Podcasts about louisiana governor john bel edwards

In the face of historically insurmountable adversity, there is still a chance that conservation can win in Louisiana. These odds are directly due to the unification of a powerful community voice. We can't quiet down now.Join us in calling on Louisiana Governor John Bel Edwards to VETO the decision of the Joint Oversight Committee and approve this NOI to rebuild this world-class fishery in a fair, equitable, and timely manner.All emails should be directed to (governorjohnbeledwards@la.gov). Please send a respectful and encouraging email expressing your support for this NOI and your desire to see Louisiana Redfish back on track in the fastest timeline possible!SUBJECT: “Veto Oversight Committee & Support Rapid Redfish Recovery”BODY: “I support the redfish NOI with a reduction of 55% to get the adult population of redfish back to acceptable levels within a reasonable timeline.”There's no time to wait. Send your email as soon as possible. Louisiana redfish need your voice.

On this week's episode, NPM's Andrew Burnes is joined by Jenny Netherton, Senior Program Manager at Southeastern Wind Coalition and Helen Rose Patterson, Senior Campaign Manager for Offshore Wind at the National Wildlife Federation to discuss the advent of offshore wind in Louisiana state waters.Together, Jenny and Helen Rose answer poignant questions about whether offshore wind in state waters, essentially unprecedented elsewhere in the country, is feasible, whether demand on the ground for offshore wind in Louisiana is genuine or policy-driven, and the challenges developers interested in in the area will face when compared to the much more vetted federal WEAs identified by BOEM. The policy experts also predict some major announcements from Louisiana Governor John Bel Edwards related to offshore wind, some of which may come sooner than expected.New Project Media (NPM) is a leading data, intelligence, and events company providing origination led coverage of the renewable energy market for the development, finance, advisory & corporate community. 

Louisiana Governor John Bel Edwards has made October 24th "Red Beans and Rice Day"  WWL news correspondent Thanh Truong joins Scoot to talk about the mysterious origins of eating red beans and rice on Mondays.

Voting Rights Updates from DC, DE, MO, & LA - Some are Good News for a ChangeToday's LinksArticles:January 6th Committee - CNN - January 6 committee unexpectedly adds new hearing for TuesdayDelaware - Town Square Live -  Same-day voter registration bill heads to CarneyMissouri - St. Louis Public Radio - Huge bill adds extra steps for voters and those who run Missouri electionsLouisiana - The state of voting: June 27, 2022 Groups:Delaware - Delaware Voting Rights Coalition, League of Women Voters DelawareMissouri - Missouri Voter Protection Coalition, League of Women Voters MissouriLouisiana - ACLU Louisiana, Power Coalition for Equality & JusticeYou're listening to the American Democracy Minute, keeping YOUR government by and for the people.We have some voting rights updates for you from Washington, DC, Delaware, Missouri, and Louisiana, some of it good news for a change.  First to DC, where a Tuesday 1 pm surprise January 6th Committee hearing was announced Monday, after having signaled the committee wouldn't be meeting again until July.  The committee didn't indicate who would testify, but reports have now surfaced that Mark Meadow's executive assistant is expected.In Delaware, TownSquare Live reports that the legislature has passed a bill implementing same-day voter registration, which Gov. John Carney is expected to sign.  Same-day registration has a track record of increasing voter participation.Missouri's Governor Mike Parson is expected to sign an omnibus election & voting rights bill which, while implementing early in-person voting for the first time, has added further restrictions to voter ID laws, absentee voting, and election procedures which have advocates and election workers upset.  More on this in future reports.The Fulcrum reports Louisiana Governor John Bel Edwards signed two new bills, one allowing the creation of new rules for “curing” mistakes on absentee ballots, and another facilitating voter registration opportunities for 17-year-old high school seniors. Links to more information on these bills and groups taking action are at our website, and you can send your comments to WethePeople@AmericanDemocracyMinute.org  Granny D said, “Democracy is not something we have, it's something we DO.”  For the American Democracy Minute, I'm Brian Beihl.

Executive director of the newly created Office of Human Trafficking Prevention and Baton Rouge native, Dr. Dana R. Hunter, joins us for an important conversation on the impact of human trafficking on individuals and what the State of Louisiana is doing to fight it. In 2017, after serving in various leadership roles in academia and government, she was appointed by Louisiana Governor John Bel Edwards as the Executive Director of the Governor's Office Children's Cabinet. In this role, she worked passionately to coordinate and align resources and policies to better outcomes for children in the state of Louisiana.  She worked closely with Governor Edwards and First Lady Donna Edwards to facilitate statewide anti-human trafficking efforts and the Human Trafficking Prevention Commission. This past year, Governor John Bel Edwards appointed Dr. Hunter to serve as Executive Director of the newly established Governor's Office of Human Trafficking Prevention. The mission of this office is to prevent and combat human trafficking and to promote healing and justice for victims and survivors.  Additionally, the OHTP will take a lead role in creating a statewide cohesive care coordination model for victims regardless of their location and identity and a network of resources to aid in prevention. Tune in on Wednesday, May 4 @ 6pm EST!

EP 59: Grief is Love ft Kimberly Novod "Life is for the living and you have to live." Kimberly Novod is the founder and executive director of Saul's Light Foundation, a New Orleans-based nonprofit organization dedicated to addressing the unique social-emotional needs of Louisiana's neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) and bereaved families. As an equitable healthcare advocate and birth doula, Kimberly is most passionate about maternal mental health issues, prematurity, and infant loss in the Black community. After experiencing all three, she knows that the most impactful thing we can do after loss is to lead a meaningful life.  In 2019, Kimberly was the recipient of the Millennial Changemaker Award and a New Orleans City Council  Proclamation for exceptional community service. The following year, she was appointed to the Healthy Moms, Healthy Babies Advisory Council by Louisiana Governor John Bel Edwards and in 2021, Kimberly was recognized as a Fearless Striver by the Fearless Fund and Mastercard. Kimberly is a graduate of Xavier University of Louisiana and received a master's degree from Troy University. She is a proud member of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc.   In this episode, you can expect to hear: -What is Saul's Light Foundation -Prematurity birth -Choosing to live and not death -Grief is not what holds us back together, it's love -What you need to do to move forward Connect with Kimberly Novod https://www.saulslight.org/ https://www.instagram.com/sauls_light/ Tell me your story! Visit www.theflywidowpodcast.com

On January 5, 2022, Louisiana Governor John Bel Edwards pardoned Homer Plessy for committing the crime of riding in a whites-only railcar in 1892. The U.S. Supreme Court had rejected Plessy's appeal of his conviction in the infamous Plessy v. Ferguson decision that set the stage for “separate but equal” treatment under Jim Crow laws. But that decision had placed public opinion over the intent of the framers of the Fourteenth Amendment to the Constitution. The progressive left objects to an originalist interpretation of the Constitution by justices that impedes their efforts to make sweeping changes to the form and function of the federal government. In this podcast, The Edifice of Trust host, Victor Bolles, looks at the issues being raised by vaccine mandate cases currently under review by the Court.

