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The sanctions continue to pile up against Carlos the Clown.  Oops, make that Judge Carlos the Clown as he serves as a municipal court judge in Clarksdale and Grenada for now. The Mississippi Commission on Judicial Performance (That's the folks who discipline judges) wants to kick Grenada attorney Carlos Moore off the bench for awhile and fine him $5,000 after he broke the rules yet again. 

 In the 1985 Ron Howard movie, “Cocoon,” a group of senior citizens from a retirement home break into an abandoned indoor swimming pool filled with alien pods. The energy radiated from the pods at the bottom of the pool gives the seniors bucketloads of youthful vigor and renewed energy. 

 And the walls...... came tumbling down....... and the walls......

 Once again, the issue of whether Mississippi voters should have the very straightforward power to bypass the Mississippi Legislature and propose changes to state statutes or the state Constitution of 1890 is front and center.

 The city of Clinton issued the following statement. 

 The Mississippi Court of Appeals reversed Anthony Fox's conviction. Copy of opinion.  Hinds County District Attorney Jody Owens issued the following statement:

 The Byram Police Department issued the following statement. 

The Northeast Jackson nudist was back in action yesterday as she made an appearance yesterday in The Quarter.   

 The Madison Police Department issued the following statement. 

 Lieutenant Governor Delbert Hosemann issued the following statement. 

Check out what a MDWP Officer did when a citizen reported a duck in the yard at a Meridian home. 

 The folks at the "W" can't seem to make up their minds on what they should call the Mississippi University for Women.  They realized "Mississippi Brightwell University" was not a good idea but unfortunately, don't seem to have learned anything.  The "W" posted the following options on its website.  

The Madison County Sheriff charged attorney Barry Gilmer with aggravated assault of a law enforcement officer and escape Friday after he allegedly beat a female detention officer.  Gilmer is serving a 12-day jail sentence after he was convicted of disturbing the peace several years ago.  However, Gilmer might stay in jail for awhile because he also has a six-month suspended sentence for discharging a firearm.  

Warning: Partial physical & psychological nudity posted below. 

There she was, just a walking down the street......

 The Mississippi Department of Public Safety issued the following statement. 

Preaching from 1 Corinthians 6:16-20, the late Dr. Frank Pollard compared sexual immorality to spiritual leprosy.  What can give so much pleasure hurts those who love us while corrupting the soul.    The fury of passion eventually become the chains of slavery.  Fortunately, Dr. Pollard preached, there is a way get your freedom. Find out how in the 1996 sermon posted below. 

State Auditor Shad White issued the following statement. 

The national soap opera known as the Republican Presidential Primaries starring Donald J. Trump will likely be passé when it gets to Mississippi on March 12^th. 

 Data centers will soon be part of the Mississippi vocabulary after Governor Tate Reeves announced a $10 billion project that is bringing two Amazon data centers to Mississippi.  

 Do you know someone who suffers from HGS? This video might help.

Unelected international authorities and organizations have tried to gain control over America for decades as a means to control the world. Disease X may be their trump card.

 The Byram Police Department issued the following statement. 

Update (8:55 PM): Madison County Justice Court Judge Lloyd Spivey set Gilmer's bond at $751,000 at his initial appearance this afternoon.  The hearing was conducted via videoconference. 

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or The Epic of Gilmermesh ends in jail.

Attorney Barry Gilmer is apparently trying to convert his jail sentence to a prison sentence. The Madison County attorney severely injured a female detention officer as he beat her to a pulp this morning at the Madison County jail.  Gilmer is serving a 12-day sentence after he was convicted of shooting at his neighbor's house.

Pearl enjoyed the highest graduation rate of public schools in the Jackson metro area while Canton suffered the worst such rates.  Pearl also led the way in keeping kids in school as its dropout rate was only 1.4%.  

 The Justice Department issued the following statement. 

Why settle for just anything when you can sit down to a nice piece of stuffed fish? 

 This post is sponsored and authored by the Mississippi Energy Institute. 

Governor Tate Reeves issued the following statement. 

Correction: The post erroneously reported the incident took place in the Jackson Walmart. 

Outrage ensued when a woman brought her child wearing only a diaper to the Byram Walmart despite freezing temperatures last week.  The Daily Mail reported:  

 Posted below is Tuesday's work session of the Hinds County Board of Supervisors.  The Board refuses to stream the work sessions online so yours truly went downtown.  The agenda is posted below as well. 

 JXN Water issued the following statement. 

 Insurance Commish Mike Chaney issued the following statement. 

Governor Tate Reeves issued the following statement.  

Governor Tate Reeves issued the following statement. Governor Tate Reeves today announced that he is calling a special session to finalize the largest economic development project in Mississippi’s entire history. 

Case is best argument for original HB #1020. 

