10.11.2017

Random Wednesday Morning Thoughts



  • The first Waco Biker trial started yesterday with jury selection and the defense lawyer, Cassie Gotro, showed up 20 minutes late. The other noteworthy aspect is that the lead prosecutor has no idea what the law is. He made so many misstatements. A twitter feed of a reporter following the trial is here  and is pretty entertaining. 
  • The Ticket's very conservative Bob Sturm called Trump "a tweeting moron" yesterday.
  • I said that it was odd for the Las Vegas shooter not to have online presence. A prosecutor over at the courthouse pointed out to me that he didn't either. I told him, in retrospect, it might be the smartest thing someone could do. 
  • I'm interested, as I always am, in OU/Texas this weekend. OU is a 7.5 point favorite. But if Texas starts Sam Ehlinger and OU's secondary doesn't get their act together, Texas will win outright.
  • Dubai now have hoverbikes for cops. Good lord. Video.
  • The New York Giants have lost three starting receivers for the year including  Odell Beckham and Brandon Marshall, 
  • Man, that Harvey Weinstein is a pig. How was this not reported over the years?
  • Trump challenged Tillerson to an IQ test. Mensa immediately said they would sponsor it.  I'll help fund it.  I'll make Tillerson a 30 point favorite -- and that's conservative. I may need Wordkyle's opinion on this. 
  • I can't make any comments about 660 AM's Mark Davis because suddenly the station's signal is so bad that I can't hear him.
  • At one point there was a court at the Wise County Courthouse which would play portions of an modified and clean version of My Cousin Vinny before jury selection began to entertain prospective jurors. It was great and they loved it. Then, after a couple of times something dawned on me and I told the jury panel, "You know what that movie is about? Someone falsely accused." It was never played again. 
  • The only thing about My Cousin Vinny that I hate is the DA at the end of the movie. He's happy and just wants to congratulate Vinny. Dude, you tried to falsely convict two kids of murder and that doesn't disturb you at all!?
  • If you turned on the local news this morning, you would be thankful you don't drive I-35 in Dallas. It was completely shutdown and a total parking lot. And wrecks on Central and the Tollway also make you not want to live there. People drive like idiots. 
  • There is not a single time I come across Die Hard that I can look away. Hans Gruber is one of Hollywood's greatest villains. 
  • No one thinks twice of a Texas Supreme Court judge promoting a speech sponsored by a huge law firm that will likely appear in front of him?
  • I heard a radio advertisement for "Wealth Expo" featuring Tony Robbins, Suze Orman, Pitbull and Jerry Jones. (What an odd combo.) The ad actually said it would be a steal at $249 a ticket but it was being offered for $49. The only people who are going to make any wealth off that thing have been mentioned (and the promoters.)



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10.10.2017

Get Me This Dog!



(Credit: Faithful reader Jody.)
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Sports Comedy

Timber!



Quality:

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Random Tuesday Morning Thoughts


  • Edit: This went up late today because I forgot to push a button before a courthouse docket.  
  • What the heck is up with a Texas Tech student shooting a Texas Tech cop? And how in the world does he have a gun on him without the cops not knowing? (He was taken to the police station after a "welfare check" call where the cops found "drugs and drug paraphernalia.") I don't know if he was under arrest. The facts are confusing. 
  • However, there is the law: If arrested, the cops can search you incident to that but you would be stunned how often that does not happen. If you are "detained" but not arrested, you can only be patted down if the officer has a reasonable fear for his safety.
  • The story about the missing three year old from Richardson is weird. The guy made her stand by a tree at 3:00 a.m. because she didn't drink her milk? I don't think so. 
  • But I don't understand the Amber Alert for the girl being "deactivated." One, why? Two, what does that even mean? 
  • ESPN suspended a basically unknown reporter for saying that sponsors need to boycott the Cowboys because of Jerry Jones' statement that any Cowboy won't play if they protest during the anthem. That seems a little over the top. But the Toddler In Chief was happy about it this morning: 
  • Before the high school volleyball game I went to with Mrs. LL I turned to her and asked, "If I took a knee while they play the anthem would you kill me?" Her: "Absolutely."
  • Cat Fight!
  • Regarding the Waco Bikers Cases, the D.A. down there might have committed perjury. Every arrest warrant affidavit was basically a cut and paste job and signed by the same guy. The D.A. was asked under oath if he talked to the affiant about the cases and he said yes. The affiant later testified he never talked to him at all and seemed stunned by the question. 
  • Those California fires are horrific. Neighborhoods are going up in flames.
  • There are going to be seven new hotels in downtown Fort Worth?
  • A faithful reader found this: 
  • Trump and Pence saying people shouldn't protest might be the most un-American thing ever.
  • The Sonic commecial guys were funny 10 years ago. This time around, not so much
  • This is the greatest two point conversion in the history of ever. (Well, maybe with the exception of Boise State's statue of liberty play against Okahoma back in the day.)