President Joe Biden and Louisiana Governor John Bel Edwards address reporters in Laplace as the Hurricane Ida recovery effort kicks into high gear See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

President Biden fires back at critics, vehemently defending the U.S withdrawal from Afghanistan, ‘respectfully disagreeing' evacuations should have started sooner, adding there is no deadline for evacuating remaining Americans ‘if they want to come out'. Sources tell CNN that the U.S. negotiated a secret deal with the Taliban to escort groups of Americans to the Kabul airport gates. Republican hypocrisy is on full display over Afghanistan as GOP lawmakers fearmonger over the presence of Afghan refugees in the U.S. Hurricane Ida has left more than 1 million people without power along the Gulf Coast, amid scorching heat. Food, water and gasoline are also in short supply. In order to best manage the crisis, Louisiana Governor John Bel Edwards has advised evacuees ‘do not return until we are ready to receive you'. A Texas abortion law is set to take effect tonight, and if it not blocked, could effectively end Roe v. Wade. Texas' 6-week abortion ban lets private citizens sue in an unprecedented legal approach. Lawmakers are waiting to see if the Supreme Court intervenes in the controversial ban. Republican Leader Kevin McCarthy warns telecommunications companies not to comply with the January 6th White House Select Committee request to preserve records of lawmakers and private citizens, stating such an act would be in violation of federal law and would be subject to companies losing their ability to operate in the U.S. On tonight's panel: CNN's David Axelrod, John Harwood, Charlie Dent, Brian Todd, Jeffrey Toobin, Laura Coates, Amanda Carpenter, and Scott Jennings. Plus: Matthew Dowd, Cynthia Lee Sheng, Debbie Jordan and Elliot Ackerman. To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy

On this week's "Face the Nation," guest moderated by Ed O'Keefe, CBS News Foreign Correspondent Charlie D'Agata and CBS News National Security Correspondent report the latest on the violence in Kabul, Afghanistan. White House National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan joins us to discuss President Biden's evacuation and defense strategy in the wake of a deadly ISIS-K attack on the Kabul airport. We'll hear from Former U.S. Principal Deputy Director of National Intelligence Sue Gordon, who offers thoughts on the Biden administration's response to a deadly ISIS-K attack and the threats going forward; Plus, Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) discusses America's ongoing exit from Kabul and the security landscape moving forward. Hurricane Ida is expected to strike the Gulf Coast 16 years to the day as Hurricane Katrina. We hear from CBS News Meteorologist Jeff Berardelli and CBS News Correspondent Omar Villafranca. We will also hear from Louisiana Governor John Bel Edwards and Baton Rouge Mayor Sharon Weston Broome. Finally, Former FDA Commissioner Dr. Scott Gottlieb breaks down the intelligence community's latest review on COVID's origins and what's next after FDA's approval of Pfizer's vaccine.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Chris Mitchell, Middle East Bureau Chief for CBN News, explains the recent leadership tensions in Israel as Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's opponents form a coalition deal to remove him from office. Warren Davidson, U.S. Representative for the 8th district of Ohio and former Army Ranger, shares his thoughts on what Dr. Fauci's recently released emails reveal about the origins of the coronavirus, and President Biden announcing a “month of action” and promoting “free beer” incentives to boost vaccination rates. Gordon Chang, author of The Coming Collapse of China and The Great U.S.-China Tech War, explains what the public needs to know about the U.S. government funding in Wuhan. Beth Mizell, Louisiana State Senator, urges Louisiana Governor John Bel Edwards to sign the Louisiana Fairness in Women's Sports Act. Gabrielle Clark, head of the Nevada chapter of No Left Turn in Education (NLTE), discusses her lawsuit against her son's school, the first known lawsuit by a parent against Critical Race Theory in public schools. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/loving-liberty/support

Adam Daigle, Business Editor of the Acadiana Advocate joined Jan Swift to discuss the biggest business news of 2020 and the Advocate’s upcoming Economic Summit to be held virtually on January 13, 2021. While our interview last year with Adam focused on the out-migration of Louisiana residents, this year's interview provides an interesting take on how Acadiana has survived amidst the incredible economic turmoil brought on by the pandemic. The newspaper industry took a hit in income along with all other industries and for a while, the Advocate staff experienced furlow days and a reduction in staff as the tourism drop led to the cancellation of events and the ensuing drop in advertising dollars. Yet, the Advocate held true to its 178-year-old history and has remained a reliable source of up-to-date news. Adam and his fellow journalists work both virtually from home and in the office as they continue to provide top-notch journalism from offices in New Orleans, Baton Rouge, and Lafayette. The top business story of 2020, of course, is COVID and its impact on the economy. While unemployment never hit the 25% level predicted by LEDA's Gregg Gothreaux, the region still lost double the amount of jobs experienced after Hurricane Katrina. Tourism jobs in the hotel and restaurant industries were devastated. Yet, the community rallied to support restaurants, even if just for pickup meals, to help keep the industry afloat. The hotel industry was greatly assisted by the natural disaster wreaked by Hurricane Laura. At the beginning of the pandemic in March 2020, hotel receipts were a mere $1 million; in September and October 2020, hotel receipts registered as one of the best ever at $9 million. The oil and gas industry took its lumps this year, with the price of oil reaching negative numbers at one point. While our regional economy has diversified and has not experienced as hard a hit as in the past, the loss of the oil and gas folks has greatly impacted our quality of life. Their absence impacts not only the economy but trickles down to support generated for the non-profit sector. There were big job gains to celebrate. SchoolMint, an educational technology firm, moved here from San Francisco. With the high price of doing business in the Silicon Valley area, Louisiana is an attractive alternative. Another big win for the region was the news of Westfield Hydraulics and the company’s affiliate, Westfield Fluid Controls, making a $5.1 million capital investment to establish a manufacturing facility in Lafayette. This is anticipated to create 67 new jobs with salaries of approximately $50,000 per year, as well as 106 new indirect jobs. In late December it was confirmed that Amazon is building a 1 million square foot distribution facility in Carencro behind the former Evangeline Downs Racetrack. According to a press release by Louisiana Governor John Bel Edwards, "more than 14,500 small and medium-sized businesses in the state participate in Amazon’s fulfillment network. From June 2019 through May 2020, those Louisiana entrepreneurs recorded a 49 percent growth in year-over-year sales." Carencro has experienced phenomenal growth in recent years with new subdivisions and retail establishments flourishing. Adam shared that the town will record #300 million in sales in 2020, a first for Carencro. Downtown Lafayette has made a lot of progress considering the impact of COVID and the resulting economic downturn. Adam thought it would be "the year of downtown," as there has been great anticipation of the redevelopment work to be done on the old Federal Courthouse site which has been long vacant; the project has been delayed, first due to the need for environmental cleanup and then the ensuing COVID shutdown and demise of the energy sector which altered market demands for more business space in the downtown region. Yet downtown is still diversifying its offerings, particularly with Jefferson Street attracting SugarWolf Outdoor...

