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"Cajun Navy" of Privately-Owned Boats Patrolling Flood-Stricken Louisiana to Save People and Animals
11 have died so far due to the punishing floods, with tens of thousands of people driven from their homes.
The confirmed statewide death toll rose to 11, a levee was overtopped in one parish and more than three-quarters of the homes were lost in another parish, authorities said Tuesday. Eight more parishes were added to the existing federal disaster zone, for a total of 20, and overnight curfews were in effect for more than a dozen cities and parishes.There is an uplifting bit of news here: some people seem to rise to their best as the situation devolves into the worst.
They're out in force, patrolling in jon boats, motorboats and even canoes through south Louisiana's new, flood-made waterways, saving cats, dogs and people. They're known as the "Cajun Navy," and in recent days they've become possibly the nation's most important neighborhood watch. Troy Green, from Ascension Parish just south of Baton Rouge, loaded up his boat after hearing the Cajun Navy needed a few good sailors. He drove to East Baton Rouge Parish where the National Guard had a staging area. "I am here to help," he said. "Where do you need me?" They paired him with a local man and the two spent a full day pulling people -- at least two of them in wheelchairs -- out of flooded houses.Alas, the floods are not done yet -- new flood warnings were issued today for various points in Louisiana. Keep safe and dry, Louisiana readers.
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(Jump to bottom of comments)Posted by: Duke Lowell at August 17, 2016 01:24 PM (kTF2Z)
Posted by: steevy at August 17, 2016 01:24 PM (fA75F)
Posted by: Anti-Hill at August 17, 2016 01:24 PM (3aBcq)
Posted by: Alfred E Neuman at August 17, 2016 01:24 PM (cgxNI)
Posted by: garrett at August 17, 2016 01:24 PM (TjcfH)
Posted by: Anti-Hill at August 17, 2016 01:25 PM (3aBcq)
Posted by: Duke Lowell at August 17, 2016 01:25 PM (kTF2Z)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at August 17, 2016 01:25 PM (8ZskC)
Our FemPres is partying deep into the night and playing golf all day.
On our dime.
Posted by: garrett at August 17, 2016 01:26 PM (TjcfH)
Oh wait....wrong color President.
Posted by: Anti-Hill at August 17, 2016 01:26 PM (3aBcq)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot Jr. at August 17, 2016 01:27 PM (IqV8l)
Posted by: garrett at August 17, 2016 01:27 PM (TjcfH)
Posted by: Cave Johnson at August 17, 2016 01:27 PM (LyISp)
Posted by: Ultimate Truth Guy w/ bonus raw reality at August 17, 2016 01:28 PM (V3IFq)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at August 17, 2016 01:28 PM (8ZskC)
Posted by: BurtTC at August 17, 2016 01:29 PM (TOk1P)
Posted by: Puddin Head at August 17, 2016 01:29 PM (oDCMR)
Posted by: ejo at August 17, 2016 01:29 PM (il4FI)
I think the camaraderie and spirit that is on display in LA now is indicative of something most Americans have to some degree or another. Cajuns manage to take it to a whole different level.
Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at August 17, 2016 01:29 PM (i0ykY)
Love these stories!
Exit question: Did the police feel the need to confiscate legally owned guns this time around?
Posted by: Lizzy at August 17, 2016 01:29 PM (NOIQH)
Posted by: Archer at August 17, 2016 01:29 PM (TjcfH)
Even as people loot and act like assholes I'm glad there are always helpers.
Posted by: tsrlbke PhD(c), rogue bioethicist at August 17, 2016 01:29 PM (dzmBR)
Has Barry flown over the devastation yet? Offered any prayers?
Posted by: Jane D'oh at August 17, 2016 01:29 PM (1ZOkK)
Posted by: josephistan at August 17, 2016 01:29 PM (7HtZB)
Posted by: Mary Clogginstien from Brattleboro, VT at August 17, 2016 01:29 PM (NuElX)
Posted by: MacGruber at August 17, 2016 01:30 PM (kQBSd)
Posted by: MisHeard Lyrics at August 17, 2016 01:30 PM (8J/Te)
Posted by: Cave Johnson at August 17, 2016 01:27 PM (LyISp)
I am a celebrity, and I have a red Solo cup, so I should be alright... right?
Posted by: Shawn Pen at August 17, 2016 01:30 PM (TOk1P)
Posted by: Archer at August 17, 2016 01:29 PM (TjcfH)
Those were speedboats.
Posted by: Burt Reynolds at August 17, 2016 01:30 PM (7HtZB)
Posted by: Duke Lowell at August 17, 2016 01:31 PM (kTF2Z)
Posted by: steevy at August 17, 2016 01:31 PM (fA75F)
Posted by: Barack McGolfstick at August 17, 2016 01:31 PM (ODxAs)
Stupid question, but what's causing the flooding? Have there been severe storms there recently?
Posted by: josephistan at August 17, 2016 01:29 PM (7HtZB)
There's been a semi-tropical system spinning offshore for days, over the warm Gulf waters.
Posted by: Jane D'oh at August 17, 2016 01:31 PM (1ZOkK)
Posted by: naturalfake at August 17, 2016 01:31 PM (0cMkb)
Posted by: Keith at August 17, 2016 01:31 PM (nFB1w)
Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at August 17, 2016 01:32 PM (mpXpK)
Posted by: joe, living dangerously at August 17, 2016 01:32 PM (KUaJL)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at August 17, 2016 01:32 PM (8ZskC)
Posted by: Jane D'oh at August 17, 2016 01:32 PM (1ZOkK)
This is way worse than the 1983 flood, when my family and I had to be rescued from our homes by boat. It's also way worse for the area than Katrina was. People who have lived in their homes for 50+ years, during all manner of storms and hurricanes, and never had their homes flooded are now experiencing it.
But these kinds of things make me very proud to say I'm from there. When natural disasters strike, volunteers load up in their trucks and boats and go door to door, regardless of race or income.
Posted by: RedStick at August 17, 2016 01:32 PM (D9GGD)
Posted by: Qoheleth at August 17, 2016 01:32 PM (iIzG7)
Too bad some of these media outlets don't suffer as much as the poor souls they stand on to hold up this complete piece of shit failure of a 'president'.
Posted by: melodicmetal1 at August 17, 2016 01:33 PM (7XY13)
Has anyone blamed global climate modification for this?
Posted by: Bertram Cabot Jr. at August 17, 2016 01:27 PM (IqV8l)
Yes, see #36
Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at August 17, 2016 01:33 PM (mpXpK)
Posted by: kathysaysso at August 17, 2016 01:33 PM (43OZ6)
I hope he does some breathless reporting 'on the scene' to make sure that the nation understands the depth of his concern--- er, the seriously of the flooding.
Posted by: Lizzy at August 17, 2016 01:33 PM (NOIQH)
Posted by: weew at August 17, 2016 01:33 PM (EaEMG)
I am a celebrity, and I have a red Solo cup, so I should be alright... right?
Posted by: Shawn Pen
We have a Pen. And a phony.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot Jr. at August 17, 2016 01:33 PM (IqV8l)
Posted by: Shawn Pen at August 17, 2016 01:30 PM (TOk1P)
Yes, because you're completely useless and not actually doing anything to help.
Posted by: Cave Johnson at August 17, 2016 01:33 PM (LyISp)
Posted by: josephistan at August 17, 2016 01:29 PM (7HtZB)
Again, W, obviously.
Posted by: BurtTC at August 17, 2016 01:33 PM (TOk1P)
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That is definitely part of it.
Posted by: SH at August 17, 2016 01:34 PM (gmeXX)
Posted by: Noah at August 17, 2016 01:34 PM (8ZskC)
Posted by: Sphynx at August 17, 2016 01:35 PM (OZmbA)
Posted by: Kudzu King at August 17, 2016 01:35 PM (HSmrB)
Posted by: Mary Clogginstien from Brattleboro, VT at August 17, 2016 01:35 PM (NuElX)
Posted by: Jane D'oh at August 17, 2016 01:29 PM (1ZOkK)
The muzzie call to arms is not suitable for flooding.
Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at August 17, 2016 01:35 PM (mpXpK)
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That is definitely part of it.
Posted by: SH
Biggest reason? No Bush to blame.
Posted by: rickb223 TEXIT at August 17, 2016 01:35 PM (h6BP/)
Posted by: Joe Hallenbeck at August 17, 2016 01:35 PM (CNm1v)
Posted by: kathysaysso at August 17, 2016 01:33 PM
I'm loving that mental image.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at August 17, 2016 01:35 PM (bzd8I)
Posted by: Goomba at August 17, 2016 01:35 PM (cjdxs)
Posted by: Roland [OMITTED] at August 17, 2016 01:36 PM (QM5S2)
Posted by: Bernette at August 17, 2016 01:36 PM (3LwCF)
Levin the urbanite asked, hey, isn't there a problem with all sorts of snakes and gators and whatnot lurking in the flood waters?
