Jackson Jambalaya

Lord Protector Tate Reeves issued the following statement. 

 The Justice Department issued the following statement. 

 UMC Vice-Chancellor Dr. Louann Woodward issued the following announcement in her weekly column yesterday. 

 It's going to get down into the 40's this weekend and you know what that means: Soup weather!  The ZeroBear PolyBear may be away but he left us with his recipe for some creamy butternut squash soup in a downloadable format.   Fire up the stove and get to work.  

As riots grow across France, the media is quick to blame the French government for not spending enough money on edumucation.  However, the Wall Street Journal nailed France's real problem in an editorial last week: the country is past being flat broke.  Check out what it had to say: 

Chef Hunter Evans, the man behind Elvie's and the newly revived Mayflower Cafe, joined Grant Callen on The Empower Podcast to talk about food, business, and why anyone in his right mind would leave New York City to open a restaurant in Jackson, Mississippi.

 Ridgeland police arrested Hinds County Assistant District Attorney Briana Keeler and charged her with  domestic violence - simple assault Sunday.  

 The Mississippi Department of Education issued the following statement. 

 Former Jackson Mayor Chokwe Antar Lumumba is permanently barred from the practice of law. 

 MDOC Commissioner Burl Cain blew off the Legislature even though Republicans and Democrats alike had questions about how he runs his agency.  Mississippi Today reported: 

JJ reported on the conviction of a Sovereign Citizen for traffic offenses in Madison a few weeks ago. Although there were some nuggets of humor in the court file, it is a bit much to expect readers to wade through over 70 pages. Fortunately, the Kingfish is going to save you such trouble and provide the humorous nuggets in small bites. Enjoy this declaration of "12 Presumptions of Law",Thomas Barham filed with the Court.  

The company that blew up the liquor industry in Mississippi earlier this year might be facing the music in federal court.  U.S. District Judge James Maxwell dismissed Ruan Transport Inc.'s motion to dismiss after a Mexican restaurant sued to recover lost revenue and profits. 

Some people are always just mad at everyone and everything.  Exhibit A: Last week's meeting of the Jackson City Council. 

 Sometimes, being in the top fifty is not a good thing.  Exhibit A. 

 Jackson Area Federal Credit Union is officially no more.   Five Star Federal Credit Union notified customers yesterday: 

 Flunking out of college may have been the best career move I ever made. I would have had a hard time selling that theory to my mother at the time, and I certainly didn’t offer it as an option to my children. But it got me into the restaurant business.

The Christa Pike botched execution debacle in Tennessee raises a question that has persisted since the U.S. corrections system began seeking a more “humane” and sanitized method for the state to exact the ultimate punishment on criminals.

 AgComm issued the following press release.

Senior American Day at the Mississippi State Fair will be held on Wednesday, October 14, inside the Coliseum. The doors will open at 8:00 a.m. This annual event is open to all ages, with activities especially geared toward senior citizens. 

 State Bean-Counter Shad White issued the following statement. 

A witness claims there was nothing Nathan Rhinewalt could have done to avoid a deadly boating crash that took place on the Rez last month.   

 Well, well, well, look at who's coming to Brandon next year.  What will the crotches who complain about Bro Country, Lil Wayne, and 80 year old bands say now? 

 Meanwhile over on Monument Street last week..... 

 So what will Justis Gibbs' big announcement be? 

 Ag Commish Andrew Gipson issued the following schedule for today and tomorrow at the Mississippi State Fair. 

 Attorney General Lynn Fitch took a break from prosecuting cops to issue the following statement. 

Bring the kids.  We got entertainment for the whole family.  

 Ridgeland Police Chief Bryan Myers issued the following statement. 

 Posted below are the schedules for Monday and Tuesday's events at the Mississippi State Fair. 

Our bumbling Public Works Director is at it again as he delays more road projects. Actually, he is not at it again and that's the problem. The Northside Sun reported: 

"What price the crown of a King on his throne When you're chained in the dark all alone?" Cask of Amontillado by the Alan Parsons Project. 

