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Nicoletta putting Pat and Vanna on a POSTER! pic.twitter.com/brDr6P8ls0

— Clemzingis (@TheClemReport) January 17, 2017

I don't understand that. I'm horrible at that game. You could give me "_isherman's Wharf", and I'd be staring at the screen saying, "Give me a second. Give me a second."

Random Tuesday Morning Thoughts

• Mrs. LL helped the Tarrant County Water Board out by returning a lost buoy via a kayak yesterday. Trust me, we care more about that taxpayer piece of expensive property (it has a great light on it) then they do. No one working on a salary that you are paying for checks on those things at Lake Bridgeport, and it had been up on our shore all Winter. (Side note: She used a cable and duct tape.)
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• The sign on that monstrosity says it's a violation of the law to get within so many feet of it. I dare you to prosecute her. That war would be the biggest blog entertainment in years. 
• I feel confident in saying that if you have a Yeti sticker on your truck that we have absolutely nothing in common. And my friends would crush you in Jeopardy.  I may not, but my friends would.
• This morning Trump let us know he doesn't like his approval ratings. If you voted for him, you own him. 
  
•  Maybe the greatest MLK Day political cartoon ever: 
  
• We've got us a modern day Junction Boys
  
• The Lady Bears (maybe their best team ever) beat Kansas by 49 points on Sunday. And Baylor was called for traveling with 0.2 left on the clock as both teams were walking off the court. Too many rule enforcers?
• So the Cowboys are set for the next 10 years with Dak? Ask the Redskins after RG3's first season. The Titans after Vince Young's first. The 49ers after Kaepernick's rookie year.
• I'm impressed with the private rocket launch of Space X which put ten satellites into orbit.
• There is nothing weirder than Mrs. LL getting all giddy when she sees a running back or receiver using the spin move. 
• Anyone else think that salaries for school administrators have gotten so out of hand that it is mind blowing that Decatur pays their's  $199,500?
• Jason Garrett F Bomb from yesterday.
• And does anyone think these headlines are a little dramatically written by the Star-Telegram this morning?
  
• So we let those under 21 go to the Middle East to fight, get screwed up royally with PTSD, let the VA go to hell in a hand basket, and then don't give a crap about them once they come back. But we aren't going to let an 18 year old in Texas make his own decision as to whether he wishes to smoke? . . . 

"I remember when rock was young"

This truly massive alligator was spotted casually walking across a path in Central Florida. The locals call it "Hunchback." pic.twitter.com/rBMt6JwtQ4

— CNN (@CNN) January 17, 2017

And don't beat me down with crocodile vs. alligator.

I Shall Name Him Bullwinkle

Moose are fast. Even in several feet of snow. pic.twitter.com/JObOiNsiU5

— Jan Schaumann (@jschauma) January 14, 2017

Random Monday Morning Thoughts

• It's an official holiday, the courthouse is closed, but once again I prove ITHWMISB*.
• What an all time classic game. I'm not sure if the play before the field goal will rival Dwight Clark's "The Catch", but it will be close:

• I don't know if I've ever seen a game where I've said to the TV, "Run the ball!" over and over again. 
• And what a beating if you were at the game when it came time to leave: 
  
• Back in the day:  Between 1967 and 1983, the Cowboys were in 12 of 17 Conference Championship Games. I lived through it and still find it mind boggling. 
• As a little boy, I saw the Packers and Cowboys in the Cotton Bowl in 1970 on Thanksgiving Day. When I asked my dad about it, he told me he went to the 1950 Cotton Bowl game. But get this: He got there by taking a train from Bridgeport to Dallas. 
• There's a city in Mississippi that doesn't realize the South lost the Civil War:
  
  
• A private teacher "And Another"with a twist: 
  
• But this "And Another" got a 10 year sentence out of Houston on Friday. It sounds like it was an "open plea" meaning she pled guilty to the judge and let him do what he wanted within the applicable range of punishment. 
  
• The Ringling Brothers Circus has announced it is shutting down. It feels like it has been dead for thirty years. 
• Was this some weird bit? She actually "protected" her account after being ridiculed for posting this. That's a little unusual for someone whose bread and butter is feeding drivel to the public. 
  