The Cajun said, in his thick as gumbo accent, that since they happily eat all of those critters, "they's more skeert of us than we's skeert of them".
Posted by: torquewrench at August 17, 2016 01:36 PM (noWW6)
Posted by: Anti-Hill at August 17, 2016 01:25 PM (3aBcq)
Soo close...you shoulda dove.
Posted by: OneEyedJack at August 17, 2016 01:36 PM (kKHcp)
Posted by: Barack the Terrible at August 17, 2016 01:36 PM (ODxAs)
Our FemPres is partying deep into the night and playing golf all day.
On our dime.
Posted by: garrett at August 17, 2016 01:26 PM (TjcfH)
Wouldn't want him around getting in the way, but he could dredge up some appropriate words.
Ha! I slay myself.
Posted by: *Mikey NTH - Know Your Place! The Outrage Outlet has Official DNC Oppression Hierarchy Cards! at August 17, 2016 01:36 PM (hLRSq)
Posted by: God at August 17, 2016 01:37 PM (kTF2Z)
Posted by: MacGruber at August 17, 2016 01:30 PM (kQBSd)
We already saw this same sort of story play out with Barky and the flooding in West Virginia. ... *crickets*
Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at August 17, 2016 01:37 PM (zc3Db)
Posted by: Ray Nagin at August 17, 2016 01:37 PM (OZmbA)
I wondered why there was a certain stench of fecundity in the air this morning.
Posted by: bicentennialguy at August 17, 2016 01:37 PM (vg8iE)
By the way, I will never understand why they continue to build in these places that put people at risk when the floods come.
Posted by: Marcus T at August 17, 2016 01:37 PM (Z/WLE)
Because there's no political angle.
They can't blame this on Trump.
Hillary hasn't yet figured out how to make this fit her narrative - she's got #BLM desperately in need of her pandering right now, why should she worry about a non-whiney/non-activist demographic getting flooded out of their homes?
Posted by: Lizzy at August 17, 2016 01:37 PM (NOIQH)
Posted by: RWC - Team BOHICA at August 17, 2016 01:38 PM (/CXhS)
Posted by: Lance McCormick at August 17, 2016 01:38 PM (q64+L)
Not even remotely enough guns on it, for starters.
Posted by: torquewrench at August 17, 2016 01:38 PM (noWW6)
Posted by: free range 'sorta' conservative but not 'true' conservative at August 17, 2016 01:38 PM (ZnIt3)
Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair
. . . and Barky and the electrical power outages due to ice storms in Kentucky
Posted by: Sphynx at August 17, 2016 01:38 PM (OZmbA)
Posted by: ejo at August 17, 2016 01:38 PM (il4FI)
Posted by: Goomba at August 17, 2016 01:39 PM (cjdxs)
There, FIFY.
What, you think it'd be any different regardless of the GOP personage one might imagine in office?
Posted by: Anon a mouse... at August 17, 2016 01:39 PM (C9pBZ)
Posted by: Joe Hallenbeck
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The same way Irene missed New York City so no one was affected.
Posted by: FireHorse at August 17, 2016 01:39 PM (lhvb+)
Posted by: weew at August 17, 2016 01:33 PM (EaEMG)
Yep. And maybe they're better off that way. If Obama went down there and the federal government got more involved, they'd be busy writing rules and regs governing the Cajun Navy, because, you know, we can't let people go around thinking they can handle these situations themselves.
Posted by: John Bucket 0'Oats Kerry at August 17, 2016 01:39 PM (u0lmX)
Not even remotely enough guns on it, for starters.
Sad when there are more guns on a cajun jon boat than a combat ship.
Posted by: rickb223 TEXIT at August 17, 2016 01:40 PM (h6BP/)
Posted by: Marcus T at August 17, 2016 01:40 PM (Z/WLE)
Posted by: Sphynx at August 17, 2016 01:40 PM (OZmbA)
Posted by: Lady in Black - Death to the Man Bun at August 17, 2016 01:40 PM (+FSld)
Posted by: Shep Smith at August 17, 2016 01:41 PM (MJuTN)
Good to know I still got it.
Posted by: Dick Cheney and the Haliburton Hurricane Machine at August 17, 2016 01:41 PM (H9MG5)
Posted by: New York Daily Snooze at August 17, 2016 01:41 PM (c0/+W)
Posted by: Cave Johnson at August 17, 2016 01:27 PM (LyISp)
You know that's probably true that they would try to fine or arrest these people. If we're not there yet, we're probably not far off. Can't you get in trouble in some places if you have a plow on your truck and use it on the road rather than just your snow covered driveway?
Posted by: buzzion at August 17, 2016 01:41 PM (z/Ubi)
Posted by: Lizzy at August 17, 2016 01:37 PM (NOIQH)
Because white folks and black folks are busy working together, getting shit done. It certainly doesn't fit the prescribed narrative.
Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at August 17, 2016 01:41 PM (i0ykY)
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now With More Je Ne Sais Quoi! at August 17, 2016 01:41 PM (Nwg0u)
Posted by: Weasel at August 17, 2016 01:41 PM (Sfs6o)
Posted by: Joe Hallenbeck at August 17, 2016 01:42 PM (CNm1v)
Not even remotely enough guns on it, for starters.
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LCS = Little Crappy Ship
Posted by: Puddin Head at August 17, 2016 01:42 PM (oDCMR)
Posted by: Mallamutt, RINO President for Life at August 17, 2016 01:42 PM (Grjqn)
Posted by: ejo at August 17, 2016 01:38 PM (il4FI)
Does those two eating each other count?
Posted by: Insomniac at August 17, 2016 01:42 PM (0mRoj)
Posted by: Shep Smith at August 17, 2016 01:42 PM (OZmbA)
Where is Trump to help these poor people? Presdent Obama has delegated
the help to people who care unlike that idiot Trump whom only cares
about money and stuff...........
Posted by: Mary Clogginstien from Brattleboro, VT at August 17, 2016 01:29 PM (NuElX)
Please tell me this is some kind of sock... I can't even begin to fathom the kind of individual it takes to actually post such inane garbage.
"...at least President Obama has DELEGATED.."
Right. Criticize the individual that's NOT responsible managing the well being of 330+ Million citizens whilst propping up a feckless arrogant turd who obviously couldn't give less than the goose shit stuck to his golf shoes.
Go fuck yourself
Posted by: melodicmetal1 at August 17, 2016 01:42 PM (7XY13)
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You can thank a union member for that bit of legislation.
Posted by: Puddin Head at August 17, 2016 01:43 PM (oDCMR)
Posted by: Weasel at August 17, 2016 01:43 PM (Sfs6o)
Because white folks and black folks are busy working together, getting shit done. It certainly doesn't fit the prescribed narrative.
Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at August 17, 2016 01:41 PM (i0ykY)
Except for the eight that got arrested for looting.
Posted by: Joe Hallenbeck at August 17, 2016 01:43 PM (CNm1v)
Posted by: Kudzu King at August 17, 2016 01:35 PM (HSmrB)
Damn right. Seriously good people.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 17, 2016 01:43 PM (oqkO3)
Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at August 17, 2016 01:43 PM (mpXpK)
Posted by: Sean Penn at August 17, 2016 01:43 PM (dciA+)
Posted by: zombie Winston Churchill at August 17, 2016 01:44 PM (H9MG5)
Posted by: *Mikey NTH - Know Your Place! The Outrage Outlet has Official DNC Oppression Hierarchy Cards! at August 17, 2016 01:44 PM (hLRSq)
"Hillary Sports New Pantsuit While Rescuing Starving Puppy"
Posted by: CNN at August 17, 2016 01:44 PM (Z/WLE)
Posted by: Gilligan at August 17, 2016 01:44 PM (ODxAs)
Posted by: Mary Clogginstien from Brattleboro, VT at August 17, 2016 01:29 PM
Mary, President Obama signed (possibly, might have been autosign) an order typed up by others. It is not his money; it is our money being used. Reason for not same in earlier 200? flood is because Ray Nagin, Democrat mayor, REFUSED to declare a federal emergency. What does this have to do with Trump? Pull your head out of the plastic bag and breath.
Posted by: Carmen at August 17, 2016 01:44 PM (RHjCR)
Posted by: melodicmetal1 at August 17, 2016 01:42 PM (7XY13)
You must be brand spankin new to this place.
