tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-144190622024-03-19T08:30:32.476-05:00Liberally Lean From The Land Of Dairy QueenA look at the news from the humble confines of Wise County, Texas.Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger22663125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14419062.post-63498683500374024282024-03-19T08:30:00.001-05:002024-03-19T08:30:00.129-05:00Random Tuesday Morning Thoughts<section class="bsgclass"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-kRZh_4YolC4/YDUKIFzkKGI/AAAAAAABjNc/5zUqmtaIL2YwDqWreLA-L4-57L4F70EigCLcBGAsYHQ/s400/header.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="43" data-original-width="400" height="43" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-kRZh_4YolC4/YDUKIFzkKGI/AAAAAAABjNc/5zUqmtaIL2YwDqWreLA-L4-57L4F70EigCLcBGAsYHQ/w400-h43/header.png" width="400" /></a><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcsb_v58zpS4OeLrb79oCUuoY9UzWI_Q7Wdqm4429GW_2Kkpd9h99DT1zSrLkx3zCniKbVaTjBmziMeDpdgyCR3J1Kf63XedXFODtFTlSKYFtqhg3TJ9Cqe0jy1yY3YLqU9PCV_2seXLp01LXE5uhZckJTjfK4MjZZDeQvkR8w0BFVpKEvLkjf/s647/xScreenshot%202024-03-19%20075324.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="254" data-original-width="647" height="126" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcsb_v58zpS4OeLrb79oCUuoY9UzWI_Q7Wdqm4429GW_2Kkpd9h99DT1zSrLkx3zCniKbVaTjBmziMeDpdgyCR3J1Kf63XedXFODtFTlSKYFtqhg3TJ9Cqe0jy1yY3YLqU9PCV_2seXLp01LXE5uhZckJTjfK4MjZZDeQvkR8w0BFVpKEvLkjf/s320/xScreenshot%202024-03-19%20075324.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i>Ten years to the day.</i></div></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></section><hr /><ul style="text-align: left;"><li>The Texas Republican Party is in the process of finding a new chairman, but the leading candidate <a href="https://www.texastribune.org/2024/03/18/abraham-george-texas-gop-gun-police/">has hit a bit </a>of a speedbump. (Police report <a href="https://x.com/CurrentRevolt/status/1769805486679867575?s=20">here</a>.)<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjh1jeZ2OH6ozB0TO8rE5BHiBXI19ISX7ylMk1dOTn7_hXnkN0GhNCH6oxqTpFkp_xslGVdWtX4ReWaVbISKQK09kd3AEsdkGeEo7Jq57qJeTWtkRMuhfMqlT9rkYgKHuZeu9BbJ8Ljo3RQGMV83U6fEqVajvlPncSJAKjRFMjQ6tIcdGOJUhyy/s589/Screenshot%202024-03-19%20063624.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="589" data-original-width="465" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjh1jeZ2OH6ozB0TO8rE5BHiBXI19ISX7ylMk1dOTn7_hXnkN0GhNCH6oxqTpFkp_xslGVdWtX4ReWaVbISKQK09kd3AEsdkGeEo7Jq57qJeTWtkRMuhfMqlT9rkYgKHuZeu9BbJ8Ljo3RQGMV83U6fEqVajvlPncSJAKjRFMjQ6tIcdGOJUhyy/s320/Screenshot%202024-03-19%20063624.jpg" width="253" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizkrURq85aHXJCfII2ihd2gJ1Quwdbkf61Mf9I_tU-lKHn0PMxAHU-RLIlONB7aQjRKmKp0WwKuPAFjzoukGd9k6SY4UoJcTYm75uXwFfCu2d-sXd_jP83Oaz4uOQH5Fg-ZVA_RI-m1L8GMusRjqLLDCspLs_CM5B0m-bWg427uGYcZQCKCmiL/s575/Screenshot%202024-03-19%20063730.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="273" data-original-width="575" height="152" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizkrURq85aHXJCfII2ihd2gJ1Quwdbkf61Mf9I_tU-lKHn0PMxAHU-RLIlONB7aQjRKmKp0WwKuPAFjzoukGd9k6SY4UoJcTYm75uXwFfCu2d-sXd_jP83Oaz4uOQH5Fg-ZVA_RI-m1L8GMusRjqLLDCspLs_CM5B0m-bWg427uGYcZQCKCmiL/s320/Screenshot%202024-03-19%20063730.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /></li><li>Sounds <a href="https://www.foxbusiness.com/media/tesla-ceo-elon-musk-defends-ketamine-use-beneficial-investors">reasonable</a>. (And <a href="https://x.com/EoinHiggins_/status/1769921371679690936?s=20">this two minutes</a> of the Don Lemon interview of Musk on a different topic is something to behold.)<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvCuIx_IWkeQXzhKvIqEub4L8xrzHBMVw1y9tqbpFTBAbRq-kf4BB_BTAbXb5QS1najsPqrAyJAWHWMoR1eOPHqu_mIJC_nQjF1vZkjKj786t_SRFX5GyybPbOfIUg4SNlPxyfOT5uUzIMqs-i_zY-4J6t_i98h5gkTDJAPHVoXtrENToPVS5j/s802/Screenshot%202024-03-19%20070614.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="61" data-original-width="802" height="24" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvCuIx_IWkeQXzhKvIqEub4L8xrzHBMVw1y9tqbpFTBAbRq-kf4BB_BTAbXb5QS1najsPqrAyJAWHWMoR1eOPHqu_mIJC_nQjF1vZkjKj786t_SRFX5GyybPbOfIUg4SNlPxyfOT5uUzIMqs-i_zY-4J6t_i98h5gkTDJAPHVoXtrENToPVS5j/s320/Screenshot%202024-03-19%20070614.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCf8OG3lM21G0ATvZF8ZzGm2Tr7hLd7EcV04DpfaRmSBrRBgs_YV_9J9TiM01cDCAzOsH3Xwixkrp4jk3QgL9zk2-B6uoSaWdmtMBR1Ig2xl3_z-grteE8Ijmw2vtjrloDeK9a9wZ1NrQpU7hypgCaHvw0wfK65AsUIposwKC77CG9QxzsA8Pa/s929/Screenshot%202024-03-19%20070557.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="321" data-original-width="929" height="111" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCf8OG3lM21G0ATvZF8ZzGm2Tr7hLd7EcV04DpfaRmSBrRBgs_YV_9J9TiM01cDCAzOsH3Xwixkrp4jk3QgL9zk2-B6uoSaWdmtMBR1Ig2xl3_z-grteE8Ijmw2vtjrloDeK9a9wZ1NrQpU7hypgCaHvw0wfK65AsUIposwKC77CG9QxzsA8Pa/s320/Screenshot%202024-03-19%20070557.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /></li><li>Why does he do this? He always ends up losing and paying the other side's attorney's fees. (Earlier this year he was ordered to pay the <a href="https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-new-york-times-legal-fees-judge-lawsuit/">New York Times</a> $400,000 on a different failed lawsuit.) And this one is another 100% loser. <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiM5D7GiOCvAKLnt0yaCNEYZZr7yWBOC7BAOeZg-GVWNeUtIiX2aRXjiq0RLC3UxXtfwBpBFH6NgcgG3eqAenDI_fhYJjXb1vcRR5p5CwFgishbv41k2eFG5zSxoKuucBpPeB45KOvj8yVHCvUbEuN3NnMgPhljRi2UHhTF7y4tvZlNL8ubmSNa/s877/Screenshot%202024-03-19%20082059.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="774" data-original-width="877" height="282" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiM5D7GiOCvAKLnt0yaCNEYZZr7yWBOC7BAOeZg-GVWNeUtIiX2aRXjiq0RLC3UxXtfwBpBFH6NgcgG3eqAenDI_fhYJjXb1vcRR5p5CwFgishbv41k2eFG5zSxoKuucBpPeB45KOvj8yVHCvUbEuN3NnMgPhljRi2UHhTF7y4tvZlNL8ubmSNa/s320/Screenshot%202024-03-19%20082059.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /></li><li>Ken Paxton's partner in crime, Nate Paul, was sentenced to 10 days in jail for contempt of court, but he appealed. Last Friday, the Texas Supreme court upheld the order. Four judge were scared of Paxton's potential wrath and <a href="https://www.txcourts.gov/media/1458220/230253d.pdf">dissented</a> so it was a 5-4 decision. Paul <a href="https://x.com/taygoldenstein/status/1769885334328762754?s=20">is to report</a> to jail on April 1st.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAJFs4QbSiJ9H1kGkOSHetePFi4ZKMjugbDNX-gZzvzvQ025_xjBYSszUhqE-FGrbcIl3N4Tc_fFtRPfaGP6A7_J7J9LfRgThPX3SWN34tkGsyzioVjIEf41aOOJiKeRlmFTPKtE6S9Tds1KXcig8_i_LOrCkiJJp4I_LgwD5iGeW0Bxzxo9ts/s914/Screenshot%202024-03-19%20064110.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="391" data-original-width="914" height="137" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAJFs4QbSiJ9H1kGkOSHetePFi4ZKMjugbDNX-gZzvzvQ025_xjBYSszUhqE-FGrbcIl3N4Tc_fFtRPfaGP6A7_J7J9LfRgThPX3SWN34tkGsyzioVjIEf41aOOJiKeRlmFTPKtE6S9Tds1KXcig8_i_LOrCkiJJp4I_LgwD5iGeW0Bxzxo9ts/s320/Screenshot%202024-03-19%20064110.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibfgVr4qpq37MKiniFqQy9YgAY92eQca5Jf-NwYwCcBJhmE1UIXzokb2VUHhCNopHGUPhWbp522Hni1vDLINdQ-JZx1y-B4Z77vTwzaPpa_CPgbQjtlI5f11Jp5MrHpyV55rs65Ew-Wi3jFUTM7-qPu_4ngkkZNa9S5Bszhe4gCl8OIN1NSqTL/s300/image%20(5).png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="168" data-original-width="300" height="168" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibfgVr4qpq37MKiniFqQy9YgAY92eQca5Jf-NwYwCcBJhmE1UIXzokb2VUHhCNopHGUPhWbp522Hni1vDLINdQ-JZx1y-B4Z77vTwzaPpa_CPgbQjtlI5f11Jp5MrHpyV55rs65Ew-Wi3jFUTM7-qPu_4ngkkZNa9S5Bszhe4gCl8OIN1NSqTL/s1600/image%20(5).png" width="300" /></a></div><br /></li><li>We've got an <a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/justice-department/conservative-influencer-helped-steal-table-used-assault-officers-jan-6-rcna143908">interesting</a> new January 6th Insurrection arrest.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinDmNiBSyhs6B5m4QYqAf5lcleuCb_ybH5fSPhJ-PUwE6NpczOAJnqRKANJdhYSJOtQqYZlh8JnVmRJnbS0mk2SoSb9KIcXaqzRKz2s1YHe26fZeIYtu7ZyAi3FDhrKbYEZOgghvE6JdUDnFVxUDtY9FlDHt0ps_PgWqVXSTlerDpvnKXDzwfQ/s1197/Screenshot%202024-03-19%20065352.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="284" data-original-width="1197" height="76" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinDmNiBSyhs6B5m4QYqAf5lcleuCb_ybH5fSPhJ-PUwE6NpczOAJnqRKANJdhYSJOtQqYZlh8JnVmRJnbS0mk2SoSb9KIcXaqzRKz2s1YHe26fZeIYtu7ZyAi3FDhrKbYEZOgghvE6JdUDnFVxUDtY9FlDHt0ps_PgWqVXSTlerDpvnKXDzwfQ/s320/Screenshot%202024-03-19%20065352.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiN4_1YrV5PrNdFTu66COkehSbcriUR0vFr30jBARrINic8D2glcRvFPMWEMmyl9OZ-McfIYFcbKV1wIMoDtNzei7WdagjVj8SUWjj1mTzJixFWyu1hEfXNtN_CeQ_-F7wgNee0Y3aertRTa_zS9DQ4ZfqD-oTUJPWrmCEHHM23OkAA5uEyTiVI/s2100/image%20(6).png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="926" data-original-width="2100" height="176" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiN4_1YrV5PrNdFTu66COkehSbcriUR0vFr30jBARrINic8D2glcRvFPMWEMmyl9OZ-McfIYFcbKV1wIMoDtNzei7WdagjVj8SUWjj1mTzJixFWyu1hEfXNtN_CeQ_-F7wgNee0Y3aertRTa_zS9DQ4ZfqD-oTUJPWrmCEHHM23OkAA5uEyTiVI/w400-h176/image%20(6).png" width="400" /></a></div><br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWCRsXlL9r5x4uZvQMFUh9B2-bSGF5X8qjDE1U7I26HfnA-A-yRcdIDSojx45YTcinObyXY9pXhBJ-Pj81WkQGR0v9Oqi6MYT8vgCgCBmSLjPC-rvMqBjFbwq5xlbJUKUwKu_bz2SIUMaj05XWpsa0V5fu6W4w-V8EZXkfUeQr9sWT-BD2KS3e/s1281/image%20(7).png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="690" data-original-width="1281" height="172" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWCRsXlL9r5x4uZvQMFUh9B2-bSGF5X8qjDE1U7I26HfnA-A-yRcdIDSojx45YTcinObyXY9pXhBJ-Pj81WkQGR0v9Oqi6MYT8vgCgCBmSLjPC-rvMqBjFbwq5xlbJUKUwKu_bz2SIUMaj05XWpsa0V5fu6W4w-V8EZXkfUeQr9sWT-BD2KS3e/s320/image%20(7).png" width="320" /></a></div><br /></li><li>Trump is having trouble getting a bond in order to prevent New York from taking his property while he appeals the $464 million civil fraud judgment. Maybe publicly berating the judge and his clerk during trial, and using an incompetent lawyer, wasn't the best strategy after all. <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3x2h-Is10UyeyfWBDRmVFgv-m-eHw_VI4iAXfBIbQ5CaII0COfE8AWPJ3f78JRMXJM-aux6bCqF6xNMLSzrXA35EU7Sy4e3bZmVtApAwfFje6PKORt2juT5_CcZ0V4xOL7L-m_GfHwZQBQ6FFHCC_eSxwVZ5_WAJyDUcab0Fr5TBi8mQzO1Ov/s1427/Screenshot%202024-03-19%20060909.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="703" data-original-width="1427" height="198" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3x2h-Is10UyeyfWBDRmVFgv-m-eHw_VI4iAXfBIbQ5CaII0COfE8AWPJ3f78JRMXJM-aux6bCqF6xNMLSzrXA35EU7Sy4e3bZmVtApAwfFje6PKORt2juT5_CcZ0V4xOL7L-m_GfHwZQBQ6FFHCC_eSxwVZ5_WAJyDUcab0Fr5TBi8mQzO1Ov/w400-h198/Screenshot%202024-03-19%20060909.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /></li><ul><li>Flashback: <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitf4YnkH1VyCBSxUufxAeuLG6q2-cEeH7vKgXe8er3h35qq5p42JKOIyPhnQM7XxcqweLNrlHal3_zwYex4J120y7J1tMWAheyqdAVCygFOKhrgJ-qZbp4xKpvTWJVTFpjTFUqZg_5jQhEaP0YblXo-Lx7qME1jZEOti7UIYzqHTVSIa_kuhR1/s604/Screenshot%202024-03-19%20071855.