2.16.2026

Random Monday Morning Thoughts




"Even after Justice Antonin Scalia did not respond to a knock at the door of his suite at the Cibolo Creek Ranch at 8:30 a.m. on Saturday, John B. Poindexter, the property’s owner, thought little of it."

  • Tanner Horner jury selection progress (from the Star-Telegram): 
    • "About 57 individuals out of a pool of 300 were omitted Jan. 29 after indicating they’d already made up their minds about Horner’s innocence or guilt. The 243 who made the cut filled out an 18-page questionnaire, which attorneys used [last week] as the basis for their examination."
    • "This phase of the selection process is expected to take several days. Presiding Judge George Gallagher said they will narrow down the jury pool to around 55 people, who will return March 31 for the final selection."
  • After a man allegedly stabbed his mother to death in Decatur last week, the same thing happened in north Fort Worth over the weekend. And in a nice neighborhood identified as 4800 Cargill Circle.



  • Dateline: Collin County.  Story.  (PDF of jury verdict form here.) I'm not sure I understand this whole thing. 


  • "As officers tried to execute the warrants, the suspect opened fire with a semi-automatic weapon, sheriff officials say. One Wood County deputy was shot multiple times, and a DPS trooper was also struck, officials said."  Side note: It's odd for a trooper to be serving warrants. 

  • I see it all the time where someone receieves a pretty fair sentence but they appeal the verdict anyway seeking a new trial. This guy received 23 years in prison in his first trial.  Upon retrial, which happened last week, a jury gave him 40 years. 


  • Nancy Guthrie "updates":
    • They searched a home and towed a car on Friday night, and it all led to nothing.
    •  



    • And Savannah Guthrie is understandably looking beaten down in a new message last night.'

  • Big Brother on steroids. "Google, Meta and Reddit complied with some of the requests, the government officials said." (Gift link.)

  • Election warnings are over the place: 
    • After claiming she has the authority to identify “vulnerabilities” in the election system and implement “mitigation measures” to make sure local and state elections are “run correctly", Kristi Noem said this on Friday: 


    • This doesn't even get a headline.

    • This one included one of the dumbest and confusing statements ever. Trump says he's searching out "the depths of Legal Arguments not yet articulated."

  • Probably would have thought twice before buying that. 


  • More details are emerging about the planned concentration camps. 

  • What could go wrong? Story.

  • Legal stuff: First they came for Roundup, then they came for Pam.

  • Sports oddities from over the weekend:
    • I didn't think this was possible. Just having the opportunity to pull is off (bases loaded three times and coming up to bat) seems astronomical. 

    • This is a softball score.  (And it ended on the run rule after five innings.)

    • Heck of a photo of a foul that led to a brawl and a suspension.

  •  Maybe we should rethink Presidents Day. 

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2.13.2026

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

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Random Friday Morning Thoughts




Trump's first win.

  • Former Dallas Cowboy Nate Newton received a pardon yesterday from Trump. Others from the NFL were Joe Klecko, Jamal Lewis, Travis Henry, and the late Billy Cannon. 


  • A Wise County Republican Precinct Chair was on Steve Bannon's War Room podcast for some reason. 

  • "Brianna Arango, 21, was reported missing at 3:30 p.m. on Thursday. SMU PD said a family member reported her missing after she had not met them as planned earlier in the afternoon."

  • Now that's a big school bond. 
  • Paxton is going after the horse drug vote. "Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton on Thursday announced he’s taking up the case of a Houston doctor disciplined by the state’s medical board last year for trying to treat a patient with ivermectin at a hospital where she did not have privileges. It’s the latest example of Paxton going after a state agency he’s charged with defending, in this case, the Texas Medical Board."

  • Story (with no paywall.)


  • On January 15th, Fox News, relying on Kristi Noem, accused these men of "attempted murder." Yesterday, the DOJ dismissed all charges and said in its court filing that "Newly discovered evidence in this matter is materially inconsistent with the allegations in the Complaint Affidavit,"

  • Imagine hearing this if you were in prison for cocaine possession.  Video.


  • Crypto scam alert. It was a big radio advertiser in DFW, especially on The Ticket. 

  • The Business Second™. Well, that Super Bowl ad didn't turn out as planned.  


  • Legal stuff:
    • A teen, identified only as "J.A.", was found the equivalent of "not guilty" in a rare juvenile jury trial yesterday in Tarrant County.  It was a THC case.  Something weird must be going on behind the scenes. Kerry Yanez was the defense lawyer. 
    • Wise County case: A man who received 38 years in prison for DWI-Third or more (and having two prior prison sentences for unrelated felonies) had his conviction affirmed yesterday by the Fort Worth Court of Appeals. (Defendant's brief here. State's brief here.) He will be eligible for parole after 19 real years. 
    • United States Attorney for D.C., Jeanine Pirro, has filed a $250,000 injury lawsuit against the city of Rye, NY for a slip and fall that she said happened last year. Her husband is representing her. 

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2.12.2026

Random Thursday Morning Thoughts




But Mark Cuban has never owned that yacht (named Fountainhead) nor any other yacht.

  • Breaking. 

  • You would have had to have seen it to believe it. She's unhinged. 


    • Her reference to the stock market when asked about protecting Epstein and his cohorts was bizarre. Video.

    • And this might have been my favorite part.  Video

  • The closing of the El Paso airport was indeed a cluster. 

  • I wouldn't get too excited about this. "Detectives found the clothing item, which resembles the pair worn by the armed perpetrator caught on video, about one and a half miles from the home of Today show co-host Savannah Guthrie’s mother."


  • With the death of James Van Der Beek yesterday, he gets added to the list.

  • Story.


  • Dateline Florida. Story.

  • We live in wild times. 

  • Make no mistake about it, buried in the avalanche of news are these two stories which provide the biggest proof yet that we now live in an autocracy.  It's over. 
    • The attempt to indict and throw in prison elected representatives because of what they said. 

    • The seizing of ballot boxes. Gift link. 

  • Messenger - Above the Fold

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