I'm Not Sure I'd Vote In New Hampshire

Ok, this 1 1/2 minute youtube video is a beating, but if you want to see an amazing line of people freezing their butts off in New Hampshire to vote in the primary last week, take a look. (Try to skip to the 1:04 point to see what I'm talking about.)

"It's A Cookbook!!!!"

Story.

(And my headline is from an old Twilight Zone episode which I doubt many of you have seen.)

Edit: This made Paul Harvey this morning although he confusingly referred to it as Stephensville, and ended the story, oddly, with "After all, that is the Bible Belt."

Prankster Almost Causes World War III?

Remember that incident last week where some Iranian boats were taunting some Navy warships? The news reports were that the U.S. got periously close to firing at the boats. "A video and audio of the Jan. 6 incident in the Strait of Hormuz featured a man in accented English saying 'I am coming to you. ... You will explode after ... minutes.'"

Uh, not so much.

Law Stuff

Interesting case heard by the Supreme Court this morning. The Exclusionary Rule "says" that if the police violate the law, any evidence they find as a result of that violation cannot be used the defendant. For example, if the cops search my car without consent or probable cause, anything they find can't be used against me. (Note to DPS: I promise I've got nothing illegal in my car. I keep that stuff locked up elsewhere.)

Anyway, the case heard today had this strange twist: The law in the State of Virginia is that the police can only issue a summons (ticket) for misdemeanor offenses and cannot arrest the person committing the offense. In this case, the cop screwed up, arrested the defendant for a driver's license violation (a misdemeanor), and then searched him incident to the arrest. Oops. The defendant had decided to carry around some dope with him. Cops find it. He gets charged with dope possession.

The Government is arguing today that so long as a cop has probable cause to believe a crime was committed (and it is undisputed that probable cause existed on the driver's license violation), then the evidence should not be excluded. I'm not real sure I understand it, but lots of lower courts around the nation have bought into that argument.

It's amazing we've sunk this low.

But the above snippet from Justice Scalia was gold. Scalia, no friend of civil rights, asked the government's lawyer this hypothetical: If he (Scalia) had probable cause to believe his neighbor was growing marijuana and he went over to the house, searched it, found marijuana, and then arrested his neighbor (which he has no authority to do), then the government's lawyer believes that the marijuana found in the home could be used against the neighbor? Yep, the government's lawyer said.

Then the above occurred.

Our Long National Nightmare Is Over

I was thrilled to hear that Christina Aguilera finally gave birth last weekend. Christina, who would be in The Blog's Hall of Fame if I had a Hall of Fame because of this dance move at around the 1:52 mark, has been dodging the cameras ever since she became pregnant. But with the birth of a boy/girl/who cares, she'll be back in the limelight in no time.

And this world will be a better place.

Final Cowboy Thoughts

- Anyone else think it's odd that "Closing Time" could be heard in the background after the game was over?
- Patrick Crayton is almost as bad as Roy Williams. Edit: Here is what I'm talking about.
- I thought about picking the Giants to win and doing a big post about it, but I didn't believe it would happen.
- I don't know if Wade Phillips is a good coach or not. But I kind of gave up on him after an interview on The Ticket right after the bye week. "What you do over the weekend, coach?" asked host Craig Miller. "Well, my wife and I went to a movie." "Really?" Miller said, "Which one?" Came Phillips response: "I don't remember the name of it but it wasn't very good.". . . . Huh? Don't remember the name?

Edit: The New York Post hired a Triple Fake Jessica Simpson to be in the stands yesterday. Finally found the picture . . .

That Was Quick

And a bonus video: The Dallas Cowboys 2007 season in 8 seconds.

Into White Air

That was gold on Saturday.

Short Movie Reviews

Superbad: Super funny. McLoved it.

Juno: A movie about a teenage pregnancy being funny? Absolutely. Smart, funny, and witty - with a little bit of an Arrested Development influence.

A Clockwork Orange: One of the films I've always heard about but never saw. I bailed after 40 minutes. I love weird stuff. I search out weird stuff. But this was just weird.

Oh, My

Thanks to an emailer that pointed out the most dysfunctional family in the history of ever. The story starts out bad and then gets worse.

Fine Job

What Song Is This?

Stick with it. At the halfway point it all becomes clear.

Offensive?

This is the front page of the sports section of the Ohio State University student newspaper on the day after the school lost the National Championship game to LSU.

Controversial? Are you reminded of anything?

Friday Afternoon Pick Me Up

Let's Just Crown Everyone Champion

Story.

The World's Gone Crazy

Story. Yep, that's the case from Tyler that made headlines earlier this week.

Sirens

There have been a bunch of sirens going off in Decatur over the last 30 minutes. And it can't be related to the earlier bus wreck. Anybody know anything?

And It's The High School Making The Mistake