10.03.2025

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

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Random Friday Morning Thoughts




That was a wild play. Watch it here. 

  • I honestly never thought I would see this image.  And I'm not sure I remember a restitution figure of that amount in a case like this.  


    • State Rep. Jeff Leach just gives me the creeps.  Here he is with Robert Morris' accuser in a post he made yesterday. 

  • A major fire destroyed the Corsicana House of Refuge, a domestic violence shelter. "The fire is still being investigated, but the executive director of the house believes it started in the kitchen."




  • Update from Manchester, England after yesterday's attack:




  • There is not any headline that Ken Paxton won't seek, and that's all he uses the office of AG for. Now he's picking on little Whitesboro. 


  • Two attorneys who practice in Wise County got a "not guilty" verdict in Tarrant County this week. 

  • Nothing to see here. Just Trump's personal friend, private attorney, and now U.S. Attorney hired  to prosecute his enemies just walking into the White House yesterday. 

  • Chicago ICE update.  

  • The ultimatum, which would control speech and curriculum, was sent to nine universities including the University of Texas. 


  • Another weird video from the President of the United States was posted overnight.

    • Oh, and he did this as well.

  • Let's check in on Fox News.  Doesn't seem suspect at all.

  • The Business Second™.

  • Random stuff from Fort Worth Court of Appeals I saw.
    Background from 2022.
    His letter to the Court of Appeals.

  • Lauren Whitener Clock: 6 years and 91 days.

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10.02.2025

Random Thursday Morning Thoughts




You don't see this very often. I've never seen it happen in Wise County.

  • In England overnight. The attacker, as seen below, was shot dead by police:


  • Man, they are dogging the Johnson County sheriff. The new charge is for aggravated perjury for allegedly lying before a grand jury when he decided to appear to defend himself against charges of abuse of office for sexual harassment.  
    • "A judge set his bond at $50,000 at the Johnson County Jail. When the judge announced the amount, Sheriff King responded, 'Wow, I'm getting to be a scary criminal.'"   He's right to mock the bond amount. That's a ridiculous figure. 


  • Club crackdown #1.


  • Club crackdown #2. Police press release.


  • So what was the sentence and who was the judge? The story doesn't say. Seems kind of important.
  • You would think you would feel pretty safe being on a sidewalk in Plano. 


  • An apartment complex in New York partially collapsed yesterday morning after a gas explosion.  

  • The video, which Trump originally posted online, was running yesterday in the press room at the White House. Video.

  • Every U.S. government website is turning into OAN or Newsmax. 


  • "The Trump administration said it is withholding $18 billion in infrastructure funds for some major transportation projects in New York City, citing concerns about diversity, equity and inclusion." I would say this is illegal, but nothing matters anymore. 

  • Trump destroyed the Oval Office with all the gold trim, and now he's expanding its use onto the "Presidential Walk of Fame" outside. 

  • Didn't Trump distance himself from Project 2025 during the campaign?.
  • After getting his own personal jet from Qatar, he basically has unilaterally made them a member of NATO via executive order.

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10.01.2025

Random Wednesday Morning Thoughts





One of the more insane stories that we've had.

  • Re: Trump's address to the generals flown in from around the world:
    • He's clear that he intends to use them against American cities:  "San Francisco, Chicago, New York, Los Angeles. They're very unsafe places and we're gonna straighten them out one by one. And this is gonna be a major part for some of the people in this room. That's a war too. It's a war from within."

    • And there's this: "I told Pete, we should use some of these dangerous cities as training grounds for our military. National Guard, but our military. Because we're going into Chicago very soon. That's a big city with an incompetent governor. Stupid governor."
    • But as radical as the use of the military against American cities is, Trump rambled so badly from the start that the room full of generals had to come to the conclusion that he's simply out of his mind.  A couple of examples: 
  • The federal government shut down overnight: 

    • Most recent shut downs and their lengths:

    • Look at those hats on Trump's desks as Democratic leaders met with him in an effort to avoid a shutdown two days ago.

  • Dateline Denton. That was a quick grand jury review. The story notes: "The altercation continued in the 200 block of West Hickory Street, police said, which is where the gunman shot Ruff 'multiple times,' police said." I've heard some very disturbing things about the shooting. 


  • TCU is a private school. The Texas AG needs to go back to any school. 

  • Just when you thought you've seen it all. 

  • Ted Cruz had one of the all-time misspeaks yesterday. Video.

  • You can take your gun into U.S. Post Offices now.  A Fort Worth federal judge is responsible for the ruling yesterday.

  • Kind of of legal nerdy stuff: I don't think a judge should ever start off an opinion by reproducing a note he received from the public.

  • Uncle Julio's on Camp Bowie in Fort Worth has run into a tad bit of trouble. Gift link.

  • Every time I mess around with AI the more convinced I am that we aren't going to survive what's coming. 


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