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"Caveman" on ABC

I may sound like a weirdo, but I LOVE THE SHOW! Maybe it's a guilty pleasure or maybe it's due to my tendency to rout for the underdog, but I …

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An Ole Miss punch to the gut, er, face

It's been a great year for my alma mater. With a presidential debate in September, an 8-4 football team heading into a prestigious bowl game, and the announcement of our …

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Shred It Friday

[verbatim from the Attorney General's office]

Jackson, MS-Attorney General Jim Hood, Secretary of State Delbert Hosemann and Better Business Bureau President Bill Moak are together again with a host of private partners to help Mississippians fight …

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Six Flags Discriminates Against Employees With Ethnic Hairstyles; ACLU Is Investigating

If I can't work there because of my dreads, then I won't give them any of my money either. At this rate, they may not let me into their precious …

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CNN's Black In America 2 Watch Party July 22-23 @ Hal and Mals

Wednesday and Thursday July 22-23, CNN continues its investigation of the most challenging issues facing African-Americans with "Black in America 2." Soledad O'Brien reports on people who are using ground-breaking …

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My New Year's Resolutions for 2006

My New Years Resolutions are:

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Making your move: How to find off-campus housing

Living on campus can be fun, but if you're tired of putting up with late-night study sessions in the hall and always being at school, off-campus housing can be a …

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JFP Sports Coverage of Day One of the C-USA Baseball Tournament

The first major live event that JFP Sports is covering is the C-USA Baseball Tournament. Everyday after all the tournament action is done, JFP Sports will recap the day's action …

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Rosie is waiting for a home.

I was walking this morning in Fondren when it came to me I could spotlight a homeless dog a day for 365 days just like Julie did on her blog …

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StateDesk.com Ramping Up for Elections

And we're off ... !

The JFP's new statewide political site, StateDesk.com, is starting to ramp up after a few months of beta bug testing (yes, it's faster now). We have a new political intern, …

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A Course with No Name

"It's never been a 'stay the course' strategy..." -- President George W. Bush, several days ago.

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You're Going to Helena

I have some long-term ideas about a new direction for this blog. This isn't it, but some things are entirely too clever not to share.

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Hell has frozen over…

I'm agreeing with Ann Coulter.

And for once they were not prepared to take Bush's word that it would all turn out O.K., that they should just trust him. Bush was showing "stunning arrogance," declared …

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So, What Were They Expecting?

Brandon, Pearl schools off to smooth start

Am I the only one who thinks it's weird for The Clarion-Ledger to start off its back-to-school stories with proclamations such as the following, leading the front page today:

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MDOC Handbook: No Killers in Guv's Mansion

Mississippi Attorney General Jim Hood will ask a circuit court judge on Jan. 23 to invalidate the pardons of at least 10 felons whom ex-Gov. Haley Barbour granted clemency before …

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The Weekly Jerry Update: Better Late Than Never

I had begun a series of Sunday sermons pulling Jerry around by the short ones, but was unable to update it yesterday because someone at Fallwell Ministries was being lazy …

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The New, New Race-Baiting

Also see: Jackpedia: Southern Strategy

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Getting (a Little) Past Politics on Keystone Pipeline

This morning I got to the office with an e-mail in my inbox, apparently forwarded to me, from the office of Scott Brown, famously the GOP senator from Massachusetts who …

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Bushie Love Me

George Bush defines for us the term "loving gaze."
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Red State Update: Little Ol' Bobby Jindal

A tongue-in-cheek take on Bobby Jindal's pro-volcanic response to Obama.