2.03.2016

Above The Fold


at 6:13 PM

Love This: He Won A Kid $25,000




And that green looked a little slick. But flat.
at 11:33 AM

Arrest Everyone And Then Ask For Extra Money From The Taxpayer?




This is going to be a disaster for the DA when all is said and done.
at 11:30 AM

Random Wednesday Morning Thoughts







  • Hey, I don't know what the heck is going on in that photo either. That's either the girl's boyfriend or one of the greatest photobombs in the history of ever.
  • It's National Signing Day which causes me to think: Whatever happen to Max Emfinger who used to be all over the radio on days like this. I looked him up and he's still going but he doesn't appear to be welcome on Dallas radio.
  • And those Letters of Intent are still faxed to the schools (or at least that is what everyone is saying this morning.) I'm guessing most 18 year olds don't know what a fax machine is.
  • There have been a series of robberies in North Dallas of the cash registers of hotels. How much money could possibly be in them? (It's possible the cops got the guys last night after another robbery.)
  • It might end up Rubio vs. Clinton and that would be the Republican's best chance. And Rubio might win. And Fox News is now in love with him. (After dogging him for years on his immigration policy.)
  • I've dogged troopers to no end over the last few months, but I watched a video yesterday of one dealing with a Hispanic and three kids and a wife on Old Base Road and he might have been as professional and courteous as anything I've ever seen. See what that does? If there were to be a trial, a jury would despise me for attacking anything about the guy's conduct even if he made mistakes.
  • Someone mentioned the movie The Ladykillers the other day which starred Tom Hanks in a crazy role with a crazy accent. How that movie is not a cult classic is beyond me because it is beyond funny. (You don't bring your girl to the Waffle Hut.)
  • All young men are still required to register for the military draft (this came up the other day.) Do any of them do it? I've written this before: I went down to the Bridgeport Post Office and registered post Vietnam once I turned 18 and handed my card to the postmaster and asked him, "Is that all there is?" His reply was, "You better hope so."
  • The Fort Worth Law Hawk, who I've dogged before for his crazy ads, might be a marketing genius. Taco Bell is incorporating him into a Super Bowl ad. Then again, it's not like he's running a blog with a bikini girl every morning.
  • I recorded the first episode of the O.J. Simpson "documentary" last night. But I'm not sure I can make it through 10 episodes! There is too much good TV, and I hardly get to watch any of it. How do people watch all of this and work and hang out with the family and keep up with news and get exercise and do yard work and commute?
  • And I'm not sure I knew about this: A Howard Stern disciple's crank call to ABC's Peter Jenning's in the middle of the most tense part of the O.J. standoff and Al Michaels getting on the line to tell him he just got scammed.
  • Yahoo will cut 1,700 jobs. There may never be a more missed opportunity in the history of American business than Yahoo standing idly by as Google took over the Internet in the early days. 
  • A brilliant LSU kid on the college edition of Jeopardy yesterday didn't know that this year's Heisman Trophy winner was from the University of Alabama.










https://twitter.com/mmfa/status/694895271583547392
at 8:37 AM

2.02.2016

I Would Not Want To Be A Tarrant County Lawyer Right Now



The Tarrant County Criminal Defense Lawyers Association might be in dire straits.

For years the only way you could get the files from the Tarrant DA's office electronically (the DA's office always had an in person open file policy) was to become a member of the association for a fee. That's insane. (I don't practice there so I never cared.)

But due to Texas prosecutorial corruption, the Michael Morton Act was passed requiring prosecutors to turn copies of their files over for a free. (Shocking! Shocking I tell you!) But that new law apparently has caused the membership in that Tarrant County association to plummet. (Go figure.) 

But this is what prompted this post: Check out this email that the association sent which was forwarded to me by more than one person: "You are receiving this email because our records indicate that you have not renewed your membership for 2016. Our association no longer has a monopoly on electronic discovery. However, there are many reasons why membership in TCCDLA is worth the cost. Over half of last year's membership have not renewed, so please take the time and go to our website and renew for the year. When you go to the website, do not log in the main login. Log in the TCCDLA store only. Once logged in, you should be able to renew. If you have any problems, call Storm's Edge at (817) 284-[xxxx]." (Emphasis added.)