Welcome to Majority.FM's AM QUICKIE! Brought to you by justcoffee.coop TODAY'S HEADLINES: Protests and vigils continue in Kenosha, Wisconsin, and beyond, calling for justice for Jacob Blake, shot seven times in the back by police. And new details have emerged about a teenage vigilante shooter who killed two and injured a third at one of those protests this week. Meanwhile, Donald Trump speaks on the final night of the Republican National Convention. And a new report details how much money his companies have skimmed from the US government during his time in office. And lastly, the Christchurch mosque killer receives New Zealand’s maximum criminal penalty. Hear how a victim’s son delivered a righteous speech before the sentencing. THESE ARE THE STORIES YOU NEED TO KNOW: Our apologies: Yesterday we said Jacob Blake, the man shot seven times in the back by police in Kenosha, Wisconsin, had been killed. He is in fact still alive, though paralyzed from the waist down. Yesterday the Chicago Sun-Times reported that Blake was handcuffed to his hospital bed when his father came to visit. It’s unclear what charges he faces, because police haven’t said. Blake’s father, also named Jacob, is scheduled to speak at the March on Washington today. Meanwhile, more details have emerged about Kyle Rittenhouse, the seventeen-year-old shooter who attacked a crowd of protesters in Kenosha before fleeing to his home across the state line in Antioch, Illinois. Students at a high school Rittenhouse attended told Vice News he was shy but also aggressive, and some had him pegged for a future school shooter. He was active in a police cadet training program and reportedly idolized the police. And in addition to making common cause with a local right-wing militia, he was a big fan of Donald Trump. Buzzfeed News found a photo of Rittenhouse in the front row at a Trump rally in Des Moines, Iowa, in late January. Since his shooting, which killed two and wounded another, much of the Republican right has rallied around Rittenhouse, casting him as a hero who fought to protect property from rioters. The survivors of his victims have disputed that characterization in the strongest terms. Those shot dead were victims Anthony Huber, age twenty-six, of Silver Lake; and Joseph “Jojo” Rosenbaum, thirty-six, of Kenosha. Gaige Grosskreutz, twenty-six, of West Allis, was shot in the arm and is expected to recover, according to the Sun-Times. Per the Chicago Tribune, Huber had confronted Rittenhouse, who was carrying an assault rifle, using only his skateboard. A GoFundMe created by his family said QUOTE He was fighting for a cause, and he wasn’t a rioter – he was a protester and a defender ENDQUOTE. Law enforcement and National Guard were out in an attempt to enforce curfews again last night, not only in Kenosha but also in Minneapolis, where protests are ongoing. Finally, police in Kenosha named the officer who shot Jacob Blake seven times in the back while holding his shirt as Rusten Sheskey, a seven-year veteran of the department. The local district attorney will decide whether to file charges against the officer next month after the state Justice Department releases its report. Trump calls Biden... extreme? Yesterday the New York Times reported that for the second time in thirty days, the Trump campaign pulled all its broadcast ads from circulation. The campaign has no new ads scheduled until September 8. That’s two weeks with no ads on television and fewer than seventy days until the election. Something isn’t quite clicking for the Republicans. On night three of the Republican National Convention, headliner Mike Pence brought the lowest ratings yet. And last night, Donald Trump himself delivered the convention keynote from the White House. According to prepared remarks obtained by the Associated Press, Trump cast his super-centrist opponent, Joe Biden, as some kind of flaming radical. And he blamed the violence in Kenosha and elsewhere on the local Democratic leadership. Separately, the Washington Post reported that the Trump Organization has bilked taxpayers for at least nine hundred thousand dollars since he took office, much of it through booking feels at Trump hotels and resorts. The Secret Service is obliged to follow Trump wherever he goes, which means that when he stays at a Trump hotel, agents must book rooms there. Trump has now visited his own hotels two hundred and seventy-one times as president. Sometimes the charges to the Secret Service seemed not only exorbitant but straight-up bogus, such as a bill for furniture removal from a room totaling thirteen hundred dollars plus tax. In response to the Post’s reporting, a White House spokesman warned that they were building up a very large dossier on the reporter, David Farenthold. We’re sure he’s quaking in his shoes. Christchurch mosque shooter sentenced A judge in New Zealand yesterday sentenced Brenton Harrison Tarrant, who killed fifty-one people at two mosques in a terrorist attack last year, to life in prison without the possibility of parole. It was the maximum sentence allowed by law and the first time it has been imposed in the country’s history. According to the Associated Press, Judge Cameron Mander said Tarrant's crimes were so wicked that a lifetime in jail could not begin to atone for them. Tarrant, twenty-nine, is an Austrailian citizen. Ahad Nabi, the son of a shooting victim, also had words for the killer. In an appeal to the judge shared widely on social media, Nabi endorsed the sentence of life without parole. He called the killer a maggot who had inadvertently made his father a martyr. Nabi said, in part, QUOTE You shot at defenseless people that were not aware of what was going on until they knew it was too late. Your actions were gutless... You deserve to be buried in a landfill. This world was created with color. A peasant like you will never change the human race. Your wish is to make this world a racist cult of one color. But you will never succeed... I would like to say that my seventy-one year old dad would have broke you in half if you challenged him to a fight. But you are weak. A sheep with a wolf’s jacket on, for only ten minutes of your whole life. I am strong, and you made me even stronger ENDQUOTE. And with that, Nabi flipped the killer off with both hands. And now for some Quicker Quickies. AND NOW FOR SOME QUICKER QUICKIES: Hurricane Laura flattened buildings and trees along the Gulf Coast and kicked off a large chemical fire over Lake Charles, Louisiana, when it made landfall. Laura continues to move north toward Arkansas and has been downgraded to a tropical storm. Four deaths were reported in Louisiana and none in Texas. The verdict from Louisiana Governor John Bel Edwards: it could have been a lot worse. Indeed, the storm also knocked over a Confederate statue in Lake Charles, only days after parish officials voted to leave it standing. A new analysis in the British Medical Journal found that six feet of social distancing may be insufficient protection against the coronavirus, especially in poorly ventilated indoor settings. Public health experts quoted by the Washington Post say six feet of social distance should be regarded as a starting point, not a strict guidance. The only thing close to a silver bullet, researchers say, is a distanced gathering outdoors where everyone is wearing well- fitted masks. Got that? Mask up and be mindful of how the air is flowing. Russia’s Vladimir Putin has said he is willing to provide military or police assistance to help the ruler of Belarus, Alexander Lukashenko (LUKE-UH-SHEN-KOH), remain in power. Lukashenko, recently seen carrying an assault rifle after deboarding a helicopter, has ordered amid mass arrests of protesters after elections the European Union refuses to recognize as legitimate. Poland’s prime minister, Mateusz Morawiecki (MAT-EH-USH MORA-VESHKY), urged Russia to cease any plans for military intervention in Belarus, calling it a hostile act in violation of international law. The British artist Banksy has used some of his wealth to finance a boat that is patrolling the Mediterranean to rescue refugees lost at sea. The Guardian reports that the boat, named Louise Michel after a French feminist anarchist, rescued eighty-nine people in distress yesterday, including fourteen women and four children. At last report the Louise Michel was looking for a safe port to let the refugees disembark. Aug 28, 2020 - AM Quickie HOSTS - Sam Seder & Lucie Steiner WRITER - Corey Pein PRODUCER - Dorsey Shaw EXECUTIVE PRODUCER - Brendan Finn

Louis Avallone and Stephen Parr talk about the Democrat Party’s “Infomercial” Virtual Convention which is not getting good ratings at all — down more than a quarter to almost half of what it was in 2016 for the first two nights. They discuss why that might be, and included Obama’s speech in 2008, which Stephen concluded was “a little bit of Reagan, a little bit of Lincoln, and a lot of Stalin”.Louisiana Governor John Bel Edwards has made it clear he wants a lot of the November election to be done by mail-in voting, which has repeatedly been proven to be very problematic in having a fair and honest election. The Secretary of State has proposed increasing the number of early voting days and expanding those hours to enable people to vote safely; but Gov. Edwards is against that. The Democrat Party is the party of projection; so when they say something they are either already doing it, or they have already done it, or they are planning on doing it. If Gov. Edwards tries to change Louisiana Election Law just by issuing an Executive Order, he will be behaving like a dictator, not the head of Louisiana under its constitutionally established Rules of Law.Our American Mamas, Teri Netterville, addresses a listener’s question concerning an instructor at the Iowa State University, who made it clear in her published syllabus, that any student who did not support BLM and abortion would fail her required English class. After a conservative student group make it public, the University issued a statement saying “(t)he syllabus statement as written was inconsistent with the university’s standards and its commitment to the First Amendment rights of students.” In addition, that faculty member was counseled on the First Amendment’s meaning and significance.Stephen Parr and Louis Avallone talk about how New York City is in trouble. Almost all of their tax revenues come from the top 1% of the income earners in the City, and it looks like those people are leaving permanently. Many have either moved into the Hamptons area or completely out of State. And many have learned to work from home. The Democrat leadership of the City has mismanaged the finances of the City for a very long time, and now it is running out of money.The Louisiana Insurance Commissioner, Jim Donelon, announced some of the State’s biggest insurance companies are lowering their automobile insurance rates —Progressive, Louisiana Farm Bureau Group, and State Farm. During this shut down, people are driving less which has them getting into fewer accidents. Tort Reform also has had a lot to do with the rates being able to be lowered because the costs to the insurance companies for law suits has been able to do down. Governor Edwards said this would not happen, and a number of Northern Louisiana Legislators voted against Tort Reform.

