Random Wednesday Morning Thoughts

And she was. She hit an officer with the Denton Police Department causing "serious bodily injury.". Two years later, she would be sentenced to five years in prison out of Denton County two years later (case No. F16-1100-16.)  

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• It's election results time. First, the Wise County races:
• In the race to replace retiring judge Brock Smith, we had the closest result that I can ever remember. That's a difference of 89 votes.
  
  
  
• JP Kim Redman fought off a challenger from Chico by a comfortable margin. 
  
  
  
• In the race to replace retiring judge Jan Morrow, a former DPS trooper came out on top and managed to avoid a run-off to boot.
  
  
  
• John Cornyn and Ken Paxton will be heading to a statewide runoff, but his is how Wise County voted. I beginning to think Paxton could shoot someone on Highway 114 and it wouldn't matter.
  
  
  
  
• The West Texas Oilman PAC, with help from Texas trial lawyers, allowed Andy Hopper to continue to represent Wise County in the Texas legislature. 
  
  
  
  
• State results:
• Here are the Paxton/Cornyn statewide numbers. I think Cornyn will be in trouble in the run-off. 
  
  
  
  
• To replace Paxton as the State AG, it will be "MAGA Mayes" vs. Chip Roy. 
  
  
  
• For Comptroller, Don Huffines finally won a race and did so with avoiding a run-off. And that's despite being the new owner of Epstein's ranch in New Mexico.
  
  
  
• For state comptroller, we learned that "controversial"  Bo French amazingly made it to the run-off. 
  
  
  
• Long-time Ag Commissioner Sid Miller got beat. 
  
  
  

• In other news:
• Moments ago, Iran fired upon a NATO country. Seems significant. Yesterday, they struck the U.S. Embassy in Saudi Arabia.  
  
  
  
• Four of the six war dead were identified.
  
  
  
• This poor sap was arrested yesterday evening. It was later determined that he was just making a delivery to someone inside the building in Dallas.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
• Oh, my! "A Kuwaiti F/A-18 fighter jet was the cause of the accidental shootdown of three American F-15s on Sunday, according to three people familiar with initial reports of the incident. One F/A-18 pilot launched three missiles against the U.S. aircraft, according to a U.S. official. All three U.S. aircraft went down, but their pilots ejected safely."
  
  
  
  
  

  

  
  
  
  
• This post caused rumors to fly yesterday about the Austin Sixth Street shooting, and had over 2 million views.
  
  
  
• It wasn't true. 
  
  
  
• The Texas run-off date: May 26, 2026.  Sheesh, that's a long way away. 
  
  

Random Tuesday Morning Thoughts

It began to become real.  (And I had forgotten how badly Chris Christie wanted on that bandwagon.)

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• A third person has died due to the Austin Sixth Street shooting: 30-year-old Jorge Pederson.  Earlier yesterday, it was officially announced that the first two victims were UT student Savitha Shan, 21, and Texas Tech student Ryder Harrington, 19.
  
  
  
• Video released by TMZ of the immediate aftermath of the shooting revealed two guys taking turns posing for pictures while people were dying a few feet away . 
  
  
  
• A statute. which was removed from Love Field because if was modeled after Rangers Capt. E.J. “Jay” Banks who helped fight integration at Mansfield High School,  has strangely been unveiled at Globe Life Field.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
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• Chaos on the roadways yesterday. 
• Motorcycles. All of these incidents occurred on Monday.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
• People acting a-fool. Also all yesterday.
  
  
  
• Look who ran the United Nations Security Counsel yesterday. Yes. Really. If there was ever a need for an interpreter, it was then. 
  
  
  
• Happening right now.  She's will also be in front of the House committee tomorrow. 
  
  
  
• Oh, yeah, there's a war that we just casually started. Headlines . . . 
• Marco Rubio provided the weirdest explanation yet on why Iran was attacked.  Add it to a growing list of contradictory reasons. 
  
   
  
  
  
• I don't think they thought this attack through.
  

  

  
  
  
  
• Trump made a short speech about the war during a Medal of Honor ceremony on Monday morning which was meant to honor three Army soldiers.  Right in the middle of it all, he started talking about the drapes.  Video.
  
  
  
• The reactions of citizens of Kuwait, who weren't sure who the American pilots were who parachuted down after their planes were shot down from friendly fire, were very different depending on the pilot Video of interaction with the male pilot.  Video of female pilot's interaction.
  
  
  
• As if there was ever any doubt, the Hillary video deposition about Epstein was released yesterday and we finally learned who it was that asked her about Pizzagate.
  
  
  
• It's election day which means the ads, flyers, and texts will end. 

Random Monday Morning Thoughts

Fifty-six years old and a part-owner of Oklahoma City Thunder.

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• Dangerous times in Wise County: 
• From Sunday. Story.
  
  
  
• From Saturday. Story.
  
  
  
• With no plausible explanation as to why and with no end game in sight, Trump started a war with Iran over the weekend without Congressional authorization. 
  
  
  
• With an announcement this morning, there are now four U.S. servicemen who have died so far. That's just "the way it is."
  
  
  
• Three U.S. jets have been shot down by friendly fire. 
  
  
  

• Trump has yet to address the nation live or hold a press conference. He has only released two videos on social media and, last night, after returning to Washington, he avoided questions and stood far away in the dark. Weird. 
  

• Meanwhile, Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth was in front of the cameras this morning and engaged in some truly Orwellian speech. 
  
  
  

• The only question is whether the girls died due to an Israeli or U.S. missile. (No, it wasn't a failed Iranian weapon.) The school was next to to a targeted strike and actually used to be part of the Iranian base. 
  

• This is the first time the U.S. and Israel have ever teamed up to start a war. There's probably a reason for that.  
• This guy is in charge. 

• Dateline Austin. He wore a hoodie that read “Property of Allah” over a T-shirt bearing an Iranian flag design,  Although he had been in the U.S. since 2007 and was a naturalized citizen, this is just going to fan the anti-Muslim rhetoric. (Video from inside the bar after police have arrived -- disturbing.)

• This shooting in Fort Worth occurred at  3:40 a.m. in the morning in a very odd place just a stone's throw from Meachum airport. Streetview.
  

  
  
  
• I couldn't let this weirdness in Corpus Christi from Friday go unnoticed. Video.
  
  
  
• Sports:
• A quarterback at the University of Colorado died in a car crash.
• "Source: The Texas Rangers have reached a pre-agreement with 12-year-old Dominican prospect Andel Pérez for a $4.0 million signing bonus."