Random Thursday Morning Thoughts

I don't think I've ever seen this before or since.

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• The guy worked at Howe ISD (over by Sherman) but the report says he currently lives in Rhome.
  
  
  
• The defendant claims he dumped the body over a bridge near Bowie, but authorities haven't been able to find it. 
  
  
  
• Ok, this is crazy. After pumping $10,000 of the $30,000 into the Bitcoin machine and while still standing at the machine, she called an assistant district attorney in Tarrant County directly -- she had met him and heard him speak two times on elder abuse. 
  
  

  

  
  
  
  
• Tarrant County Christian Nationalism
• Republican Party Chair:
  
  
  
• County Judge:
  
  
  
• Man, Trump is really bent out of shape on the media calling him out on the use of the word "obliteration."  This morning they trotted out Pete Hegseth and Gen. John "Razin" Caine to fight back. However, despite for speaking jointly for over 45 minutes, they didn't have any new information. But Hegseth did go on a long rant about the media like any good authoritarian does.
  
  
  
• Hegseth at one point said the media shouldn't have published the leaked report but instead, "Wave an American flag. Be proud of what we accomplished." Sheesh.
• Hegseth, when he did talk about the Iran military operation, said:  “President Trump directed the most complex and secretive military operation in history.”  The folks behind D-Day would beg to differ.
• And they never answer a question. Even Fox News is attacked for for asking for new information.  
  
  
  
  
• Kari Lake testified in front of a congressional hearing yesterday on behalf of the Administration. It went about like you would expect.
  
  
  
• Oh, please let his be true. (Brufke is a congressional reporter for Axios.)
  
  
  
• A lot about this story gets my attention. How a publicity tactic by a Houston attorney worked. The facts of the case which are pretty wild. And there's also this: "The civil lawsuit says the two women are asking for $250,000 in damages."
  
  
  
• Messenger - Above the Fold

Random Wednesday Morning Thoughts

A week after the mass shooting in the black church in Charleston by a shooter (Dylann Roof) who had posed often with the Confederate flag, if looked like public sentiment was going to put the flag on its death bed.  I wouldn't have predicted then that it would see a comeback over the next decade.

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• A preliminary classified U.S. report leaked from the Defense Intelligence Agency,says the American bombing of Iraq's three nuclear sites in Iran set back the country’s nuclear program by only a few months, according to both the New York Times, CNN, and now everyone else.  That is not the same as "obliterated."
  
• The Trump Administration managed to somehow criticize the reporting as "fake" while at the same time saying that the leak came from a "low level loser" that shouldn't have done that.
  
  
  
  
  
  
• Trump, this morning:
  
  
  
• Wise County Rep. Andy Hopper announced his bid for re-election to the Texas House yesterday, and also released a "89th Legislative Priority Wrap-Up." 
• Oddly, in that Wrap-Up, he didn't even so much as mention that his only bill to receive a vote in the Texas House,  HB 3154 for the creation of the Wise County Water District, went down in flames by a vote of 41 to 78. There wasn't even an explanation on how that could possibly have happened.  
• Perhaps even odder,  a section of the Wrap-Up labeled "HD 64 Wins" highlighted other bills he authored that didn't even get enough support to get to a vote. (See below)
• And the next paragraph was dedicated to how he helped get a "policy" adopted to stop men from using the women's restroom in the capitol building.   And that wasn't even legislation, it was just a policy change by the State Preservation Board.
  
  
  
• Oh, my gosh! How long was this ring missing? Decades? And how did a diver just happen to come across it!? Well . . . 
  
  
  
• . . . It was lost by a mom while swimming last Sunday in the "Sandy Beach" area of the lake. She and her husband immediately hired a diving service to try and find it in a "100-foot by 50-foot area."  It was found the next morning. 
• That's a lot of people.
  
• Remember that video from Seagoville? 
  

  

  
  
  
  
• In the New York City mayor's race, the Democrats nominated a 33 year old socialist. That's probably not the press they need right now. 
• I bet all of Elon's team of youngsters are gone from DOGE.  Heck, I bet DOGE itself is gone.  
  
  
  
• He's guilty of a lot of things, but I'm not sure at all that he's guilty of the charge the feds went with. Closing arguments are Thursday, 
  
  
  
• Verdict in 35 minutes yesterday. The punishment phase should occur today.
  
  
  
• You don't see this very often: The United States sued every federal district court judge in Maryland last night. PDF.
  
  
  
• Israel's attack on Gaza hasn't gone away. Killings, by bullets and famine, continue.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
• Special note to Jenny, and all her extended family, in the Wise County Attorney's office on the loss of her father, Ricky Stutt. Services are today at 11:00 a.m. at First Baptist in Decatur. 

Random Tuesday Morning Thoughts

I've been after Tim O'Hare, now Tarrant County Judge, for a long time. 

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• The fastest Three Act Play in history: 
• Act I: Yesterday evening:
• Peace in the Middle East!!!:
  
  
  
  

  

  An insane post.

  
  
  
  
• And it's even peace forever!!!! 
  
  
  
• Even Ronny couldn't contain himself (as always) as he lapped it all up:
  
  
  
• Act II: Overnight
  
• That didn't last long. 
  
  
  
  
• Act III: Oh, my!
• While leaving the White House this morning, a very angry Trump drops a very deliberate F Bomb directed at Israel and Iran -- especially Israel. (Video gold.)
  
  
  
  

  

  
  
  
  
• Crazy times when Iran can even launch missiles at a U.S. air base in Qatar, and it's out of the news cycle within three hours.
  
  
  
• Texas Tech crime news!
  
  
  
• The Fort Worth Fire Department had a heck of time putting out an apartment complex fire yesterday. They were there all day and into the night.  It opened in 2020. 
  
  
  
  
  
  
• Now that's going full throttle. 
  
  
  
• Got some confirmation of the video I posted yesterday. 
  
  
  
• That's dumb. 
  
  
  
• Remember when I told you there would be concentration camps? Gift link.
  
  
  
  
  
  
• Ages 44, 50, and 50.  The area was known at "Rattlesnake Falls" about 30 miles north of Lake Tahoe.  And the water was very, very cold. 
  
  
  
  
  
  
• He's already received a 60 year sentence for a violent assault, and now he's being tried this week for slugging his attorney, Pat Dohoney, in a courtroom in Hill County causing Pat to loose his sight in one eye.  That guy is mean. 
  
  
  
• Nerdy legal stuff: One of the bills Abbott vetoed on Sunday was an "omnibus" courts bill.  There were a bunch of counties thinking they were going to get new courts, until they weren't. And there was a ton more in it.