7.02.2026

Random Thursday Morning Thoughts



Flashback from the Messenger. That's current Atlanta Braves pitcher Bryce Elder on the far right.


  • Weight loss and criminal justice stories: 
    • The man saw a need amongst him in the hallways and came up with a side-hustle.
    • "Bedell was arrested in September 2025 and was charged with five felonies and one misdemeanor related to illegally selling weight loss drugs."

  • This story out of Houston gets even weirder when you learn the restaurant was the very high-tone Bob's Steak and Chophouse.  (Full detailed Probable Cause Affidavit is here.) 


  • We've crashed another one. (But this time one airman is still missing.)
  • You don't see this very often:

  • Trump yesterday: "By the way, on July 4th, it’s going to be approximately 107 degrees out, and I’m gonna go and I’m gonna make a really long speech just to show that I can do anything."
  • Get ready for an increase in ICE raids this summer. 


  • "A video appearing to show children at a church watching a skit in which boys or men in military uniforms pretend to fatally shoot someone. In the clip, adults and children repeatedly chant, 'Take him out! Blow him up!'"   Yep, it's real and comes to us from Mt. Olivet Baptist Church in Lexington, Kentucky.

  • Speaking of electing socialists lately:
    • From yesterday: 

    • Ongoing: 

  • Let's check in on Fox News this morning. 

  • Lawyers in the news:  
    • "Prosecutors say he has a history of similar behavior. In 2009, he was convicted in Illinois for unlawful window peeping."  Story.


    • "Within 24 hours of his arrest in February, his employer at the time issued a brief statement: 'Gabriel Kabak is no longer an employee at the Harris County DA’s Office.'”  Now, months later, we have this . . . . 


  • Messenger - Above the Fold