Mary is a well-known sock.
Posted by: OneEyedJack at August 17, 2016 01:45 PM (kKHcp)
You know, in case you wanted to defend your property against looters or engage in other anti Soviet activity.
Posted by: xnycpeasant at August 17, 2016 01:45 PM (c0/+W)
Please tell me this is some kind of sock... I can't even begin to fathom the kind of individual it takes to actually post such inane garbage.
"...at least President Obama has DELEGATED.."
Right. Criticize the individual that's NOT responsible managing the well being of 330+ Million citizens whilst propping up a feckless arrogant turd who obviously couldn't give less than the goose shit stuck to his golf shoes.
Go fuck yourself
Posted by: melodicmetal1 at August 17, 2016 01:42 PM (7XY13)
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A sock since about '12 maybe longer, albeit a good one.
Posted by: Alex #11 at August 17, 2016 01:45 PM (EUMt/)
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If she wins (Heaven forbid), I imagine her presidency will be like that episode from the original Star Trek...where the leader is drugged, but wheeled out and when the curtain is pulled, begins his glorious speeches that actually come from those other than him. When the curtains close, he slumps over in the seat and it secreted away.
Posted by: Lady in Black - Death to the Man Bun at August 17, 2016 01:45 PM (+FSld)
Posted by: *Mikey NTH - Know Your Place! The Outrage Outlet has Official DNC Oppression Hierarchy Cards! at August 17, 2016 01:45 PM (hLRSq)
Posted by: Puddin Head at August 17, 2016 01:45 PM (oDCMR)
Posted by: joe, living dangerously at August 17, 2016 01:45 PM (KUaJL)
Posted by: Marcus T at August 17, 2016 01:46 PM (Z/WLE)
Posted by: mustbequantum at August 17, 2016 01:46 PM (MIKMs)
Good luck with that, let me know how it turns out.
Posted by: *Mikey NTH - Know Your Place! The Outrage Outlet has Official DNC Oppression Hierarchy Cards! at August 17, 2016 01:46 PM (hLRSq)
these people. If we're not there yet, we're probably not far off.
Can't you get in trouble in some places if you have a plow on your truck
and use it on the road rather than just your snow covered driveway?>>>
I got a nasty gram from the county for pushing the snow from my driveway across the county road into the other ditch which took the snow off the road also. Warnings of fines etcetera.
Posted by: Buzzsaw at August 17, 2016 01:47 PM (Mxs5H)
Posted by: Locke Common at August 17, 2016 01:47 PM (I6Am+)
No one will invest in urban Milwaukee for a generation.
Posted by: xnycpeasant at August 17, 2016 01:47 PM (c0/+W)
Posted by: Cave Johnson
Get in those people's way right now and gators will get fed.
Posted by: rickb223 TEXIT at August 17, 2016 01:47 PM (h6BP/)
Posted by: Joe Hallenbeck at August 17, 2016 01:43 PM (CNm1v)
I'm fairly confident that left unfettered, the local populace would have dealt with them in their own, more efficient and effective way.
Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at August 17, 2016 01:48 PM (i0ykY)
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Southern California is burning up. Radio news said there is looting.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now With More Je Ne Sais Quoi! at August 17, 2016 01:48 PM (Nwg0u)
Posted by: Locke Common at August 17, 2016 01:47 PM (I6Am+)
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If only we had let him be clear.
Posted by: Weasel at August 17, 2016 01:48 PM (Sfs6o)
No one will invest in urban Milwaukee for a generation.
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Correction - generations.
Posted by: Puddin Head at August 17, 2016 01:48 PM (oDCMR)
That's because the coast is currently at Shreveport.
Posted by: rickb223 TEXIT at August 17, 2016 01:49 PM (h6BP/)
The MFM would be *demanding* his impeachment.
Posted by: Jane D'oh at August 17, 2016 01:49 PM (1ZOkK)
Posted by: xnycpeasant at August 17, 2016 01:47 PM (c0/+W)
Oh, that is not true!, Why once I get my Trolley system functional people will be lining up to invest in Milwaukee!
Forward! To the future! Investing in new technology from 1929 is a guaranteed winner.
Posted by: Mayor Tom Barrett at August 17, 2016 01:50 PM (kKHcp)
Posted by: Marcus T at August 17, 2016 01:50 PM (Z/WLE)
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If you want to professionalize, federalize.
- Senate Majority Leader Tom Daschle
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now With More Je Ne Sais Quoi! at August 17, 2016 01:50 PM (Nwg0u)
Posted by: Lady in Black - Death to the Man Bun at August 17, 2016 01:50 PM (+FSld)
Posted by: shibumi who now just wants to yell at stupid people at August 17, 2016 01:50 PM (tvyXw)
Posted by: rickb223 TEXIT at August 17, 2016 01:49 PM (h6BP/)
With Louisiana coast is a flexible term.
Posted by: *Mikey NTH - Know Your Place! The Outrage Outlet has Official DNC Oppression Hierarchy Cards! at August 17, 2016 01:50 PM (hLRSq)
Mary is a well-known sock.
Posted by: OneEyedJack at August 17, 2016 01:45 PM (kKHcp)
I call my sock "Sofia"
Posted by: Joe Biden at August 17, 2016 01:50 PM (7HtZB)
Posted by: Andrei, Russian Moron at August 17, 2016 01:51 PM (1BQGO)
Posted by: Puddin Head at August 17, 2016 01:51 PM (oDCMR)
Posted by: Lady in Black - Death to the Man Bun
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The Nazi episode - classic! Learned so much from classic Star Trek - John Gill was the leader of the Nazi Party - Abraham Lincoln was killed when Genghis Khan threw a spear into his back -
Posted by: FireHorse at August 17, 2016 01:51 PM (lhvb+)
Posted by: Marcus T at August 17, 2016 01:51 PM (Z/WLE)
I can't think of a place I have been where there were less black folk.
Posted by: garrett at August 17, 2016 01:51 PM (TjcfH)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot Jr. at August 17, 2016 01:51 PM (IqV8l)
Posted by: Lady in Black - Death to the Man Bun at August 17, 2016 01:50 PM (+FSld)
Can they both lose? Or fight it out until the last men standing on both sides expire from their wounds?
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 17, 2016 01:52 PM (oqkO3)
shit done. It certainly doesn't fit the prescribed narrative.
Excellent point!
Posted by: Lizzy at August 17, 2016 01:52 PM (NOIQH)
Posted by: Sphynx at August 17, 2016 01:52 PM (OZmbA)
Posted by: FireHorse at August 17, 2016 01:51 PM (lhvb+)
Vulcans are lucky enough to have sex once every seven years...
Posted by: josephistan at August 17, 2016 01:52 PM (7HtZB)
Patterns of Force... Even the politics match up.
Posted by: Keith at August 17, 2016 01:52 PM (nFB1w)
Gosh I wish we had natural disasters around here. All we get are riots and repressive government
Posted by: Bigbys Olive Fingers at August 17, 2016 01:52 PM (k7xKb)
I can't think of a place I have been where there were less black folk.
Posted by: garrett at August 17, 2016 01:51 PM (TjcfH)
The offices of a progressive online newsmagazine.
Posted by: buzzion at August 17, 2016 01:53 PM (z/Ubi)
Posted by: concealedkerry or submitt at August 17, 2016 01:53 PM (6WPRH)
Geez. I am reading these articles about The Hags health. They are really
duct taping this lady together to get her across the finish line.
Seizures, incontinence, vision issues, Parkinson's precursors, etc.
More dirt on her leaks.
http://tinyurl.com/zf2s3oh
Posted by: dartist at August 17, 2016 01:53 PM (3zi7q)
Guy helps two hood rat fucks get their SUV out of a ditch. Hood rat fucks shoot him multiple times killing him.
Posted by: RWC - Team BOHICA at August 17, 2016 01:53 PM (/CXhS)
Posted by: Joe Biden at August 17, 2016 01:50 PM (7HtZB)
A fine choice for a man your age.
I call mine Phoebe.
Posted by: Mayor Tom Barrett at August 17, 2016 01:53 PM (kKHcp)
Posted by: josephistan at August 17, 2016 01:52 PM (7HtZB)
So born married, then?
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 17, 2016 01:53 PM (oqkO3)
I can't think of a place I have been where there were less black folk.
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Try Vermont.
Posted by: Puddin Head at August 17, 2016 01:53 PM (oDCMR)
I think Obama's Katrina is a good name for this.
But love the stories of people helping out down there.
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at August 17, 2016 01:54 PM (ODxAs)
Love it!
