Cheaters Interrupts a Kickball Game at Tietze Park

A same-building-working FrontBurnervian sends in this report from the field:

Around 7:30 pm, in the middle of my kickball game at Tietze Park off the M Streets, a live filming of Cheaters ensued. For 30 minutes, a rather large black man barreled through three fields in an attempt to dodge obscenities, car keys and jewelry from two very upset women. One of which (from what we gathered) turned out to be his baby mamma.

A YouTube video is attached, and was sent to me courtesy of a fellow teammate. You will find the complete throwdown behind home plate, with my team (light blue) in the background. I might add that the icing on the cake was the fact that an hour later, the “cheater” gentleman returned (minus camera crew) to look for his own missing car keys… and whatever dignity he left behind.

That video, and a photo, is after the jump. (Note: there is, as you may have guessed, a bit of NSFW language in the video. Just so’s you know.)

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Understanding the Sonogram Bill Is Hard

Last night, the state House finally approved a version of a bill that would require women seeking abortions to also have a sonogram. The Senate passed its own version of that bill. I’ve been peppering Timothy Dickey, State Rep. Rafael Anchia’s communications director, with questions, and he’s been pretty helpful, except for the fact that every question answered makes it harder to wrap my head around this bill.

As it stands, the House version apparently requires a sonogram, but the woman is not required to look. So far, apparently, they want the sonograms to be free, but they’ve built no funding into the bill for it. When I talked to Dickey yesterday, he said they were still debating who would pay — and that so far, the woman would, but she’d also be given a list of clinics that offer the service for free, or that accept Medicaid.

This raises a whole series of questions, though: If the state pays, what’s to prevent someone with no health insurance from claiming they want an abortion, just so they can get a sonogram? If the state pays, won’t that still raise the specter of the state, essentially, paying for some step in the abortion process?

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Leading Off (3/4/11)

“Sex Is Natural, Sex Is Fun, Sex Is Best When It’s One on One.” Fellowship Church pastor Ed Young and AshleyMadison.com site creater Noel Biderman faced off to debate on adultery for an HBO documentary on adultery. This is actually the second time the two have done so, but Young insists he’s right because, “you know I’ve read the last page and the Bible says we win.” It also mentions giant multi-headed dragons, so you know, there’s that.

Slow Down in Flower Mound. Flower Mound police have pulled over about 49,000 cars in a year, with about 26,000 tickets. The town has about 70,000 residents.

Feliz “Meh” on First Outing as Starter. It’s not certain that he’ll get a second opportunity to try, but Neftali Feliz,  the guy everyone kept saying needed to be a starter last year got to try yesterday, and didn’t do so great.

Rainy Day Fund May Get Used. House Budget Chief Jim Pitts said he’s hopeful that the Lege will vote to use at least part of the state’s rainy day fund to close there rest of the budget shortfall. Considering one of the other options is just to delay paying bills, maybe this is actually a rainy day?

Spring is Here, So Go Out and Freaking Enjoy It. People have seemed a little cranky this week. I attribute this to a severe lack of patio-dwelling. So this weekend, find one. Put your feet up, grab a frosty libation, and do not move from that spot until your outlook improves. That’s an order, FrontBurnervians.