Monday, March 18, 2024

EPA Bayonets the Jackson Wounded

The old adage about auditors bayoneting the wounding remains true at JXN Water.  WLBT reported: 

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Detainee Dead

Hinds County Sheriff Tyree Jones issued the following statement. 

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PERS Bill Tries to Change Board, Rescind Employer Rate Hike

 The Board of Trustees for the Mississippi Public Employees Retirement System issued the following statement. 

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Sunday, March 17, 2024

Straight from the Hood

 Our Yankee blogger, Peter Santenello, wrapped up his fact-finding tour of the Mississippi Delta and moved on to where else but...... Jackson.  Thankfully, he didn't try to do a shock video but engaged a Jacksonian, Dr. Tommie Mabry, who provided some thoughtful commentary as they toured the Bold New City.  Check it out.  

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Whither Should the Zode Dither??

"Did I ever tell you about the young Zode who came to two signs at the fork in the road?"  As the story goes, the Zode dithered and dithered until he withered.  Using the Dr. Seuss classic, the late Dr. Frank Pollard discussed how dithering and dithering will cause one to wither spiritually in the 1996 sermon posted below.  Indecision itself becomes decision.  Playing it safe is rarely safe.  It's one of Dr. Pollard's better sermons, and yes, he recited the entire story as Dr. Suess story time met The Baptist Hour.  Enjoy.   

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Bill Crawford: One Small Surprise & One Dead Surprise Last Week

No surprises in the March 12th congressional and presidential primaries. Well, maybe a small one.

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Saturday, March 16, 2024

Saturday Night Cinema

 Star Wars generated a herd of copycats such as Moonraker, Spaceballs, and..... Starcrash.  How bad was Starcrash?  It was too bad for even Joe Bob Briggs.  How bad is it? Let's just say Christopher Plummer should have never complained about being in The Sound of Music after taking part in this movie.   Fellow headliners David Hasselhoff and Caroline Munro headline the all-whatever cast.  Enjoy.

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Henifin Issues Clarification

 JXN Water Manager Theodore Henifin issued the following statement. 

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D.L. Gardner: Bless His Heart

Let’s start this week’s column with a couple of brief reviews of President Biden’s SOTU Address. One New York Times’ headline began, “In-Your-Face Biden Takes on Trump and His Own Doubters.

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Friday, March 15, 2024

"Shut Up and Listen to Me!"

 Video of traffic stop and arrest posted below.

A Mississippi Highway Patrol Trooper got his job back after he was fired for cursing and tasing a motorist who refused to comply during a traffic stop. 

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Sign of the Times?

 Wonderful.  Just wonderful.  This little bit of urban street language is hanging by the side of Jacksonian Plaza.  

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Senate OK's Bill to Buyout Jackson's Water/Sewer System

Text & history of SB #2628.  

The Mississippi State Senate passed SB #2628 Tuesday. The bill creates a new public utility district that will in turn purchase Jackson's water/sewer system from the city.   Although detractors claim otherwise, the bill is not a takeover but a buyout.  Jackson's water/sewer receiver, Ted Henifin, supports the bill.

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Old Friends and Catfish Stew

Back in the 1970s, we lived in Cleveland, MS, where I worked for Baxter Healthcare. During our time in Cleveland, we became friends with a "good old Cleveland boy" and his family. He was a faithful husband, father, welder, frog grabber, fisherman, feral pig and deer hunter, and stew maker, although maybe not in that exact order.


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Thursday, March 14, 2024

Live from the Box....

 The Savannah Bananas are taking on the Party Animals down in Baton Rouge.  If you've never seen them before, check out the live-stream below. Jake, get them to Pearl next year. 

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Idiot of the Day

Sometimes looks are inversely proportional to intelligence.  Exhibit A. 

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Madison County Man Charged with Child Exploitation

 Ridgeland Police charged Mark Wayne Williams with exploitation of children on March 9.  

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Shad Racks Up Another Embezzlement Conviction

 State Auditor Shadrack White issued the following statement. 

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Deal of the Day

Do you want to keep your shoes in great shape? Get some cedar shoe trees if you have not done so already. They help the shoe or boot keep its shape but also absorb the moisture left by your nasty feet.  However, shoe trees run around $30 a pop so the cost can add up pretty quickly if you're trying to keep your investment from turning into an expense.  Fortunately, Woodlore has a nice 2 for 1 sale going for a few days right now.  Check it out..  The sale ends Monday.  You're welcome.  

