6.21.2016

Chinese Bank Employee Punishment



"When I tell you to push those money market accounts, I mean push those accounts!!"

Story.
at 3:14 PM

Trump Announces His "Evangelical Outreach Board"


I've noted the names which got my attention. How did Joel Osteen, Ed Young, and Rick Warren not make the cut? And I would have thrown in Ernest Angley to get the nostalgia vote.

(Graphics compliments of Liberally Lean Art and Graphics Department. All rights reserved.).
at 1:32 PM

Presidential Twitter Wars



at 12:13 PM

Random Crime Stats: Felony Cases Pending In Texas District Courts

County                            Population  Pending


That really is insane. Texas counties with basically the same population but with a vast different amount of pending felony cases as of 8/31/15 -- last stats available. (District court data source)

Starr County sticks out. I thought for a second that perhaps by some fluke that the district court had misdemeanor jurisdiction as well. Nope. They have 2,866 misdemeanors pending in other courts. (County data source).  Get this: Wise County has 666 misdemeanors pending!!!
at 9:26 AM

A Happy Gilmore Tribute -- Made Me Laugh




He does other things well, too:


at 8:46 AM

Random Tuesday Morning Thoughts



  • I preached all during the primary that the Trump campaign was going to cause the implosion of the Republican Party at the national level. Now it is happening. Dissension among the rank and file. Trump fired his campaign manager a month before the convention. Trump is low on campaign cash ($1 million to Clinton's $42 million). And the all important minority voting block is revolting.  This election is basically over and the GOP better worry about long term damage.
  • The Senate voted on gun control amendments to an appropriations bill yesterday. All failed. In fact, more people died in the Orlando shooting than those who voted for the bills.
  • It took me a few hours to realize the actor who died in a freak accident, Anton Yelchin, who played Chekov in Star Trek was the young actor and not the Chekov from the original series. I remember him most from the great Alpha Dog.
  • Random Trivia: The original Chekov character was played by Walter Koenig, 79, who got the role, in part, because he looked like the Monkee's Davy Jones. In fact, he even wore a mop-top type wig in the original series to accentuate the look.
  • I've not mentioned much about the Rangers (9.5 game lead in the West this morning) because I'm beaten down by the fact there are 91 games to play. The last regular season game is on October 2nd. 
  • Someone asked me yesterday why I link to a page of Google News search results when I mention a news story. Answer: I figure if you are interested enough to click on the link that you'd rather pick your own source than read a particular story that I handpicked for you. I'm fair and balanced that way. 
  • BagOfNothing's odd story of the morning: He once played football with a teammate who had a baby arm. (Ticket fans just laughed. The rest of you will be offended by that reference. And I'm now telling Mrs. LL there used to be a Baby Arm geocache -- she will be giddy about the news.)
  • "I want to emphasize once again that the main reason I’m doing this is that I refuse to ruin the lives of two young men who have spent their adolescence and teenage years, working and sweating, while we were all in the air conditioning." - A DA in Alabama Louisiana on his decision not to indict two Crimson Tide football players on dope and gun charges. 
  • Yesterday, the Supreme Court allowed evidence to be used against a defendant even though the person had been illegally detained. It's not necessarily ground-breaking but does involve something I hate: A "three-prong test" with a "cost-benefit" analysis. I feel sorry for any prosecutor who actually reads the case and has to advise the police. The only thing he can say is, "Yeah, the courts might bail you out from time to time but don't think you can go out there and stop people without a reason and always get away with it." 
  • A 13 year old died at a Southlake ISD swim practice. How does that happen? There were 24 students in the pool and two coaches on watch. 
  • Dallas DA Susan Hawk is on her third "leave of absence" for depression.  She needs to resign - not because of mental health issues but because the office can apparently run just fine without her. It actually is a pretty good case study that the office needs to be an appointed position instead of an elected position. (Side note: I get hypnotized by Hawk's duck lips.)
  • DFW news this morning: "A semi driver followed a man he thought stole another semi. Alleged thief was hit, killed by the 1st semi driver." I hope, at the very least, that the guy actually stole the semi. That being said, I'm not sure he deserved a privately imposed death penalty for stealing a truck. Maybe there's more to it. 


