Karl Schott
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75% of houses between Beaumont and Mobile making gumbos this week looking at this like “who’s not buying rice now?”
Across the U.S., farmers are struggling. Prices for nearly every major crop are below what it costs to grow them. Farmers in Mississippi are perhaps worse off than farmers in the rest of the country. Rice is one of their biggest crops, and almost no one is buying.
Hard Times in the Mississippi Delta as Farmers Consider Letting Crops Rot
Prices for nearly every major U.S. crop are below what it costs to grow them. But a drop in rice prices means another blow to farmers in Mississippi’s agricultural belt.
nyti.ms
January 26, 2026 at 2:21 AM
75% of houses between Beaumont and Mobile making gumbos this week looking at this like “who’s not buying rice now?”
imagine the learning loss
school being canceled because the president sent armed thugs to harass and imprison the populace for voting against him should be the biggest domestic scandal in american history
January 20, 2026 at 6:27 PM
imagine the learning loss
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Man, I do not want the return of Patriots Fans
ESPN can never give credit to a Boston sports team
January 18, 2026 at 9:46 PM
Man, I do not want the return of Patriots Fans
Ryans walking in to halftime looking like he wants to murder someone (Stroud), but also that doesn’t even dent his handsomest coach in the nfl status.
January 18, 2026 at 9:51 PM
Ryans walking in to halftime looking like he wants to murder someone (Stroud), but also that doesn’t even dent his handsomest coach in the nfl status.
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Fun fact: before her congressman-elect husband died because he didn't think covid was real, Julia Letlow was a top administrator at the University of Louisiana Monroe, because universities are hotbeds of woke
Trump throws a dagger into the Louisiana Senate race, pushing Rep. Julia Letlow to challenge Sen. Bill Cassidy, who has worked hard to stay on Trump’s good side.
Trump: “Should she decide to enter this Race, Julia Letlow has my Complete and Total Endorsement. RUN, JULIA, RUN!!!”
Trump: “Should she decide to enter this Race, Julia Letlow has my Complete and Total Endorsement. RUN, JULIA, RUN!!!”
January 18, 2026 at 3:24 AM
Fun fact: before her congressman-elect husband died because he didn't think covid was real, Julia Letlow was a top administrator at the University of Louisiana Monroe, because universities are hotbeds of woke
Blake Miguez has been begging for Trump’s attention for like a year now. He must feel pretty small!
Trump says he will endorse Julia Letlow if she runs against Bill Cassidy in a Republican senate primary.
January 18, 2026 at 2:58 AM
Blake Miguez has been begging for Trump’s attention for like a year now. He must feel pretty small!
Lots of Louisiana schools in this list!
Disaster: "players on DePaul, Nicholls State, Tulane, La Salle, Fordham, Northwestern State, Saint Louis, Buffalo, Robert Morris, Southern Miss, North Carolina A&T, Coppin State, University of New Orleans, Abilene Christian, Alabama State and Kennesaw State"
Federal prosecutors charge 20 men with alleged conspiracy to manipulate college basketball games
The scheme, according to federal prosecutors, involved two men indicted this fall for their alleged role in an NBA gambling scheme.
www.nytimes.com
January 15, 2026 at 4:11 PM
Lots of Louisiana schools in this list!
Michelle Cottle hasn’t checked on things here in Louisiana I don’t believe.
In @nytopinion.nytimes.com
Mary Peltola’s Senate candidacy in Alaska "sends an important signal to voters well beyond her state," Michelle Cottle writes. "It telegraphs that Democrats are serious about showing up and competing everywhere."
Mary Peltola’s Senate candidacy in Alaska "sends an important signal to voters well beyond her state," Michelle Cottle writes. "It telegraphs that Democrats are serious about showing up and competing everywhere."
Opinion | Mary Peltola Puts Alaska in Play for Democrats
Mary Peltola’s entry into the Alaska Senate race is a building block in an electoral strategy Democrats have been working on for months.
nyti.ms
January 15, 2026 at 4:01 AM
Michelle Cottle hasn’t checked on things here in Louisiana I don’t believe.
Big respect for Kevin Kruse. This is insane for a historian though. no need to put thoughts in the killer’s head to add responsibility to him for the actions we witnessed. He may need another 3 day break off here. React to what you see with your eyes, not what you imagine is in some killer’s head.
When Renee Good said "I'm not mad at you" what the ICE goon heard was "I'm not scared of you."
That's what enraged him. The populace wasn't fully terrorized and cowed into submission yet, so he acted to make that happen.
That's what enraged him. The populace wasn't fully terrorized and cowed into submission yet, so he acted to make that happen.
January 9, 2026 at 10:30 PM
Big respect for Kevin Kruse. This is insane for a historian though. no need to put thoughts in the killer’s head to add responsibility to him for the actions we witnessed. He may need another 3 day break off here. React to what you see with your eyes, not what you imagine is in some killer’s head.
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One thing I didn't fully appreciate until I sat on a jury and reviewed body cam footage for myself, is how cops yell contradictory instructions at people like "Don't move" "Put your hands up" "Get the fuck out of here" "Keep your hands where I can see them" etc. all screamed at your face with guns
January 7, 2026 at 10:57 PM
One thing I didn't fully appreciate until I sat on a jury and reviewed body cam footage for myself, is how cops yell contradictory instructions at people like "Don't move" "Put your hands up" "Get the fuck out of here" "Keep your hands where I can see them" etc. all screamed at your face with guns
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T-Mac doesn't have a song made after him. Shough is the OROY. Thanks.
