10.03.2017

Is This True?



There is no question Bridgeport is trying to annex property -- I have personal knowledge of it. But are they going after this much?




at 10:26 AM

OK, This Is Funny



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Random Tuesday Morning Thoughts




  • The Fifth Circuit heard oral arguments on the Zeke Elliott suspension yesterday, which, in itself, is bizarre once you think about it. But the press thinking they would rule from the bench like Judge Judy made me laugh.
  • The BagOfNothing guy made a donation to SPCA in honor of our recently deceased dog.  I've never met the guy. 
  • Any chance the Cowboys would be much better over the last few years if they had a coach who wasn't a robot? 
  • Speaking of dogs, the Yorkie in the House and I have a bit. When I need her to move off my chair I don't say, "Move", I say "Oh, Skeet! Skeet!" She moves every time. ("From the window -- to the wall!")
  • It's weird how seeing the news of any tragedy is more real if you've been there. I've never stayed in Mandalay Bay but Mrs. LL and I have been in the Luxor right by it. 
  • That guy owned over 40 guns? Why? Was the war on country music coming?
  • Japan had 11 gun deaths in 2008. 11.
  • And there is no obvious motive. And he had no online presence. None. That's weird.
  • I'll find it later, but the largest mass shootings in U.S. history have all occurred in the last 15 to 20 years.
  • I had an honest trooper at a hearing yesterday, and it didn't do anything to jeopardize the State's case. Nevertheless, people like that will always have my respect. A few years back one got in trouble for being honest in court with me and got chewed out by his supervisor. He quit. 
  • Tom Petty's death still seems unreal. 
  • Does Dez paint his head? 
  • Twitter will slow my Chrome browser down to a snail's pace sometimes. Anyone have any suggestions? 
  • Serious question: I see a lot of people using ATMs. If you have a debit card, why do you need paper money? 
  • I actually started crying last night when I saw the photo below. I told Mrs. LL, "She looks like you."

at 8:38 AM

10.02.2017

"And I Won't Back Down"

Can this year get any worse? Age 66. Remember this morning when I said simply waking up ever day is a gift?

"There ain't no easy way out."


at 2:39 PM

Above The Fold


at 11:41 AM

Or The Biggest Moron


at 9:45 AM

Good God


at 8:50 AM

Random Monday Morning Thoughts



  • I really don't know what to say about the worst mass shooting in U.S. history that occurred in Las Vegas. It is beyond comprehension that someone would open fire from the 32nd floor of Mandalay Bay into a crowd of concert goers. At least 50 dead and more than 400 transported to hospitals.
  • But it is domestic terrorism committed by an older white male using a fully automatic weapon. Not semi-automatic. Fully automatic.  
  • He was simply spraying the crowd with bullets.
  • I'm sick in my stomach. 
  • All of this, as it should, will overshadow Trump's idiotic statements this weekend attacking a mayor in Puerto Rico, a country where people are dying, while he is at one of his golf clubs for the millionth time as president.
  • Yep: 
  • Monty Hall died over the weekend at the age of 96.
  • I watched Fletch over the weekend again. Funny, but it might be overrated. 
  • I'm getting to the point in my life where as long as I wake up, it's a good day. 
  • The Messenger had a headline on the front page (I'll post it in a second) that read "Running on Empty" regarding the fleeing motorcyclist who ran out of gas. There must be a Jackson Browne fan over there. 
  • One dog dying makes you love the other even more. 


at 8:42 AM

9.29.2017

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

 Good puppy dog. 

 "Look, honey! A guy on a horse!"
 Get me this . . . uh . . . what is it?
 I've heard about people breaking TVs before over Sports Anger, but never Sports Happiness.

 If you're gonna go, go large. 
Our future is bright. 
at 2:00 PM

Go Ahead. Let Your Kids Play.

From last night.

And if that guy is not suspended, there is something seriously wrong.


