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CB: DEFENSE OF EDMONSON AMENDMENT COMICAL

SEP 3 Blogger CB Forgotston is getting a kick out of the PR campaign that was launched to justify/cover up/protect the so-called Edmonson Amendment. It certainly wasn't crafted by anyone who knows what they are doing; CB says it is just plain comical.
CRAWFISH: JINDAL'S JUST SCAMMING US ON COMMON CORE

SEP 3 To hear Crazy Crawfish tell it, Bobby Jindal's Common Core theatrics are just that - a political scam, full of sound and fury, signifying nothing but presidential ambitions. As has been rumored for quite some time, Crawfish opines that this scheme was hatched by Jindal with the aid of Chas Roemer and John White - and each is playing a part in this charade.
VOX ON MARSHALL'S COASTAL LOSS PIECE

SEP 3 This story on Vox takes a look at Bob Marshall's coastal loss piece. Included is a really cool (or horrifying, actually) slide that allows you to move your cursor across an old map of Louisiana to reveal a new map -- and see just how much of our state has been lost in the past 80 years. Also included in this post is a May 2014 Vox interactive piece on global warming, which adds more information to the mix.
BROWN: COULD FERGUSON HAPPEN HERE?

SEP 3 Jim Brown blogs about Ferguson and the strife occurring there in this post. Jim actually attended high school nearby, and has insight as to what kind of community it is. Ferguson could learn some things from Louisiana, he says.
THE LATEST ON THE JINDAL RABBIT HOLE FROM ASWELL

SEP 3 Blogger Tom Aswell has the latest entries on the list of stuff he feels the Jindal administration has screwed up. This time, we've got new info on the OGB issue, the money-saving consultants' efforts, electric bills that can't be paid and more.
#FALCONSHATEWEEK

SEP 3 Here's Gambit's round-up of some entertaining, if not enlightening, stories on the Saints. Included are the best tweets and Instagram entries related to the team, as well as a profile of the "Screw Dats," people in the city who couldn't care less about football.
ADVOCATE: DEFEAT OF FAIRNESS LAW A SETBACK FOR BR

SEP 3 The defeat last month of an ordinance that would have protected the rights of LGBT folks was a setback for Baton Rouge, the Advocate opines in this editorial. The Metro Council's failure to pass this law means the city will continue to fall behind much smaller towns in terms of inclusion, unity and fairness, the paper says.
DEBERRY ON SLAP YA MAMA

SEP 3 Here's columnist Jarvis DeBerry's take on the NFL-Slap Ya Mama controversy. If you haven't kept up, the NFL, sensitive to the appearance that it isn't sensitive to domestic violence, rejected an ad from the seasoning blend. He articulates what most of us are thinking -- the league doesn't care about domestic violence, it cares about ducats, and is worried about its image, not any victims of abusive husbands/fiances/boyfriends.