Virus goin' 'round

Sudden vomiting, uncontrollable diarrhea, chills. It's nasty, but over with quick.

Drink plenty of fluids. I know of one young adult who was hospitalized for dehydration.

High school lockdown

We've been told that Bogalusa High School was under lockdown Tuesday, Feb. 12, because a student brought a gun to school.

Developing...

Quit driving like idiots!

When I work late and come home on 21, I drive the limit or sometimes - shock! - 5 mph over.

Every single night, I'm passed.

Which means there are a hell of a lot of speeders out there.

Tonight a vehicle went off the road heading north on 21, just south of Sun.

Quit driving like you've got crap for brains. Obey the law. Slow down.

Why was Dr. LaRavia fired?

Folks are talking on the Hard Copy board about Dr. Dennis LaRavia's firing from the Bogalusa LSU Rural Residency Program. Wednesday's Daily News had an editorial about the "outrage."

We suspect it had something to do with this formal complaint (about one-third of the way down the page):

Dennis A. LaRavia, M.D...... L4514........... 6/4/07...... Unprofessional conduct; violation of state or federal law; violation of board rule regarding Physician in Training permits.

Please note that these are allegations, not yet proven.

The matter is set for hearing by the Texas State Office of Administrative Hearings, Texas Medical Board in April 2008 - PDF file of the docket here. See page 37.

Accident?

Looked like cleanup of a bad accident, possibly involving a cop, at the intersection of West 21st and South Tyler in Covington about 12:30 a.m.

Hope nobody was badly hurt.

Iraq is a quagmire - for al Qaida

From the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, seen at Gulf Coast Pundit:

Jihadis, money and weapons were poured into Iraq. All for naught. Al-Qaida has been driven from every neighborhood in Baghdad, Maj. Gen. Joseph Fil, the U.S. commander there, said Nov. 7. This follows the expulsion of al-Qaida from two previous “capitals” of its Islamic Republic of Iraq, Ramadi and Baquba.[...]
Al-Qaida’s support in the Muslim world has plummeted, partly because of the terror group’s lack of success in Iraq, more because al-Qaida’s attacks have mostly killed Muslim civilians.[...]“The situation has changed so unmistakably and so swiftly that we should be reading proud headlines daily,” said Ralph Peters, a retired Army lieutenant colonel. “Where are they?”

Read the whole thing. Then ask yourself if journalists deserve any respect for the lying, twisting, and obfuscation they've done about the war.

Recall the themes of nearly all the news about Iraq and our troops, according to most reporters: Our soldiers are savages, Iraqis hate us, the world hates us, 9/11 was our own fault, Iraq is another Vietnam, we'll never win, blah blah blah. Barely a word about the defeat of al Qaida in Bakuba, Ramadi and Baghdad, or the deaths of terrorists over there. Thousands of words about the few atrocities committed by a tiny number of our troops, and deaths of civilians and our soldiers.

I spit on you, Mainstream Media.

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Seriously injured

We've heard that a local teacher was seriously injured in an automobile accident this a.m., and will post more info when we have confirmation.

Or, I pray, we'll be back with an apology that it was a misunderstanding.

Trial delayed in St. Bernard pet killings

Excerpt:

A St. Bernard Parish sheriff’s deputy and a former deputy are set to stand trial separately early next year on felony aggravated cruelty to animals charges stemming from the alleged fatal shooting of dogs on the streets of St. Bernard in the days immediately following Hurricane Katrina.

Clifford “Chip’’ Englande, a sergeant assigned to administrative duties, and Michael Minton, who is no longer working for the Sheriff’s Office, pleaded innocent in February and were scheduled to be tried together this week.

As it stands now, Minton will be tried Jan. 29 by a jury in state District Judge Robert Buckley’s courtroom and Englande will be tried Feb. 14 by the judge, a spokeswoman for state Attorney General Charles Foti said Wednesday. Link

Let's hope justice prevails.

Also see: Trial date set for [alleged] dog shooters

Lines run amok!

I dunno what happened, but the lines between posts have grown. Please disregard while I try to figure out how to truncate them :-).