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-Signs, Portents, and the Weather-
Moron Alert: Mayor New Orleans fails to cancel Mardi Grax, blames Trump
2020-03-28
[Bus Insider] The mayor of New Orleans appeared to blame President Donald Trump's administration for her decision not to cancel this year's Mardi Gras celebrations in the city, which led to a spike in coronavirus cases in Louisiana state and turned it into one of the virus' hot zones in the US.

Though New York state remains the epicenter of the outbreak, Orleans Parish currently has the most cases per capita in the entire country by a longshot, according to NOLA.com. As of Friday, there were more than 2,300 cases in the state of Louisiana, and 83 people had died.

In a Thursday interview with CNN's Wolf Blitzer, Mayor LaToya Cantrell explained that the city's Mardi Gras planning happens year-round and in close coordination with the federal government. This year's Mardi Gras celebrations took place on February 25.

She was given "no red flags" about a public health threat at any point, so they decided to continue with business as usual.

Posted by:Besoeker

#19  Presto Slo-mo
Posted by: Phump Thraiger8586   2020-03-28 15:38  

#18  Presto Change-O, or, Ain't Dere No More

Of all his transformative tricks,
the best? Disappearing da bricks
"Shazam, mumbo jumbo,
and Mardi Gras Mambo!"
by picking the pockets of hicks.
Posted by: Phump Thraiger8586   2020-03-28 15:35  

#17  At least, they should have plenty of chloroquine.
Posted by: g(r)omgoru   2020-03-28 15:07  

#16  On the bright side, hundreds of Mardi Gras floats did not get flooded.
Posted by: Ebbaish Jomong9152   2020-03-28 15:02  

#15  #14 Various people drew various conclusions from Katrina and the aftermath. One segment of the population drew the Cajun Navy conclusion: "Are we waiting for the help? No. We are the help."
Posted by: Matt   2020-03-28 14:28  

#14  Obama had the central banks dump a hundred billion or so into building entire new neighborhoods from the ground up in New Orleans, to the point where you can't even tell where the old property lines were any more, and they all pretend they're rich and vindicated in blaming everything on Bush (tm) from back in Katrina. So now this happens.
Posted by: Thing From Snowy Mountain   2020-03-28 14:09  

#13  Nice catch, Matt - there's nothing like a good tax lien story for the weekend!
Posted by: Raj   2020-03-28 14:01  

#12  I've a thought brewing. It would seem that Democrats have turned to Trump as their Straw Man Jesus. Invoke his name and all their prior stupidity is absolved. What happens when ideology is your religion.
Posted by: Rex Mundi   2020-03-28 13:33  

#11  Sgt, if the men can't do anything without me there to tell them personally, then what do I need you for?
Posted by: Cesare   2020-03-28 13:07  

#10  "The Devil made me do it!"

Traded her cities health for some plastic beads.

Heh heh. Easier to just show your boobs. If you have a nice pair, you can get all the beads you want.
Posted by: SteveS   2020-03-28 11:51  

#9  LaToya's just mad because the feds have put $95,000 in tax liens on her property. I wonder if CNN asked her about that.
Posted by: Matt   2020-03-28 09:51  

#8  "Mardi Gras planning happens year-round and in close coordination with the federal government"

I call BS on that. Why or what would the feds be involved in Mardi Gras? other than telling local law enforcement to avoid any media-frenzy-ready 'civil liberties' confrontations.
Posted by: Bob Grorong1136   2020-03-28 09:00  

#7  Now, what I find interesting is African American preferences in doctors versus their preferences in politicians.
Posted by: g(r)omgoru   2020-03-28 07:59  

#6  Ray Nagin with hundreds of buses in flooded parking lots, now this.

New Orleans Democrats - home of the world class fuck-ups.
Posted by: Raj   2020-03-28 07:52  

#5  "LaToya"

Explains it all. And Blitzeturd didn't smaker her down. CNN definitely has gone full TDS regardless of the fatalities.
Posted by: Woodrow   2020-03-28 07:27  

#4  Traded her cities health for some plastic beads.
Posted by: Airandee   2020-03-28 06:32  

#3  What would Simon Legree say?
Posted by: g(r)omgoru   2020-03-28 05:04  

#2  Perhaps she and her staff should consider a two week ocean cruise, some much needed time off.
Posted by: Besoeker   2020-03-28 04:54  

#1  She was given "no red flags" about a public health threat at any point

A nice, obedient girl.
Posted by: g(r)omgoru   2020-03-28 04:52  

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