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4 The Baytown Sun
SPORTS BRIEFS
the frosty case, she had a
at least twice as big as the jewelry .
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HURRICANE SAFETY TIPS
Cindy’s
close call
Thursday,
June 22, 2017
Thursday,
June 22, 2017
plethora of fish stick options as I oblique-
ly observed her. I ler dress was rather large
and loose-fitting and she was wearing
those old-school thick brown ny lons and
heavy boots.
I couldn't stick around too long, or she
might suspect I was doing something ne-
farious. I imagine a woman dressed like
she was, suspects she attracts a certain
amount of lewd glances. As if a premoni-
• Be sure that you have three
days of water and canned
goods or dried food on hand
in the event that you need
non-perishable goods.
• During the storm, use flash-
lights and other materials to
the glass covers that you have
in place for your windows are
ready to go and sturdy.
• Know the routes that will be
necessary to evacuate.
BERT
MARSHALL
somewhere that I won't be sweat-
With that, she
to the issues in the frump-Russia
case -- the Mueller team has a huge
coming legal fight could be asym-
metrical warfare.
3. Clinton-sly le attacks on the
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in front of the frozen pizza cases.
'Fhe last thing 1 heard her yell as I
zoomed my cart toward the checkout line
was “I’m moving back to God's country ...
Channelview!"
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facing me. gave mean icy glare. Now nor- the day. when it came to fast responses, 1
mally I would have looked away and shuf- could go all night like a lumberjack,
fled past, but as she pulled her head out of ' “ . * / ~ .
Not long ago I wrote that the dan-
ger President Trump faces from
the various investigations into the
Irump-Russia matter had changed
dramatically in recent weeks. Now.
the situation has changed even more,
in five ways:
1. The Mueller office: Investiga-
tive arm of the House
The Washington Post reported re-
cently that special counsel Robert
• If you are under a hurricane
watch or warning, make sure
that you leave your home if you
are in a particularly low area.
• Use storm shutters or pieces
of plywood in order to prevent
injury from breaking glass.
• Tie down outdoor furniture
T he peak part of the hurri- and other items to prevent fly-
cane season is still ahead, mg materials.
And even lesser storms can
bring destruction and death.
Residents need to treat Cindy as a practice run.
In some ways, having a close call such as this is a good
thing. It makes weather folks and citizenry alike sit up
and take notice of the potential and very real unpredict-
ability and impact of weather fronts that approach and
pass even near.
Over the years, many may have gotten a bit compla-
cent in the way we have dealt with nearby storms. This
is primarily because we have not had a storm seriously
threaten Bay tow n since Ike in 2008.
Bottom line: If you do not take the time to prepare
each and every time we are threatened by a storm and a
serious storm does hit, the likel ihood of you, your family
and your business suffering even greater harm becomes
very real.
That said, we urge readers to plan for the worst and
alw ay s pray for the best. — David Bloom
eyes. The lady was heat stoned? I looked
around for a manager and indeed I saw
two, but both of them had been observing
the heated exchange and they took off like
Ma’am, with all due respect, I happen they were on a water slide.
as the frosty package fell to hav e a keen interest in our w eather and Now I have quite a bit of grappling expe-
away from her head, she checked it on the Interweb (I used this rience, but this was clearly a case of fight
deftly snatched it mid- phrase to gain advantage and most likely or flight and the person in front of me was
air and like Otis Thorpe in his prime, she convince her that I was indeed educated —- beginning to assume charge mode. When
slammed it home with the other tasty treats, possibly past her own level of study) be- a person drops into a 3-point stance and
"You can have your humidity any day fore I left home. The humidity is low today places their knuckles on the floor, it is a
of the week." she said and pointed a bony
‘ " [ me. 1 found it peculiar
place. I pretended to take an interest in the that the knuckle on my side of the ring was
Holy smokes, this lady was not a fan of and attempted to deftly maneuver past her.
I guess my grin was taken wrong and
she stuck her brown size 12 brogan out and that she slid a good 10 feet before piling up
blocked my buggy . "So you say. My great
uncle was a radio weatherman and he al-
ways got the weather right and it runs in
our family!" She drove home her point by
raising her voice an octave and 10 decibels.
Well. I've never been one to turn down a
: a keen interest in our weather and
checked it on the Interweb (I used this
phrase to gain advantage and most likely
convince her that I was indeed educated —
possibly past her own level of study) be-
fore I left home. The humidity is low today
at 48 percent because the wind is coming sound bet. they plan to go for it. I've seen
out of the north.” I had just about decided hormone-imbalanced women get this same
the woman was afflicted with that aging look and everyone knows how unpredict-
virus women get somewhere in their 40s able and violent they get.
She lunged and 1 side-stepped and she
w ent down and such was her launch at me.
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Mueller is investigating the president eluding partner Michael Bowe and
for possible obstruction of justice. Washington legal veteran Jay Seku-
low. "1 look at this team and think
this is a joke!" the lawy er said.
