10.30.2025

Random Thursday Morning Thoughts



It was definitely a wild scene.


  • As the story points out, the County Judge of Jack County can now sleep soundly since he no longer has to worry about being faced by this decision. And who knew that Jack County was such a hotbed of gayness?
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  • The Fifth Circuit has upheld the Tarrant County Commissioners redistricting to create three out of four Republican districts instead of the current two out of four.   No surprise from that appeals court.

  • I would think that this would get some publicity today. (Gift link.)

  • Welcome to the Autocracy (all examples from just the last 48 hours).
    • "WASHINGTON—The Pentagon has ordered the National Guard to create 'quick reaction' forces in every state and territory by January that are trained and equipped to respond to riots and civil unrest within the U.S., according to internal Defense Department memos."

    • Yesterday



    • Below are the highlighted offending words in the memo referenced in this story. A new sentencing memo was submitted which deleted the paragraph just as if January 6th had never happened. 


      • You are finally here. 

    • Last night: The Attorney General now has her marching orders from the Fuhrer. We've never seen anything like this. 

    • Last night: We are going to "start testing" nuclear bombs?  (And none of the "facts" in the post are even remotely true.") 

  • With a history of hiring Jumbo Fisher at Aggieland (and costing a fortune to fire him) and then hiring Brian Kelly at LSU (and costing a fortune to fire him), the governor of Louisiana is not going to let that athletic director hire the next coach.  And even this sports story won't let us get away from Trump. 



  • The Vice President really took that "you can't thow tortillas" policy hard. 

  • This Saturday's college football weekend in 1975. You kids have no idea how much we suffered.

  • Legal nerdy stuff:


  • Messenger - Above the Fold