27 brave Texans were nabbed crossing the 140-mph mark on public roads in 2018.”

“The fastest? The driver of a 2003 Porsche 911, stopped for doing 166 mph in a 75 mph zone on June 10 in rural Carson County. The most unlikely? A 2013 Ford F-150 clocked at 150 mph just outside Fort Worth.”

The best excuse for going fifty over the limit? “The driver of a 2018 Mazda CX-5, who claimed she was doing 123 mph in a 65 zone because she was ‘running late to take her daughter to the DPS office to get her driver[‘s] license.'”

This excellent Katie Holmes clip has been slowed down and color-corrected (direct link, alternate link)

If you are reading this blog you undoubtedly already know this, but in case you were in a coma or living in a Tibetan monastery, this was the Top Nude Scene of 2000, and there are those who would argue it is their favorite of all-time. (We should do that poll. Katie Holmes, Daddario, Eva Green, Phoebe Cates … many others. Might be fun. Only problem is, do I need a thousand nominees?)

Ilhan Omar ripped former President Barack Obama in an interview published Friday, belittling his ‘pretty face’ and saying his agenda of hope and change was an illusion.”

The right-wing hate-o-sphere must be so-o-o-o conflicted right now. Sure, they want to hate her because of Islam, but first David Duke praises her for her alleged anti-semitism, and now she goes full Limbaugh on Obama. She might end up getting re-elected as a Republican.

The grand jury returned two separate sets of charges. The first set are related to what Smollett told officers about the alleged attack, including that the attackers called him racial and homophobic slurs, struck him with their hands, put a noose around his neck, and poured some sort of chemical substance on him.

The second set of charges are related to the second interview Smollett had with police about the alleged attack later that day.”