Monopoly? Good lord. Words have meaning. Why didn't they just say we can no longer rob you because you had no other option? Then throw in the "many reasons" why membership is important without listing what they are causes a question mark to form over every reader's head. And, just for fun, let's make it complicated to renew online. And, finally, use the the very seductive phrase of "half of last year's membership have not renewed", and this causes me to think the email needs to be taught in every marketing class in America. 

(Side note: Storm's Edge is some for-profit IT company. It will also be the name of my next dog. But then that would make my dog sound like a stripper.)
at 9:09 PM

Who Amongst Us Would Not Film Ourselves Post Being Shot?


at 3:25 PM

Everyone Is A Star In His Own Movie




at 10:09 AM

Random Tuesday Morning Thoughts


  • I watched mostly CNN last night during the Iowa Caucuses.  It was so ramped up. So over the top. They had a reporter watching the handwritten ballots being put into baskets and you would think he was watching a last second Super Bowl field goal.
  • Why does Iowa go first?
  • And who wins Iowa often doesn't matter. But I'd be a little concerned it I was Hillary. But I can't imagine Sanders winning in the South. 
  • It's Groundhog Day which only makes me think of Bill Murray.
  • Mike Huckabee dropped out of the political race today. A guy who had a Fox News program with all that exposure never gained any traction. 
  • "I normally think poles are for strippers and cross country skiers." - Sarah Palin regarding political polls. 
  • Crazy ex-Cowboy Joseph Randle may have bet on games while a Cowboy.



at 8:37 AM

2.01.2016

Get Me These Pants!


Cam Newton arriving in San Francisco for Super Bowl

Edit: Apparently this is Cam leaving for San Francisco. The Liberally Lean editorial board regrets this error that offended a couple of you. His location was obviously the focus of this post. 
at 2:14 PM

Very Random UIL Re-Alignment Thought

How would you like to be Abilene? Good lord. The travel.

I'm looking for Bridgeport and Decatur.

Edit: Oh, my! Bridgeport and Decatur have divorced again.


at 9:16 AM

Random Monday Morning Thoughts




  • Ted Cruz was called an "anchor baby born in Canada" by Donald Trump. That's a goofy line but kind of funny. 
  • I've been interested in the "legal" gambling of Draft Kings and Fan Duel and how states have tried to shut them down. But the fatal blow may just have happened: The leading payment processor for them said they will walk away. 
  • Two Plano East girls commit a double suicide?
  • New theory out there: O.J. Simpson's problems were caused by brain injuries from football. You know, I won't outright dismiss that all. Lack of judgment and impulse control are factors.
  • I'll say it again: If you have license plates from the southern states driving southbound on 287, either the DPS or Sheriff's Office will look for a way to stop you. And if they do and tell you that you are coming from Colorado, get ready to be detained -- most of the time illegally based upon a strong Supreme Court case from last year.
  • There is a new trick that law enforcement is using. If they suspect drugs during a traffic stop where the passengers are traveling, they ask them to identify their luggage and put it beside them and then ask consent to search the luggage. That way there won't be an issue as to whose luggage belonged to whom. (Not a bad trick, by the way.) Here's a trick if you get stopped: Shut up. There is no deaf, dumb and blind man in prison.
  • Along those lines, I was reviewing a video of a marijuana traffic stop this weekend and heard an officer say this to a person who was being detained: “Marijuana is still illegal in Texas and we don’t recognize any kind of cars or nothing like that.” Riiiiiiggghhhhtttt.
  • Our goofy tweeting Texas Supreme Court justice outdid himself on Friday. He decided to offer a concurring opinion in a rather complicated procedural issue regarding the "Texas Cheerleaders Religious Football Banner" case. The concurrence was not necessary, he sent a strong message on how he would rule in favor of the cheerleaders (inappropriate since the issue was not before the court), and started out with a reference to The Lion King. 
  • I went and dropped off a flower at my mother's grave yesterday since it was her birthday. It was hard but went much better than I thought it would. From there, Mrs. LL and I walked around Bridgeport Cemetery, and I begin to say time and time again, "This man worked as a . . . " "This lady was . . ." "This man lived on . . . " I went on and on as I recognized names. She finally said (in a very loving way), "This is not possible unless you grew up in a small town."
  • For some reason I stumbled upon Charlie Sheen in the old movie The Chase this weekend. That movie was way before its time and almost a bit of Idiocracy. Cops over the top. The media over the top. Politicians over the top. (And with a very hot Kristy Swanson in the film as well.)
  • Yes, I know Baylor was the focus of ESPN's Outside The Lines yesterday.
  • I have to stop watching "pastor" Keith Craft. I don't know what gets me more worked up: His horrible preaching, his ramped up style, his begging for money, or the empty seats in the congregation. 




