly a month ago.  Needless to say, Bridgewater is tired of playing games and wants to turn up the heat on David L. Lane. 

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Attorney Lisa Ross issued the following statement.

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The Taxpayer's Channel reported the following story. 

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A Covid-19 outbreak at a rural Arkansas church killed 3 people.  The CDC reported:

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Agriculture Commish Andrew Gipson issued the following statement.

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Mississippi reported a record 11,967 case of Covid-19 yesterday. Such a rise is expected as testing becomes more widespread.  However, the media and Facebook doctors focus on cases while health care experts focus on something else: the actual number of patients hospitalized, in ICU's, and on ventilators.  While Mississippi cases rise (due to better reporting), the number of patients requiring advanced treatment has actually improved. 

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A neighbor managed to take a picture of Pearl police officers arrested Keith Reeder:

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Governor Tate Reeves appointed Judge Sean Tindell to be the Commissioner of Public Safety at his daily Covid-19 briefing today.

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Should the Mississippi State Department of Health release the names of nursing homes that report Covid-19 cases? Hattiesburg Publishing will square off against the Health Department over that very question today in Hinds County Chancery Court.

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The Mississippi State Department of Health reported 263 new cases of the Wuhan Virus as well as 16 deaths today.   The total number of cases is 11,967.  The virus has caused 570 deaths. Nursing home deaths comprise 49% of overall Covid-19 deaths in Mississippi.  More information and a complete list of infected counties can be found at the MSDH website. 570

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A carjacking occurred in Belhaven last night.  The landlord stated in an email:

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Insurance Commish Mike Chaney issued the following statement. 

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Check out the listing for the former Courthouse Racquet Club on Lakeland Drive:

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Mississippi’s current leadership is taking a page from the state’s not-so-distant past by making the state’s gaming industry one of the first enterprises to be allowed to reopen as the state tries to come out from under the COVID-19 quarantine.

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Pearl Lower Elementary is passing out free ice cream tomorrow:

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Governor Tate Reeves announced the opening of churches at his daily Covid-19 briefing.  The press conference is streamed below.

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The Mississippi State Department of Health reported 272 new cases of the Wuhan Virus as well as 27 deaths today.   The total number of cases is 11,704.  The virus has caused 554 deaths. Nursing home deaths comprise 49% of overall Covid 19 deaths in Mississippi.  More information and a complete list of infected counties can be found at the MSDH website. 

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To mask or not to mask, that is the question that drives men mad so.  Two incidents in Jackson brought out the worst in people on both sides  of the issue.  The first involved a Fondren Presbyterian minister who suffered an assault:

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Local attorney Robert Wise submitted this guest column.

In a world so quickly changed beyond our imagining, we suddenly find ourselves in an age of fever desperate for a vaccine to deliver us from COVID-19. If only we can return to the health, prosperity and comradery of the old world just two months ago. Family weddings, reunions, dinner parties and even funerals? Forget it: we can no longer trust even our dearest friends and relatives not to transmit the virus to us unwittingly unless they arrive wearing medical masks, promise not to hug us, and stay the heck six feet away.

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JJ is working it's way sloooooooowly through the MDHS audit.  The earlier post is updated and will be updated again.  Enjoy (Sarcasm). 

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