Leading Off
1. A gunman in Fort Worth decides he hasn’t built a strong enough case for going to Hell, so he shoots up a little girl’s birthday party, killing two, including a 5-year-old.
2. It looks like Plano will soon be one of the first cities to “regulate the size and placement” of nets protecting homes near gold golf courses from errant Titleists, and the issue is becoming divisive. This news comes on the heels of a recent office discussion about white people having more invented worry than other races.
3. People like local construction executive Bill Marcom are worried about “the Greater Depression,” so they’re buying hats and holding the eff onto them. Also on their shopping lists: silver coins, satellite phones, and remote cabins.
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Marcom should have mentioned that all those Y2K leftovers will come in reall handy.
I think I know some people who are still eating rice form all those 50lb bags they bought……
Re: No. 3 — Pffft. Noobs.
If I lived near a “gold course”, I’d probably put up a net as well — you never know how many nuggets you may catch.
I don’t know about Mr. Buss, but I would be mad to see pictures of my mail-order Russian bride holding some duffer’s balls.
Well played as always Spamboy.
Did you know Mayor Tom was on the O’Reilly Factor?
Don’t want golf balls in your yard? Then don’t live next to a friggin’ golf course. ******.