Articles for February 4th, 2013
Top Dallas Catholic on Contraception Compromise: ‘Covering Up … the Same Plan as Before’
Bishop Kevin Farrell of the Catholic Diocese of Dallas
Catholic Bishop Kevin Farrell of Dallas seems unconvinced that President Obama is truly compromising with religious groups over Obamacare’s contraception mandate. And, he’s “not so sure” the Boy Scouts’ possible move to admit gay scoutmasters and members is “the correct course of action to take.”
During a charity event at Dallas’ Hilton Anatole Saturday, the Irish-born prelate agreed to answer questions about these two controversial topics. The first dealt with last week’s “accommodation” with religious groups on the free birth-control-part of the Affordable Care Act. Does he like what the administration proposed?
FARRELL: First off, I will preface what I’m going to say, with the fact that I have not read the regulations, and I haven’t had time to study the question at the moment. But it would appear to me that it is –I’m not so sure that it’s so much of a change. I think there’s a lot of, I guess it’s just covering up, or a change of language, the same plan as before, just changing words. I’m not so sure the substance has really truly changed. That’s my first reading of it. I’ve only looked at this I’d say for 30 minutes. I have not studied it.
D: The Broadcast: A Q&A With Courtney Kerr
Last year, we announced a partnership with London Broadcasting, which owns KTXD, a local channel that, with our help, is about to get a whole lot more local. On February 18, we are launching a morning show called D: The Broadcast. It will be co-hosted by four ladies whose names you’ll likely know. Think The View — only not. This week on FrontBurner, I’m rolling out a new Q&A each day with a different host. Today is Courtney Kerr’s turn. You know her from the fashion blog What Courtney Wore and from the reality show Most Eligible Dallas (here’s the scene where she sucked face in a hot tub with a guy named Matt Nordgren). Let’s dive right in:
Tim Rogers: You ready for some real journalism-style Q&A here?
Courtney Kerr: Oh, are you going to bust my balls?
TR: Bust your balls? What could I possibly bust your balls about?
CK: (laughs) I’ve seen your articles before, Tim! I’m no stranger to your literary –
TR: I have no idea what you’re talking about.
CK: Oh you stop it. Get after it.
TR: Your blog, What Courtney Wore, as I understand it, you put on clothes, and then you take pictures of clothes.
CK: How narcissistic is that?
TR: And people look at your clothes.
D: The Broadcast: A Q&A With Courtney Kerr
Last year, we announced a partnership with London Broadcasting, which owns KTXD, a local channel that, with our help, is about to get a whole lot more local. On February 18, we are launching a morning show called D: The Broadcast. It will be co-hosted by four ladies whose names you’ll likely know. Think The View — only not. This week on FrontBurner, I’m rolling out a new Q&A each day with a different host. Today is Courtney Kerr’s turn. You know her from the fashion blog What Courtney Wore and from the reality show Most Eligible Dallas (here’s the scene where she sucked face in a hot tub with a guy named Matt Nordgren). Let’s dive right in:
Tim Rogers: You ready for some real journalism-style Q&A here?
Courtney Kerr: Oh, are you going to bust my balls?
TR: Bust your balls? What could I possibly bust your balls about?
CK: (laughs) I’ve seen your articles before, Tim! I’m no stranger to your literary –
TR: I have no idea what you’re talking about.
CK: Oh you stop it. Get after it.
TR: Your blog, What Courtney Wore, as I understand it, you put on clothes, and then you take pictures of clothes.
CK: How narcissistic is that?
TR: And people look at your clothes.
Doctor Ron Paul is In, And His Patient is The Man Accused of Killing Sniper Chris Kyle
Chris Kyle’s death seems to confirm that “he who lives by the sword dies by the sword.” Treating PTSD at a firing range doesn’t make sense
— Ron Paul (@RonPaul) February 4, 2013
The Atlantic sums this tweet up nicely:
Ron Paul may be be a doctor, but just because he’s an outspoken, politically inclined OB-GYN doesn’t mean he know what he’s talking about when it comes to the latest emotional – and deadly – case of PTSD…
…Ron Paul is, to put it plainly, flatly wrong in his assertion that “treating” someone with PTSD at a shooting range is a bad idea. First of all, not everyone with PTSD is a dangerous threat to your life. But, further to the point, Prolonged Exposure Therapy (PET) is one of the leading ways to treat PTSD, as one commenter pointed out to Paul. It’s even endorsed by the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs. They call it “one of the most effective treatments” of PTSD.