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Piss Christian? (Updated)

Green pleads guilty to civil rights violation.  

The Pearl Police Department issued the following statement. 

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Wednesday, March 13, 2024

Mayor Recommends Garbage Contract

You WILL  get a 96-gallon garbage cart!!! 

The city of Jackson issued the following statement. 

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Ag Commish Says Bills Will Cripple Fairgrounds

Mississippi Commissioner of Agriculture & Commerce Andrew Gipson issued the following statement. 

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Robert St. John: Spanish Breakdown

MADRID— The motto of the Boy Scouts of America is to be prepared. That’s all well and good, except I got kicked out of scouting as a Webelo (the stage between Cub Scouts and Boy Scouts). I was never awarded a preparedness merit badge, and don’t even know if there is such a thing. Though I feel as if I have armored up for all potential setbacks while hosting over 40 groups of more than 1,200 people, through lots of European countries over a six-year period. In all those travels, I have never had a transportation problem.

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Prison for Thee but not for Me

 It appears our favorite drug dealer, John Dowdy, III, is getting some special treatment at MDOC.  While other drug dealers get to enjoy the luxuries of prison life at MDOC, Third gets to hang out at a local county jail.  

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Sid Salter: In an Election Year, are Medicaid Work Requirements a Possible Biden Compromise?

The current effort to make a partial expansion of Medicaid under the Affordable Care Act in Mississippi appears to have hit a legislative logjam in the State Senate over the issue of work requirements.

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Tuesday, March 12, 2024

Madison Police Gets 'Em!

The Madison Police Department issued the following statement and mug shots. 

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Credit Card Thieves Sentenced

 Rankin-Madison District Attorney Bubba Bramlett issued the following statement and mug shots. 

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Dak Sues Woman in Alleged $100 Million Extortion Plot (UPDATED!)

Copy of lawsuit posted below.  Only available online at JJ. 

Former Mississippi State star quarterback Dak Prescott accused a woman of trying to extort him for $100 million in a lawsuit filed in Collin County, Texas yesterday.  NBCDFW reported: 

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Space Shot of the Day

 A Mendenhall resident managed to videotape the SpaceX flight as it flew over Mississippi.  A sonic boom followed.  

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MCPP: How Lawmakers Can Improve Healthcare

 Did you know that Mississippi spends a higher share of our overall wealth on healthcare than almost any other state in America?  Yet despite this, we still have some of the worst health outcomes in the country.

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Monday, March 11, 2024

26 Months for Fraudster

 The Justice Department issued the following statement. 

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Madison County Man Indicted for Arson-Insurance Fraud

 A Madison County grand jury indicted Charlie Bennett for arson and insurance fraud in December.  A video allegedly shows a man wearing a Bennett Landscaping" shirt pouring what appears to be fuel all over the interior of an excavator before he allegedly set it on fire.  The video is posted below.

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State of Education in Mississippi: Suits Get Mo' Money

 State Auditor Shad White issued the following statement. 

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No Comment!

 Well, well, well, check out what our favorite ex-trooper posted on social media. Obviously it's a joke.  Right?

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Sunday, March 10, 2024

Re-Elect Roger Wicker

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Baptism is a Funeral

Black were the skies, black were the seas, and black was their fate as their ship was battered and broken.   There was no GPS.  Quadrants and sextants were centuries away.   All was lost or so it seemed when one lowly man, driven by faith, stepped forward.  The late Dr. Frank Pollard tells the rest of the story in the 1996 sermon posted below.  

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Bill Crawford: Holloway Memoir Illustrates Importance of Entrepreneurs

The memoir of hall of fame entrepreneur J.L. Holloway illustrates the important role local entrepreneurs have played in job creation across Mississippi.

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Saturday, March 9, 2024

Oops!

 Let's play spot the error in today's Wall Street Journal.  Answers will be withheld for awhile. 

