Blonde Friday Open Comments

Kathryn Morris, American Actress

Morris was featured in a couple of films following her acclaimed role as Lilly Rush in the television series Cold Case (2003-2010).

She left acting when her three-year-old twin boys were diagnosed with autism, which resulted in her wanting to learn everything she possibly could about the disorder. She told Today, “My children are perfect. I cannot imagine them without their autism — their brilliant traces of “just being” on that spectrum has made me a better mother and person. However, our epic journey introduced me to a secret society of sick kids, misfits and savants — bankrupted families in constant emergency mode feeling this pandemic-like panic for a lifetime — epidemic numbers of cute babies who grow up into invisible people in permanent quarantine.” In the fall of 2021, she founded an organization called The Savants which aims to help educate people in autism. The Savants also seeks to help make the world a more inclusive and accessible place for people on the spectrum.


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  1. Dr phil Good-E=1984 Avatar
    Dr phil Good-E=1984

    Yo unck.
    I didn’t catch it earlier but read the Bowie tapes article.
    Very interesting stuff.
    now back to bed.
    like moe says when Shemp is snoring and after he bonks him on the head. ‘wake up and go to sleep.’
    so I am.:)

  2. Bonecrusher Avatar
    Bonecrusher

    That latest stingee from OMG, Jamie something, strikes me as a pathological liar who will say anything to get laid – the perfect government stooge.

    1. GJT Avatar
      GJT

      I believe I saw the guy got fired.

  3. Texpat Avatar
    Texpat

    It’s 25 here, but it’s headed all the way up to 41 later. Maybe the frozen bottles of water in the vehicles will finally thaw out. We’re having a heat wave tomorrow at around 45.

    However, at sunrise this coming Tuesday and Wednesday, the temperature will be 5 degrees with windchill of -5 degrees.

  4. Texpat Avatar
    Texpat

    If I were Super Dave, I would have gone down to Panama City to watch this train wreck. It’s going to be glorious.

    PANAMA CITY, Fla.—CNN reporter Katie Bo Lillis conceded she was intentionally vague when she messaged Navy veteran Zachary Young about his efforts to evacuate Afghans fleeing their home as the Taliban took control of the country in 2021. In response, jurors on Wednesday asked Lillis a series of unflattering questions, suggesting they may be poised to put CNN on the hook for defaming Young through a piece he says destroyed his business.

    and,

    Lillis defended her conduct, telling the court, “You catch more flies with honey than vinegar.” She also said she stood by the story and did not “mislead” Young. Jurors, however, didn’t appear to agree. They peppered Lillis with questions like, “Do you feel Americans are obligated to speak to you?” and, “To what length must someone go to in order not to speak to you?” Another juror asked, “At what point do you accept someone not wishing to speak or comment?” A fourth said, “A chance to make your case to keep your name out of it sounds akin to guilty until proven innocent.”

    1. Shannon Avatar
      Shannon

      I am confused. The headline refers to this as a trial. What type of trial proceeding allows jurors to address the witnesses directly?

      1. GJT Avatar
        GJT

        I assumed it must have been an AI written article, but this from Powerline.

        I assume the jurors “peppered” the witness with questions by writing them out and submitting them to the judge, who then read them. Allowing jurors to ask questions is an innovation; I think I only tried one jury case, in Colorado, where this was done. If there is a court where jurors are literally permitted to question witnesses, it is a whole new world of trial practice.

        https://www.powerlineblog.com/archives/2025/01/cnn-in-deep-trouble.php

        1. Shannon Avatar
          Shannon

          Thanks, GJT.

          I’m amazed. Want to know more about this innovation.

          1. bsue54 Avatar
            bsue54

            I’ve only been selected to serve on a jury once – this past summer… And it was a property dispute law suit… The judge had the baliff place paper and pencil on each juror’s seat and asked if there were any questions… when there were, we were sent to the jury deliberation room to discuss and condense the questions, submit them in writing to the judge who then asked the questions that best summarized those submitted.

            1. Super Dave Avatar
              Super Dave

              That’s what I would think, written questions.

      2. Texpat Avatar
        Texpat

        It is unusual, but not unheard of. Apparently, it is permissible in Florida.

