Shecky
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New Orleanian. Lapsed lawyer, writer, cat guy, film buff, music geek, amateur historian, and publisher https://first-draft.com/
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War Crime Or Murder?
Murder most foul on the high seas.
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The tagline says it all: Murder most foul on the high seas.
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“‘You want some chicken? You ain’t getting it here, bro,’ Wayne Davis can be heard taunting the agents through the door.”
“‘Go somewhere else,’ he can be heard saying through the door.”
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“‘Go somewhere else,’ he can be heard saying through the door.”
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'Go somewhere else': Manager locks Border Patrol out of Kenner store
In video shared with WWL, the manager can be heard taunting agents through the locked door.
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December 9, 2025 at 7:38 PM
“‘You want some chicken? You ain’t getting it here, bro,’ Wayne Davis can be heard taunting the agents through the door.”
“‘Go somewhere else,’ he can be heard saying through the door.”
www.wwltv.com/article/news...
“‘Go somewhere else,’ he can be heard saying through the door.”
www.wwltv.com/article/news...
The tagline says it all: Call them reactionaries, wingnuts, radicals, extremists, right-wingers; call them anything but conservatives.
Don’t Call Them Conservatives: Supreme Court Edition
Call them reactionaries, wingnuts, radicals, extremists, right-wingers; call them anything but conservatives.
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December 9, 2025 at 7:04 PM
The tagline says it all: Call them reactionaries, wingnuts, radicals, extremists, right-wingers; call them anything but conservatives.
If it’s Tuesday, it must be Parenthetical.
FIFA Fête and Other Fiascos
The things these people can do with a straight face. Plus some troubling signage at the White House.
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December 9, 2025 at 2:05 PM
If it’s Tuesday, it must be Parenthetical.
If it’s Tuesday, it must be Parenthetical.
FIFA Fête and Other Fiascos
The things these people can do with a straight face. Plus some troubling signage at the White House.
first-draft.com
December 9, 2025 at 2:03 PM
If it’s Tuesday, it must be Parenthetical.
Your Monday matinee with Jamie O.
The Kavanaugh Stops Must Stop
This is an America only a sadist could love.
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December 8, 2025 at 7:06 PM
Your Monday matinee with Jamie O.
In which I write about the MAGA Supreme Court and its shady use of the shadow docket.
Eve Of Corruption
Adrastos on the MAGA Supreme Court and its shady use of the shadow docket.
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December 8, 2025 at 2:05 PM
In which I write about the MAGA Supreme Court and its shady use of the shadow docket.
The tagline says it all: Happy holidays in black and white.
The Sunday Dozen: Black & White Christmas Movies
Happy holidays in black and white.
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December 7, 2025 at 2:04 PM
The tagline says it all: Happy holidays in black and white.
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A tribute to Steve Cropper who died this week at the age of 84. He co-wrote this song with Otis Redding. Music by Otis Redding, Peggy Lee. Little Richard, Katie Webster, Steve Cropper, Aaron Neville, King Curtis, and Pete Fountain.
(Sittin’ On) The Dock Of The Bay
Cheers to Steve Cropper and Otis Redding.
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December 5, 2025 at 7:03 PM
A tribute to Steve Cropper who died this week at the age of 84. He co-wrote this song with Otis Redding. Music by Otis Redding, Peggy Lee. Little Richard, Katie Webster, Steve Cropper, Aaron Neville, King Curtis, and Pete Fountain.
This week: Bannon/Epstein, Byers/MLK, and the usual nonsense. Music by Carlene Carter, The Rolling Stones, Crowded House, Booker T & The MG’s, Nina Simone, Tony Bennett & Count Basie, and David Byrne.
Saturday Odds & Sods: Stronger
Welcome back my friends to the show that never ends.
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December 6, 2025 at 1:59 PM
This week: Bannon/Epstein, Byers/MLK, and the usual nonsense. Music by Carlene Carter, The Rolling Stones, Crowded House, Booker T & The MG’s, Nina Simone, Tony Bennett & Count Basie, and David Byrne.
Night Owl Edition.
Saturday Odds & Sods: Stronger
Welcome back my friends to the show that never ends.
first-draft.com
December 6, 2025 at 6:04 AM
Night Owl Edition.
A tribute to Steve Cropper who died this week at the age of 84. He co-wrote this song with Otis Redding. Music by Otis Redding, Peggy Lee. Little Richard, Katie Webster, Steve Cropper, Aaron Neville, King Curtis, and Pete Fountain.
