11.28.2023

Random Tuesday Morning Thoughts




I don't remember him being a "whipping boy."


  • There's a 48  hour extension of the pause in fighting in Gaza. I really didn't think both sides would be able to pull this off.  

  • I can't believe this actually happened. He has begun his 30 day sentence after being convicted last month in a trial in Montague County.
     

  • A "tribute service" for Rosalyn Carter is today. I came across this photo and caption yesterday: "Here at a Kentucky Derby party in 1983 with Hillary Clinton, John Y. Brown Jr., Ivana and Donald Trump."

  • Gov. Abbott went skydiving yesterday.   The "tandem jump" seems like cheating to me. It's pretty much like getting on an amusement park ride. 

  • Call me old, but he doesn't catch even a just a little bit of heat for not being married to this gal?


  • Sports Illustrated is in a scandal after it was revealed that some of their articles were generated by AI including AI generated bios and photographs of the fake authors. The magazine blamed a third party contractor. 


  • The Business Second™: Insurance companies, which are always sitting on piles of cash, have decided to invest in . . . warehouses. 

  • Legal nerdy stuff: I can't say I'm familiar with Young Thug or his RICO trial going on in Atlanta, but online lawyers were all bent out shape because of this moment during opening statements yesterday.  It's the equivalent of saying, "Even though the burden is 100% on us to prove the defendant guilty, he won't bring you an evidence that he's innocent."

  • The "Memo of Understanding" for the new Aggie coach is interesting.  The way it's written is that all those bonuses would be cumulative if the Aggies go a long way into the playoffs.

  • Fun fact of the day:

  • Breaking: "Hunter Biden’s lawyers have told the House Oversight Committee that the president’s son is willing to testify on December 13 in their inquiry into his actions."  What a relief. I've been staying up at nights worrying about that laptop.