• Trump had a wild few days. He attacked civil rights leader John Lewis on MLK Weekend, got a ton of blowback and then doubled down. And in doing so he kept using his racist code word "inner city" (for even affluent parts of Atlanta no less). He then cancelled his trip to the African-American Museum in D.C.. News leaked that his first official trip will be to meet with Putin. And then CIA director blasted Trump for not understanding Russia which caused Trump to reply like a petulant child accusing him of releasing "fake news."
  
• What if someone were to hack Trump's Twitter account some day? (Which seems like the easiest thing to hack ever.) And then we wake up one morning to a tweet which says, "We are launching nuclear missiles at North Korea in 30 minutes." And to think people were upset that Hillary had a private email server. 
• And such a tweet would be absolutely believable. It's not like we expect him to show presidential restraint:  
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• It's already time to realize The Emperor Has No Clothes. The Ticket hosts in the afternoon last week said they had only one wish for Trump: Don't get us killed in the next four years and we'll be happy. 

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*"I'm the hardest working man in show business."™ All rights reserved.

Above The Fold

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

 I love the moment he hits the first barrier.

 Funny, but who is filming out there in the middle of nowhere?

 Quality dive.

 Better dive.

Product manufacturer of dog bowls must hate dogs.

Dog acting audition. They're hired. 

This Coach Does Not Believe In Participation Trophies

This Is Hypnotic

This FedEx driver hit a snowy patch of road in California and handled his jackknifed big rig like a boss https://t.co/C9B2aZ8MtH pic.twitter.com/ifFDB9JKWZ

— CNN (@CNN) January 13, 2017

Random Friday Morning Thoughts

• The Waco DA has announced that he is pursing "child porn" prosecutions based upon images allegedly found on cell phones that were confiscated from a few of the bikers in the Twin Peaks Biker Incident. That office isn't smart enough to know how to prosecute images found on phones or the millions of problems associated with it. It's just a desperation effort since the Worst DA's Office In The State is finally figuring out they indicted 170 cases for murder and assault that they can't prove. They've realized it is CYA time.   
• There is an interesting problem developing in Freestone County where a district judge is the mom and the newly elected DA is the son. What could go wrong?
• I've never driven down 380 by the Sheriff's Office where I haven't had to stop for the red light. Every. Single. Time.
• Trump referred to the intelligence agencies with "intelligence" in quotes again this morning -- once again demeaning them. And out of nowhere he referred to Hillary as "guilty as hell" but didn't elaborate. 
• The Tweeting Texas Supreme Court Judge gave a big speech yesterday, and in his opening remarks said his aunt  was friends with Elvis Presley but he never asked her about it because it would make her "all shook up."  Kill me. He's like the nerd at the party who tells the same bad joke over and over again. 
• I'm not sure there has ever been a seven story apartment complex in Tarrant County.
  
  
• "On Thursday afternoon, C-SPAN's online live video coverage of Congress abruptly switched to a live feed of the Kremlin-backed news channel Russia Today." C-SPAN is investigating. (See it here.) Does Russia have college football? I'm trying to plan for next Fall. 
• If you didn't almost tear up at the President surprising Joe Biden with the Medal of Honor then you have a very hard heart. 
• Did I see that Rudy Guliani will be Trump's cyber security adviser? Him? I bet he has an AOL email account. 
• Nominee for HUD Secretary Ben Carson yesterday couldn't promise the Senate Committee that none of HUD's $30+ billion wouldn't in some way end up in the hands of Trump's businesses.  The brain surgeon couldn't say that would not happen. How could he? He doesn't know. We all don't know. 
• Ok, boys. You've got your wish.  Repeal Obamacare and replace it. All of you should write down on a piece of paper what your current premium is and what your deductible is. And then check back with me after four years. My list of investment opportunities is increasing: Legal edible weed, drones, virtual reality, and now, medical insurance companies. This is going to be a cluster.
• "SPIRIT CHAMPIONSHIPS – Several [Wise County] high school cheerleading squads competed in the University Interscholastic League spirit championship Wednesday and Thursday in Fort Worth." I bet that scene is a real life Bring It On.

