7.17.2017

When You Can Have A Life Sized Tonka Set Delivered To Your Home


The potential photo ops are mind-boggling. The last time:



Edit/Update: It begins.

Edit: And the press secretary thought it would be a good idea as he takes pics with his phone. Trump can't help himself. He's a man-child who got giddy about a fire truck.
Edit: Oh, no, he didn't!!!!


Edit: Wait a second. Who paid for this? You or Lockheed Martin?

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Get Me This Dog!

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Trump Tweets Mid-Morning! Conservatives Respond!








Edit: Some of you don't think Bill Kristol is a conservative? The founder and editor of The Weekly Standard is not a conservative? Do you not know his background?
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Someone Kidnapped A Cowboy's Dog? (Lucky Whitehead's)


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Above The Fold


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Random Monday Morning Thoughts



  • Breaking news about the dumbest Cowboy there is. Allegations are he punched a bouncer at the club Clutch: 
    "Who, me?"
  • One TCU student and a recent graduate of Missouri were killed on Lake Palo Pinto over the weekend in a Jet Ski accident. (Sounds like it was in the middle of the night.)
  • If you didn't see Ann Coulter throwing a Twitter hissy fit because she didn't get her assigned seat on a Delta flight, you should. By last count, she fired off 19 tweets because she was so upset (including one of a picture of the person who ended up in "her" seat and saying she had "dachshund legs.") It took a great turn when Delta responded to her letting her know that they would refund her $30. 
  • There's one Dennis Prager fan out there, and the rest of you don't know who he is. I've been dogging Prager for years because he's a simpleton, and he didn't disappoint this weekend: 
  • The only person dumber than Trump may be his lawyers,  After one goes on a profane filled email rant, another one, Jay Sekulow, was on ABC News' This Week and said this about the Trump Jr. meeting with the Russian lawyer: “If this was nefarious, why’d the Secret Service allow these people in? The president had Secret Service protection at that point. That raised a question with me.” The Secret Service immediately fired back and called him a liar. 
  • Gordon Keith of The Ticket made a great point about Trump this morning: "He's the most American president we've ever had. He acts like us."
  • Fox News' Shepard Smith to Fox News' Chris Wallace about the Trump Administration: "The deception, Chris, is mind-boggling . . . . why are we getting told all these lies?" Wallace: "I don't know what to say."
  • Mrs. LL threw out chicken feed this weekend. Then we had two gangs of geese show up for a fight for it It wasn't pretty.:
  • Lockheed Martin will hire 1,800 more workers for the F-35 (which price just increased). Hot opinion: In this day of drone warfare, do we need the F-35? 
  • Mrs. LL and I went to Top Golf on Friday. Two thoughts: (1) It was an absolute scene and a blast, and (2) Their overhead has to be insane. And Mrs. LL, who has never swung a golf club, was really, really good. For any of you married guys, can you imagine giving golfing lessons (head still, left arm straight, transfer your weight, bend at the knees, this is how you grip it, relax) and your wife listening? She did. I kept waiting for the, "I'll do it if you'll stop talking."
  • Who wears it better: North Korean generals or Sheriff David Clarke?: 
  • Former Longhorn D'Onta Foreman was arrested for allegedly possessing weed and a gun. If the facts are what his lawyer says, he's home free. (And that's a very smart lawyer.) Question: How many Texans are possessing a handgun and/or weed at this moment?
  • Shout out to the commentor who picked up my Pulp Fiction joke last week. (It was in my Blue Apron bullet point.)
  • A church in Chico burned down. The pastor says they need stuff: 
  • Is there any more meaningless stat for a pitcher that won/loss records? I.e. Nolan Ryan and Yu Darvish. 
  • The eldest Bush's letter to W. I miss them both. 


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7.14.2017

It's Friday. Let's Get Out Of Here.

That's probably Mr. USA's girlfriend who will be in the ER later.
Not a bad idea.
Loved that game as a kid. Saw that happen several times as a kid.
New Age Cat
Same look as every girl who takes her 
first shot of tequila.
Speaking of a drinking from a straw and McDonald's
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Sean Hannity's Show: His Definition Of Humor


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Random Friday Morning Thoughts


