Random Friday Morning Thoughts

Rhome was giving us almost weekly entertainment back then. 

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• A high-profile trial in Tarrant County just turned into a trial before a jury only about what the punishment will be. Her blood alcohol concentration was 0.12, and she was on probation for aggravated assault at the time of the crash. The range of punishment will be 5 years to 99 years/life with the tough job of defending her going to Stephen Gordon and Cami Gildner. Gift article. 
  

  

  
  
  
  
• Story. I don't know if they can collect because the defendant might be really rich, but all of his money is in a trust fund. And it doesn't help that he is in prison. 
  

  

  
  
  
  
• But the plaintiff's lawyer was the flamboyant Tony Buzbee who took a shot at the defense firm after the verdict.
  
  
  
• With newspapers and TV stations struggling, it is almost impossible these days to get details of any particular story. Case in point: Below is what appears today on the front page of the Wichita Falls paper.  The shooting happened last weekend, and they story only quotes a bare bones DPS report which was released last Sunday. 
  
  
  
  
• This happens way too often in Hawaii.
  
  
  
  
  
  
• The far right wing CPAC is in Grapevine at the Gaylord Texan this weekend, so you have been warned. 
• This was funny. Video.
  
  
  
• They might not be as welcomed as they think they will be. Video.  
  
  
  
• Trump changes his mind yet again on bombing the "power plants" of Iran and claims that Iran has requested it. Iran denies it made any such request. 
  
  
  
  
  
  
• There was a 90 minute open cabinet meeting yesterday. 
• For some reason, Trump talked about pens for over four minutes. (Side note: We've got a war going on, right?)
  
  
  
  
  
  
• Someone needs to tell him that the U.S. bombed a school and killed over 160 girls. 
  
  
  
• The chances of this being true are nil. 
  
  
  
• Finally, TSA will get paid although Trump has no authority to do this: 
  
• Then the Senate surprised everyone last night out of the blue.  And the House has already gone into session this morning to consider it, too.  
  
  
  
• It's becoming awfully North Korea like around here. "President Trump’s signature will appear on U.S. dollars later this year, the Treasury Department said on Thursday. .  . . As a result, Mr. Trump is set to become the first sitting U.S. president to have his signature on the greenback. "
  
  
  
• Lauren Whitener Clock: 6 years and 267 days.