Well, I Guess I'm Busted

This odd comment yesterday on the post about Trump's press conference:

That guy is referring to a post in 2012. His memory is equally impressive and embarrassing. It began:

If You Are Old Like Me . . .

GOOD NEWS! The man who jumped off the Tallahatchie River Bridge at Panola Avenue missed the water, landed on the... https://t.co/Fla6OhdtC9

— The Panolian (@thepanolian) January 12, 2017

. . . you now have a song stuck in your head.

Off Air Catfight

YouTube – Two news anchors have at it off air before a live ‘chat’ on Nine Network Daytime TV Show ‘9 News Now’. News reporter Julie Snook is attacked by anchor Amber Sherlock for not putting on a blue jacket – as the three women set to go on air were all in white.

Anchors are on the left and middle. The guest is on the right. (The catfight goes on for about half the video before the segment begins.)

Random Thursday Morning Thoughts

• I don't mind people who are smart and who disagree with me. In fact, I love it. Heck, I live for it. I've got friends up at the courthouse and we go at it all the time. And I don't mind people who just don't care and go on their merry way. What I cannot stand are those people who inject themselves into conversations who (1) are willfully dishonest or (2) willfully ignorant. 
• The greatest redneck fight ever. Both drunk and fighting over the last beer. 
• Most of you don't get to hear it, but The Ticket will do a segment every few weeks about the idiocy of Fox 4's Viewer's Voice where either Clarice Tinsley or Steve Eagar will read Facebook/Twitter comments and then retort. Pure gold. 
• Why did Trump yesterday blame our intelligence agencies for releasing the salacious details of his alleged romp in Russia in the 35 page report? They didn't release it. Buzzfeed did. Does he not know that? Why attack the CIA and FBI? Why does he hate those agencies?
• Why did he refuse to take a question from a CNN reporter (which even caused Fox News to come to CNN's defense) claiming CNN released "fake news"? They didn't release the 35 page report. Buzzfeed did. CNN reported the security briefing included a two page document that Russia might have compromising information about Trump. That is actual legitimate news that the security officers thought Obama and Trump needed to be aware of it. 
• But Trump was in propaganda mode again this morning: 
  
• And the existence of the 35 page report is not even "fake news." (The New York Times has a great story of how it came into existence, even naming  the former British spy who authored it, and  and The Guardian has an equally great story of how John McCain sent an envoy overseas to get a copy of it and how the spy met with Mother Jones back in October.)  
• But I'm excited about Trump's news conferences in the future. They will be absolute train wrecks. 
• TCU beat UT in Austin last night. The last time it happened was 30 years ago and the Star-Telegram ran a photo on the cover which depicted then player and now current coach of TCU, Jamie Dixon. (h/t Bud Kennedy.)
  
• Let's see what Trump is up to this morning. Ummmkaaaay:
  
• There's a lawyer advertising on The Ticket about an upcoming "warrant round-up" offering a 25% discount off his fee. (I have, for years, said there are no "warrant round-ups" for traffic tickets. I believe it's a scare tactic by the government to get you to pay your tickets.) I went to the lawyer's website and in his short bio he brags that he passed the bar on the first try. That's the standard now? 

The Dallas Morning News Posted This And Then Quickly Took It Down

Above The Fold

Trump Swatting The Scandal Allegations Away With Logic This Morning

Trump: “Does anyone really believe that story? I’m also very much of a 'germaphobe' by the way, believe me.” https://t.co/3UuEclMz3Y

— CNN (@CNN) January 11, 2017

The most bizarre moment of the press conference was when he bragged he just turned down a $2 billion private deal from a man in Dubai a couple of weeks ago - "a friend of mine. Great guy . . . . I didn’t have to turn it down.”

You basically turned down a bribe and are proud of it? And what deals has he accepted? He stressed time and time again that the conflict of interest laws do not apply to him.

He just created a clear mechanism for foreign entities to curry favor with him

— Ryan Lizza (@RyanLizza) January 11, 2017

I went through Baylor Law School and have now cracked 30 years in law. And now this man is making me study the Emoluments Clause in the Constitution for the very first time.