9.28.2016

Above The Fold



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at 5:59 PM

Breaking: Tim Tebow Hits Home Run On First Ever Pitch In Instructional League




In more news, instructional leagues apparently have crowds the size of a 12 and under softball game with the demographics of a Trump campaign rally.


at 11:33 AM

We've Got A Cowboy Emergency!


at 9:18 AM

Random Overly Critical Observation

From 660 AM - The Answer:
 Seems like a nice gig.

So what will there be for kids at this event?

I'm guessing they aren't raising money for postpartum care.
at 9:12 AM

Random Wednesday Morning Thoughts



  • I don't know what to make of it, but there's a Texas government run website which  shows up to date payments on government contracts at that state level. Glance through it. Remember how many times I've told you that the way to get rich is to be in the private sector working on a contract basis with the government? The amount of money thrown around is amazing.
  • Trump spent the morning after the debate calling a woman fat. This woman: 
  • I saw her on CNN and Fox News last night but had a hard time understanding her. She didn't speak 'merican to good.  It was a little like watching Gloria on Modern Family. 
  • Regarding the heroin epidemic in Ohio, this news from right across the border: "Clearfield, Pa. (AP) — A Pennsylvania coroner says a Guatemalan found dead over a guardrail had swallowed up to $500,000 worth of heroin and was killed when one of the packets burst."
  • The Dallas Morning News has a story on mums. This silliness like below happens in the big city but not around here right? 
  • That Arochi trial took a twist when the defendant agreed to have the judge and not the jury assess punishment. I don't understand that. (1) A jury, although unlikely, could grant probation. A judge can't.  (1A) You've basically given up any possible reversible error from being committed by the prosecution during the now fast-tracked punishment phase or error in a no-longer-necessary court's charge. (2) That judge has already played to the media a little bit, and I'd bet it will be a shockingly long sentence for that media as well as future political campaigns. (3) There's a consensual underage sex case against the guy still pending. Sheesh. If the defense doesn't think there's any legitimate trial error, try to cut a deal with the State on both cases. Assuming the State would listen (a big assumption), it would be a steep price. 35-40 years maybe. 
  • I say it every year at this time: I love the red clouds at dusk and dawn.
  • Former Texas prosecutor John Bradley, who had a controversial role in the Michael Morton wrongful incarceration case, has resigned his job as Palau’s Attorney General. A job, by the way, which looks great simply by doing a Google image search of Palau.
  • A prominent Bridgeport resident had a hot sports opinion on the Bridgeport/Decatur football outcome.
  • And despite the commentors yesterday: I reserve the right to pull out a Pulp Fiction reference whenever I wish from now to eternity. 
  • Mark Davis on the radio this morning went on a double rant that everyone should pay respect during the National Anthem and that almost every black shooting by cops wouldn't have happened if the victim had "complied."  That's really scary when you cut it to its core: You  must show respect to government. If you do not comply with that government, you might die. 
  • I didn't even know there was a Houston Forward Times.


at 8:38 AM

9.27.2016

Who Supports Hillary?




I think this means that if you are a heathen then you're more likely to vote Hillary. If you are a heathen with some book learnin', then you are really are more inclined to support Hillary.
at 10:53 AM

Baylor's Own Newspaper Might Want To Rethink This

The story promoted in the link has something to do with tickets.  Every Baylor fan cringed when they saw the cartoon of what could be a woman, alone and crying, as she looks onto the football stadium. Extra cringe for "and that's another Baylor . . . ."

(Actual tweet is here. I think there's a chance they actually take it down.)
at 9:06 AM

Random Tuesday Morning Thoughts



  • How many people do you think were murdered in the U.S. in 2015? (For those interested in this fun little morning piece of information, the just released official answer is at the end. See if you can get within 10%).
  • Trump was more like Trump than I thought he would be last night. I doubt it hurt him or helped him much.
  • The possible exception is his interruption of "That makes me smart" when Hillary said he basically doesn't pay income taxes. That could hurt him. 
  • Trump's reference of a hacker being a "400 pound" guy sitting on his bed makes me smile against my will. 
  • Crime Reporting Thought: The phrase "an guns were also found" never even registers with me. I believe everyone has guns. 
  • So when do we learn Dez Bryant is gone for the year? Nine o'clock hour? Ten?
  • WBAP's Steve Lamb this morning said there has to something up with Dez's knee since they scheduled an MRI after seeing the X-ray. He thought that a clear x-ray would have eliminated the need for an MRI.
  • A family member once took a Religion course at Baylor and found out that a Baylor football player was in the class. After the player failed a major test (made like a 40 or something) he was heard walking out of class saying, "I guess I ain't gonna be no preacher."
  • It seems like every presidential debate used to focus on Social Security and the concern over whether America could "afford it" in the future. Now you never hear about it even when we are right in the middle of the time they all feared: Baby Boomers are becoming eligible to collect. 
  • Maybe its because I recently watched Concussion, but I seem to focus in on any helmet to helmet hits when I'm watching games this year. 
  • I made a horrible Rangers prediction a couple of months back.  Of all the powers I have as a Sports Expert, pro baseball is my weakest. That's odd since I'm a wiz at college softball predictin'.
  • From the Update: "COURT’S IN SESSION – Bridgeport Municipal Court will hold jury trials at city hall at 1 today as scheduled." So something is going to happen as scheduled? Am I missing something? 
  • I'm not sure what's up with the lawyer who was the guy "in military uniform with Nazi symbol injures 9 in Houston shooting."
  • I refuse to (yet) believe that Dak is the "quarterback of the future."  We've seen three games. Redskin fans thought the same thing about RG3 after sixteen games of his rookie year.
  • Official murder answer: 15,696.