Paul was immediately excoriated. A sampling:
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Thrillist Dallas Inadvertently Reminds Its Readers to Get Checked For STDs
From an email sent by Thrillist Dallas this morning. A Valentine’s Day surprise!
Red arrow is my addition.
Things To Do In Dallas Tonight: Feb. 4
Sweet.
In case you spent the last half of the Super Bowl wishing Beyonce would come back, this morning offers happy news. She’s bringing her newly-announced Mrs. Carter tour here in July, and tickets go on sale exactly a week from today. I think the only other thing I could possibly want right now is the promise of a more permanent Destiny’s Child reunion.
Now that the big sporting event is over, it’s truly Oscar season. Both the Angelika Plano and the Magnolia offer the chance to see both the live action and animated shorts contending for an Academy Award. Short films, done well, are really something incredible. I’m a fan of seeing them in the theater every year, simply because they are usually so visually stunning, but you can view Paperman, Disney’s black-and-white blend of hand-drawn and computer animation, online in full. Depending on how bleak of a Monday you’re having, the sweetness of it just might cheer you up. Still, I’d head to the Magnolia tonight for the animated shorts, if for no other reason than I feel like it, but you could also see live action right after the animated showing and turn the night into a double feature.
Besides Paperman, the animated selections include the UK-produced Head Over Heels, about a long-married couple torn apart by gravity (he lives on the floor, she on the ceiling), and Maggie Simpson in The Longest Daycare, in which Maggie attends the Ayn Rand School for Tots. I’m not going to make the Mitt Romney joke, but I will suggest that the brisket tacos at Mi Cocina would not make a terrible addition to your evening. Union Bear is another reliable choice, though friends and I have definitely noted the price hikes across the board.
For more to do this evening, go here.
DMN Ignores Kyle-Ventura Flap
Most who’ve paid attention to the story of former Navy SEAL sniper Chris Kyle, who was shot and killed Saturday at Rough Creek Lodge, know that one of the stranger chapters in his saga involved former Minnesota governor Jesse Ventura. As Tim told us last year, Kyle famously claimed he punched out Ventura, a former member of the Navy’s special forces, in a California bar, allegedly for dissing U.S. forces in Iraq and Afghanistan. Ventura called Kyle a liar, said the incident never happened, and was suing the ex-sniper for libel.
Curiously, though, the main Dallas Morning News story about Kyle’s life and Saturday’s killing omitted anything about this bizarre incident, which generated a heated controversy in the blogosphere. Seems like even passing mention in the hometown paper of record would have been appropriate, especially since the story has become all about war veterans and how they readjust, or have trouble readjusting, to civilian life.
DMN Ignores Kyle-Ventura Flap
Most who’ve paid attention to the story of former Navy SEAL sniper Chris Kyle, who was shot and killed Saturday at Rough Creek Lodge, know that one of the stranger chapters in his saga involved former Minnesota governor Jesse Ventura. As Tim told us last year, Kyle famously claimed he punched out Ventura, a former member of the Navy’s special forces, in a California bar, allegedly for dissing U.S. forces in Iraq and Afghanistan. Ventura called Kyle a liar, said the incident never happened, and was suing the ex-sniper for libel.
Curiously, though, the main Dallas Morning News story about Kyle’s life and Saturday’s killing omitted anything about this bizarre incident, which generated a heated controversy in the blogosphere. Seems like even passing mention in the hometown paper of record would have been appropriate, especially since the story has become all about war veterans and how they readjust, or have trouble readjusting, to civilian life.
Sherman Viewers Got an Eyeful of Will Ferrell During Last Night’s Super Bowl
For the second year in a row, Will Ferrell has produced a Super Bowl ad for Old Milwaukee beer. And for the second year in a row, only a sliver of worldwide viewers saw the ad.
Last year, it was only folks in the North Platte, Neb. TV market. This year it included parts of Oklahoma, Texas, and Montana. Some of those lucky viewers live in the northiest part of North Texas, around Sherman and Denison. Anyone else catch it?
Dallas Morning News Editor Plays Brilliant Game of Email Dodgeball
I don’t know Chris Siron, but I feel for him. He’s a night editor on the Metro desk at the Dallas Morning News. The reason I feel for him is because a mistake was made on his watch. Either his reporter made the mistake or he made the mistake or a copy editor made the mistake. I’ve made lots of mistakes, professional and otherwise, so that’s one reason I feel for him. But whenever I’ve made a professional mistake, or whenever a mistake has occurred on my watch, I’ve done my best to own up to it and correct it. Not Chris Siron. Four days ago, I asked him about the mistake in question, and he’s still dodging the issue. That’s the other reason I feel for Chris Siron. Because I’ve grown so frustrated with him that I’ve decided to post our email exchange.
