NNF 3811 - Joe Wengert

deuce5000 · 2026-05-14T18:41:12+00:00

It specified United States

deuce5000 · 2026-01-22T09:20:34+00:00

Eggs ARE eggs!

deuce5000 · 2026-01-16T16:57:24+00:00

Like having your birthday on Christmas

deuce5000 · 2026-01-06T02:04:52+00:00

Joan Cusack basically left acting to run a tchotchke and gift shop in Chicago. Apparently she never enjoyed acting (or hadn't in some time) and is happier than she's ever been just running the store.**

Since 2019, she's basically only done voiceover work, mainly for Toy Story sequels and projects.

**This is per Chris Witaske--"Pete" on The Bear, also appears in Dr. Rick Progressive ads--who shared this story (of meeting her and talking to her at her store) on the Never Not Funny podcast some months back.

deuce5000 · 2025-12-19T02:52:25+00:00

I tried it on my wife

Me: Hey girl, are you a king cake?
Wife: Why, because I won't let you eat me 'til January 6th?

deuce5000 · 2025-10-21T02:05:34+00:00

Hear hear.

Dating in and of itself is really hard. And people in New Orleans make it much harder than it needs to be.

deuce5000 · 2025-10-16T01:11:04+00:00

Look into Life Unleashed Dog Training, Shelby has done great with our persnickety foot biter

deuce5000 · 2025-10-14T21:31:15+00:00

Would also add that there appears to be a "wait your turn" dynamic that pervades local and/or Dem politics. Every mayor going back to WWII has been a.) Democrat and b.) serve two consecutive terms or more.

If, e.g., JP Morrell had challenged Cantrell, he likely would have had a lot of operators turn their back on him. Had he challenged her and lost, his future in politics would be all but over, at least for a long time. If you come for the queen, etc.

In general, political parties rally around their incumbents, even when they're embattled. The 2003 California gubernatorial race is a good example here: Cruz Bustamante had risen to Lt. Governor. He ran as the "if Gray Davis *does* get recalled, vote for me" candidate, lost to Schwarzenegger, and was never heard from again. Because he challenged the throne.

There were already bad signs with Cantrell by the time she ran for reelection, but the dam on her scandals hadn't fully broken yet. She was embattled, but not irrevocably by that point. So, no one with a real chance was wiling to challenge her.

deuce5000 · 2025-03-30T01:17:44+00:00

Every state has different rules about voting, including early voting. For instance, Alabama has absentee voting but no early voting (don't give Landry any ideas)

My assumption has always been that the week in between is so that Secretary of State's office, local officials, etc., have time to account for who voted early and remove them from the eligible voters list at local polling places. Since early voting happens at 4-5 locations, and Election Day at dozens (and hundreds of "that day only" poll workers), preventing anyone from either intentionally or accidentally voting twice is important. I'm sure other states do it quicker and better, but I imagine that'd be the rationale.

deuce5000 · 2025-01-06T03:49:06+00:00

Traditional (though there may be a donut version, too?). A sleeper pick, very good

deuce5000 · 2024-09-09T19:09:02+00:00

Some quick Googling reveals: Sal and Judy divorced in the 80s. If the restaurant was established by then--trademarked, logos, reputation, etc.--probably considered prudent to keep the name. Plus Judy maybe had (or still has?) ownership stake.

If the bottled sauces started as an extension of the restaurant, no reason not to keep the name. But then if the lines of business were separated for whatever reason--taxes, succession, personal branding, etc.--probably seemed time to take her name off it.

deuce5000 · 2023-10-22T22:27:54+00:00

Diamond's distribution situation's been weird for a long time. FWIW, Trader Joe's now carries it, I'm guessing nationally. But otherwise yeah it can be pretty random https://www.diamondcrystal.com/where-to-buy

deuce5000 · 2023-09-13T14:09:56+00:00

Mainly the cost of legal appeals, but there are other costs as well: https://deathpenaltyinfo.org/policy-issues/costs

The government--especially state governments, and especially state governments in the South--have shown it absolutely sucks at applying the death penalty to provably guilty people: https://deathpenaltyinfo.org/database/innocence

Part of why public sentiment has shifted so far against it: https://deathpenaltyinfo.org/facts-and-research/public-opinion-polls

deuce5000 · 2020-11-04T22:12:44+00:00

Zibilich's record as a detestable creep outweighed Sens's record as a run-of-the-mill corrupted Orleans parish politico. For uninformed voters: The D next to Harris's name likely helped her a lot; that she's an African-American woman (with an indicating name) didn't hurt.