at 8:37 AM

9.26.2016

Grade The Deputy



I'll give him a "T" because I think he's a little torqued up.

When the supervisor showed up, it kind of felt like the scene in Pulp Fiction where Travolta had the gun on the gal, Yolanda, in the restaurant. Samuel L. Jackson, the equivalent of the supervisor, was telling her to be cool because Travolta is so worked up that he might go off. Yolanda had a gun. This guy didn't.  (The guy was working as an undercover investigator on a worker's comp case. Not arrested or ticketed.)



Background on the incident and aftermath.


at 12:44 PM

Watch A Guy Set Fire At Toomer's Corner In Auburn






No so much inadvertent. They found him.
at 12:08 PM

The Look On That Guy's Face

at 8:50 AM

And In Texas Crime News



And if you were wondering, he is 52.

Story.

(Thanks emailer)
at 8:45 AM

Random Monday Morning Thoughts



Thought it was an obscene gesture there for a second.

  • This photo was floating around yesterday. 
  • There is a crazy heroin/fentanyl problem in Ohio. Seven overdosed and died in Cleveland on Saturday. This comes on the heels of 174 overdose calls in Cincinnati over a period of six days last month.
  • That Ice-T commercial makes me laugh every time. 
  • LSU fired Les Miles yesterday so they now owe him $13 million. I'd put Art Briles in the top two of candidates since LSU doesn't care about baggage. And in doing so they might get five star quarterback recruit Jarrett Stidham who quit Baylor this summer and has already begun to hang around SEC sidelines. 
  • Pretty rare to see such a stance: The Harris County Criminal Lawyers Association posted a letter "vehemently" opposing the appointment of a prosecutor to the (relatively spare) position of probable cause magistrate. They literally called her "unethical." 
  • Jerry and 50 Cent together just makes me laugh.
  • Tributes for Jose Fernandez, who died in a boating accident over the weekend, flowed in yesterday. One I heard was heartfelt but mentioned how Fernandez "lived life to its fullest."  That kind of stopped me down since being in a 30' speeding boat at 3:00 a.m. -- a stone's throw from South Beach -- would probably be considered as living life to its fullest.
  • A tweet one year ago from Fernandez:
  • I really like this photo.
  • Insightful Cowboy Analysis: (1) That hit that Cole Beasley took should have killed him. (2) We've got an Over-Celebrator in Ezekiel Elliott. 
  • Trump moves closer to Clinton in the polls. This is kind of like the fourth quarter of an NCAA basketball final between Duke (Hillary) and Harvard (Trump).  Duke is now winning by 10 as we enter the back end of the fourth quarter. Duke feels comfortable but there's an uneasiness about that crazy and arrogant Harvard which shouldn't even be there to begin with. 

at 8:38 AM

9.25.2016

Random GIFs From Yesterday


Michigan State coach "disappeared" yesterday. (Not edited or doctored. He just walked to his left at the perfect time.)

And there was this girl who became famous for trying to catch a kickoff . . .


Different angle.

She's fine. 


at 1:13 PM

9.23.2016

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

  I don't care if it is from 1993. That's funny.
 "And if I'm wrong, I pray the Lord will strike me dooooow.........."
 Lessons in leaning to the left.  

 "Hey, now."
 The old "dab and jump"
 I can hear Chris Berman doing the play by play.
Fearing for your life can be a subjectively low standard.
at 3:00 PM

Ted Cruz Sells His Soul


His refusal to support Trump at the convention must not have worked out like he had hoped.

(But at least he timed the selling of his soul for Friday afternoon's slow news cycle.)

His bad boy reputation is done.




at 2:39 PM

We've Got Cell Phone Video Of Charlotte Shooting


Inconclusive but intense.
at 12:43 PM

Journalism Update




We are truly heading towards things you would see this in the film Idiocracy. The Dallas Morning News now promotes a serious op-ed piece with a meme of a muppet.

at 9:00 AM
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