at 9:23 AM

10.09.2017

You Okay, Buddy?

Not to be outdone, I proclaim today "Monday."

He's been watching Fox News again regarding the criticism of Christopher Columbus.

Random Flashback:


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Uh, I Don't Think That's Correct


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And To Think He Shot This Video

Miami Dolphins offensive line coach. (At least for the next couple of hours.)

Link.

Edit: I was wrong about the two hours.

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Random Monday Morning Thoughts


  • I went to a high school volleyball game on Friday night. Verdict: Highly entertaining.
  • The Vice President took a taxpayer funded trip to an NFL game at your expense so he could do a publicity stunt by walking out when he saw players protest. CNN estimates the cost at close to $200,000. This is the most dishonest administration in history and full of con men. 
  • Ouch: 
  • "Here comes the sun." It always plays a factor in late afternoon games in October at Cowboys Stadium.
  • The Office is famous for the phrase, "That's what she said." I somehow ended up watching Wayne's World this weekend and guess what phrase was used? And they also did a lot of stopping and talking to the camera. (Side note: Do you remember that Ed O'Neill had a brief part in that movie?)
  • College football: (1) OU being beat by Iowa State is amazing. OU was a 30.5 favorite. Yet it is the seventh straight year OU has lost as a double digit favorite. (2) In a seven overtime game a guy's sister ran onto the field when she thought they had won the game. They hadn't. (3) Texas escaped. (4) TCU escaped.
  • Texas county government lawyers are certainly getting crazily aggressive:
  • Powerful cover from the New Yorker: 
  • What? 
  • Trump's Secretary of Education had some great insight this weekend. Sheesh: Edit: I fell for fake news again - actually satire - but I believe she would actually say this. 
  • For morning news guys: Why has Tim Ryan not been on Fox 4 for over a week?
  • It's been over two years and not one plea or trial in the Waco Biker Cases. 
  • It's going to be 97 degrees today.




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Above The Fold


at 5:26 AM

10.06.2017

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

Lesson: If you are going to fall, at least be cool at the end of it.
 Me vs. Most People I Know
 I knew there was a reason I never had a child. 
 Someone hire this girl for her creativity.
 Trump's Presidency in a GIF.
Long live Cup Noodle. 
(And the fact he has a raised fist makes this even greater.)
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Can We All Just Calm Down A Little Bit?


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Oh, My



The son's eulogy goes on until about the 8:00 minute mark and then a stranger shows up. She was Asian and died of lung cancer even though she didn't smoke.
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Random Friday Morning Thoughts