at 8:37 AM

6.20.2016

At Around Lunch Time: Not Good


at 12:48 PM

Tranquility Amongst The Chaos

at 10:53 AM

Walmart Fireworks



Walmart sells fireworks?
at 10:49 AM

Random Monday Morning Thoughts


  • On Friday, there were were 123 more DPS Troopers in Texas. 
  • Liberally Lean curse: On Friday I said the Baylor Scandal had become a dumpster fire. On Friday, there was an actual dumpster fire in Southlake. 
  • Billy Bob from Varsity Blues died on Friday.  (Side note: The girl in the whipped cream scene from that movie is now 40 years old and still very hot.) 
  • We've got another just-six-months-in-jail sexual assault story. This time it comes from Alabama and involves a state trooper. 
  • "A 23-year-old Fort Worth man was found not guilty this week in the fatal shooting of an aspiring rapper in the parking lot of an Arlington sports bar two years ago." Two things: (1) Both defense lawyers are former prosecutors and one of the them left after the new administration took over, (2) This case involving a shooting outside of a club with no scientific evidence. The not guilty verdict demonstrates the problem that exists with all the  Waco Twin Peaks bikers prosecution.
  • I went to Benihana yesterday. It's like Panda Express on acid.
  • Hasbro has created a "Chewbacca Mom" action figure. Will we ever get rid of her?
  • Today is the first day of Summer and a full moon.  I don't know the significance of that but it is pretty rare. I tried to look up dates for the last time and the next time it will happen, but I came across a story that said it depends on what time zone you are in. That gave me Tired Head so I abandoned the search. 
  • It took a game seven with historical consequences, but I finally watched 1/2 of one game of an NBA game last night. CBS News said President Obama stayed 10 minutes longer on Air Force One after landing to watch the end of the game.
  • Three years ago Skip Bayless tweeted: "Johnny Football will one day be bigger in Cleveland than his buddy LeBron ever was."
  • Some guy in the Liberally Lean Pick 'Em tournament a few years back received an autographed Lebron James jersey that a buddy gave to me to give away as a prize. I think it was a Cleveland jersey. 
  • “Hey, you want to hit the papers tomorrow? Let’s get that horse. I’ll ride that horse. The problem is, even if I make it, they’ll say I fell off the horse and it was terrible.” - Donald Trump at Gilley's in Dallas last week when he confused the mechanical bull with a mechanical horse.
  • "These 50 Sodomites [in Orlando] were all perverts and pedophiles and they are the scum of the earth and the earth is a little bit better place now, and I’ll even take it a little further I heard on the news today that there are still several dozen of these queers in ICU and I will pray that God will finish the job that that man started" - Fort Worth Pastor Donnie Romero of Stedfast Baptist Church. (The place looks like it might have a salad bar.)

  • He also has hot religious opinions regarding today's churches: "[Our] church is old-fashioned, has traditional music, and is King James Bible only! The new evangelical movement in America has been a complete disaster. The worldly, rock and roll, contemporary-style churches are not getting the job done when it comes to preaching the Gospel to every creature, teaching Bible doctrine, and preaching hard against sin. We do not pattern our church after these trendy social clubs. Stedfast Baptist Church stands for the old paths and zero compromise preaching." He should trademark "Preaching Hard". That's pretty catchy.
  • A thought: If you asked a male under 25 what King James refers to do you think they would refer to a version of the Bible or Lebron?
  • Fox 4's Jenny Anchondo got married over the weekend. Any "Hey, Nows" in this pic?
  • Top 10 in alcohol sales in DFW in April: (1) Gaylord Texan Resort & Convention Center $1.87 million. (2) American Airlines Center $1.31 million, (3) Toyota Stadium $1.14 million, (4)  Happiest Hour $1.07 million, (5) Hilton Anatole Hotel $1.06 million, (6) Globe Life Park $969,162, (7) Omni Dallas Hotel $967,354, (8) AT&T Stadium $837,251, (9) Varsity Tavern $727,472. (Source)  Happiest Hour is near Uptown. Varsity Tavern is in Fort Worth.
  • I pulled the following data for March in Decatur. I guess Bono's in not in the city limits:


    Read more here: http://www.star-telegram.com/living/food-drink/article84500557.html#storylink=cpy
  • I do not understand how to navigate Reddit.