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D.L. Gardner: Within the Context of God's Love & Plan

From his creation, Satan’s reason for being has been to deceive and to divide. We don’t know much about Satan or angels who follow him. For that matter we know so very little about God our Creator, Lord of all and God of all. Nevertheless, God Himself has revealed everything we need to know about Him. In a nutshell, “For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men, who suppress the truth in unrighteousness, because that which is known about God is evident within them; for God made it evident to them.” Romans 1:18-19.

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Friday, March 8, 2024

Sex, Lies, & Videotape: Ivana Claims Victimhood

After getting her nose bloodied a little in court, Ivana Williams broke out the brass knuckles and started swinging last week.  A former female friend accused Williams of sexually assaulting her at her Brandon home last year in a lawsuit.  However, Williams charged in her response that the alleged victim was the aggressor and if anything, Williams is the victim. 

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Get Ready to Taste A Taste of Mississippi

 A Taste of Mississippi is just around the corner.  

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Child Molester Gets 20 Years

Rankin-Madison District Attorney Bubba Bramlett issued the following statement.

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Ever Wonder Who Taught John How To Hop?

I have no idea who taught John how to hop. I'm not even sure who John Is, but I love the recipe named after the Hopping Dude named John that makes a tasty black eye pea and rice dish. If you ever had a bowl of Hopping John and liked it, you would likely love this hearty soup. 


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Thursday, March 7, 2024

Sardines Stolen

 Sardines were stolen from a Jackson grocery but the police got their man, er, make that men.  Apologies for any improper language. Yes, there was a sardine-stealing ring waaaaaay back in 1954 Jackson but don't worry, the cops were on top of things back then. 

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Like Son, Like Father

 Pearl Police arrested Christopher Dedmon and charged him with motor vehicle theft. 

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Justice Delayed for Banks

Aaron Banks' reckoning with justice for his DUI arrest last month is postponed for another day.  WLBT reported: 

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Racism Rewarded

The Hinds County Board of Supervisors voted unanimously to appoint Hinds County Public Information Officer Othor Cain to the Board of Trustees for the Jackson/Hinds Library System. 

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Health Department Fines Rapid Analytics $1 Million

 The Mississippi State Department of Health fined cannabis testing company Rapid Analytics, LLC $1 million for 200 violations of various cannabis regulations. 

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Monte Reeves Trial Set for November

Hinds County Circuit Judge Debra Gibbs finally set a trial date for Monte Reeves on his aggravated assault indictment.  Reeves is the husband of perennial Jackson Mayoral candidate Charlotte Reeves.  

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Wednesday, March 6, 2024

Funny of the Day

Surge v. dynamic.  Which is it? We report, you decide.

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Trollfest '09

Trollfest '07 was such a success that Jackson Jambalaya will once again host Trollfest '09. Catch this great event which will leave NE Jackson & Fondren in flames. Othor Cain and his band, The Black Power Structure headline the night while Sonjay Poontang returns for an encore performance. Former Frank Melton bodyguard Marcus Wright makes his premier appearance at Trollfest singing "I'm a Sweet Transvestite" from "The Rocky Horror Picture Show." Kamikaze will sing his new hit, “How I sold out to da Man.” Robbie Bell again performs: “Mamas, don't let your babies grow up to be Bells” and “Any friend of Ed Peters is a friend of mine”. After the show, Ms. Bell will autograph copies of her mug shot photos. In a salute to “Dancing with the Stars”, Ms. Bell and Hinds County District Attorney Robert Smith will dance the Wango Tango.

Wrestling returns, except this time it will be a Battle Royal with Othor Cain, Ben Allen, Kim Wade, Haley Fisackerly, Alan Lange, and “Big Cat” Donna Ladd all in the ring at the same time. The Battle Royal will be in a steel cage, no time limit, no referee, and the losers must leave town. Marshand Crisler will be the honorary referee (as it gives him a title without actually having to do anything).


Meet KIM Waaaaaade at the Entergy Tent. For five pesos, Kim will sell you a chance to win a deed to a crack house on Ridgeway Street stuffed in the Howard Industries pinata. Don't worry if the pinata is beaten to shreds, as Mr. Wade has Jose, Emmanuel, and Carlos, all illegal immigrants, available as replacements for the it. Upon leaving the Entergy tent, fig leaves will be available in case Entergy literally takes everything you have as part of its Trollfest ticket price adjustment charge.

