Posted below is the audio recording of Marve Smith pleading guilty to one count of conspiracy to commit bribery in U.S. District Court this morning. The plea agreement and an audio recording of the Change of Plea Hearing are posted below. Start at 21:00. Comment in the earlier post.
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Empower Mississippi's Grant Callen sits down with columnist Bill Crawford to talk about his recently published book, A Republican’s Lament: Mississippi Needs Good Government Conservatives in a podcast posted below.
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Another domino falls in the federal investigation of Hinds County District Attorney Jody Owens and Jackson Mayor Chokwe Antar Lumumba as Sherik Marve Smith waived indictment to a charge of conspiracy to commit bribery yesterday in U.S District Court.
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The San Jose State University women's volleyball team is racking up wins the easy way - through forfeits. A male student who identifies as a woman, Blaire Fleming, is a player on the team. Four teams in a row have forfeited their matches to the Spartans. Well, make that five after the University of Nevada's women's volleyball team voted to forfeit the match even though the school's administration said it would move forward with the match.
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Ridgeland police arrested two males for rape on October 10. One suspect is 16 years-old while the other is 18 years-old.
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Defendants often claim entrapment but such a defense rarely succeeds. What exactly is entrapment? Posted below is a little tutorial on the subject. Enjoy.
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Leave it to Danny's to screw things up as much as possible.
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A woman who shot at another car during a road rage incident yesterday on I-220 earned herself a $2 million bond in Jackson Municipal Court today.
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The Mississippi Bar has sanctioned 24 wayward lawyers in 2024. The punishments range from private reprimands to disbarments. JJ obtained the records through a public records request. The sanctions are posted below.
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Madison-Rankin District Attorney Bubba Bramlett issued the following statement.
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My first clear memory of her is not a happy one. It’s when she came into my brother’s bedroom and told us our father had just passed away. I was six. My final memory of her isn’t good either. She was in the hospital, unable to talk, unable to recognize me. It was just two weeks ago and the morning of my 63rd birthday. Even though those first and last memories aren’t joyful ones, I believe it’s the time in between, “the dash,” that matters. And she made all 91 years in that dash, count.
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A self-described “just about full-time grandparent” to three grandchildren, bestselling Mississippi author John Grisham is a few months shy of his 70th birthday – some facts that belie his packed calendar this month. The author of fifty consecutive #1 bestsellers translated into some 50 languages, Grisham’s latest novel “Camino Ghosts” was released this summer. The recent Grisham works “The Exchange: After The Firm” updated the journey of “The Firm’s” Mitch McDeere and the third Jake Brigance novel “A Time for Mercy” is being developed as a limited HBO series.
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The Mississippi Department of Public Safety issued the following statement.
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The Pearl Police Department issued the following statement.
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New York Times best-selling author Richard Grant appeared on the podcast back in September when he was in town for the Mississippi Book Festival. The scribe of Dispatches from Pluto was promoting his new book, A Race to the Bottom of Crazy, Dispatches from Arizona. He talked about facing gunmen in the Sierra Madre, Natchez history, why he moved from Mississippi, the Apaches, and some of the more colorful parts of Arizona history. Enjoy the episode.
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Meet Chicageaux Mayor Brandon Johnson, a true idiot. The school system is broke but no matter. The Mayor wants the school board to approve a 10% pay raise for teachers, housing assistance, and other goodies that would add to the $500 million deficit projected for next year. How dumb is this Mayor? He wants the public school district to, wait for it, take out a $300 million loan to cover the increased payroll. He has a simple defense for his stupidity: slavery. Yup, if you stand up to government foolishness, you support slavery.
Update: The agenda item was apparently worded poorly. The City Council voted to approve paying CTEH for services rendered, not remediation of the "microbial growth." Deputy Cultural & Services Director Mike Williams said the city received several proposals for remediation Friday and will soon present a contract to the City Council for approval.
The Jackson City Council will approve a contract for remediation services at Thalia Mara Hall today. The agenda for today's City Council meeting states:
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Annie Oeth authored the following press release for the University of Mississippi Medical Center.
Today is the day we celebrate Christophe Colomb. Lost in all the controversy is the superhuman feat he accomplished. He wasn't just taking on an ocean but centuries of thinking the world was flat.* Neil Degrasse Tyson - a really smart dude - discusses his achievement and how finding America was one of the most important events to ever happen to the human race.
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Destiny Gibson will be sitting in jail for quite a while after Jackson Municipal Court Judge Jeff Reynolds set her bond for murder at $2 million today.
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Madison-Rankin District Attorney Bubba Bramlett issued the following statement.
