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- The news was all abuzz over the weekend about a man dragged to death behind a pickup by three men in Milford, Texas. Then we hear last night that it wasn't true at all.
- Got home last night to a dark house, candlelights, three smiling people, and a surprise lasagna dinner. Yeah, my life is pretty much the same as it has always been.
- Courthouse Pet Peeve: Courthouse regulars engaging in third party light hearted conversations while someone they are there to help/direct/process is looking on with anxiety because its the first time they've ever been through the court system. (If that makes sense.)
- Monday's coverage of the Denton No Body Murder Trial. Still the silliest prosecution ever.
- UTA and UNT set records for enrollment this Spring? I wonder if that's because of the slow economy. And I wonder what the total student loan figure it.
- Decatur Street Sweepers were out in force around the courthouse this morning. I think their main purpose is to blow dust in the air.
- I'm not saying that the Wise County Courthouse bomb threat was the most exciting news in the world, but you'd think it would at least get a mention on some of the local TV stations. (I didn't see it at all.) In fact, a google news search only turned up this odd little article about it.
- Stopped by to get a haircut late yesterday afternoon and, while waiting, got to hear a 14 year old provide her mother with some hot opinions on abortion. You know, standard stuff about rape and incest that we all hear about while waiting.
- Speaking of, the proposed Texas bill that would require a sonogram before an abortion has the strange exception for pregnancies that are the result of sexual assault or incest or if the fetus has an "irreversible medical condition or abnormality." So what's going to keep every woman from simply lying and claiming the exception?
- Back to the haircutting place, a guy getting his hair cut beside me mentioned to his "stylist" that he just got a $10,000 raise. I gathered that the last time he got his haircut there he was going for a job interview. Hmmmm.
- The Sports Illustrated swimsuit edition is out. I think it was last relevant twenty years ago.
- Visa had a pre-Super Bowl commercial about four guys that had traveled to every game (which, incidentally, sounds like a beating.) Well, one of the guys became sick shortly before the "big game" in Dallas, had to miss it, and then died last weekend.
- I'm helping with jury selection in an Intoxication Manslaughter case this morning. The alleged incident occurred in 2003.
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Saw the Mason Jar in Boyd caught fire last night... Article in Messenger. Must not have been big deal since they did not post any pics. Guess no one wanted to get out of bed to cover it...
Think this is a repeat pic... Girl with large hand...
http://www.star-telegram.com/2011/02/15/2848941/woman-accused-of-bomb-threat-to.html
Star Telegram picked up the story.
Texas Tech had the same story. A quick Google search of the terms "record college spring enrollment" shows that a lot of schools are setting records. The Chicago Tribune says it may be because more students are staying in school, hoping to ride out the economy and graduate with better, more job-attractive degrees.
From the DentonRC article about the murder trial--
"Charles Stobaugh is charged with killing his wife, Kathy, and hiding her body so well it still has not been found on Dec. 29, 2004."
Is the newspaper business so bad that they fired all of the editors?
love the Mason Jar CFS and chicken strips. YUMMY... Hope they open right back up as it has become a popular place to chow down.
These kid better graduate quickly. Obama is cutting Pell grants. So much for his campaign promise of making college affordable for all kids.
Spend money on health care for all the poor but cut money to educate people so they can afford to buy their own. Sounds like LBJ's Great Society, Phase II.
I had no idea that you and Mr. Townsend use the same barber.
7 years is way to long to wait for prosecution in the manslaughter case. Why soo loonnnggg?
Now THIS is going to be an interesting murder trial--
"Man pleads not guilty to stabbing over flatulence"
http://www.gazette.com/articles/conn-112867-flatulence-guilty.html
if women DO elect to lie about the cause of their pregnancy, such lies will be no less repulsive than the lie our Governor has told in calling this issue "an emergency". what a bunch of hokum.
Headlines everywhere saying,"Egypt inspired protests..." When are they going to tell the truth and say,"IRAQ inspired protests..."?
Violence solves LOTS of things.
So what was the big Valentine's gift for Mrs. LL that was planned 3 weeks ago? Inquiring minds want to know!
She's got rings in the right places (earlobes) and not in the wrong places (navel and left ring finger). I was getting kind of tired of the RT girls with fishing lures hanging on their stomachs. Just sayin'
That Rick Perry, what a guy!