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="512" data-original-width="604" height="271" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitf4YnkH1VyCBSxUufxAeuLG6q2-cEeH7vKgXe8er3h35qq5p42JKOIyPhnQM7XxcqweLNrlHal3_zwYex4J120y7J1tMWAheyqdAVCygFOKhrgJ-qZbp4xKpvTWJVTFpjTFUqZg_5jQhEaP0YblXo-Lx7qME1jZEOti7UIYzqHTVSIa_kuhR1/s320/Screenshot%202024-03-19%20071855.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /></li><li>Ok, this is funny.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhGAmXugDXR0pN-QpFMTvYCmCgmDNyqbAVBFLgTPnFXn9A1Rk3NNJ8xNM0qr6QY267ueF5ytn4Uiy69pbum383F_cAZxUA-pyLLcYvA1YTJ2Ws4nmzblRdmmqqfx7EtQ0b6_TNmb8GaxJxcAl3XfWa8ElJ3hdDqZumMtkjQp3t7KBiuuqJMVy9/s296/image%20(4).png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="241" data-original-width="296" height="241" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhGAmXugDXR0pN-QpFMTvYCmCgmDNyqbAVBFLgTPnFXn9A1Rk3NNJ8xNM0qr6QY267ueF5ytn4Uiy69pbum383F_cAZxUA-pyLLcYvA1YTJ2Ws4nmzblRdmmqqfx7EtQ0b6_TNmb8GaxJxcAl3XfWa8ElJ3hdDqZumMtkjQp3t7KBiuuqJMVy9/s1600/image%20(4).png" width="296" /></a></div><br /></li></ul><li>Trump legal nerdy stuff: If the Trump friendly federal judge in the Classified Documents case in Florida is <a href="https://wapo.st/3IN5Lg8">seriously considering</a> giving the jury these instructions, she might as well just acquit Trump right now and send him home with flowers and a kiss.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjoXlZ0LuX52ZJ2zGVbgp_h4q8p-r9ugPklf3EknHXyI1fq_W442Z3MHJ0T9c3Qf3RRGPEb45apO3dFOUb0_aHtnpiaWuZxyLfuVJLfGdqFJ8dIsyiwzW8ZrNtuDnR_9bchUng-hUvITkEKGGizhNBUMGHbV78cgYdhM8CCxirEK3xzQn_zCp_/s1177/Screenshot%202024-03-19%20061852.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; 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He painted it on the building behind this tree.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-wyeBzC38Xnk/Zfl3JJLyFsI/AAAAAAACDDY/MmW73jlM3VkzcfTNubTeKcIawhOfqpWPgCNcBGAsYHQ/s1600/image%2B%25283%2529.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1200" height="320" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-wyeBzC38Xnk/Zfl3JJLyFsI/AAAAAAACDDY/MmW73jlM3VkzcfTNubTeKcIawhOfqpWPgCNcBGAsYHQ/s320/image%2B%25283%2529.png" width="240" /></a></div><br /></li><li><a href="https://finance.yahoo.com/news/last-days-boeing-whistleblower-190814764.html?guccounter=1&guce_referrer=aHR0cHM6Ly90LmNvLw&guce_referrer_sig=AQAAAC7XXY0pD2akbYjSDiux352I1lOFKvf-9ZO7IxZmpxfZ55N29i63pJsfH8s8M3TD1m4m9u-Ie6SLpZZ05PLTiJdtckts6nFzNNwnUj7nMb3WTOOthL2wDsWwdHUaAHrN-NWy9x6kT0bH8kVf3BXSv_kYA26g7uMTs6nx1bBnntMm">This seems to be movie material</a>. He was found in his vehicle in the hotel parking lot with an alleged self-inflicted gunshot wound.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpHUeDvWWwMu9hFNEVThunCZT5Nib1q7tCwjLr_gH3PuMQ7BUvJjzl2WSHZmnsW-7ajjMyzV0xIs5-yFV65KgzIuJOAsA26iAQpOf-DxFq30wABGLHti_JZo-tcMgi1I5VJsgpHcL_xpR12vCcxowPswx6WWOPtX5JvMllInS5muyxMD7KRHij/s496/Screenshot%202024-03-19%20065730.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="496" data-original-width="420" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpHUeDvWWwMu9hFNEVThunCZT5Nib1q7tCwjLr_gH3PuMQ7BUvJjzl2WSHZmnsW-7ajjMyzV0xIs5-yFV65KgzIuJOAsA26iAQpOf-DxFq30wABGLHti_JZo-tcMgi1I5VJsgpHcL_xpR12vCcxowPswx6WWOPtX5JvMllInS5muyxMD7KRHij/s320/Screenshot%202024-03-19%20065730.jpg" width="271" /></a><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-x3OcB3nOLySvzTHsQQx8vVOhTefh7IZvoHhj1FYO8TQO1-ZPYzz9Z0cijbSEESUc2a3E_eV8l6VInQLznUflhs8aQwooet_U27RzhlmIEamGHQ16xXdUx7sSKIpmz9uofy5J7nhn5Ntv45gSQaudcPH6pIT1-80tOa5R9lACgVvYDWO_MMre/s990/Screenshot%202024-03-19%20065918.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="385" data-original-width="990" height="124" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-x3OcB3nOLySvzTHsQQx8vVOhTefh7IZvoHhj1FYO8TQO1-ZPYzz9Z0cijbSEESUc2a3E_eV8l6VInQLznUflhs8aQwooet_U27RzhlmIEamGHQ16xXdUx7sSKIpmz9uofy5J7nhn5Ntv45gSQaudcPH6pIT1-80tOa5R9lACgVvYDWO_MMre/s320/Screenshot%202024-03-19%20065918.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /></div><br /></li><li><a href="https://tournament.fantasysports.yahoo.com/mens-basketball-bracket/group/34579/invitation?key=c85ddf3fffdf1d49">Sign up for the</a> Liberally Lean 2024 Pick-Em Tourney.</li></ul><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjulg35zkH7WcIcglf_JkYmuM6Hw_wRqbUF2CkWWmvdXoQBJG_AhsZF23wo_Z7MnmCD4OkctuaubkPxREkpplbjscRy1aGp4ESeKFyphbMbDZ-onR0LV6MMNGFWQz7ZNip7159CU9PTjl85kAmh8fpGFO-bdak_yrBLiA8jmUoSeOKZ7KTcUGtP/s1157/TX_AAS.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1157" data-original-width="689" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjulg35zkH7WcIcglf_JkYmuM6Hw_wRqbUF2CkWWmvdXoQBJG_AhsZF23wo_Z7MnmCD4OkctuaubkPxREkpplbjscRy1aGp4ESeKFyphbMbDZ-onR0LV6MMNGFWQz7ZNip7159CU9PTjl85kAmh8fpGFO-bdak_yrBLiA8jmUoSeOKZ7KTcUGtP/w382-h640/TX_AAS.jpg" width="382" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14419062.post-86629834630680651942024-03-18T08:30:00.023-05:002024-03-18T08:30:00.149-05:00Random Monday Morning Thoughts<section class="bsgclass"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-kRZh_4YolC4/YDUKIFzkKGI/AAAAAAABjNc/5zUqmtaIL2YwDqWreLA-L4-57L4F70EigCLcBGAsYHQ/s400/header.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="43" data-original-width="400" height="43" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-kRZh_4YolC4/YDUKIFzkKGI/AAAAAAABjNc/5zUqmtaIL2YwDqWreLA-L4-57L4F70EigCLcBGAsYHQ/w400-h43/header.png" width="400" /></a><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZu-jz7md6cpch6aomCInLGQni1qZRZrwuEc-FbCoeLWYhC8zSOId3B28gRyWIOAabo4s8OZcxiP-2uy-1fOZIhIyhjFjJn3qxEZnyaurcAriyqubQGpE60e_16tC8TCPzxpLXaT8xIQDHOw4ol4NMC_eAhtEYMYOYxnHyD9y-ciigeCznRyGI/s592/olsteen.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="592" data-original-width="496" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZu-jz7md6cpch6aomCInLGQni1qZRZrwuEc-FbCoeLWYhC8zSOId3B28gRyWIOAabo4s8OZcxiP-2uy-1fOZIhIyhjFjJn3qxEZnyaurcAriyqubQGpE60e_16tC8TCPzxpLXaT8xIQDHOw4ol4NMC_eAhtEYMYOYxnHyD9y-ciigeCznRyGI/s320/olsteen.JPG" width="268" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Seven years later, the money would amazingly be found by a plumber working on a toilet. The public would only learn about it because <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2021/12/03/us/joel-osteen-cash-found-plumber.html">he called into a radio show</a> and casually spoke about it. </div></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></section><hr /><ul style="text-align: left;"><li>The Liberally Lean March Madness tournament is up. Join it <a href="https://tournament.fantasysports.yahoo.com/mens-basketball-bracket/group/34579/invitation?key=c85ddf3fffdf1d49">here</a>. As we've done the last couple of years, the scoring system is very tricked up which rewards upset picks.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhve5CDbuje_YC3pLATi0hf-XNdOMwYLoYTRe-8gs9skag5GUGwIxfQUC7AY21U_z1L9RBDZO9JJFdYGoNSbPYvHjrGVFn7Cg_2DbUCMQF6ZtbAOtu6__rNlilN2tDFVKremVeYTT76ulp4U_CzqMgtY8JAnB03vNxK3vsw7trWF-VGInAi5Yoj/s1230/Screenshot%202024-03-17%20at%207.25.03%E2%80%AFAM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="314" data-original-width="1230" height="82" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhve5CDbuje_YC3pLATi0hf-XNdOMwYLoYTRe-8gs9skag5GUGwIxfQUC7AY21U_z1L9RBDZO9JJFdYGoNSbPYvHjrGVFn7Cg_2DbUCMQF6ZtbAOtu6__rNlilN2tDFVKremVeYTT76ulp4U_CzqMgtY8JAnB03vNxK3vsw7trWF-VGInAi5Yoj/s320/Screenshot%202024-03-17%20at%207.25.03%E2%80%AFAM.png" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhusqhZfHURJF00B7AEw5DBfTBCgnaJtgEX_kj0OwYmEz6H2dl6lz8-kxkCbHyfapB4VF-FxOKyF2FzkN8cRMHwkuhgYSg6rI7T3I2P49B97tykpOshiKlBQ_McDaYpnHSziD-hAJhwIcm79qGBv0KStxGWpS-ebw7CWZW3oSZt31xSiQ2NIZf_/s1116/Screenshot%202024-03-17%20at%207.23.50%E2%80%AFAM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="606" data-original-width="1116" height="174" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhusqhZfHURJF00B7AEw5DBfTBCgnaJtgEX_kj0OwYmEz6H2dl6lz8-kxkCbHyfapB4VF-FxOKyF2FzkN8cRMHwkuhgYSg6rI7T3I2P49B97tykpOshiKlBQ_McDaYpnHSziD-hAJhwIcm79qGBv0KStxGWpS-ebw7CWZW3oSZt31xSiQ2NIZf_/s320/Screenshot%202024-03-17%20at%207.23.50%E2%80%AFAM.png" width="320" /></a></div><br /></li><li>I said that I needed to compile a list of Wise County murder indictments over the last handful of years so I did. We will probably have one more added to it based upon an arrest last week. <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRf_0r_U5ROJeehsHYfmyMOH9RQQyfs7ft25OLmpBvOjWKfUAPl41PrTEPh2ntr5ixwJRmEqO6GXxf_souEkqDqE7JxEe2FMO87038aeMuzmBcYrSkRK1XGbv_cbm12F1dUOGLfjbUBLjSUoV6_tEoo8p0u-OXzrBRLm2v92PrwWHDsdqRvw8U/s1226/Screenshot%202024-03-16%20at%203.23.57%E2%80%AFPM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="400" data-original-width="1226" height="130" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRf_0r_U5ROJeehsHYfmyMOH9RQQyfs7ft25OLmpBvOjWKfUAPl41PrTEPh2ntr5ixwJRmEqO6GXxf_souEkqDqE7JxEe2FMO87038aeMuzmBcYrSkRK1XGbv_cbm12F1dUOGLfjbUBLjSUoV6_tEoo8p0u-OXzrBRLm2v92PrwWHDsdqRvw8U/w400-h130/Screenshot%202024-03-16%20at%203.23.57%E2%80%AFPM.png" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></li><li>They better get control over <a href="https://www.star-telegram.com/news/local/crime/article286791165.html">that area</a>.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglqeEjS2Beia5dGsFvTVIKa1FrTsYQKAvLDyEjwA5NvRZ5Ie30lnWLVmEg0rhhDWHLQnSMpmm2kzAsYTy5ZzEgTAtC-nvmE30wYP2B5ssnIhXHbVfta3UwItoTF9PUg3Ayaq4HvkMBuHXUCIe2wyxLG4rQGQ5cYmEXQRVDE6zvcLMOfagKQF9c/s888/Screenshot%202024-03-18%20062119.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="476" data-original-width="888" height="172" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglqeEjS2Beia5dGsFvTVIKa1FrTsYQKAvLDyEjwA5NvRZ5Ie30lnWLVmEg0rhhDWHLQnSMpmm2kzAsYTy5ZzEgTAtC-nvmE30wYP2B5ssnIhXHbVfta3UwItoTF9PUg3Ayaq4HvkMBuHXUCIe2wyxLG4rQGQ5cYmEXQRVDE6zvcLMOfagKQF9c/s320/Screenshot%202024-03-18%20062119.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /></li><li>The death of an Alvord man is getting coverage <a href="https://t.co/rTQJgeMqrf">on WFAA</a> and <a href="https://www.star-telegram.com/news/state/texas/article286759920.html#storylink=mainstage_card">in the <i>Star-Telegram</i></a>.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjI04FEbjvXs93syuOCgSnu8F-sJ6ncmWGUa40QCXRppE6eVh126gRHYesABh8FUCDfvXwp2AJab-eExp6FgMSQC1h2TRtORj07hagStphWSUGvY-pqpzMEcvXx39GhPsxLPz9gw7KVJNDR1v4hnmU42D9-HoZGj3G4iNHI3HB3DnogYpZ-hZ9j/s474/Screenshot%202024-03-18%20062957.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="474" data-original-width="422" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjI04FEbjvXs93syuOCgSnu8F-sJ6ncmWGUa40QCXRppE6eVh126gRHYesABh8FUCDfvXwp2AJab-eExp6FgMSQC1h2TRtORj07hagStphWSUGvY-pqpzMEcvXx39GhPsxLPz9gw7KVJNDR1v4hnmU42D9-HoZGj3G4iNHI3HB3DnogYpZ-hZ9j/s320/Screenshot%202024-03-18%20062957.jpg" width="285" /></a></div><br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0dEqAAUxc1oswmwAOnz-dbl-FdlkTBZkTClG_RJLbsStqzsx8w5wHUFMFPaoxXyNFLsy-k6K5A9ncAZVowhhbrDP4JKYuSPrGKkFD-S0mrtQuGeB-KO20JTA2fowkdbW50WfYzODHTHqvzW6S_uPf2mBRMyHfpNbFTnUQDWSzQBDL274lNoha/s2106/69335.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2106" data-original-width="1408" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0dEqAAUxc1oswmwAOnz-dbl-FdlkTBZkTClG_RJLbsStqzsx8w5wHUFMFPaoxXyNFLsy-k6K5A9ncAZVowhhbrDP4JKYuSPrGKkFD-S0mrtQuGeB-KO20JTA2fowkdbW50WfYzODHTHqvzW6S_uPf2mBRMyHfpNbFTnUQDWSzQBDL274lNoha/s320/69335.jpg" width="214" /></a></div><br /></li><li>Republicans are all free market capitalists and limited government <a href="https://www.texastribune.org/2024/03/15/texas-greg-abbott-institutional-homebuyers/">until the are not.