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Random Thursday Morning Thoughts

• Orlando Bloom took a swing at Justin Bieber? Had he connected, I would have a new hero. (Funny tweet: "BREAKING:  NFL to suspend Orlando Bloom for 2 weeks after striking defenseless woman Justin Bieber in the face.")
• "A 28-year-old Bowie man was found dead in his cell at the Montague County Jail Tuesday afternoon." That's all the info I've got. But it certainly needs to be investigated. Thoroughly. 
• Also scant info: Greenville, Texas lawyer faces murder charge for allegedly killing someone who just happens to be African American. 
• "McDonald’s Ordered To Pay $27 Million For [Texas] Teens’ Deaths." Idiocracy.
• There's something very weird about Tony Romo's back, and I think it's a big deal. He should be 100% healed from his surgery and he's not.  Keep an eye on that story. 
• Offensive tackle Tyron Smith signed an eight year extension for $110 million with $40 million guaranteed and a $10 million signing bonus. If he's the next Larry Allen (and he might very well be), he will be considered to be grossly underpaid before it is all said and done. 
• I like silly things. I like campy things. I had no interest in Sharknado 2. 
• If I had to write down all the phone numbers I had memorized, it would be a shockingly short list. 
• A former Bridgeport classmate of mine is in the obits in the Update today. Freaks me out. And it reminds me that we should live while we can instead of putting up with tension and unhappiness and noise. 
• I roamed around the backyard last evening and noticed a ton of holes in the ground everywhere. The pig!
• I'm not sure how it works, but something went horribly wrong with the bar exam this week and some type of online submission software. A ton of essays were simply lost. That would put me over the edge. 
• Why do I listen to conservative radio or turn on Fox News? Why would I want to live in an echo chamber? Why would I be scared of different ideas?
• No movie gets more free publicity on The Ticket than Boyhood. And I want to see it. 
• Israel continues to have no problem with killing kids . . . 

Get Me This Virtual Shark Screen That Almost Causes Heart Attacks!

"Let Me Just Faceplant You Into The Concrete While You Are Handcuffed"

Video of jailer in Denton performing 'leg sweep' on public intox suspect. Jailer fired July 25 for inappropriate... http://t.co/8NOegET6eD
— LARI BARAGER (@laribaragerfox4) July 30, 2014

Edit: I'll be dang, he wasn't handcuffed. Hands just held behind his back.

Fox 4 News said tonight that charges won't be filed against the jailer until a "complaint" is filed by the victim. Since when is that how it works? Ask the thousands of people who have been prosecuted when the "victim" begs the prosecutor not to do it.

Fans Storm Field At Soccer Game Last Night At Cotton Bowl

Not sure what the big deal is, but it's getting a lot of press.

Random Wednesday Morning Thoughts

• Those Jack in the Box "munchie meal" commercials depict stoned people (including Jack) with the munchies, don't they? Those things have apparently been running for over a year, but I just saw one for the first time yesterday. 
• I'm kind of surprised at the Jessie Ventura/Chris Kyle verdict, but I'm not sure why. Kyle was widely know to have a problem with the truth. And if you watch him tell the story of knocking Ventura down (I saw an old replay with Bill O'Reilly and with local Fox 4 News last night), he just looks and acts like he was lying. 
• And I was always bugged about the concept of Kyle promoting himself for killing people with a rifle from a distance. And I wonder how much of what he said is even true. 
• Fox News "legal analyst" bimbos Kimberly Guioyle and Lis Wiehl are beyond stupid. (And you never hear me call someone stupid. It's a harsh and ugly term and that's why I don't use it.) However, they make Judge Judy look like she could make law review. Nevertheless, they do love to show cleavage which is enough to get you on prime time on that channel.
• Weird: That wonderfully named Highland Park failed Texas House candidate, Chart Westcott, had a campaign letter go out last week where Troy Aikman implored voters to support him and send him money. The election is long since over. Westcott says it was an "error".
• Fred Thompson has gone from actor to Republican candidate/presidential savior (in one of the worst campaigns ever) to "Reverse Mortgage" king.
• Who's the odd guy in the comments who keeps challenging me on whether Cleveland Brown Josh Gordon, as I have said, might be the best receiver in the NFL? Gordon missed the first two games last year and still lead the NFL in receiving yards with 1646 yards (for an 18.9 average and nine TDs.) How can you deny that? That's not exactly sports rocket science I'm throwing out there. (And his suspension for weed might be in question.)
• I had a faithful reader locate and send me a joint selfie of herself an Crazy Texas Mommy who was found in the wild (i.e. working). Made me smile. 
• They held Tony Romo out of practice again yesterday? Is the over/under on wins still at eight? Has Vegas moved it to 7.5 or 7 yet? 
• We have a very politically active teenager staying with us this week who, out of the blue last night, asked me last night if marijuana should be legalized. I don't think I've ever paused so long before I gave an answer that was the equivalent of tiptoeing through a minefield. 
• Every news story I see about the Ebola outbreak reminds me of, well, the movie Outbreak.
• I haven't said anything about ESPN's Stephen A. Smith's don't-provoke-a-man controversy because his initial comment was so full of convoluted logic and self righteousness that I could hardly make sense of it. I suspect there are many, many men who have had women in their lives who only wanted to provoke them into a confrontation. You don't hit them. You get rid of them. 
• The current immigration debate is mind numbing. We stole the land from the native Americans. We rebelled against Britain to steal it from them. Texas and the South tried to steal the lower half of the country from the United States. But we go ape crazy over people who want to come here in order to just become the working poor? Folks, our lifetime is nothing more than a blink of an eye in the history of man. Relax. Somehow, I think we'll all make it.
• The Mark Davis Show had a caller yesterday from "Adam in Bridgeport" who said Bridgeport schools will from time to time have a "Spanish language only" day. Davis didn't believe him. I didn't either. That's not right, is it? 

Above The Fold

Oh, My

	FOX 4 NEWS (@FOX4)
7/29/14, 1:33 PM Jury awards ex-Minn. Gov. Jesse Ventura $1.8 million in defamation suit vs Chris Kyle's estate over sniper memoir bit.ly/1nRF9gz

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Something Doesn't Seem Correct

They Won't Shoot Kids, Will They?

 Tea Party flag

 Always has a back up job as a WWE wrestler

What's that flag?

Story.

UT Responds To Tech Pic (Below) With This One

Texas K Nick Rose with a strong early lead on best headshot, 2014: pic.twitter.com/ejqREl23pn
— Paul Myerberg (@PaulMyerberg) July 29, 2014

So much swag.

Texas Tech Coach Prepping For The Season

Guns up.

Japanese Chick Just Smashing Bricks With Her Head Before First Pitch

And then I couldn't take my eyes off the mascots behind the catcher.

Random Tuesday Morning Thoughts

• That "Settle down, Captain Happy" audio from over the weekend (a confrontation between pilots and an air traffic controller) was funny. 
• Some days you just dread what is on your work schedule. Today is one of those days for me.
• Got an email telling me that prices are rising for next year's Fort Worth Half Marathon. Early registration is $80.00 and they don't even tell you what the "late" (after 7/31/14) fee will be. Sheesh. That's a little pricey. 
• A protester outside of Dallas County Judge Clay Jenkins' home on Saturday. Lady, you may have a smirk on your face but you've got a lot of hate in your heart. And you protest at his home on a weekend? Get a life. 
• I love all of those who are vehemently anti-illegal immigration but say "we welcome those who wish to enter out country legally and are willing to go through the process." Yeah, so long as it takes fifteen years and those trying are likely to give up. Let's streamline the "legal" process to six months and see how that attitude changes. 
• The case of the doctor dying from the Ebola virus is scary. I bet he is quarantined like nobody's business. 
• I've never had a decal on the back of any vehicle I've owned in over thirty years. 
• The opening line for the UT/North Texas football game is the Empire by 25. I think that's insane.
• I doubt if any of you heard it, but "author" David Horowitz was on Sean Hannity's radio show yesterday and not only did he sound like a nut, he sounded like he was about to have a heart attack.  It was weird.  And Hannity commented on it. 
• The sale of the locally owned North Texas Bank sure did fly under the radar. 
• I still think someone will die on the field during an NFL game one day. And when it happens, everything changes.
• Take a pig out to the front yard and you become an instant celebrity.
• ESPN's Sports Center is almost impossible to watch. 

Random Saint Jo News

I'm surprised they even listened.

Story.

Hey, It's A Monday

New Dallas Maverick Girls

Photo gallery. (You don't have to read the CBA to understand it.)

Electric Selfie

Saw this on the news, and it really doesn't seem that dramatic to me.  But I'm just not sure why the guy thought the mask was a good look.