Bag of Randomness for Wednesday, October 7, 2020

Vice-President Pence doesn’t want to speak behind a plexiglass barrier at tonight’s debate. Here, the Trump campaign has a chance to build a literal wall and they won’t don’t it. Heck. I’m sure Mexico will even pay for this one.

The Lincoln Project continues to impress me, and I won’t forget about them after this election. I typically vote straight ticket, but if a Lincoln Party Republican winds up on a ticket in a future election, I will first consider them before anyone else. The reason is simple; they demonstrated they will put the country first above all politics. It’s a true profile in courage, and they have won my respect.

Mark Cuban and Senator Ted Cruz got into a Twitter fight yesterday. The funniest comment I saw about it was, “If Cuban ever wants to get on Cruz’s good side, he should try insulting is wife.”

If case you have forgotten, Cruz tried to defend his wife by stealing Michael Douglas’ lines from The American President. So, according to Cruz, the best way to defend your wife is to bum lines from a movie and hope no one notices.

I’ve said it once, and I shall say it again, I’d rather have Donald Trump as president than Ted Cruz.

I don’t think Biden will win Texas (I’m reverse jinxing myself), but not only does his campaign think it’s in play, but so does the Lincoln Project and a Democratic super PAC .

Biden targets Texas with $6M advertising blitz

Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden’s campaign will spend $6 million on television advertisements in Texas as Democrats sense a new opportunity to gain substantial ground in a state that hasn’t elected a Democrat to a statewide office in a quarter century.

Biden’s campaign is not alone: Forward Majority, a Democratic super PAC, has committed $6.2 million in spending aimed at flipping the state House.

Lincoln Project plans Texas offensive against Republican Donald Trump, steps up Hispanic outreach

On Tuesday the Lincoln Project will announce Operation Sam Houston, a million-dollar effort that includes television and digital ads, according to a strategy shared with The Dallas Morning News.

The initiative comes a week after the Lincoln Project bolstered its mobilization of Hispanic voters in Texas, including hosting a Spanish language roundtable last week co-sponsored by the voting rights groups Mi Familia Vota and UnidosUS Action Fund.

My state may be flooded with conservative Christians, but their leadership are Trump-level insane. I’m already embrassed to be a Hardin-Simmons graduate, this guy isn’t helping.

Texas megachurch pastor Jack Graham, 70, – who sat next to two people at Rose Garden superspreader event who’ve tested positive for COVID-19 – holds maskless service and is NOT isolating because he’s ‘totally, ridiculously healthy’

The 70-year-old was sitting next to California mega-church pastor Greg Laurie, who tested positive for coraonvirus on Monday, and directly in front of former New Jersey Gov Chris Christie, who tested positive on Saturday.

Any song on a loop, but some are worst than others.

OKC jailers face cruelty charge; playing ‘Baby Shark’ on loop is ‘inhuman,’ prosecutor says

Man dressed as Hulk charged with smashing Trump’s Hollywood Walk of Fame star

Employee accused of stealing at least $1.3 million in printer toner from Austin Public Library and re-selling online

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Bag of Randomness for Tuesday, October 6, 2020

I noticed when President Trump was walking towards Marine One for his trip to Walter Reed, he did this tap on his right thigh before he boarded. I saw him do the same thing yesterday after he exited the doors of the hospital, but it was a double-tap. It’s time for a good ol’ conspiracy theory. This is like something out of the first season of Homeland. I bet it’s a signal to Putin that he understands his instructions and that he successfully carried them out.

Here’s a house for any of you local Dallas folks that love playing sports.

Meticulously landscaped 18-acre gated retreat is a sports lovers paradise complete with a turf baseball field w. adjustable mound & baselines, dugouts, & covered seating. Plus batting cages, a basketball court, putting greens, firepits and a stocked pond with cabana and outdoor kitchen and that’s just the beginning. The single-story custom home was specifically designed for the property and wraps around an 85K gal. resort style pool with cooled cabana, multiple outdoor living spaces, solar screens, fireplaces, and outdoor kitchen featuring Wolf appliances. What the sellers love: the privacy with all the open spaces, Lovejoy schools, effeciancy, location – it’s a short drive to The Star & Dwntwn Dallas.

For any fans of the old Las Vegas “Star Trek: The Experience” at the Hilton, you may enjoy this old behind-the-scenes footage.

Owned.

Former Hardin-Simmons University football player reportedly killed by police after intervening in domestic fight

Health Canada recalls eye drops that claimed to contain human placenta from Edmonton business

It’s nice to see the official Twitter account for the Trump Campaign welcome the president’s return to the White House with dignity and grace.

As liberal as San Francisco is, you know their fans are fuming at this.

Don’t cry for my Covid-tina…..

Be it as it may, he’s still ill and having difficulty breathing. That walk up the stairs did a doozie on him.

A couple secure in their marriage.

Hurdles.

https://twitter.com/buitengebieden_/status/1312517129753645056?s=09

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Bag of Randomness for Monday, October 5, 2020

Burned in my mind is an image of a makeup-less Donald Trump walking around in a hospital gown with his backside fully exposed.

I understand the White House wants to project calm, but they are doing a poor job at the propaganda. They released a photo of the president at work signing documents, but a closer look shows he’s signing nothing but blank papers.

They also released a four-minute video of him providing an update, and they noticeably edited out a cough. I have a feeling Trump just wanted to shoot it in one take and someone thought it would be best to just edit it.

Trump has always had wacky doctors taking care of him. Dr. Bornstein, his physician for 36-years, was introduced to us four years ago after writing that ridiculous letter.

