Author Archives: Steve Maley

BP Engineer Kurt Mix and the ‘Ham Sandwich’ Indictment

Posted on September 27, 2013 by Steve Maley

On May 2, 2012, just over two years after the catastrophic explosion on the Deepwater Horizon drilling rig, BP drilling engineer Kurt Mix was indicted on felony charges. Mix’s deletion of of text messages and voicemails from his cell phone, … Continue reading →

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A new land mass formed off Pakistan as a result of the recent earthquake. Press reports, um, diverge as to the actual size and location of the new island. Granted, most of these estimates are based on eyewitness reports, but … Continue reading →

Posted on September 25, 2013 by Steve Maley | 3 Comments

Let’s play Name! That! Party! #AP #rsrh

Posted on September 24, 2013 by Steve Maley

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Court documents show former State Rep. Girod Jackson III, who resigned his seat after being charged with tax fraud involving his bankrupt construction company, will plead guilty in federal court next month.Jackson was charged in August … Continue reading →

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I don’t walk out of movies, as a general rule. Today, I made an exception.

Posted on September 21, 2013 by Steve Maley

Hoo, boy, is The Family a piece of crap. By way of background, Martin Scorcese is my favorite director. (He’s executive producer here. Directed by Luc Besson.) Robert DeNiro and Michelle Pfeiffer are two of my favorite actors. Tommy Lee … Continue reading →

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Tulsa Officials Cite ‘Environmental’ Reasons for Moving Football Games. Wait, what?

Posted on September 21, 2013 by Steve Maley

Tulsa Public Schools administrators moved the venue for two high schools’ future home football games. It’s for the children, after all. Oh, my gosh. We certainly would not want to expose student-athletes to “environmental elements”. The mind reels as it imagines … Continue reading →

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Sal and Judy’s

Posted on September 8, 2013 by Steve Maley

Paula and I had the pleasure of dining at Sal and Judy’s in Lacombe, LA, about halfway between Mandeville and Slidell on the Northshore. It’s been about 20 years since we last ate there. Paula had the speckled trout almandine … Continue reading →

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#Seinfeld was #raaacist. Who knew? #rsrh

Posted on September 6, 2013 by Steve Maley

Screen detail from the “Good Samaritan” episode (1992). That’s the one in which George says “God bless you” after a married woman sneezes (and subsequently has an affair with her), and Kramer has seizures triggered by Mary Hart’s voice. “You … Continue reading →

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‘The President’s All-of-the-Above Energy Strategy’ and Other Self-Delusions

Posted on August 31, 2013 by Steve Maley

We’ve been having area-wide lease sales over the same portions of the Gulf of Mexico for the last 30 years. Despite this week’s tepid response at the Western GoM Sale (shelf and deepwater offshore Texas, mostly), the press release from … Continue reading →

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Long before the Selmon Brothers, #OU Football had the Terrible Hotts. #rsrh

Posted on August 26, 2013 by Steve Maley

Brothers Sabert, Oliver and Willis Hott of Medford, OK were teammates in 1913. The 100th anniversary of that season is commemorated on the ticket for OU’s 2013 opening game against the U of Louisiana – Monroe. Sabert played from 1910-13. … Continue reading →

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The Bayou Corne Sinkhole, Part II: What’s Really Going On

Posted on August 25, 2013 by Steve Maley

In Part I: Ridiculing the Press, we looked at press coverage of the Bayou Corne Sinkhole, an ongoing environmental incident in Assumption Parish, Louisiana. That coverage has ranged from indifferent to uninformed to inflammatory. I decided I had to assess … Continue reading →

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