9.19.2025

It's Friday -- Let's Get Out of Here

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Random Friday Morning Thoughts




That was a weird statement by the Sheriff. 

  • 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.

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9.18.2025

Random Thursday Morning Thoughts




This was a rare Trophy Club raid which ultimately resulted in a federal prison sentence for the son of a "Southlake pastor." 

  • After pressure from Trump's government, ABC pulled a comedian -- a comedian! -- off the air.  . (Here's the video clip that prompted Trump's government's wrath. It's not about Charlie Kirk. It's about criticizing Trump.) We are in a five alarm fire of authoritarianism, and we all all just going to sit around and watch it burn

    • Just hours earlier, the FCC chief, while he was a guest on a far right wing podcast, threatened to come after ABC because of Kimmel's jokes calling them "sick" and "depraved":


    • Trump managed to post at 1:00 o'clock in the morning from England about ABC's action, and he revealed who is next on his hit list:

    • It's not just the actual retribution (like law firms and universities bending the knee to Trump or CBS settling the baseless 60 Minutes lawsuit), but its also about the fear of reprisal. For example, what's Saturday Night Live and NBC thinking right now about their upcoming season? Do they dare joke about Trump?  
    • It's over, folks. 
  • Related: What's going on here?
    • And he was there: 

    • Also there was Sam Altman, the head of ChatGPT; Satya Nadella, the top dog at Microsoft: and Tim Cook, the head of Apple.  Welcome to the Oligarchy. 

  • Crazy criminal legal news relevant to nearby Cooke County in particular and all of us in general: 
    • In April, we had the shocking story that a visiting judge found that the past Cooke County D.A. (who now was the county's only district judge) had withheld evidence while the prosecutor in the capital murder case of Michael Newberry. A new trial was ordered.  Importantly, the current DA supported the decision. 

    • Yesterday, however. the Court of Criminal Appeals said, "Not so fast my friends." This is the entire decision as they refused to go along with a new trial which means Newberry will remain in prison: 
  • Gift link.


  • The shooter was in a cornfield. Story. 

  • The grift never ends. Gift link. 



  • Oddest photo from Windsor castle:

  • I wouldn't call that "wrangled" or "caught."  She shot it dead. (But it was legal and actually occurred south of Houston.)
  • Messenger - Above the Fold

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9.17.2025

Random Wednesday Morning Thoughts




DeLoss Dodds was AD for 32 years. His successor lasted 22 months.  

  • "Trooper Jerry Wayne Adamick Jr., 44, was driving on FM 945 South, responding to assist law enforcement partners with an emergency call around 9:15 p.m. on Monday, Sept. 15, when his vehicle went off the side of the road, struck a tree and caught fire. Trooper Adamick died at the scene."

  • "Upon arrival, officers found six children ranging in age from 2 months to 9 years old inside the unit. The other children were 2, 3, 5, and 7 years old, police said."  There's not much of an explanation in any of the stories. 

  • The video is repulsive, but that is the price we pay for free speech. Or it used to be that way. I'm at a loss to understand how a public university can kick you out of school for distasteful mockery or how an elected official, who knows better, can advocate for that punishment.  

  • The forever war, which has been all one-sided for two years, continues.

  • But that "brawl" was only between two people. "At nearly 1,200 feet long and with a capacity for around 7,000 passengers and 2,000 crew members, the Royal Caribbean-operated Wonder of the Seas is one of the largest cruise ships in the world."


  • Oh, no. Trump got to ride in the King's carriage this morning as he made his was to Windsor Castle. 

    • But there were shenanigans last night by some Brits as a video slide show, and a high quality one at that, was projected onto the castle. 


  • For some reason, the prosecutor in the Charlie Kirk case revealed and read the text messages between the alleged shooter and his roommate. 

    • There are a lot of people on the left and the right who think there's something not quite right with the text exchange. Hey, I'm no conspiracy theorist, but I'm right there with them. It simply doesn't sound like a text exchange between 22 year olds of today. Best theory I saw: The roommate had prior knowledge of the shooting and the text messages were a ruse to make it seem otherwise. 

    • Legal nerdy stuff:  Utah does not use grand juries. Even though the right to a grand jury is in the Bill of Rights, the Supreme Court has said, a long time ago, that it does not apply to state prosecutions. 
  • This is just on step in an ongoing plan for the current Administration to take control over elections so as to be able to invalidate the votes of blue states in future elections.  It's over. 

  • A huge tree on the White House lawn is being cut down to make way for Trump's ballroom. 

  • But we ask juries to determine credibility very often with only an hour or two of a person's testimony.

  • Ted Cruz, being interviewed on CNN last night, went off the rails. 

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