I an addendum to Gamepwn's thread The House on St. Charles street from the CDAN thread was burned down. It was used as a cabal honeypot that was subsequently linked to the New Orleans Mardi Gras festival "Kings of Krewe" Rex foundation "Kings" of Mardi Gras who produce and present the cities yearly festival, Entylawyer of Crazy Days and Nights decided to give us ANOTHER very interesting clue as to what kind of power the "Krewes" and "Kings" of Mardi Gras yield over the city...

Today's Blind Items - Laissez Les Bons Temps Rouler

Have you done a little digging into the rabbit hole that is the owner of the house that burned down south? Did you use something that has special meaning on this 30th anniversary. I encourage you to do that. Everything looks normal when you look at it from the outside. Just that superficial glance on that first page. Just as you would expect a person with that status in town to have. Look more closely though. Look more closely at the object that appears to just be an alma mater and simple biography, but is so much more. It is not the alma mater, but a warehouse of ideas and collections of which he is a leading member. Much like the house itself, I encourage you to click on home and scroll. Keep scrolling. All the way to the bottom. Click on that and let yourself be terrified.

While it seems that Bill and Ann Grace currently own the establishment and the blind hints at combing over Mr. Grace's website a google search of "Bll Grace New Orleans" leads you to this site:

http://www.tulanelink.com/tulanelink/grace_box.htm

Scrolling to the bottom of that and following the link to this website: http://www.tulanelink.com/tulanelink/innsofcourt_01a.htm leads to an expose on an ENTIRE network of Mardi Gras "Kings of Court" holding a very large and inordinate amount of sway over New Orleans politics, including some very ominous links to a former president, a murdered United States Supreme Court Justice and some MK-Ultra mind control at Tulane University:

Laissez les bon temps rouler

In a city that knows how to party, there is no need to depend solely on bar associations for opportunities to engage judges. For example, Tulane's Admiralty Institute and the law firm of Lemle & Kelleher hosted a "gala reception" for attorneys and judges, including many Fifth Circuit judges, at the New Orleans D-Day Museum, at which food and live entertainment were provided [15]. Events such as this underscore the widespread practice by the legal and business communities of maintaining personal relationships with judges through social events. Apparently, passing the champagne across the table is more palatable than passing the buck under it and often just as effective.

From: The Times-Picayune

"...the Academy of New Orleans Trial Lawyers rounded up its constituency for crustaceans [at] the annual "Life's A Beach" seafood dinner at Andrew Jaeger's Restaurant..."

"...it was an occasion for local judges and lawyers to socialize in an informal setting. Also, to savor such seafood as boiled crawfish and fried catfish. A thematic pasta, too. Richard T. Gallagher Jr. was among the organizational forces of the feasting fun that included Judges Robert A. Pitre Jr., Roland L. Belsome, Nadine M. Ramsey, Richard J. Ganucheau, Ethel Simms Jullen, Charles R. Jones, Miriam G. Waltzer, Ginger Berrigan, Carl J. Barbier, Paul A. Bonin, Leon A. Cannizzaro, Adrian G. Duplantier, G. Thomas Porteous Jr., Joan S. Benge, and Stephen J. Windhorst."

[Also present at the "Legal Levity" were Judges Sonja Spears, Terry Alarcon, and Lance Africk.]

Tipping the scales of justice

Dinner for Two is "In"

When U.S. Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia was seen dining in private with Vice President Dick Cheney at a restaurant on Maryland's Eastern Shore, government watchdogs raised concerns about the appearance of impropriety [17]. At issue was a lawsuit in front of the Supreme Court charging that Cheney and his staff violated open-government rules when they met in secret with energy industry lobbyists prior to drafting the administration's energy policy. Canon 2B of of the judicial code of conduct forbids a judge to allow "social, political or other relationships to influence the judge's judicial conduct or judgment." This canon is regularly ignored. In New Orleans, for example, a judge and an attorney who were close friends and both involved in the litigation that grew out of the disaster when Katrina struck the city, would find much in common to discuss during an excursion to an out-of-state football game.

