11.28.2016

He Is 22 Years Old



A criminal trial in federal court and he will do it all on his own.
at 8:56 AM

Random Monday Morning Thoughts


  • Come on! Give the Random Thought Girls a break! It's post-Thanksgiving!
  • "Trooper hit by stray bullet from Mexico after gun battle on the other side of the Rio Grande." I presume this is 100% accurate. But ... but ... the Director of DPS is notorious for misleading the legislature as he now asks for $1 billion using "border security" as the justification. But knowing that he is a PR genius (make no mistake about it, he plays the legislature like a fiddle), if one of his troopers just happened to have a gun accident, I bet he would play it this way. 
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  • If you don't live your life being skeptical of any piece of "news" you hear these days, you are asking to be conned. And the fact this DPS news was released over the weekend when the media is poorly staffed for the holidays so no legitimate fact checking could occur is what made me cock an eyebrow. Once again, probably a true story but nothing can be taken at face value.
  • The Tweet below comes from a Baylor coach's wife who just happens to be Art Briles' daughter. Man, it feels like that assistant coaching staff is throwing games down there.  And a sports writer at the Waco Tribune Herald absolutely torched that staff unlike anything I've ever seen.
  • Speaking of journalism, let me give a shout out to the Wise County Messenger. It seems to have changed dramatically over the last couple of months. Example: They had two young columnists, male and female, require the other one to watch a movie of their choosing and then write side by side reviews. Funny bit. And one young reporter was given the liberty and the space to write about her disappointment with Trump's election in a county that is 86% Trump loving. (Still trying to wrap my brain around that.)  Keep it up. But bring back Richard Greene's scatter-shooting sports column and lose the space dedicated to what guys talk about in the coffee shop, agriculture columns, and parenting columns -- none of which would dare offend anyone and are read less often than this sentence. (I know a newspaper owner who might have just blown a gasket right now but will quickly calm down and spend the rest of the day wondering if I'm right.)
  • The young reporters just thought: "What's 'blown a gasket' mean?"
  • Mrs LL and I re-watched American Pie the other night which just keeps geting  better with time. In the middle of it I just abruptly said, "Mena Servina is in my top five of hottest women of all time." She turned to me with "that look" which, as time goes by, I tend to get several times a week. I was smart enough to quickly say, "She's somewhere in there behind you."
  • Speaking of movies, Trainwreck is one of the most, if not the most, shockingly funny films I've ever seen.
  • In case you missed it: Trump had an absolute meltdown on Twitter over the recount in three states when he has absolutely nothing to worry about. Anyone scared that he might be mentally unstable?
  • And I love his old stuff: 
  • I put up Christmas lights this weekend, and I went into full Clark Griswold mode.  The clerk at the local hardware store finally started saying, "You're back!" as I kept adding more lights. And she added, "Don't fall off the ladder!" Darlin', you have no idea. 
  • There's is something very weird going on with the head of elections in Denton leaving abruptly (former Wise County guy) and the Tarrant County elections guy doing the same to go to Denton.
     
  • What's up with the one fingernail being painted a different color? 
  • College football: (1) Michigan vs. Ohio State was one for the ages. That third down crazy run in double overtime almost had me screaming. And I still don't know if that was a first down or not on the next play. (2) LSU's new coach may be my favorite coach in the history of ever simply because he is authentic, a good human being,  and has a great Cajun accent, (3) UT might want to rethink that Tom Herman hire -- in the words of former Ticket host The Hammer, "What has he ever done?!" Two seasons at Houston -- a program built by Briles and Sumlin.  (4) The fact Baylor hasn't found anyone to take the job -- it has to have been offered to someone -- means big, big trouble. I'd still hire Charlie Strong, (5) UT's new coach has two sons name "TD" and "Maverick". If you're not first, you're last. 
  • I can't find the link, but Fox 4 reported that a guy was shot in a strip club parking lot in Dallas on Thanksgiving night. Me to Mrs. LL: "If you are at strip club on Thanksgiving night and get shot, your life has gone horribly wrong." Mrs. LL's reply: "If you are working as a stripper on Thanksgiving night, so has her's." 
  • I seriously don't know if ALL CAPS guy is a moron or some brilliant guy doing a bit. 
  • Look at this forecast and tell me it's not Idiocracy. Delkus predicts rainfall up to one hundredth of an inch.
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  • I was watching Fox News yesterday and some drug ad came on for a skin disorder. I wasn't paying attention until I heard "eight out of ten patients have reported a 75% success rate." Huh? Someone do the math for me. (Talk about saying something that is technically true but misleading.)