He is suing over the health care bill because he says government can't force you to buy health insurance but it's okay for government to make you look at a sonogram. He doesn't mind if government tells you to buy auto liability insurance either.
Uncle Wally
Uncle Wally, surely you are not that dumb!
From what I understood the murder in Milford happened. It just didnt happen the way they said it happened. The guy still beat his brother to death and left him in a field.
When are they going to tell the truth and say,"IRAN inspired protests..."?
Fixed that for you.
Also, I'm not sure a popular fundamentalist Muslim democracy is one we want to be cheering on. The Taliban were popular in Afghanistan prior to 9/11, after all.
Rage
Wonder if Townsend will enjoy that raise while teachers get thinned out..........
And they will still spend money on football.... less teachers MOAR football yay!
The drag races in Milford, Texas have been cancelled for the weekend and moved to Jasper, Texas. That is all.
The sad part about forced auto liability insurance is that I am covering everyone else. If I want my car repaired, I have to carry additional insurance. Why not no fault insurance where if I want my car fixed, I carry insurance, if I don't care about my car, I don't have to carry insurance. Seems more fair.
"She had man hands"
Uncle Wally;
The sonogram would be a requirement before a procedure that ends a life. Auto liability insurance is required to protect others. These are not comparable to forcing a person to buy health insurance for themselves.
Laws designed to protect others are not the same as regulations that require you to buy something for yourself.
"irreversible medical condition or abnormality." That the woman carrying the child probably found out about from a .......wait for it.............sonogram. How else would anyone know this in the first 12 weeks of pregnancy. Might want to have a physician be involved with writing a law that effect a woman's health.
I just want to add some laws about mandatory Vasectomy....please!
I see John Wiley Price is back in the news again. Glad I am out of that county.
Is there any chance that the haircut patron who received the hefty raise could have been the DISD superintendent? I remember seeing in the update a few weeks back that they were approved for a $10k p/year raise. And this came at the same time when the teachers were told that they would be on a pay freeze. What does the super do that justifies this pay?
12:33
Problem with no fault insureance; if 2 or 3 folks smash into my car my insurance goes up, not theirs.
12:53
I think you missed the point about mandatory health insurance. It is precisely to protect the inusred. If I'm buying medical insurance it is not fair for you to get free medical care that I have to pay for through taxes or higher inusrance.
Uncle Wally
I would like to also say there is too much humor in the court room. The dramatics insult my intelligence.
Hey Barry, the incident in 2003 wasn't an "alleged incident". The person is, without a doubt, dead from the accident. Maybe your client is "alleged" to have been drunk, but I think you'll see my point.
12:55 Mmmm....that mandatory Vasectomy might be something to think about. LOL
Rage,
I think free elections in IRAQ might have inspired Egyptian protests more than failed Iranian protests did. Believe I'm going to have to agree with 9:59 on this one. Rage without violence is as useless as an unloaded
gun.
A $10,000 raise, 1.1 million on athletics? Isn't too hard to argue that school funding doesn't need to be cut.
My worst fear is that these two are but the tip of the iceberg at DISD.
I say, guys in Austin, put the scapel down and get the chef's knife out and start cutting.
Quite sure our new Supt is a "good ole boy." in every bad sense of the word. Add insensitive to the modifers.
Barry is not the attorney for the intox manslaughter case. I believe he stated he is just helping in the jury selection process.
Post-war handling of Iraq hasn't inspired anything but contempt for America in the Middle East. Even the Iraqis want us out.
Rage
Not sure how a sonogram saves a life in connection with an abortion procedure.
Enough of that nonsense, when the F are gonna get a turf football field? We better start spending our money now if there are budget cuts on the way.
Re: 9:34 am. If the pregnant woman does lie, there might be some serious consequences.
Do the abortion clinics have to report the rapes??? If, so, the person has made a false report to the police. If you don't want to look at the sonogram, then stop spreading your legs. The majority of these women going to the clinics are just too damn lazy to use birth control. YES, there should be some repercussions. If you touch a hot stove your gonna get burnt. If you get knocked-up, you should see what your night of fun created before you kill it. What did that poor baby do to deserve being treated like garbage?
Thank you America for your inspiration in the Middle East. George Boosh- you rawk! You started the job in Iraq now we finish.
MMMMMMMHHHHH! Lasagna!
My Other Brother Darryl
Barry, will you please let us know how the intoxication manslaughter case turns out, in case the messenger doesn't report it.
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