I'm on a really good gig, doing real lawyer work for real lawyer money, but it is expected to end in about two months. Naturally, I have been taunting the guy I started with about how soon we will be back to document-review grind for far less money, which led me to spout the following haiku:
Goodness gracious me What the fuck was I thinking Becoming a temp?
Much to my surprise, he responded with the following within seconds:
Holy cow shut up! Why, you are the antsy bitch! You’ll temp and like it
Yeah, or maybe not. Letting people go from police custody just because they are illegal immigrants ignores the fact that maybe they should be held anyway, regardless of their immigration status. Like if they're members of a violent gang and have been arrested before:
Last week, police arrested two teenagers, Josue Fuentes-Ponce and Joel Escobar, and charged them with the murder of 14 year-old Ariana Funes-Diaz. She was killed in a tunnel, beaten with a baseball bat and slashed with a machete. She was found naked. Reportedly, the killers, members of MS-13, ordered her to strip before they murdered her. According to authorities, Fuentes-Ponce and Escobar killed the girl because they were worried she would report them to police. She had lured a man to Northwest Washington, D.C., where he was beaten, robbed, and interrogated about his gang affiliations. This was not the first involvement in a robbery by Fuentes-Ponce and Escobar. Last year, both were arrested in connection with a robbery case. Because Fuentes-Ponce and Escobar are in the U.S. illegally, ICE asked the Prince George’s County, Maryland Department of Corrections to detain them. It did not. Thus, these two MS-13 thugs were free to commit more robberies and to butcher a 14 year-old accomplice.
But hey, no problem with refusing to cooperate with immigration authorities, right?
Bob Dylan turned a billion years old on Friday, and I missed it. Powerline didn't. They posted a bunch of really good covers of Dylan songs. Go here for the full lineup, but here are a couple:
Rod Stewart got on the train early, covering a deep track:
The Byrds, who had a huge hit with the Dylan cover "Hey, Mr. Tambourine Man," also covered this:
I've watched the video below a number of times now, because it captures much more than just the final play of the Ice Bowl. Starr completed five straight passes against one of the best defenses in the NFL under brutal conditions, and his teammates delivered. Number 30, Chuck Mercein, the fullback, caught the pass that took the Packers to the 10 -- and shook off a tackle on the way, and then ran the ball on the next play to the 3. Then Donny Anderson fell twice, leading to the final play. In fairness to Anderson, as you can see in the video, Number 44 caught several passes on the final drive and made the most of them. Then came the last play, on which Mercein thought he would get the ball. He didn't:
Starr was great, but that was a great team. They remain the only NFL team to win the championship three straight times. Eat it, Brady. So long, Bart.
Bart Starr is dead at 85. The MVP of the first two Super Bowls, the guiding force on the field for five NFL championships in seven years -- and seconds away from six in eight -- is gone.
The Packers announced Sunday that Starr had died, citing his family. He had been in failing health since suffering two strokes and a heart attack in 2014.
“While he may always be best known for his success as the Packers quarterback for 16 years, his true legacy will always be the respectful manner in which he treated every person he met, his humble demeanor and his generous spirit,” Starr’s family said in a statement.
The NFL has an award named for Starr that is given annually to a player who shows outstanding character. That was true, on an off the field.
Perhaps the most iconic moment of his iconic career came during the coldest game ever played in the NFL, the 1967 NFL Championship Game.
In the NFL championship on Dec. 31, 1967, Starr knifed into the end zone behind guard Jerry Kramer and center Ken Bowman with 16 seconds left to lift the Packers over the Dallas Cowboys 21-17 in what became known as the “Ice Bowl.”
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With a temperature of minus-14 and a wind chill of minus-49, it was the coldest NFL game ever recorded. The wind chill had dipped another 20 degrees by the time the Packers got the ball at their 32 trailing 17-14 with five minutes left.
With one last chance for an aging dynasty to win a fifth NFL title in seven seasons, Starr took the field as linebacker Ray Nitschke hollered, “Don’t let me down!”
Hell no he didn't let him down. By the way, Starr and coach Vince Lombardi were the only ones who knew the play was going to be a quarterback sneak. Running back Donny Anderson slipped on the ice on the first two plays from the 3. Starr called a timeout, talked to Lombardi on the sideline and suggested the sneak. Lombardi said, “Then run it and let’s get the hell out of here." Starr did:
Starr coached the Packers for a few years, not successfully, and then enjoyed a long retirement. Classy to the end. One of my childhood heroes, he will be missed by many.
After Alabama passed a law that essentially bans abortion in the state -- I can't see this ending well - superhot model Emily Ratajkowski put up a nude picture of herself on Instagram to "punish" the "old white men" who passed the law. Something about "our bodies, our choice." Not sure how this amounts to punishment, but all I have to say is, punish me more:
Are we sure she didn't mean "her body, my choice"? Why yes, yes I am a sexist pig when it comes to stuff like this. Anyone who thinks this is punishment doesn't understand men. On the other hand, I'm sure she understands Instagram, and I'm pretty sure this put her traffic through the roof.