at 8:34 AM

1.31.2016

Wise County Connection














SAGINAW - A man attacked a woman, an elderly couple and two police officers in a residential neighborhood late Saturday before one of the officers shot and killed him, police and neighbors said.

The man was identified as Michael Brown, 25, according to the Tarrant County medical examiner’s website Sunday. More. 

















His Facebook page. 
Edit: The more I read about this and the more I see my mutual friends who know this guy, I'm almost obsessed with wondering what the hell happened here. 
at 5:44 PM

Wise County Connection



SAGINAW - A man attacked a woman, an elderly couple and two police officers in a residential neighborhood late Saturday before one of the officers shot and killed him, police and neighbors said.

 The man was identified as Michael Brown, 25, according to the Tarrant County medical examiner’s website Sunday. More.

His Facebook page.
at 4:56 PM

1.30.2016

Johnny Football May Have Gotten Into Trouble Early This Morning In Fort Worth


News feed.

at 12:48 PM

Above The Fold


at 9:22 AM

1.29.2016

Early Edition Of "Let's Get Outta Here" (Although I'm Still Here)

Hey, What are you guys looking at?

Oh. 




at 1:16 PM

Random Friday Morning Thoughts

What is going on here?

  • Fox's Charles Krauthammer is the biggest Power Down guy on TV.  What a miserable and unhappy human being.
  • Man, that Republican debate last night was crazy. Trump is a genius. He wasn't there yet he was mentioned several times in the first 10 minutes. (And Cruz needs to not try to be a comedian.)
  • Ted Cruz challenged Trump to a "mano a mano" debate (nice touch for a guy who is Hispanic - but I still can't believe that he is Hispanic -- He was born in Canada and acts whiter than me.) And he wants the person moderating the debate to be Mark Levin or Sean Hannity or Rush Limbaugh. (Good lord. Talk about pandering to the far right wing) Trump responded “Even though I beat him in the first six debates, especially the last one, Ted Cruz wants to debate me again . . . .Can we do it in Canada?" Genius.
  • I teased Mrs. LL yesterday about the Senior in the House about to leave for college in the Fall. Note to self: Don't do that again. 
  • When my brother left for college, I was in the car and saw my mother cry all the way back home from Waco. When I left for college, my girlfriend drove back with my parents as a passenger. I asked her later, "Did mom cry the whole way home?" Her response: "Not at all."  I still laugh about that. 
  • I want you to pay attention to the commercials on Fox News and the radio station "660 The Answer". They are scamming on the elderly. 
  • Mrs. LL broke our tiny drone. Then fixed it. Then flew it next to my head. 
  • I don't believe this incredibly warm weather is any evidence of Global Warming, but I was hoping the goofy guy who used to comment on here when we had a cold day in the spring about Global Warming would comment again.
  • Fox's post-debate "Focus Group" conducted by Frank Luntz is comically ridiculous. Let's get a group of white people together and prepare them on what to say and act like it is authentic? It is scripted beyond belief.
  • How much do you think Google paid to sponsor that debate last night and have their name always on the screen. $5 million? $10 million? More?
  • Zika virus . . . ?


at 8:29 AM

1.28.2016

Speaking Of Idiocracy

I'm not sure how this is possible.

Update:

Releasing air from the tires? Yo! Science!
at 1:46 PM
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