</a> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPm1eBqBAwYO932lSiG0wJNj_hnJKELPs229pGn2vAKKRxihkbaJHO1N_WbaQwRNWKNW8fa1n7X0E58p6qNhUZdmIX-uwmtY6_6T6cgAypibEgvNPgxchg1G3c3-zGKItxrsmwLZ6YKCnM4UyAGXcnsWF0PhVM0qLT7d2K5WzhPIj2Dax9ev2q/s413/Screenshot%202024-03-18%20063910.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="288" data-original-width="413" height="223" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPm1eBqBAwYO932lSiG0wJNj_hnJKELPs229pGn2vAKKRxihkbaJHO1N_WbaQwRNWKNW8fa1n7X0E58p6qNhUZdmIX-uwmtY6_6T6cgAypibEgvNPgxchg1G3c3-zGKItxrsmwLZ6YKCnM4UyAGXcnsWF0PhVM0qLT7d2K5WzhPIj2Dax9ev2q/s320/Screenshot%202024-03-18%20063910.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /></li><li>Trump is going full Hitler and he's not even disguising it. I cannot believe what I am seeing. </li><ul><li>He ramped up his defense and support of those engaged in Insurrection on January 6th calling them hostages and saluting them as the Convict Choir sang in the background. The recorded voice going over the loudspeaker even boomed, "Ladies and Gentlemen, please rise for the horribly and unfairly treated January 6th hostages!" <a href="https://x.com/DrGJackBrown/status/1769185714032562681?s=20">Video</a>. This is full fledged insanity.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfd44sxKXxfR1CdLzDFBbTRBXDDU9RllwB4Dk2Apk-vAp_nMCv5wCmMMilELgr20MmV4HL1cQi1uXqWIQa7fo735Y29T_H7isoVmc_lilOb54E3UQGTFJdVdGE3lWKE-nsLovoDLXJuj4wMSoJJywQR2Jj1D6EWfTkmRiTkW06qmAJiQARubZh/s1920/1710690621931.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1920" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfd44sxKXxfR1CdLzDFBbTRBXDDU9RllwB4Dk2Apk-vAp_nMCv5wCmMMilELgr20MmV4HL1cQi1uXqWIQa7fo735Y29T_H7isoVmc_lilOb54E3UQGTFJdVdGE3lWKE-nsLovoDLXJuj4wMSoJJywQR2Jj1D6EWfTkmRiTkW06qmAJiQARubZh/s320/1710690621931.png" width="320" /></a></div><br /></li><li>He then delivered a doozy of speech in Ohio. A bloodbath if he's not elected*, and immigrants are "not people" but "animals." Yep, full Hitler. (*Yes, I know his campaign now claims he was just talking about the auto industry but this is coming from the same guy who told the Proud Boys to "stand back and stand by.")<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjasx8vDzEXHONFDvvZ92zfz6FkSfOS0hrIp01GLkxNP5Mjvf_YTALHVW_dN1KhSEanUyF6lGGlgivuBORKWzMPlm2jmuFozu74fkGGqfh2enUgUTP9R_UfmGUAAwOfL_k-T9hXoDto1i7uTVk8DHt4pPWhKtL7jzmo1o_G2DY9WhqYzEBfg0i9/s1162/Screenshot%202024-03-17%20at%2011.11.26%E2%80%AFAM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="1162" height="275" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjasx8vDzEXHONFDvvZ92zfz6FkSfOS0hrIp01GLkxNP5Mjvf_YTALHVW_dN1KhSEanUyF6lGGlgivuBORKWzMPlm2jmuFozu74fkGGqfh2enUgUTP9R_UfmGUAAwOfL_k-T9hXoDto1i7uTVk8DHt4pPWhKtL7jzmo1o_G2DY9WhqYzEBfg0i9/s320/Screenshot%202024-03-17%20at%2011.11.26%E2%80%AFAM.png" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></li><li>And this is not the first first time he used the animals comment. At least a few years ago he would try to walk in back by saying he was just referring to specific gang members. He's abandoned that. They are <i>all </i>animals now. And if all of this sounds very familiar. . .<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqn6YifrQjSz1sslihdmZW9z73B2oIzjLXLB5ExRzOCHjexSZ09iVbKp-CZobskGd0humo0B1zovFkAB08o3qbqbphhMro9wNjuM4QMt3DsHyHGYg9H6os86TmySZj24jeJZL1lrOWdV-BiIRCxlpCYU0EP36ei_2rXCzUsrSD3xsuHu3_RouP/s1230/Screenshot%202024-03-17%20at%208.00.56%E2%80%AFAM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1144" data-original-width="1230" height="298" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqn6YifrQjSz1sslihdmZW9z73B2oIzjLXLB5ExRzOCHjexSZ09iVbKp-CZobskGd0humo0B1zovFkAB08o3qbqbphhMro9wNjuM4QMt3DsHyHGYg9H6os86TmySZj24jeJZL1lrOWdV-BiIRCxlpCYU0EP36ei_2rXCzUsrSD3xsuHu3_RouP/s320/Screenshot%202024-03-17%20at%208.00.56%E2%80%AFAM.png" width="320" /></a></div><br /></li><ul><li>. . .it should. <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcXSJzVBOz5CbMQ0XRVHB0l_XhYOgI6a8gtZ-kckOdconjM4FJGIgmg1VI7Z4TQar4RQ-NqiZsOQguMvCir3W54AvI4O4RY7lKa4nKNKE7N0bVHegk58bvxsDIt92ZTC_GcxCwfEXy4zp5-GpRx3yEG9pzTlDt7YnQX5JFFKEWSLBkSciPqjH8/s1386/Screenshot%202024-03-17%20at%208.10.17%E2%80%AFAM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="652" data-original-width="1386" height="151" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcXSJzVBOz5CbMQ0XRVHB0l_XhYOgI6a8gtZ-kckOdconjM4FJGIgmg1VI7Z4TQar4RQ-NqiZsOQguMvCir3W54AvI4O4RY7lKa4nKNKE7N0bVHegk58bvxsDIt92ZTC_GcxCwfEXy4zp5-GpRx3yEG9pzTlDt7YnQX5JFFKEWSLBkSciPqjH8/s320/Screenshot%202024-03-17%20at%208.10.17%E2%80%AFAM.png" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheO1MVdx3tl4y1tlCkiQU3d4RaksGiB7pDqhOBRi8NIq2Qw5llFRtPQk6WK46ugvBy0_a1e8jHGXyEolUMmOX_FilpImWs-OJscAVRb6HVWxELJA8VrYxKkwDit1sHA4KKO6Lbe3qriwvEADnVN6AVXl9xqm0f0uspgxSQCj1p5uFDK42XI2xk/s1104/Screenshot%202024-03-17%20at%208.10.52%E2%80%AFAM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1104" data-original-width="700" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheO1MVdx3tl4y1tlCkiQU3d4RaksGiB7pDqhOBRi8NIq2Qw5llFRtPQk6WK46ugvBy0_a1e8jHGXyEolUMmOX_FilpImWs-OJscAVRb6HVWxELJA8VrYxKkwDit1sHA4KKO6Lbe3qriwvEADnVN6AVXl9xqm0f0uspgxSQCj1p5uFDK42XI2xk/s320/Screenshot%202024-03-17%20at%208.10.52%E2%80%AFAM.png" width="203" /></a></div></li></ul></ul><li>Mike Pence joined this list over the weekend of former Trump confidents who are not endorsing him. Those who knew him best and saw him behind the scenes in the Oval Office want nothing to do with him. <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9etx1VXE_T4b04YYZhBD7za8jJHyw9JH8uzkwZJfLg1TsBNXaSZGVYo6qyeNM90durlwGBraY-vuRy0g254Ek1lWRHeaZj3oSmsAlBhRdAcV__fhf1HOaFQrOqd5sTbiSMKWPR9zZqL_hXjtlCbH7aBO4mzEB7RAYAdvaWKeejwcxYUV7_WeC/s2782/IMG_3392.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1592" data-original-width="2782" height="229" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9etx1VXE_T4b04YYZhBD7za8jJHyw9JH8uzkwZJfLg1TsBNXaSZGVYo6qyeNM90durlwGBraY-vuRy0g254Ek1lWRHeaZj3oSmsAlBhRdAcV__fhf1HOaFQrOqd5sTbiSMKWPR9zZqL_hXjtlCbH7aBO4mzEB7RAYAdvaWKeejwcxYUV7_WeC/w400-h229/IMG_3392.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /></li><li>The Business Second™. I'm not sure I understand this after a big lawsuit settlement on Friday, <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2024/03/16/realestate/buy-sell-house.html?unlocked_article_code=1.dk0.fRXg.XQ-3SHeuo1C1&smid=url-share">but it sounds big</a>. <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGDOOMd33iHkaGcRbRGrOGk14PAsggv88GtOFtOpiVPQuzSjo55ElXK4ks6yd0u-0KuDH89NBvc3CV2KpT110X-Tagb95jtjY18ET5mQInMy9su1st_cbGKrLnlz18x8cupVgNMqmxFFI6E-Di_ejmMoyQqR6hzLNTxllt6zFocAVPDx1lSaY3/s932/Screenshot%202024-03-18%20072404.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="471" data-original-width="932" height="162" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGDOOMd33iHkaGcRbRGrOGk14PAsggv88GtOFtOpiVPQuzSjo55ElXK4ks6yd0u-0KuDH89NBvc3CV2KpT110X-Tagb95jtjY18ET5mQInMy9su1st_cbGKrLnlz18x8cupVgNMqmxFFI6E-Di_ejmMoyQqR6hzLNTxllt6zFocAVPDx1lSaY3/s320/Screenshot%202024-03-18%20072404.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /></li><li>NCAA Basketball notes from yesterday.</li><ul><li>Teams who didn't make the NCAA Tourney also declining an NIT invitation.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_FE_L8IL4otgquhcT3r8hyphenhyphen-GJxYhroFVaI3jNe8VoKsm7jyWm_prFU719pLvNr7jM8tZjI2lLrTmr5RDAz_SUP1WSHXtqJHI00wsv2x_fxy6OxfFBarJjEHvhqp-dwZ1gHSfT5PmR-5EpS9MAWLev8ihYXBmMxuv32R-FWKtEeX_0NuMpUWRG/s844/image.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="431" data-original-width="844" height="163" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_FE_L8IL4otgquhcT3r8hyphenhyphen-GJxYhroFVaI3jNe8VoKsm7jyWm_prFU719pLvNr7jM8tZjI2lLrTmr5RDAz_SUP1WSHXtqJHI00wsv2x_fxy6OxfFBarJjEHvhqp-dwZ1gHSfT5PmR-5EpS9MAWLev8ihYXBmMxuv32R-FWKtEeX_0NuMpUWRG/s320/image.png" width="320" /></a></div><br /></li><li>The confetti went off while a tournament championship game was still being played. <a href="https://x.com/awfulannouncing/status/1769433141348024780?s=20">Video</a>.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJKZ9hdE5tYxw2qzLARze3ECfwJwsLGjzLjyfNkY75Se7CYbcrBVkjV-TABIWJ6AhtrQa3CUoxxudYuaGbE6ls6maO_hEQDQ2svZPYg5cCJ-wfFud5pbde4PwYmRn0pmyxJ68zwtnj7knAhpmk1QP_jpAjdA_svMbLKwZT4QoKOV6AjPM5F02k/s680/image%20(1).png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="382" data-original-width="680" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJKZ9hdE5tYxw2qzLARze3ECfwJwsLGjzLjyfNkY75Se7CYbcrBVkjV-TABIWJ6AhtrQa3CUoxxudYuaGbE6ls6maO_hEQDQ2svZPYg5cCJ-wfFud5pbde4PwYmRn0pmyxJ68zwtnj7knAhpmk1QP_jpAjdA_svMbLKwZT4QoKOV6AjPM5F02k/s320/image%20(1).png" width="320" /></a></div><br /></li><li>Love this. <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2Ksqd27Mlc0KzRmURNej7qBD_q26S22WXtERTavf7hmz2dw-V9tMOz9s_YNuoRyhD3UJ3MiOSHH56Kl9HeN3QUZeg8qhkJ1L2IA2qdOvfr0ylxshIA-W20_5TCF_2ocBoGWAsuaU77HPvXXrGW5wQU4pkEnDJGHr8tECEdSaygxolL5tNBn_T/s415/Screenshot%202024-03-18%20063322.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="173" data-original-width="415" height="133" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2Ksqd27Mlc0KzRmURNej7qBD_q26S22WXtERTavf7hmz2dw-V9tMOz9s_YNuoRyhD3UJ3MiOSHH56Kl9HeN3QUZeg8qhkJ1L2IA2qdOvfr0ylxshIA-W20_5TCF_2ocBoGWAsuaU77HPvXXrGW5wQU4pkEnDJGHr8tECEdSaygxolL5tNBn_T/s320/Screenshot%202024-03-18%20063322.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /></li></ul><li>Once again, <a href="https://tournament.fantasysports.yahoo.com/mens-basketball-bracket/group/34579/invitation?key=c85ddf3fffdf1d49">sign up</a> for the Liberally Lean tourney or you will have a bad week.</li></ul><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4y2X5AD1dvIGPg4ABrp9vYDGJg1vydbN_pcCT0osC-700KFJqWeeEshaHtmPRohmB7zrnQySkfTejRrglSJqDoAPkQyv19kE4RjBuV4c9Ivobbgkgz6uGP4wAI_KucMzvDex6eRncDPRmxbWcCAMdntAfXck8R6Vvd64mv96V2fenXVltA_iJ/s1340/shareFile%20(1).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1340" data-original-width="778" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4y2X5AD1dvIGPg4ABrp9vYDGJg1vydbN_pcCT0osC-700KFJqWeeEshaHtmPRohmB7zrnQySkfTejRrglSJqDoAPkQyv19kE4RjBuV4c9Ivobbgkgz6uGP4wAI_KucMzvDex6eRncDPRmxbWcCAMdntAfXck8R6Vvd64mv96V2fenXVltA_iJ/w373-h640/shareFile%20(1).jpg" width="373" /></a></div><p><br /></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14419062.post-73558256608780877492024-03-15T14:30:00.001-05:002024-03-15T14:30:00.137-05:00It's Friday - Let's Get Out of Here
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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">This is crazy! After the Utah State women lost tonight, coach Kayla Ard was asked how they rebuild next season - and she says she just got fired. Never seen anything like this.<br><br>"I'm assuming that's going to be the last question?" <br><br>(Video courtesy of The Mountain West) <a href="https://t.co/j9yjcMAbjD">pic.twitter.com/j9yjcMAbjD</a></p>— B.J. Rains (@BJRains) <a href="https://twitter.com/BJRains/status/1767068506971914704?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 11, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Those ears look different than mine 🥹 <a href="https://t.co/Bk0iQOqLTA">pic.twitter.com/Bk0iQOqLTA</a></p>— سید عون عباس (@Notnusehri) <a href="https://twitter.com/Notnusehri/status/1764324405180510679?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 3, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Best present ever..🐶🐾🎁😍 <a href="https://t.co/Kfpn0nmMIR">pic.twitter.com/Kfpn0nmMIR</a></p>— 𝕐o̴g̴ (@Yoda4ever) <a href="https://twitter.com/Yoda4ever/status/1768332323626615062?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 14, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