at 8:38 AM

11.27.2016

Above The Fold


at 11:51 AM

11.26.2016

Good Lord


at 7:57 AM

11.25.2016

Man In Trunk



I've not read anything about this, but the more I watch this the more I think the officer had just learned he was in the trunk. Still scary. And the initial attempt to slam the trunk back was a good idea.
at 9:00 AM

Random Friday Morning Thoughts


  • It's Friday after Thanksgiving. #ImStillTheHardestWorkingManInShowBusiness
  • Below is a graphic from a couple of years back when a district court judge made the ruling. On Wednesday, Texas highest criminal court agreed and overturned the life in prison sentence.  I almost want to yell, "Lock her up! Lock her up!"
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  • In other false conviction news, the court also set aside the convictions of the "San Antonio Four" -- an incredible case you've probably never hear of.
  • In other news that fell through the cracks, Greg Abbott paid no taxes in 2015. Think about that: The man, who has lived his entire life off of a lawsuit settlement (he was hit by a tree which fell because trees die) and has lived off of your tax dollars, paid no taxes. 
  • I should get a better accountant. 
  • In the end, Hillary will beat Trump by almost 2.1 million votes. 
  • I watched a little bit of Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade for the first time in a long time. It's more of a variety show than a parade. And one long advertisement. 
  • Florence Henderson ("Carol Brady") has died. 
  • Football thought: Terrence Williams TD catch yesterday confused me. I think I'm right in believing that it's not only if he had two feet in bounds but where the ball was when it happened. It was very probably a touchdown, but no one talked about that. (Let's use this example: If he had been standing in the end zone but had his hands extended back over the goal line into the playing field and catches the ball and then were to be tackled back into the playing field, that's not a touchdown. Right?)
  • There was a false start in the game as well and Mrs. LL immediately said, "Was he drawn offsides?" That scared me. 
  • The Frankenstein commercial was great in concept but poorly done. 
  • I watched Philadelphia a couple of days ago and was shocked about my perception of what I thought of it when it came out in theaters and now (And someone at the Ticket needs to pull Denzel Washington's cross examination of a guy as he yells, "Are you gay!!!???" with that Norm Hitzges drop.)
  • The loss of the Aggie/Longhorn game on Thursday night is a big loss. 
  • The media keeping government in check is the most important right/aspect of our society. And once the press goes away, which we are seeing with "fake news" and Trump's view that they are "not nice", we will end up in Idiocracy far more quickly than Mike Judge ever dreamed of. 
  • Mitt Romney is probably the most decent human being to ever to run for President. And if you oppose his potential appointment by Trump because he called out Trump for not being a decent human being, you need to check yourself. 
  • The California mom who went missing while jogging a month ago has been found safe. That is one weird story which makes no sense. 
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at 7:18 AM

11.24.2016

Happy Thanksgiving (Part Two)


Longtime readers will understand the photo.

Happy Thanksgiving.

Signed, Your Human Piñata. 😍
at 6:28 AM

11.23.2016

Happy Thanksgiving!


Good lord, what have we done? The man is unhinged.

(Edit: That's not a fake account.)

Edit: He's a con man. (Wait for the tweet where he says "They're staying!" when they were never going to leave and he had nothing to do with any of it. Incredible.)


at 7:53 PM

"See What I'm Dealing With?"

One of our fine commentors fires off a hot (and incredibly confusing) opinion at the same time  as Aggieland issues a press release about the Alt-Right nutcase coming to speak on campus.



at 12:12 PM

Ummmmkaaay?


at 12:00 PM

Above The Fold*

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*I don't know what else to call it.
at 11:00 AM

On This Thanksgiving, Give Thanks You Don't Live In LA


at 9:30 AM

Speaking Of Idiocracy




at 8:55 AM

Random Wednesday Morning Thoughts


  • Man, that Medal of Freedom ceremony at the White House yesterday was like the Golden Globes for old guys like me: Tom Hanks, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Michael Jordan, Vin Scully,  Ellen DeGeneres, Lorne Michaels, Bill and Melinda Gates, Diana Ross and Bruce Springsteen were honored. 
  • Tom Hanks being in the background at the ceremony looked like a scene out of Forrest Gump.
  • My head is still spinning about Trump's day yesterday after his fight and make up session with the New York Times. I don't know if his election is like "Dog catches car" or "Cat finally gets outside and doesn't know what to do."
  • I get sucked into Urban Cowboy every time. It is so Texas. And one scene I had never noticed is Uncle Bob talking to Bud, played by John Travolta, about pride. Years later, Pulp Fiction would revive Travolta's career and he would be in the background in a bar in one scene when Marsellus Wallace talks to Butch (Bruce Willis) about pride.
  • I love those who tell me to "get over it" when it comes to this election. And my friends have checked on me wondering if I'm OK. Uh, no. After the Idiocracy of yesterday, I'm far from OK.
    Nice segue, no?
  • Wow: Fort Worth's Shannon, Gracey law firm is shutting down. I interviewed with them in 1985. They didn't hire me. (Love this sentence from the story: "Shannon Gracey, which lists offices in Fort Worth, Dallas, Arlington, Austin, Houston and Rhome . . . ."
  • Trump may end up being the most moderate President ever. Heck, he might be a liberal. He conned Bubba into thinking he was a right winger. He conned me into thinking he was a right winger. His goal might be simply to make money. And if that's true, I hope the authors of Game Change and Double Down name their book about this election The Big Con? (It a nice name play off of the title The Big Short about how we were all conned during the mortgage crisis.)
  • The Eighth Grader in the House got a Polaroid camera for her birthday.  She and her friends thought is was the craziest technology they had ever seen. Reaction: You can take a picture and it gets printed out? Right away? On paper? You kidding me?
  • Dalai Lama news:


