Jackson Jambalaya

 The city of Jackson might soon be broke.  Mayor John Horhn sent this letter to the Jackson City Council: 

 The organizers of the "car show" held in downtown Jackson Saturday made sure it was a safe event. 

 A street takeover took place during a "car show" that took place on North State Street Saturday.   Check out the fun. 

 Hmmm...... what is wrong with this picture? 

 It has a good side and a dark side.  At times it is called the root of all evil but is also an ally of the good.  We are of course talking about money or rather, the love of money.  The late Dr. Frank Pollard wove a sermon about money from the words of the Prophet Malachi and a story about the two-toed tree toad.  What does a two-toed tree toad have to do with Malachi? Watch the 1998 sermon posted below. 

 When you take the buffalo by the horns....

The Supreme Court’s 6–3 ruling to undo the 90-year-old Humphrey’s Executor case has undermined the purpose of independent commissions. The court ruled President Trump may fire Senate approved members of the Federal Trade Commission before their terms expire. Humphrey’s Executor, a 1935 ruling, and related statutes, had allowed Congress to create independent agencies to mitigate political interference.  

 Update: Berry's removed the post. 

Even Berry's must suffer the ingrates. 

 State Treasurer David McRae blasted Congressman Bennie Thompson over his criticism of the newly-created Trump accounts.  Mr. McRae said on social media: 

 Dave and Buster's is coming to Ridgeland.   

 The Clinton Police Department issued the following statement. 

Imagine if there had never been a Declaration of Independence.

The Mississippi Bar asked the Mississippi Supreme Court to suspend Chokwe Antar Lumumba from the practice of law this afternoon.  Lumumba pleaded guilty to conspiracy in U.S. District Court Monday. 

Radio Strongman KIM Waaaaaade was on fire yesterday as he vented his spleen on the Nolan Wells controversy.  Listen to his show below.  Yours truly dropped in later in the show as he traveled back from Yazoo City.  A transcript is posted below as well.  

Lord Protector Tate Reeves issued the following statement. 

 After fighting alligators for many years, Ricky Flynt managed to escaped the jaws of some redneck justice yesterday up in Yazoo County Justice Court.  

 JPD issued the following statement.

 It's summertime and you know what that means: beach time.  However, what do you do with all that shrimp when it's time to come home after despoiling 30A? Thankfully, ZeroBear PolyBear has the perfect solution.  Check out his Shrimp Freddy recipe in a downloadable format. 

 Jackson Mayor John Horhn issued the following statement. 

 The place? A Texaco gas station on Medgar Evers Boulevard.  The time? Who knows.  

 Millsaps College issued the following statement. 

 To keep household electricity and local tax bills stable, there may be no single more effective solution today than a local data center. Our basic local infrastructure systems – electricity, roads, water/sewer – are steadily getting more expensive to maintain, meaning some level of population and/or revenue growth is needed to keep per capita costs down. 

 A confessed child rapist received a $14 million bond yesterday in Jackson Municipal Court.  

 Well, well, well, it appears the Po-Po did not take too kindly to that video showing Goodman has no police.  

 Will National Credit Union Administration Board seize family cats? 

A federal judge froze all assets and accounts belonging to Leigh and Chad Bridges in the Jackson Area Federal Credit Union scandal.  Leigh was the President of JAFCU until she was fired earlier this year when the National Credit Union Administration Board uncovered an alleged embezzlement of up to $95 million.  The Bridges allegedly used the funds to purchase a Steinway piano, $10,000 handbags, multiple homes in Eastover and on the beach, and expensive jewelry.  

 First Consul Tate Reeves issued the following statement. 

 Yet another accused child molester drew the wrath of Jackson Municipal Court Judge Jeff Reynolds this week.  

 Mazzio's Pizza is no more as the company ceased operations Friday at all locations.  

 I was married by an Elvis impersonator in Las Vegas.

Jackson is going to lose Chick-Fil-A.  Chick-Fil-A will close the East County Line Road store in Jackson and move down the street into the site of the old Logan's Roadhouse.  The Ridgeland Board of Ealdormen are expected to approve the company's application tonight.  

 Police? What Poh-lice? 

 A new twist on a classic.  

Jackson Municipal Court Judge Jeff Reynolds issued a $14 million bond for a man accused of molesting a minor relative.  

 The 1927 Mississippi River Flood was what probability expert Nassim Taleb calls a Black Swan event. Europeans once thought all swans were white.  Then black swans were discovered in Australia. The Black Swan metaphor describes rare, unforeseeable, high-impact events — that seem foreseeable after they happen. 

 After months of speculation, the Mississippi Bar is finally moving to revoke Jody Owens' law license.  

 How the mighty have fallen.  Former Jackson Mayor Chokwe Antar Lumumba pleaded guilty to conspiracy in federal court today.  

AUSA David Fulcher & Chokwe Lumumba

 Jackson Mayor John Horhn issued the following statement. 

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Former Jackson Mayor Chokwe Antar Lumumba and City Councilman Aaron Banks will plead guilty to public corruption charges in federal court this afternoon. 

 Check out the economic development taking place on Bailey Avenue. 

 Two years of litigation went for naught as the Mississippi Supreme Court threw out all orders in the Mockingbird investor lawsuit as it ruled Hinds County Circuit Judge Debra Gibbs improperly transferred the case to another judge last month.   

This image is a use of satire and parody.

 Hinds County Sheriff Tyree Jones is holding a press conference now on the murder that took place at the Raymond Detention Center last week.  The presser is live-streamed below, courtesy of WLBT. 

 Mielun Butler died at the hands of his fellow inmates Friday.  JPD arrested and charged Butler with murder in a homicide that took place at Rebelwood Apartments.  

 Governor Tate Reeves issued the following statement. 

 Everything can grow stale even faith.  Staleness becomes a quicksand, capturing us the more we struggle.  What does one do when one's heart grows silent, when the song dies?  The late Dr. Frank Pollard pondered this problem aloud as he delved into Psalm 40 when David spoke of how he was mired in the mud until the Lord rescued him.  Enjoy the 1998 sermon posted below. 

 "The liberal arts are facing incredibly difficult times right now,” said Dr. Daniel Jasper, Provost and Dean of the College at Millsaps College. Jasper came to Millsaps a year ago from William Jewell College in Liberty, MI, where he led initiatives to reshape the school’s academic landscape. At Millsaps, he seeks to reshape its liberal arts landscape.

"Tonight, there is much to celebrate." So said Ronaldus Magnus as he addressed the nation on Independence Day in 1986.  Today is America's 250th birthday.  A nation birthed in freedom and liberty has lasted a quarter of a millennium.    We've had our challenges, blood has been spilled, and the skies darkened at times but through it all, we stood together to create something for travelers to marvel at as they come to the World Cup.  Enjoy President Reagan's short address.  The transcript is posted below as well. 

 Just another day in Jacktown or why we can't have nice things reason #_______. 

 Singing patriotic hymns together in church stirred the emotions and memories of the congregation last Sunday. What a great time of unity, of oneness, of being a part of something bigger than our own little worlds! Older folks sang harmoniously from memory alongside younger generations and little children.