Louis Avallone and Stephen Parr talk about the Democrat Party’s “Infomercial” Virtual Convention which is not getting good ratings at all — down more than a quarter to almost half of what it was in 2016 for the first two nights. They discuss why that might be, and included Obama’s speech in 2008, which Stephen concluded was “a little bit of Reagan, a little bit of Lincoln, and a lot of Stalin”.Louisiana Governor John Bel Edwards has made it clear he wants a lot of the November election to be done by mail-in voting, which has repeatedly been proven to be very problematic in having a fair and honest election. The Secretary of State has proposed increasing the number of early voting days and expanding those hours to enable people to vote safely; but Gov. Edwards is against that. The Democrat Party is the party of projection; so when they say something they are either already doing it, or they have already done it, or they are planning on doing it. If Gov. Edwards tries to change Louisiana Election Law just by issuing an Executive Order, he will be behaving like a dictator, not the head of Louisiana under its constitutionally established Rules of Law.Our American Mamas, Teri Netterville, addresses a listener’s question concerning an instructor at the Iowa State University, who made it clear in her published syllabus, that any student who did not support BLM and abortion would fail her required English class. After a conservative student group make it public, the University issued a statement saying “(t)he syllabus statement as written was inconsistent with the university’s standards and its commitment to the First Amendment rights of students.” In addition, that faculty member was counseled on the First Amendment’s meaning and significance.Stephen Parr and Louis Avallone talk about how New York City is in trouble. Almost all of their tax revenues come from the top 1% of the income earners in the City, and it looks like those people are leaving permanently. Many have either moved into the Hamptons area or completely out of State. And many have learned to work from home. The Democrat leadership of the City has mismanaged the finances of the City for a very long time, and now it is running out of money.The Louisiana Insurance Commissioner, Jim Donelon, announced some of the State’s biggest insurance companies are lowering their automobile insurance rates —Progressive, Louisiana Farm Bureau Group, and State Farm. During this shut down, people are driving less which has them getting into fewer accidents. Tort Reform also has had a lot to do with the rates being able to be lowered because the costs to the insurance companies for law suits has been able to do down. Governor Edwards said this would not happen, and a number of Northern Louisiana Legislators voted against Tort Reform.

With so much uncertainty about attendance for the 2020 football season, Louisiana Governor John Bel Edwards weighed in. We also hear from JaMarr's Chase's father, Jimmy Chase, on whether or not his son is considering opting out of the 2020 season. And Ed Orgeron raves about Chris Curry. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

With so much uncertainty about attendance for the 2020 football season, Louisiana Governor John Bel Edwards weighed in. We also hear from JaMarr's Chase's father, Jimmy Chase, on whether or not his son is considering opting out of the 2020 season. And Ed Orgeron raves about Chris Curry. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Louisiana Governor John Bel Edwards just extended Phase 2 for another two weeks, until August 7. 2020.
300,000 unemployed workers will receive their final $600 supplemental payment from the Federal Government. Louis Avallone and Stephen Parr are very concerned about this entire situation. The government cannot “fix” this problem because the government is the one causing this problem. The way to solve this problem is for everyone to get back to work.Louis Avallone and Stephen Parr discuss a number of problems with reporting about true COVID-19 infections and deaths by the various States and the CDC. Some early test kits sent to the States by the CDC were defective, giving false positives. If people die form other causes, accidents, heart or stroke, or unrelated wound infections, for example, too many of those are also being reported as being COVID-19 deaths. Florida has admitted their infection rates has been inflated by 30%.Our @American Mamas, Teri Netterville and Denise Arthur, are quite troubled with our culture’s lack of respect for our Elders and what they still have to contribute to our collective society. It is quite important to know their experiences in life while they are still with us because we need to maintain that understanding of our families, our communities, and ourselves.Stephen Parr gives a number of illustrations of what local law enforcement does in response to local riots and how those responses — or lack thereof — determines what happens going forward. Portland has proven that tolerance of rioting and public destruction will not “eventually burn itself out”. It only encourages even more. In Dallas, however, the Chief of Police says her job is not to make people happy. She further states that her job and law enforcement’s job is to keep the City Safe.President Trump has issued an Executive Order to exclude Illegal Aliens (people who are not supposed to be in the United States) from the apportionment of seats in the U. S. House of Representatives. This also could impact the Electoral College votes by States. This is most likely going to end up having to be decided by the Supreme Court.

Louisiana Governor John Bel Edwards just extended Phase 2 for another two weeks, until August 7. 2020.
300,000 unemployed workers will receive their final $600 supplemental payment from the Federal Government. Louis Avallone and Stephen Parr are very concerned about this entire situation. The government cannot “fix” this problem because the government is the one causing this problem. The way to solve this problem is for everyone to get back to work.Louis Avallone and Stephen Parr discuss a number of problems with reporting about true COVID-19 infections and deaths by the various States and the CDC. Some early test kits sent to the States by the CDC were defective, giving false positives. If people die form other causes, accidents, heart or stroke, or unrelated wound infections, for example, too many of those are also being reported as being COVID-19 deaths. Florida has admitted their infection rates has been inflated by 30%.Our @American Mamas, Teri Netterville and Denise Arthur, are quite troubled with our culture’s lack of respect for our Elders and what they still have to contribute to our collective society. It is quite important to know their experiences in life while they are still with us because we need to maintain that understanding of our families, our communities, and ourselves.Stephen Parr gives a number of illustrations of what local law enforcement does in response to local riots and how those responses — or lack thereof — determines what happens going forward. Portland has proven that tolerance of rioting and public destruction will not “eventually burn itself out”. It only encourages even more. In Dallas, however, the Chief of Police says her job is not to make people happy. She further states that her job and law enforcement’s job is to keep the City Safe.President Trump has issued an Executive Order to exclude Illegal Aliens (people who are not supposed to be in the United States) from the apportionment of seats in the U. S. House of Representatives. This also could impact the Electoral College votes by States. This is most likely going to end up having to be decided by the Supreme Court.

Today’s show features: Carrie Severino, President of Judicial Crisis Network, on why America deserves to see Joe Biden's list of prospective Supreme Court nominees. Jeff Landry, Louisiana Attorney General, on his letter asking Louisiana Governor John Bel Edwards to fully reopen churches. Beth Stelzer, Founder of Save Women’s Sports, on the petition to the International Olympics Committee to protect the safety and integrity of women’s sports from biological men competing in their competitions. Henry Song, North Korean Human Rights Activist, on religious persecution in North Korea. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/loving-liberty/support