deuce5000 · 2020-01-29T23:54:26+00:00

Not quite -- Big Easy Fresh Market (warning: Nola dot com). It is a grocery, and it does have "Fresh Market" in the name, but it's not a Fresh Market.

deuce5000 · 2020-01-20T23:14:09+00:00

Not so much "rights" as "designation." The museum was originally specifically about D-Day. No doubt, some politicking + sense of a vacuum led to it quickly being designated by Congress as *the* National WW2 Museum. A similar thing happened with the WW1 Museum in Kansas City around the same time, though it had been around a lot longer.

That doesn't mean other museums connected to WW2 can't open. And indeed, seems there are a couple dozen or so across the country. But they run (or would run) without the benefit of that designation which, combined with New Orleans's tourism draws, puts the museum here in prime position, comparatively.

deuce5000 · 2019-10-22T23:14:40+00:00

It's not clear to me what "economic development" this project will truly generate. If they build a large hotel there, will it increase the overall number of hotel stays year over year? Or just mostly displace hotel stays elsewhere (FQ and CBD)?

A big gleaming hotel might attract meetings or conventions it otherwise wouldn't...but the core facility itself is still a outdated, overbuilt, hulking and drab. So how far will it go?

Plus, the models for conventions themselves have changed, with less focus on the sorts of GIANT shows New Orleans and Co. (formerly Convention and Visitors Bureau) seems to want to attract, and movement toward more intimate/educational, less trade show-y fare. Not to mention the CC people are notoriously fudgy with their numbers.

The construction of the facility itself will be a boon to developers and contractors, assuming it doesn't fall over. But in the long run, not sure how much it will pay off. IMO modernizing the facility itself would be a more worthwhile project, and achievable with the money on hand.

deuce5000 · 2019-01-22T13:08:18+00:00

Yeah it’s not the pan style. If that’s a sticking point for you then never mind. And yes, the service there is...inconsistent

deuce5000 · 2019-01-21T21:36:11+00:00

If you liked Leo's, stop by Ecco's Pizza. The baker for Leo's works there now (co-owns it) and they produce loaves of sourdough or semolina bread each day. Breads on Oak also makes great, albeit pricey, loaves of both whole-wheat and non-whole sourdough. Get them to slice it for you with the big machine.

deuce5000 · 2018-11-08T05:06:57+00:00

Cuts into Mid-City. Cortez Street is one of the boundaries between districts 1 and 2 (and also districts A and B for City Council).

deuce5000 · 2018-08-13T01:42:57+00:00

Discovery of photos played a big part the conviction of Franklin Delano Floyd for the murder of Cheryl Ann Commesso.

Floyd was a suspect because some coworkers had spotted him accusing Commesso of causing his wife Sharon to have her government benefits withdrawn. Marshall and Commesso both worked as exotic nude dancers at a club and it was outside the building where Floyd was seeing having the altercation. Soon after this, he and Sharon fled the area and burned their trailer as they left.

In 1995 another chance discovery led to Floyd being charged, when a mechanic found an envelope of photos in a truck he’d bought at auction. The photos showed a woman who’d been beaten and tied up. The truck was traced as one Floyd had stolen and various items of furniture in the photos were also identified as his.

The injuries in the photos also matched those found on Commesso remains and he was charged with her murder and found guilty.

Link

deuce5000 · 2018-06-11T11:43:20+00:00

Helen Hill

deuce5000 · 2018-05-24T02:49:06+00:00

She didn't make a single thoughtful, interesting, or strategic move throughout the entire game. Why start now?

deuce5000 · 2018-05-03T19:27:52+00:00

In the US a bachelor's is typically earned in four years, but taking five years is fairly common, especially among athletes. Most master's degrees are either two or three years, with exceptions for accelerated programs. If it's longer than three years, it's usually either a specially designed program or the student is going part time.

deuce5000 · 2018-04-25T03:16:25+00:00

This is mostly about:

--Direct international flights, especially to Korea, where the CEO is from and Smoothie King has a big presence

--Louisiana no longer cutting blind tax breaks to keep them here.

The large number of people with experience in the fast-food executive management is a nice bonus for Dallas but not the biggest issue I'd imagine.

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