(Sittin’ On) The Dock Of The Bay
Cheers to Steve Cropper and Otis Redding.
first-draft.com
December 5, 2025 at 7:03 PM
A tribute to Steve Cropper who died this week at the age of 84. He co-wrote this song with Otis Redding. Music by Otis Redding, Peggy Lee. Little Richard, Katie Webster, Steve Cropper, Aaron Neville, King Curtis, and Pete Fountain.
Yesterday's post today.
Irked In December
Vexatious venting about irksome things.
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December 5, 2025 at 5:23 PM
Yesterday's post today.
The latest post from my First Draft colleague Jamie O.
Hannah Arendt Speaks To Us Over The Decades
Fifty years after her death, the German historian/philosopher’s astute observations of authoritarianism have never been more relevant.
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December 5, 2025 at 2:09 PM
The latest post from my First Draft colleague Jamie O.
Friday Catblogging: Are You Kidding Me? first-draft.com/2025/12/05/f...
Friday Catblogging: Are You Kidding Me?
Meow from Perry Mason.
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December 5, 2025 at 6:09 AM
Friday Catblogging: Are You Kidding Me? first-draft.com/2025/12/05/f...
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Grifters, Ring-Kissers and Supporting Hatchet Men: It’s Time To Vote for 2025’s Golden Dukes talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/grift...
Grifters, Ring-Kissers and Supporting Hatchet Men: It’s Time To Vote for 2025’s Golden Dukes
To all of you readers who submitted noxious nominations for the 17th...
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December 5, 2025 at 3:20 AM
Grifters, Ring-Kissers and Supporting Hatchet Men: It’s Time To Vote for 2025’s Golden Dukes talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/grift...
Your Thursday matinee with Cassandra.
A Confederacy Of Dunces
It’s a circus of stupid at the Pentagon and the Defense Department.
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December 4, 2025 at 7:24 PM
Your Thursday matinee with Cassandra.
Yesterday's post today.
War Crime Or Murder?
Murder most foul on the high seas.
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December 3, 2025 at 4:39 PM
Yesterday's post today.
The latest post from my First Draft colleague Cassandra.
Patrick Morrisey Needs To Resign
The WV governor sent National Guard troops to DC. It was a bad decision that he refuses to take responsibility for.
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December 3, 2025 at 2:05 PM
The latest post from my First Draft colleague Cassandra.
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Your Monday matinee with Jamie O.
America’s Worst University Leadership
Keep caving to Trump, universities. One day you’ll learn, it doesn’t get him off your back.
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December 1, 2025 at 7:37 PM
Your Monday matinee with Jamie O.
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Yesterday's music post today.
The Sunday Dozen: Christmas Rocks
Have yourself a rockin’ little Christmas.
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December 1, 2025 at 8:22 PM
Yesterday's music post today.
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If it’s Tuesday, it must be Parenthetical.
Putting The Self- Back In Service
Death By Lightning leads up to the origin of the modern civil service that MAGA can’t stand.
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December 2, 2025 at 2:22 PM
If it’s Tuesday, it must be Parenthetical.
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The tagline says it all: Murder most foul on the high seas.
War Crime Or Murder?
Murder most foul on the high seas.
first-draft.com
December 2, 2025 at 7:02 PM
The tagline says it all: Murder most foul on the high seas.
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In which I write about the relentless barrage of bluster and bullshit from Team MAGA.
The March Of Mendacity
Adrastos on the relentless barrage of bluster and bullshit from Team MAGA.
first-draft.com
December 1, 2025 at 2:02 PM
In which I write about the relentless barrage of bluster and bullshit from Team MAGA.
The tagline says it all: Murder most foul on the high seas.
War Crime Or Murder?
Murder most foul on the high seas.
first-draft.com
December 2, 2025 at 7:02 PM
The tagline says it all: Murder most foul on the high seas.
Reposted by Shecky
As New Orleans braces for the arrival of ICE, there is a particular stain that comes with hunting Mexicans and Central Americans in that city. These are the same folks who arrived en masse to help rebuild the city after Katrina and have since become a vibrant part of its renewal.
Fuck ICE to hell.
Fuck ICE to hell.
December 2, 2025 at 4:41 PM
As New Orleans braces for the arrival of ICE, there is a particular stain that comes with hunting Mexicans and Central Americans in that city. These are the same folks who arrived en masse to help rebuild the city after Katrina and have since become a vibrant part of its renewal.
Fuck ICE to hell.
Fuck ICE to hell.