T-Mac would be my OROY. It's silly to give it to anyone that missed half the season unless that someone was Dan Marino rookie level and Shough is not that
Is Tetairoa McMillan the guy?
January 4, 2026 at 12:53 AM
T-Mac doesn't have a song made after him. Shough is the OROY. Thanks.
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A few years ago I met a friend’s husband for the first time and he said that the aggravating thing about parenting was that most kid’s books are bad and I kinda flipped out on him. Because there are so many beautiful children’s books, SO MANY!
Anyway.
I always appreciate this thoughtful thread.
Anyway.
I always appreciate this thoughtful thread.
And that's the 2025 picture book thread. Consider any of these if you have young children in your life. Or even if you don't, give them a look. Creating a good picture book takes a special kind of sensibility and talent. These writers and artists deserve to be appreciated. Happy New Year!
January 2, 2026 at 1:27 AM
A few years ago I met a friend’s husband for the first time and he said that the aggravating thing about parenting was that most kid’s books are bad and I kinda flipped out on him. Because there are so many beautiful children’s books, SO MANY!
Anyway.
I always appreciate this thoughtful thread.
Anyway.
I always appreciate this thoughtful thread.
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This is Midnight Run erasure.
It’s so much easier for comic actors to do drama than vice versa. Look at Jim Carrey in Eternal Sunshine or Truman Show, and then look at De Niro’s comedies, they’re terrible
December 12, 2025 at 7:58 PM
This is Midnight Run erasure.
trump is clanging. youtu.be/RWaaJMm3Now
December 10, 2025 at 9:06 PM
trump is clanging. youtu.be/RWaaJMm3Now
there's going to be a carnival parade on January 5th? www.nola.com/entertainmen...
Small New Orleans krewe gets green light for new 2026 Mardi Gras parade after controversy
City Council president JP Morrell once called the planned parade ‘a complete and total scam.’ Here’s what to know, when it is scheduled to roll and how much the krewe owes before it can parade.
www.nola.com
December 9, 2025 at 7:08 PM
there's going to be a carnival parade on January 5th? www.nola.com/entertainmen...
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we all got cowed into avoiding "virtue signaling" as if the public affirmation of socially agreed upon ethical principles was somehow cringey instead of a significant part of what a "society" even is. now all there's left is vice signaling, and it's reshaping society.
December 8, 2025 at 6:07 PM
we all got cowed into avoiding "virtue signaling" as if the public affirmation of socially agreed upon ethical principles was somehow cringey instead of a significant part of what a "society" even is. now all there's left is vice signaling, and it's reshaping society.
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This is from my mom's old recipe notebook. We work from this every year when we make these
November 28, 2025 at 5:16 AM
This is from my mom's old recipe notebook. We work from this every year when we make these
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Under Louisiana state law RS 14:313, it is ILLEGAL for ICE to wear masks/face coverings for the purpose of concealing their identity. There are a few exceptions to the law, but law enforcement is not one of them.
November 21, 2025 at 5:14 PM
Under Louisiana state law RS 14:313, it is ILLEGAL for ICE to wear masks/face coverings for the purpose of concealing their identity. There are a few exceptions to the law, but law enforcement is not one of them.
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Its so funny that AI sexbot, AI Jesus chatbot, AI racist wikipediabot, AI dead grandmabot etc. all live inside the same financial bubble like oddball roommates
November 15, 2025 at 3:01 AM
Its so funny that AI sexbot, AI Jesus chatbot, AI racist wikipediabot, AI dead grandmabot etc. all live inside the same financial bubble like oddball roommates
Excited to announce that Carnival has arrived.
November 15, 2025 at 2:24 AM
Excited to announce that Carnival has arrived.
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A new look at zydeco argues that Houston’s clubs and communities helped define the genre as much as Louisiana did.
Houston’s role in zydeco history is deeper — and louder — than most people realize.
Houston’s role in zydeco history is deeper — and louder — than most people realize.
Houston area was an essential ingredient to the creation of zydeco
The genre is most closely associated with Louisiana, but one musicologist points out its entire "corridor" runs from the Bayou City up to Lafayette.
txst.us
November 14, 2025 at 10:00 PM
A new look at zydeco argues that Houston’s clubs and communities helped define the genre as much as Louisiana did.
Houston’s role in zydeco history is deeper — and louder — than most people realize.
Houston’s role in zydeco history is deeper — and louder — than most people realize.
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cant wait for my ai doppelganger grandma to tell me to treat myself with a fanduel parlay
November 14, 2025 at 4:49 PM
cant wait for my ai doppelganger grandma to tell me to treat myself with a fanduel parlay
Did Vance just say Americans have a right to housing?
JD Vance: "A lot of young people are saying housing is way too expensive. Why is that? Because we flooded the country with 30 million illegal immigrants who were taking houses that ought by right go to American citizens."
November 13, 2025 at 10:12 PM
Did Vance just say Americans have a right to housing?