9.13.2017

Robert Jeffress Is A Never Ending Stream Of Comedy


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Decatur Art



There are a lot of unique things close to the Decatur square.
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Random Wednesday Morning Thoughts


  • DPS has published information about how citizens should interact with troopers during traffic stops. Amazingly, I agree with 99% of it. The really only issue I had was the first sentence of this paragraph regarding how drivers and passengers should "respond with courtesy." That's good advice, but a person has no obligation to do that. It would be wise to use courtesy, but the government has no right to tell people they "should" act a certain way. 
  • Greatest idea ever:
  • Everyone should watch the Steve Bannon 60 Minutes interview. To me, he truly is the most fascinating man in the world. 
  • Tony Romo was amazingly good in his first broadcast. I'm stunned.
  • Note to police officers based upon what I saw yesterday at the courthouse: When the prosecutor starts a question off with "I want you to listen very carefully to this question" he is giving you a warning to not say something you shouldn't. 
  • If Mike Huckabee doesn't go into the "Dad Joke Hall Of Fame", no one should. 
  • I missed ESPN's 30 for 30 on the NFL strike where the NFL used "scabs" to play the game. I actually went to the Cowboys game against the Eagles during the strike. It was almost a sellout. Danny White and Tony Dorsett had crossed the picket line and played. The Cowboys still lost on a very questionable (did-he-throw-the-game?) incompletion into the end zone from close range at the end of the game. 
  • And that strike taught me an important lesson. The North is different from the South. All of those NFL "scab games" were pretty well attended in the south and the west. In Chicago across to the Northeast, where unions and the working man are respected, the stadiums were almost vacant. 
  • Nothing to see here. Don't worry about a conflict of interest or that silly Emoluments Clause: 
  • I watched the original Indiana Jones move the other day, Raiders of the Lost Ark. I had forgotten how great it was. What made Jones endearing was that he was a true bad arse, but he would have those expressions of "I'm really in over my head" from time to time. 
  • Note to BagOfNothing who asked this morning if I would think the news yesterday about the new iPhone and Apple Watch was a "paid ad." There's a world of difference between that news and news of a new Blue Bell flavor. (No offense, buddy.)
  • That Plano mass murder case is beyond bizarre. It kind of goes back to road rage -- people under 30 (35?)years of age seem to "snap" these days when they become enraged and become unglued. 
  • Back in 1984, there was a nightclub shooting in Dallas after a guy got mad and six were killed with a handgun. It was so shocking that it lead to a change in Texas' capital murder laws allowing for the death penalty when two or more are killed during the same incident. I remember it to this day. We will remember the Plano mass shooting? 

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9.12.2017

Good Grief! Look At Those Government Salaries!

And that doesn't include insurance and retirement.

Edit: The new salaries were passed unanimously this morning.
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Assuming Cruz Didn't Do It . . .




. . . and some goofball staff member did, how would like to have been the guy to wake up Cruz this morning and say, "Sir, we have a problem."

And, Cruz, says, ""It was a staffing issue, and it was inadvertent, it was a mistake, it was not a deliberate action."
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?????????


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Random Tuesday Morning Thoughts

  • "IT" at box office this weekend: $123,403,419.
  • I'm not certain football was meant to be played at the Texas 1A Division in the way these scores indicate.
  • A question that came up at the courthouse yesterday: Historically, does the Texas high school team who has a homecoming game normally play away the week before? I truly don't know.
  • I'm not the only one who has discovered that Tucker Carlson has "dumb face." 
  • Sports reporter Mike Leslie of WFAA appears to be less than ideal. In addition to having sports observations of some guy sitting at a bar, he also complained on the 6:00 p.m. newscast yesterday that he had been up since 6:00 a.m. and was "ready to go bed." Buddy, do you know how hard people work?
  • Leslie is a starter kit of ESPN's Marty Smith who might be the most irritating "I'm so important" guy on that network -- a title which is hard to achieve.
  • There is a movie coming out about the Bobby Riggs/Billy Jean King "Battle of the Sexes" match. I explained the history to Mrs. LL last night, who wants to see the movie, and she was not pleased that King got to use the doubles lines and Riggs was limited to the standard singles rules.
  • Got a report of a Greyhound bus passengers having their bags searched by police in the parking lot of a Dairy Queen in Denton this morning. 
  • Ted Cruz is trending on Twitterg. I don't know how to say this tactfully: He "liked" a porn site on that social media forum. And the tweet he "liked" was pretty graphic. For the first time in my life, I'm interested in what he has to say today. 
  • I didn't expect to wake up this morning to find out that ESPN's Sergio Dipp became an online sensation last night. And his explanation was inadvertently funny.

