Your Right Hand Thief

• More Flaming Liberal commentary

  Number of comments: 2
  “What Jefferson Parish Gives in Contracts, Parish President Aaron Broussard’s Appointee Tim Whitmer Receives!”
  
  Dear Blogger:
  
  Re: “Jefferson Parish officials got cut in insurance deal,” By Richard Rainey, New Orleans Times-Picayune, November 1, 2009
  
  Many thanks to Richard Rainey and the Times-Picayune for lifting a [...]
  Share | Rate | Archive

  Posted: November 04, 2009, 2:29pm EST
  by oyster

• Commentary from David C. Bellinger

  Number of comments: 3
  “Why There are Critics of the Federal Hate-Crimes Legislation, like Jindal and Vitter, Who are Hypocrites”
  
  Dear Blogger:
  
  A person capable of enacting a hate crime, perhaps, and just maybe, might be dissuaded from committing a violent act due to the enhanced resources to prosecute and punish [...]
  Share | Rate | Archive

  Posted: November 04, 2009, 1:26pm EST
  by oyster

• "To remain dominant in the future, we need to dominate the central nervous system."

  Number of comments: 6
  That quote is from Merck's research director.
  
  If you missed it, Steve Silberman's Wired article titled "Placebos are getting more Effective. Drugmakers are desperate to know why" is well worth your 15 minutes to read.
  
  It chronicles Big Pharma's heroic battle against sugar pills.
  
  Half of' [...]
  Share | Rate | Archive

  Posted: November 04, 2009, 10:15am EST
  by oyster

• James Perry's 5 actions in 5 days

  Number of comments: 7
  Here is a summary of the the policy initiative Mayoral candidate James Perry introduced today, interspersed with brief bits of praise.
  
  During mayoral transition, we will conduct a national search to hire a new Superintendent for the New Orleans Police Department (NOPD). I will appoint a diverse citizen’s [...]
  Share | Rate | Archive

  Posted: November 04, 2009, 11:05pm EST
  by oyster