<hr>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14419062.post-5439917712213320352024-03-15T08:30:00.006-05:002024-03-15T08:30:00.132-05:00Random Friday Morning Thoughts<section class="bsgclass"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-kRZh_4YolC4/YDUKIFzkKGI/AAAAAAABjNc/5zUqmtaIL2YwDqWreLA-L4-57L4F70EigCLcBGAsYHQ/s400/header.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="43" data-original-width="400" height="43" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-kRZh_4YolC4/YDUKIFzkKGI/AAAAAAABjNc/5zUqmtaIL2YwDqWreLA-L4-57L4F70EigCLcBGAsYHQ/w400-h43/header.png" width="400" /></a><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjE5GQi3JYkgYvGTOa_q5cESkQG3uL99JP0qb4XEJiz_bQuDy5_fGdsYf-IMd_wCnch5wcYjouZaRaA-RdKZR4YHYjbblcKHE8vlnbQcvUkIW4EKzRCHWDM9-BipIQ6iSBdejVN0vhS_PbBn-GCPh08hMMJrl0zvU5IU6eiWmI3qhlqpMsk8DGe/s875/pilot.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="875" data-original-width="700" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjE5GQi3JYkgYvGTOa_q5cESkQG3uL99JP0qb4XEJiz_bQuDy5_fGdsYf-IMd_wCnch5wcYjouZaRaA-RdKZR4YHYjbblcKHE8vlnbQcvUkIW4EKzRCHWDM9-BipIQ6iSBdejVN0vhS_PbBn-GCPh08hMMJrl0zvU5IU6eiWmI3qhlqpMsk8DGe/w320-h400/pilot.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i>The missing Malaysia Airlines flight 370 (which, I guess, is still missing) gave rise to wild speculation in the days after it happened. None quite as bold as the theory that the pilots were pirates who had been paid off and delivered the plane to third parties. </i></div></div></div></section><hr /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><ul style="text-align: left;"><li>Wise County avoid bad weather last night, but some places didn't. These photos are <a href="https://x.com/AlexBoyerFox4/status/1768433721265320364?s=20">from</a> Lantana which is just west of Argyle. Later in the night, massive storms moved through at 2:00 a.m. but developed just south of Wise County hitting Weatherford and then traveling through the metroplex. <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlMD76jfJOnxArgiXhCZcI7KY5R6ZzEoXX95No7kW6XaEmY67fMAldhW7qC8qE3n4akdVasFDnrH6VOdkS073ONI23N7j4eIvFRqfyt5UPqiPi2yY_qtYl9rhtNbeWnTt4bwMiRv69CHGG-ti22EG4bW4qvuBTVRJgjnk5lndGPA9bUsuzRtMW/s2048/image%20(54).png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlMD76jfJOnxArgiXhCZcI7KY5R6ZzEoXX95No7kW6XaEmY67fMAldhW7qC8qE3n4akdVasFDnrH6VOdkS073ONI23N7j4eIvFRqfyt5UPqiPi2yY_qtYl9rhtNbeWnTt4bwMiRv69CHGG-ti22EG4bW4qvuBTVRJgjnk5lndGPA9bUsuzRtMW/s320/image%20(54).png" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXgGnzqhJM7gCsb7rD1JbzRqrmzY0-rwAS5_3de2aY_7m9lDGA39mTf9xUoyBgupuxEqjmSr85rRkUUgLZTeQp8ka9Fkh-lo6wa65ZJDQnSCatWLK2kSzbstgSXS0z49RdgYo2JU4NAyKC1-F4IGjV1SRTx3vKJxlJtX2KV2wthEcXsHP-YEEW/s2048/GIq9F3wXEAArY-n.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXgGnzqhJM7gCsb7rD1JbzRqrmzY0-rwAS5_3de2aY_7m9lDGA39mTf9xUoyBgupuxEqjmSr85rRkUUgLZTeQp8ka9Fkh-lo6wa65ZJDQnSCatWLK2kSzbstgSXS0z49RdgYo2JU4NAyKC1-F4IGjV1SRTx3vKJxlJtX2KV2wthEcXsHP-YEEW/s320/GIq9F3wXEAArY-n.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><br /></li><li>Ken Paxton has killed Pornhub in Texas. I've said it before, for a man who has a lot of vices, he sure sues to eliminate a lot of vices.</li><ul><li><a href="https://www.texastribune.org/2024/03/14/texas-pornhub-5th-circuit-age-verification-paxton/">Details</a>: "Pornhub, one of the most visited websites in the world, sued Attorney General Ken Paxton last year to block enforcement of a 2023 state law that requires websites that host pornography to institute age-verification measures and display health warnings on its pages.Pornhub disabled its website in Texas after the 5th Circuit Court of Appeals upheld the age-verification requirement in a ruling last week . . . ."</li></ul></ul></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYjGLX_spzXTSEWEGM6hmc2kYeDejWIcqh-zsl7si8q5_Heg_NDWzEH0IXgo7XWfJcLnbRp9RXdjAnwExCsuEFhZzskKykD4JoItQecYpZixFf3FIyjcNbXQ7bMX6w0W2PSXTDCxVWJ43qQ0qYy3vIzzngPb-ma9H0_K2am-ZnKNdgMtzXuvut/s1960/Screenshot%202024-03-15%20at%205.42.19%E2%80%AFAM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1030" data-original-width="1960" height="168" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYjGLX_spzXTSEWEGM6hmc2kYeDejWIcqh-zsl7si8q5_Heg_NDWzEH0IXgo7XWfJcLnbRp9RXdjAnwExCsuEFhZzskKykD4JoItQecYpZixFf3FIyjcNbXQ7bMX6w0W2PSXTDCxVWJ43qQ0qYy3vIzzngPb-ma9H0_K2am-ZnKNdgMtzXuvut/s320/Screenshot%202024-03-15%20at%205.42.19%E2%80%AFAM.png" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><p></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><ul><li>When they tell you it's about the children, it's never about the children. None of them cared to do anything after Uvalde. <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifQforHg-6zHC3SaE75HOlYT6subE0tMDH82oyKRlQ1pW_vBEfC__zy4JX_MqzVGZXcs_71NiSKfEu14VkJrgzstFncUB8fP17wZzUb5Ew-89Q7zpHyW6Ia-8LvSZzf41bZdM8BBWvjWpEfScXX8fSL7sw7Z2qWlUQc7lRoIl5tApWZp7tt4ua/s850/Screenshot%202024-03-15%20at%205.52.05%E2%80%AFAM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="680" data-original-width="850" height="256" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifQforHg-6zHC3SaE75HOlYT6subE0tMDH82oyKRlQ1pW_vBEfC__zy4JX_MqzVGZXcs_71NiSKfEu14VkJrgzstFncUB8fP17wZzUb5Ew-89Q7zpHyW6Ia-8LvSZzf41bZdM8BBWvjWpEfScXX8fSL7sw7Z2qWlUQc7lRoIl5tApWZp7tt4ua/s320/Screenshot%202024-03-15%20at%205.52.05%E2%80%AFAM.png" width="320" /></a><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHLcb5RTZaXiOKqn-iIgyb8A6c8k9TipZ_PzkUhr-m0YsZ1PjdHu4OZCpI5SOjquiyuM7HVxRiDiVP8A4m26uJzUPX6JDC_c7QsTDSaShJWoK5H6G5Dg_hHOEj_oVl04V9PZgctfjA_a0qmjC0b-wyA3P0C7G1goUAKeMrR7fXKhOqcaT-c7qT/s854/Screenshot%202024-03-15%20at%206.01.49%E2%80%AFAM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="658" data-original-width="854" height="247" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHLcb5RTZaXiOKqn-iIgyb8A6c8k9TipZ_PzkUhr-m0YsZ1PjdHu4OZCpI5SOjquiyuM7HVxRiDiVP8A4m26uJzUPX6JDC_c7QsTDSaShJWoK5H6G5Dg_hHOEj_oVl04V9PZgctfjA_a0qmjC0b-wyA3P0C7G1goUAKeMrR7fXKhOqcaT-c7qT/s320/Screenshot%202024-03-15%20at%206.01.49%E2%80%AFAM.png" width="320" /></a></div><br /></div><br /></li></ul><li>Whether you testify in your own defense or not (he didn't but his wife dead), you're probably going to be convicted when the State goes after you. </li></ul><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEZpEe3292q45toZsvAwPJJuYP90w1csMCxZHkDv6DVXza5ovOTl_uAD9NwgVrRHA6algmuskUCADSBbO1ztu0xVFvLMXsMDwheH6Zm-jZ01uDUHQ4xhcLFXc0mref572ONd-1Q89tkqhCXrW8do3x4sByqfEYLSIUBEmaQdCK2DjS684aMd6q/s1258/Screenshot%202024-03-15%20at%205.39.27%E2%80%AFAM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="528" data-original-width="1258" height="134" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEZpEe3292q45toZsvAwPJJuYP90w1csMCxZHkDv6DVXza5ovOTl_uAD9NwgVrRHA6algmuskUCADSBbO1ztu0xVFvLMXsMDwheH6Zm-jZ01uDUHQ4xhcLFXc0mref572ONd-1Q89tkqhCXrW8do3x4sByqfEYLSIUBEmaQdCK2DjS684aMd6q/s320/Screenshot%202024-03-15%20at%205.39.27%E2%80%AFAM.png" width="320" /></a></div><ul style="text-align: left;"><li>Lo and behold, after years of complaining by me, the Tarrant County Medical Examiner <a href="https://hp.taboola.com/mcclatchyinteractive-startelegram/log/3/click?pi=%2F&ri=104e22f667b345eea2e9aa97fb92bdda&sd=v2_2b704c39b0dd31a641a54dd36e0966a1_18722724-6fe8-4181-9f32-8e26c9537e81-tuct9f44a42_1710503237_1710503373_CIi3jgYQrNlWGLXQyI_kMSADKAMw4QE4kaQOQPzYD0jD2NkDUO8EWABgoB9oluXtkM7y0LMjcAE&ui=18722724-6fe8-4181-9f32-8e26c9537e81-tuct9f44a42&it=text&ii=~~V1~~7285030475950168152~~BsNMs7FBP48qDPb-p7FAOQ&pt=home&li=rbox-h2m&sig=7b0e07d798fb7a019057c3369700cd0c622b9b4e5e25&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.star-telegram.com%2Fnews%2Flocal%2Fcrime%2Farticle286652455.html%3Ftbref%3Dhp&vi=1710503372853&r=71&tvi48=10638&tvi50=15630&lti=EM_gesture_newtest_ctrl">finally</a> issues a finding that makes sense to me. They are doctors. The only thing they can tell you is why a body stopped functioning from a physiological standpoint (a bullet hit the heart). They have no business of giving an opinion as to what happened before that (how the bullet came to be fired from a gun.)<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEie_4v_b4LRPRVePNBH6aEQflCiLoOQcgwWCgHMofENllcmBK2U2Ol6dnz30X5AR24qjv-G-wqmQVi4HTA3vXUOobz-TYSgYVGqHh_jo4fEULl8Xao-4ivz3QOruLIms6TccOUgUOHEn9LxzyzS3hrxP7ZUdNFxe7kLcubxam4h0z96vB0FJj0s/s1286/Screenshot%202024-03-15%20at%206.49.58%E2%80%AFAM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1164" data-original-width="1286" height="290" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEie_4v_b4LRPRVePNBH6aEQflCiLoOQcgwWCgHMofENllcmBK2U2Ol6dnz30X5AR24qjv-G-wqmQVi4HTA3vXUOobz-TYSgYVGqHh_jo4fEULl8Xao-4ivz3QOruLIms6TccOUgUOHEn9LxzyzS3hrxP7ZUdNFxe7kLcubxam4h0z96vB0FJj0s/s320/Screenshot%202024-03-15%20at%206.49.58%E2%80%AFAM.png" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHasaDdgePz_U0QIUuyPGABjQw-EjWid_0GLMZ4rWKomJ_WA-KGSm6QVsFR5WVscFIRaU6KenOmz1ZaGIVqefjBY6f9LWrDioqjXYsn-Ucvpp7_kDox7Pv0letzJ8IXCnbNEHkKGbKV1l2gxnLniXsXhM99E-PJBtLxYe5p1nZkcK9EsR3EdtM/s2276/Screenshot%202024-03-15%20at%206.49.25%E2%80%AFAM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="642" data-original-width="2276" height="113" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHasaDdgePz_U0QIUuyPGABjQw-EjWid_0GLMZ4rWKomJ_WA-KGSm6QVsFR5WVscFIRaU6KenOmz1ZaGIVqefjBY6f9LWrDioqjXYsn-Ucvpp7_kDox7Pv0letzJ8IXCnbNEHkKGbKV1l2gxnLniXsXhM99E-PJBtLxYe5p1nZkcK9EsR3EdtM/w400-h113/Screenshot%202024-03-15%20at%206.49.25%E2%80%AFAM.png" width="400" /></a></div><br /></li><li>Trump trial news:</li><ul><li>I don't think the judge will force her off the case, but the damage is done. She should get out and save face after one of the greatest unforced errors of all time. </li></ul></ul><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeAZWoXtR5edqteycMoaxOJJy8Ngt5CCOn8otuwddl0F2MnED91y2et1jdqA-R_hABclwaI7m9Ym82J13ukHba8818rVTFrAm41I0YlYDW8LYajzYVaehJthqzkjl8bi9tNHrFOuTavjjUtFQjPZ_Gewa1emLkkRocYGw4Bo7Dyoj8Mj1vsdRU/s928/Screenshot%202024-03-15%20at%205.36.02%E2%80%AFAM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="928" data-original-width="922" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeAZWoXtR5edqteycMoaxOJJy8Ngt5CCOn8otuwddl0F2MnED91y2et1jdqA-R_hABclwaI7m9Ym82J13ukHba8818rVTFrAm41I0YlYDW8LYajzYVaehJthqzkjl8bi9tNHrFOuTavjjUtFQjPZ_Gewa1emLkkRocYGw4Bo7Dyoj8Mj1vsdRU/s320/Screenshot%202024-03-15%20at%205.36.02%E2%80%AFAM.png" width="318" /></a></div><ul style="text-align: left;"><ul><li>And other prosecutors are having to pay for screw-ups as well. Yesterday the DA in New York <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2024/03/14/nyregion/alvin-bragg-trump-trial-delay.html?unlocked_article_code=1.c00.d4El.EEJCyjn23vWI&smid=url-share">agreed to Trump's continuance</a> request in the Stormy Daniels "business records" case because the federal prosecutors, who had previously investigated the case, finally dumped "tens of thousands of pages" of documents on both the D.A. and Trump after Trump's lawyers requested