On July 29, those savvy market watchers at Themis Trading posted a report on their blog about how a Republican Senator from Louisiana (about 1400 miles from Wall Street) had taken a peculiar interest in the long-delayed system that would shine a bright light on who might be rigging stock trading on any particular day. […]
TS Barry Gains Hurricane Strength as It Nears Louisiana Coast with ‘Excessive Rainfall Threat’…
Barry strengthened to a hurricane Saturday morning while approaching landfall in coastal Louisiana, the first of 2019 Atlantic season. The lumbering storm is unleashing torrential rain and powerful winds along the north central Gulf Coast and pushing a “life-threatening” surge of ocean water above normally dry land at the shore. Carrying vast amounts of Gulf […]
TS Barry – Slow Moving, Strengthening, Major Flood Warnings for Louisiana and Mississippi…
At 2:00pm EST Tropical Storm Barry is strengthening with current 65 MPH winds. Barry is still forecast to become a hurricane shortly before landfall. Slow movement, warm water and growing energy is a concern as Barry is anticipated to be a long duration flood event. Extreme rains and widespread flooding are anticipated for Louisiana and […]
Strengthening Storm Heads for Louisiana as Oil Rigs Evacuate…
A potential cyclone could become Hurricane Barry before slamming into Louisiana by Saturday, putting at risk oil and natural gas production in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico. The system is about 170 miles (275 kilometers) from the mouth of the Mississippi River, the U.S. National Hurricane Center said in an advisory at 11 a.m. New […]
Louisiana’s Democratic Governor Defies Party, Signs ‘Heartbeat’ Abortion Law…
Louisiana Governor John Bel Edwards -the Deep South’s only Democratic Governor- defied his party Friday and signed his state’s newest ‘Heartbeat’ law; becoming the latest state to limit abortions after six weeks of pregnancy. “The signature puts Edwards further out of step with the Democratic Party, whose platform is to allow the government to pay […]
Mississippi River’s Morganza Floodway May Be Opened for Third Time in History…
A major barrier that keeps the Mississippi River in its current path may be opened for just the third time in its history, potentially flooding a large part of rural Louisiana and affecting refineries in the region. Rising river levels could force the Army Corps of Engineers to divert water by opening the Morganza Floodway […]
They Worked in Sweltering Heat for Exxon, Shell and Walmart. They Didn’t Get Paid a Dime…
A nationally renowned drug rehab program in Texas and Louisiana has sent patients struggling with addiction to work for free for some of the biggest companies in America, likely in violation of federal labor law. The Cenikor Foundation has dispatched tens of thousands of patients to work without pay at more than 300 for-profit companies […]
After Notre-Dame Blaze, GoFundMe for Historically Black Churches Destroyed by Arson Gets Attention…
Within hours after firefighters extinguished the catastrophic blaze at Notre-Dame Cathedral, people around the world had already pledged hundreds of millions of dollars to rebuild the historic site. That included commitments from French businessman François-Henri Pinault, the L’Oreal cosmetics company, and Apple CEO Tim Cook, who said the Silicon Valley company would make a donation. […]
Hurricane Nate – Warning Issued for New Orleans and Surrounding Region…
Tropical Storm Nate is nearing hurricane strength and is anticipated to enter the Gulf of Mexico later tonight. –National Hurricane Center here: A Hurricane Warning is now in effect for metropolitan New Orleans and Lake Pontchartrain; A Storm Surge Warning is now in effect east of the Alabama/Florida border to the Okaloosa/Walton County Line; A […]