5.01.2026

It's Friday -- Let's Get Out of Here

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Random Friday Morning Thoughts




Vandalism at Ball Knob Cemetary near Alvord. 

  • Horner trial:
    • There were a couple of more defense experts to testify yesterday, but they didn't really add a whole lot.  But, unlike some of the others they were at least very stoic. 


    • Horner's grandmother testified later in the day (face obscured in the streaming feed.)  The most shocking revelation came out during cross-examination when she said that she had texted Horner on the day after Athena went missing telling him to be on the look out for her. She had seen the story on the news. Horner replied that he would.  
    • The New York Post actually pulled out some quotes I don't think I've seen.


    • There will be no testimony today. 
  • Random Decatur ISD school board election question: What are the rules for filing campaign reports?  Link. (Thanks to faithful reader tip.)
  • The execution in Texas went off as scheduled last night, but the headlines are a little different than normal: 

  • Fort Worth road rage?: "The two drivers exited the [I-35] freeway at the Meacham Boulevard exit, and 'some type of incident' occurred at the next traffic light, police said." The shooter was the one who called 911. (Some photos from the scene are here.)
     

    • Not related but maybe relevant from yesterday:
       

  • The government released a "new" video of the would-be assassin from Saturday night claiming it shows Cole Allan firing his weapon. Man, I don't see it.
    • But what is amazing is that one of the many law enforcement officers weren't killed by one officer firing four times pretty wildly. And in watching from the reaction, I'm not sure the guy in the middle standing against the wall was not hit.

  • Bad news for Wise County Rep. Andy Hopper who has been heavily funded by the West Texas oilmens' PACs over the last few years. 

  • Fox News isn't going to have anyone left. 

  • Story.
  • Lauren Whitener Clock: 6 years and 302 days.

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4.30.2026

Random Thursday Morning Thoughts




The former Speaker of the House became "he highest-ranking elected official in U.S. history to serve a prison sentence."

  • Tanner Horner trial. 
    • This expert testified about fetal alcohol syndrome in general, but the biggest take away was that he smiled way too much. This has been a strange pattern with the defense experts: They all act like its just another day in the office.

    • This doctor examined Horner for three hours at one point and came to the conclusion he has low testosterone. 

    • Tanner Horner's brother was supposed to testify, but something happened yesterday that  derailed that plan.  But a jail cell neighbor of Horner's testified in his place who basically sang Tanner's praises.  However, from the beginning (video cued up here) it was clear that he would be difficult to understand.  That led to an actual light-hearted moment later when the judge suggested the attorney read an exhibit instead of having the witness do so. "No offense," the judge told him. (Here it is cued up.)

    • The New York Post has a very New York Post headline this morning. 

    • The "Execute Tanner Horner" guy is now appearing on a Fort Worth bridge near you. 

    • A little odd: You don't ever see an actual execution occurring at the same time as a death penalty trial is going on. 

  • Godley continues to have Chamber of Commerce moments. 

  • R.I.P.: Yesterday the Supreme Court gutted what little was left of the Voting Rights Act. 


    • And Louisiana wants to stop the current election so they can redraw the Congressional maps right now. 

  • This guy. Sheesh. 

  • Trump makes Q-Anon posting so often, that we don't even bat an eye now.  

  • The Business Second™.  I'm seeing gas prices jump to $3.99 a gallon over the last two days. 

  • Let's check out the impact of a betting scandal on the betting odds. 

  • Notable death announced this morning: David Allan Coe.
  • Messenger - Above the Fold

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4.29.2026

Random Wednesday Morning Thoughts




There's a name you haven't heard in a long time. 

  • The Tanner Horner trial continued yesterday, and it's still on course to wrap up next week. This lady did a pretty good job for the defense, but I've yet to hear anything that puts a dent in the State's death penalty case.  The audio/video of the murder is just too much to overcome. Horner's brother, who is in prison, is expected to testify today after the cross-examination of this lady:

  • Here's an example of local news taking a long time to filter out by DFW media. 

  • "A social media fad [making a comeback] challenging kids to ingest Benadryl to induce hallucinations is sending dozens of children to the hospital, Cook Children’s Medical Center said . . .In six months, more than 100 patients have gone to the Cook Children’s emergency room for Benadryl overdoses, according to the health system."

  • There was a manhunt for a guy off of Basswood in North Fort Worth yesterday afternoon.  A civilian employee with Fort Worth PD was taking a burglary of a vehicle report when this guy allegedly shot the employee in the eye.  (That's all we know.)  He definitely looked like he was having a bad day. 

  • A recent cold case arrest for a Houston double murder will never see the courtroom.

     

  • Yesterday was full of proof we are living in a autocracy.  It's over. 
    • In one of the dumbest prosecutions in American history, former DBI Director James Comey was indicted for posting a picture of sea shells.   There is no way -- absolutely no way -- that a federal judge doesn't kill the indictment. This is not normal. 



      Say what?!


    • This came on the heels of the Justice Department filing a pleading in the Ballroom case this week which appears to have been dictated by Trump. 


    • So the government is attempting to shut down TV stations over a joke that Trump and Melania didn't like?

    • A statue in honor of grifting.  


    • Then and Now:  King Charles visited the Oval Office yesterday, and I doubt he was thinking, "I love what you've done with the place." 


  • A video reviewed by The Washington Post gives credence to my believe that the officer who was shot at the dinner on Saturday was the result of friendly fire.  Gift link. 


  • "NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Former Associated Press photographer Jack Thornell, whose Pulitzer Prize-winning picture of a shotgun-felled James Meredith looking back toward his would-be assassin on a Mississippi highway in 1966 became an enduring image of the Civil Rights Movement, has died. He was 86."
    • That's the same James Meredith who integrated the University of Mississippi and who has a statute of himself on that campus now. 
  • The price of oil is at $115 a barrel this morning. 

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