them. <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1o5-ghH-FHpykZxLVd13s6Fxgs4hzRomm5d5n9EmaaVwLBrvcTbvJiM_jbbmtYtI_9NaB5njE5Ul1LNmjvGhYwhnZaXVXS6vPbM66TKqiEHiFQWr7vcWd8FAzBSBm0HX3m9ZtFfNbVD6j9K_uJPzC1JsGhoWICtYw_2dEFaI2c3_fzI4s1TAV/s492/Screenshot%202024-03-15%20at%206.27.16%E2%80%AFAM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="90" data-original-width="492" height="37" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1o5-ghH-FHpykZxLVd13s6Fxgs4hzRomm5d5n9EmaaVwLBrvcTbvJiM_jbbmtYtI_9NaB5njE5Ul1LNmjvGhYwhnZaXVXS6vPbM66TKqiEHiFQWr7vcWd8FAzBSBm0HX3m9ZtFfNbVD6j9K_uJPzC1JsGhoWICtYw_2dEFaI2c3_fzI4s1TAV/w200-h37/Screenshot%202024-03-15%20at%206.27.16%E2%80%AFAM.png" width="200" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgf44SC8jyqzebVVut-EzdPZogsMBykbOkCM-U5onuuesNc2bIVaHQ90uXzlC-hpDmxb7yMenxvX7Q-iY558Q-HrOA49Dmeyr4KYrMbw1vAvhf1ZcnqXJgP-DEW4tLoxbTyIffLBQDpkLJothrHmbJ_z5NnVcylZ_hK-97O2WtN6or_ZedIlDN5/s1282/Screenshot%202024-03-15%20at%206.25.50%E2%80%AFAM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="568" data-original-width="1282" height="142" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgf44SC8jyqzebVVut-EzdPZogsMBykbOkCM-U5onuuesNc2bIVaHQ90uXzlC-hpDmxb7yMenxvX7Q-iY558Q-HrOA49Dmeyr4KYrMbw1vAvhf1ZcnqXJgP-DEW4tLoxbTyIffLBQDpkLJothrHmbJ_z5NnVcylZ_hK-97O2WtN6or_ZedIlDN5/s320/Screenshot%202024-03-15%20at%206.25.50%E2%80%AFAM.png" width="320" /></a></div><br /></li></ul><li>Yesterday, Aaron Rodgers denied he ever said that Sandy Hook did not happen. But <a href="https://nymag.com/intelligencer/article/aaron-rogers-rfk-jr-s-rumored-vp-is-a-sandy-hook-truther.html">noticeably absent</a> is him denying that he said Sandy Hook was an "inside job." He did not refute <a href="https://www.cnn.com/2024/03/13/politics/aaron-rodgers-sandy-hook-conspiracy-theories/index.html">the part of the report</a> which said he "thought it was off that there were men in black in the woods by the school, falsely claiming those men were actually government operatives."<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVf2BJX6DIYKUYa5YRrscaWeThawohzHo7odtFOK87Ic8SMBOY8UmESL3VbjD9ce2cpotvftwNXAek-AX1OiHP4dzPk1VHjsiP_stvIF3H_wKxq2dv7SY2UpMFnEGn51u2YiBc7v73Yqx2j52plWpSFKkGE5MGiC9plg_xRQOS_br5E4iBd2n1/s1690/Screenshot%202024-03-15%20at%206.13.47%E2%80%AFAM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="288" data-original-width="1690" height="55" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVf2BJX6DIYKUYa5YRrscaWeThawohzHo7odtFOK87Ic8SMBOY8UmESL3VbjD9ce2cpotvftwNXAek-AX1OiHP4dzPk1VHjsiP_stvIF3H_wKxq2dv7SY2UpMFnEGn51u2YiBc7v73Yqx2j52plWpSFKkGE5MGiC9plg_xRQOS_br5E4iBd2n1/s320/Screenshot%202024-03-15%20at%206.13.47%E2%80%AFAM.png" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmqgowAsdex8zK5aMwOkwi2b_BQq3G4_9nHQhCXiHWd5hXkDTTizXSQt7kRuO-kB09ZiEetxcvV7rfXvr4tBCVK_kXveSltE_X5URq10McI8m5bGEzFvXE5s4HdYSZKKrOi8CUXggzC_xVROatoGPW9kNJ_Q-5RZX1owMRR2ufLxCPqCBEizLG/s854/Screenshot%202024-03-15%20at%206.02.45%E2%80%AFAM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="658" data-original-width="854" height="247" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmqgowAsdex8zK5aMwOkwi2b_BQq3G4_9nHQhCXiHWd5hXkDTTizXSQt7kRuO-kB09ZiEetxcvV7rfXvr4tBCVK_kXveSltE_X5URq10McI8m5bGEzFvXE5s4HdYSZKKrOi8CUXggzC_xVROatoGPW9kNJ_Q-5RZX1owMRR2ufLxCPqCBEizLG/s320/Screenshot%202024-03-15%20at%206.02.45%E2%80%AFAM.png" width="320" /></a></div><br /></li><li>Eight million people <a href="https://www.dallasnews.com/news/courts/2024/03/14/tarrant-county-grand-jury-declines-to-indict-fort-worth-man-in-wifes-slaying/?utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter_dallasnews">now live</a> in the metroplex. That's the equivalent of the population of New York City (not just Manhattan, but all five burroughs.)<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAFvmBGG_zKwfuElqGCpDvLf5c4NtbPuJPGCVm_GEz_wjP1hK9BiVQDoozaTsc9g1Z1ehaCeIOzRKXBnWCO5j4FhC85crYbBf8KVYuB5jztkeJbkt-8BFYzILZfM4jl3WQl16heM-RUjbN2Ev_nOhyr1_QRLKraHdPzNJJZvBdr0B9cSPBzVeY/s2112/Screenshot%202024-03-15%20at%206.42.57%E2%80%AFAM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="408" data-original-width="2112" height="78" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAFvmBGG_zKwfuElqGCpDvLf5c4NtbPuJPGCVm_GEz_wjP1hK9BiVQDoozaTsc9g1Z1ehaCeIOzRKXBnWCO5j4FhC85crYbBf8KVYuB5jztkeJbkt-8BFYzILZfM4jl3WQl16heM-RUjbN2Ev_nOhyr1_QRLKraHdPzNJJZvBdr0B9cSPBzVeY/w400-h78/Screenshot%202024-03-15%20at%206.42.57%E2%80%AFAM.png" width="400" /></a></div><br /></li><li>Flashback. <a href="https://www.politico.com/news/2020/03/30/my-pillow-lindell-trump-coronavirus-156335">This really did happen</a>. (Also, the MyPillow guy has been<a href="https://www.newsweek.com/mike-lindell-steve-bannon-supreme-court-1877833"> in the news</a> this week by saying that he had explosive new evidence that the election was stolen and he would hand deliver it on "Friday on the steps of the Supreme Court, 3 p.m." He such a nutcase.)<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUFlJ183flN22bhOB9TaaY6lXJhEtugPFEsIo7gUChOrULVW0_3Z5TRJ43LEGaN9hdQFmEbzyIQ8eaC1f6GCu-wA6pSNzABY-VCLuFPbu8lGnBrCyg07FOHPFIpw1OPMvX3Sa3s2S7rhoxxHdMWINqGWTxl5Ua0or394sZgat68H2aRSuxj5qw/s1188/Screenshot%202024-03-15%20at%207.12.44%E2%80%AFAM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1040" data-original-width="1188" height="350" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUFlJ183flN22bhOB9TaaY6lXJhEtugPFEsIo7gUChOrULVW0_3Z5TRJ43LEGaN9hdQFmEbzyIQ8eaC1f6GCu-wA6pSNzABY-VCLuFPbu8lGnBrCyg07FOHPFIpw1OPMvX3Sa3s2S7rhoxxHdMWINqGWTxl5Ua0or394sZgat68H2aRSuxj5qw/w400-h350/Screenshot%202024-03-15%20at%207.12.44%E2%80%AFAM.png" width="400" /></a></div><br /></li><li>Time which has passed since the Wise County Sheriff's Office, despite having a full male DNA profile, has failed to solve the murder of Lauren Whitener in her home at Lake Bridgeport: <a href="http://www.liberallylean.com/2024/02/random-friday-morning-thoughts_0874019324.html#:~:text=Time%20which%20has%20passed%20since%20the%20Wise%20County%20Sheriff%27s%20Office%2C%20despite%20having%20a%20full%20male%20DNA%20profile%2C%20has%20failed%20to%20solve%20the%20murder%20of%20Lauren%20Whitener%20in%20her%20home%20at%20Lake%20Bridgeport%3A%204%20years%20and%20242%20days.">4 years and 263 days</a>.</li></ul><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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The driver would eventually get life in prison.</i></div></div></div></section><hr /><ul style="text-align: left;"><li>Although I still think this bill dies in the Senate, it passed with surprisingly high numbers yesterday in the House.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgk_C9MTG5_kt4Ps29QngUKSQ1DNbvh-w-nUoxeBD8WVDoNcM62SrlqGjq-V8lOeFpRe6NRpQuc-LhCISoLxPsMlVpkY2r9e19G6qk0eFVJ2-zgZtp5JP6GCBi62Tc9vlbR2xuq6ds2UXkotR4on9cEfWP6H6GiYcd6SpXyH3Ci_8WbIyYF29F0/s767/Screenshot%202024-03-14%20062718.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="251" data-original-width="767" height="105" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgk_C9MTG5_kt4Ps29QngUKSQ1DNbvh-w-nUoxeBD8WVDoNcM62SrlqGjq-V8lOeFpRe6NRpQuc-LhCISoLxPsMlVpkY2r9e19G6qk0eFVJ2-zgZtp5JP6GCBi62Tc9vlbR2xuq6ds2UXkotR4on9cEfWP6H6GiYcd6SpXyH3Ci_8WbIyYF29F0/s320/Screenshot%202024-03-14%20062718.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkWmFQLrtQx1G3em1I5jVkuvRMBIePPh1YoRuXcPitiMQXMY9v5TxJTiExbKzGdzxszLwybEFPtNPCIZ6H00fWdEkHKc0wEoJIxD7tz2AWw-qJYOrhTatGopXionmDwzYD77c4U7wy5TTz9Kiq4CgWALPmmigGDYjP8tGirZ6eS2XH0xeiOgSA/s680/image%20(53).png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="388" data-original-width="680" height="183" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkWmFQLrtQx1G3em1I5jVkuvRMBIePPh1YoRuXcPitiMQXMY9v5TxJTiExbKzGdzxszLwybEFPtNPCIZ6H00fWdEkHKc0wEoJIxD7tz2AWw-qJYOrhTatGopXionmDwzYD77c4U7wy5TTz9Kiq4CgWALPmmigGDYjP8tGirZ6eS2XH0xeiOgSA/s320/image%20(53).png" width="320" /></a></div><br /></li><ul><li>Trump's former Treasury Secretary told CNBC this morning he'll buy it. I think I'd rather have China. <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxqRNMMpRpatrEWn4jnAQELbGqCNIPkKhiUzie5Im8V42n9UHK88J-5B2NbA30ml-D-s22Cby9pDRSxPo3nkb_JV-lp14OjrjeH7ppVMCbdJSkewhrtzUFUH0vc76-NZMVia-mxePeaU0qFPvLX6dRawWufHjNtVw5XMIcWV3lxjSf-VdKc8n2/s1216/Screenshot%202024-03-14%20074413.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="326" data-original-width="1216" height="86" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxqRNMMpRpatrEWn4jnAQELbGqCNIPkKhiUzie5Im8V42n9UHK88J-5B2NbA30ml-D-s22Cby9pDRSxPo3nkb_JV-lp14OjrjeH7ppVMCbdJSkewhrtzUFUH0vc76-NZMVia-mxePeaU0qFPvLX6dRawWufHjNtVw5XMIcWV3lxjSf-VdKc8n2/s320/Screenshot%202024-03-14%20074413.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuSKW3fAEahU1sGEl_sJDnnwV7t5YGYARNcta1Yinj1i4bKxns2wKRHxHBT78ZemkNwFD-AbGTZ2_ANKAynVMbP6KjmxS4zQTshZrCf8HmpteJF0oi4Nhny7chkk3FwJ__AI_G6G2sII2gtQeyeJmuYpHjoQ2tIvxplX6gAPNqGPsy-NZ5neqr/s536/Screenshot%202024-03-14%20074540.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="304" data-original-width="536" height="181" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuSKW3fAEahU1sGEl_sJDnnwV7t5YGYARNcta1Yinj1i4bKxns2wKRHxHBT78ZemkNwFD-AbGTZ2_ANKAynVMbP6KjmxS4zQTshZrCf8HmpteJF0oi4Nhny7chkk3FwJ__AI_G6G2sII2gtQeyeJmuYpHjoQ2tIvxplX6gAPNqGPsy-NZ5neqr/s320/Screenshot%202024-03-14%20074540.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /></li></ul><li>There is an editorial in the <i>Messenger </i>this week where the reporter defends the publishing of this photo after, I think, social media tried to shame him. He didn't need justify it. It's clear journalism. <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0T9Oz5PBngng9rduvjbdKH3VztKgnviqyk-7iUYaZ6C_Byns4gn_0qcx_J8vRtgfevnEQZ0AE-UCLKgGrl1nlq_GVWnX7RTwRA_kyeok9fhA9UTKUnqMqgFIfgHyR2L51UVRXvChf76vzcJV-p_B3feVJbAdUm0X4wgVBb6awcVlvBhQG8BAG/s941/Screenshot%202024-03-14%20060502.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="691" data-original-width="941" height="235" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0T9Oz5PBngng9rduvjbdKH3VztKgnviqyk-7iUYaZ6C_Byns4gn_0qcx_J8vRtgfevnEQZ0AE-UCLKgGrl1nlq_GVWnX7RTwRA_kyeok9fhA9UTKUnqMqgFIfgHyR2L51UVRXvChf76vzcJV-p_B3feVJbAdUm0X4wgVBb6awcVlvBhQG8BAG/s320/Screenshot%202024-03-14%20060502.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /></li><li>I asked my Liberally Lean Weather Team about the chance of potential bad weather and they, sadly, just threw up their hands. It's just too sporadic to predict although they say the best chance seems to be around 11:00 p.m. tonight. <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvuvxKGhtA7MdjOrpsVK-myL9Ug47HhS4guDxvSqmox1xnHBvc_g8COlIGGDt3XYE2Clmu6rXmzt-8cA_D3OIknKktlZkdTwU43_Bq3gvZlNNTbzUO1qFVl5QCq99A0T9dwrT0LzjASH1DlNC-lmp-zRq9jD0KxwoBHpSjYu7KTl0gkS2zO4fk/s1280/image%20(54).png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="1280" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvuvxKGhtA7MdjOrpsVK-myL9Ug47HhS4guDxvSqmox1xnHBvc_g8COlIGGDt3XYE2Clmu6rXmzt-8cA_D3OIknKktlZkdTwU43_Bq3gvZlNNTbzUO1qFVl5QCq99A0T9dwrT0LzjASH1DlNC-lmp-zRq9jD0KxwoBHpSjYu7KTl0gkS2zO4fk/s320/image%20(54).png" width="320" /></a></div><br /></li><li>Jerry Jones' alleged love child, Alexandra Davis, suffers a loss. (I don't even remember this lawsuit even being filed.) She sued him because he said he wasn't the father and was being extorted.