Whenever things get too overwhelming with the political corruption crap, I realize there is a backbone to this country and these guys are it.
Posted by: #NeverHillary at August 17, 2016 01:54 PM (xupNw)
Posted by: Marcus T at August 17, 2016 01:37 PM (Z/WLE)
Not that that doesn't happen in LA, but in this case, the overwhelming majority of the flooding is happening in places that are in zones that never get flooded. People with more experience with this than I can vet this, but the way I understand to it work is, if you live near a river that can flood its banks, you get classified into a flood zone rating system; certain areas that have a higher chance of being flooded are required to buy insurance. The scale of this flooding is such that many places where people not only weren't required to buy, but the estimated risk was so low that they didn't think they'd need to buy, are under water.
This was a whole lot of rain in a very short period of time. The rain came and didn't let up; in some areas it rained 2-3 inches an hour for hours, to total 2 feet of rain, and NE of Baton Rouge one town got 31 inches.
Posted by: El Skippito Friskito at August 17, 2016 01:55 PM (XiVKO)
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at August 17, 2016 01:54 PM (ODxAs)<<<
Heckuva job, Barry.
Posted by: D. Trump at August 17, 2016 01:55 PM (H9MG5)
Posted by: Cave Johnson at August 17, 2016 01:27 PM (LyISp)
No hardhats.
No florescent green vests,
no hearing protection,
no safety googles,
no protective leather gloves,
no steel-toed boots.
No personal flotation devices being worn.
No certification by USCG for captain to carry passengers. Insufficient seating for additional passengers...
Posted by: FEMA disaster relief management at August 17, 2016 01:55 PM (IQI2h)
Forward! To the future! Investing in new technology from 1929 is a guaranteed winner.
Posted by: Mayor Tom Barrett"
If your interested we have a nearly new streetcar system we're not using anymore that we will sell for a discount . Plus it comes with all the Democrat corruption and cronyism pre-installed
Posted by: Atlanta Mayor Kasim Reed at August 17, 2016 01:55 PM (1BQGO)
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Poverty doesn't cause crime. Crime engenders poverty. Nobody seems to get that
Posted by: Bigbys Olive Fingers at August 17, 2016 01:56 PM (k7xKb)
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Holy ****. Link?
Posted by: Lady in Black - Death to the Man Bun at August 17, 2016 01:56 PM (+FSld)
Posted by: xnycpeasant at August 17, 2016 01:56 PM (c0/+W)
Or like "Sleeper" where their leader (secretly) died, so they've preserved his nose in hopes of growing him back.
Posted by: Lizzy at August 17, 2016 01:56 PM (NOIQH)
Posted by: Cu'Chuillain at August 17, 2016 01:56 PM (8mYHH)
Posted by: Inspector Gadget at August 17, 2016 01:56 PM (TjcfH)
Big Government versus Big River.
Short version: government thinks it can change A without also changing B. Riverine systems don't work like that. Government then panics and mounts a huge program to fix B. In the process, they break C. Lather, rinse, repeat.
It's in McPhee's book _The Control of Nature_, but the whole (long!) essay is also available free on line.
http://tinyurl.com/j3y8a2x
Posted by: torquewrench at August 17, 2016 01:56 PM (noWW6)
Posted by: Stay out da bushes at August 17, 2016 01:56 PM (VjPX+)
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Well, it won't be a battle of wits.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now With More Je Ne Sais Quoi! at August 17, 2016 01:56 PM (Nwg0u)
And the politicians are only ultimately here at our pleasure.
And the masses are greatly displeased.
Stand back Mo' Fo's.
Posted by: #NeverHillary at August 17, 2016 01:56 PM (xupNw)
Posted by: Weasel at August 17, 2016 01:57 PM (Sfs6o)
Posted by: Emperor Clusterfuck I at August 17, 2016 01:57 PM (qJhUV)
Posted by: Lea at August 17, 2016 01:57 PM (lIU4e)
Posted by: Puddin Head at August 17, 2016 01:57 PM (oDCMR)
Posted by: torquewrench at August 17, 2016 01:58 PM (noWW6)
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Holy ****. Link?
Posted by: Lady in Black - Death to the Man Bun at August 17, 2016 01:56 PM (+FSld)
http://tinyurl.com/j6gshba
Posted by: josephistan at August 17, 2016 01:58 PM (7HtZB)
Well wait....where is the news coverage of Obama leaving the "poor black
people" to die. Where are the screaming libs saying that our President
doesn't care about black people?
Oh wait....wrong color President.
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Got it in one, man.
Posted by: exdem13 at August 17, 2016 01:58 PM (ry4ab)
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Holy ****. Link?
Posted by: Lady in Black - Death to the Man Bun at August 17, 2016 01:56 PM (+FSld)
http://tinyurl.com/jaovqbz
According to a North Charleston police affidavit, the two teens asked the victim, identified as 45-year-old Chadwick Garrett, to help them pull their 2016 Dodge Durango out of a ditch. Witnesses told authorities that Garrett agreed to help the pair with their SUV for $20.
Authorities said that after Garrett helped the pair pull the vehicle out of the ditch, Garrett asked Frasier and Dupree-Taylor about the $20 when Frasier took out a gun and allegedly fired several rounds and struck Garrett in the chest.
Posted by: RWC - Team BOHICA at August 17, 2016 01:58 PM (/CXhS)
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It's all they can afford. Live in the city and get shot/mugged, or live in a flood plain. One is more manageable than the other.
Posted by: Adirondack Patriot at August 17, 2016 01:58 PM (4AVeu)
Posted by: #NeverHillary at August 17, 2016 01:59 PM (xupNw)
Was talking to loan officer at my bank. Where I live, if it floods, listen for trumpets from Heaven. All the seals will be broken.
OKC will be gulf coast property.
Posted by: rickb223 TEXIT at August 17, 2016 02:00 PM (h6BP/)
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The Navajo are suing the EPA over Orange River. Scalp 'em, Navajo!
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now With More Je Ne Sais Quoi! at August 17, 2016 02:00 PM (Nwg0u)
Posted by: Navy Secretary Ray Mabus at August 17, 2016 02:00 PM (H9MG5)
https://weather.com/news/news/louisiana-floods-by-the-numbers
4 trillion gallons of water. It's amazing the death toll isn't higher.
Posted by: El Skippito Friskito at August 17, 2016 02:00 PM (XiVKO)
Posted by: josephistan at August 17, 2016 02:00 PM (7HtZB)
By the way, I will never understand why they continue to build in these places that put people at risk when the floods come.
Posted by: Marcus T at August 17, 2016 01:37 PM (Z/WLE)
Not that that doesn't happen in LA, but in this case, the
overwhelming majority of the flooding is happening in places that are in
zones that never get flooded. People with more experience with this
than I can vet this, but the way I understand to it work is, if you live
near a river that can flood its banks, you get classified into a flood
zone rating system; certain areas that have a higher chance of being
flooded are required to buy insurance. The scale of this flooding is
such that many places where people not only weren't required to buy, but
the estimated risk was so low that they didn't think they'd need to
buy, are under water.
This was a whole lot of rain in a very short period of time. The
rain came and didn't let up; in some areas it rained 2-3 inches an hour
for hours, to total 2 feet of rain, and NE of Baton Rouge one town got
31 inches.
This. I live in Noo Awlins, and I'd normally be the first to say, "Whaddaya expect when you live in a place that floods when a dog visits a fireplug?" But, in this case, I can't. These people live a ways upriver, many of them, in areas that (as you say) have *never* flooded. Yes, they should have had flood insurance anyway, but it would have been MUCH cheaper than in the city or closer to the coast.
Still, if it were me, I'd be looking to move to higher ground now. Say, 5000-7000 feet above sea level. (Of course I want to do that anyway.)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at August 17, 2016 02:00 PM (txdEq)
No one will invest in urban Milwaukee for a generation.
Posted by: xnycpeasant at August 17, 2016 01:47 PM (c0/+W)
No one will invest in the North Side of Milwaukee, specifically the small area known as Sherman Park, for a generation.
On my side of town - well, if I stayed away from the newspaper, TV and radio I would have no idea that anything at all is going on. It's quite quiet here and the banks, grocery stores, bars and restaurants are doing fine.
Sheesh, people seem to have this idea that the entire city is up in flames.
Posted by: John Bucket 0'Oats Kerry at August 17, 2016 02:01 PM (u0lmX)
Woah, wait a second. Do these "Cajun Navy" folks have licenses to do
this sort of thing? Are they following all the proper safety
regulations? Have they filed environmental impact reports with the EPA?