Ryan Hopkins might finally face justice in Hinds County despite Tomie Green's efforts to keep the accused killer free when she sat on the bench. 

 Marijuana may indeed be a gateway drug.... to psychosis.  The Wall Street Journal reported recently: 

The late great Ella Brennan, long-time matriarch of the New Orleans restaurant scene as head of the Brennan clan— and the perennial owner/operator of Commander’s Palace, the much-celebrated bastion of fine dining in the Garden District— once said of peanut butter and jelly sandwiches, “You know why kids love peanut butter and jelly sandwiches? Because peanut butter and jelly sandwiches are good.” I wholeheartedly agree with that sentiment.

Former State Rep. Alyce Griffin Clarke, D-Jackson, heads to a Jan. 26 “Night of Jubilee” event at the Jackson Convention Center this week honoring her 38 years of service to her District 69 constituents and along the way bumped smack into her legacy – the Alyce G. Clarke Lottery Law.

Jackson City Council President Aaron Banks was charged with a DUI recently.  

Let the good times roll inMadison County. Governor Tate Reeves issued the following statement:

 Attorney General Lynn Fitch issued the following statement. 

 The city of Gluckstadt issued the following statement.

 Annie Oeth authored the following press release for UMMC. 

 This post is reprinted with the permission of the Taxpayer's Channel (Greenwood). 

A mother, along with her three children, were in their home today near Gravel Hill in Carroll County, when a man smashed his truck into their dining room and pursued them through the house wielding a knife. 

 A funny thing happened on the way to a Ridgeland demolition last week. 

Never let it be said Polo's friends abandoned him while he sits in jail.  Pastor Dewayne Pickett, Toni Johnson, and Sudie Teague Jones each deposited over $1,000 into Polo's commissary account as  he awaits trial for murder.

 JXN Water issued the following update. 

Don't you love people who don't belong at a party?  

 Progress is being made over on Briarwood Drive. 

 JXN Water issued the following update. 

What is the greatest miracle?  Making the blind see? Healing the sick? Making the crippled walk? Even resurrecting the dead? The late Dr. Frank Pollard preached none of these miracles, as awesome as they were, none of them were Christ's ultimate miracle.  Enjoy his 1995 sermon posted below if to find out what the greatest miracle was and why it matters so much.  

Well, there he goes again. Gov. Tate Reeves blocked a federal summer food program for poor school children because it would “expand the welfare state.”  

 Madison Timber Receiver Alysson Mills submitted her required 90 day status report to U.S. District Judge Carlton Reeves recently.  There is no new news in the report as Ms. Mills documents her slog to recover funds for the victims of Lamar Adams.

 The Pearl Police Department issued the following statement. 

 Rankin County Sheriff Bryan Bailey issued the following statement.

 The Mississippi Department of Public Safety issued the following statement. 

JXN Water issued the following update.

Sports Illustrated will soon be no more. The Wall Street Journal reported: 

 The Mississippi Department of Education issued the following statement. 

 Pearl Mayor Jake Windham is holding a press conference right now on the resignation of Police Chief Dean Scott. The presser is streamed below courtesy of WLBT. 

I love the local weather folks. Yesterday I listened to them covering the upcoming drop in temperatures precipitation and slight possibility of icy-white stuff as a certain end of the world weather event. For the moment (noon on Saturday Jan 13, 2024) I will stick to laughing about their Histrionics (a fifty-cent word) and maybe regret it when the world actually comes to an icy end early next week. I guess I will also make another pot of this excellent shrimp soup while I wait. 

 The city of Pearl will be looking for a new Chief of Police after Police Chief Dean Scott resigned today.   Mayor Jake Windham would not comment on the resignation as it was a personnel matter. 

 Rankin County Sheriff Bryan Bailey issued the following statement. 

 Governor Tate Reeves released more information about the EV battery plant project in Marshall County.  The Governor issued the following statement: 

Don't look now but things are heating up even more in the Middle East as Iran and Pakistan are firing shots at each other.  The Wall Street Journal reported: 

 The Mississippi Department of Public Safety issued the following statement. 

 JXN Water issued the following updates on the water system. 

 Some knuckleheads took it upon themselves to spread this kind of crap on social media, texts, and through word of mouth: 

 Millsaps College issued the following statement. 

 Insurance Commish Mike Chaney issued the following press release. 

 Some things you just can't make up.  Put this reporter next to the "Guam might tip over" Congressman.

 It’s king cake season. Those four words don’t carry a lot of weight across 90% of this country. Though in most of Louisiana and the majority of South Mississippi things reach a fever pitch in and around bakeries during this time of year.

A Rankin County grand jury indicted Donna Floyd for allegedly embezzling funds from the Brandon Booster Club in her position as Treasurer.  However, the indictment is not the first time Floyd stood accused of embezzlement as her own mother once sued her for embezzlement as well. 

