Random Thursday Morning Thoughts

Fun sports fact from back in the day.

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•  A faithful reader thought this line in the Messenger's Update yesterday was kind of funny.
  
  
  
• Don't do that. 
  
  
  
• Trump addressed the nation last night, and no one really seems to understand why he did it. To call the speech "mixed messaging" is an understatement. 
  

  
   
  

  

  
  
  
  
• The part that the Secretary of Defense heard: 
  
  
  
• The part the oil traders heard: 
  
  
  
• Trump became the first president to ever attend oral arguments at the Supreme Court.  He left halfway through. 
  
  
  
  
  
  
• A social media post by Trump immediately afterwards. and another one this morning. makes me think -- and I'm going out on a limb here -- he's not too optimistic. 
  

  
  
  
• The President of the United States followed that post with this one. He is not well.
  
  
  
• FBC of Dallas pastor Robert Jeffress looks on as Paula White compares Trump to Jesus during an Easter celebration yesterday. Video.
  
  
  
• Don't do this, Part II.
  

  

  
  
• Messenger - Above the Fold

Random Wednesday Morning Thoughts

This story out of Frisco was wild. The medical examiner would later "rule" that her death was a result of suicide by overdose. 

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• It looks like the Tanner Horner trial is still on track to begin on April 7th.  But this gift link story from the Star-Telegram contained this  nugget: The parents' civil case against Fed Ex has settled.  It was originally filed in Wise County but later was voluntarily dismissed and refiled in Dallas. 
  
  

  
  

  
  
  
• "WHITNEY, Texas (KWTX) — A vehicle fire spread to Fort Graham Baptist Church on FM 2604 north of Whitney, destroying the sanctuary, according to the Hill County Sheriff’s Office."
  
  
  
• U.S. astronauts will begin a mission this afternoon to go around the moon. I have no idea why.  The launch is set for at 5:24 p.m. CDT with a two hour window to get it done.  
  
  
  
  
• I told you yesterday nothing would happen. "No punishment. No investigation. Carry on, Patriots," he said.  
  
  
  
• I had a little trouble comprehending this story yesterday. I still do.  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
• Nancy Mace: Too dumb for Congress. Too dumb for governor. 
  
  
  
  
  
  
• New this morning: Trump renewed his attacks on NATO, suggesting he could withdraw the U.S. from the alliance over its lack of support for his war on Iran.  “I was never swayed by NATO. I always knew they were a paper tiger, and Putin knows that too, by the way,” he said. Side note: That would take an act of Congress but things like that do not matter any longer. 
  
  
  
  
• Put this on the list of Things That Never Happened.  Video.  Hegseth is just so weird. 
  
  
  
• It's over. 
  
  
  
• Place your bets on which way the Justice Department will decide to go. It seems obvious: They'll send him a blank check. 
  
  
  
• Legal stuff: The judge out of Houston who berated the IT worker has been found to have acted like a jackass in another video.
  

  

  
  
  
  
• Very nerdy legal stuff: So what happens if the jury finds a defendant guilty of only a lesser included offense , the jury is polled to confirm that is their verdict, the case moves on to the punishment phase, and then the jury sends a note during the a brief break that they had actually agreed to convict him on the greater charge? An appellate court said yesterday they can no longer change the verdict.   

Random Tuesday Morning Thoughts

Still have them. 

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• Dateline Comal County.
  
  
  
  
  
  
• The hope of pleading guilty and asking for mercy from the jury did not work out. 
  
  
  
• New this morning . . . . 
  
  
  
• An update from Friday: "Under the pretense that he was going to give them money, John Mbuyi 'lured the victims to the location ... where he carried out an ambush he had carefully planned in advance,' police said." 
  
  
  
• That was quite the Houdini move she pulled off. Video.
  
  
  
  
  
  
• The War
• This won't help gas prices. 
  
  
  
  
  
  
• Well, if this is the way it ends, it turned out to be a cluster
  
  
  
  
• And this morning, that story seems to be correct. 
  
  
  
• Uh . . . . 
  
  
  
  
• I was kind of curious why this happened, too. But there is a 100% chance no one will be disciplined.  
  
  
  
  
  
• Trump unveiled his plans for his presidential library.
  
  
   
  
  
  
• Now we know why Wise County Rep. Andy Hopper supports over-the-top Bo French: The West Texas Oilman PAC is behind both of them.
  
  
  
• TV belated review: I held off watching Amazon's Jury Duty because I thought I'd hate. I was 100% wrong. Funny, funny stuff.