Sounds to me like the FedGov needs to step in and shut these people
down immediately.
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FEMA has all the paperwork, but since the water is so high FEMA officials can't move into the area to make things difficult for everyone.
Posted by: exdem13 at August 17, 2016 02:01 PM (ry4ab)
Posted by: bicentennialguy at August 17, 2016 01:37 PM
You keep using this word. I do not think it means what you think it means.
Posted by: Duncanthrax at August 17, 2016 02:01 PM (7eotl)
Posted by: Kanye West at August 17, 2016 02:01 PM (TjcfH)
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Well, it won't be a battle of wits.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks
Battle of speling.
KKK vs BLM.
Posted by: rickb223 TEXIT at August 17, 2016 02:01 PM (h6BP/)
Posted by: tu3031 at August 17, 2016 02:02 PM (qJhUV)
Posted by: josephistan at August 17, 2016 02:00 PM (7HtZB)
Borrowed. Owner tried to call in a stolen car report 20 minutes after the shooting. Then tried to rescind the complaint.
Posted by: Golfman at August 17, 2016 02:02 PM (b6FQn)
As a Michigan resident, I would like to pass along that people who live in the Great Lakes area don't really like being referred to as the "Rust Belt".
It's just one of the little things that makes most people think of the media as the lowest form of scum on the planet, next to politicians.
Posted by: jwest at August 17, 2016 02:02 PM (Zs4uk)
F'er
Posted by: #NeverHillary
Too busy with the NRO immolation.
Posted by: Ultimate Truth Guy w/ bonus raw reality at August 17, 2016 02:02 PM (V3IFq)
Posted by: Atlanta Mayor Kasim Reed at August 17, 2016 01:55 PM (1BQGO)
Have a seat, son. You need some schooling.
1) Discount?!?!? Are you kidding me? Cost over-runs are where millions "disappear", if you know what I mean.
B) I've built my own cronyism machine here, I don't need to debug yours.
III) You are stuck with your white elephant. Which is ironic, since it's the only thing white in your town. NNTATWWT. I'm just about the only thing white in mine.
Posted by: Mayor Tom Barrett at August 17, 2016 02:02 PM (kKHcp)
So, Hillary is in Cleveland today at a high school....two blocks from my house.
I wondered why there was a certain stench of fecundity in the air this morning.
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I think you meant "fecal matter."
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at August 17, 2016 02:03 PM (txdEq)
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They just borrowed it.
Posted by: Puddin Head at August 17, 2016 02:03 PM (oDCMR)
The only reason the CoE is tolerated in LA is because it is a fountain of federal money that flows into the local economies.
Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at August 17, 2016 02:04 PM (i0ykY)
Posted by: josephistan at August 17, 2016 02:00 PM (7HtZB)
Borrowed. Owner tried to call in a stolen car report 20 minutes after the shooting. Then tried to rescind the complaint.
Unauthorized borrowing?
Posted by: rickb223 TEXIT at August 17, 2016 02:04 PM (h6BP/)
Posted by: xnycpeasant at August 17, 2016 02:04 PM (c0/+W)
There are KKKers in the Hamptons? Whose living room do they hold their meetings in?
Whenever 8 KKKers meet up - it's a safe bet that at least 2 of them are FBI.
Posted by: John Bucket 0'Oats Kerry at August 17, 2016 02:04 PM (u0lmX)
Posted by: Cave Johnson at August 17, 2016 01:27 PM (LyISp)
No hardhats.
No florescent green vests,
no hearing protection,
no safety googles,
no protective leather gloves,
no steel-toed boots.
No personal flotation devices being worn.
No certification by USCG for captain to carry passengers. Insufficient seating for additional passengers...
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Not to mention they didn't receive their mandated training in Sexual Harassment Prevention, Civil Rights, Sexual Assault Prevention and LGBTQQII Awareness.
How can they function?
Posted by: Adirondack Patriot at August 17, 2016 02:05 PM (4AVeu)
F'er
Posted by: #NeverHillary
Too busy with the NRO immolation.
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They really don't like white folks there anymore. I blame Harry Potter for this phenomena.
Posted by: Puddin Head at August 17, 2016 02:05 PM (oDCMR)
Of course he went to New Jersey in October of 2012. There was a reason to get his face in the news, as he was running for re-election.
If it's not about him, he has no interest.
Posted by: Bossy Conservative...pondering the future at August 17, 2016 02:05 PM (RFeQD)
Posted by: Lady in Black - Death to the Man Bun at August 17, 2016 02:06 PM (+FSld)
Stupid question, but what's causing the flooding? Have there been severe storms there recently?
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My dad the Weather Channel fan told me as of Sunday that 30" of rain had fallen there as an aggregate total. No wonder over half of LA and parts of TX coastal AL are under water!
Posted by: exdem13 at August 17, 2016 02:06 PM (ry4ab)
Posted by: Donna and V. (sans amersands at the present time) at August 17, 2016 02:06 PM (u0lmX)
Bastards.
Posted by: Jane D'oh at August 17, 2016 02:06 PM (1ZOkK)
The Won continues his golf game. I thought, with a Dim governor, federal help would be en route. Nope!
Posted by: ChristyBlinky, Infidel Queen at August 17, 2016 02:06 PM (h0PYG)
Posted by: Lincolntf at August 17, 2016 02:06 PM (2cS/G)
I would not know if ignoring or not as have stopped watching FOX.
Posted by: ChristyBlinky, Infidel Queen at August 17, 2016 02:07 PM (h0PYG)
Posted by: General Zod at August 17, 2016 02:08 PM (Bdeb0)
She watched her neighbor's house being looted afterward, and was pissed as hell she didn't have a gun to shoot the yutes.
Posted by: Jane D'oh at August 17, 2016 02:08 PM (1ZOkK)
Dang it.
Yeah, I know, First World Problem.
The struggle is real.
Well, not compared to the Louisiana folk.
Posted by: blaster at August 17, 2016 02:08 PM (tewYv)
I have to say, though, that my untested assumption is that most of the rescuers in the Cajun navy are conservatives. I just assume that the ones who get out and do what needs to be done without direction or Government intervention are the exact opposite of liberal.
Weird, heh?
Posted by: redbanzai at August 17, 2016 02:08 PM (3JA/M)
Or would he get blamed for "politicizing" an Act of God?
Posted by: JoeF. at August 17, 2016 02:09 PM (WdKcz)
Was the Good Samaritan story from South Carolina covered.
Guy helps two hood rat fucks get their SUV out of a ditch. Hood rat fucks shoot him multiple times killing him.
Posted by: RWC - Team BOHICA at August 17, 2016 01:53 PM (/CXhS)
I covered it this morning. They robbed him too before shooting him. He was also a black. So black lives don't matter if you are a hood rat.
Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at August 17, 2016 02:09 PM (mpXpK)
Posted by: Mary Clogginstien from Brattleboro, VT at August 17, 2016 02:09 PM (NuElX)
Why haven't we invented a weather machine yet?
Imagine if we could regulate all four seasons for every part of the globe. How awesome would it be if we could schedule a rain storm on Thursday from 5am to 6am during spring.
Posted by: Ultimate Truth Guy w/ bonus raw reality at August 17, 2016 02:10 PM (V3IFq)
Most of the places that are now flooded have never been flooded before. This is central and south Louisiana, not New Orleans.
Posted by: Old Texas Chic at August 17, 2016 02:10 PM (lLXZV)
I can't think of a place I have been where there were less black folk.
Posted by: garrett at August 17, 2016 01:51 PM (TjcfH)
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1. Chappaqua.
2. Martha's Vineyard.
Notice a pattern?
Posted by: Adirondack Patriot at August 17, 2016 02:11 PM (4AVeu)
I asked about the snakes and 'gators in the water, he said "yeah, we got 'em, but they afraid of us, 'cuz we eats dem."
God, I love these people, I pray that they receive some comfort and relief.
Posted by: navybrat at August 17, 2016 02:11 PM (w7KSn)
He's a very sick man.
Posted by: Donna and V. (sans amersands at the present time) at August 17, 2016 02:11 PM (u0lmX)
Am I the only one who thinks Trump should go down there and offer "prayers and support" and maybe make a yuuuge donation?
Or would he get blamed for "politicizing" an Act of God?
Posted by: JoeF. at August 17, 2016 02:09 PM (WdKcz)
I would think better of him if he did.
Posted by: redbanzai at August 17, 2016 02:11 PM (3JA/M)
Why? What could happen if they did??
Posted by: JoeF. at August 17, 2016 02:13 PM (WdKcz)
Most of the places that are now flooded have never been flooded before. This is central and south Louisiana, not New Orleans.