    2. Bonecrusher Avatar
      Bonecrusher

      I think that jurors should absolutely be able to question witnesses. It returns the courtroom to its proper function: a crucible where the truth is left after all the bs is burned away.

    3. Super Dave Avatar
      Super Dave

      I wish I had time that would have bee fun. Oh and I have missed this thanks.
      I’m a little surprised that none of the local TV stations have mentioned this case. They may have and I missed it but I don’t thunk so. They repeat all their stories so many times it’s hard to miss.

  5. GJT Avatar
    GJT

    Lol. From the comments on the Powerline article linked at 8:05.

  6. Texpat Avatar
    Texpat

    Jewish Russian immigrant and long time columnist for the New York Post, Karol Marcowicz, on becoming a “gun person”.

    Unfortunately, I had the opportunity to test this call for help. In the last five years, my public image has increased and I have received several threats. I had gone to the police in Brooklyn for one explicit death threat, texted to my phone, but was told there wasn’t much they could do. I had walked into the police precinct ready to spend some time there, give a statement, help with clues. I was outside five minutes later. They didn’t even take down my information. No one was coming to save me.

    and,

    I knew Jews were changing on guns even before the 7th, I had written about it. But I myself had not changed yet. I had shot a gun only once before, four years prior, on my friend Will Cain’s* property in Texas. He had shown me how to hold his shotgun correctly, that it wasn’t a bazooka to rest on top of my shoulder. It was fun but I had seen it as an outdoorsy activity like fishing or golfing. Thinking about shooting as a mechanism for saving our lives is a different sensation.

    By October 13th, we were at the gun range. A girl walked out of the shooting area with a huge Star of David necklace and a Chanel bag. My people had gotten the message loud and clear.

    *Fox News host Cain was born and raised around Sherman, Texas. He has a place somewhere in Texas.

  7. Texpat Avatar
    Texpat

    Go watch the video clips at Stephen Green’s page.

    It can be a fine line between failure and success, depending on what you’re trying to accomplish. In one sense, Thursday’s Starship Flight Test 7 was a spectacular success. In another, it was a failure — but still spectacular.

    and, 

    “Atmospheric reentry speed is more than twice as fast as a bullet from an assault rifle,” Elon Musk said late last night, “and this is the largest flying object ever made.”

    That is the most powerful rocket ever to fly. And instead of falling into the ocean when its job was done, it returned like a fiery high-tech boomerang to exactly where it started. In just two or three years from now — maybe less — SpaceX will launch, catch, refuel, and have each Heavy Booster ready to fly again in hours.

  8. Super Dave Avatar
    Super Dave

    It looks like I have some catching up to do and we have a Blonde Friday. As usual I’m no familiar with Kathryn Morris but she’s cute enough.
    57 here and warming up nicely from the 33 at 4 AM, I think we’ll be in the mid 60’s by noon. But on Tuesday of next week we’re gonna’ bust the bark, predicted to be a s low a 22 depending on who you’re listening to.
    Mornin’ Gang

  9. Super Dave Avatar
    Super Dave

    Oh and Squawk thanks for the Multi-barrel rifle/shotgun porn, I always appreciate that sort of thing. Also the fine weapon I posted yesterday was from Austria not Germany and that is not surprising.

  10. Texpat Avatar
    Texpat

    I think CNN is in very deep manure. This is truly incredible. It’s what happens when you hire a Chicago litigator to come down expecting the jury pool in the Florida Panhandle to be bunch of ignorant hillbillies.

    However, it turned out that the document merely was Young’s application to maintain his security clearance.

    Young’s attorney, Vel Freedman, later laid waste to CNN. He told the court that Young had lost his security clearance back in 2022 and that he hadn’t been aware of that until he double-checked after his testimony in the case. Freedman asked for the right to present a witness who would testify on the issue and Axelrod objected. Judge Henry had had enough and blew up at CNN. He read back Axelrod’s comments and said “You called him a liar multiple times there.” He told Axelrod that he owed an apology to the plaintiff. After telling CNN that “this isn’t Kindergarten, ” he added “Right now, your credibility with me, Mr. Axelrod, is about none.”

    That is never a good thing to hear from a judge.

