Liberally Lean From The Land Of Dairy Queen

6.16.2006

Snipers Were In Denton?

Remember the two snipers that terrorized the Northeast a couple of years ago? One of them says they shot a man in Denton and there's some proof to back it up. Links to various news stories covering this are here. [Props to our news reading Sheriff who pointed this out to me.]

Bored?

The Star Telegram is getting bored with the Rebecca Simpson trial in Fort Worth. This is all they printed today: FORT WORTH -- Prosecutors in a solicitation-of-capital-murder trial had planned for jurors to hear an audio recording Thursday of what they said was defendant Rebecca Simpson talking to an undercover agent. Simpson, 44, is accused of trying to hire a hit man, in reality an undercover Texas Department of Public Safety officer, to kill her ex-lover's wife. She was arrested Nov. 1, 2004, and Shemane Watts, the woman who prosecutors say was the intended victim, wasn't harmed. Jurors were supposed to hear a recording of Simpson's first meeting with the agent. However, the compact disc it was on didn't work properly. State District Judge Mike Thomas dismissed jurors about 4:30 p.m., earlier than scheduled. The trial resumes this morning.

Cheerleader Chaos

Engineering Prank?

Story.

Mavs Talk

1. I'm beginning to believe the conspiracy theory I posted here. 2. Anyone wish to question my sports brain based upon this prior post. 3. Dirk didn't make basket after 10:42 of the second quarter! 4. Blame the City of Dallas for letting it leak that a victory parade would be on Tuesday if the Mavs swept the Heat. Unfortunately, Game 6 will be that day. 5. Did you see that the AAC in Dallas was sold out for a game watching party last night?

6.15.2006

Why Motorcycles Are Evil

Seven minutes of motorcycle crashes (some bad, but we never see broken bones), motorcycle stunts, motorcycle near-crashes, and a ton of not too smart folks.

The Heck With That Supreme Court Stuff . . .

. . . let's see how Jessica Simpson is doing. And, man, do I miss that Nick and Jessica show especially that scuba diving episode that was so funny.

The End Is Near

You think those two recent Supreme Court appointments will have an impact? It has begun. For over 40 years the "exclusionary rule" has been in effect. That is, if the police break the law in searching or arresting you, any evidence they find as a result of that breach will be excluded from evidence and cannot be used against a defendant. It's a hard and fast rule. Until today. Even though your Supreme Court has said that the constitution requires police to "knock and announce" their presence when executing a search warrant, the Court held today (in a 5-4 decision) that a violation of that particular rule won't require any evidence found to be excluded. Why? Because they say so. That is, Alito, Roberts, Scalia, Kennedy, and Thomas say so. The case was Booker T. Hudson v. Michigan. Come to think about, the defendant probably lost once the five justices saw his name was "Booker T."

Property Talk

I'm seeing and hearing a ton of ads for "Moonlight Bay" on the north shore of Lake Bridgeport. I think this is the old boy scout ranch land, but I could have sworn the development had previously been marketed under some name called "pointe" something (with the extra "e"). Anyway, I bet its a tough sale with the lake currently approaching 11 feet low.