Vehicle plows into crowd on Bourbon St., with 14 fatalities (3 Viewers)

[gummbo70114]

That brings up another whole issue with living in New Orleans. For the last 6 months or so everything has been centered around getting ready for the Super Bowl. They are spending untold amounts of money making things downtown look nice for the Super Bowl. i.e. repaving the streets downtown, fixing things in the Quarter, and putting in bike lanes downtown while the roads outside of the tourist areas continue to deteriorate and our pumping infrastructure continues to crumble. There has been a singular focus on getting ready for the Super Bowl while ignoring all the other issues. Apparently NYE and the Sugar Bowl got caught up in the same Super Bowl wash.

Sounds like they are putting lipstick on a pig

 

[49erKiller]

Yes, her.

I have no problem with the FBI waiting before announcing any sort of motives or classification of anything prematurely.

She said, and I quote, "This is not a terrorist event." She announced prematurely that it was not terrorism. She didn't wait to declare or classify anything accurately. She got it 100% wrong, and did so prematurely. She made a mistake, or was given bad information, but let's not act like she and/or the FBI had all her/their ducks in a row.

 

[Innominate]

I can squeeze out a tear at the end of pretty much any stupid romcom. I don't think that counts.

I cried at the end of The Dirty Dozen

 

[guidomerkinsrules]

cool. keep yo janky arse streets lol.

( drove down Bellaire in Lakeview last week and there is a !@#!@# manhole/street section that looks like small mountain near 26th - i stopped because i had no idea how to get around that thing )

The potholes are our briar patch

 

[Mr. Sparkle]

Admittedly, I don't follow Louisiana politics that much since I don't live there and tend to try to keep focused on my own corrupt mayor and governor .... but during the press conferences both yesterday and today, Latoya kept looking Landry in the eye and repeatedly thanked him. It made me uncomfortable and I was like "are they secret lovers? Is she kissing his arse but really hates him? What is going on here???"

Needless to say, these exchanges made me cringe.

I think it’s a marriage of convenience. Landry wants the state to take over New Orleans because it’s the economic engine of the state and he knows that if the city tanks, he has a major problem.

LaToya is checked out and more than happy to toss the keys to someone else so she can go back to doing absolutely nothing on our dime.

Win/win

 

[GrandAdmiral]

Admittedly, I don't follow Louisiana politics that much since I don't live there and tend to try to keep focused on my own corrupt mayor and governor .... but during the press conferences both yesterday and today, Latoya kept looking Landry in the eye and repeatedly thanked him. It made me uncomfortable and I was like "are they secret lovers? Is she kissing his arse but really hates him? What is going on here???"

Needless to say, these exchanges made me cringe.

Landry and the legislature finally has the city by the balls. Cantrell, to her credit, doesn't want to make it worse on her way out the door.

That or she's trying to find a new boo.

 

[guidomerkinsrules]

I literally never cried at movies before my daughter was born.

Now I cry at freaking every mildly emotional moment in every single movie, lol. Defying Gravity from the new Wicked has gotten me like 10 times already, even just the sound track. My daughter plays it just to troll me.

I talked about this in the ‘what are you watching’ thread ; Welcome to Wrexham is just whuppin my butt
A few episodes at the end of s1 and beginning of s2 had me strapped to a chair like Daniel Craig in Casino Royale

 

[CapitalCitySaint]

She said, and I quote, "This is not a terrorist event." She announced prematurely that it was not terrorism. She didn't wait to declare or classify anything accurately. She got it 100% wrong, and did so prematurely. She made a mistake, or was given bad information, but let's not act like she and/or the FBI had all her/their ducks in a row.

I don't know what press conference you watched but she came out of the gate and explicitly said they were investigating this as a possible terror attack and then later said the ISIS flag was located on the trailer hitch of the vehicle & they were working to determine the subjects potential associations and affiliations with terrorist organizations....but go off I guess.

 

[guidomerkinsrules]

ETA: This seems to be morphing with guido's marriage thread for some odd reason

are you suggesting a polycule? I already indicated I wasn’t ready for stuff like that

 

[GrandAdmiral]

That brings up another whole issue with living in New Orleans. For the last 6 months or so everything has been centered around getting ready for the Super Bowl. They are spending untold amounts of money making things downtown look nice for the Super Bowl. i.e. repaving the streets downtown, fixing things in the Quarter, and putting in bike lanes downtown while the roads outside of the tourist areas continue to deteriorate and our pumping infrastructure continues to crumble. There has been a singular focus on getting ready for the Super Bowl while ignoring all the other issues. Apparently NYE and the Sugar Bowl got caught up in the same Super Bowl wash.

From what I thought I heard, the money they're spending was money they specifically got to fix things up in time for the Super Bowl.

 

[Hubig]

I think it’s a marriage of convenience. Landry wants the state to take over New Orleans because it’s the economic engine of the state and he knows that if the city tanks, he has a major problem.

LaToya is checked out and more than happy to toss the keys to someone else so she can go back to doing absolutely nothing on our dime.

Win/win

She better enjoy it while she can. Lee Zurik is why she's going to federal prison, Fait accompli.

 

[Madmarsha]

Problem being we just had a discussion less than 24 hours prior about how much I hated the holidays, and my reasons why (a ton of personal setbacks in Nov/Dec) and she said she really wanted to make these holidays special. That night I opened up about one last thing and she ended the relationship-with a text. We did talk at length the following day. I assured her it was now over, period, and advised her to behave like an adult in her next relationship.

Point of order-she was in a 20-year verbally and physically abusive marriage for which she never sought adequate counseling. My last bit of advice to her was to get counseling for her sake and the sake of her 3 children aged 16-21. A friend of mine who is a counselor said her behavior was unfortunately textbook for victims of abusive marriages. Reach a certain point in the relationship, get scared by the emotions they feel, then end the relationship on any pretense at all.

Were she someone I knew as a friend, my advice to her would be therapy to understand why she stayed in a relationship like that so long and to understand how NOT to get into another one like that. Sounds like she doesn't have any idea what she's doing relationship-wise.

 

[guidomerkinsrules]

while the roads outside of the tourist areas continue to deteriorate

*nods in Claiborne Ave*

 

[buzd]

I think it’s a marriage of convenience. Landry wants the state to take over New Orleans because it’s the economic engine of the state and he knows that if the city tanks, he has a major problem.

LaToya is checked out and more than happy to toss the keys to someone else so she can go back to doing absolutely nothing on our dime.

Win/win

Those two deserve each other.

 

[Madmarsha]

This song played as i was driving to hospital after my first girl was born.

This song will be played for our first dance at her wedding - she doesnt know it, but it will.

That's so sweet.