    Axelrod apologized but the damage is clearly considerable.

    The most chilling aspect from a litigation perspective? Axelrod replaced the earlier lead counsel who also imploded in court over ill-considered arguments.

  11. squawkbox Avatar
    squawkbox

    Happy National Bootleggers Day from the family Box

    1. Bonecrusher Avatar
      Bonecrusher

      I finally got a day; whodathunkit?

  12. Super Dave Avatar
    Super Dave

    I mentioned local news and this morning we had this breaking news; South Alabama Speedway Pace Car stolen.

    KINSTON, Ala. (WTVY) – Someone stole the pace car at South Alabama Speedway in Kinston, operators revealed on their Facebook page.

    “Be on the lookout for our Pace Car!!!!! Someone decided they needed to break into our parts room and steal a WHOLE bunch of stuff – including our PACE CAR,” the speedway posted.

    I figure that Cletus over in Arguta has already painted that Pace Car with Krylon spray paint. 😀

  13. Texpat Avatar
    Texpat

    I remember Kathryn Morris from Cold Case. It was a pretty good show. Morris always came across as very intelligent and serious. I wondered what happened to her.

    1. GJT Avatar
      GJT

      I did not know that

    2. Texpat Avatar
      Texpat

      Now that is funny.

  14. GJT Avatar
    GJT

    I got the flashback cringies seeing these Chevy trucks with worn out ball joints on Landman as well lol.

    1. GJT Avatar
      GJT

      I can hear the squeaking in my head…

  15. Tedtam Avatar
    Tedtam

    I got the rosary thing done this morning, and then had to take time to re-sort and organize some beads when the container came open. Fortunately it was inside of a larger container, so I didn’t have to go chasing after them on hands and knees on the floor.

    Since the weather is going to crap soon and we’re almost out of eggs, I think I’m going to make a quick run to the eggery and support a local entrepreneur. I’m gonna stop by Wal-Mart and get another carton of paper. They sell the smaller, 5 ream cartons, which I can carry and since we aren’t killing trees at the rate we used to, much more convenient. They are a great size for storage, too.

    1. Texpat Avatar
      Texpat

      So Young gets $5 million, but the punitive damages could be much more. I don’t know what kind of limits Florida may have on those.

  16. Texpat Avatar
    Texpat

    It’s okay, you can go ahead and laugh, the jihadi bros are all bent out of shape though.

    In Canada, there are numerous appearances of large graffiti raised fists in red and green symbolizing the joint movement of Marxism and Islam. Obvious opponents are modifying these fists with interesting additional graffiti.

    1. Bonecrusher Avatar
      Bonecrusher

      Ridicule is a powerful weapon.

    2. Tedtam Avatar
      Tedtam

      Priceless.

  17. Dr phil Good-E=1984 Avatar
    Dr phil Good-E=1984

    Bannon plays a trailer in his show’s intro of jake the snake tapper saying…

    ”where do maga people go to hear the Big Lie? MAGA media.

    I wish in my heart these people had a soul.”

    Choke on the seeds of the words that you sowed big fella.
    instant karma gotcha.

  18. Super Dave Avatar
    Super Dave

    Man what a beautiful day! 65 degrees out there and I’m finally getting some work done. I got a little bit done yesterday but today I started earlier.

    Life is Good…..He says waiting on the Arctic Blizzard that’s coming next week.
    😉

  19. Texpat Avatar
    Texpat

    It’s 42 degrees here and people are walking around in shorts uptown on the main business boulevard. After being in the 20s for 4 or 5 days, it feels like a heat wave.

  20. wagonburner Avatar
    wagonburner

    Michelle Obama is skipping the inauguration? I don’t blame him. Nobody wants him there.
    — Steve Inman

  21. Tedtam Avatar
    Tedtam

    The eggery didn’t have the misfit eggs that I like to get, so I settled for a case of mediums. Got my paper and a few grocery items in the way home, and I’m now ready to cocoon through the Great Winter Storm.

  22. Adee Avatar
    Adee

    The wind is picking up and the sky has been getting darker gray from the north. Temp still is hanging onto 65 here. No rain on us so far, but that will change soon enough. Snow is now predicted for our area as things progress. We hope it stays snow and not freezing rain (the worst kind of precipitation to be had).

