Liberally Lean From The Land Of Dairy Queen

5.06.2010

Double Fake Wreck

Enlarged:

This was staged over in Bridgeport this morning. Some kind of "Every 15 Minutes" program. I bet that turned a lot of heads for those not knowing what was going on. You just don't see the Angel of Death every day.

(Thanks, Lisa.)

Stock Market Drops 1,000 Points

And then turns right back around.

Current.

That was, by the way, the biggest intraday points plunge ever.

Edit: Wow. Reports are coming in that it was all caused by a trading error when someone meant to sell x "million" of Procter & Gamble and accidentally placed an order to sell x "billion."

National Day Of Prayer Update

The guy running the show is from "Jack Daniels Ministries".
When speaking to the crowd, for some reason, he made reference to the federal budget deficit.
And our "turning our backs" on Israel.
He correctly pointed out how private citizens are free to hold a Bible and pray on government property.
I kind of stopped down when he said, "I gone to jail for crack. I'll go to jail for Christ."
The most prevalent T-shirt was one that read "Jesus God 'Er Done."
Joe Duty was snapping photos like crazy.
The cops made them move the bus.

Two Thoughts

Above blurb is from the Update today.

(1). Finally, the government taxing entities are reflecting the loss in property values. Up until now, they believed we were the most recession proof county in the country.

(2). We are about to have a county budget crisis. You lose 10% of your revenues, you've got problems.

Random Thursday Morning Thoughts

Saw a travel ad on Fox 4 promoting Tulsa, Oklahoma this morning. Tulsa? Really?
You don't hear the term "Chicano" anymore. How come?
It almost feels like the Far Right wants another terrorist attack so they can blame Obama. (And the Far Right used to say that about the Left during the Bush administration.)
Just dawned on me that Terrell Owens hasn't signed with an NFL team.
Silly Cinco de Mayo giggle.
Newsweek went up for sale yesterday. I'm one of the few people that still subscribe to it, and I can't tell you how much it is deteriorated over the last couple of years.
The Fort Worth City Council had a vote this week on the banning of new pawn shops. That's insane.
If you want to see the mugshot of a girl held in contempt for wearing a very offensive T-shirt to court, go over to the Smoking Gun.
It may be as pretty in Texas as I've ever seen it. The previous rains have made everything dark green and every river and lake is full.
A marriage proposal that is just a little uncomfortable.
Bob Woodward is planning a book on President Obama. That should make you boys happy.
Had a fairly lengthy meeting with our DA yesterday. Even after 10 years, it's still weird sitting on the the opposite side of a desk that I use to occupy.
"A small group of students walked out of classes at Haltom High School on Wednesday morning, marching for nearly three hours to protest the Arizona immigration law." I question their motives.
Remember the great obituary I posted last weekend? Bud Kennedy's column in the Star-Telegram revealed yesterday that it cost the family $1,180 to run it. Sheesh.

At 7:30 This Morning . . .

. . . something is going on at the courthouse with respect to, I presume, the National Day of Prayer. But if you are praying for a close parking place, you better pray someone moves that bus.

Would you pay $106 million for this? The older I get, the more I'm convinced that the "art" world is nothing but a scam.
I stared at a lawyer at a license hearing this week because I was trying to figure out if he had on a toupee. Looked absolutely normal from the front and wheels off from the back. I'm still not sure.
The more I read about the mortgage crisis (and that's a lot), the more I'm completely convinced that the Community Reinvestment Act had nothing to do with it. It was greed, and greed alone, that caused mortgage lending at ridiculous standards. People weren't forced to lend billions -- that was a voluntary act.
Saw a prosecutor turned new defense lawyer at the courthouse yesterday who told me he was just "seeing how this works from a new angle." "It's easy," I said. "You go in that office and get beaten down, and then you change floors and go to a different office and get beaten down. That's all there is to it."
Honda has never had 0% interest or a rebate deal. (I could have sworn I heard that last night.)
That flooding in Tennessee, which is being overshadowed due to the oil spill, is awful.
I've said this recently, but I never have pleasant dreams. Three or four times a week I get to wake up and be thankful that it was "only a dream." (And their just weird: Had one this week where my dress shoes were sliced up.)
Cops raid a home and shoot the family dog with kids present all over a little bit of marijuana. Drives me insane. (Video.)
I write most of this between 5 and 6 in the morning.
Techy fun: Every now and then you'll see someone on Twitter try to send a direct message but accidentally send it to the world. Saw one last night that said, "I still love you, baby." Man, I want to know the story behind that.
Corey Haim died of "natural causes" the corner ruled yesterday. I'm always confused by that -- especially if you are young. You have to die of something? Right?
The Phoenix Suns will wear jerseys tonight that say "Los Suns" in protest of the new Arizona immigration law. Viva la basketball protest.

While you were sleeping: A man suspected of being behind the Times Square bomb was arrested trying to board a plane to Dubai last night.
And the guy had a home in Bridgeport ..............Connecticut.
The goofballs on Fox News this morning said, "I hope he wasn't read his Miranda rights."[Edit: That Brian guy in an off the cuff remark]. Sheesh. The guy is a naturalized U.S. citizen, accused of a crime on U.S. soil, and was arrested in the U.S. I thought "obeying the law" (i.e. immigration) was a big deal lately.
While you were sleeping #2: A security guard fired at two guys in downtown Dallas who had a safe from the Sixth Floor museum loaded on to the back of their truck via a wench. [Edit: Too funny to correct.] They fled. I wonder what's in the safe?
A picture of Tony Romo and that guy from The Hangover. (This was before the Whitehouse Correspondence dinner last weekend.)
I liked it yesterday when that small band of thunderstorms moved through. Then you had sun and clear skies in the West and a dark-as-night blanket of clouds in the East.
You'll see rookies hold out of NFL training camps until a contract is signed, but they never hold out of the summer mini-camps. What happens if Dez Bryant had torn his Achilles last weekend? (Former UT star Limas Sweed fell victim to that very injury on Sunday.)
Redneck Mother's Day gift out of Springtown (via Craigslist.)
I had to break into a closed inside locked door (mine) this weekend. I did it with a hack saw blade -- without the saw.
We know the Super Bowl is coming to Arlington in 2011 but they are now seeking to bring it back in 2016. I'll bet they get it.
ESPN's 30 for 30 (its mini-documentaries) featured former Longhorn Ricky Williams last week. It was awful.
I've lost about 11 pounds on Nutrisystem (and a heck of a lot of running.) That's about a pound a week.
Jessica Biel in some "Hey, now" boots.
Speaking of Texas, they've got a Big 12 conference win streak in baseball going on -- I think it's at 20. They beat Baylor twice over the weekend. Both times in extra innings. Ugh.
There were only 8,874 at the Rangers game in Oakland last night.