Random Friday Morning Thoughts

• CPAC is firing up (think of every high ranking conservative at a convention who almost says something crazy because the crowd is being whipped up into a frenzy). Sarah Palin will wrap the convention up. Ted Cruz kicked it off. They let Donald Trump speak. And Mitch McConnell showed up with a gun. All is right with the world. 
• A lawyer appointed by President Obama to the Civil Rights Division failed to be approved this week because "he once represented a cop killer".  That gets him disqualified? That's insane to me. 
• The Bradford Pears were beginning to bloom then the freeze knocked them all back. Hate that. 
• So there's a trailer fire in Chico and lone occupant is arrested for Public Intoxication? There is a defense called "necessity" which in this case could be defined as "I wouldn't have gone out in public but for the fact I was going to die if I stayed inside." 
• I don't know how what Star Power's advertising budget is, but they've got some event going on this weekend that they are wildly promoting by having The Ticket, The Fan and WBAP do remote broadcasts from there this week. (And I heard the owner, Mr. Pigeon, on the radio this weekend and he had some snake oil salesman in him as he was promoting 4G technology.)
• Sports: (1) The LA Lakers suffered their worst loss in history last night, 142-94; (2) Baylor will wear Adidas made uniforms for March Madness that have "Sic 'Em" on the front which prompted USA Today to bizarrely say that it was "in especially poor taste given past issues in Baylor’s basketball program." Huh? (3) A fan angrily confronted Hawaii's coach on the court during a game last night; (4) Mike Modano, who is having his number retired this weekend, gave hours and hours of boring interviews yesterday. 
• Three media companies were fined a total of $1.9 million for airing a movie commercial that used the warning signal of the Emergency Broadcast System. But there's a Budweiser commercial on The Ticket right now doing the same thing warning that it is "grilling season" or something like that. 
• There's a rumor floating around that someone "associated" with Dallas Maverick's ownership is building a 10,000 square foot home north of Bridgeport. Anyone? 
• Weird dreams the last two nights of being in an area where huge trailers, containers, and large equipment fall off buildings and conveyor belts. Everyone scrambles but no one is ever hurt. Never had those before.