Cornell alumnus Bill Maher made his feelings about Greek life pretty clear Friday night. 

 JPD issued the following statement. 

Ag Commish Andy Gipson issued the following press release. 

Commissioner Gipson invites Mississippians and visitors from across the region to attend the 167th Mississippi State Fair and enjoy entertainment and special events Sunday, October 11, through Monday, October 12, at the Mississippi State Fairgrounds in Jackson.

He was a leader of a synagogue who probably trucked with the Pharisees and Saducees.  Knew his law backwards and forwards.  Yet when his daughter fell deathly ill, he found all the fancy rules and incantations meant nothing.  Betrayed by what he knew, he fell back on one simple thing: faith.  Reaching out to Christ, preached the late Dr. Frank Pollard, Jairus begged him heal his daughter as she passed away.  Passed away she did but his faith brought her back to life.  Enjoy the 1998 sermon posted below as Dr. Pollard discusses the beauty of faith.  

 The first in a series on a fascinating yet troubling discussion with ChatGPT:

 Sometimes, the good cat wins a round.   Check out this Darwin Award winner.  

Correction: The post misidentified Hudson as a Laurel City Councilman.  Hudson ran for City Council but was never election.  My fault.  I half-assed wrote the post while watching College Gameday. 

A crybaby community activist will be crying some more after the Mississippi Court of Appeals kicked him to the curb last week. 

 In any war ‘why’ is always disputed between warring parties. As the oldest nation on earth, Israel is recognized as being involved in more wars than any other nation. Israel became a nation when God appointed Moses to lead His people out of captivity in Egypt. The ‘why’ in this war was obvious: Pharoah wanted to keep the children of Israel as slaves. God wanted to lead the children of Israel to the land He had promised to Abram, the progenitor of the race of Abraham. 

 Some bad ideas are never forgotten.  WLBT reported: 

Things got wild at a Northeast Jackson nightclub this week. 

Can't get a good man? The Clarion-Ledger offered great advice on how to do so back in 1940.  

 Hinds Junior College is closing the 18-hole Eagle Ridge golf course. President Dr. Stephen Vacik announced on Facebook: 

Rankin County schools dominate best schools for chronic absenteeism.

The Mississippi Department of Eduction issued the following press release. 

The Mississippi Department of Education (MDE) has released the 2025-26 Chronic Absenteeism Report, which shows Mississippi’s chronic absenteeism rate slightly decreased to 26.5%, representing 115,385 students who missed important instructional time in the last school year. The rate for the 2024-25 school year was 27.6%.

 This post is authored by Zerobear Polybear. 

My parents grew huge gardens when I was a kid (many years back), The vegetables they grew pretty much every year included pink eyed purple hull peas, bunch and pole butter beans, Contender green beans, lady peas (my Dad’s #1 favorite vegetable), Texas cream peas (better yield than lady pea, but not as good), speckled butterbeans (for my mom), peanuts (for my dad), sweet corn, tomatoes, several different varieties of squash, cucumbers, okra, sweet potatoes (always) and red potatoes (sometimes), and surely some I have forgotten. These were grown on a neighbor’s otherwise unused land on what seemed like eternally long rows to a kid holding a weed chopping hoe.

In next year’s statewide elections, I am a candidate for State Auditor. Our State Auditor is responsible for ensuring your tax dollars are being spent honestly and wisely. Mississippi must have an auditor with conservative values because it is an outrage when your hard-earned tax dollars are wasted or stolen.

 You can't heat some people enough.   Some assaults should be classified as justifiable. The Wall Street Journal reported: 

 Former Jackson Mayor Chokwe Antar Lumumba wants to postpone his sentencing for his public corruption convictions.  The docket in his federal case states: 

Mississippi politics has never lacked for characters. Or grudges. Or strange alliances. Or elections that still get people worked up years later.