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A female employee stabbed another employee to death at the McDonald's on Hanging Moss Road. WAPT reported:
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Out with the polygraph and in with the newfangled fraud detector.
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Posted below is the schedule for the final day of the Mississippi State Fair.
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"While we were watching round her bed, She turned her eyes and looked away,She saw what we couldn't see; She saw Old Death. She saw Old Death Coming like a falling star. But Death didn't frighten Sister Caroline; He looked to her like a welcome friend. And she whispered to us: I'm going home, And she smiled and closed her eyes."* The late Dr. Frank Pollard recited the James Weldon Johnson poem as he preached on living through death. Enjoy the 1996 sermon posted below.
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Mississippi had the nation’s worst state economy based on 2023 data, according to CNBC. Factors CNBC considered included economic growth (0.7% for Mississippi), job growth (0.1%), debt rating and outlook (Moody’s Aa2, stable), major corporations headquartered in state (none), and foreign direct investment (.003% of GDP).
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Forgot who won or who lost, that was a great game and is what college football is all about. Hats off to the Bulldogs as well. They could've quit but gave Georgia all they had to give. If you want to watch a rather colorful post-game show, check out Matt Moscona and T-Bob Hebert (Bobby's son) on Whiskey & Wine, live streamed below.
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The Mississippi Department of Agriculture and Commerce issued the following press release.
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The Justice Department issued the following statement.
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And there arose to the north of Eden a tribe called the Hotty-Toddys, who were also called metros. And the Hotty-Toddys were very displeasing; they didst place centerpieces on their banquet tables, and didst exalt themselves much. And they didst glorify the southern kingdom of the past.
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Donald J. Trump enjoyed a rip-roaring reunion in Butler, PA, 12 weeks to the day and hour after a would-be assassin grazed his head with a bullet and killed fire chief Corey Comperatore who selflessly gave his life to protect his wife and two daughters from other shots.
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Ag Commish Andy Gipson issued the following press release.
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State Auditor Shad White, yes, the Shad White discussed the DHS scandal at a Mississippi Center for Public Policy luncheon held at the Country Club of Jackson. He dished the dirt on his book, Mississippi Swindle, fighting corruption in Mississippi, and DEI. The video of the speech is posted below. Enjoy.
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JJ is not the only one who noticed the EPA rushing to town at the behest of the Lumumba administration. U.S. District Judge Henry Wingate had a few questions for the EPA at a scheduled status conference on Jackson's water/sewer system yesterday. WLBT's Anthony Warren reported:
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Rankin-Madison County District Attorney Bubba Bramlett issued the following statement.
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Fall is finally here (I hope) and if it is, then we can start eating fall vegetables.
If Carly Gregg gets a new trial, she is going to have to fight her way through prosecutors determined to see she does not get one.
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Madison-Rankin District Attorney Bubba Bramlett issued the following statement.
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Attorney General Lynn Fitch issued the following statement.
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Governor Tate Reeves issued the following statement.
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50 miles to landfall. Hurricane Milton is coming and there is nothing we can do about it. Check out the Max Velocity Youtube channel (posted below) for some decent coverage if you want to avoid the usual networks.
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Mississippi political columnist Bill Crawford appeared on The Jambalaya podcast this week. Mr. Crawford published a book, A Republican's Lament, Mississippi Needs Good Government Conservatives, this week. The corn was shucked as we attempted to solve all of Mississippi's problems within 75 minutes. Tune in below and enjoy.
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Rankin-Madison County District Attorney Bubba Bramlett issued the following statement.
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Palermo, Sicily— Travel has a way of opening the world, peeling back the layers of the familiar, and revealing the extraordinary. It’s something that grabbed hold of me 13 years ago when I first took my wife, my then 14-year-old daughter, and my 10-year-old son on an adventure of a lifetime. We flew to Sweden, bought a Volvo, and embarked on a six-month journey through 72 cities, 17 countries, and two continents. Somewhere along that trip, Italy called, and I flew my buddy Wyatt over. Together, we wrote a book. And what started as an exploration of places and flavors became the foundation of my side-gig today—guiding others through the European cities, towns, landscapes and experiences that have captivated me.
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The Lumumba war against Ted Henifin continues, courtesy of the Environmental Protection Agency.
On the stump and in the presidential campaign ad wars, crime remains a hot topic election-year rhetoric on crime doesn’t exactly match the numbers in federal crime data. And to no one’s surprise, both Republican nominee Donald Trump and Democratic nominee Kamala Harris have bent crime data numbers to fit their campaign narratives.
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