There, all fixed.

But for the four months prior, he did nothing, nada, zippo about it, except trash talk the reporters who were then investigating what eventually turned out to be a major political scandal.

Incidentally, if the governor actually does somehow manage to survive this scandal, it will certainly be at the price of his previously vaunted reputation as a hands-on administrator. Taking his story entirely at face value, he obviously doesn't know his a$$ from his elbow when it comes to what's be going on under his own nose within his own chambers at the Statehouse in Trenton.

But then, I think that deep down inside, you probably know as well as I do that given the numbers of top administration officials presently implicated in this self-immolating political storm, the odds of Christie not knowing anything at all about it are probably somewhere between slim and none.

From last Friday's document dump, we now know about the Sept. 19, 2013 correspondence from State Senator Loretta Weinberg (D-Bergen County) and Port Authority Commissioner Pat Schuber, expressing serious concern about the lane closures and lack of official accountability thereof, in which both Gov. Christie and his own appointed Port Authority chairman, David Samson, were personally copied.

Most certainly, the governor current chief of staff Regina Egea knew all about it last September. In her former capacity as Christie's director of authorities, she was copied on the damning Sept. 13 chain of e-mails from the Port Authority's executive director, Patrick Foye, who was incensed that such lane closures were conducted without first notifying him, as per agency protocol.

We also now know that Christie's campaign manager Bill Stepien discussed with appointed Port Authority executive David Wildstein the growing public relations problems associated with efforts to contain the scandal.

And we now know that Michael Drewniak, the governor's media spokesperson, also met with Wildstein last December, one week before Wildstein abruptly resigned his office.

Further, the governor has yet to explain why he also called New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo last December, with a request that he rein in his own Port Authority appointee Patrick Foye, who had launched an internal agency probe into the matter.

If Christie and his minstrels didn't know about the massive problems being caused by the GWB onramp lane closures, it's because they either didn't want to know, or they were willfully derelict in their duties -- and thus, they have no business running the State of New Jersey. Either way, I wouldn't want to be in the governor's shoes this week. He's got some very serious self-induced problems which are mounting, and I'm left to wonder whether he'll make it out of there alive.

I would never consider any machine that combines metric and SAE a quality product.  That is just silly.  I remember my dad's friend constantly complaining about changing the oil in his Pontiac because it required removing a motor mount and no one but the dealer would do it.  Or needing about 10 tools and an hour to replace a Cadillac headlamp because some genius put the battery box right behind it.  American machines are notorious for jamming stuff in without any thought how it will be repaired.

So maybe the people who buy their cars give them better ratings that others, but that in no way makes it a quality product, it just means the people who buy them are easier to please.  And the Detroit car show, the Corvette, really:

Corvette competed against two other finalists, Cadillac CTS and Mazda3.

Huh ?

And as mentioned earlier, the reason they are making market share is because the quality of their main competitor, Toyota, has taken some major blows this past couple years.  It's like getting an A, when you should have gotten a B, because the grading curve included the idiots who never show up to class.  The quality of work wasn't better, only the quality of the competition decreased.

While I don't relate to rap and hip-hop personally, I recognize it as a legitimate artistic expression, one which is further rooted in the African American inner city experience. Fairly or not, I tend to see white rappers more as recording company marketing gimmicks than as consummate artists.

While they might make rap fashionable for white audiences, groups such as Insane Clown Posse and The Beastie Boys are doing little more than mimicry. They've got the cadence and beat down, but their resulting work product is missing the mournful soul of the black experience. They are the Pat Boones of the modern era.

Eminem is the probable exception, given that his own upbringing in a mostly black Detroit neighborhood. I don't listen to him now, but I did pay attention to his early work, since my daughters liked him. He gave me the distinct impression that he really doesn't like or respect women very much as people, certainly not as equals. He often appeared remarkably self-absorbed and self-loathing, which seemed primarily rooted in his own bitter resentment over his unstable and hardscrabble childhood as the son of a single mother and a father who abandoned him as a toddler.

Even then, Bernard Goldberg went over the top in listing Eminem as No. 58 in his right-wing screed, 100 People Who Are Screwing Up America. In fact, Eminem has channeled the rewards of his success to the benefit of disadvantaged youths in his hometown Detroit with his Marshall Mathers Foundation, which is far more than moral scolds like Goldberg will ever do for poor Americans. And that's something to be admired.

Cinema executives acknowledged during a trade conference last year that they debated whether to accommodate younger viewers by allowing text messages during some movies. It was widely reported that the AMC chain had agreed to set aside the last rows for patrons to text without bothering others, but the company quickly denied considering such a move.
     "Despite the tragic altercation in a Florida movie theater, which as reported is an isolated incident, movie theaters are a safe and enjoyable entertainment destination for millions of people," said Patrick Corcoran, a spokesman for the National Association of Theater Owners. "We encourage our patrons to remember that they are sharing a common wish to be entertained and to treat their fellow moviegoers with courtesy and respect."

Reeves is a retired police captain:

Reeves was with his wife and sat behind Chad Oulson, 43, and his wife, authorities said. Oulson was using his cell phone during the previews before the film and Reeves told him to put it away, according to police and witnesses.

The two men began to argue and Reeves walked out of the auditorium. Police said Reeves was going to complain to a theater employee.

But Pasco County Sheriff Chris Nocco told CNN Tuesday night that the manager was busy with another customer and Reeves never addressed his complaint with a supervisor.

When Reeves returned, witnesses and authorities said that Oulson asked him if he had gone to tell on him for texting.

Police said Tuesday that Oulson was texting his young daughter's babysitter.

Voices were raised. Oulson threw a bag of popcorn at Reeves, police said. Then, the former police officer took out a .380 semi-automatic handgun and shot Oulson, police said.

Police said despite Reeves' claim that he was in fear for his safety, this was not a case for Florida's "stand your ground" defense.

"Working with the state attorney's office it was determined that stand-your-ground does not fly here in this case," Nocco said.

Authorities said a preliminary investigation determined that there was no physical contact during the incident. It was popcorn, thrown by Oulson, that struck Reeves.

Tepper said there was no evidence to support the claim that the shooter was a victim. She denied him bond.

And Lastly:

Theater chains had already moved to ban handguns. Cobb Theater, which owns the Grove 16 and more than 120 other theaters, says posters displaying its zero weapons policy are posted on its front doors. Other chains have also stepped up safety measures.

fishcamp: "Unfortunately the morning news from Miami is often bad news.  But the weather is very pleasant."