 After the 2023 statewide elections – in which the fiscal plight of Mississippi’s hospitals and the working poor populations many of them serve were front and center issues – the leadership of both houses of the Mississippi Legislature has signaled that they are ready to discuss a change in the state’s healthcare strategies. 

A woman claiming to be an Ole Miss supporter had a wee bit of trouble at the airport. 

 Flanked by the leadership of Mississippi, Governor Tate Reeves announced a $1.9 billion economic development project creating 1,800 jobs will land in Marshall County. 

 The Ridgeland 911 lines are down.  Call 601-856-2121 if you need to call Ridgeland police for help. 

 Who passes? Who fails? What's in the prize box? 

Meet Georgia, a goofy Greyhound that finally got her freedom.

 The Justice Department issued the following statement Friday. 

 This post is sponsored and authored by Bigger Pie Forum. 

Charles Dickens put it well 165 years ago, “It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness, it was the epoch of belief, it was the epoch of incredulity…” This is an apt metaphor for the stock market and the world in 2023 and perhaps for 2024 as well. 

 When Dallas loses in the playoffs, you know what comes next. 

Governor Tate Reeves issued the following statement. 

 30,000 gods, Stoics, Epicureans, Terry Blackstock, and Brother (no, not cousin) Eddie.  What does it all mean?   Watch the 1994 sermon posted below as the late Dr. Frank Pollard ties it all in together while preaching on Pauls' trip to Athens.  

 Soon, “the W” may no longer have a W word in its name.

 The family of the slain Vincent and Margaret Sherry vehemently oppose any compassionate release for Kirksey Nix from federal prison. Nix is serving a life sentence for ordering the 1987 murder of Circuit Judge Vincent Sherry and his wife, former Biloxi City Councilwoman Margaret Sherry.

 Leave it to the federal government to screw something up that did not need fixing.  The Washington ____ reported: 

 Hinds County District Attorney Jody Owens issued the following statement. 

 But it's time to say goodbye.  All good things must come to an end.

 The Mississippi State Department of Health lifted the boil water notice for Jackson. 

 The three Henley-Young escapees are back in custody. Hinds County Sheriff Tyree Jones tweeted: 

 JXN Water issued the following statement. 

 Speaker of the House Jason White issued the following statement. 

Former police officer Anthony Fox will get an another crack at  bail after striking out twice. A Hinds County jury convicted the former JPD  officer of culpable manslaughter in 2022 in the death of George Robinson. Fox's request to remain free on bond while he appealed his conviction was denied by the Circuit Court and Court of Appeals.  However, the Mississippi Supreme Court said it will suspend the rules to consider his request for bond.  

 The Mississippi State Department of Health issued the following statement. 

Henifin says test results were "false positives." 

The Mississippi State Department of Health issued the following notices.

Lieutenant Governor Delbert Hosemann issued the following statement. 

U.S. District Judge Tom Lee changed the sentencing of the Goon Squad from March 19-21 to March 12-14.  The sentencing times for the defendants are posted below. 

 Some local comedians decided to have some fun.  

The University of Alabama issued the following statement. 

 It's all fun and games until someone goes to jail and the dilapidated Hotel O on I-55 N Frontage Road is no exception.  

 The Justice Department issued the following statement.

 A few weeks ago, an interviewer asked, “Give me a typical day in the life of Robert St. John.” 

Are Sheriffs held accountable in Mississippi? Jerry Mitchell and a team of reporters from the New York Times and Mississippi Today asked that question in a story published last week.  The answer? Not really.  Jerry Mitchell's team reported:

In Mississippi, when state government aims to implement tax reform the sights are usually set on individual or corporate income taxes, sales and use taxes, insurance premium taxes or so-called “sin” taxes on gaming, tobacco, liquor and beer.  

 The Atlanta Braves organization stayed true to form as it announced the Mississippi Braves will be leaving Pearl: 

U.S. District Judge Tom Lee postponed the sentencing of the Goon Squad members.  The six defendants were scheduled to be sentenced this month.  However, Judge Lee posted the following order in the docket on January 5: 

 The city of Jackson still suffered the highest murder rate in America even though the number of homicides fell in 2023.  WLBT reported: 

 The W is changing its name to something um, more inclusive.  The powers that be at the Mississippi University for Women decided a name change might reverse its fading fortunes so a new name was chosen.  The university announced the new name would be......

 So much for open government at the Hinds County Board of Supervisors.  

 The Henley-Young escapees are doing what they do best: carjacking and shooting.  The Natchez-Democrat reported: 

Is the American Boxing Association trying to kill women?  The organization is going to allow trans women to compete against biological women in the boxing ring.  The new policy states trans women may box as females if: 

 UMC issued the following notice.  

