Random Tuesday Morning Thoughts

I posted that on 12/3/15.  Then six years later this happened: "Sep 29, 2021 — Texas oil-and-gas mogul Christopher A. Faulkner has been sentenced to 15 years in federal prison for bilking investors out of millions of dollar."

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•  You don't see this every day. 
  
  
  
• This wreck occurred in Uptown where the driver's Tesla went airborne and landed on top of a Porsche driven by a 29 year old lawyer who worked at Jackson and Walker. Side note: The arrested man, who grew up in Highland Park, had his mother in the car with him. 
  
  
  
  
  
  
• We have a brewing story regarding this death in Austin which occurred after the Aggie/UT game on Friday. 
  
  
  
• Yay! 287 will probably be an Interstate! Boo! This last sentence: "The projected construction timeframe is 10 years, with work potentially beginning in 2041 and ending around 2050."
  
  
  
• And you know one of the ways she was identified? "The defendant's probation officer observed the video, and immediately recognized Trevino,." Oof. And another odd fact?: She's just 17.  Second side note: The video of her rambling will make you fear the future.  
  
  
  
  
  
  
• She's gone national. She will be an anchor with ABC's overnight news show, World News Now. 
  

  

  
  
  
  
• The White House refined their story yesterday.
  
  
  
• And that was followed up with Hegseth throwing an Admiral under the bus. 
  
  
  
  
• Trump has made approximately 400 posts (!) already this morning on Truth Social. 
• I'll admit I just learned of Chesterton's Fence for the first time, and I love it. 
• The AP photos.of the year are here.  (You'll realize the charmed life you live after scrolling through them.)