Health Frontiers Radio Podcast April 24. 2020 The Truth (and Lies) about Coronavirus  Despite nonstop round the clock coverage of the Coronavirus pandemic, many people are confused by so many conflicting reports and so much conflicting advice.  To whom can we look for straight answers?  Join our Health Frontiers panel as we review and discuss an impassioned editorial from David Williams MD, a highly respected family medicine and seasoned missionary practitioner who speaks from experience on the front lines of Covid-19 treatment in Alabama.   https://coronavirustruths.godaddysites.com/?fbclid=IwAR2b0s9X20MJNL7W1Hb2KkeDoyDyvE6qR8dT-091qhqRhiLjofYxy1lS5xU Logos Nutritionals deal of the week:  Follow the link to get two of our most potent immune system boosting products for only $50.  That's a $13 dollar savings!  Order here while supplies last.    Here is the full article: Coronavirus Truths The Truth (and Lies) about Coronavirus Primary Author: David Williams, MD  Revised April 23 with updates to section regarding COVID-19 deaths and the addendum. The Truth (and Lies) about Coronavirus This is being written on April 19, 2020. Although there is a central author, it is being written on behalf of multiple physicians in West Alabama and will be distributed through multiple medical offices. Between us we have well over a hundred years of practice and have treated hundreds of thousands of patients suffering infectious diseases. Including mission trips we have treated patients on five continents. We planned this date for several reasons. First, most of our patients now realize there is something “funny” about the coverage and handling of this disease. Secondly, if it wasn’t being handled differently by April 19, we knew it would take action from us and our patients to change that handling. Finally, we were told in March by our state officials that experts predicted New York, Florida, Texas, and Alabama were projected to have the median most fatalities from the COVID-19 outbreak with the peak in Alabama expected to be April 19. On this date, Alabama was supposed to be on pace for 5,516 deaths and be short over 21,000 hospital beds. The information just listed, and every piece of information discussed below can be verified with a quick internet search. Many of the sources will be directly referenced. So here goes: TRUTH: COVID-19 is an actual medical disease that will lead to tragic deaths.  Although this seems obvious, it should be clear that no one involved wishes to express anything but sympathy to those affected and their families. Respiratory failure is a terrible way to die. That is true if that death is due to asthma, COPD, pneumonia, influenza, smoke inhalation, cystic fibrosis, ALS, or COVID-19. LIE: We don’t know much about coronavirus. This is one of the media’s favorite lies. It is much scarier if it is unknown. We know that coronavirus is a zoonotic disease. In other words, it’s natural hosts are birds and animals as opposed to humans. We vaccinate domestic animals for them. We know that four forms cause colds every year. We know it mutates and evolves just like the flu. We know it sometimes becomes deadly as it has in SARS and MERS. We have done medical studies on coronavirus as a coexisting illness in patients in the past. LIE: COVID-19 is more infectious than influenza. This is one of two lies most often quoted by the millions who call national radio programs or post on social media. It is amazing how many people with absolutely no medical training somehow feel qualified to comment on this disease. Now, we want to be more fair than the national media so we are obligated to report there will never be a study where 1,000 people eat after people with the flu and 1,000 others eat after people with COVID-19 to see which one is more infectious. But the evidence is overwhelming. COVID-19 was first identified in late December/early January. A little over three and a half months in, we have slightly over 2 million confirmed cases globally. By comparison, according to the National Center for Biotechnology Information (Google Influenza Update- NCBI), influenza is responsible for up to a billion infections annually. Flu season is basically from the start of October until April. At the flu’s three and a half month mark, that works out to 583 million cases globally. Even accounting for the fact COVID-19 is underreported that is a HUGE difference. However, there is even further evidence influenza is more infectious. Drawing from our own (meaning everyone reading this) experiences, when influenza gets started in a daycare or elementary school, they often have to be closed for a short time because otherwise, everyone gets it. All the kids, workers, teachers, and parents. The most students in one class we could remember was 23 of 25 out at the same time with the flu. Certainly, daycare classes in both Tuscaloosa and Jefferson counties have been closed this year. Contrast that to what you know about coronavirus. The NBA tested hundreds of players, staff, and media to come up with 14 cases. The vast majority did not contract the virus at all. The most extreme case in terms of possible COVID-19 exposure we could find was the aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt. If you have never toured a military ship, space is at a premium. Very tight and crowded conditions. Secondary to this, hundreds of crew would become infected. So 4,800 men and women were exposed to multiple individuals with the virus several times a day, day after day. Despite that constant exposure, 4,140 (or over 86%) of those sailors would never even contract the disease. To address the possible rebuttals, it is absolutely true we don’t know the true number of COVID-19 cases. It doesn’t make the average person under 60 sick so we will never account for all of those. However, it doesn’t even infect the average person with a healthy immune system who comes in contact with it, so the number can only be so high. It is true that testing has not been available everywhere the entire three and a half months but we are making up for that by testing generously now. Locally, DCH had tested 3,105 by April 17, 2,958 of which were negative. LIE: COVID-19 is more dangerous than influenza. The second lie of the medically uninformed. Even among those who do contract COVID-19, most under 60, including virtually everyone under 21, will never know they had it. On the USS Theodore Roosevelt, 60% were asymptomatic. Of the 2 million people who have tested positive for COVID-19 globally, most have had mild to no symptoms. By the three and half month mark of flu season, the flu had resulted in over 2 million severe cases requiring hospitalization. Influenza results in 290,000 to 670,000 deaths annually. COVID-19 deaths will be discussed below. LIE: The fact one doesn’t know he or she has COVID-19 makes it more dangerous. All viruses shed and are primarily spread while the infected host is asymptomatic. Repeat, all viruses do this. We use the term virulence to describe how dangerous a virus is. The more virulent, the more likely to cause infection or more severe symptoms. One’s chance of becoming infected with anything is multifactorial. In other words, lots of things come into play. The infectiousness and quantity of the pathogen comes into play. Your level of rest, nutrition, stress, age, and general health come into play as well. In the case of influenza, if you contract it you are going to get sick. There will never be a time where the NBA tests hundreds of players and staff to find 14 cases of influenza – two with mild symptoms and twelve with no symptoms. If you get influenza, even if you are Michael Jordan (who had perhaps the most famous flu game of all time), you are going to know. That is because the flu is so virulent that in 24 to 48 hours it overwhelms even the immune system of a healthy adult and you develop symptoms.  But in those 24 hours, it is multiplying, everyone around you is at risk. Depending on the exact exposure, the risk goes from high probability to certainty of contracting. For instance, if a high school student kisses their boyfriend or girlfriend during that day, they are getting the flu, period. But COVID-19 is so much less virulent it usually never overcomes the immune system of a healthy adult. Yes, they will shed this virus for up to 2 weeks, but most people around them still won’t get it. Since we are in West Alabama, let’s use a football example. Think of the healthy adult immune system as Alabama’s 2019 football team. Influenza is LSU’s 2019 football team. It only took one exposure to LSU to record a loss. COVID-19 is closer to Arkansas’ 2019 football team, maybe Ole Miss. Alabama could have played them 14 times and were less likely to lose than the one game with LSU. It is possible to record a loss, with some fumbles and a blocked punt, etc. but way less likely. TRUTH: COVID-19 is more dangerous to the elderly and immunocompromised. TRUTH: That doesn’t really mean anything in and of itself because everything is more dangerous to those unfortunate individuals. It does mean we should try to protect those individuals from infections in general. TRUTH: It is now almost impossible for anyone in the general public or general medical community to know the actual number of deaths from COVID-19. That is because sometime in March US hospitals started testing all ER patients and every patient who died, regardless of the cause of death, for COVID-19. Those patients are being included by the media in COVID-19 death tolls. Yes, a victim of a car accident brought to a US ER who passes away will be tested for COVID-19. Two of the most egregious examples of misrepresentation involve infants. One of the fascinating things about coronaviruses from a medical standpoint is children are almost universally immune to deleterious effects. A study from back