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7/30/13, 1:42 PM Deceased body in the Trinity River north of downtown Fort Worth... seen by people tubing the trinity... near the Rockin' the River stage

Edit: And here's a pic from the Rockin' the River stage . . .

Anthony Wiener's Intern Is A Tuesday Afternoon Pick Me Up

Source.

Dumbest DA In The History Of Ever

Who would have possibly thought it was wrong to hire a private company to train "his task force" about highway drug interdiction and then give 25% of any seized money from a traffic stop to the private company if the traffic stop occurred during "training days"?

Not to mention that the head of the private firm, who isn't a licensed cop, was so excited he started doing his own traffic stops.

Thank goodness that low down and dirty ACLU is after the DA now.

Last Tweet Of Aggie Player Who Died Last Night

Beyond chilling.

Random Tuesday Morning Thoughts

• Kidd Kraddick apparently died from clogged heart arteries. On that note, I happily took my new cholesterol pill this morning. 
• "Dallas ISD trustees tell [Superintendent] Miles to cooperate with inquiry or risk losing job." I'll continue to say it: The end is near. 
• I try to give Johnny Football every break in the world, but how hard is it to keep a low profile for a few months? (He partied in Austin this weekend.) And in unrelated breaking news: An Aggie football player has died in a car crash.
• The Collin Street Bakery in Corsicana (which makes fruitcakes --- I hate fruitcakes!!!) had an accountant who allegedly embezzled $17 million and is now on the lam. How is that possible? 
• Mrs. LL is locked into The Bachelorette this season. (My take: It's like a bunch of junior highers in good looking bodies.) 
• I came up with an alternative to that show last night: Trade the people for monkeys with funny voice overs. Monkey in bikini. Male monkeys fighting over female monkey. Monkeys kissing. Hello, Emmy!!!!
• Then the Girls In The House said that it would be funny if the show was made with sloths instead of monkeys. I told them they were now being ridiculous. 
• Facebook inspirational posts are anything but inspirational.
• "Bros gone wild in Huntington Beach."  People are stupid. (Multiple videos.)
• Any chance the Update has used the word "vaginal" for first time before this morning. 
• We had new door knob chaos in the house (trust me, it's possible) so Mrs. LL brought in a handyman to figure everything out. (Yeah, I know. It shouldn't be that complicated but it was.)  But now we've got a keypad enabled lock on the front door. Which is both cool and a little unnerving. 
• Mark Davis said this morning that he doesn't mind government spying programs like PRISM until he hears it has been abused. How a man that old can be that naive is shocking. 
• Rangers win it last night on a walk off home run with two out in the ninth on a 2-3 pitch.  In more important news, it's 33 days until college football season. 

Random Government Salaries: Collin County Sheriff's Office

The government employee salary database at the Texas Tribune is a gold mine.

Edit: Or how about a partial list of administrators in the Frisco ISD?

Edit: Holy cow! Look at the top salaries in the Austin PD!

Play Hard. Pray Harder. Sue Hardest.

There's something just odd about people suing over ownership of the phrase "Play Hard. Pray Harder."

And Josh Hamilton being involved makes it even better.

Monday Morning Pick Me Up

NYC Mayoral candidate Anthony Weiner's "girlfriend" did a photo shoot for the New York Post.

Animated GIF Of The Day

David Ortiz hates that phone.

Random Monday Morning Thoughts

• The death of Kidd Kraddick, if you've listened to him at all, is beyond shocking. I can't imagine the number of "soccer moms" who have wept over the weekend. What was it he used to say? "Mascara alert"?
• I flipped over and listened to his show this morning. Kellie Rasberry was far more composed than I thought she would be. She has to be in denial.  Shannon was openly grieving, and it was hard to listen to. Edit: Audio here.
• He first got my attention when he was at the Eagle in the late '80s. He was giving away a ticket to some show for any caller who could call in and talk for 15 seconds about why he or she deserved the ticket without saying "uh". Teenagers flooded the airwaves. No one could do it. Kraddick's laugh was infectious as he cut them off one by one after the "uh". 
• I didn't know he was engaged to be married. (Tidbit in first link above.)
• I'm obsessed with the early and untimely death. This death has only ramped it up. 
• The first person to post the news of Kraddick's death on Twitter was Mark Cuban. Kraddick's daughter them responded and told him to take the post down (a post which has now been deleted). How odd. 
• His last photo.
• Big radio news: Cumulus will dump Limbaugh and Hannity at the end of the year. That would mean they would no longer be heard on WBAP.
• Fox 4's Fiona is a "Hey, Now" in a $13 dress.
• Troy Aikman has a new house. Wow.
• Double motorcycle death over the weekend. 
• The Harris County DA's office is now demanding blood draws via a search warrant in every case where a DWI arrestee refuses to voluntarily provide a sample. Sheesh. 
• TV: (1) I'm three episodes into The Bridge. Good but not great. (2) Saw a great documentary on the Alabama/Auburn rivalry named "Roll Tide/War Eagle." Those fans are nuts. (3) Mrs. LL loves Pitch Perfect.
• Saw this sentence a lot this weekend: "Eighty percent of Americans will struggle with joblessness, live on the edge of poverty, or rely on public programs for at least part of their lives, according to an analysis of survey data from the Associated Press." You know, those three prongs are pretty broad. 