Read more here: http://www.star-telegram.com/news/local/community/fort-worth/article84469317.html#storylink=cpy
at 8:37 AM

6.18.2016

Above The Fold

Readable pdf.
at 7:36 AM

6.17.2016

It's Friday. Let's Get Out Of Here.




at 4:05 PM

Trump Protest In San Antonio With Comedic Twist


at 12:36 PM

Cat Like Reflexes


at 9:00 AM

This Is Like The Zapruder Film




Guy gets hit by mouthpiece as Curry gets ejected last night.  It was like he was hit by a sniper.
at 8:47 AM

Random Friday Morning Thoughts



  • There was just something uncomfortable about that Trump appearance in Dallas last night. A predominately white crowd inside, minorities protesting on the outside, and more cops than you could shake a stick at. It feels like the 1960s.
  • And what in the world was FBC Dallas pastor Robert Jeffress doing on stage?
  • With Briles turning on Baylor yesterday, we have an official Dumpster Fire ongoing at Baylor and it may go on for years.
  • Briles' lawyer is Earnest Cannon out of Stephenville. I know nothing about him. But he does have a swagger about him . . .
  • Someone told me there was a metroplex news crew on the Decatur courthouse square this week. I didn't see them. What was that about?
  • There was an alleged upskirt photographer on the prowl in McKinney, Celina, Prosper and Frisco.
  • Odd moment of the week: I'm fishing. Get a fish on the line. The fish makes a run for it to a nearby brush and gets hung up. I have the Seventh Grader In The House hold the rod and reel. I load up in the kayak knees first to retrieve said fish. And the Family Pup, in an unauthorized move, jumps on the back of the kayak because it wishes to eat the fish. Verdict: Delicious Bass successfully retrieved and released. Family Pup wonders how fish just disappeared. 
  • Valley Ranch shuts down this week. I've never even driven by it. 
  • So what are the rules for buying a gun at a gun show? Do I have to show an ID? Is there a background check? Waiting period? Or is it like buying a radio at a garage sale?
  • Obscure story: A man in Virginia finds a bunch of antique clay pigeons originally delivered to a descendant of Admiral Stephen Decatur. The man called a "museum in Texas" and sent them a few. Is that our museum in Decatur? 
  • I heard long time televangelist James Robison on The Mark Davis Show promoting a new book and a relatively new website, The Stream. He said the website had gained one and half million new visitors over a two day period the week before. I know nothing about the site, but that assertion has all the makings of a lie. 
  • I bet 75% of you have no idea who James Robison is. He was a big player in DFW back in the day, and he and Cullen Davis "later destroyed more than a million dollars’ worth of jade, ivory, and gold objects because they honored what he called false gods." Tell me you know who Cullen Davis is.
  • I'm actually caught up to date on the O.J. documentary. No judge had less control of a courtroom that Lance Ito. Now 65, he retired two years ago.
  • Random TV Judge Trivia: Judge Wapner is alive at the ripe old age of 96. "Rusty the Bailiff" died in 2002.



at 8:33 AM

6.16.2016

Fox 4's Steve Eagar Needlessly Calls Out Former Fox 4 Employee


What you see there is Eager (who comes across as a jerk on Twitter) saying that someone wasn't ethical. Former Fox 4 gal Lari Barager asks "who?", and Eagar posts Rebecca Aguilar's tweet to him a couple of days ago. Aguilar was frustrated that many of the local affiliates were ignoring the murder of a local Telemundo media guy. 

Eagar got meaner:

I tend to agree with her. Fox 4, as does every local news station, uses content from other media outlets all the time and simply gives them attribution. (Although stealing content by everyone is rampant.) 

But, wait, there's more.


at 5:43 PM

Hmmmmm


Two things: (1) His blood test was .12 but "“What it really came down to was the [video]. He just did not look like somebody who was intoxicated." per his defense lawery, and (2) The only reason it went before the grand jury was because there was a person in the car under 15.  If not, the case would almost certainly have been filed directly as a misdemeanor and have a public cause number right now.  Story.

This is the second time in the last couple of weeks where the Tarrant County grand jury has acted, from a historical standpoint, unpredictably. I wonder if it is because of a new law which requires grand juries to be composed much like regular juries -- from a cross section of the community.
at 11:38 AM
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