Dallas Morning News Editor Plays Brilliant Game of Email Dodgeball
I don’t know Chris Siron, but I feel for him. He’s a night editor on the Metro desk at the Dallas Morning News. The reason I feel for him is because a mistake was made on his watch. Either his reporter made the mistake or he made the mistake or a copy editor made the mistake. I’ve made lots of mistakes, professional and otherwise, so that’s one reason I feel for him. But whenever I’ve made a professional mistake, or whenever a mistake has occurred on my watch, I’ve done my best to own up to it and correct it. Not Chris Siron. Four days ago, I asked him about the mistake in question, and he’s still dodging the issue. That’s the other reason I feel for Chris Siron. Because I’ve grown so frustrated with him that I’ve decided to post our email exchange.
Here Are The Strangest Things People Searched to Get to DMagazine.com in January
Every day, a few of us have a web analytics window open on our desktops, showing us what kind of traffic is coming to dmagazine.com, how it got there, and where it’s coming from. There’s also a tool that shows the web searches that brought people to the site. The searches are usually something like “FrontBurner” or “D Magazine” or “5 dead hookers,” but sometimes more interesting ones slip through. Here are the strangest from January, reproduced exactly as they appeared:
- Cetera, Peter
- Dallas and preppy and Brook Hollow Golf Club
- 8:56 pm during the break, something about fishing wire
- “tanned” + “bare legs” + “denim” + “winter”
- Adam Sandler movie w/ Vanilla Ice
And the best, by far:
- 10 most beautiful asses
Obama Supports Lifting the Boy Scouts’ Gay Ban
In an interview prior to Sunday’s Super Bowl telecast, President Obama reiterated his support for gays and lesbians, honing is support in on a proposal to lift the Irving-based Boy Scouts of America’s gay ban. “Gays and lesbians should have access and opportunity the same as anybody else,” he told 60 Minutes‘ Scott Pelley. As you’ll remember, the BSA board is expected to vote on the measure Tuesday. It would allow individual troops to decide whether or not to allow gay leaders and scouts. A group of gay scouts and leaders is expected to deliver 1.4 million signatures in favor of lifting the ban to the Irving headquarters today.
Houston Street Bridge to Close March 11
The Sylvan Avenue bridge into Oak Cliff is closed. The I-30/I-35 corridor Horseshoe is about to become an unrelenting helltrap of traffic. Union Pacific is routing cars and trucks all over West Dallas so it can perform track maintenance. So what’s closing one more entry point into Oak Cliff gonna do? From Roy Appleton:
 Come March 11, there will be one fewer option for crossing the Trinity River in Dallas. The city will close the Houston Street Viaduct that Monday for construction of the downtown-Oak Cliff streetcar line.
Work has begun underneath the bridge. The system must be operating by Oct. 31, 2014, under terms of the federal grant that is funding more than half of the $48 million project. During construction, traffic will be rerouted from the Houston bridge to the nearby Jefferson Boulevard Viaduct, which will become two-way.
The Houston crossing now carries traffic from downtown to Oak Cliff, while traffic runs the opposite direction on Jefferson. Once the streetcar line is operating, the century-old Houston Street Viaduct will reopen to other traffic, said Keith Manoy, the city’s chief transportation planner.
It’s good news for the city, and for folks west of the Trinity. But these next couple of years are going to be a bear.
Survival of the Cutest: Meet the Furry Four
(Clockwise from top left) Nemo, Juno, Bruiser, and Cooper need your help.
After three weeks of voting, we’ve reached the semifinals in our Survival of the Cutest tournament.
The remaining competitors are:
Bruiser, a 4-year-old Black Lab
Cooper, a 5-year-old Border Collie
Juno, a 2-year-old Mixed Breed
Nemo, an 8-year-old Beagle
Bruiser and Cooper have reached the top of the larger dog bracket, while Juno and Nemo are seeking the championship of the smaller dog bracket. Only one dog from each of these two match-ups will advance to the finals later this week.
You have two days only to vote for the Furry 4, but you can cast a ballot once each day. Then the final contest will begin Thursday.
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