Twenty Years

 I remember creating this blog in 2006, right after Katrina.  

I was a babe of 50 years and had just gone through an experience of my lifetime, along with the rest of the Louisiana Gulf Coast.

I'm now 70 and am dying of fucking cancer.  So I'd like to finish this up with this last post.

This blog encompasses our collective fear, loss, sadness and rebirth.  I'm proud of what I've put into it:

It contains posts about Ray Nagin, mayor of "The Chocolate City".

LINKS:  https://www.blogger.com/blog/posts/31361101?q     

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Post Katrina was the era of the New Orleans blogosphere.  Some VERY GOOD writing came out of this.  Here are the links to the writing of those folks from that time.  

Combing thru my list of Katrina related blogs created in 2006, I am making a list here of the blogs that are still available to read.

Toulouse Street , in my opinion the best Post Katrina blog. The writing, the feelings and pictures Mark Folse creates were addicting to me.

Michael Homan's (RIP) account of going through the storm and the aftermath was riveting as well as heartwrenching.

Mosquito Coast, written by Swampwoman. You'll get a good feeling of how it was back in July of 2006.

After the Deluge, by Josh Newfeld . Josh remembers events via comics (not the funny kind), using real people's experiences after the flood.

Varg Vargas, an artist and reverend, recalls the haunting and hilarious after the storm in New Orleans.

NOLAblogger brings back those "great memories" from 2006.

Library Chronicles . Jeffrey - who acts like the grumpy old man he WILL BE in 40 or so years - will give you a great perspective of what was happening in his world back then.

Metroblogging New Orleans. Check out the list on the right side of the screen for the blog authors. The ones that begin with 'no_' are your post Katrina blog observations. Good reading here. Especially Craig.

MANY  more bloggers at this link:  https://archive-it.org/collections/7625


If you read any of the links above, I hope you will come away with a bigger picture in your mind about the way this area has healed since Katrina the bitch visited us. Thanks to all.

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If you need a laugh, take a look at my #MondaySmile posts

https://thanks-katrina.blogspot.com/search?q=Monday+Smile

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For a while, I shared my  photos of interesting windows in the NOLA area

https://thanks-katrina.blogspot.com/search?q=windows+wednesday

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Here are posts detailing the rebirth of the Gulf Coast, from 2006 to 2010-ish

   https://thanks-katrina.blogspot.com/search?q=rebirth

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Thanks for reading this blog.  And goodbye.  

The SCOTUS Women

Women of the Supreme Court just did what far too many elected officials have failed to do: they stood up to Trump’s MAGA regime and called bullshit directly, publicly, and with precision.

Amy Coney Barrett, yes, that Amy Coney Barrett, Trump’s handpicked ideologue looked Trump’s lawyer in the eyes and essentially asked, “Are you really suggesting the president can ignore court rulings he doesn’t like?” 

That’s what this case boils down to,

a wannabe king trying to erase birthright citizenship, and daring the courts to stop him.

Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson didn’t just challenge the logic, she torched it. 

She warned that Trump’s legal argument would transform the entire justice system into a “catch me if you can” farce. 

No rights. No protections. Just every person for themselves, suing the government individually while it tramples them one by one.

Elena Kagan drove it home with cold clarity: “Every court is ruling against you.” Translation? 

This isn’t a legal debate. This is a last-ditch power grab dressed up in bad lawyering.

Then came Justice Sotomayor, wielding the Second Amendment like a rhetorical sledgehammer. She asked the nightmare question: "What if a president decided to seize everyone’s guns, would courts have to wait while rights were trampled coast to coast?" 

Her point was clear: If the executive can ignore the judiciary, then we don’t have a Constitution anymore. We have a monarch.

This wasn’t just about immigration. This was about whether a president can bulldoze the law and dare the courts to clean up the wreckage. It was about whether the rule of law is still alive in America.

And the fact that women, conservative, liberal, and everything in between, were the loudest voices defending the Constitution!

~Brent Molnar

https://www.facebook.com/p/Brent-Molnar-Voice-of-Reason-61571720674789/?_rdr

Ukranian Art

 

Ukrainian art for you:

Gelena Pavlenko,

The Spring Drink, 2019

Oil, canvas

Monday Smile

 

Heartbroken

 

Biden Is Diagnosed With an Aggressive Form of Prostate Cancer

The cancer has metastasized to the bone, according to a statement from Mr. Biden’s personal office.

Springsteen vs drumpf

 

drumpf's reaction:  

Friday Funny

 

Benny Thompson vs Cosplay Kristi

 Just a 20 second clip here.

Well Lookie Here, Y'all

 

From the New York Times.

Cartel Family Members Cross Border in Apparent Deal With U.S., Official Says

Mexico’s security secretary confirmed reports that 17 family members of Sinaloa Cartel leaders had entered the United States, likely as part of a deal with the Trump administration.

Free article here

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/14/world/americas/mexico-cartel-chapo-family.html?unlocked_article_code=1.HU8.Cm5g.Q1PGk3hOBj31&smid=url-share

Swallwell VS Noem

Kristi Noem (don't you think it's cute when a grown woman spells her name like that?) is without a doubt lying - UNDER OATH - to Representative Eric Swalwell earlier today.  She lied about the SAME QUESTION many, many times.  

Swalwell is great.  

Rep. Eric Swalwell

@RepSwalwell

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7h

Trump’s team is manufacturing evidence against individuals to justify locking them up and throwing away the keys. But we're going to keep bringing the evidence to the light of day, and we're not going away.

This video is almost 5 minutes long, but if you want to see the entire exchange, go to this link and watch it there. https://youtu.be/YfA0Qgz6QKY?si=rsywBlNTh7Vjg4y3 Don't forget to read the comments - hilarious!!