in 2004-2005 was conducted in which swabs were done in both controls and children hospitalized for respiratory illness. The incidence of coronavirus was the same for controls and hospitalized children and the conclusion was HCoV (coronavirus) infection was not associated with hospitalization or with increased severity of illness in those hospitalized due to other infections. Search NIH if you want to review these findings. Obviously, COVID-19 is not included in that study since it was first identified recently. However, COVID-19 has not been associated with pediatric illness anywhere. Not China, South Korea, Italy, or Spain. So on March 29 when BuzzFeed.News and an Illinois paper, The Guardian, led with the headline “The First Infant Has Died In The US After Testing Positive For The Coronavirus,” it caught our attention. The article goes on to say the infant’s death was announced by Governor JB Pritzker and, depending on which article you read, either Pritzker, or Dr. Ngozi Ezike, director of the Illinois Department of Public Health, said: “If you haven’t been paying attention (to COVID-19), maybe this is your wake-up call.” On April 2, CBS News reported Connecticut Governor Ned Lamont had announced “It is with heartbreaking sadness today that we can confirm the first pediatric fatality in Connecticut linked to COVID-19.” He went on to say it was likely one of the youngest deaths from the disease “anywhere.” The problem is neither death has actually been attributed to COVID-19. On April 3, the Hartford Courant correctly clarified that all patients who die in Connecticut hospitals were being tested for the virus, regardless of the manner of death, and that Connecticut’s Chief Medical Examiner had not ruled COVID-19 to be the infant’s cause of death. Just yesterday, April 18, NBC 5 Chicago reported Chicago Department of Public Health Commissioner Dr. Allison Arwady said it is preliminarily believed the infant in Illinois did not die from coronavirus. New York is also a source of great misinformation. On March 22, Sky News ran footage of a hospital in Italy. On March 25, CBS This Morning ran the same footage. However, they claimed it was filmed in New York. Citizen reporters by the dozens have recorded empty testing tents and idle ambulance crews when the national media has reported hours-long waits at the same testing sites and overstretched ambulance crews. You can find those videos on Youtube, although they don’t always make it easy. But there are enough people interested in getting the truth out there they are consistently reposted. At the time of publishing, this link was successful https://youtu.be/MOBKyCY2esw. On April 14, the New York Times reported New York City officials at the Health Department had increased its death toll by 3,700 who NEVER TESTED POSITIVE for the virus. They were “presumed” to have died from it. REVISED April 23, 2020. This is actually much worse than we thought. According to worldometers.info from January 1 to April 1, 2020, the worldwide deaths from COVID-19 were 46,438 as opposed to 121,993 for influenza. To recap, during the same three months, with the same social distancing, the same shelter in place, and even handicapped with a vaccine against it, the flu still killed more than two and a half times as many people as COVID-19. In terms of deciding to shut down the economy, there were 11 causes of death on the list.  Influenza and COVID-19 were ranked a distant 10th and 11th. On March 23, 2020, a Vox.com article by Dylan Scott outlined COVID-19 risks by age group. CDC figures cited a death rate of 2.7 percent for those 65 to 74, 4.3 percent for those 75 to 84, and 10.4 percent for those 85 and over. How does a virus that killed 46,438 globally in three months (and which about 96% of those 75 to 84, and 90% of those 85 and older survive) suddenly kill 143,984 in the next three weeks, according the same worldometers.info?  On April 2nd, 2020, the National Vitals Statistics System, which is part of the CDC, provided new guidance regarding the issuing of death certificates. COVID-19 was to be listed if it was assumed to cause or contribute to a death. For example, if someone dies from pneumonia, respiratory distress, or COPD, and has exhibited coronavirus symptoms, their certificate will list COVID-19 as a presumed contributing factor. Since shortness of breath, fever, and/or cough will be exhibited in all respiratory illnesses, every such death could potentially be recorded as a COVID-19 fatality. This certainly appears to be happening across the board.  We have never seen any disease handled in this way. Any medical professional who can provide an example of a similar protocol is encouraged to share such a case. It completely defies any scientific method to work based on assumption. Even doctors opposed to reopening the economy should be upset because we will never have accurate numbers concerning this disease. To complicate matters further, if your city attributes enough deaths to COVID-19, it can request billions of dollars of federal aid. TRUTH: The current policies instituted by our local, state, and national governments are causing greater health problems than the virus ever will. According to the Wall Street Journal, 22 million Americans have filed for unemployment in just four weeks. When you consider spouses and children, it seems reasonable that up to 70 million Americans would be affected by that number. Staying at home is not without consequence. Those individuals are at significantly higher risk of depression, suicide, domestic abuse, and other mental health issues. The stress is making them more likely to become ill from all manner of disease. Many have lost their insurance. Some will become divorced. Hundreds of thousands of medical procedures have been canceled or delayed. There is another threat to our health. Rural hospitals have closed in large numbers is recent years. The situation with COVID-19 has placed many more community hospitals of all sizes at risk. Most are relatively empty and are bleeding cash. TRUTH: The media as a whole has grossly misrepresented this disease. We felt if we used the word “deliberately” we may have to present this as an opinion, but it sure appears deliberate. A couple of national examples include the CBS This Morning story referenced above and yesterday’s CNN story. The headline read “Jacksonville beach packed as Florida coronavirus cases hit record” and they ran a photo taken in the past of a Los Angeles County beach to show the crowd. Locally, on April 14, local news outlets used the headline, “Mayor Walt Maddox to Pitch Plan to Re-open Tuscaloosa on April 28th.” While not technically untrue, that sounds like the plan is to re-open the city on April 28th. In reality, it should have read, “On April 28, Mayor Walt Maddox to Pitch Plan to Re-open Tuscaloosa,” because no plan is even to be presented until April 28. A Tuscaloosa News headline today read “Prison system reports COVID-19 death.” You had to read the article to find the 66-year-old victim was already terminally ill and had been hospitalized since April 4th in critical care for his preexisting conditions. He only tested positive on the last day of his life. OPINION: The way in which the media has pushed fear nonstop amounts to psychological warfare against this country. If it hasn’t occurred to you that we have heard one story and essentially one story alone for literally two months, well, that should have aroused suspicion. TRUTH: The media will continue to fight reopening of this country by stating “experts” predict a spike in deaths if we do so. We would assume those are the same experts who initially predicted 2.2 million US deaths, revised to 200,000, then 100,000, then 60,000, then ordered testing all US deaths just in case they had coronavirus because we weren’t on pace for even 30,000 prior to that change in policy. TRUTH: Not every country has shut down their economy, and none of those countries have suffered higher rates of death because they have kept their economy going. One of the searches done prior to putting this together related to countries who kept their businesses open. One of the lowest mortality rates in the entire world is Japan, who fits that description. Looking for the country with the highest mortality rate and an open economy, we came across an article with a very liberal bent that described two Scandinavian countries. It described how uncaring Sweden was as it conducted business as usual while Denmark cared for its’ people and shut down. The expected mortality rate for Sweden was 69 per million whereas Denmark was 39 per million. If you take 69 and multiply it by 340 (for 340 million people in the United States) it comes out to 23,640, or about 15,000 fewer people than we are expected to lose to the flu this year. OPINION: Medical organizations have failed this country. Literally every doctor in America should know everything listed above. So why haven’t organizations like the AMA and AAFP, as well as state organizations, presented this information to their governors and the President? TRUTH: China is involved, but not how you think. We can not tell you how many times people have expressed consternation about not knowing what China is hiding. Generally, they feel it is horrific death numbers or the genesis story of the virus. China withheld information about the virulence of COVID-19. They knew they had cases of asymptomatic individuals, possibly hundreds of thousands of such patients. By not including this data it changed the mortality rate greatly. Initial terror regarding COVID-19 was a 4% mortality rate in China. Most would now concede the mortality rate is less than 0.2% given the high number of asymptomatic patients. Meanwhile, the Chinese are buying property in affected areas, particularly Italy, and likely not unhappy with what is