  • Right wing talk radio shows were in an absolute disarray yesterday trying to defend Trump. "We weren't lied to when he said he would prosecute Hillary," they said. "He's just being Presidential." How's that "drain the swamp" workin' out for you? 
  • That leader of the alt-right meeting where the Nazi salute was made after Trump's election (that I posted yesterday) will speak at Aggieland. (The guy's also a graduate of Dallas' high tone St. Mark's.) And to think the Dennis Pragers of the world thought public institutions of higher learning were nothing but a bastion of liberalism.
  • I'm about to go in Thanksgiving mode, and will abandon politic talks for a while. (A promise to myself which I will break in no time flat.)
  • There's is no bigger fake news than local reporters going to DFW or Love Field to report on today being "the busiest traffic day of the year." 
  • Another long time prosecutor in the Tarrant County DA's office was either fired or left. Who was it? 



at 8:41 AM

Oh, My


"Brad Collins, 32, told WFAA.com that he was helping neighbors with a 25-year-old tradition of passing out Bible verses to children on Halloween night in Boyd, a city about 30 miles northwest of Fort Worth, when he wanted to do something more."

at 7:47 AM

11.22.2016

Is This The Most Unfunny Woman Of All Time?



(And that sounds like a horrible sandwich.)
at 10:50 AM

What Happened To The Good Old Days When We All Hated Nazis*




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*Especially Illinois Nazis.
at 10:17 AM

Random Tuesday Morning Thoughts




  • What a horrible bus accident in Tennessee. But the bus driver has been arrested? For what? And does anyone want to wait for an investigation to figure out what happened? There has been a mindset develop over the last twenty years that every traffic accident involving a death must be a crime.
  • I think I heard this morning that every school bus in Dallas ISD is equipped with seat belts. Is that right?
  • College Football: (1) Amongst all the Charlie Strong talk and the loss to Kansas, everyone is overlooking that UT's star running back carried the ball fifty-one times on Saturday. Talk about what should be a crime. (2) Things that don't make sense: SMU beating Houston, Baylor beating Oklahoma State, and Iowa State destroying Tech. (3) TCU still needs to win one more game to be bowl eligible. (4) Told ya there was a chance OU could get into the Final Four. 
  • This has to be fake news, right? "In a statement released later Monday, the Trump transition team said the president-elect and [Rick] Perry 'had an in-depth discussion on homeland security, border control, and illegal immigration."
  • I did not know that Rick Perry posted on Instagram after the election: "Just got a call to #makeamericagreatagain Saddle up & ride, bro!! #godblessamerica". Good grief. And he threw in a confusing photo. 
  • And the soon to be leader of the free world was at it again this morning. This is right out of Idiocracy:
  • The press is "not nice." I'm dumbfounded.  I wonder if that was ever considered as an alternative title to All The President's Men.
  • The Eighth Grader in the House is painting her room today. What could go wrong?
  • Those are screenshots of the opening of the old Wide World Of Sports. I never new a guy by the ramp ducked.
  • An Azle teen is making news by coming up with the "Trump Challenge" game: You run when someone says "Trump is coming!"  (I wonder if she has seen The Wire?)
  •  Wait. What?
  • This morning: "Trump administration will not pursue further investigations of Hillary Clinton, according to aide Kellyanne Conway." So much for that "lock her up" promise. (And since when is the President making the decisions of the Attorney General?)
  • You've got to see the "video showing an alt-right crowd celebrating Trump’s win with Nazi salutes." The leader of the group was heard referring 'to the mainstream media as 'Lügenpresse,' a term he said he was borrowing from 'the original German'”; the Nazis used the word to attack their critics in the press." Not nice. 
  • The holidays can't get here soon enough.


at 8:41 AM
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