    Spouse made a trip to the grocery store around 10 this morning to get a few things on the list. Water to the barn is turned off and drained as is water to the outside faucets on the house. If needed we can let water slowly drip through the pipes inside the house to keep them from freezing and bursting inside the house. We’re not going to be plunging to zero, but a freeze is predicted.

    Years ago we decided that we built our house with not quite enough insultation in the attic or outside walls and so looked for something more than what we had. Instead of taking out what was already up there that was still perfectly good, we put the new stuff over it. And in the walls. So there is twice as much now that has worked very well even in very cold weather sliding down to zero or below.

    The coldest it ever got in southern Wisconsin when we lived there was -35 degrees.

  23. Tedtam Avatar
    Tedtam

    I’m enjoying a little back porch time while I’m resting the back. I just finished oiling fifteen dozen eggs and loading them into the frig. That standing aggravated the lumbar region a bit.

    I don’t spend nearly enough time relaxing on the bench that Hubby got first me, enjoying my back yard.

  24. Texpat Avatar
    Texpat

    Well, this is a shocker, but probably not for the people who know him well. This is my favorite part:

    “Goldstein argued more than 40 cases in front of the High Court, including the landmark copyright case Google v. Oracle. Goldstein retired from private practice in 2023, citing the Court’s increasingly conservative shift as a factor.”

    Tom Goldstein, a prominent Supreme Court lawyer and publisher of SCOTUSblog, was indicted Thursday for allegedly evading taxes for years and taking millions from his law firm’s funds to cover gambling debts.

    and,

    Goldstein also allegedly set up sham employment arrangements with at least a dozen women he was pursuing or in “intimate personal relationships with.” Goldstein, the indictment said, listed the women as “employees” of his law firm, paid them hundreds of thousands of dollars, and enrolled them in firm-sponsored health insurance—despite the women “perform[ing] little or no work for the firm.”

  25. Texpat Avatar
    Texpat

    Barack and Jennifer Aniston ?!!!

    I guess Jen ran out of Hollywood actors to sleep with since she has married or dated dozens of A-listers before they dumped her.

    1. Tedtam Avatar
      Tedtam

      My BS meter just pegged. Why would Aniston sleep with a gay guy? She doesn’t need him, does he?

      Or does she?

  26. Shannon Avatar
    Shannon

    Now they’re talking about 19°F Wednesday morning.
    Teens are a whole different animal in my experience around here.
    Cacooning indeed.

  27. Texpat Avatar
    Texpat

    These Marxist Leninist loudmouths keep promising global warming and it never shows up. I’m tired of their empty promises.

  28. Tedtam Avatar
    Tedtam

    I finally slowed down enough to realize I’ve missed the C&C today….

    but first, Higbie just delivered one of his snarky lines: after watching a clip of a tranny city council”man” from somewhere, who was whining about “not feeling safe enough” to show up for work at council. Now taking a month off to recover from hurt feelings.

    Higbie: /pause/ “You’re one reason I want an apocalypse.”

    And he delivered it perfectly. I love his show.

  29. Tedtam Avatar
    Tedtam

    BLAME GAMES ☙ Friday, January 17, 2025 ☙ C&C NEWS

    Good morning, C&C, it’s Friday! The final Friday and the final weekday before You-Know-What. Today’s roundup includes: guess who gets the blame for the latest corporate media cancer story on spiking turbo cancer rates in working age people; guess who gets the blame for pushing Biden out in latest deep-state narrative spin; Federal Bureau of Investigation flies its DEI offices by night into witness protection; and Trump’s terrific tax changes get underway.

  30. Tedtam Avatar
    Tedtam

    When will the new cancer stories end? Oh, wait….

    The New York Times dribbled out yet another turbo-cancer story yesterday, this one under the headline, “Cancer’s New Face: Younger and Female.” The sub-headline explained, “Although long considered a disease of aging, certain cancers are turning up more often in younger women, according to a new report.” It never mentioned the jabs, so you can stop wondering right now.

    Let us count the ways the New York Times conceals truth. Since the jab rollout in late 2020, corporate media and Big $cience have deceptively reported rising cancer rates —especially in unusual populations— by relying only on older data showing creeping cancer rates but nothing more recent than 2019.