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgu3APqykNMGMS4Zx7fvMN32MSJAybWzbgAXYAedOGZFm2aHDaUBxTVlR22HyiLatrV0o-qxJi94Uc0kBs-5LkgzPawAiEgBD-YFxLjw6FWUqDkO28N3NyL5WD1jJOLVCEkWeRMtyeh_RBq3EW-LPx29MD58Q1Or4ONcQTBHGG1ZQdzJ_5h1YmF/s1139/Screenshot%202024-03-14%20063809.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="483" data-original-width="1139" height="136" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgu3APqykNMGMS4Zx7fvMN32MSJAybWzbgAXYAedOGZFm2aHDaUBxTVlR22HyiLatrV0o-qxJi94Uc0kBs-5LkgzPawAiEgBD-YFxLjw6FWUqDkO28N3NyL5WD1jJOLVCEkWeRMtyeh_RBq3EW-LPx29MD58Q1Or4ONcQTBHGG1ZQdzJ_5h1YmF/s320/Screenshot%202024-03-14%20063809.jpg" width="320" /></a><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOTdCulvJyO2zxQ6Es0Ap65zyOjGo8jtTFsDngDtlmH8sZD9e8VfLQyIewXuinNbJKG008OclRpHjXz7qk3rYYw3PQ2YSVeyKLE1okp_YoCHK7OFGm7dZz0QJTxOvVYa8Rap2YbDGp_n19BulwKNLCPXL0pynfPZgFV4_ZyI0qtOGGIOYPFxne/s1200/jerry-jones-alexandra-davis-paternity-comp.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="799" data-original-width="1200" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOTdCulvJyO2zxQ6Es0Ap65zyOjGo8jtTFsDngDtlmH8sZD9e8VfLQyIewXuinNbJKG008OclRpHjXz7qk3rYYw3PQ2YSVeyKLE1okp_YoCHK7OFGm7dZz0QJTxOvVYa8Rap2YbDGp_n19BulwKNLCPXL0pynfPZgFV4_ZyI0qtOGGIOYPFxne/s320/jerry-jones-alexandra-davis-paternity-comp.png" width="320" /></a></div><br /></div><br /></li><li>"<a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/16-swat-officers-hospitalized-blast-training-facility-southern-califor-rcna143338?cid=sm_npd_nn_tw_ma&taid=65f2e33c8885980001c3995d&utm_campaign=trueanthem&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter">IRVINE, Calif.</a> — An explosion during an indoor training exercise Wednesday sent 16 members of Southern California’s Orange County Sheriff’s Department SWAT team to the hospital . . . . It was not immediately clear what caused the explosion, <i>but it happened during a training with the sheriff’s bomb squad</i>" (Insert forehead slap emoji.)<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7WtKX7y-C94URqMdKoolcFjTRT2QSH-NX9_Ftp6ziJ3ye8f_ogjEJqPH-3cSUe9v8LuaGMU6JJ5HFlFEHJFBaLnoM7RNeUfWAHAnYi2tqfGXuNKRlIVMnrvSFExeysA4uxZoSmq9vP6XWt2oGWu8GOUwjbk1opGI8HWbbrcYYqtOQDv8kX2vS/s913/Screenshot%202024-03-14%20064818.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="325" data-original-width="913" height="114" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7WtKX7y-C94URqMdKoolcFjTRT2QSH-NX9_Ftp6ziJ3ye8f_ogjEJqPH-3cSUe9v8LuaGMU6JJ5HFlFEHJFBaLnoM7RNeUfWAHAnYi2tqfGXuNKRlIVMnrvSFExeysA4uxZoSmq9vP6XWt2oGWu8GOUwjbk1opGI8HWbbrcYYqtOQDv8kX2vS/s320/Screenshot%202024-03-14%20064818.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /></li><li>His wife's trial was quite the media sensation just a few weeks ago, but his was very much under the radar. She testified in her own defense and was convicted. He did not and we'll probably learn the result today.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzg4H5Q0YHOJvtoee_XUjIjlGnPwKmf-OkgODAE2HoMBJb_X_IlyGR77iaE18TkIIRsFputyBwfVe9o9g9A016uBEFOHBgNbN-AbWk_bT9mM_c8ResBQAMZz3VdeuKvFlEunbXjdl_fZPGcAyg5QTzUIjwBMGDgxEz-48yxsOJofEtMaCvCWSI/s789/Screenshot%202024-03-14%20062847.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="320" data-original-width="789" height="130" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzg4H5Q0YHOJvtoee_XUjIjlGnPwKmf-OkgODAE2HoMBJb_X_IlyGR77iaE18TkIIRsFputyBwfVe9o9g9A016uBEFOHBgNbN-AbWk_bT9mM_c8ResBQAMZz3VdeuKvFlEunbXjdl_fZPGcAyg5QTzUIjwBMGDgxEz-48yxsOJofEtMaCvCWSI/s320/Screenshot%202024-03-14%20062847.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTy3C66Uo0g1EjyKjIsvNQA7xUZSmgv2Iu1dEUh9AkKrd55iOJZcBAhwxocIJWl5wp21JoIxm4mx-dnQuEmjrrJHnUuexaIw656hSRWU8GqLPDhAX5CYi576OicWZNifKy6FLDEIFRIrxQU9GJErO3vOtQrQyzBnhkxS1_Ekxys2uZSLOvLslo/s2048/13nat-michigan-shooting-02-mwjf-superJumbo.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1365" data-original-width="2048" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTy3C66Uo0g1EjyKjIsvNQA7xUZSmgv2Iu1dEUh9AkKrd55iOJZcBAhwxocIJWl5wp21JoIxm4mx-dnQuEmjrrJHnUuexaIw656hSRWU8GqLPDhAX5CYi576OicWZNifKy6FLDEIFRIrxQU9GJErO3vOtQrQyzBnhkxS1_Ekxys2uZSLOvLslo/s320/13nat-michigan-shooting-02-mwjf-superJumbo.png" width="320" /></a></div><br /></li><li>Elon Musk might be the biggest baby ever. He brings Don Lemon over from CNN for his own show on X, <a href="https://apnews.com/article/elon-musk-don-lemon-cancellation-bdbed1da86c3640daa63e384c734f5db">and then cancels him</a> after his first interview because he pressed Musk on his widely known drug use. <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpK_FqCuGPxUNhgzXKHre3mFO-hnUxLz4Eq2ydlYXWkFe2gZNq39TZa-oMHwrcuec2UQLUkqVWy5CLp79UsU4-tLxiJAiLaaSDWEhY_I5ygLRzClLzLcQDVfhqkaf1zWTdHd7Mx_95pyVVQdQXYHXrbzH8fufTAWeyZ8W_p0s3qVedoKI5uV8F/s862/Screenshot%202024-03-14%20070350.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="195" data-original-width="862" height="72" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpK_FqCuGPxUNhgzXKHre3mFO-hnUxLz4Eq2ydlYXWkFe2gZNq39TZa-oMHwrcuec2UQLUkqVWy5CLp79UsU4-tLxiJAiLaaSDWEhY_I5ygLRzClLzLcQDVfhqkaf1zWTdHd7Mx_95pyVVQdQXYHXrbzH8fufTAWeyZ8W_p0s3qVedoKI5uV8F/s320/Screenshot%202024-03-14%20070350.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqUh91jRyVjpnyTzN2kyzLFcbTGK4mts40hjFwCNXuYeu5D2lEYGUkmsB-tn4m46GdCsAONnaXhchbUZ8nPWq4YRMjqQ2NP1HxaiqfQJHKgUSeTZn4umogW3fYXpqz3yqIJNrTzdH4cLJV_dCfy_C9VJ14rUFzezUt4aBLN3krXZAPisuDSEka/s681/Don-Lemon.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="383" data-original-width="681" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqUh91jRyVjpnyTzN2kyzLFcbTGK4mts40hjFwCNXuYeu5D2lEYGUkmsB-tn4m46GdCsAONnaXhchbUZ8nPWq4YRMjqQ2NP1HxaiqfQJHKgUSeTZn4umogW3fYXpqz3yqIJNrTzdH4cLJV_dCfy_C9VJ14rUFzezUt4aBLN3krXZAPisuDSEka/s320/Don-Lemon.png" width="320" /></a></div><br /></li><li>Wise County's newest Congressman <a href="https://www.texastribune.org/2024/03/13/texas-congressional-district-26-brandon-gill/?utm_campaign=trib-social&utm_content=1710373985&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook,twitter">is making me power down</a> already.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNOnalOKAg2f_qHzUQeXlG1ULBFetwshkaDJqIkZm6KzMFIZOFP_pqB71jeuOuewmCixzNwfGMHf6hLkFhZHBQRonP3EdBejk5R6pNM2iA9Ek2bz1Phk36hGCvaN2wTonlA1MPKh_xI5lZRtpobeqnPy-Uxe4yg8AXdx1x_ZV8Kp_WYJ_ucnuY/s934/Screenshot%202024-03-14%20063507.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="631" data-original-width="934" height="216" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNOnalOKAg2f_qHzUQeXlG1ULBFetwshkaDJqIkZm6KzMFIZOFP_pqB71jeuOuewmCixzNwfGMHf6hLkFhZHBQRonP3EdBejk5R6pNM2iA9Ek2bz1Phk36hGCvaN2wTonlA1MPKh_xI5lZRtpobeqnPy-Uxe4yg8AXdx1x_ZV8Kp_WYJ_ucnuY/s320/Screenshot%202024-03-14%20063507.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBHr_ebEfURXdADRWv-2iEOf_ngbHnbGccIPDGK9haHeIjxThOatU2vchbDi9xs7rRKtIJm5JiVULgeb6Da3bsJdAKZ04wWg-pK7p6Xaql_evLQDWY8wAh3obRLxvz7qxzaOIn_AS001TvdE3npJOJkMBpNrhLhJaW6YYNjYGjqAGZlPcbUoL0/s497/Screenshot%202024-03-14%20063529.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="497" data-original-width="484" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBHr_ebEfURXdADRWv-2iEOf_ngbHnbGccIPDGK9haHeIjxThOatU2vchbDi9xs7rRKtIJm5JiVULgeb6Da3bsJdAKZ04wWg-pK7p6Xaql_evLQDWY8wAh3obRLxvz7qxzaOIn_AS001TvdE3npJOJkMBpNrhLhJaW6YYNjYGjqAGZlPcbUoL0/s320/Screenshot%202024-03-14%20063529.jpg" width="312" /></a></div><br /></li><li>This will not sit well with DA's across the state. <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGBzdNT-9VsHEdwazSDINZKOUKRhdMV9NgX03E0gcKHXqrxdhU5grAJDdczfKXUGC5ZMPXastDAx3cgB8ASll8LGJiH_izt7gSdmtyEnDz5CkkokJmkoVj-k4gYBhhBV-d2BtqD72sdgKlcnMMN7_zkdjR9FULRk4cGW3-YUxYr1F_2-ow_zR9/s706/Screenshot%202024-03-14%20061611.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="706" data-original-width="519" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGBzdNT-9VsHEdwazSDINZKOUKRhdMV9NgX03E0gcKHXqrxdhU5grAJDdczfKXUGC5ZMPXastDAx3cgB8ASll8LGJiH_izt7gSdmtyEnDz5CkkokJmkoVj-k4gYBhhBV-d2BtqD72sdgKlcnMMN7_zkdjR9FULRk4cGW3-YUxYr1F_2-ow_zR9/s320/Screenshot%202024-03-14%20061611.jpg" width="235" /></a></div><br /></li><li>The most unsurprising news ever. He's in the same group as Alex Jones and Marjorie Taylor Greene.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8Q3NRF-c0ApZmHYMIlUHmbbBX98js22UWIkpxubtAbZHpqJU6ISkw8fYjA8K2NOT2XLCh0GX46j8G4s2B2PEAdrDWMxX7N_PI9LgBYgm0iI248mG60Boz5WB92gPe7D6iAkRHcFrbIUejOrPkYWJpsMCtAga539sk2NOFeSpx1vPzwAl3YHNn/s569/Screenshot%202024-03-14%20062401.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="318" data-original-width="569" height="179" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8Q3NRF-c0ApZmHYMIlUHmbbBX98js22UWIkpxubtAbZHpqJU6ISkw8fYjA8K2NOT2XLCh0GX46j8G4s2B2PEAdrDWMxX7N_PI9LgBYgm0iI248mG60Boz5WB92gPe7D6iAkRHcFrbIUejOrPkYWJpsMCtAga539sk2NOFeSpx1vPzwAl3YHNn/s320/Screenshot%202024-03-14%20062401.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /></li><li>Incredibly random sports: If you want to see one of the <i>quickest </i>catch-and-release shots in the history of ever, <a href="https://twitter.com/TheFieldOf68/status/1768156739378061741">check out this exciting game winner</a> by SFA over Abilene Christian last night. And he had to -- the clock expired while the ball is in the air.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpehvxy_ueqgYPhnkZafL0RdsdKjn7kzwuD5u6GqLB6mE7glRN471RLRTsSuAGR_UvOxLpcgQ387DdlcnfaZTAFx7Jdmc9PPm16N1vnkqECnv_72XVtaHfnGrkeWhMe8f8OjV8ZT6JYptsZmBRS5SrTMS6LWkCJQZsq5t9YzqI9ThTuaPJObhi/s645/Screenshot%202024-03-14%20065904.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="387" data-original-width="645" height="192" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpehvxy_ueqgYPhnkZafL0RdsdKjn7kzwuD5u6GqLB6mE7glRN471RLRTsSuAGR_UvOxLpcgQ387DdlcnfaZTAFx7Jdmc9PPm16N1vnkqECnv_72XVtaHfnGrkeWhMe8f8OjV8ZT6JYptsZmBRS5SrTMS6LWkCJQZsq5t9YzqI9ThTuaPJObhi/s320/Screenshot%202024-03-14%20065904.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /></li><li>Legal nerdy stuff that got out of hand on me: The dismissal of some counts against Trump in the Georgia election interference case hardly deserved a headline. They were dismissed not because they were meritless but because the indictment wasn't specific enough. <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh72_hXiggNl_rtA_xEiwxneaNVpdfpu1StYQIGdoPQIz5pqLR4KOLp2n6VOeFIhm5RsNg9bBCmdRh5CUnvQFpsGcHbr-eA426DpYwbMLvAy4GYITpgyjbWgs8Xry67FVvNoizEedNLwjjlNPF3pwF4tqBJwn6AiOGFK38av3YWueMIorEgPHSr/s1436/Screenshot%202024-03-14%20071405.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="338" data-original-width="1436" height="75" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh72_hXiggNl_rtA_xEiwxneaNVpdfpu1StYQIGdoPQIz5pqLR4KOLp2n6VOeFIhm5RsNg9bBCmdRh5CUnvQFpsGcHbr-eA426DpYwbMLvAy4GYITpgyjbWgs8Xry67FVvNoizEedNLwjjlNPF3pwF4tqBJwn6AiOGFK38av3YWueMIorEgPHSr/s320/Screenshot%202024-03-14%20071405.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /></li><ul><li>Any time the government tries to take a right from you (generally your liberty or your property), you are entitled to "a notice and hearing." That's called "procedural due process."<br /></li><li>In a criminal case where your liberty is at stake, the "notice" is the indictment and it should tell you, with at least some detail, what you did wrong. (The "hearing" part is a full blown jury trial where the government has to prove what they gave you "notice" of, but that's not at issue here.)