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9.11.2017

Watch A Guy School A Reporter On The Hurricane


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Above The Fold


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Random Monday Morning Thoughts



  • Seven people were shot dead (and two more injured) at a Cowboys watching party in Plano. Early reports are that it is domestic dispute related. The shooter was killed by police. Insane.
  • Maybe I'm looking in the wrong place, but I've seen few photos from the Florida Keys after the hurricane. (Assuming it is still there.) But Key West may have no power, no cell phone service, no water, and no way out. But I keep seeing conflicting reports.
  • If you are rich enough to have a big boat in Florida, how do you not hire someone to get that thing out of there a week ago? 
  • Harvey seems like a distant memory but those people are still suffering. And, as a side note, it sounds like the Harris County Court's Building is now useless. (That place sounds like a dump -- no offense to my friends down there.)
  • This is real: The second half kickoff from the 49ers' game. I didn't know there were as many people that don't care about the NFL as me. 
  • Bizarre: The driver of an 18 wheeler was killed last night after colliding with a crane that was on its way to remove the Robert E. Lee statute in Dallas.
  • Feel his power. He can unilaterally do that? 
  • The Messenger had an editorial this week criticizing the local United Way for allowing Texas legislature Rep. Pat Fallon to be the featured speaker. He is running against our incumbent State Senator but, as directed, stuck to his script and gave a speech about his giving and fund raising (and talking about running seven marathons, on seven continents, in seven days.) I'm completely torn on the issue of using that forum for not-so-subtle self-promotion. 
  • If you have any doubt that we are now at full Idiocracy, this is an official tweet from a Florida sheriff's account.
  • Speaking of Idiocracy, I can't stop staring at these two: 

  • Yes, I know Baylor lost to UTSA. Thanks for your thoughts and prayers. Texas looked much better even with a freshman QB, TCU looked really good, and OU looked great.
  • Trump and Danica Patrick the First Lady.
  • I'll never forget a pre-game prayer that our Bridgeport high school football team held. It began, and I won't tell you which coach led it, "Dear Lord, we need a win, and we need a win bad." I was 17 years old and rose my head up to look around and made eye contact with one teammate. It was all we could do to keep from busting out laughing.  
  • I almost made Mrs. LL a fan of Southpark. (At least she thinks Cartman is funny.)
  • Great. You went to the moon. The country is grateful. But don't dress like a fool the rest of your life to remind everyone about it, Buzz Aldrin. (Last night at Cowboy game.)
  • Football pet peeve: Why bring over the sticks to measure for a first down when it clearly is one in some situation? Perfect example: Say the first down marker is exactly on the 30 yard line. A play is run and the ball is marked one inch over the 30 yard line. Yet, I've seen them stop the game to measure in those situations. It was over the 30!



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9.08.2017

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

Man of the Year.
Cat of the Year
"That's a bold move, Cotton."
Bits are fun.And proof we have too much free time.
Note to girl: Don't join the Fighting Aggie Marching Band. You'll die.
Get me this cat!
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Random Friday Morning Thoughts