As far as experience in criminal
prosecutions is concerned -- the kind
all sorts of unprofessional behavior.
C linton's lead defense attorney, Da-
vid Kendall - the kind of deeply ex-
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move somewhere that I won t oe sweat- and with skills Tony Romo would admire,
package of frozen taqui- ing like this and do it soon! With that, she she launched them two bean and torti-
‘ opened the case and snatched two 3-pound Ila-wrapped projectiles back w ith solidly
packages of beef and bean burritos and put impressive impact. I could see it m her
past one under each arm. This effectively not
only repulsed me. because I like bean bur-
ritos, but drove home her point astound-
ingly well.
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email, which went
on to discuss the
legal stars Mueller
has hired.
Contrast
he said in a later
conversation, to
the Trump team,
led by Trump per-
sonal lawyer Marc
Kasowitz and in-
humidity! Is anyone a fan of humidity? The
more she talked, the more I envisioned the
wicked witch of the west when Dorothy
threw water on her. Mind you. the sweat-
ing woman looked nothing like the gor-
geous Margaret Hamilton ... this lady was
blonde and missing her front teeth. "My
humidity?" was all 1 could muster. 1 am
tion took her. she jerked her head out and usually pretty quick on my feet and back in sound argument and I explained to her that
facing me. gave me an icy glare. Now nor- the day. when it came to fast responses. 1 I spent two years in the tropics and "this is
really not that bad!"
With that, she opened the chilled case
rience in government emailed an ar-
ticle he had read about the team of
prosecutors Mueller is assembling
“This ain't good," he headlined the allegations of money laundering in
More notes on Trump’s predicament
the Trump circle. And looking at
the president's conversations with
a wide variety of people - not just
members of his administration, but
friends and whoever Trump might
have talked to in his nighttime call
sessions. And looking at Michael
Flynn’s business arrangements with
Turkey, Russia and other places. And
Paul Manafort’s business and financ-
es. And perhaps even the Holy Grail
of NeverTrumpism: the president’s
tax returns. And, oh. the allegation
that used to be al the core of the case,
that Trump or his associates colluded
w ith Russians to try to influence the
2016 election. The point is, Mueller
can determine the scope of the inves-
tigation, and investigations tend to
expand, not contract.
5. The Coney ‘what if
A key lesson emerged from the tes-
timony of Attorney General Jeff Ses-
sions before the Senate Intelligence
Committee: Without the president’s
decision to fire FBI Director James
Comey, the Trump-Russia investiga-
tion would be on a downward trajec-
tory. lire collusion charge would be
fading for lack of evidence. Inves-
tigators would be going down side
roads involving Flynn and Manafort
in which the public would have little
interest. And congressional inves-
tigators might even devote most of
their attention to the Russian interfer-
ence itself, which is the serious issue
at the bottom of this whole thing.
But not after Comey. At the Ses-
sions hearing,
In the end, it could be that the pres-
ident's impatience to get nd of Com-
ey in order to shorten an inv estigation
that he believed to be going now here
resulted in a new inv estigation that
could last the rest of Trump's time in
office.
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Viewpoints
Withering weather wilts writhing woman
I was making chit chat with a customer
at my favorite grocery store on North Main
the other day and of course, the weather
was casually mentioned by me. We both
agreed it was hot and summer had arrived.
The lady suffered from DVM — defec-
tive voice modulation — and was talking
real loud and I didn't realize she could be
heard at the far end of the aisle. She w as
also hard of hearing and repeated the w ord
"humidity" a number of times. She walked
away and 1 proceeded to shop.
We were in the cold food section and
when I first spotted HER. she was neck
deep in the burrito case and as I perused
the various frigid delicacies, I couldn’t
help but notice she remained frozen in ring-clad finger at
\\ hru stormslliivatrn. Im* pivpaivd
As of this w riling. I ropical Storm Cindy was expected
to come ashore near the Texas-Louisiana border early
this morning with winds of 45 to 50 mph and slightly
higher gusts with the greatest threat being heavy rain.
Luckily, the greatest rainfall accumulation should be
well east of Texas.
However, today we will
experience gusty w ind and • Begin the hurricane season
periodic heavy’ rain be- by checking into your storm
tween two and six inches shutters and making sure that
from wrap-around storms.
Isolated street flooding is
possible.
After today, Cindy will _
thankfully be in Bay town's •*'sm up'on batteries, flash-
rear-view mirror. lights and a first aid kit for your
If you rushed to the store home and car.
this week to load up on
canned food, candles, bat-
teries and bottled water,
you did the right thing.
If you took precautions,
you responded prudently
to a possible serious sit'- light your”way. Candies are not
uation that bypassed the a safe bet in a hurricane,
region.
So hang on to your hur-
ricane supplies and your
willingness to protect
yourself.