</li><li>In this case, the problem was with the "notice" - the indictment. It wasn't specific enough. The best analogy is an assault case. In those cases, the "notice" needs to tell you "how" you committed assault. Did you slap someone, or strike someone with a fist, or hit someone with a frying pan? If the government is going to accuse you of something, they have to tell you how. If they don't, the cases can be dismissed, but the government can just refile them with a better worded "notice" document. That's what happened here. The government can just refile if they want and word it better.<br /></li><li>But this "notice" thing can give rise to some odd legal issues that drives the public crazy. For example, if they accuse you of telling you hit someone with a frying pan, do they have to tell you it was a cast iron skillet? Generally, no, but what if they do and instead prove at trial it was a stainless steel skillet?</li></ul><li><i>Messenger </i>- <a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/16EBU7gzhAIwptw-x-bj0fbbD-HZ4j1OW/view?usp=sharing">Above the Fold</a></li></ul><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjStqgHlz9GNiZRI-mzTWtHF4s1-A0XPqjYNf2VOvl8wTLo2x3sAJMPbRO60mcK-2PEdfjqQSNpIdwoWMadg9-XauUAQkFmpru73XBMNj8VdubzrBS5FxbBqgkxbhcSXFnQkSFocxjVzffRM3usShdHd0vA_pmJjZYPLDa8DpK-qTgi9RLWao6U/s644/Front-Cover-3-14-24.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="644" data-original-width="576" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjStqgHlz9GNiZRI-mzTWtHF4s1-A0XPqjYNf2VOvl8wTLo2x3sAJMPbRO60mcK-2PEdfjqQSNpIdwoWMadg9-XauUAQkFmpru73XBMNj8VdubzrBS5FxbBqgkxbhcSXFnQkSFocxjVzffRM3usShdHd0vA_pmJjZYPLDa8DpK-qTgi9RLWao6U/s320/Front-Cover-3-14-24.png" width="286" /></a></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14419062.post-15084178106454772712024-03-13T08:30:00.012-05:002024-03-13T08:30:00.132-05:00Random Wednesday Morning Thoughts<section class="bsgclass"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-kRZh_4YolC4/YDUKIFzkKGI/AAAAAAABjNc/5zUqmtaIL2YwDqWreLA-L4-57L4F70EigCLcBGAsYHQ/s400/header.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="43" data-original-width="400" height="43" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-kRZh_4YolC4/YDUKIFzkKGI/AAAAAAABjNc/5zUqmtaIL2YwDqWreLA-L4-57L4F70EigCLcBGAsYHQ/w400-h43/header.png" width="400" /></a><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjMkm0F7dCtOxs51-Tt7wb3Pf2a5si5W5z_9_c7cuU98COXMgt4xzRcwZ8HeQuW-xn46VPRPvGp7IRovas61lFwRQ7pOKP0fLl4obrBL762Yv7MjOwoyAD70BcFvo0dY5bRk7yQSUH2YUcl52SvXeM7upJy3Zr40JzuGIffNYzLgGP-6qMAWJ8/s721/Screenshot%202024-03-13%20065513.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="721" data-original-width="630" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjMkm0F7dCtOxs51-Tt7wb3Pf2a5si5W5z_9_c7cuU98COXMgt4xzRcwZ8HeQuW-xn46VPRPvGp7IRovas61lFwRQ7pOKP0fLl4obrBL762Yv7MjOwoyAD70BcFvo0dY5bRk7yQSUH2YUcl52SvXeM7upJy3Zr40JzuGIffNYzLgGP-6qMAWJ8/w350-h400/Screenshot%202024-03-13%20065513.jpg" width="350" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i>Just a random photo that caught my attention. The ball was actually captured in the frame.</i></div></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></section><hr /><ul style="text-align: left;"><li>We now officially <a href="https://www.wcmessenger.com/articles/bridgeport-medical-lodge-shooting-suspect-faces-murder-charge/">have another Wise County murder</a> charge. I need to create a list of all of them over the last few years. There's been a bunch. <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZk4_RwR6s0yivMeigFTWqsw4RUSALQirInAfi_9MZYw01q3nx51EFAkMDe4jMv3XjpasbSyeorP2Bo_g06iYmKMXgBGLQDosf29LQHkV5S9agz4R4YT8GPywdVUo82rO3JNJgk6fJnpf22C0Inha4zEY70D82mpi7oqAX_TFfQK8zjcv5XEGU/s410/Screenshot%202024-03-13%20061205.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="301" data-original-width="410" height="235" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZk4_RwR6s0yivMeigFTWqsw4RUSALQirInAfi_9MZYw01q3nx51EFAkMDe4jMv3XjpasbSyeorP2Bo_g06iYmKMXgBGLQDosf29LQHkV5S9agz4R4YT8GPywdVUo82rO3JNJgk6fJnpf22C0Inha4zEY70D82mpi7oqAX_TFfQK8zjcv5XEGU/s320/Screenshot%202024-03-13%20061205.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /></li><li>Wait a second. She is not the one suing, Dak is. (<a href="https://x.com/PaigEllenberger/status/1767887461932306824?s=20">This is from</a> a Fox 4 reporter).<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKnfizY4AlQnDqpra4be85wS5O60tr1_BfWc0CQ023fo3cE0jBfgzVVfUm9_ZkFHlrLh0BqfAemLDZLf-bsTt5ZI2aygENNcHNjjiTaMfBW5XxPf4DyS8YtUju7HiTGBGR0rGHWQFP1pYCmYppVqwMMjjA8pf19KFqixfGDtzCpNr8vhglTTYj/s665/Screenshot%202024-03-13%20073024.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="533" data-original-width="665" height="256" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKnfizY4AlQnDqpra4be85wS5O60tr1_BfWc0CQ023fo3cE0jBfgzVVfUm9_ZkFHlrLh0BqfAemLDZLf-bsTt5ZI2aygENNcHNjjiTaMfBW5XxPf4DyS8YtUju7HiTGBGR0rGHWQFP1pYCmYppVqwMMjjA8pf19KFqixfGDtzCpNr8vhglTTYj/s320/Screenshot%202024-03-13%20073024.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /></li><li>The days of Ken Paxton and others filing federal lawsuits in specific courts because the results are a foregone happy conclusion <a href="https://wapo.st/4a8RNBc">are over</a>. Judges Matthew Kacsmaryk (Amarillo) and Reed O’Connor ( Fort Worth) are about to have some free time. <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgam2D7lzRuoD19D0HACjas_Evx8dvQNQjnQmMTEOo2NQmgFBuw1hCfLWbXd7ncKY_iwZvIyrkbuekc5dtmsYGQLnC4D_SvQWhiQOLfs1ahB9SXIvK4XLS6S34Dn95BVs94U6R2NbF5Hff8YOx29QCVksQYpxMQQlxAM2hhjD1ynayetHjV1BKH/s317/mastheadWashingtonPost.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="77" data-original-width="317" height="49" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgam2D7lzRuoD19D0HACjas_Evx8dvQNQjnQmMTEOo2NQmgFBuw1hCfLWbXd7ncKY_iwZvIyrkbuekc5dtmsYGQLnC4D_SvQWhiQOLfs1ahB9SXIvK4XLS6S34Dn95BVs94U6R2NbF5Hff8YOx29QCVksQYpxMQQlxAM2hhjD1ynayetHjV1BKH/w200-h49/mastheadWashingtonPost.jpg" width="200" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZxUd2FNhwQNLBvnS6Dzmsi1lNOyDQ8oOvotOluOB4nkkJTcDd2k4XAZAS6kiELspek1yMfZmzPEdlhsRFuU9rt8HC2NCpugZy-E0ZUitQSVD6IApLwjBGOMbgXCp8PPr-lWMcCuF5Qf-Iu15tXfn6U2RjNmWdusBolaF6fwyDfDpDFxWrjU5w/s1429/Screenshot%202024-03-13%20063746.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="230" data-original-width="1429" height="65" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZxUd2FNhwQNLBvnS6Dzmsi1lNOyDQ8oOvotOluOB4nkkJTcDd2k4XAZAS6kiELspek1yMfZmzPEdlhsRFuU9rt8HC2NCpugZy-E0ZUitQSVD6IApLwjBGOMbgXCp8PPr-lWMcCuF5Qf-Iu15tXfn6U2RjNmWdusBolaF6fwyDfDpDFxWrjU5w/w400-h65/Screenshot%202024-03-13%20063746.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /></li><li>Please, please, please make the Rodgers thing happen. <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgI4xcizgRxw7Z5WuLgvU7qmypAusd7Qv56x-e27yZHVQV1yCUwMFytVLpFvkLr_grR-LeoXa6bKD6WMy7SRffwQhljretkvfnEqsCmwjHzLrk3tNTrVl5uT9uDWq6Hl1Gmk1pPUM9HJGyohK5kkGMgY2JhNkMtoRtyzVQtRfa_sgM0ZouyDC8-/s932/Screenshot%202024-03-13%20073354.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="426" data-original-width="932" height="146" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgI4xcizgRxw7Z5WuLgvU7qmypAusd7Qv56x-e27yZHVQV1yCUwMFytVLpFvkLr_grR-LeoXa6bKD6WMy7SRffwQhljretkvfnEqsCmwjHzLrk3tNTrVl5uT9uDWq6Hl1Gmk1pPUM9HJGyohK5kkGMgY2JhNkMtoRtyzVQtRfa_sgM0ZouyDC8-/s320/Screenshot%202024-03-13%20073354.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /></li><li>I really can't imagine this going through both the House and the Senate. <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1HQ00FmYDzvKG7QrufhL2EPQf3E26JI7SL_9v5CtxLtMt8t66k-8J8sbMF018UibOm3y8dGKxEKs2N0XCZf2V5WtpvRi74eLjtsSDchIQxxec5zZejLp297wqu1ivS0T9waYNSV9ZCLgDxd3OXLCZlqbNkxTd_pWdM_ywAT6whChe5OGRxuAg/s777/Screenshot%202024-03-13%20063457.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="368" data-original-width="777" height="152" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1HQ00FmYDzvKG7QrufhL2EPQf3E26JI7SL_9v5CtxLtMt8t66k-8J8sbMF018UibOm3y8dGKxEKs2N0XCZf2V5WtpvRi74eLjtsSDchIQxxec5zZejLp297wqu1ivS0T9waYNSV9ZCLgDxd3OXLCZlqbNkxTd_pWdM_ywAT6whChe5OGRxuAg/s320/Screenshot%202024-03-13%20063457.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /></li><li><a href="https://wapo.st/4cb7bi9">This investigative piece</a> was just released by <i>The Washington Post </i>this morning<i>.</i> It looks insane. (Gift link.)<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkKXigRpjBQdaXIw9I0tnSF-kO3zqbA4VbPidMWew3Tx-_BxKhCru_xWae8WpArvExggYh_CboXa5rII9apuLhyphenhyphen2i8xvfFJlvJkC3w_fHtC4gBdTpv-UnvJ1iBHaWInATa52gn-t4KoKlC1TQxbLr6t9QOjhh_jI-kPwcDyup-ARv9FxxHHSKY/s649/Screenshot%202024-03-13%20081654.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="559" data-original-width="649" height="276" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkKXigRpjBQdaXIw9I0tnSF-kO3zqbA4VbPidMWew3Tx-_BxKhCru_xWae8WpArvExggYh_CboXa5rII9apuLhyphenhyphen2i8xvfFJlvJkC3w_fHtC4gBdTpv-UnvJ1iBHaWInATa52gn-t4KoKlC1TQxbLr6t9QOjhh_jI-kPwcDyup-ARv9FxxHHSKY/s320/Screenshot%202024-03-13%20081654.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /></li><li>Trump:</li><ul><li>Nothing like the family of a dead girl smiling with a guy who wishes to exploit her -- all the while holding an autographed photo <a href="https://uk.news.yahoo.com/internet-abuzz-over-donald-trumps-002018035.html">where he misspelled her name</a>. I don't understand this at all. <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQTMVWeYJWgQ2HDxjb6gtt3gFGCU0KkWo4cPC2BVR-KSAGoJSCtSYVX8EaRzSdpYr288bOi1Ax12_G9CoAGlxx8-03-usSU048SmCiTHlPzyZO6uAwyKtzYMHJOQz7MXqGgLiDMqS2kXYm_4g5vfUNxEXxEtFFbQi65KMqNzG4L4Snj8jQ99RD/s2048/image%20(51).png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1366" data-original-width="2048" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQTMVWeYJWgQ2HDxjb6gtt3gFGCU0KkWo4cPC2BVR-KSAGoJSCtSYVX8EaRzSdpYr288bOi1Ax12_G9CoAGlxx8-03-usSU048SmCiTHlPzyZO6uAwyKtzYMHJOQz7MXqGgLiDMqS2kXYm_4g5vfUNxEXxEtFFbQi65KMqNzG4L4Snj8jQ99RD/s320/image%20(51).png" width="320" /></a></div><br /></li><li>Four years ago on March 11th the NBA shut down due to COVID and Tom Hanks announced he had contracted it. Trump had it all under control two days later. <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcesGblzyDreAamf-5u-jTivnDDeaRt11Dk0mH237nDgWzYZjN-rUYmE9c4rvUa701TRJg22jyPvF-VpkD-8UgT4TyVTsp5gJ2Ec10TmjqoWOB48-IDrkQ-CpgVGx0DuGX4AHoRj8l06aEI_HO13lldKjzEuW7K4ay6YiaFTw_4OTdVhAgUvmF/s680/image%20(52).png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="435" data-original-width="680" height="205" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcesGblzyDreAamf-5u-jTivnDDeaRt11Dk0mH237nDgWzYZjN-rUYmE9c4rvUa701TRJg22jyPvF-VpkD-8UgT4TyVTsp5gJ2Ec10TmjqoWOB48-IDrkQ-CpgVGx0DuGX4AHoRj8l06aEI_HO13lldKjzEuW7K4ay6YiaFTw_4OTdVhAgUvmF/s320/image%20(52).png" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /></li></ul><li>I don't think a D.A. has any business at a crime scene. And he sure doesn't need to be getting in front of the cameras to give a "statement." Plus, in these cases, <a href="https://x.com/MontgomeryTXDAO/status/1767704865306738852?s=20">he comes across</a> more like the defense lawyer for the officers than an independent screener of crime. <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7eGJRHT-G0daYHc9GKgfSE7LQuUhmTFBEX91R9VArG1iqfLlRX6V1h3l16mjeqf9JZWxQe3TQVQsohshNIJ5iVv-mI7r6PYcZYzpYlWJ8N_FLR6OhdFn8o3ZU5rcYurzs04surm1VNFriBJ9C4-jJxevRXBlbZi87amGeMQbWonwctf7nqpEU/s418/Screenshot%202024-03-13%20061439.