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Derby Gisclair
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New Orleans based published author, speaker, amateur photographer, and dilettante historian. #baseball #boxing #horseracing #steamboats #nolasky #nola #neworleans #history #quotes Sorry but no DMs, no crypto, no porn, no requests for money.
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They're still hoping that Congress gets off their stern seat and forces the DOJ to release the Epstein Files in their entirety. Otherwise what's the point of having laws? What's the point of having a Congress? And that's what he's pushing for.

#Trump #EpsteinFiles
January 18, 2026 at 3:32 PM
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Watching Brown Pelicans soar overhead never gets old.

#nolasky #nola #neworleans #birds #pelicans #nature #photography
January 18, 2026 at 3:26 PM
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“Baseball has traditionally possessed a lack of seriousness. The game's best player, Babe Ruth, was a Rabelaisian fat man, and its most loved manager, Casey Stengel, spoke gibberish. In this lazy sport, only the pitcher pours sweat. Then he takes three days off.”
~ Thomas Boswell

#quotes #baseball
January 18, 2026 at 12:57 PM
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This beautiful building was known as the Mercier Building, built in 1887 at the corner of Canal and Dauphine Streets by Dominique Mercier, a prominent free man of color who established very successful clothing business known as ... (continued)

#nolasky #nola #neworleans #history
January 18, 2026 at 12:49 PM
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January 18, 2026 at 12:24 AM
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There is a lot to unpack in this unattributed photograph of Canal Street from November 1929. Just to the left of center in the background is the former Pickwick Club with its iconic turret tower on the corner of Carondelet Street.(continued)

#nolasky #nola #neworleans #history
January 17, 2026 at 4:37 PM
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A Cormorant convention at Lafreniere Park.

#nolasky #nola #neworleans #birds #nature #hotography
January 17, 2026 at 3:19 PM
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If there was any doubt how fearful Trump is about what is in the Epstein Files, his DOJ blatantly ignores the law, refuses to release any more of the millions of files (at least until after the midterms), and continues to thumb its nose at Congress.

#Trump #EpsteinFiles

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Justice Department says members of Congress can't intervene in release of Epstein files
Manhattan’s top federal prosecutor said Friday that a judge lacks the authority to appoint a neutral expert to oversee the public release of documents in the sex trafficking probe of financier Jeffrey...
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January 17, 2026 at 1:40 PM
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"Only a man who knows what it is like to be defeated can reach down to the bottom of his soul and come up with the extra ounce of power it takes to win when the match is even."
~ Muhammad Ali

#quotes #boxing
January 17, 2026 at 1:02 PM
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Established in 1883 by partners Alfred T. Baker, Thomas Sloo, and Charles Whitney, the manufacturer and importer of saddles, collars, and harness was located at 4 Magazine Street which connected to 54 Canal Street. Their collar factory was ... (continued)

#nolasky #nola #neworleans #history
January 17, 2026 at 12:50 PM
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January 16, 2026 at 11:27 PM
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Senator Huckleberry doesn't care if tRump cancels midterms but Senator (Dr.) Demento won't have a chance to be voted out. No wonder they're doing nothing.

#Trump #GOP
January 16, 2026 at 5:25 PM
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Did he formally declare receipt of this "gift" and would this not now belong to the United States government as its stated value would exceed allowed limits on gifts received while in office? Yeah -- no one expects this needly little man-child to part with his new toy.

#trump #EpstteinFiles
January 16, 2026 at 4:52 PM
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Another shot of the Purple Gallinule that I spotted recently at City Park that shows the enormous feet this little swamp-hen. The elongated toes allow it to walk on floating vegetation and cling to plant stems. (continued)

#nolasky #nola #neworleans #birds #nature #photography
January 16, 2026 at 4:23 PM
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Heartfelt thanks to everyone who turned out for last night's presentation on dueling. Edward Branley will be up next month with "The Allard Plantation."

#nolasky #nola #neworleans #history
January 16, 2026 at 2:25 PM
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“If profanity had an influence on the flight of the ball, the game of golf would be played far better than it is.”
~ Horace G. Hutchinson

#quotes #golf
January 16, 2026 at 2:02 PM
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The March 30, 1861, edition of Harper’s Weekly published several images of the city of New Orleans – the waterfront, the levee, the French Quarter, Jackson Square, and Lafayette Square. The full page story began “We present characteristic sketches ... (continued)

#nolasky #nola #neworleans #history
January 16, 2026 at 1:54 PM
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An 1861 advertisement for dental services for Drs. Allen and Walker at 156 Canal Street. Prominently offered are "Vulcanite Bases", which material found instant use in the fabrication of denture bases world-wide and quickly replaced previously-used... (continued)

#nolasky #nola #neworleans #history
January 15, 2026 at 9:24 PM
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We hope to see everyone at the East Bank Regional Library at 7:00pm tonight for "An Affair of Honor" presented by historian and author Derby Gisclair.

#nolasky #nola #neworleans #history
January 15, 2026 at 2:28 PM
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From a recent stroll through St. Louis Cemetery No. 3. A good bit of restoration work has been done but there is still more to do.

#nolasky #nola #neworleans #cemeteries #history #photography
January 15, 2026 at 1:24 PM
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“Simply sailing in a new direction you could enlarge the world.”
~ Allen Curnow

#quotes #sailing
January 15, 2026 at 12:38 PM
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A Confederate submarine was discovered in 1878 while dredging Bayou St. John. It was originally believed to be the Pioneer but this was later disproved. The submarine spent many years at Spanish Fort outside of one of the restaurants there before ... (continued)

#nolasky #nola #neworleans #history
January 15, 2026 at 12:27 PM
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Who remembers Pennyland? Located at 131 Royal Street, the arcade opened in 1931 and was popular with the youth of New Orleans long before John Kennedy Toole made it famous (along with its baseball game machine). (continued)

#nolasky #nola #neworleans #history
January 14, 2026 at 8:42 PM
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January 14, 2026 at 7:25 PM
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#Trump #GOP #Republicans
January 14, 2026 at 3:11 PM