happening in America given their trade battles with President Trump. TRUTH: The NBA canceled their season voluntarily, with no external domestic pressures, and China is a huge market for them. Their financial interests in China were threatened after a single tweet from Houston GM Daryl Morey in October supporting Hong Kong protestors. After literally a single runny nose, the NBA canceled their season and proceeded to test hundreds of healthy individuals looking for COVID-19. We find it fascinating no one in the media, and certainly, no one at ESPN has asked questions about that behavior. TRUTH: People are lazy, or they have an agenda. Not only did the media not ask pertinent questions about the NBA, but they also have not reached out to knowledgeable health professionals even when they were provided the names and contacts of such individuals. If the narrative did not fit COVID-19 terror, it was ignored. We know this has happened both locally and nationally. Local, state and national politicians have done the same thing. All of the information here is readily available. So if any elected official has said anything along the lines of “as a leader, I feel a responsibility to keep people safe,” to support restrictions on you or local businesses, ask that official what research he or she was basing his or her decision on. The general public is lazy. They read headlines. Grossly misleading headlines. So when you pass this on, you will have to insist people actually read the whole thing. TRUTH: Amazon founder Jeff Bezos is making a fortune, and he wants you to stay home. In addition to owning Amazon, he owns the Washington Post. Just read any headline or article it has ever written regarding a plan to reopen the economy. Do with that information what you will, but we hope it means you stop ordering from Amazon and support local businesses instead. TRUTH: COVID-19 has been treated like a world-ender; it’s not even remotely close.  As mentioned earlier, it has infected just over 2 million people in the world. Not killed 2 million people. Actually, not even made 2 million sick. Just infected. So it is 76 million short of infecting 1% of the world’s population. It is 998 million short of infecting as many as influenza has this year, the vast majority of which are sicker than the average coronavirus patient. The world has never shut down for any disease before. And it chose this one to do so? TRUTH: Quarantine is a period or place of isolation in which people who have been exposed or infected with a contagious disease are placed. The government has used it to impose shelter in place on healthy individuals and close businesses. There are words for that, but quarantine is not one of those words. TRUTH: This is not a medical crisis, but a political crisis. There is a saying in politics, “never waste a crisis,” and this is apparently true even if the crisis is fabricated. We briefly debated leaving out politics, but the reality is most have already figured this out and there is no explaining the phenomenon that is COVID-19 hysteria without talking politics. In short, Democrats attempted to impeach Trump late in 2019 and failed. Shortly after a State of the Union address in which he touted considerable economic success, COVID-19 was made front and center by the media. Most probably feel both parties have failed us but there is no debating which party is most responsible for pushing the fear. Every time President Trump argues for reopening, the press and the Democrats gnash their teeth and talk higher death tolls. The governors of Illinois and Connecticut who incorrectly reported infant deaths are Democrat. Michigan governor Gretchen Whitmer, who has gone so far as to restrict her state’s residents from mowing their lawns and planting flowers, is a Democrat. Louisiana Governor John Bel Edwards, who threatened to permanently take licenses from open businesses and organize a special police task force to arrest anyone in groups of more than ten, is a Democrat. Mayor Walt Maddox is a Democrat. He told us in March that if he did nothing Tuscaloosa County would experience 3,686 deaths due to COVID-19. Think about that for just a second. It was first identified in Wuhan, China, a city of over 11 million people. China has a population of 1.4 billion and at the time of his presentation, COVID-19 had killed a little over 3,200 in the entire country. Tuscaloosa County has a population of just under 184,000 and is considerably less densely populated than Wuhan, China. That number is not only meant to do nothing except incite fear but indicates a serious lack of insight and judgement. TRUTH: The Alabama coronavirus numbers presented in the opening paragraph appear to be way off. We are nowhere near 5,000 deaths. In fact, we currently have only 4,700 total cases and 113 deaths. Tuscaloosa County has yet to experience a single death. DCH reports five or fewer inpatients in the ICU (they will only report units of five to protect privacy) being treated for COVID-19 with five or fewer on ventilators. Again, every such patient is significant, but we are thankful the numbers are so small. While we recognize some may feel those numbers are smaller due to social distancing and/or shelter in place orders, COVID-19 numbers have not been affected by those behaviors when compared to countries where they were not employed. TRUTH: If you love your children, enjoy sports, or know anyone who owns or is employed by a small business you should be angry. Very angry. We can absolutely take steps to protect the elderly and vulnerable, but everything should reopen immediately. Millions of high school seniors have been deprived graduations and proms. Millions of high school athletes have lost their spring season. Thousands of NCAA athletes have lost the same. Some will permanently lose their programs altogether due to financial issues associated with the coronavirus response. Your kids are at home when they should be with their teachers and classmates. Your neighbors have been prevented from working and businesses built over decades or generations have been lost or threatened. Absolutely NONE of it was or is necessary. TRUTH: Nothing will change unless it is demanded. Seriously, take this, repost it, and act on it. It will have to happen nationwide. Call mayors, governors, representatives, senators. Call back the next day. Email them. Email these facts. Verify for yourself which facts you are comfortable utilizing. DO NOT BE LAZY. Call radio stations, TV stations, national news outlets. Send it to medical organizations like the AMA and AAFP. It needs to happen by the thousands. They clearly aren’t paying attention. Or they assume you aren’t.   ADDENDUM: I would like to address a few of the concerns and criticisms this document has received. I am changing from we to I because I am speaking only for myself. Primary criticism has been either 1) how do we know this is true/qualification issues or 2) it is a political piece.  The first criticism simply validates one of the main points of the document. This information can be verified and was valid at the time of publication. Most of the time, you were told exactly where you could find it. The complete lack of effort the public has shown to educate themselves about this virus has contributed to the terror it has created. It really shouldn’t matter who wrote it if the information is valid. I am not an epidemiologist, but, for the record, it was reviewed by one and he agreed. The second criticism I can at least understand. The objective of the paper was not to be political but to recognize the role it plays in behaviors related to the virus. Frankly, I have never been able to successfully explain why we are hearing so much about a virus that doesn’t make most people sick without involving the politics (and I have tried, and that information is also available). However, I may not have done as well as I could have in conveying that. I am not happy with either party’s handling of the issue. I have had political discussions with patients of every race and persuasion and said the same. Both parties have failed us. I haven’t voted for somebody in way too long. I have voted against somebody else. I have told everyone that has to change if we are going to make it. My primary political concerns are reduced health care premiums, lower deductibles, less expensive drugs, lower taxes, taking care of the environment, and smaller government. We should take care of ourselves and each other. It is my opinion, though, that the media and the Democratic party are most responsible for pushing the fear and trying to keep us from reopening the economy. The point of the paper is to suppress fear, dispense information, and reopen the economy. Yesterday (April 21), Texas’ Governor and Lt. Governor called for reopening their state and the country. The article in The Hill goes on to say Texas has nearly 29 million people with 19,458 having tested positive for coronavirus and 495 fatalities. The response of Texas Democratic Party Chair Gilberto Hinojosa was that they “would put Texans at-risk to enrich themselves and their stock portfolios.” “They would see our family members die to bail out Wall Street,” Hinojosa said. “The lives of our families, our friends, and our communities have no dollar amount. Texas Republicans can no longer claim to be the pro-life party anymore.” You can draw your own conclusions. I based mine on statements such as those.    REVISED April 23, 2020. For those who question whether I am truly anti-fear, as opposed to having another agenda, President Trump disagreed “strongly” with Georgia Governor Brian Kemp’s decisions to reopen certain businesses in his state. I strongly agree with Governor Kemp.   COPYRIGHT © 2020 CORONAVIRUS TRUTHS - ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. POWERED BY GODADDY WEBSITE BUILDER