    In other words, see? it can’t be the jabs, dummies.

    /snip

    Instead of making it obvious they were citing old data, the Times just didn’t cite any time periods at all. “Certain cancers are turning up more often,” the Times said, but how much more often? Since when? The Grey Lady had no comment.

    This strategic shift explains the brand-new bias toward young women. In the pre-2020 data, cancers were creeping up evenly, across the board, without discriminating. For example, a big Lancet study published last August using the pre-2020-data never mentioned any pro-woman bias, across 34 different types of cancer:

    Yep, never fear. But in the meantime, people die. Heads. Should. Roll. ™

    Mr. C. goes on to further discuss and dissect the cancer stories and the ever-moving blame targets. The obfuscation is never ending.

  31. Tedtam Avatar
    Tedtam

    Next on the C&C:

    How Schumer twisted history to make it the R’s fault that he (Schumer) had to push the meat puppet out of office. Yeah, right. I despise just about everyone in that story, so I’m skipping it. I’ll be eating dinner soon, and I’d like to keep the food down.

    More on the “Winning without Trying” Trump front:

    Now they tell us! Yesterday, the Hill ran a flabbergasting story headlined, “FBI shuttered DEI office last month.” Wait. Last month? You mean, after the election and after the nomination of Kash Patel to run the discredited “law enforcement” agency? Behold, the Trump Effect strikes again.

    /snip

    Well, spank my pillows and call me Sally. The brave men and women of the FBI apparently jettisoned their woke DEI office in the dead of night, anonymously, without anyone getting the credit or the blame, so their arrogant, virtue-signaling credentials could remain un-smudged by progressive criticism from their woke peers.

    Fox’s article confirmed these suspicions, adding the remarkable fact that “The agency didn’t specify why it had closed the office.” So brave! So virtuous! So transparent! Let’s just close it, hunker down, and not answer questions.

    Hunker down and hide, you losers.

    I’m watching the old “FBI” series. I marvel at the difference in how the Bureau was viewed then and now. Worlds of difference.

  32. Tedtam Avatar
    Tedtam

    More on the shuttering of the FBI-DIE:

    FBI special agent and whistleblower Steve Friend tweeted that he knew why the agency speed-disassembled its DEI office: to shield the employees working there from all being made instantly redundant —i.e., DOGE’d— and fired en masse:

    The Bureau is being officially told to preserve ALL documents. I’m not holding my breath….

  33. Tedtam Avatar
    Tedtam

    Haha! Corporate media studiously avoided this final good news story, which WFLA ran under the headline, “Florida congressmen introduce new ‘No Tax on Tips Act.’” Media is going to do everything it possibly can to make sure voters never know it was President Trump and Republicans who tore off the yoke of taxed tips. The new bill was filed by Florida’s terrific Senator Rick Scott and Texas’ Ted Cruz.

    I don’t know how I feel about the “no tax on tips” rule. It’s income.

    But Mr. C. has a bit of a different take on it:

    The Act would allow “traditionally tipped employees” to claim a 100% deduction on tipped wages, not to exceed $25,000. (In other words, they’d still have to report the tips.) Traditionally tipped employees include barbers, nail techs, delivery drivers, valets, bartenders (AOC!), waitresses, and any other employee customarily tipped.

    Folks seem to think the Act will pass. As for me, I was hoping the entire income tax would be abolished, tips and all, in favor of tariffs, but I suppose this can be a start.

  34. Shannon Avatar
    Shannon

    “Preserve all documents” only applies to real Americans.

    Not our elite benevolent betters.

  35. Tedtam Avatar
    Tedtam

    Amazon just delivered my replacement air fryer/oven combo. The driver had to circle the block because the first time because a pack of stray dogs made it difficult for him to deliver. Bless his heart. I at least met him at his truck with a small dolly, so he didn’t have to carry that thing up my driveway.

    It’s late. I’m sure he’s lifted enough of other people’s crap today. It was my pleasure to make his evening a little better.

    1. Texpat Avatar
      Texpat

      You have packs of feral dogs in your neighborhood ? You and your neighbors really to get a grip. This is not safe and people get killed like this. If y’all can’t get threatening animals picked up then you have to shoot them. This is not a puzzle or conundrum.

