And Another - North Carolina

2013 making a huge comeback.

Link.

Oh, My!!!!

Now This Is Confusing

I was prepared to rant about another story of the cops saying, "He pointed his weapon at us so we fired in self defense". But then I went beyond the call of duty and actually read the story.   The statements of his neighbors makes this whole thing even crazier than the headline reads.

All Hail The Crazy Female Protestor

Youtube description: Anfield-born Hollie-May Saker, 18, was modelling for Nina Ricci at a show in the Tuileries gardens yesterday when two half-naked female protesters invaded the stage.

I have no idea what that sentence means since I've never heard of Saker, Ricci, or Tuileries gardens. And  I'm not exactly sure what they are protesting. 

But that bottom photo is an instant classic.

Random Friday Morning Thoughts

• The new Big Tex weighs so much more than his predecessor that this one will not use guy wires. (I hope an engineer was consulted -- Having the thing topple over and crushing someone eating a turkey leg would not be good.)
• Explained to the Sophomore in the House that I disliked Oprah because of her "look at me" style. Less that an hour later we are driving and ended up behind a guy in a Corvette convertible with personalized license plates. I said, "There's a whole lot of Oprah in that car." She told me that was a horrible joke. Ma'am, that was a tremendous joke. 
• Ok, "Where da goat at?" explanation: Three or so days ago I saw a photo on Facebook of a Wise County guy serving beer to his goat. It was really funny so I posted it. Later in the afternoon I got an incredibly polite request that I take it down, so I did. 
• Remember the Argyle middle school principal who was accused of placing a hidden video camera in a locker room during her daughter's high school basketball game to see how much the coach yelled at the players? Well she was convicted yesterday of "unlawful interception of oral communications". (She was found not guilty of the goofy "improper photography" law.) Was it necessary to criminally prosecute her for that? A public reprimand or suspension isn't good enough?
• Kind of goes back to my post the other day about government prosecutors suing/prosecuting other government workers all the time. It's like busy work. 
• After the guilty verdict, the prosecutor and defense lawyer agreed to a probated sentence instead of having the judge or jury assess the punishment. But this is odd: The defense lawyer said he would now appeal the conviction. So the prosecutor agreed to a post-conviction plea bargain on punishment but didn't make it a condition that the defendant would waive an appeal? 
• Glee is a big player in our house and last night they had a Beatles theme. The show began with one of the girls walking around singing "Yesterday" as a tribute to the cast member who died over the summer. (And every time I tried to walk out of the room they'd fire up another Beatles song.)
• And I know the Comment Dog Pile that I'm asking for by mentioning Glee. Hey, I don't watch the thing -- it's just on. I'll just look up from my lap top from time to time. (But then normally the room begins "to spin real fast... cause of... cause of all the gayness.")
• Explain this to me: Last night the attendance at the Rangers/Angels game was 26,198. The game against Houston on Wednesday night drew 43,207.
• By the way, time is running out for the little Rangers. 
• Hey: To the goofy guy who always accuses me of stealing from "Gordo's Corner" (which doesn't make sense due to that segment on The Ticket coming on after I post Random Thoughts), Gordon mentioned the Fort Worth McDonald's story early this morning when I posted it yesterday. He obviously stole it from me, right? I mean he mentioned a major metroplex news story so he could have only heard of it from one place. 
• One of my weird life's pleasures: Eating at an airport restaurant before a vacation starts. 
• I knew Ted Cruz would be crazy but I didn't know he would be so crazily entertaining. 
• Ticket fans: Man, if you listen to the station over the Internet you will absolutely be driven crazy by the commercials of Progressive's Flo, Granada Theater, and "I'm having a stroke".

There's a video?

	WFAA TV (@wfaachannel8)
9/26/13, 8:28 PM Video shows Wise Co. man violently attacked while sleeping in his bed bit.ly/1h73oyX

Cruz Is Trying To Go Over The President's Head!

Ted Cruz in a prayer outside the WH pic.twitter.com/MqcRfyYHkX
— Amanda Terkel (@aterkel) September 26, 2013

Big Tex's New Face Revealed

 You mad, bro?

