Jackson Jambalaya

J'ai récemment passé une semaine à Paris. J'ai blogué un peu de Paris tandis que Captain Kangaroo a approuvé les commentaires. Oui, M. Kangourou modéré JJ alors que j'étais en vacances. Belle ville. Les Français ont été très gentils. Voici quelques photos de la première journée du voyage. Je vais poster plus au cours des prochains jours. Je suis désolé pour la mauvaise qualité des photos. Je suis un pauvre photographe et emmenés sur un Blackberry Z10. Appréciez.

It got real in Boston as one terrorist is dead and the other is on the run.  Consider this an open thread about it.  Here is a police scanner recording of the shootout last night.

The Mississippi Center for Public Policy issued this recap of the 2013 legislative session:

Fundraiser for Secretary of State Delbert Hosemann this weekend. The announcement is posted below.

FBI just issued this press release:

The Wall Street Journal opined about some HUD social engineering and neighborhoods. Yup, Assistant Secretary and his HUD minions want to make sure your neighbors meet their criteria:

The AP reported the police have a suspect in the Roger Wicker case:

Warning: Graphic.

Here are the latest crime stats for Jackson,  Madison (city), Byram, and Rankin County.

So if you live in Vicksburg, who do you vote for? The crook (alleged), the ex-hooker (what else can you say she calls herself a working girl), or the Politician? Although it could be argued a politician is all of the above? You can't make this up. The Clarion-Ledger reported:

Senator Roger Wicker had this to say about his vote on the school safety bill filibuster last week:

Senator David Jordan mixes it up with the school board up in the Delta

Here is the Eric Law indictment. I fail to see the need to re-write something that is only two pages. Warning: This is pretty graphic and disturbing stuff.

The Mirror published photos taken in North Korea.  Not for the faint of heart. Article

Got this email today. Trying to run it down. Original post came from another board:

The Clarion-Ledger reported Senator Wicker voted to end a filibuster on the President's gun control bill:

Mike is back. Colourful as always. (Update: corrected)

Shot Dumbo's mom and by Dumbo we don't mean a Mississippi politician:

Sources report a fire truck and an ambulance at Brandon Middle School this morning.  After all the news reports of two separate fights there yesterday, this school just can't catch a break.

 Time: 10:00 AM   Place: Martins  Date: April 14

Detective Eric Smith was killed in the line of duty. This Memorial concert is to celebrate his life and to help raise money for his family left behind. There will be bands, DJs, food, dunking booths, balloon jumps for the kids and many other activities. As a community, we must come together and show gratitude for his service, and to the hard working men and women who protect us with their lives. Click here for more information

Here is a collection of the Hemp Candidate from lasts week's mayoral forum in Jackson.  She is quite entertaining. Not impugning her character. Just posting these videos to show what we see at these things.  Enjoy.

Here are more pics of Mynelle Gardens shot last weekend by Amile Wilson for JJ:

Friday night is the finale. Tiberius got what was coming to him. Does Spartacus survive or wind up on a cross? Here is the promo.

The Wall Street Journal  reported many small business owners are looking at terminating the health care coverage for employees and paying the $2,000 fine under Obamacare in this video:

Got the new Blackberry Z10 last Friday. I was one of the last holdouts. I was waiting for the new Q10 to come out but this hunk of junk called the Torch decided to start looking at gravesites. The enemy doesn't always cooperate. Having said that, the Z10 is a pretty cool phone. Here is my totally unprofessional unexpert review based on using it for a weekend.

This is a sponsored post by the Mississippi Center for Public Policy.

MCPP Executive Director Forest Thigpen comments on the defeat of the Bomgar nomination to the State Board of Education in a press release:

Amile Wilson took these photos of Mynelle Gardens in bloom over the weekend. We tried to do this last year but the weather didn't cooperate as the day before the shoot, a nasty storm blew threw Jackson and knocked off all the blooms. Amile said the light was a little harsh but we hope you enjoy these pics. More will be posted this week.

Kings Highway in Jackson:

You know the type. Their children can't ride bikes to school two blocks away. Might get run over or kidnapped. Can't go to the playground at the park because a creep might be there. Has to do the homework for little Johnny because she wants him to go to Harvard one day. Threatens the school with a lawsuit if junior gets caught cheating. Child has self-esteem issues so he has to be protected. Then there are the ones that go to professional job interviews with their kids. Teacher told me how one was kicked out of an ACT test when she tried to take the test with her child. I kid you not. Meanwhile, a recent study confirmed earlier ones in finding "helicopter moms" are bad for their kids development and leave them ill-equipped to deal with life. The Daily Mail(UK) reports:

Here are the closing statements made at the forum for the Jackson mayoral election by the candidates. Have fun. Interesting contrast from the opening statements.

Here are the opening statements by the Jackson mayoral candidates at the medical mall Monday night.  Most of them were pretty interesting. Enjoy.

Apparently some people are accusing me of posting the name of the JPD detective killed today at JPD headquarters before the family was notified. I will attempt to put those doubts to rest right now. A very reliable source provided his identity. I was told the family had been notified. I have since learned his family members either worked for JPD or were retired from JPD. I made the decision to publish the identity. There is NO WAY IN HELL I would have published his name if I thought for one second the family had not been notified. PERIOD!!!

I hate writing these posts. JPD detective Eric Smith was killed at JPD headquarters this afternoon. No more details are known at this time.

Update: Suspect is dead as well. WLBT reports he was a suspect in a murder case. 

The Hemp candidate presented her views on JPD and crime at the recent forum for the mayoral candidates at the Jackson Medical Mall.

Senate ed committee tables Bomgar nomination to Board of education on an 8-7 vote. Hearing was "very contentious".

The Mississippi Supreme Court issued the following press release:

The Lieutenant Governor issued the following press release:

Pete Perry appeared on the worst radio show in town this morning. We discussed medicaid, Terri Herring, Nissan bonds, and the Mayor's race. Listen to the show here.

If you are absolutely bored and have absolutely nothing to do, here is the video of the forum for the Jackson mayoral candidates last night from start to finish. I'll post excerpts in the next few days but here is the unedited raw video. Enjoy. ;-)

Went to the a forum at the Jackson Medical Mall last night for the Jackson mayoral candidates. More will be posted later but here is a sneak preview at the um, Hemp candidate. All she could talk about was hemp and when she wasn't talking about hemp, she was talking about meditation. See for yourself.

Dr. Arnold Smith is no longer being charged with capital murder in the shooting death of a man last April at the law office of Lee Abraham.

Her Laddness and Terri Herring Spokestool, oops, I meant spokesman, Keith Plunkett go at it again on Twitter. Enjoy.

Governor Phil Bryant withdrew the nomination of Terri Herring to the State Board of Health yesterday.
The nomination of Ms. Herring drew no small amount of controversy as she has been a staunch pro-life advocate and supporter of the failed personhood amendment. The Governor withdrew her nomination yesterday after questions were raised about whether she lived in the proper district. Section 41-3-1 of the Mississippi Code states:

The Democrats are mad because the Republicans won't come out and fight. ;-) The House Democrats issued this press releases on Medicaid yesterday:

The Lieutenant Governor's office issued the following press release on charter schools legislation:

Governor Bryant pulls the nomination of Terri Herring to the Board of Public Health for "geographic" reasons.