Random Wednesday Morning Thoughts

This is from the front page of the Star-Telegram, and I was surprised Taylor Swift was referred to as "the world's biggest pop star" even back then. Swift had one show the following Saturday at AT&T Stadium with the attendance announced at 62,630. 

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• Oh, my. 
  
  
  
• That's a heck of a photo even before you notice the helicopter rescuing people off the roof.
  
  
  
  
  
  
• Bridgeport's own puts out an APB for a dog owner.  (And kudos for referencing a very obscure Health and Safety Code provision for the alleged crime.)
  
  
  
• Another day, another press release by Paxton. Probably the only thing the developers are guilty of is being Muslim in Texas. 
  
  
  
• Update: After contacting police yesterday afternoon, she was identified as a 35 year old woman who lived in the area. She told them she was uninjured and that the incident involved her and her 22 year old boyfriend. He was promptly arrested.  
  
  
  
  
  
  
• We're doomed. 
  

  

  
  
  
  
• Disturbing new footage has been released of Cody Balmer — the man who broke into Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro’s home and set it ablaze. He was sentenced to prison yesterday.  There he is trying to kick in an interior door in to get to the sleeping family.
  
  
  
• Insanity. "The U.S. military killed six alleged drug smugglers off the coast of Venezuela, President Trump said, raising further questions about his legal authority to use lethal force against vessels suspected of transporting illicit narcotics."
  
  
  
• Four bodies were returned by Hamas, but there is a problem. And with Hamas carrying out executions of rival gang members in broad daylight, its just a matter of time before Israel resumes its attacks.  
  
  
  
• A "movement" built around America First and Anti-Big Government is a little difficult to understand sometimes. Let's give away $20 billion and block reporters from finding out how the Department of Defense spends all of its billions?
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
• The grift never ends. 
  
  
  
• There was a memorial in the Rose Garden yesterday for Charlie Kirk. And Trump thought it was a good idea to say that he he dodged his sniper's bullet better than Kirk? 
  
  
  
• Legal stuff (kinda): Two sentences from this story in the Dallas Morning News today.
  
  
  
• "Nationally prominent Texas plaintiff’s trial lawyer Mikal Watts, who has successfully sued some of the biggest companies in the world for wrongful death and personal injuries, is taking on his first defense client: Camp Mystic and its owners. Watts said Monday that he is officially representing pro bono the Eastland family and the Christian girls summer camp that they have operated for decades in any potential litigation resulting from the July flooding tragedy"
• "Watts said that no lawsuits have been filed so far naming Camp Mystic or the Eastlands as defendants."
• The average price for a new car is now over $50,000.