- And another. "The pilots were on a routine training flight when the aircraft, an MH-60 Black Hawk assigned to the 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment, went down near Summit Lake in a rural area in Western Washington near the Joint Base Lewis-McChord."
- More news out of Washington state for those following this sad case.
- When I first saw these headlines, I thought the guy must have been thrown from the ride. Nope. He was found to be deceased in his seat after the ride was over. So did he just simply die while he just happened to be on the ride? Not according to the medical examiner. (Side note: Faithful readers know that I'm extremely skeptical of medical examiners.)
- If this happens, we've reached a new level of "It's Over": "President Donald Trump is expected to fire the U.S. attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia after his office was unable to find incriminating evidence of mortgage fraud against New York Attorney General Letitia James, according to sources."
- The pitchfork crowd is on a roll this week.
- Couple of things I meant to post yesterday:
- So we are now joking about the U.S. murdering people in boats thousands of miles away, and, even worse, that it's no big deal if innocent people are accidentally targeted?
- Ok, let's tap the brakes a little bit.
- If you want to know where we are headed, look at this post by Larry Brock Jr. who is running in the Republican primary against incumbent Jared Patterson for a Texas House seat based in North Texas.
- Brock, by the way, was sentenced to 24 months in prison for his conduct on January 6th. Here he is with Wise County representative Andy Hopper:
- This does seem big. It translates what the other person is saying in real time and, as a bonus, will create a transcript of your conversation for later review.
- Random post last night from the popular Texas history Twitter account:
- Lauren Whitener Clock: 6 years and 77 days.