First, Jake interviews Secretary of Defense Mark Esper about how the military is mobilizing to respond to coronavirus. Next, Jake talks with Louisiana Governor John Bel Edwards about the rapidly escalating crisis in his state. Then, Jake talks with Illinois Governor JB Pritzker about how his state is obtaining lifesaving medical supplies. Next, Jake speaks with House Majority Whip Jim Clyburn, who was selected to chair the House committee overseeing stimulus spending. And finally, Jake has a question for President Trump.

We can't escape talking about or dealing with Covid19. Paul updates me with what's happening in New Orleans and Louisiana. According to Professor Gary Wagner of University of Louisiana at Lafayette, “If you look at the trajectory that we are on, and you go back and look at where Italy and Spain were at the same point in time that we are, we’re on a higher trajectory." What is Louisiana Governor John Bel Edwards doing? Paul talks about NOLA's shut down, Mardi Gras, lack of response from the White House, and working from home. Professor Wagner also said, “You look at where we are compared to where New York state was when they were at the same point in time, we’re on a higher trajectory than New York state.” So Mark from New York City, talks to me about what his company is doing with their employees, his dismay with the person in the White House, and life during a city shutdown.

2019: What A Year! Peter and Tyler close out 2019 with a wide-ranging retrospective on the year, including the biggest coastal trends, the best podcast guests of the year, our favorite shows on ASPN, and the highlights from the 219 podcasts released this year! ASPN and Coastal News Today grew beyond our dreams in 2019 and we hope we were able to capture the complexity of the coastal conversation in America and around the world. The coastal space is the most dynamic environment on the planet and a land of immense opportunities and intricate challenges. We hope we have brought a flavor of this world to you, our readers and listeners, in 2019. In this Year-End-In Review, Peter and Tyler delve deep into ASPN's 2019 coverage, especially our must-show coverage of the Maine lobster industry, which encapsulates the complexity of coastal resource management, economics, and environmental protection all along the American shoreline. Over seven shows, we took an in-depth look at the lobster harvest explosion, the science behind the fishery, lobster shell disease, the seemingly existential threat posed by climate change, and critical efforts by the NOAA Take Reduction Team to protect the last 400 North Atlantic right whales threatened by "vertical lines" from lobster traps and other risks. We call it the "ASPN Treatment." And, we pause to thank our great ASPN Hosts who made this year so memorable: Jenna Valente, Host of the Sea Change Podcast; Derek Brockbank, Host of the Capitol Beach Podcast; Dan Martin, Host of Next Gen Waterfronts Podcast; Dan Ginolfi & Howard Marlowe, Co-hosts of the Water Log Podcast; Jacques Hebert & Simone Maloz, Co-hosts of the Delta Dispatches Podcast; Thane Tienson and Brad Warren, Co-hosts of the Changing Waters Podcast; Peter Ravella and Tyler Buckingham, Co-hosts of the American Shoreline Podcast; Rob Nixon, Host of the Next Swell Podcast; Bob Frump, Host of the Ship to Shore Podcast; Leslie Ewing, Host of the Shorewords! Podcast; Peter Ravella, Host of the Local Control Podcast; and Tyler Buckingham, Host of both the Beach Shack Pod and the Friday Happy Hour Podcast. Together, these hosts drew some amazing guests to ASPN. Among our favorites were Danni Washington, ocean educator and activist; Louisiana Governor John Bel Edwards; Ken Graham, Director of the National Hurricane Center; Senator Sheldon Whitehouse from Rhode Island; Dr. Susan Hovorka, a carbon sequestration specialist from the University of Texas Bureau of Economic Geology; Mary Robinson, former President of Ireland and international climate change activist; Gilbert M. Gaul Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Geography of Risk; Patrice McCarron, Executive Director of the Maine Lobstermen's Association; Shanee Stopnitzky, Director of the Community Submersible Project; Dr. Joe Kunkel, a lobster scientist from UMASS, and so many, many more. There's no way to adequately summarize the breadth, width and depth of ASPN's 2019 coverage. Over the holiday when you have time traveling in the car or sitting back on a quiet afternoon, meander through the ASPN catalogue of shows and listen to a few . . . there are real treasures there. Finally, Peter and Tyler reflect on the coastal and ocean trends of 2019 and the last decade, and what we might expect to see in 2020 and beyond. Wow, what a year! Thank you from the bottom of our hearts to all our hosts, our guests, and our readers and listeners! Thank you and on to the next decade.

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The latest national and Louisiana ag news, market information, and a visit with Louisiana Governor John Bel Edwards. Governor Edwards discusses his experience growing up on a Tangipahoa dairy farm, his work with agriculture during his first term and what Louisiana farmers and ranchers can expect from him in a second term.

The latest national and Louisiana ag news, market information, and a visit with Louisiana Governor John Bel Edwards. Governor Edwards discusses his experience growing up on a Tangipahoa dairy farm, his work with agriculture during his first term and what Louisiana farmers and ranchers can expect from him in a second term.

On this very special 100th episode of Delta Dispatches, Jacques and Simone mark the occasion by sitting down with Louisiana Governor John Bel Edwards to get his thoughts on Hurricane Barry, the state's coastal restoration and protection efforts, and much more!

Thanks for listening to the 100th episode of Delta Dispatches! Jacques and Simone mark this special occasion by sitting down with Louisiana Governor John Bel Edwards to get his thoughts on Hurricane Barry, the state's coastal restoration and protection efforts, and much more!

This is a special edition of The Voice of Louisiana Agriculture Podcast, coming to you from the 97th Annual Convention of the Louisiana Farm Bureau Federation in New Orleans. Episode #33 is packed with news from the convention, including the address of Louisiana Governor John Bel Edwards, the keynote speaker at the convention's General Session. We also have an interview with Reynold Minsky, President of the 5th Louisiana Levee District. Reynold brings us up to date on what's happening along the river in Northeast Louisiana. On Grassroots Government, our guest is State Senator and Louisiana sugarcane farmer Bret Allain. He will discuss the recently concluded Louisiana legislative session and give us an update on his sugarcane crop. We will go In the Field to visit with Tensas Parish cotton, corn and soybean farmer Ben Guthrie for an update on his crop conditions. Our regular market analysts Greg Fox and Dave Foster will check in with a look at the markets. Then we will wrap up the podcast with a new feature. Long-time Louisiana farm broadcaster and newspaper columnist Jack Dillard will share his thoughts on what's happening in the Ark-La-Tex area.

This is a special edition of The Voice of Louisiana Agriculture Podcast, coming to you from the 97th Annual Convention of the Louisiana Farm Bureau Federation in New Orleans. Episode #33 is packed with news from the convention, including the address of Louisiana Governor John Bel Edwards, the keynote speaker at the convention's General Session. We also have an interview with Reynold Minsky, President of the 5th Louisiana Levee District. Reynold brings us up to date on what's happening along the river in Northeast Louisiana. On Grassroots Government, our guest is State Senator and Louisiana sugarcane farmer Bret Allain. He will discuss the recently concluded Louisiana legislative session and give us an update on his sugarcane crop. We will go In the Field to visit with Tensas Parish cotton, corn and soybean farmer Ben Guthrie for an update on his crop conditions. Our regular market analysts Greg Fox and Dave Foster will check in with a look at the markets. Then we will wrap up the podcast with a new feature. Long-time Louisiana farm broadcaster and newspaper columnist Jack Dillard will share his thoughts on what's happening in the Ark-La-Tex area.

The Roots of Music Marching Crusaders is a musical group of great fame and critical acclaim ― they’ve marched for the NFL’s New Orleans Saints; they performed for United States President Barack Obama. They’ve played with the Louisiana Philharmonic, and serenaded the inauguration of Louisiana Governor John Bel Edwards. But what makes them really special is that the group is comprised of youth! This amazing group of kids represents a community effort that goes so much deeper than “merely” musical excellence for outstanding youth. Each year, and as an integral part of their mission, the organization serves on the order of 200 low-income youth from across New Orleans. In a time when community struggles can greatly hold back the growth, development, and achievement of our most precious resource ― young lives ― The Roots of Music has assembled an incredible change-making model that combines musical instruction and school tutoring, with nutritious meals and transportation, and which leads in turn to inspirational performances, community building, mentorship, pride, and personal success. Listen in to learn more about this amazing group and how they're changing lives for young people in New Orleans!

KEEL News Radio 710am's Robert J. Wright and Erin McCarty interviewed Louisiana Governor John Bel Edwards on Friday morning, and asked about the letters that went out to nursing home residents warning them about a future cutoff of funding. Governor Edwards responded by playing the blame game, and tried to save face by shifting responsibility to everyone but himself. This kind of irresponsible behavior is unbecoming in a "leader". We recapped the interview and dug up some facts on the budget situation on Friday's "Digging Deep".

KEEL News Radio 710am's Robert J. Wright and Erin McCarty interviewed Louisiana Governor John Bel Edwards on Friday morning, and asked about the letters that went out to nursing home residents warning them about a future cutoff of funding. Governor Edwards responded by playing the blame game, and tried to save face by shifting responsibility to everyone but himself. This kind of irresponsible behavior is unbecoming in a "leader". We recapped the interview and dug up some facts on the budget situation on Friday's "Digging Deep".

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