Working for the Common Good

Judges and lawyers have numerous opportunities to interact at affairs of mutual interest, such as those that are intended to strengthen the impact of their profession on the public. For example, among the notables at the 2009 gala cocktail-reception fundraiser for the newly-formed, non-profit legal advocacy group, Louisiana Appleseed, were Judge Stanwood Duval, Jr. and his wife, Janet, and Calvin Fayard, Jr. and his wife, Francis, and daughter, Caroline, the organization's treasurer [18]. The two friends also meet frequently in court as judge and attorney, respectively.

The Royal Rule

Few public affirmations of "royalty" are as ostentatious as those that are part of the New Orleans Mardi Gras spectacle. In 2002, Chaffe McCall's William Francis Grace Jr. paraded as "His Majesty Rex" with Tulane University's Kathryn Lee Reily as "Queen of Carnival" at his side [19]. While some may dismiss the proceedings of the Mardi Gras "Courts" as merely decadent revelry, they nonetheless convey a powerful political message. In 1998, former chairman of Tulane's Board of Administrators, businessman Robert H. Boh, paraded as Rex, King of Carnival [20]. Between 1912 and 2000, Tulane has claimed 45 Kings and 36 Queens of Carnival, the latter drawn from leading families whose daughters were educated on its Newcomb campus [21]

In the documentary, A House Divided, lawyer Lolis Elie expressed astonishment that the great decisions in New Orleans were made by individuals who did not hold public office.

“It was the people who run Mardi Gras, the people from the Boston and Pickwick Clubs, the bankers, were the people who were really making the decisions for everybody in the city.” [22]

According to Tulane's Southern Institute for Education and Research, "...The business elite of the city comprised members of the wealthy uptown neighborhoods, men who ran the banks, the law firms, the large businesses in the city. These same men participated in the Mardi Gras organizations such as Momus, Proteus, Rex, and Comus. They were members of the Boston Club, the Louisiana Club, and the Pickwick Club. Not a few of the business elite had grandfathers who fought as Confederate soldiers in the Civil War." Harry McCall Jr. (supra) was among those who played decisive roles on the part of the historically racist business elite that opposed desegregation in the 1960's [22].

Morton Inger described the city's business leaders as a closed elite, hostile to outsiders and anti-Semitic — a stagnant, inward-looking group that lacked civic consciousness and displayed more interest in prestige, tradition and family than in economic development [23]. In 1960, Betty Wisdom observed that “New Orleans . . . is one of the few American cities I know of in which the populace is still content with bread and circuses once a year and the aristocracy, having provided the free show, feels no obligation to provide anything further.” [24]

In speaking of the exclusive clubs and carnival "krewes" of New Orleans, J. M. Barry, author of Rising Tide commented: “[P]erhaps more than any other city in America, New Orleans was run by a cabal of insiders, and everything from politics to the money the jazz musicians made depended upon them. Looking on as if from behind a two-way mirror, these insiders watched and judged and decided. There were layers of insiders, and folds within layers, with position largely defined by Mardi Gras. "Mardi Gras runs New Orleans." said one socialite. "It separates people." . . . A few other organisations, such as the Board of Trustees of Tulane University, indicated even closer proximity to the inside of New Orleans than did club membership.” [25]

Those who think Mardi Gras is not primarily a political event should consider the 2004 report of Tulane President Scott Cowen: “The Louisiana congressional delegation hosted its annual Mardi Gras celebration in Washington, D.C. this week, and I attended the reception honoring the Washington King of Carnival last night. This annual celebration is a great time to network with decision-makers whose actions can impact Tulane. I also had the chance to meet with several alumni, potential donors as well as legislators on the Hill.” [26]

In 2005, it was revealed that former University of New Orleans Chancellor Gregory O'Brien had used UNO Foundation funds to help sponsor the Washington Mardi Gras, an affair "complete with a Mystic Krewe of Louisiana that blends political networking and partying." According to UNO officials, the annual event fosters contacts with powerful figures about campus needs [27].

The Inns and Outs of Court http://www.tulanelink.com/tulanelink/innsofcourt_01a.htm

U.S. Government-Sponsored Mind Control and Tulane http://www.tulanelink.com/mind/interview_04a.htm

Deep Rabbit hole indeed.

And BTW, because PIZZAGATE:

Those who think Mardi Gras is not primarily a political event should consider the 2004 report of Tulane President Scott Cowen:

“The Louisiana congressional delegation hosted its annual Mardi Gras celebration in Washington, D.C. this week"