Posted by: Old Texas Chic at August 17, 2016 02:10 PM (lLXZV)
Second this... these are not coastal flood plains that are being flooded and it is not storm surges doing the flooding.
Posted by: redbanzai at August 17, 2016 02:13 PM (3JA/M)
Stupid question, but what's causing the flooding? Have there been severe storms there recently<<<
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Yes, a low pressure, below tropical storm strength, was trapped by a couple of high pressure areas and it rained, hard, for about a week.
It's called weather.
Posted by: Javems at August 17, 2016 02:13 PM (yOqwj)
Some bitch in Chicago decided she just HAD to express her disgust over people living on the coasts via the ATL Constitution. Said they "deserved" whatever happened to them.
If the hag is still alive, I'm sure she feels the same way about the people in LA. Probably voted for Obama, too. Twice.
Posted by: Jane D'oh at August 17, 2016 02:13 PM (1ZOkK)
Posted by: Jane D'oh at August 17, 2016 01:29 PM (1ZOkK)
He doesn't pray. Unless it is to that moon god.
Posted by: Ian R. R. Galt at August 17, 2016 02:13 PM (8iiMU)
That'll man up your grip in no time. (yes, very few people can close the level 4 grippers)
Posted by: Max Power at August 17, 2016 02:14 PM (q177U)
This is an epic rant from a black gentleman in Baton Rouge asking where are the Black Lives Matter boats and assistance needed in his flooded city. It runs a little under 2 minutes and it is amazing to watch.
https://www.facebook.com/jiggy.black?hc_ref=NEWSFEED
Posted by: AstroBevo at August 17, 2016 02:14 PM (DZF+K)
the one who weighs 92 lbs. He is having an EGO done this afternoon - a
scope down into the esophagus, stomach and duodenum. He had a
colonoscopy this morning but it's the EGO my sister is really afraid
off. He's been coughing up bright red.
He's a very sick man.
Posted by: Donna and V. (sans amersands at the present time) at August 17, 2016 02:11 PM (u0lmX)
I hope you bil gets relatively good news that whatever is making him so sick is easily fixable
Posted by: redbanzai at August 17, 2016 02:14 PM (3JA/M)
I'll never understand why people choose to live in a floodplain.
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This area, Ascension Parish, is not really a floodplain. The river is well-controlled with levees and has been for a long time. Now, the city (NO) is another story. Most of this dump is several feet below sea level (and smells like it) . . . but a great many of the denizens don't care, or have never understood what that means.
The big puzzle to me is why people insist on living on the Miss. Gulf Coast. It's at a perfect angle to be hit by storms coming into the Gulf from the southeast. Towns there were smashed flat by Camille in 1969. They rebuilt. Then along came Katrina in 2005, and it smashed stuff that survived Camille. Do the residents flee to Colorado or northern Texas? Nope. They rebuild in the same places. Eventually the same thing will happen again.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at August 17, 2016 02:14 PM (txdEq)
Or would he get blamed for "politicizing" an Act of God?
Posted by: JoeF. at August 17, 2016 02:09 PM (WdKcz)
He should donate money and supplies to the relief effort, then leak that information strategically.
Posted by: Insomniac at August 17, 2016 02:14 PM (QHSwQ)
Posted by: Count de Monet at August 17, 2016 02:15 PM (JO9+V)
Posted by: garrett at August 17, 2016 01:51 PM (TjcfH)
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1. Chappaqua.
2. Martha's Vineyard.
Notice a pattern?
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Hillz is down with struggle, yo!
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now With More Je Ne Sais Quoi! at August 17, 2016 02:15 PM (Nwg0u)
I sure hope the Cajun Navy has boats named after Gabby Giffords and Harvey Milk.
Posted by: Navy Secretary Ray Mabus
All aboard the Gabby Johnson
Posted by: Bertram Cabot Jr. at August 17, 2016 02:15 PM (IqV8l)
BTW - the Coast Guard is in there. As always.
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I am certain the U.S. Coast Guard is there and doing its usual underappreciated work as always. It is just that the civilian auxiliary is present in strength and actually being noticed, instead of crooked politicians and stupid city dwellers.
Posted by: exdem13 at August 17, 2016 02:15 PM (ry4ab)
There are plenty of conservatives that don't know they are conservative and vote reflexively for their tribe.
I'm kind of the opposite.
Posted by: Max Power at August 17, 2016 02:16 PM (q177U)
Poor babies. Because the demise of white people has been greatly exaggerated by the political whores.
Even the NYT admited as much in June. Search the title for a link.
"There Are More White Voters Than People Think. That's Good News For Trump."
Posted by: #NeverHillary at August 17, 2016 02:16 PM (xupNw)
FenelonSpouse and I have been praying for him in our morning devotionals and will continue to do so. Donna. Sorry that he's having such a hard time.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 17, 2016 02:16 PM (6HqlZ)
Rouge asking where are the Black Lives Matter boats and assistance
needed in his flooded city. It runs a little under 2 minutes and it is
amazing to watch.
https://www.facebook.com/jiggy.black?hc_ref=NEWSFEED
Posted by: AstroBevo at August 17, 2016 02:14 PM (DZF+K)
It must have been an epic rant... FB has already removed it.
Posted by: redbanzai at August 17, 2016 02:16 PM (3JA/M)
Long-time black community on Marth'a Vineyard where a lot of wealthy blacks have vacationed for generations.
Posted by: Lizzy at August 17, 2016 02:18 PM (NOIQH)
I can't think of a place I have been where there were less black folk.
Posted by: garrett at August 17, 2016 01:51 PM (TjcfH)
Ever been to Buenos Aires?
Posted by: jwest at August 17, 2016 02:18 PM (Zs4uk)
Posted by: Lizzy at August 17, 2016 02:19 PM (NOIQH)
Actually, Martha's Vineyard has a very prominent black population and has for years. Oak Bluffs is a mecca for well to do blacks.
You want to see all white, try Vermont. Whity McWhiterson.
Posted by: JackStraw at August 17, 2016 02:20 PM (/tuJf)
You're probably right. Top-down versus bottom-up thinking. People with the top-down perspective inherent to Leftist thinking probably expect the authorities to take care of problems. "The Government ought to do something!" People with the bottom-up perspective go "There's a problem, and I have a boat."
Posted by: Cato the Rebel Without a Party at August 17, 2016 02:20 PM (HalrA)
on the Miss. Gulf Coast. It's at a perfect angle to be hit by storms
coming into the Gulf from the southeast. Towns there were smashed flat
by Camille in 1969. They rebuilt. Then along came Katrina in 2005, and
it smashed stuff that survived Camille. Do the residents flee to
Colorado or northern Texas? Nope. They rebuild in the same places.
Eventually the same thing will happen again.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at August 17, 2016 02:14 PM (txdEq)
They live there because the waterways are where trade, and therefore employment, is.
They are prime areas that would benefit from Galveston like efforts to build up the land to higher ground before they rebuild the buildings.
Posted by: redbanzai at August 17, 2016 02:20 PM (3JA/M)
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now With More Je Ne Sais Quoi! at August 17, 2016 02:21 PM (Nwg0u)
Posted by: Marcus T at August 17, 2016 01:37 PM (Z/WLE)
This is a 1000 year event<<<
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The Choctaw kept very good records.
Posted by: Javems at August 17, 2016 02:21 PM (yOqwj)
Posted by: William "Cold Cash" Jefferson at August 17, 2016 02:22 PM (JO9+V)
Wow.
Weasel Zippers
No, well yeah actually it does, but it sure does make him a left wing hypocrite
Posted by: Nevergiveup at August 17, 2016 02:22 PM (zp+j1)
Posted by: Locke Common at August 17, 2016 01:47 PM (I6Am+)
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If only we had let him be clear.
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It's clear we've failed Obama again.
Posted by: #NeverHillary at August 17, 2016 02:23 PM (xupNw)
Posted by: Tilikum KAW- Skeet Surfing at August 17, 2016 02:23 PM (0x/TW)
Posted by: Ultimate Truth Guy
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The invention of a weather machine would be accompanied by Fembots. I saw a TV documentary about that back in the '70s.
Posted by: FireHorse at August 17, 2016 02:23 PM (lhvb+)
Posted by: Nevergiveup at August 17, 2016 02:25 PM (zp+j1)
Posted by: redbanzai at August 17, 2016 02:16 PM (3JA/M)
It's still there. Scroll down his page a bit.
Posted by: RWC - Team BOHICA at August 17, 2016 02:25 PM (/CXhS)
Or central Kansas. Oh, there's some transient illegal labor, but Hutch/Great Bend area is blanc de blanc.