Edit: He was unveiled earlier today:

The old:

Flash back to 2012:

Johnny Football And Uncle Nate Resurface

Looks like he showed up in Houston for Slim Thug's* show this week.

But the best part of this picture is that Uncle Nate (Nathan Fitch) is there. For the uninitiated, Uncle Nate is Johnny Football's 20 year old best friend who dropped out of college to be his manager. If real life were Entourage, Johnny would be Vincent Chase and Uncle Nate would be "E" but with the personality and brains of Turtle.

Second to his parents (who don't know how to parent), Uncle Nate (background here) is the worst possible influence on on Johnny Manziel.
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*I will readily admit I have no idea who Slim Thug is. I presume he is a rapper who has a somewhat thuggish disposition and prefers low fat meals.

Random Thursday Morning Thoughts

• I'm not sure why there isn't more coverage of a near mass killing in a McDonald's in Fort Worth on Tuesday. Gun jammed, gunman goes outside and unjams it -- firing twice -- comes back into the restaurant and the gun jams again. One cop channeled Jules from Pulp Fiction calling it "divine intervention."  (As Vincent Vega explained: "That means God came down from Heaven and stopped the bullets.")
• America won the America's Cup yesterday in a sport only the one-percenters understand or care about. 
• The Rangers are down one game for the final wild card spot with four games to play against the Angels. What the ultimate beat down: C.J. Wilson and Josh Hamilton come back to keep them out of the playoffs.
• A criminal court magistrate in Tarrant County (who I think is related to the Billy Bob's family) is placed on administrative leave but we don't get to know why? That seems wrong. 
• An extra depressing fact in an Update post about a house fire yesterday in Lake Bridgeport: "A broken down 2005 Expedition sitting close to the house also burned."
• I'm kind of surprised that the home in Alvord, which was the scene of a "home invasion", had security cameras that actually worked.
• Troy Aikman, in all seriousness, said this morning on The Ticket thought he could still play in the NFL. (That boy must be suffering from concussion syndrome.)
• I remembered a shocking case of two young Oklahoma girls being found murdered along a remote Oklahoma road in 2008. I looked the mystery up and learned that an arrest was made a couple of years ago of a man named Kevin Sweat. The last update I saw had the judge granting a motion to have "all three" murders tried at the same time. Amazingly, he's also accused of killing his girlfriend in 2011. (But it is beyond bizarre that all cases would be tried together.)
• Came in from jogging last night to catch the kids scrambling with their plates from the living room to the kitchen table. My rule of "no food outside the kitchen" may be being violated. Just a hunch. 
• There was a fantastic brawl in the Atlanta-Milwaukee game last night after Carlos Gomez hit a home run and crazily taunted everyone on the bases like a madman during his home run trot. The catcher was waiting for him.  (Video and break down here.)
• Cumulus radio has posted a "help wanted" ad to replace Randy Galloway. (h/t Richie Whitt). The Ticket bought 103.3 ESPN earlier this summer and the speculation was they would put Galloway justifiably out to pasture.
• Cumulus will also replace Sean Hannity nationwide with Michael Savage. (Although Savage won't help the nation's IQ).
• Breaking Bad note: Go back and watch Walt watching the Charlie Rose interview in the bar. I'm not sure he's as stunned by seeing the owners of the company he founded as he is when  Rose says there are still reports of "the blue meth" being on the streets. Walt's eyes get slightly wider. 

FBI Releases Video: No Shooting Shown But Still Chilling

And Ted Cruz Has Left The Building

After 22 hours Cruz drives off in a BMW. pic.twitter.com/Bvr9Tq50LD
— Luke Russert (@LukeRussert) September 25, 2013

Blocked By Paywall!!! I SO Want To Know More About This Case

Client on a stretcher. Attorney handcuffed. It's chaos!!

Found a little background which makes it even crazier:

Spidernado?

Random Wednesday Morning Thoughts

Edit: Oops. That's a repeat. Replacement . . . 

