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Former New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin, who was convicted on federal bribery, money laundering and other corruption charges in 2014, has completed his 10-year sentence and is asking a federal judge to restore his rights to carry a gun and vote. But prosecutors said Thursday that the New Orleans-based judge has no authority to restore Nagin‘s federal firearms rights, and that it’s up to the state of Texas, where he now lives, to decide on his voting privileges. Nagin, 67, recently filed a court motion in New Orleans, noting that his federal prison time and supervision were officially over on...

IMHO (in my humble opinion) … and other SCOFFING © by Norman Liebmann In my humble opinion, it’s Mayor Ray Nagan’s not-so-secret ambition to make New Orleans into the Sudan of the South. Where is General Kitchener’s Army when we really need them? Nagan has since apologized for his racist statement – which is damned white of him. In my humble opinion, the film Broke Back Mountain has raised the question of whether it is legal to yell “Puke!” in a crowded theater. Winning the Golden Globes may be the nearest thing these cowboy stars will ever come to having...

Laura Bush on Hillary's plantation remark: 'I think it's ridiculous. It's a ridiculous comment'... Laura on Nagin's remarks: 'I don't think I can really speak for God, I'm not really sure. On the other hand I think he wants New Orleans to be rebuilt; he wants people who lived in New Orleans before to come back and I do too'... Developing...