Wow: Kidd Kraddick Dead

Sources tell Fox 4 News that KISS FM morning show host Kidd Kraddick has died
— FOX 4 NEWS (@FOX4) July 28, 2013

Internal Clear Channel email confirms the news: Kidd Kraddock has died of an aneurysm while in NOLA.
— Peter Welpton (@peet2) July 28, 2013

Above The Fold

OU Running You Into The Weekend

Guy Gets Kicked Out Of Dodger Stadium

This is a multiple choice test. What do you expect to happen?

(a) The guy eventually gets tired and walks away,
(b) He breaks back into the stadium since he obviously has extreme ninja skills,
(c) A cop comes in and tells him to leave or he'll be arrested, or
(d)  A re-creation of the Battle of San Jacinto.

Before There Was Devon Energy, There Was George Mitchell -- Now Deceased

From the history of George Mitchell Energy:

CM&M [the predecessor to Mitchell Energy  expanded operations through the mid-1950s. In 1954 it opened a Western Canada field office in Calgary, where in 1955 it discovered the Alvord 3000' Strawn and Tidwell 4600' Strawn fields.

All was not completely rosy for the new firm, however. In 1956 royalty owners in North Texas's Wise County--where CM&M had drilled 57 oil wells and 103 gas wells in 34 separate fields--began to grow impatient with CM&M which, because of low gas prices, was keeping gas shut-in. George Mitchell decided to deal with the disgruntled royalty owners publicly. He invited the entire county to a barbecue, where he told 3,000 residents that though it had not seen a penny of revenue from gas sales, the company was willing to spend another $7 million to drill 40 wells in the area in 1956 and another 170 wells in 1957. Given the company's financial commitment, residents agreed to wait for satisfactory prices before demanding royalties.

It was not as if the company was not trying to market its gas. As early as 1954 it had negotiated with Natural Gas Pipeline Company of America for a pipeline spur that would transport Wise County gas to Chicago. The Federal Power Commission had rejected this first deal and did not approve a spur into Wise County until 1957. Through the late 1950s and early 1960s, the company expanded and reorganized. It became part owner of the GM&A Gas Products Plant at Bridgeport, which opened in 1957. In 1959 George Mitchell became CEO. And in 1961 the company, which had just discovered the Alvord South Caddo Conglomerate Field in Wise County, formed CM&M Equilease to lease oil field equipment.

Devon bought Mitchell Energy in 2002 for $3 billion.

Edit: Original George Mitchell office in Bridgeport

Guess This Former Child TV Star

Hey, now.

I Love Everything About This Video

The idea was to sling the skim boarder around the boat and give him a high five . . . 

S Bomb warning. 

Random Friday Morning Thoughts

• There's now a  Ricky Bobby Sports Saloon open near I-35 and and north 820. Idiocracy? (But, I'll admit, I loved that goofy movie. My two favorite scenes -- other than the dinner prayer -- involved Will Farrell running in his underwear yelling "Help me Tom Cruise!", and the Borat guy telling Farrell,"My husband Gregory and I wish for only that which every other couple wishes for: to retire to Stockholm and design a currency for dogs and cats to use." In the latter, you can see Farrell begin to laugh as he replies, "That's dumb."
• The radio reminded me this morning of a now closed outdoor amphitheater which used to be at LBJ and Central in Dallas. It was called, maybe,  Starfest. I saw Amy Grant and Kenny Loggins there back in the day. I was full throttle.
• I actually got sucked in by an email ad yesterday: 12 monthly digital issues of PC Magazine for $12. I bought it. 
• The couple and small child who were killed by an alleged drunk driver on I-30 a couple of days ago were in the process of honoring the Islamic holy month of Ramadan.  (Question: What is the political and religious persuasion of the first person who will certainly post a hateful comment?)
• Another crazy water main break in the metroplex.
• From the email bag last night: "On the way to work just saw a guy dragging like a ten foot cross on his shoulder with a guy with a flash light walking beside him and a guy riding in a fat cart bout 20 ft behind them both.   I'm assuming it has to be some walk like Jesus thing across ?Texas? US?   Would have gotten a pic but it was 287 North of Alvord and its frickin pouring down rain dark.    Guy works for me called saw same thing so I'm not crazy."
• "A man who police say had 'the mental capacity of a young child' was found dead inside a hot car Thursday afternoon in Arlington." It was actually in the driveway of a "group home" in a residential section.
• Steve Eager and Heather Hays had an awkward segment last night where Heather called Steve "Ron Burgundy" and Steve called Heather " Veronica Corningstone?" Then Steve said, "What did he say? 'I'm gonna . . . . '" which prompted Heather to yell, "Don't say it!!!"  Researching lines from The Anchorman, there are some interesting ones that use the word "gonna".  (Best I can tell, Eager either threatened to marry her or punch her in the ovary.) 
• I'm not sure what happened, but I think I remember Mrs. LL chewing out the Kids In The House at 2:00 in the morning last night for not being asleep. And then I think she was on the phone to some unknown third person explaining what was going on. (I live a life of lots of head shaking and not asking questions. It's just easier that way.)
• ESPN has announced the next batch of 30 for 30 documentaries. I love that stuff. (The Jimmy Connors one and the Nancy Kerrigan one are definitely on my radar.)
• AG Eric Holder has "asked a San Antonio-based federal court to force Texas to get Justice Department approval before changing their election rules."  Fox 4 had ex-Bridgeport resident Allen Vaught and some Dallas Republican bigwig on last night to discuss the issue. I was surprised that the Republican didn't go into an anti-federal government rant. He seemed very timid and went with the "Who us? We would never discriminate" mantra.