      1. Tedtam Avatar
        Tedtam

        We have always had a problem with strays. Owners don’t control their pets, but worse – we seem to be a popular dog dumping neighborhood. I guess because we have big yards scumbags think they can discard their unwanted pets without getting caught.

        I caught a dog dumper one night. I was coming up behind him, slowing down, because the car door was open. The dog jumped out and the driver took off. I’ll never forget the confusion in the dog’s body language. I followed the guy, trying to get his license number but the scumbag turned off his lights and was screaming around our not-90-degree angle corners in the dark. I eventually gave up and went back, but the dog had disappeared.

        I saw a young Hispanic couple dump their little lap dog. I thought they were taking him out for a poop, but then they hopped in their truck and took off. Daylight. I was so stunned by the callousness that the few seconds it took for me to recover was enough time for them to disappear.

  36. Tedtam Avatar
    Tedtam

    BTW – that little dolly is the one I bought when I helped Lovely Daughter move into her dorm room. I think it was $30 when I bought it, and I can’t even count the number of times it’s come in handy. One of the best investments I’ve ever made.

  37. Shannon Avatar
    Shannon

    Rocky the K-9, shot twice after tracking down a cop killer, was released from hospital today. Gonna be a while growing all that hair back!! But they say he will return to work eventually.

    1. Adee Avatar
      Adee

      Rocky is one tough, beautiful, and smart dog. Hope he is soon back on the job after all he’s been through. Hugs to him.

  38. Shannon Avatar
    Shannon

    Rocky, Belgian Malinois. Local hero.

  39. Shannon Avatar
    Shannon

    Heh. Merrick Garland has left the building.

    We can only hope you get yours in the end, you corrupt sonofabitch.

  40. Tedtam Avatar
    Tedtam

    It seems our triplex in Bryan is the subject of a bidding war. 3 offers so far. One was lowball, refused. He raised it $10K (still low) and threatened to leave at 8:00 pm tonight with his money.

    See ya’ bud. We have two offers at full price already.

    1. Texpat Avatar
      Texpat

      Remember when you might have been in the same position. It’s easy to be angry with low ball bidders, but I’ve been on the other end of that deal. The thing about low bidders, like in the commodities markets, is they keep everything honest. It is good. It is free market and it is freedom….even if it’s irritating.

      1. Tedtam Avatar
        Tedtam

        A realtor actually said that she didn’t like these guys. I think it’s more to do with their attitude than with their position. I actually told her I didn’t blame the guy for trying to lowball it, I would have.

        1. Texpat Avatar
          Texpat

          There is certainly a civilized way to offer a lowball price. Be respectful and admit your offer may be too low, but make sure the seller understands no insult is intended. It’s really not a difficult thing to do.

  41. Shannon Avatar
    Shannon

    Hilarious.

    Katfish’s son, Guppy, notified me (with photos):

    “Well, Dad is still ordering compression stockings.”

    ROFLOL
    I’m dyin’.

  42. Texpat Avatar
    Texpat

    It’s not appropriate to not observe this deputy’s murder.

    Deputy Sheriff Jesus Vargas was shot and killed while serving a warrant at Stella Link Road north of Interstate 610 in Houston at 11:30 a.m.

    When Deputy Vargas and his partner approached the subject, the suspect fired at deputies from his vehicle. Deputy Vargas was transported to the Ben Taub Hospital where he succumbed to his wounds. 

    The suspect, who was a repeat violent offender, fled the scene. When a U.S. Marshal K9 located the suspect hiding in a dumpster, the suspect fired multiple shots at the K9. A responding officer returned fire, killing the suspect. 

    The K9 suffered two bullet wounds to the neck and nose and is in stable condition.  

    Deputy Vargas had served with the Brazoria County Sheriff’s Office for 17 years. He also served with the United States Marshal’s Gulf Coast Violent Offenders Task Force. He is survived by his wife and three children.

  43. Shannon Avatar
    Shannon

    Heh.
    KTRK ABC13 opens their 10pm newscast with this:

    “It won’t be this warm again until next Sunday.” (Jan 26)

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