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3.22.2006
Time Waste
Maneuver a dot through various moving mazes.
I hate games. Well, I love emotional games, not computer games. I liked this computer game.
Flava Of Love
If you know what the title means and you know who Pumkin is, you'll want to read this.
Otherwise, carry on.
A Reason Not To Get Married
The Supreme Court did the unusual today: It handed down a decision that went against the police.
The issue was whether police can search a home without a warrant if the wife says "come on in and look for my husband's dope" (I paraphrase) and the husband says, "No way, you guys beat it" (again, I paraphrase).
The Court rules that the police can't enter the home, and they must go get a search warrant.
But one part of the decision scares the few folks like me who care about civil liberties. There were three dissenters - the expected Scalia and Thomas - but joining them was the new Chief Justice John Roberts. (The other new judge, Alito, took no part in the decision).
Edit: I just read Scalia's dissent and he brings up an interesting point. Police often respond to a domestic violence call and enter a home with the consent of the allegedly battered spouse. This is no longer allowed if the alleged batterer refuses entry. Of course, the police have every right to asked the alleged battered spouse to step outside to interview her and gather evidence.
His dissent reads: Finally, I must express grave doubt that today’s decision deserves Justice Stevens’ celebration as part of the forward march of women’s equality. Given the usual patterns of domestic violence, how often can police be expected to encounter the situation in which a man urges them to enter the home while a woman simultaneously demands that they stay out? The most common practical effect of today’s decision, insofar as the contest between the sexes is concerned, is to give men the power to stop women from allowing police into their homes . . . .
Political Junkies With High Speed Connection. . .
. . . will get a kick out this video clip from yesterday's Today show. David Gregory was filling in for Matt Lauer as he interviewed always-worth-a-giggle James Carville and the right wing nut case Laura Ingraham.
Ingraham wants to blame the Today show for the bad news coming out of Iraq, and wants the program to broadcast some shows from there. (Which is a great idea if you want to see Katie blown to bits, but not a good idea otherwise.)
It gets testy.
Link here.
Cowboys Radio Play by Play
Long term Dallas Cowboy play by play man is Brad Sham. But maybe not for long.
KTCK - The Ticket won the broadcast rights to the Cowboy games a couple of weeks ago and most expected Jerry Jones to keep Brad in the booth. But the Morning News says today that under the new arrangement The Ticket will be paying the play by play guy so the station gets to call the shots as to who announces the games.
Brad, a long time critic of The Ticket, may be gone.
"I Caught You A Delicious Bass"
Very odd San Diego story of a world record 25 pound bass that was (1) foul hooked and (2) probably caught two times before.
(Mainly posted because I wanted to use the Napoleon Dynamite line).
Wouldn't You Hate To Have A Job . . .
. . . where it makes news every time your position changed?
From the Update: COACH REASSIGNED — The Bridgeport School Board approved in a 6-1 vote Monday night the reassignment of high school coach Lori Lammers. Lammers, who has served as the varsity head coach in softball and volleyball the last four years, has been reassigned to the middle school beginning in the fall. Athletic Director Danny Henson, who recommended the coach’s contract not be renewed, said both programs need to go in a new direction.
I mean you never heard about Omar being demoted to cashier at Luby's.
Open Water
This was on HBO last night (I originally saw it in theaters).
Plot: Husband and wife scuba divers get left behind in the ocean by incompetent scuba-diving-boat owners.
Overall: I liked it a lot, not sure you will.
Tension Level: Plenty
Mostly See: Lots of Water and Fins of Sharks
Gratuitous Nudity: One ridiculous scene in the beginning to keep the male audience hanging around for more.
Based on a True Story: Yeah, kinda. The lead actors have said they have "heard about such an incident happening" but couldn't name any incident specifically.
Officers Enter Bars To Make Public Intoxication Arrests
IRVING, Texas -- The Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission has taken its fight against drunken driving to a new level. TABC agents, along with Irving police, targeted 36 bars and clubs Friday, arresting some allegedly intoxicated patrons before they departed the businesses. . . . Agents arrested 30 people Friday night. Most of the suspects now face charges of public intoxication. (Full story).
Sometimes I think we have too many law enforcement officers. (And any chance the TABC picked on some low rent bar instead of one that regularly serves Dirty Martinis and Amstel Light?)
3.21.2006
Update On Hot Teacher
Judge Rejects Plea So Prosecutors Drop Charges
The story:
State prosecutors decided Tuesday to drop charges against a former Tampa teacher accused of having sex with a 14-year-old middle school student.
The decision, announced hours after a judge rejected a plea deal for Debra Lafave, means the victim won't have to testify.
Prosecutors and defense attorneys had urged the judge to accept the deal for the sake of the boy involved. A psychiatrist who examined the teenager told the judge at a previous hearing that the boy suffered extreme anxiety from the media coverage of the case and does not want to testify.
Marion County Circuit Judge Hale Stancil, however, said the lack of prison time for Lafave under the plea deal "shocks the conscience of this court," and he rejected it.
Presidential News Conference
Long time White House reporter Helen Thomas (who has been routinely ignored by W over the years) let him have it this morning in a press conference:
QUESTION: I'd like to ask you, Mr. President -- your decision to invade Iraq has caused the deaths of thousands of Americans and Iraqis, wounds of Americans and Iraqis for a lifetime.
Every reason given, publicly at least, has turned out not to be true. My question is: Why did you really want to go to war? From the moment you stepped into the White House, your Cabinet officers, former Cabinet officers, intelligence people and so forth -- but what's your real reason? You have said it wasn't oil, the quest for oil. It hasn't been Israel or anything else. What was it?
But I'll admit, Bush handled himself pretty well in response.
Dr. Elizabeth Rohr
The fine doctor is now representing herself in a criminal case in Denton County. Highlights yesterday:
(1) The judge entered a "not guilty" plea for Dr. Rohr after she failed to enter her own plea. That prompted Rohr to exclaim "you're fired!" to the judge.
(2) "At one point, Dr. Rohr took a moment to swear allegiance to the Pembina Little Shell Band of Chippewa." (Is that any relation to the Little River Band?)
Opening statements begin today. Delicious.
I'm So Confused
From the Update:
Bridgeport School Board passed revisions to the dress code Monday requiring boys to tuck in their shirts and prohibiting them from wearing makeup and girl’s jeans. Girls, though still allowed to wear makeup and girl’s jeans, are prohibited from wearing underwear-revealing clothing.
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