Posted by: General Zod at August 17, 2016 02:25 PM (Bdeb0)
Posted by: no good deed at August 17, 2016 02:27 PM (9nt94)
Yeah, except fro Brattleboro, which seemed to be a great place to settle a thousand or so Somali refugees....
Posted by: Lizzy at August 17, 2016 02:28 PM (NOIQH)
Though they are far from being mathematically eliminated at this point , most Yankees fans--including me--have given up on the season. Let the young guys play it out and gain experience for next season.
Posted by: JoeF. at August 17, 2016 02:28 PM (WdKcz)
Seriously, seriously white town (and wouldn't you know, about 98% Democrat).
One day my SIL was telling me that a bank had been robbed in town, the robber was described as a black male. She says, I think I saw him today.
Turns out, she had. He was the only black guy in the town, he stood out.
Posted by: blaster at August 17, 2016 02:28 PM (tewYv)
I'll never understand why people choose to live in a floodplain<<<
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Not to mention tornado alley or the wildfire west or the earth quake west coast.
Posted by: Javems at August 17, 2016 02:29 PM (yOqwj)
Posted by: RWC - Team BOHICA at August 17, 2016 02:25 PM (/CXhS)
Hey RWC... do you have another link? The one already posted is just taking me to a page that says that either the link is broken or the page has been removed. It being facebook, I assumed they were being censorious assholes and that the video had been removed.
Posted by: redbanzai at August 17, 2016 02:29 PM (3JA/M)
Posted by: JackStraw
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My FIL told me about an engineering project he was part of in the Adirondacks. The client was a village and federal funds were involved, so he had to fill out demographics paperwork. (It was a small firm which was exempt from Affirmative Action requirements, but they still had to report the village's racial makeup.) He reported
White, non-Hispanic: 100.0%
The government guy said he couldn't report that, for some reason. FIL said the data came from the Census Bureau, so if the government doesn't like the government's data then it's the government's problem. Gov't guy said to expand the region being served so the data reflect some diversity.
Posted by: FireHorse at August 17, 2016 02:30 PM (lhvb+)
Posted by: blaster at August 17, 2016 02:30 PM (tewYv)
Posted by: davedaveadavarf at August 17, 2016 02:31 PM (0+srV)
Come on now. Remember that Huffington Post staff picture? Blindingly white.
And they were complaining about the rest of us not being diverse enough.
Posted by: #NeverHillary at August 17, 2016 02:31 PM (xupNw)
My family lived in Ridgefield after I went off to college. My younger then high school-aged brother had a black friend and they would walk him to the door instead of just dropping him off at his house because he was *constantly* reported to the police by residents.
Posted by: Lizzy at August 17, 2016 02:31 PM (NOIQH)
Posted by: blaster at August 17, 2016 02:30 PM (tewYv)
Facts are not going to stop them from blaming Jindal.
Posted by: redbanzai at August 17, 2016 02:31 PM (3JA/M)
Posted by: garrett at August 17, 2016 02:31 PM (TjcfH)
@261 - The governor of Louisiana is a Democrat now - John Bel Edwards.
Yes, I know. That's why I said you could tell the political leanings by who they are blaming, not by who is responding to the flood.
Posted by: no good deed at August 17, 2016 02:32 PM (9nt94)
Posted by: rickb223 TEXIT at August 17, 2016 02:33 PM (h6BP/)
My folks lived in Woodstock, VT for a number of years which was very considerate of them seeing as how I needed a ski house. I don't think I ever saw a black person in all the time I spent in the state.
Maine is pretty high on the white index too but they have been importing a buttload of Somalis for some unknown reason.
Posted by: JackStraw at August 17, 2016 02:34 PM (/tuJf)
I think these are cool. I've seen them at flood sites previously.
https://goo.gl/u8yzfa
Posted by: davedaveadavarf at August 17, 2016 02:34 PM (0+srV)
Posted by: rickb223 TEXIT at August 17, 2016 02:34 PM (h6BP/)
has for years. Oak Bluffs is a mecca for well to do blacks."
I had been told that, and I looked it up, and the black population there is a whopping five percent and change.
Wow, roughly one in twenty. The Northeastern white liberal elite must feel like they're really down with the struggle as they congregate out on the Vineyard. Get back to us when they start summering in Compton.
Posted by: torquewrench at August 17, 2016 02:35 PM (noWW6)
Oh wait, who am I kidding? He's not Bush and he's not a Republican.
Move along folks, nothing to see here.
Posted by: SCUBA DUDE at August 17, 2016 02:35 PM (Oq/TM)
Posted by: redbanzai at August 17, 2016 02:29 PM (3JA/M)
Try this one
http://tinyurl.com/jvyf83u
Posted by: RWC - Team BOHICA at August 17, 2016 02:35 PM (/CXhS)
"The government guy said he couldn't report that, for some reason. FIL said the data came from the Census Bureau, so if the government doesn't like the government's data then it's the government's problem. Gov't guy said to expand the region being served so the data reflect some diversity."
Sounds like a good place to dump Hillary's 500,000 Syrian refugees. Heck if Somalians could adapt to Minnesota winters.....
Posted by: JoeF. at August 17, 2016 02:35 PM (WdKcz)
Posted by: Javems at August 17, 2016 02:35 PM (yOqwj)
Posted by: JackStraw
________
Our first winter in Buenos Aires, I went two weeks without seeing anyone of color. The metro area has a population of 13 million, only 15 thousand identify as Afro-Argentinian.
Posted by: jwest at August 17, 2016 02:35 PM (Zs4uk)
Posted by: blaster at August 17, 2016 02:36 PM (tewYv)
Louisiana floods, California burns, Milwaukee riots, while Prezzy Choom golfs and his MFM says not a word about it
Posted by: TheQuietMan at August 17, 2016 02:37 PM (493sH)
And the oblivious LIVs will never make the connection....
Posted by: JoeF. at August 17, 2016 02:39 PM (WdKcz)
He may slouch on occasion, but he's not a hack, ya'll.
Posted by: Fritz at August 17, 2016 02:40 PM (2Mnv1)
In Ridgefield 94.95% of the population is Caucasian.
In Ridgefield 0.13% of the population is African American.
In Ridgefield 0.92% of the population is Asian.
The population of the town is recorded as t988 - that means there are 10 - TEN - African Americans that live there.
Posted by: blaster at August 17, 2016 02:40 PM (tewYv)
It's not the quantity its the quality. A lot of the movers and shakers of the black community hang in the Vineyard with their fellow liberal elites.
That's why our First Black President, Billy Jeff, used to hang there with guys like Vernon Jordan.
Posted by: JackStraw at August 17, 2016 02:40 PM (/tuJf)
Yes, but they are not "White; non-Hispanic" ---which brings me to this. If any of these obviously "elite" white residents of BA emigrated to the US, they would be considered "minorities" and thus be welcome to grab all the free shit and job opportunities they can.....
Posted by: JoeF. at August 17, 2016 02:41 PM (WdKcz)
Posted by: blaster at August 17, 2016 02:41 PM (tewYv)
Posted by: Roland [OMITTED] at August 17, 2016 02:42 PM (QM5S2)
Posted by: Whity McWhiterson at August 17, 2016 02:44 PM (xupNw)
I laughed at his ass and said that even us dumb hicks in SC could read census reports and know that there were no blacks in small town VT, and very few in big town VT either.
Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at August 17, 2016 02:45 PM (mpXpK)
Posted by: rickb223 TEXIT at August 17, 2016 02:45 PM (h6BP/)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 17, 2016 02:46 PM (6HqlZ)
Posted by: josephistan at August 17, 2016 01:29 PM (7HtZB)
I may be late on this but there was a low pressure system that sat on top of the entire state for 3 days. It's moved on but the area is so saturated it can't help but keep raining now. This is akin to the Tax Day floods in Houston that got my house :/
Posted by: cajun caret at August 17, 2016 02:47 PM (QfUjv)
Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at August 17, 2016 02:47 PM (mpXpK)
I hope he does some breathless reporting 'on the scene' to make sure that the nation understands the depth of his concern--- er, the seriously of the flooding.
Posted by: Lizzy at August 17, 2016 01:33 PM (NOIQH)
He's looking for a dry bridge to stand on.
Posted by: gNewt....panhandlers never seem to not have their hands out ~ at August 17, 2016 02:47 PM (4lzWT)
Posted by: Headless Body of Agnew at August 17, 2016 02:48 PM (q3OJ4)
Posted by: FireHorse at August 17, 2016 02:49 PM (lhvb+)
Thousand year flood in Louisiana.