  • The "Tight Ends" restaurant is using Jim Mora's voice on The Ticket in a commercial. ("Playoffs!?") I'd bet big money they didn't pay him -- and they are obligated to.
  • My new favorite thing to watch is Big Passenger Truck vs. Big Passenger Truck in left hand lane on the highway. One is running 10 mph over the speed limit and the other is on his bumper because he wants to run 15 mph over the speed limit. So they start a road war with each other. 
  • Me to a buddy yesterday at the courthouse: "I think that Aggie/Alabama game will be interesting." Him (paraphrasing): "You're crazy." Then I found out the line was 27.
  • You've heard it before: If Sandy Hook didn't cause the change of gun laws, nothing will. 
  • Any sports radio show which commits a segment to an athlete is pure radio anthrax. 
  • I'm working on trying to get off the Internet after 7:00 every evening. 
  • Attorney General Ken Paxton is being investigated for bribery after some guy donated $100,000 to his legal defense fund and then settled a Medicare case with his office. Paxton is either a massive crook or as dumb as a box of rocks. Either way, that's not exactly what we want in an AG. Austin is a clown car.
  • I've learned some of the questions that Wise County District Judge hopefuls went through in their interviews. Example: "If a friend of yours for 30 years showed up and told you he was gay and wanted you to marry him, would you do it?" 
  • Anyone else taken aback by the Six Flags commercial for Halloween? Those are some scary images that suddenly appear. A little kid would be horrified. Heck, I'm horrified. 
  • Speaking of being horrified, this should do it, and I probably should have made it a separate post. A guy was arrested and indicted for capital murder of his daughter and stayed in jail for over a year before the prosecutors figured out the cops got it wrong. It had been set for trial, continued, then dismissed two days later. Good, lord. 
  • I don't follow baseball, but I saw that some 5'6" guy hit three home runs for the Astros yesterday. #RespectTheLittleGuy
  • A very Pro Life Republican Congressman just resigned once it was learned he urged his mistress to have an abortion. That almost sounds like a dark Onion headline, but it is true. 
  • The son of Jay Novacek is suing a fraternity for hazing. And it sounds bad. I have never understood hazing, and I think anyone who engages in it has part of his soul which is evil. 


at 8:41 AM

10.05.2017

This Is Horrifying



I just heard this on The Ticket.

Think about the possibilities once you can get past audio to match up with what you want them to say.


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Can We All Just Have A Do Over On Society?


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Put That Cigarette Out!

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Random Thursday Morning Thoughts


  • This will appeal to only a few of you, but Justice Ginsburg basically verbally slapped new Justice Gorsuch in oral arguments.
  • The goofy tweeting Texas Supreme Court judge will make $251,800 once he he is confirmed to the Fifth Circuit. Oh, throw in full insurance and pension. I've said it for years: Government jobs are the best jobs.
  • The brother of the Las Vegas shooter is a nutcase.
  • "One of these things is not like the other. One of these things is not the same."
  • This is the Tarrant County DA's misdemeanor trial board this week. Three "not guilty" verdicts in DWI cases.
  • Odd Mrs. LL statement last night which actually made sense: "The better the commercials are, the better you know the show is."
  • She was watching Survivor at the time and I casually looked up and saw a guy with a "Running Down The Dream." T-shirt. No question that episode was filmed months ago. (I'm becoming fascinated with Tom Petty lyrics, by the way.)
  • Fox News thinks he's the Messiah? What's next? Lazarus? 
  • Now this is a hot opinion: 
  • Corby Davidson of The Ticket had a great story about taking his boys to the State Fair. "You two are getting $100 each. We will stay for three hours max or until the money is gone." They didn't stay three hours. (When I was a kid, I would have put the $100 bucks in my pocket and stayed for three hours.) 
  • My mother and I actually went into the "Freak Show" at the State Fair in the 1970s. Think about that. "Freak Show." We saw the Lizard Woman. 
  • Tillerson at the press conference yesterday not directly denying that he called Trump a moron gives me great joy. 
  • Side note: Isn't it amazing that Exxon is doing fine even after Tillerson left? He made $24 million in 2015. Those top executives are worth every penny.




at 8:41 AM

10.04.2017

Oh, My. Moments Ago.




"Daniel Scavino Jr. is the White House Director of Social Media and Assistant to the President . . . .Previously he was the general manager of Trump National Golf Club Westchester ."
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