Tropical waves are still
spinning in the Atlantic.
Sapp to donate
brain to
research
MIAMI (AP) — Pro
Football Hall of Earner
Warren Sapp is donating
his brain for medical re-
search.
Sapp announced on
social media Tuesday
that his brain will go to
the Concussion Lega-
cy Foundation after his
death.
The 44-year-old said
in a statement that he's
started to feel the effects
of the many hits he took
during his 13-year NFL
career. He said he's spe-
cifically become con-
cerned about his mem-
ory. Sapp said he hopes
his donation can help
prevent concussions and
permanent brain damage
for future football play-
ers.
Sapp played defensive
tackle from 1995-2003
for the Tampa Bay Buc-
caneers, where he earned
seven trips to the Pro
Bowl and a Super Bowl
ring in 2002. He then
played for the Oakland
Raiders from 2004-2007.
Biles up for best
female athlete
LOS ANGE1 ES (AP)
— Multiple stars from
last summer’s Rio Olym-
pics highlight this year's
nominees for best male
and female athletes for
The ESPYS.
Swimmer Michael
Phelps, who won five
gold medals in Rio. joins
National I eague MVP
Kris Bry ant of the Chi-
cago Cubs. Pittsburgh
Penguins captain Sidney
Crosby and Oklahoma
City Thunder guard Rus-
sell Westbrook as the
four nominees for best
male athlete.
Gymnast Simone Biles
and swimmer Katie Le-
decky, who each won
four gold medals in Rio,
are two of the four female
finalists. The other two
are tennis great Serena
Williams and Candace
Parker of the WNBA
champion LA Sparks.
New England Patri-
ots quarterback Tom
Brady and Golden State
Warriors forward Kev-
in Durant are two of the
nominees for best cham-
pionship performance.
Brady helped the Patri-
ots overcome a 25-point
deficit for the largest
comeback in Super Bowl
history and earn his fifth
ring.
Durant was the NBA
Finals MVP after aver-
aging 35.2 points, 8.4
rebounds and 5.4 assists
in the Warriors’ five-
game senes win over the
Cleveland Cavaliers. j
Westbrook and Phelps |
are also finalists for best |
record-breaking perfor- |
mance. Phelps extended I
his records to 23 gold
medals and 28 total med-
als after his dominance in i
Rio.
W'estbrook had 42 tri- }
ple-doubles last season,
breaking Oscar Robert- i
son's 55-year old record,
and became just the sec-
ond play er to average a
triple-double for a full
season. I
Mississippi State's I
stunning win over UCo- I
nn in women’s basketball I
in the NCAA Tournament I
Final Four is among the I
finalists for best upset. I
Morgan W illiam’s jump- I
er at the buzzer ended I
UConn’s Ill-game win- I
ning streak that included
four national champion- |
ships. I
Finalists for best in-
ternational athlete in- I
elude sprinter Usain Bolt.
MM A fighter Conor Me- I
(iregor and soccer super- I
star Cristiano Ronaldo.
The C ubs, who won I
the World Series for the
first time since 1908. are I
a nominee tor best team |
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The possibility of Trump facing legal
jeopardy raises the question that has
been part of every big Washington
scandal involving the White House:
Can a sitting president be indicted? of experience that specifically relates
1 he generally agreed-upon answer is
no; impeachment is the constitution-
al remedy when presidential miscon- advantage over the Trump team. The
duct rises above a certain level.
The special counsel is known to
be investigating a number of figures
around Trump for possible charges prosecutor?
not related to the 2016 election. Those Some Trump supporters, most
figures could certainly be indicted if notably Newt Gingrich, have begun
the evidence warrants. But as far as to attack Mueller.When it comes to
the investigation into alleged Trump attacking prosecutors, TrumpWorld
obstruction is concerned, Mueller's has much to leam from the last presi-
work w ill end up not in an indict- dent w ho found himself in deep legal
ment, but in the House of Represen- and political trouble. Bill Clinton,
tatives. The House is constitutionally Clinton's surrogates accused inde-
charged with originating articles of pendent counsel Kenneth Starr and
impeachment. But it does not have the prosecutors who worked for him
the investigative powers of the Jus- of misconduct, of leaking, of bias, of
lice Department and. if impeachment
is on the table, will rely on the evi-
dence Mueller gathers. W hich makes
Mueller’s office, for the purposes perienced Washington fighter Trump
of Donald I rump specifically, not a could use now — took Starr to court
prosecutor’s office but the investiga- over leaks, while the president’s oth-
tive arm of the House. er surrogates slammed the prosecu-
2. Mueller's team of killers vs. tors every day on television.
Trump’s amateurs? In other words, when things got
Recently a Republican lawyer who serious, Omton and his team went
supports the president and has expe- to the mattresses against federal law
enforcement. And it worked.
4. An ever-expanding investigation
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