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Lest you think the economic damage from the BP spill be limited to the seafood trade, tourism, and such industries directly dependent on an un-oiled Gulf of Mexico, we turn to one of the more unlikely institutions that’s seen its business dry up in the wake of the disaster: Strip clubs.
An unlikely company has filed a claim for compensation regarding the disaster – a New Orleans strip club. The owners of The Mimosa Dancing Girls, located on the edge of New Orleans, claimed that the spill was bad for business as the fishermen who usually frequented the club cannot afford to spend money there …
Latest Casualty of the BP Spill: Strip Clubs Image via Sports Illustrated Lest you think the economic damage from the BP spill be limited to the seafood trade, tourism, and such industries directly dependent on an un-oiled Gulf of Mexico, we turn to one of the more unlikely institutions that’s seen its business dry up in the wake of the disaster: Strip clubs.

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When the conference was announced, I searched for bed and breakfasts in Algiers and called Bob, owner of Belleville Cottage. He lives upstairs in the lovely 1920s bungalow. Downstairs, facing a backyard garden, was my room. It had French doors, two beds, a big bathroom and a refrigerator stocked with free pop, candy and snacks.
Bob gave me a $5 breakfast coupon each day that I spent at a little neighborhood cafe.
Each morning, I’d get up, eat breakfast, then walk five blocks to the ferry. There, I’d join dozens of other Algerians as our boat made its 10-minute crossing.
Before us was a stunning panorama of the French Quarter: the three spires of St. Louis Cathedral, built in 1794; the Cabildo, where the Louisiana Purchase was signed, and the low-lying chimneys and rooftops of the Quarter itself, a living museum that offers something for everyone — whether you’re into jazz, food, history or strippers. It’s foreign, romantic, and bewitching.

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Brent Coon, the Harley-Davidson-riding Texan lawyer – and BP’s nemesis in the US courts – has some much-needed good news for the Mimosa Dancing Club, a strip club in a run-down district of New Orleans.
Last weekend the Observer reported that the club’s owners had made a compensation claim against BP over the Gulf of Mexico disaster because local fishermen are now out of work and can no longer afford to frequent the club.
The Mimosa became an unofficial – and seemingly reluctant – test case for lawyers and the myriad would-be claimants desperately seeking answers over who qualifies for BP payouts.
Last week Ken Feinberg, the lawyer appointed by the White House to run the new $20bn claims fund, was asked live on television about the Observer report and whether the club’s claim was valid. “I’m very dubious,” he told ABC News.

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Then the fun turned into a race between rookies riding on inflatable chartreuse turtle floats across a slip-and-slide while veterans pounded them with water balloons on a day with a heat index topping 100. The highlight? When 315-pound defensive tackle Joe Joseph flattened the inflated end of the slip-and-slide finishing his turn.
“They knew something there was coming up,” Fisher said. “We typically do our punt catching, and then we added another Olympic event over there.”
With training camp starting July 31, the end of organized team activities represents the end of the offseason and a time where players are expected to relax and enjoy time off. They still must be responsible for working out, preparing for camp and staying out of trouble.
That will be a nice change from a busy offseason with Chris Johnson staying away from the Titans wanting a pay hike, Vince Young’s scuffle at a Dallas strip club that got him a misdemeanor citation and top draft pick Derrick Morgan’s arrest June 16 for a speeding ticket and a suspended license.

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Dr John Interview: En Route To The Spirit Kingdom Cian Traynor , June 25th, 2010 09:17
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Few musical greats have stories to tell like Dr. John. As the ultimate icon of New Orleans music, the man has seen it all. At just 14-years-old, he was an A&R man for Ace Records, working through the fifties as a songwriter, producer, session man and occasional recording artist named Mac Rebennack. This allowed him to learn firsthand from legends like Jerry Lee Lewis, Bo Diddley and Fats Domino, but it also meant dabbling in heroin and hustling – whether it was by forging drug prescriptions, pimping or even disposing of foetuses for a backstreet abortionist.
Despite working with the likes of Phil Spector, Professor Longhair and even Sonny & Cher, Mac’s solo ventures didn’t take off until he moved to California after a brief stint in jail. There he reinvented himself as Dr. John, the Night Tripper, with 1968’s Gris Gris – a mixture of voodoo incantations and psychedelic …