  • Once again proving I'm a legal genius, I told you the TRO on the Robert E. Lee statue would be dissolved by the federal judge in Dallas. It was. I don't know why it was even granted in the first place. 
  • The statue controversy is not about "owning slaves", it is about being a leader of an insurrection against the United States of America. 
  • Former Ranger Derek Holland has been released by the White Sox. I've thought he was moron ever since he did his (horrible) Harry Caray impersonation in the dugout during a World Series game. Any team can assume his contract if they are willing to pay to White Sox $1. Yep, $1. There will be no takers.
  • If you want to see some folks at Winstar almost die, you've got to check out this from BagOfNothing. Good, lord. 
  • On NBC Nightly News they'll bring in Al Roker to talk about the hurricane. Does anyone truly believe Roker knows the first thing about the weather? He's a cartoon character. 
  • There's a crazy story of a Dallas criminal defense lawyer awaiting trial for a sex crime and soliciting clients. The story says he has 650 "active clients" (insane) and that he was witnessed soliciting a new client in the courthouse hallway for $800. 
  • I've never seen so many lawyers about to go bankrupt.  And I've never seen so much incompetence and client indifference in the profession in my life. There is a correlation. 
  • The tweet below is from the wife of the Aggies' head coach. Who would believe there would by anonymous racist cowards in Texas? Oh, wait. Let me check the comments. 
  • Did you know in Texas you have the right to recuse a visiting judge if you are a party in a civil case (about money) but don't have that right in a criminal case (about freedom)? Equal Protection Clause, anyone?
  • Ever since Fox 4's Dan Godwin has changed his hair style, all I see is Michael McKean once he comes on the screen. 
    Dan or Michael?
  • There was an 8.1 earthquake in Mexico last night. Sheesh. Hurricanes, wild fires, earthquakes. And "wars and rumors of war."
  • All I see is a guy who couldn't figure out how to put flip flops in a backpack.
  • See that headline below of "Made in Russia"? That is what is meant by "hacking" which is not the appropriate term for what happened. I followed some "lady" on Twitter for months coming up to the election because "she" would post nothing but fake stories about Clinton. (i.e. "Former Clinton Computer Tech Found Murdered!"). It finally dawned on me that she wasn't real. She was a bot. 

at 8:36 AM

9.07.2017

Decatur School Athletic Pay

In response to my bullet point about how much coaches in Wise County make, a Faithful Reader sent me this. (Source.)

And here are the stipends:

(Credit: Not DF Decatur Penny Mom.)
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Oh, My! Steve Bannon Going All Steve Bannon!




And Trump does a 180 this morning:



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Random Thursday Morning Thoughts


  • Trump agreeing with Democrats to raise the debt ceiling for three months, and praising Schumer and Pelosi in the process, is sooooo Trump. Oh, and how about this flashback from 2013!:
  • Texas high school head football coach salary database for 5A and 6A schools. Does anyone know the highest paid coach in Wise County? It has to be either Decatur or Bridgeport, and I'd bet on Decatur. 
  • The city council in Dallas agreed, 13-1, to immediately remove the Robert E. Lee statue. As crews were doing it, a TRO was granted by a federal judge. That's almost bizarre. A hearing is scheduled for today. Prediction: It will be dissolved and the statue comes down. (I didn't know Sidney Fitzwater, a Baylor grad, was still a district judge. I thought he would have been on an appeals court by now.)
  • There was a guy who spoke at the Dallas city council meeting with an incredibly funny cartoon voice who ended it saying, "the wrong side won" the Civil War. I'm desperately trying to find it so I can post it. It's gold. 
  • I had forgotten about the Austin PD officer who faked his death in May. He resigned yesterday. 
  • Pete Delkus made a marijuana joke yesterday.
  • I'm trying to get Mrs. LL, who is scared to death of the "Scary Clown", to go see It with me. I think I'd watch her more than the movie during it. 
  • This lady has successfully impersonated herself as a police office in order to steal a guy's wallet in Dallas.
  • The West is on fire but I thought this photo from Oregon was photoshopped. It's not. 
  • WFAA, Fox 4, and the Star-Telegram have all tweeted this morning about a new Blue Bell flavor using the same photo. WFAA denied to me it was a paid ad. That's a lie. They should at least give us some information if this ice cream flavor will kill you like some of the others did. 

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9.06.2017

Let's Go Back To That College Football Game



Language warning.
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Traffic Ticket Warrant = Death. Ok, Got It.


Has everyone gone insane?

"Y'know what we got here . . . Charlie Bronson."
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Houdini Girl!

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