• Ted Cruz certainly learned from Wendy Davis how to promote oneself. (Although Davis at least accomplished what her stated objective was -- albeit just momentarily.) 
• Gregg Abbott had waffled on whether the "defund Obamacare" was the way to go, Rick Perry was openly against the tactic (calling it "nonsensical"), and David Dewhurst just hates Cruz.  But (I think) I saw that all three of them fall in line with the "Stand With Cruz" movement last night on Twitter. Man, does the old Republican guard fears Ted Cruz.
• Cruz and all those who support the "defund Obamacare" movement justify their actions because "the majority of Americans" support the movement. Regardless of whether that is true, aren't those politicians the same people who always yell, "We don't live in a Democracy! We live in a Republic!" when the majority of people don't support their position-of-the-moment?
• "The wife of a Burleson youth minister filed a wrongful death suit Tuesday against the parents of [an allegedly drunk] teenager who authorities say was driving a pickup that hit her husband and three other people on a dark road in southern Tarrant County in June." The parents? She's suing the parents? Edit: Someone commented that I must have missed the law school class that taught parents are civilly responsible for the actions of their children. Vicariously? Without any fault on behalf of the parents? You might want to rethink that one, hoss. 
• "Ken Anderson, a Williamson County district judge who has been embattled over his role in the Michael Morton prosecution [because he hid evidence from the defense and was a corrupt DA] has resigned his position." To which I say: I can't believe he was still on the bench!!! 
• Three Child Protective Services workers were arrested Tuesday in connection with an investigation into the murder of a teenager Alicia Moore of Greenville in 2012. I have no idea what this case is about (evidence tampering, I think), but it is another example of government workers suing government workers. It's like they create work. 
• "The judge who held Dallas County District Attorney Craig Watkins in contempt of court has been subpoenaed by a grand jury looking into whether her ruling was improperly influenced by other judges." What did I just say? 
• Wordkyle came in strong last night with an opinion that, "Most millionaires in America are in mundane businesses (like plumbing, or bricklaying) and made wise choices in life. They didn't inherit money or win the genetic lottery. Their wealth was the result of the choices they made . . . ." I love the guy, but do most Americans believe that? Or is the statement correct because it began with "most"?
• And is the statement more likely false if "billionaires" is substituted in the place of "millionaires". All those Waltons on the list sure hit the genetic lottery. 
• Some guy on here has called me an "ambulance chaser" for years. Again, an "ambulance chaser" is a term for a low rent lawyer who solicits personal injury lawsuits from recently injured individuals. I've never had such a case in my life. I don't mind personal attacks, I just prefer they be accurate personal attacks. Or at least funny inaccurate attacks. 
• The Internet was abuzz yesterday with a video of an idiotic frat boy giving an intramural football team a crazy pep talk laced with about a krillion F bombs. Deadspin has posted an edited version with the Any Given Sunday music behind it. (Just like I know I won't like the guy who weaves in and out of traffic, I know I'd hate that guy, too.)
• Channel 11 reports there is a billboard in Greenville urges prostitutes to get out of the business and become "Sugar Babies." It's sponsored by ArrangementFinders.com. 

Above The Fold

Yell at me all you want, but comments are closed. I represented him once and told him I wouldn't let any crazy comments go through. It's easier just to shut 'em all down.

Ted Cruz Has Launched A Filibuster In The Senate That Can't Possibly Work

As I understand it, there is a deadline tomorrow when the current debate in the Senate on defunding Obamacare must end. After that, the vote will happen. He can talk up until the deadline, but not past the deadline.

Until then . . .

Ted Cruz to filibuster until he actually needs Obamacare.
— Albert Brooks (@AlbertBrooks) September 24, 2013

"Craig James Killed Five Hookers"

A Fort Worth store is selling those t-shirts for the Frogs upcoming game against SMU.  This story would be much better if it were the official campus bookstore doing the peddling

(For those confused, Craig James, a former SMU running back, did not kill five hookers. But he was the victim of one of the first "Google bombs.")