Donna Ladd of The Jackson Free Press will give several classes on learning how to write. Smearing, writing without factchecking, and reporting only one side of a story will be covered. A donation to pay their taxes will be accepted and she will be signing copies of their former federal tax liens. Ms. Ladd will give a dramatic reading of her two award-winning essays (They received The Jackson Free Press "Best Of" awards.) "Why everything is always about me" and "Why I cover murders better than anyone else in Jackson".

In the spirit of helping those who are less fortunate, Trollfest '09 adopts a cause for which a portion of the proceeds and donations will be donated: Keeping Frank Melton in his home. The “Keep Frank Melton From Being Homeless” booth will sell chances for five dollars to pin the tail on the jackass. John Reeves has graciously volunteered to be the jackass for this honorable excursion into saving Frank's ass. What's an ass between two friends after all? If Mr. Reeves is unable to um, perform, Speaker Billy McCoy has also volunteered as when the word “jackass” was mentioned he immediately ran as fast as he could to sign up.


In order to help clean up the legal profession, Adam Kilgore of the Mississippi Bar will be giving away free, round-trip plane tickets to the North Pole where they keep their bar complaint forms (which are NOT available online). If you don't want to go to the North Pole, you can enjoy Brant Brantley's (of the Mississippi Commission on Judicial Performance) free guided tours of the quicksand field over by High Street where all complaints against judges disappear. If for some reason you are unable to control yourself, never fear; Judge Houston Patton will operate his jail where no lawyers are needed or allowed as you just sit there for minutes... hours.... months...years until he decides he is tired of you sitting in his jail. Do not think Judge Patton is a bad judge however as he plans to serve free Mad Dog 20/20 to all inmates.

Trollfest '09 is a pet-friendly event as well. Feel free to bring your dog with you and do not worry if your pet gets hungry, as employees of the Jackson Zoo will be on hand to provide some of their animals as food when it gets to be feeding time for your little loved one.

Relax at the Fox News Tent. Since there are only three blonde reporters in Jackson (being blonde is a requirement for working at Fox News), Megan and Kathryn from WAPT and Wendy from WLBT will be on loan to Fox. To gain admittance to the VIP section, bring either your Republican Party ID card or a Rebel Flag. Bringing both and a torn-up Obama yard sign will entitle you to free drinks served by Megan, Wendy, and Kathryn. Get your tickets now. Since this is an event for trolls, no ID is required. Just bring the hate. Bring the family, Trollfest '09 is for EVERYONE!!!

This is definitely a Beaver production.


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Trollfest '07

Jackson Jambalaya is the home of Trollfest '07. Catch this great event which promises to leave NE Jackson & Fondren in flames. Sonjay Poontang and his band headline the night with a special steel cage, no time limit "loser must leave town" bout between Alan Lange and "Big Cat"Donna Ladd following afterwards. Kamikaze will perform his new song F*** Bush, he's still a _____. Did I mention there was no referee? Dr. Heddy Matthias and Lori Gregory will face off in the undercard dueling with dangling participles and other um, devices. Robbie Bell will perform Her two latest songs: My Best Friends are in the Media and Mama's, Don't Let Your Babies Grow up to be George Bell. Sid Salter of The Clarion-Ledger will host "Pin the Tail on the Trial Lawyer", sponsored by State Farm.

There will be a hugging booth where in exchange for your young son, Frank Melton will give you a loooong hug. Trollfest will have a dunking booth where Muhammed the terrorist will curse you to Allah as you try to hit a target that will drop him into a vat of pig grease. However, in the true spirit of Separate But Equal, Don Imus and someone from NE Jackson will also sit in the dunking booth for an equal amount of time. Tom Head will give a reading for two hours on why he can't figure out who the hell he is. Cliff Cargill will give lessons with his .80 caliber desert eagle, using Frank Melton photos as targets. Tackleberry will be on hand for an autograph session. KIM Waaaaaade will be passing out free titles and deeds to crackhouses formerly owned by The Wood Street Players.

If you get tired come relax at the Fox News Tent. To gain admittance to the VIP section, bring either your Republican Party ID card or a Rebel Flag. Bringing both will entitle you to free drinks.Get your tickets now. Since this is an event for trolls, no ID is required, just bring the hate. Bring the family, Trollfest '07 is for EVERYONE!!!

This is definitely a Beaver production.

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