  • Back in November, Lt. Gov's Dan Patrick's son was defeated in an election in Harris County and thrown out as a district judge. Yesterday, Trump appointed him as U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Texas. Patrick is Trump's Texas campaign manager. I knew something like this would happen as I wrote in November of last year but I just didn't think big enough: 
  • There were a bunch of stories of a worker being "stuck" behind a Bank of America ATM and sliding notes out of it to customers in order to be saved. Anyone else skeptical? Every story sure does prominently display the Bank of America name. Publicity stunt? 
  • Crazy story out of Pennsylvania: Four young guys go missing this week. They are eventually found dead with the help of the murderer after prosecutors cut a deal with the him to take the death penalty "off the table."  (Regarding the accused: "[P]rosecutors said he had been diagnosed with schizophrenia. He also suffered a head injury in an ATV accident a year ago.")
  • It was a great moment seeing President Clinton and President Bush together in Dallas yesterday. I miss them both. And this was a great moment as Bush poked fun at himself: 
  • And the meeting gave rise to a fantastic picture:
  • Both Greg Abbott and Dan Patrick are proposing mandatory salary increases and bonuses for teachers. This makes teachers love them. This makes administrators and school boards cringe because, by and large, the local districts have to come up with the money. Patrick's explanation yesterday:  Districts "have to be better about how they spend the money. They have to put more focus on teachers." (Related note: The Update reports Boyd ISD might be facing a deficit.)
  • New New Yorker cover:
  • I'm don't know if it will happen, but there's a sentencing this morning in the Wise County District Court for a woman who allegedly stole over $200,000 from one of Karl Klement's businesses. If I'm reading the docket notes correctly, she pled guilty earlier this year, waived a jury, and chose to go to the judge for sentencing. At the time, the judge was John Fostel who has since passed away. Now she'll face a visiting judge. The uncertainty would make me very nervous.
  • NBC News with a scoop this morning. Probably not a bombshell but just proof there will be more and more coming. There was someone else at the Trump Jr. meeting: 
  • That inflatable marijuana thingy is funny: 
  • The Houston Chronicle has now picked up the Bridgeport cop-almost-hit-by-alleged-drunk-driver story, and refers to his "fancy foot work" as saving his life. 
  • How many times did every Republican Representative and Senator vote to completely repeal Obamacare when they knew the vote didn't matter because Obama would veto any bill trying to do so? And how many of them made a campaign promise of "I will vote to repeal Obamacare!"

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7.13.2017

Trump Is In France


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Surprised It Doesn't Happen More Often


Here's a clip of some take-offs and landings.


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New From Austin This Morning


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Random Thursday Morning Thoughts



  • Kind of reminds me of Marlon Brando in Apocalypse Now:
  • When you can't have a "flaming cocktail" in the middle of a Tuesday afternoon in Highland Park without being badly burned.
  • Gov. Greg Abbott will seek re-election which caused me to realize I actually miss Rick Perry. Abbott, who has lived his life off of a lawsuit and tax dollars, is the worst panderer to Texans in my lifetime. 
  • Mrs. LL has discovered Blue Apron which pretty much means I've discovered Blue Apron.
  • Man, there is a lot of "Whataboutism" going on by the Right these days.
  • There was quite the heated debate between two people in the comments yesterday. The most fascinating comment was from a Trump defender who made it clear it's not about Trump. Basically, he didn't like the direction the country had been going and his only goal was to protect his family and his family's future. Because of that, he didn't care what Trump did, even if illegal, so long as he can fulfill that dream. It was incredibly honest. And, although also incredibly shocking, I respect that more than trying to justify the current and future Trump scandals. 
  • I bet there are a ton of people who believe like the commentor does. Trump's approval rating is around 39% and I doubt it will ever be lower that that because 39% of the country probably feel that way. Even moreso around here. 
  • Someone asked me this at the courthouse: She changed home insurance coverage and her old company sent her a check for about $750 in unused (?) premiums which someone told her to apply it to her escrow account on her next mortgage payment. I told her I agreed and gave her an explanation as to why. But now I'm not exactly sure I truly understand all of the accounting. Someone explain this. 
  • Missed this: The song "Make America Great Again" was performed by musicians from First Baptist Church of Dallas.
  • San Francisco cop pushes downhill skater boy into cop car. (I've watched this video 100 times. The thud, the guy yelling "ooooh",  and the other skateboarder in the foreground hitting the pavement are nice touches.)
  • I finally had to graph out all the players in Game of Thrones since it is so confusing. 
  • I'm sure there's nothing to worry about Antarctic breaking up:
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Things That Make You Do A Doubletake


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7.12.2017

Bridgeport Makes Fox News


And that is from the national Fox News, not the local affiliate.

I'm trying to figure out where in Bridgeport that was. I can't make out the landmarks.

(I think the guy is still in jail if the Liberally Lean Crack Research Team is correct.)
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This Happened Yesterday




Jack Graham is pastor at Prestonwood Baptist.

I can't find Robert Jeffress in the picture. He's going to be mad if he was left out.
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That Caption Made Me Laugh


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Above The Fold


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