Sure a lot of thousand year events lately...
/bookmarks Rev. 20
Posted by: Brother Cavil, down with Eph 6:12-13 at August 17, 2016 02:49 PM (9krrF)
Nood
Posted by: rickb223 TEXIT at August 17, 2016 02:45 PM (h6BP/)
Of course, I just posted.
Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at August 17, 2016 02:50 PM (mpXpK)
A guy I knew, who then lived in a town of about 10,000, got drunk one night, put on a ski mask and robbed the convenience store where he worked. He was a midget. Did time in Angola.
Posted by: Javems at August 17, 2016 02:35 PM (yOqwj)
Heh. One of my uncles did 11 months in county jail for burglarizing the accounting firm where he worked. He went in using his keys, loaded up the car with whatever he was stealing, and tried to make it look like a smash and grab as he was leaving. A random cop driving by apparently saw him smashing the window just before he was going to drive away. Dumbass.
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at August 17, 2016 02:52 PM (xxSK3)
Never heard of it.
Posted by: TFG at August 17, 2016 02:53 PM (cHuNI)
The Gulf Coast remembers the generous nature of relief supplies that poured in here after Katrina, and are happy to reciprocate.
Posted by: GnuBreed at August 17, 2016 02:53 PM (gyKtp)
<s>Never heard of it. </s>
That's not who we are.
Posted by: TFG at August 17, 2016 02:53 PM (cHuNI)
Fixed.
Posted by: Roland [OMITTED] at August 17, 2016 02:56 PM (QM5S2)
Posted by: ChristyBlinky, Infidel Queen at August 17, 2016 02:59 PM (h0PYG)
"Certainly, I have prejudices. But if you're asking if I'm racially bigoted, I don't know. How many black people are there around here? And if I were, how could that possibly manifest itself? So I direct my prejudice in ways that it will do some good - like against grown men with backpacks. If they're hiking, then they're out on the trails, hiking. If they're in town, they're vagrants, and I avoid them. This is pure prejudice, but those people creep me out."
Posted by: FireHorse at August 17, 2016 03:01 PM (lhvb+)
Posted by: ChristyBlinky, Infidel Queen at August 17, 2016 03:03 PM (h0PYG)
Posted by: Dread0 at August 17, 2016 03:03 PM (yolWm)
I like to also visit them when they are farking around. Often hilarious.
Posted by: ChristyBlinky, Infidel Queen at August 17, 2016 03:05 PM (h0PYG)
Posted by: ThunderB at August 17, 2016 03:09 PM (YxH2u)
The big puzzle to me is why people insist on living
on the Miss. Gulf Coast. . . .
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at August 17, 2016 02:14 PM (txdEq)
They live there because the waterways are where trade, and therefore employment, is.
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Oh, sure. They're locked into it by their jobs; I understand that. But then there are those with the money to live anyplace they want, and they choose to live on the Gulf Coast -- ground zero every June to November for hurricanes.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at August 17, 2016 03:10 PM (txdEq)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at August 17, 2016 01:32 PM (8ZskC)
As soon as he figures out how to put the drain plug in.
(I'll never forget that. Ol' Commie Sean going out with a couple of armored up, shotgun toting goons, to save the po black folk what Booosh left to drown. Then 30 seconds later watching them scramble to get back to shore before their 16' jonboat sinks...)
Posted by: The Oort Cloud - Source of all SMODs at August 17, 2016 03:12 PM (2pIEi)
Posted by: ThunderB at August 17, 2016 03:13 PM (YxH2u)
@261 - The governor of Louisiana is a Democrat now - John Bel Edwards.
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Yes -- a major-league amnesty/Obama/Clinton/Mary Landrieu supporter. (And Landrieu's brother, Mitch, is still the mayor of this burg.)
The irony is that most of the state, outside NO, is Repub. It must have been all them city votes that sent him over the top.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at August 17, 2016 03:13 PM (txdEq)
Posted by: ThunderB at August 17, 2016 03:14 PM (YxH2u)
Posted by: ThunderB at August 17, 2016 03:15 PM (YxH2u)
Wait, I thought Global Warming caused droughts, not floods.
Posted by: Socratease at August 17, 2016 03:18 PM (FqHs5)
Quite a few people oframs left LA after Katrina and moved to Houston
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So did a lot of our brethren of lesser means. Houston hasn't forgiven NO to this day.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at August 17, 2016 03:18 PM (txdEq)
The same stupid arguments came post Katrina. Sure, on major flood plains there should be no rebuilding, unless no choice. Where are they supposed to go if their jobs are there?
Regarding the coast, any coast (duh), there is risk. I lived 1/4 mile from the Atlantic Ocean. There was risk. There were hurricanes, but we, thankfully, were spared. Now I have to worry (I don't) about occasional earthquakes.
Where is this utopia you live where the entire country, and new rapugees, are supposed to cluster? bah. pfft. hork.
Posted by: ChristyBlinky, Infidel Queen at August 17, 2016 03:23 PM (h0PYG)
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***snort, rotflmao***
Posted by: lindafell de spair -racist, redneck, sexist, bitter clinger, Moron in TEXIT! at August 17, 2016 03:23 PM (xVgrA)
I was not clear above re: Tiger Droppings blog. The information for help is under O/T lounge part of forum. Lots of information for those who need help or want to help. And funny stuff on fark boards.
On top of being industrious and helping neighbors, Cajuns are 100% funny peoples. Lived near them most of my life. Don't mess with Cajuns, pahdnuh.
Posted by: ChristyBlinky, Infidel Queen at August 17, 2016 03:26 PM (h0PYG)
Posted by: bergerbilder at August 17, 2016 03:32 PM (27WlQ)
Posted by: devan at August 17, 2016 03:32 PM (kC+1/)
<s>Never heard of it. </s>
That's not who we are.
Posted by: TFG at August 17, 2016 02:53 PM (cHuNI)
Fixed.
Posted by: Roland [OMITTED] at August 17, 2016 02:56 PM (QM5S2)
Hey Roland... Ace's system uses square brackets instead of the < and > to code.
Posted by: redbanzai at August 17, 2016 03:40 PM (3JA/M)
I wish, post-Katrina, people had bought flood insurance. If you live even close to a body of water, do it. It is a couple of hundred dollars a year. We were on a barrier island in FL, between the Atlantic and Intercoastal Waterway (Indian River). We never flooded as water ran off to river. When we built we were NOT on a floodplain but bought flood insurance anyway. This did not cover everything but, if we had been flooded it would have helped. There is no such thing, as Katrina victims found out, as a flood insurance clause in homeowner's insurance. We were trying to cover as much as possible and, thank God, we never needed it.
1000 yr floods or whatever, if you have a spare $200 pay it if you are near water.
Posted by: ChristyBlinky, Infidel Queen at August 17, 2016 03:44 PM (h0PYG)
Posted by: ChristyBlinky, Infidel Queen at August 17, 2016 03:45 PM (h0PYG)
Posted by: Burnt Toast at August 17, 2016 03:52 PM (P/kVC)
Posted by: bicentennialguy at August 17, 2016 01:37 PM
You keep using this word. I do not think it means what you think it means.
I just finished a book about Jesse Jones and his peerless administration of the RFC before and during WWII. When FDR requested he relinquish his duties to Henry Wallace, who they had asked to step aside for Harry Truman, Jesse stated he would not allow the power he held to be turned over the 'fecund' mind of Mr. Wallace. While I thought it was surely an insult it did not carry quite the meaning I had imagined.
For a guy that never finished high school Jesse Jones sure had command of his world.
Posted by: DanMan at August 17, 2016 03:52 PM (RusNE)
Posted by: devan at August 17, 2016 03:59 PM (kC+1/)
Posted by: Eye Pluckers International Union at August 17, 2016 04:34 PM (1Rgee)
Posted by: Afroman at August 17, 2016 05:27 PM (0KdUj)
Posted by: RustyG at August 17, 2016 06:50 PM (1Mft0)
Posted by: SOMEASSHOLESTOLEMYPEN at August 17, 2016 07:04 PM (nQHw/)
Posted by: Mel at August 18, 2016 06:34 AM (0GiRc)
Posted by: Locke Common at August 18, 2016 11:34 AM (I6Am+)
Best of luck and prayers, Mel, from up here in the ArkLaTex...
Posted by: Spun and Murky at August 18, 2016 02:10 PM (4DCSq)
I propose a week where everyone in America lives with a $50 fuel bill, car, light and power, natural gas, propane and coal and oil.
How would that affect your life, Al Gore's life, Leonardo's life.
Yeah, can't fly that week.
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