7.26.2024

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

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Random Friday Morning Thoughts




There's a Wikipedia entry on the race. It looks like this UT car went about 100 more miles 
then gave up the ghost.

  • Looks like we had a jury verdict of acquittal in Wise County yesterday. The defense lawyer was Alexandria Cazares-Perez out of Dallas. The cause number is CR23349.  

  •  Once I saw the news of this happening in Lake Worth, I knew I was about to see Bridgeport's own, Police Chief J.T. Manoushagian, in front of the cameras. He always does very well.


  • As the Olympics open up today, there has been an incident in Paris. "Coordinated arson attacks disrupted service on three high-speed train lines in France on Friday, causing travel chaos across the nation on the day of the opening ceremony of the Olympics in Paris. Train service is expected to be affected through the weekend, causing travel issues for more than a million people, including French vacationers and Olympic athletes."


  • Last night, Trump backed out of the debate scheduled for ABC. That's a bad look. 

  • This guy thought he was set for life until his daddy got in trouble, and now he's gone. The plan was for him to take the role of lead pastor next year even before daddy's issues came to light. 

  • As nutty as J.D. Vance's "childless cat ladies" comment was, another clip has surfaced which is even nuttier.  He said that parents should be able to vote on behalf of their children. “Let’s give votes to all children in this country, but let’s give control over those votes to the parents of those children.” Video.


    • Trump might be rethinking his choice.

  • The New York Times suggests this morning that Trump was hit by the bullet. (Gift link.)

  • Let's check in on Fox News: Sean Hannity tried to end Kamala Harris' campaign with a clip showing she once joked about smoking weed. How will she ever recover?!  Edit: A faithful reader reminded me her marijuana prosecution record. This makes more sense now.
  • Google has gotten worse and worse over the years. I think this is a big development:

  • Legal stuff:
    • Legal nerdy stuff (kind of): I thought I understood how bail bonds work, but I'm a little lost in this scheme. They allegedly "conspired to falsify and obtain falsified co-signer financial reports so individuals with criminal offenses who would not meet the terms of their bonds, would be able to qualify."  I don't know what that means. I know that in Wise County that a bail bond is only signed by the bondman and the guy in jail and does not have a "co-signer" at all. And legally, even if there was a co-signer, that co-signer's financial status should have nothing to do with a person in jail being "able to qualify" for a bond. 
    • Random caption from the Fort Worth Court of Appeals yesterday:

    • Bad legal take from Trump.  If you want to buy a flag and burn it in your own backyard, that's free speech. It might be offensive, but that's goes to the very heart of free speech.  Now it is something completely different to set a flag - or anything - on fire in a public place. 
  • Sports fun fact: Of the 27 largest operating athletic budgets for public universities, 25 are either in the SEC or Big 10 The other two are Florida State and Clemson. 
  • Time which has passed since the Wise County Sheriff's Office, despite having a full male DNA profile, has failed to solve the murder of Lauren Whitener in her home at Lake Bridgeport: 5 years and 21 days.





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7.25.2024

Random Thursday Morning Thoughts




Chaos in and around the Wise County Reunion. 

  • New this morning. They key word is "together", but they did not enter U.S. airspace. 

  •  Assassination attempt update:
    • Shooter news, The answer is 260 feet in case you were wondering. Matthew Crooks, the Trump gunman, ended up being 441 feet away.


    • FBI Director Wray also testified before Congress about what I suspected from the start. Video. 


  • President Biden addressed that nation last night but didn't really explain the exact reason he is stepping down from his presidential run. 

    • Trump watched it.

    • Earlier in the day, Trump was once again weirdly talking about Hannibal Lecter. Video

  • Jack County news (which the Wise County DA has jurisdiction over): "The Jack County Sheriff’s Office and Texas Rangers have identified the victim of a 1984 homicide that occurred near Wizard Wells as Roberta Mumma." She was a 24 year old who last lived in Tennessee. 


  • Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu gave an odd speech to Congress where he mentioned a South Carolina fraternity more than any plan to stop the war in Gaza.   And, yes, there were protestors outside who assaulted police and defaced property.  They have valid concerns, but did themselves no favors by acting stupid. Prosecute all of those who deserve it. 


  • This doesn't make us feel any better about Uvalde. And they might want to cut back on the emoji usage.



  • The Business Second™.

  • When Kamala Harris was a U.S. senator, her then-office’s softball team was named the "Oxford Kamalas."  Come on, that's clever. 

  • Update/Correction from yesterday: Fox and Friends' Brian Kilmeade says that he said "college sorority" and not "colored sorority."
  • Sports quick hits: 
    • Some Texas Tech graduate must really like softball.

    • The always wheels off "State of the Cowboys" training camp press conference has finally been scheduled for 12:30 the afternoon. The time had been bounced around due to the love child trial in Texarkana which has now settled. 

    • If you've got 1:11, watch the very odd and uncomfortable opening remarks of the UCLA head coach's opening remarks at the Big 10 media days. 
  • Messenger: Above the Fold



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7.24.2024

Random Wednesday Morning Thoughts




I had forgotten how much Israel bombed Gaza in 2014. 

  • The weirdest trial in recent memory has come to end right before Jerry was about to be forced to testify. "Jones agreed to drop the countersuit on the condition Alexandra Davis dismiss all pending litigation, including a paternity suit, against Jones with prejudice, meaning she cannot decide later to bring her initial claims back to court."

    • “I will tell you that my defendants here were well-meaning,” Jones told the jury after thanking the eight-person panel for their time. “Certainly in the case of the mom. She is a working mom.”
  • She was killed "by stray bullet overnight at Smoke Skybar while attending the Texas High School Coaches Association coaching schools."


  • Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu addresses Congress today after staying in the Watergate hotel last night. He got a warm reception. 


  • Calling Kamala Harris a "DEI hire" is just about as racist as you can get. They better tread lightly.


     

    • And Brian Kilmeade on Fox News just said that Harris will be speaking to a "colored sorority" today. "She will not show up for the Prime Minister's joint session of Congress . . . she'd rather address in the summer a sorority, a colored sorority, like she can't get outta that!" Good lord.  Video.

  • The Winter Olympics in 2034 have just been awarded to Salt Lake City (again).

  • Makes sense.  Side note: I'm surprised that MSNBC is just conceding that Trump was "shot in the ear."  

  • The story, short on details, said the incident occurred "53 miles southeast of Bethel, Alaska." Let me tell you, "remote" doesn't even begin to describe that location. Google maps link.


  • The Business Second™. I would see from time to time that Conn's would sue quite a few Wise County residents in JP court. I'm guessing their lending practices were very suspect.

  • Random criminal verdict out of Kentucky yesterday. 


  • Legal nerdy stuff: The post below is is from a criminal defense lawyer in Houston, but I disagree with that judge whom he quotes. I think a very significant number of criminal defendants actually fall into a third category of "neither of those." 

    • Or let me put it this way: If a jury isn't scared of the defendant or at least mad at him, those are the cases where the  "not guilty" verdicts happen. Those are rare when a jury is scared/angry unless the proof against them is just gawd-awful. (See above post, for example.)
  • He was never the same after blowing his ACL with the Cowboys late in the 2021 season.   

  • We get to hear from President Biden tonight on his decision to withdraw. He sounded really good on the phone call on Monday. 

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