 Chauncey Reed is running out of chances to escape justice after Hinds Circuit Judge Adrienne Wooten denied the would-be cop killer's motion to dismiss Friday.  WLBT reported: 

 Get Ready to do the Tube Snake Boogie.    That little band from Texas is coming to Brandon come March. 

Escapees armed & dangerous.  

Hinds County Sheriff Tyree Jones issued the following statement. 

 Lieutenant Governor Delbert Hosemann issued the following statement. 

 Nature usually takes care of everything if left to do so..... even providing entertainment in a Ridgeland neighborhood. 

The Wall Street Journal bashed Mississippi to open the New Year: “The American South Is Booming. Why Is Mississippi Left Behind?”

The Mississippi State Department of Health issued the following statement. 

 A food fight broke out between the State Auditor and Attorney General yesterday.  

In the first chapter of the Revelation to John, the Apostle sees a vision of Jesus Christ telling him to “Write in a book what you see and send it to the seven churches: to Ephesus and to Smyrna and to Pergamum and to Thyatira and to Sardis and to Philadelphia and to Laodicea.”

 A promising idea to combine the dilapidated Butts Park in south Jackson to a planned nature park in Clinton failed after Jackson Mayor Chokwe Antar Lumumba killed the plan.  Randy Bell reported in the Clinton Courier Wednesday: 

 Jordan Cummins might be going back to jail.  Hinds County District Attorney Jody Owens filed a motion to revoke his bond after he allegedly violated his curfew and a no-contact order with a fellow defendant.  

A Hinds County grand jury indicted Jordan Cummins for two counts of first degree murder in the deaths of Josh Spann and Auden "Jubilee" Simpkins on March 25, 2023.  The homicides took place just a few blocks away from the St. Paddy's Day Parade. 

 The Justice Department issued the following statement. 

 Mac-Haik screwed over a soldier deployed but thankfully, the CEO of Dodge himself made things right.   The Drive website reported: 

I am well aware Goldilocks, during her notorious, well documented pillaging of the Bear Home, critically evaluated the porridge cooking of Mother Bear, pronouncing both Papa and Momma Bear's porridge as not to her liking before robbing Baby Bear of his dinner. However, there is a reason behind why I have used her name for this soup for over 70 years.

The CCID Court is back in business after the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals denied the NAACP's request for an injunction against the creation of court today.  Although the Court issued an opinion, the nutshell version is the plaintiffs lacked standing to challenge the creation of the new court because they suffered no injury.  

 The Hinds County courthouses in downtown Jackson were evacuated due to bomb threats.  Sheriff Tyree Jones said the buildings were cleared and are now open for business. 

 The city of Jackson issued the following statement. 

 Leftenenent Governor Delbert Hosemann issued the following statement. 

How are things going up north after New Year's Day? 

Things didn't go too well for a hoodlum facing sentencing in a Las Vegas courtroom.  Rawsalerts tweeted: 

The CCID Court is still alive after U.S. District Judge Henry Wingate denied the NAACP's request for an injunction against the court.  

 Or "oops" at WJTV. 

I have often wondered what it must have been like to have attended the Beatles first live performance as a group at the Cavern Club in Liverpool in 1961. I would have loved to have been in the gallery on the 18th green at Tiger Woods’ first PGA win at the 1996 Las Vegas Invitational. The same goes for Michael Jordan’s entrée into the NBA, Joe Montana’s first start in the NFL, and Mickey Mantle’s first at bat in the Majors.

On January 2, 2024 and the first day of the new year’s Legislative Session, the Mississippi House of Representatives elected Jason White as the state’s 62nd Speaker of the House. In a unanimous vote, 122 members showed their support for the incoming Speaker.

Democrat Brandon Presley’s failed populist challenge of incumbent Republican Gov. Tate Reeves – built on promises to expand Medicaid, cut or eliminate the sales tax on food, and heal racial division driven by decades of economic disparities – proved that at least for now, Mississippi’s political status quo remains just that.

 Mission Mississippi, a nonprofit organization committed to reconciling racial differences throughout the community, along with various denominations, and congregations are sponsoring a prayer gathering to specifically pray for our legislative leaders.

The Hinds County Board of Supervisors voted today to hire........

 Well, well, well, it appears relief on Briarwood Drive is on the way.  Mr. Prado is transforming the abandoned gas station in to a Don Gabriel store while  the Briarwood 1 building should be demolished by the end of the month.  

 The Mississippi Department of Transportation issued the following statement. 

While a phony war takes place in Gaza, the real combat rages in coffee shops across America, even in Jackson.*  The knucklehead over at Save JXN posted on TikTok a couple of weeks ago: 

Whoa, Nelly.  The CCID Court will remain in purgatory.  The Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled last night: