Liberally Lean From The Land Of Dairy Queen

3.31.2015

Inappropriate Comment

There was a heck of wreck today in Fort Worth. Reports are that he was in a hit and run and might have been running over 80 when he plowed completely into the store. This is after the vehicle had been pulled out.

I was just going to embed the photo but I noticed the first comment. A spammer trying to get people to click on a link for Fast & Furious 7. I assume it is automatically placed on any tweet which mentions "crash" and "7".

(And, not important, but you click on a link like that and you are just asking for it. )

I'm Not Sure I Understand The Internet

A group makes "musicless music videos" by editing and cutting down real music videos. And then leaves out the music. This one is from Ghostbusters and is almost creepy. The original was a couple of minutes longer because clips of the film were spliced in among other things.

This is oddly hypnotic.

Proof That We Are All Getting Old

Van Halen on Jimmy Kimmel last night.

David Lee Roth hit his nose on the mic stand during the rehearsal so that explains the bandage. The lack of a shirt, well, I can't explain that.

Book In Photo

03/30/2015 22:09:11 Charles, 44 yrs old ♏ Bond: $330 SPEED FAIL TO CONTROL SPEED http://t.co/rWrSAYThKV pic.twitter.com/LjiKQgWLN8
— Arrests by @DentonPD (@DentonPolice) March 31, 2015

I think I would have just written him a warning.

(Edit: Good lord, I know you can't be arrested for speeding and this arrest had to be that he failed to take care of the ticket. I've written about that a million times before in connection with this Denton book-in Twitter account. But the guy who says this was "fail to control speed" might have a point. But the point was that if I were the original officer, I think I'd would have just written him a warning. It was comedy. But now a failed bit. Before 9:00 a.m.)

Random Tuesday Morning Thoughts

Dallas DA Susan Hawk dodged questions yesterday about her bizarre behavior saying it was time to "move forward." I wrote last week about how the Junior In The House tried to avoid reprimand by using the same line.
I haven't seen the Scientology documentary on HBO yet, but I will. Their beliefs sound crazy but Danny Balis stopped down the Hardline on The Ticket yesterday when he said, "You know, there are some pretty crazy things in the Bible, too."
That reminded me of a Julia Sweeney bit from a few years back when she compared Mormonism origins to Christianity origins and the faith that both groups have to have. (It's too hard to explain. I was just going to link to it and, I'll be dang, she did a "Ted Talk" about it. Two weeks ago I had never heard of Ted Talks and now I can't stop seeing references to them.)
Very crazy story about a lady leaving the King's Spa in Dallas and then leaving her seven year old in a trash bin outside of it for 10 hours. King's Spa is getting a bad rap here and is just an innocent bystander. I wrote about visiting that place after a neighbor family was headed there one morning. It is 100% opposite of what you would think it is.
There are some reports that the marijuana being legally sold in Colorado has some stuff in it that isn't marijuana. We are through with Big Tobacco lawsuits, but could there be a different round with marijuana?
On the news last night, a reporter introduced a lawyer as head of the Dallas Bar Association. The Sixth Grader in the house looked at me very confused and said, "bar association?" That is a little hard to explain.
Rolling Stones in Cowboys Stadium on June 6. I remember when they came through in the early 1980s and there was serious talk that it might be their last tour.
Strange story of the week: The Missouri state auditor killed himself last month and now the person who was his spokesman does the same thing.
Sean Hannity had both Ann Coulter and Dennis Prager on last night. No way I was going to subject myself to that.
Mrs. LL went to a trampoline park group workout last night (I'm still not clear on that) but there were also a group of special needs kids who just happen to be there. The kids began cheering on the women with unadulterated excitement. Mrs. LL said it was one of the inspiring and heartwarming things she had ever seen.
Pulled out the gas powered weedeater this weekend for the first time since last fall and it fired up on the very first pull. Nothing good happen after that to ruin the weekend.
Everyone was raving about the story in The Messenger about the new family over in Bridgeport who moved in with a group of star basketball players. It sounded glowing. I know nothing about them, but I like their kitchen.
Saw a tons of new stories yesterday about McDonald's considering offering its breakfast menu all day long. Was that an ad disguised as a news story? It was a national story so it would have cost a fortune, but McDonald's has a fortune.

3.30.2015

Wild Rhino On Streets Of Nepal

Starts off entertaining, but goes downhill. I was expecting that crazy crowd chasing behind the rhino to suddenly turn around and run back once the big fella figured out they were there.

Here's a quick one of the rhino in a full sprint. Oh, my:

Rhino on the Run in Hetauda Video provided by Kishan Poudel from Hetauda. #WildLife @kashishds pic.twitter.com/OqTCqYUxFu
— Sahadev Poudel (@Sahadevision) March 30, 2015

Army Guy Scares Fake Beggar Dressed As Army Guy

But you got to like his concern for the guy when he keeps stepping out into the street. It's like he was thinking, "I just want to scare the guy but the last thing I need is for this moron to get hit by a car while we are filming this."

More Legal Insanity - This Time In Houston

Lawyers in Houston are scratching their heads over a lavish honeymoon gift registry posted online by Harris County Family Court Judge Alicia Franklin and her fiancé, attorney Doug York.

We're joining in on the head-scratching, especially since the exposure of the site -- which describes the couple's plans to stay in Paris and the Maldives ("for a little r&r") -- comes on the heels of a report finding that Franklin collected $806,005 from the county for her work as a judge-appointed attorney between 2010 and 2014. More.

Edit: I'm not sure I've had so many comments from people who don't understand this story. Is it wrong to have a high tone registry? I don't know. I don't care. That's not the point. It's about a trip described in that registry. But the key to this is publicizing the trip is "tone deaf" -- meaning "do you have any idea how this looks for a person in your situation?"

So what's her situation? We've got a judge who collected and ungodly amount of money when she was a court appointed lawyer. Enough to raise eyebrows that something could be seriously amiss. (Try being a good attorney and make a living off court appointments -- normally you will starve. Quickly. She got rich.) And, you conservatives, we are talking about taxpayer dollars. But here is the point: Despite complaints about her in Houston for all of that, she flaunts her extravagant trip.

Random Monday Morning Thoughts

We bought one of those baseball "pitchback nets" again (the last one gave out after a couple of years.) I love those things. Although I did have an awkward moment in trying to assemble it without looking at the instructions since it was the exact same make and model of the last one. It didn't go well. Mrs. LL had to come out and do the "step aside" routine.
That Dallas DA situation has escalated quickly. There are even calls for her resignation, and I'm guessing she won't handle this pressure well.
The Junior in the House asked me the difference between "effect" and "affect" last night. Girl, I'm the last person you should ask about that.
Mrs. LL saw a huge, huge group of sports bikes on a highway in Fort Worth yesterday which were causing traffic to slow down to a standstill. I'm guessing they were doing stunts like we saw on Central Expressway a few years back.
I perked up when I saw that federal judge John McBryde in Fort Worth had allegedly made “disparaging, gender-discriminatory remarks” in connection with a defendant trying to delay her sentence because of a potential surgery. But the story didn't say what those remarks were. "The 5th Circuit issued a rare public reprimand of McBryde in 1995 over what it called his 'intemperate, abusive and intimidating treatment of lawyers, fellow judges and others.' He was suspended from receiving new cases for a year."
You want to know where we are heading? Consider this: 76,976 people showed up in stadium in California this weekend to watch Wrestlemania 31.
Doing a complete 180 from last week, the University of Texas fired Rick Barnes over the weekend. His exit press conference was eerily similar to Mack Brown's with a feeling of, "I have not been treated fairly and I'm going to tell you all about it some day."
I got Slumped Shoulder when I saw that Dance Mums UK was set to be recorded on the DVR. The. Whole. Series.
What a slow news weekend nationally and locally. The first three items in the Update were spring high school sports scores.
Liberally Lean Pick 'Em standings.

3.29.2015

Great Question: What Is the Story?

Link to ad for the place.

I drove by it about five years ago and was confused by it then. An unfinished mansion in Wise County?

Remember That Burning Building In New York Last Week?

3.27.2015

I'm Not A Political Expert, But I Don't Think This Is A Good Start For Her

Link.

Edit: Always love the comments about how it's soooo different because it is pain medication. One comment on the DMN site said she wasn't doing "dope" and her problem happens to "normal" people. Good grief. Is that some kind of code? She was self-medicating. She had the resources to have a doctor who would write her a prescription (assuming she did everything "legal" and didn't doctor shop or lie about how she needed pills for physical pain.) I suppose those who aren't "normal" and self-medicate with drugs get locked up. And for all those who scream "one is legal and one is not!", are the people behind bars really that different from someone like Hawk who put a substance in her body to alter her state and got addicted? Then again, you look at her photo and bio realize there are differences -- just none that should matter about how we treat each other.

Guy Chews Out Dog For Taking His Potato Skin

I don't know who is crazier, that moron or the fact that this made me so mad I want to beat him senseless.

P.S. Hey, buddy, clean the place up a little bit.

A Question We Couldn't Answer Last Night

On Thursday, the online superstore started offering one-hour delivery to customers in two dozen Dallas ZIP codes. The initial eligible neighborhoods are in Irving and Dallas — basically south of the company’s Coppell fulfillment center and into downtown Dallas.

The service, called Prime Now, is available to Amazon Prime members who pay $99 a year. One-hour delivery costs $7.99. If you can wait two hours, delivery is free. The service is available from 8 a.m. to 10 p.m.

Considering that all of those zip codes are heavily populated with access to stores or every imaginable product in a short driving distance, answer this: Name one product that you would pay $7.99 for a one hour delivery? Or, put another way, is there any situation where you would need something so urgently that you wouldn't just get in the car and go get it?

Random Friday Morning Thoughts

So an 18 wheeler hits a bridge near Salado that is under construction and a massive support beam lands directly on the car of an Arlington man and killed him? Fear and respect the Butterfly Effect.
Fox 4 desperately tried to get the deceased guy's mother on tape for interview last night and even promoted it before she refused. Steve Eager, in explaining had they had failed to deliver, had the strangest comment when he told his audience some viewers may be "surprised" that she "wanted" to talk about the incident. It almost came across that he was trying to say, "Some of you idiot viewers might be surprised that a relative would not want to talk about the death of loved one immediately after it happens" but bailed out of it mid-sentence.
Harry Reid has announced he won't seek re-election. I doubt if it is connected to that mysterious eye injury, but I wouldn't rule it out. I wonder if something is going on.
Guy arrested after motorcycle chase in Dallas has a pretty cool book-in photo.
The Ticket boys were talking this morning about being packrats -- a habit which may be attributable to just wanting to hold onto memories instead of things. Junior Miller said that he's tried to not to do that because lately he is trying to "live in the moment." Mindfulness.
Had the sweetest moment with the Junior In The House last night when she walked through the door and, sensing something was wrong, I asked, "You OK?" She said "no", sat down, and began to tell me about it. That's probably commonplace to all of you but not to me.
Zayn Malik left One Direction this week.
OK, I was doing a bit there. Never heard of the guy. Don't know any of the band's songs. Just know everyone else was talking about it.
It sounds like Texas basketball coach Rick Barnes will not be fired. Does he have pictures of someone?
Hey, DFW media, there's a story behind this news release from Keller ISD: "In response to recent social media posts regarding 'promposals' at our high school campuses, Keller ISD does not grant permission for any student, regardless of gender, to conduct public prom invitations, or promposals, on campus during the school day. Any previous promposals that have occurred have done so without District approval. Promposals, and other similar public displays, may create a disruption to the academic setting, therefore they are not allowed for any student." I'm not saying an episode of Glee is breaking out, but an episode of Glee might be breaking out.
Liberally Lean Pick 'Em update.