Then, there was Dr Jackson, who is now running for a Texas congressional seat, who thought he could diagnose a person he hasn’t seen in years and from half a country away, without even seeing his vitals. Lest not forget, Jackson was nominated to be secretary of veterans affairs, but withdrew himself from consideration amid allegations he fostered a hostile work environment and behaved inappropriately on the job.

And now we have overly tailored Dr. Conly who can’t even answer any simple questions about what he said and supposedly misspoke which resulted in the White House issuing a statement. I have a feeling someone gave him that lab coat and he felt compelled to wear it. If not, the man must be egotistical putting the presidential seal on his lab coat. Heck, the seal on his lab coat is larger than any presidential seal any president has worn, it’s not even that large on the president’s Air Force One bomber jacket. And finally, Conley doesn’t have an M.D. degree. Instead, he has a D.O.: Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine. I’ve been treated by D.O.s for many years and have no issue with my care, but like most folks, we settle for a D.O. and prefer an M.D. Is he wearing that obnoxiously large presidential seal because he’s compensating that he isn’t an M.D.?

In case you were curious what his hospital room looks like:

Here’s LBJ visiting Ike and MacArthur at the presidential suite at the old Walter Reed.

Exactly four years ago yesterday, Hillary Clinton lead Donald Trump by 14 points.

There’s a new heavily armed militia we’ll be hearing more about in the future. Just some folks who want to peacfully demonstrate and express their Second Amendment rights. I’m sure nobody has a problem with this, and any fear or concern is irrational.

NFAC march: Protest in Lafayette ends as organizers proclaim ‘another successful demonstration’

About 400 members of the “Not F—ing Around Coalition,” a Black, Atlanta-based militia, marched in downtown Lafayette without incident Saturday and were joined by about 200 other demonstrators.

The heavily armed militia group marched from Lafayette’s downtown library to Parc Sans Souci and back Saturday in what NFAC leader John Fitzgerald Johnson, better known as “Grandmaster Jay,” called “another historic, successful formation.”

Johnson has described the NFAC’s three main goals protecting the Black community, promoting self-policing in the Black community and educating the Black community about their rights as responsible gun owners.

The Debate On Power Posing Continues

Power posing or postural feedback is a technique that suggests how you hold your body influences how you feel and how you behave.  Over the last decade, naysayers labeled power posing a pseudoscience, and the intense debate over the validity of power posing research culminated in death threats and bullying. Now, more research has confirmed the effects are real, and a new generation of researchers is honing in on exactly how our posture and stance impacts our thoughts and behavior.

Yesterday, former local television reporter Steve Stoler posted video on his Facebook page of a large crowd at Canton’s First Monday ignoring every social distancing guideline in existence without a single mask being worn in view. I bookmarked it to post it here, but he removed the post. East Texas is gonna East Texas, no changing that. Lady Bird Johnson was born in East Texas, and she wasn’t afraid to wear a mask..

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Bag of Randomness for Friday, October 2, 2020

The more I use a Mac the more frustrated I get. Recently, I wanted to check the browsing history on Safari to see what the kids have been visiting on WifeGeeding’s Mac. I could view the history, but Safari doesn’t show the time of day the site was visited, unlike every other web browser. I found the only way to do that was to find a database file in a hidden Library folder. To open it, you need a database program, like SQL Server. But even after doing that, Apple stores the timestamp as a Julian date value, which needs to be converted into a human readable value.

I had no idea there was so much money made from non-factory car and truck mats. The number of Weathertech commercials is outstanding.

This is wrong, but it goes to show that you should act in such a way that no one would have reason to record you.

Secretly recorded tapes show Melania Trump’s frustration at criticism for family separation policy and her bashing of Christmas decorations

My feelings:

Man, the release of that recording was on the first day of October. There’s no telling what other October surprises will pop up.

The war on Christmas starts early. First shots fired from the White House.

Longtime readers know I have a fascination with Howard Hughes. I’m surprised it wasn’t until yesterday I learned Christopher Nolan was to direct a biopic with Jim Carrey portraying the man. Of course, Martin Scorsese made a flick about the man with Leonardo DiCaprio. But talks of the movie with Nolan and Carrey have resurfaces, at least on social media. Here’s an old interview of Carrey speaking about it.

The title of this article from The Nation brought back a lot of memories from my time spent in a Southern Baptist church’s youth group and my college days. I specifically remember being taught that Catholics weren’t really Christians. That never settled well with me. It still comes across as judgemental and makes me ponder who has the authority to say or judge if someone is or is not a Christian.

Who Has the Power to Define Christianity in the US? – Since the inception of America, conservatives have regularly—even desperately—sought to distort and exploit religious traditions.

Video of a KC-10 Extender from the 908th Expeditionary Air Refueling Squadron doing in-flight refueling for F-15 Eagles. The KC-10 crew was mostly made up of Air Force Reservist, which you can hear asking the pilots about their favorite fast food coffee and hamburger preferences from ‘back home.’ Preferences relayed in this video are not an endorsement of the United States Air Force.

Walmart is redesigning its stores. This is what they’ll look like

Bob Murray, Who Fought Against Black Lung Regulations As A Coal Operator, Has Filed For Black Lung Benefits

Russian powerlifter Anna Turaeva told to ‘prove’ she’s a woman before boarding flight

The Unsuccessful WWII Plot to Fight the Japanese With Radioactive Foxes –
An outlandish idea codenamed ‘Operation Fantasia’ aimed to demoralize the Axis power by mimicking legendary spirits

Your first look at Jim Carrey as Joe Biden on ‘SNL’ has arrived

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