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The Mimosa Dancing Girls club in New Orleans has filed a compensation claim, and similar claims are likely to follow. Strippers have been financially harmed because tourists are staying away, fishers can no longer afford strip clubs, and other working men and women who enjoy strip clubs are also staying away because of financial hardship caused by the oil spill. It’s an excellent example of how the damage will ripple through every aspect of the Gulf Coast economy. It’s also a great indication of the fact that $20 million won’t begin to pay the damages caused by BP. If strippers can’t make money, they can’t spend money, and others will suffer on down the line.
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Strippers, unfortunately, are almost seldom treated with dignity and fairness by the establishment. Police agencies, such as the Colorado Springs Police Department and the El Paso County Sheriff’s Department, target them for undercover investigations. Nonstripping society generally frowns on the trade. And it appears as though strippers could be treated with less objectivity than those who work in oil …

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Paul: ”I’m open to being traded” if Hornets aren’t committed to winning Hornets point guard Chris Paul says if the Hornets want to win, he wants to stay. If the team is not going to do what it takes to compete, he would willing to discuss playing elsewhere. “My first choice is to be in New Orleans …Read More
New Orleans police captain arrested A 19-year veteran of the New Orleans Police Department has been arrested. Police Superintendent Ronal Serpas says the FBI late Tuesday arrested Capt. Michael Roussel, who was assigned as the commander of the Traffic Division …Read More
A cloudy picture for oil fund czar
Is a strip club that caters to oil-rig workers entitled to a piece of the $20 billion fund for victims of the Gulf of Mexico disaster? How about a souvenir stand on a nearly empty beach? Or a far-off restaurant that normally serves Gulf seafood? The farther the massive spill’s effects spread, the harder it will get for President Barack Obama’s new compensation czar to decide who deserves to be paid …Read More

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Some Louisiana Strippers Want A Piece Of The $20 Billion Put In Escrow By BP
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I know that BP’s tolerance level, among the public, is right up there with OJ, Michael Vick, and Stalin, but strippers claiming they are owed and deserve to collect from the escrow account? What is next, Hookers? I mean they too can make a legitimate claim and cogently argue that they deserve a piece of the escrow monetary pie.
Hell, they can argue that if BP did not spill the oil, “johns,” who frequented the brothels and strip joints and were gainfully employed, would have been enjoying lap dances and the like. Giving the strippers money from BP’s escrow account is fraught with danger because it may spring open the flood gates… creating as much bogus claims as the oil that is being spilled into the Gulf waters. It was only this week that Kenneth Feinberg, President Obama’s pay Czar, left his post to concentrate on the claims, which will be coming in and vying for the monies in BP’s escrow account. Mr. Feinberg’s  job, to say the least, will be challenging.

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Come on the bright, aware, connected American people are not going to buy into this, they are a lot smarter than to be deceived by trashy media garbage which the publishers have attempted to dress up as genuine ‘fair and balanced’ news reporting
McChrystal – smart move huh, there was nothing brilliant about this decision, a complete farce. Obama had no choice so how can that be exulted?
New Orleans Strippers – want to jump on the Obama instigated BP 20 Billion US Dollar Oil Spill disaster compensation fund. Kenneth Feinberg the Administrator of the BP Claims Fund said ‘I am dubious about that claim’ . The strippers are claiming business is way down due to the downturn in business since the oil spill impacted on trade in the pole dancing and stripper joints that are located in and around both central New Orleans and other areas in the region

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Lowering the eligibility age to 15 may not make much of a difference in the upper half of the final round, either. After all, the Season 9 teens had pretty much been winnowed out by the Top Four, and the last teens to finish in the Top Two were Season 7 runner-up David Archuleta and Season 6 champ Jordin Sparks.
It does, however, open up greater possibilities for a true teen heartthrob to emerge from the show, for Idol to find the equivalent of a Justin Bieber (who’s now 16) or a slightly older Greyson Chance (still just 12). Factor in the announcement that Idol will accept online auditions via MySpace, and it’s pretty clear the producers hope to create a viral sensation along the lines of Chance or General Larry Platt, just eligible to compete. (But if you think the show pimps its favorite contestants now, wait till you see what happens when one of them gets 10 million YouTube hits under his or her belt.)

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