at 9:07 AM

Random Friday Morning Thoughts

  • My bullet point about the Decatur EDC purchasing the land from the "Wise County Consortium" (what is that and who is involved?)  gave rise to a comment I didn't post because I can't verify it. I know I'm being vague because I have to. But it was fascinating. 
  • The Supreme Court has agreed to hear two cases involving automobiles and the Fourth Amendment. I love this stuff. 
  • Puerto Rico to Trump might end up being what Katrina was to Bush. Trump was more concerned about the NFL than people dying. (Any chance he had no idea they were U.S. citizens?)
  • Cowboy's Sean Lee is hurt again.What else is new? 
  • Face Blindness actually has a name. It's called Prosopagnosia. And head injuries can cause it yet leaving you with all other cognitive skills. All my good friends know I suffer from it. It's frustratingly bizarre.
  • Below: A letter from a high school principal telling student athletes they cannot kneel during the national anthem. He should be fired because of his basic ignorance of the constitution. The government, and, yes, a public school is the government, cannot tell any student to do this.
  • Tarrant County DA Sharen Wilson released a list of financial supporters. The number of criminal defense lawyers on it is shocking and proof that we need District Attorneys appointed and not elected. And I encourage you to click on the link just to see how she labels the levels.
  • The Texas State Fair starts today. #NeverForget.
     
  • Good lord, the goofy Texas Supreme Court judge, Don Willett, will be appointed by Trump to the federal Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals. Make no mistake about it, the guy is a fraud. He's a conservative judicial activist who used Twitter to come across as an "Aww Shucks" yokel using dad jokes and pictures/exploitation of his kids to endear himself to the Bubbas of the world. And an appointment to a federal appeals court? Normally that is reserved for federal district court judges who know at least something about federal law. 
  • It's a lifetime appointment, by the way.
  • Somehow Trump never saw this tweet during the campaign:
  • Let's check in on Trump's mental health: 
  • This pic is from yesterday. And right now these lyrics popped into my head: "Yesterday all my troubles seemed so far away. Now it looks as though they're here to stay. Oh, I believe in yesterday."
  • Shout out to the City of Bridgeport for being very responsive to a request I had. 

at 8:41 AM

9.28.2017

The Drivers Were Obviously Paying Attention

There has never been worse driving than there is today. Watch your speed. Keep your distance. Look at your mirrors. Keep off* your phone. This is not hard.
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*The original version of this compelling and probable award winning post used the word "of" instead of "off". The Liberally Lean Editorial Staff apologizes for this egregious error. 
at 12:39 PM

Ill Just Leave This Here Without Comment


at 12:21 PM

Random Thursday Morning Thoughts

  • The interviews in Austin for the Wise County district judge appointment to replace the late Judge Fostel will happen tomorrow. 
  • Baylor is bad and it doesn't help that two star players have been lost for the season with injury. 
  • I had this photo on my bulletin board in my room as a kid. I really didn't understand why.
  • One thing I didn't mention about my trip to the Duke/Baylor game: The Duke band played the Baylor school song before the game. That was very classy.
  • The Ticket had an odd weather alert yesterday (you know, that irritating sound before you hear the warning.) It was odd because that sound was played five or six times before I heard "this is only a test." I honestly thought it was going to be a nuke warning since there wasn't a cloud in the sky. 
  • Around 1990, a buddy and I were going to a North Texas football game and a warning came over the radio. I promise this is true: It said "The White House has activated" followed by basically a warning there was an impending attack. We freaked out. Then some guy came on the radio and said, "Sorry, I played the wrong one."
  • John McCain will defy Trump until he dies -- which may be soon due to his brain cancer. Who do you respect more? 
  • Good point: 
  • Hugh Hefner has died. 
  • Puerto Rico is closer to Miami than Philadelphia is: 
  • Whenever I see an ad with the wording of "$10,000 off sticker price" I wonder how much the thing costs. And normally it's for some jacked up truck.
  • The Decatur Economic Development Board just purchased land off of 287 for just under $2 million. I want to see where this is going. 

at 8:35 AM

9.27.2017

I Can't Stop Laughing


Mrs. LL's debit card got wet and stopped working and needed a new one. I was ordering one online and found out you could personalize them. You could use any picture. A faithful reader created this pic for me a couple of years back so I thought I'd do a bit and surprise her (to her horror.) I was going to be so excited to see her face when she opened up the bank envelope.

This is the response I got within one day.


Funny. So funny. I don't know if it is "provocative" or "sexual" that got me disqualified. I'll take either one.

(But it kind of makes me want to move three accounts. Let's lighten up a little bit.)
at 3:51 PM

Fast And Furious

And, let me be clear, I'm not saying the photo below is of the guy. Per the information in the Messenger link, it is just a man who has the same name and lists the same home town. I found it by searching Twitter (and the guy has never posted anything.)

at 12:39 PM

Wait, What?

That boy(?) is either not good with paperwork (he has a track record) or we have a heck of a story here. He voted that way for eight years.


at 11:10 AM

Quick: Guess Who This Is?


He was ranting about the NFL protests this morning.

Answer.
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