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="352" data-original-width="418" height="269" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7eGJRHT-G0daYHc9GKgfSE7LQuUhmTFBEX91R9VArG1iqfLlRX6V1h3l16mjeqf9JZWxQe3TQVQsohshNIJ5iVv-mI7r6PYcZYzpYlWJ8N_FLR6OhdFn8o3ZU5rcYurzs04surm1VNFriBJ9C4-jJxevRXBlbZi87amGeMQbWonwctf7nqpEU/s320/Screenshot%202024-03-13%20061439.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /></li><li>The Business Second™. No exact locations were announced.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUnTRMWnyfLE9TZ6du67nXPe6Xd0YV6lBveIoSM7Ojx_bXHJL-I5qkkMQ26wfhXd9qMLu-FQQ72cEIZP2R9x_IeavVnesak1vEggtLcQzCodIj4ZDnDoRlRjJpr6XhkyY_qqqq6ZXdFO9Xm9MyTrsv-uzyl7YKSg7Zv9bGvOE7VTBeIhVp1IXt/s1231/Screenshot%202024-03-13%20070540.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="336" data-original-width="1231" height="109" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUnTRMWnyfLE9TZ6du67nXPe6Xd0YV6lBveIoSM7Ojx_bXHJL-I5qkkMQ26wfhXd9qMLu-FQQ72cEIZP2R9x_IeavVnesak1vEggtLcQzCodIj4ZDnDoRlRjJpr6XhkyY_qqqq6ZXdFO9Xm9MyTrsv-uzyl7YKSg7Zv9bGvOE7VTBeIhVp1IXt/w400-h109/Screenshot%202024-03-13%20070540.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /></li><li>Former Alabama coach Nick Saban <a href="https://twitter.com/barstoolsports/status/1767592967097774425">was at Congress yesterday</a> complaining about NIL. “All the things I believed in for all these years -- 50 years of coaching -- no longer exist in college athletics.” He's moaning the death of a system which allowed him to make millions off the backs of unpaid players.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNJNCxlRdxM5I3hzPL3svlPyg9DMaHMR0768s9CTFlvXOFhVdDhrD0SVDrO5ilG7T0rcxC4BuoB4qVYtVr9rlFyIwqHctXutVNFLfWMZqJxH4HxGikYJNxqPhoplSaI44n4bo6tbAwqC6bkvNTyuMDnYgpw5ODGYYXZcIw8etqckmT1T5p6CsK/s551/Screenshot%202024-03-13%20062241.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="306" data-original-width="551" height="178" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNJNCxlRdxM5I3hzPL3svlPyg9DMaHMR0768s9CTFlvXOFhVdDhrD0SVDrO5ilG7T0rcxC4BuoB4qVYtVr9rlFyIwqHctXutVNFLfWMZqJxH4HxGikYJNxqPhoplSaI44n4bo6tbAwqC6bkvNTyuMDnYgpw5ODGYYXZcIw8etqckmT1T5p6CsK/s320/Screenshot%202024-03-13%20062241.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /></li><li>I finally <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Season-1-Official-Trailer/dp/B086HWXLG2/ref=sr_1_1?dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.GoTRBJOcGEn84m4DpGX_3m--19NpUQRBiK6hB6GiYRSn9VsBZmWs2xNB5wwTkdCTe9u1Ar5fayR95KvrqNLMKKnKtqoFnzTtmKT4Mpy7xr2YiVqF29FH4PRepjSR9XoXIfRNXpF0GfioQUG6jJlVrJ8GEOrLNlwddYWjje0bjGN-bqnDrpy_yyRzVPPu7VpDJsk8c5nrgCDmSlo66NXEjaN5NRf6muFC7ssFaz-SrKA.WVDSgeTiLC3MQN3wLISa-YjYU6MId5sPyOLCWCgbR08&dib_tag=se&keywords=bobbit&qid=1710333452&sr=8-1">watched the Lorena Bobbitt documentary</a> on Amazon Prime. Big thumbs up. Anyone who was involved in it (the Bobbitts, the cops, the surgeon, the D.A., the defense lawyers) all give interviews 30 years later. It's really good. </li></ul><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFBWGsVvtX3kXFY0Pq8IRRCrmO7gfGRrKD6bLVOXVEzUfNF32RKgKCuwfkHiFoGu1rPVxwixfKMZlUIvSRK4qKYeoyAdCw997Vv0CAEiSyP_dkoYpa7JaK7R5etDINxGp58lKkMJbw2LQ-62sMlPvhfYlbRHvb_vxdAm8i0HdSvOWJDE9Sqapb/s1384/TX_SAEN.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1384" data-original-width="700" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFBWGsVvtX3kXFY0Pq8IRRCrmO7gfGRrKD6bLVOXVEzUfNF32RKgKCuwfkHiFoGu1rPVxwixfKMZlUIvSRK4qKYeoyAdCw997Vv0CAEiSyP_dkoYpa7JaK7R5etDINxGp58lKkMJbw2LQ-62sMlPvhfYlbRHvb_vxdAm8i0HdSvOWJDE9Sqapb/w324-h640/TX_SAEN.png" width="324" /></a></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14419062.post-24450032861134058712024-03-12T08:30:00.004-05:002024-03-12T08:30:00.143-05:00Random Tuesday Morning Thoughts<section class="bsgclass"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-kRZh_4YolC4/YDUKIFzkKGI/AAAAAAABjNc/5zUqmtaIL2YwDqWreLA-L4-57L4F70EigCLcBGAsYHQ/s400/header.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="43" data-original-width="400" height="43" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-kRZh_4YolC4/YDUKIFzkKGI/AAAAAAABjNc/5zUqmtaIL2YwDqWreLA-L4-57L4F70EigCLcBGAsYHQ/w400-h43/header.png" width="400" /></a><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguOofiMXH_JldmTHqTS7LNkhJwVYhLYRK8wTF_mNUwLlCzwPQghtoboN8HSgJSFFITINmVNF7pqUjtkvddcaSb623KG1vOXOA8GRugEhVEaDqt92AHuVWfWsdxVvUS_uba9qlewDwq9uoAOJEd9NtaYxJuk0gPkj6IJRTgctrr4MmHTckyWxKE/s640/Screenshot%202024-03-11%20at%205.48.41%E2%80%AFPM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="368" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguOofiMXH_JldmTHqTS7LNkhJwVYhLYRK8wTF_mNUwLlCzwPQghtoboN8HSgJSFFITINmVNF7pqUjtkvddcaSb623KG1vOXOA8GRugEhVEaDqt92AHuVWfWsdxVvUS_uba9qlewDwq9uoAOJEd9NtaYxJuk0gPkj6IJRTgctrr4MmHTckyWxKE/s320/Screenshot%202024-03-11%20at%205.48.41%E2%80%AFPM.png" width="184" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i>Not to be a downer, but I was glancing at an election results story in the Messenger from 10 years ago and saw this -- which stopped me down. Four of those six have since passed away. And very suddenly for each.</i></div></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></section><hr /><ul style="text-align: left;"><li>This is a <a href="https://www.star-telegram.com/news/local/crime/article286376830.html?taid=65efe60a00a697000148314a&utm_campaign=trueanthem&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter">wild story</a>. The defendant killed himself during the trial so he obviously didn't show up the following morning for closing arguments. Unaware what had happened, the judge then started the case back up without him, and the jury actually retired to deliberate. Thirty-two minutes later, the jury was discharged once everyone figured out the defendant was dead. And there's another crazy aspect: The defendant was represented by his lawyer brother. <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnme08wXk9ns3JTNqiiu7hRjrJBDgm9KdLgYKXY2jbBKt3SoT8Ia6cdYd4gMyC4tpF6H2abx-4cXlWwRaITGGcg-tqqlQhtJlH33Kjh11zhf7_oT0kisxvrZJWskgHFyB89bdzLRa41WuamQuwdE_Qg3MSp3YQ81xHtpgMU7pspJqCLE3ZV9Hl/s1405/Screenshot%202024-03-12%20063221.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="829" data-original-width="1405" height="189" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnme08wXk9ns3JTNqiiu7hRjrJBDgm9KdLgYKXY2jbBKt3SoT8Ia6cdYd4gMyC4tpF6H2abx-4cXlWwRaITGGcg-tqqlQhtJlH33Kjh11zhf7_oT0kisxvrZJWskgHFyB89bdzLRa41WuamQuwdE_Qg3MSp3YQ81xHtpgMU7pspJqCLE3ZV9Hl/s320/Screenshot%202024-03-12%20063221.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /></li><li>Dak is making headlines, but it isn't contract related. "Here we go . . . ." <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIDJ510Q7_HKo6hOSS3nY6Uovdtf-PZtwH97OVz3K7gwi2bUUMDcp5C2pFZKL9Ywp87TS5pdnaClXD89PeR2LozhX4-DGHnnQT82JUGT4-ytPXEEpl0vX_CJVSvaGLV_1P4-tAD5h3nOKVjBSnRGhEcM62JpSckEbwrxddEdE-jCKiK_BJcsrt/s1255/Screenshot%202024-03-12%20062241.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="241" data-original-width="1255" height="76" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIDJ510Q7_HKo6hOSS3nY6Uovdtf-PZtwH97OVz3K7gwi2bUUMDcp5C2pFZKL9Ywp87TS5pdnaClXD89PeR2LozhX4-DGHnnQT82JUGT4-ytPXEEpl0vX_CJVSvaGLV_1P4-tAD5h3nOKVjBSnRGhEcM62JpSckEbwrxddEdE-jCKiK_BJcsrt/w400-h76/Screenshot%202024-03-12%20062241.jpg" width="400" /></a></div></li><ul><li>Wait, this "threat" <a href="https://www.dallasnews.com/sports/cowboys/2024/03/11/dallas-cowboys-qb-dak-prescott-suing-woman-accusing-him-of-sexual-assault/">came from a law firm</a>? <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyl38HR5bLrhMz-3MAW6O_zXcEk6phhm8HnzkMTRohb8_ogyMu-DKVVRKjOu6KjKYZO3YByzKF9qacVB33Y877nJqaFtUjIzMCTTSdtV4Zrt2dCZoJMdrvLSRw8BEJtn9gfI3F2W6BdJW7Ggy0QVNTUdr1bqd2OxVzNnAurffJWMd30Bg6nK7K/s492/Screenshot%202024-03-12%20061711.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="337" data-original-width="492" height="219" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyl38HR5bLrhMz-3MAW6O_zXcEk6phhm8HnzkMTRohb8_ogyMu-DKVVRKjOu6KjKYZO3YByzKF9qacVB33Y877nJqaFtUjIzMCTTSdtV4Zrt2dCZoJMdrvLSRw8BEJtn9gfI3F2W6BdJW7Ggy0QVNTUdr1bqd2OxVzNnAurffJWMd30Bg6nK7K/s320/Screenshot%202024-03-12%20061711.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /></li><li>WFAA has the story this morning <a href="https://www.wfaa.com/article/sports/nfl/cowboys/cowboys-qb-dak-prescott-lawsuit-woman-accusing-alleged-sexual-assault-extortion/287-d896ec6c-e90d-421d-877b-b01e1ce3dcb5">with a lot of details</a>. If I understand it correctly, she alleges sexual assault while Dak, acknowledging that he hung out with her one night, denies that. "Levin McCathern, Prescott's attorney, confirmed in an interview with WFAA that Prescott had a relationship with the woman, but denies doing the things she alleges." "She was a waitress at a bar he frequented," McCathern said.</li><li>Dak's lawsuit says the statute of limitations had expired on any civil suit that the woman could have brought so she tried to do an end around by threatening to go to the police if she didn't give her $100 million. </li><li>Oddly, Dak's lawsuit attached to the lawsuit the 11 page demand letter from her lawyer which included lots of seedy allegations. So it is now a public record. I'd link to a copy but I haven't found it yet. </li><li>I don't like this for Dak: He is represented by the same guy who represented Michael Irvin in his weird lawsuit against Marriott (which just quietly went away.)<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0c-6sYcVcW7HO6FivRRKiBvEMSORuJTun4h6SNNb_btH3OnTnUT1x4wBttwrneoKwWI2yPaih0_ZA03uQBqklm3uYtQsih6wwhIjYe5m3rYTbgzbwGLmoRmHRCC8_Th_4tN7hTJJg62EAZlnu-xFk6YVCn5ASnBn-qEkwcCloHcA2-VK686po/s320/s.yimg.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="213" data-original-width="320" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0c-6sYcVcW7HO6FivRRKiBvEMSORuJTun4h6SNNb_btH3OnTnUT1x4wBttwrneoKwWI2yPaih0_ZA03uQBqklm3uYtQsih6wwhIjYe5m3rYTbgzbwGLmoRmHRCC8_Th_4tN7hTJJg62EAZlnu-xFk6YVCn5ASnBn-qEkwcCloHcA2-VK686po/s1600/s.yimg.png" width="320" /></a></div><br /></li></ul><li>Considering that the "new norm" is for Paxton to target any judge in the the next election when they rule against him, that's a <a href="https://www.texastribune.org/2024/03/11/texas-migrant-shelter-investigation/">bold move</a> by this judge. <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgV4e5vYmDRgeQFTvvXs0lfQQuKJJTEQ4zoDK0FtlGmX7M_9EpZ-6fs9qi69ZwALZ-hT4zdWKtXxbQxI1PPdUy0wQwxwHumNmxBmbbGVzJifCLQRRaC4PayaYPoz8_oSaiqOzXNgPWzG_cVRL96xcc34ckHo-wHK_7QZ8zkf-XwQ4zwjAx5jxNe/s1263/Screenshot%202024-03-12%20062639.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="424" data-original-width="1263" height="134" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgV4e5vYmDRgeQFTvvXs0lfQQuKJJTEQ4zoDK0FtlGmX7M_9EpZ-6fs9qi69ZwALZ-hT4zdWKtXxbQxI1PPdUy0wQwxwHumNmxBmbbGVzJifCLQRRaC4PayaYPoz8_oSaiqOzXNgPWzG_cVRL96xcc34ckHo-wHK_7QZ8zkf-XwQ4zwjAx5jxNe/w400-h134/Screenshot%202024-03-12%20062639.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /></li><li>Compare and contrast. It is happening all over again:</li><ul><li>Trump in 2024 a couple of years after his failed Insurrection:<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIUpYJcFUrf9PwFuZzssPJNAZpBbig_A6suPRPHNOp99PXrQH_WDpvmWzNEiDhwO1Y1WdEJ1BJr_lSHpz7Ty6pNLxPxSJlhQnXHSsn-9MxYL3fG7r_syL3iSPDIIxDmUZ9p73YJN-7PVo5AXcGdF4mtsG88tTXALZ4dcJ7CERS3LTlU2XwOYkA/s544/Screenshot%202024-03-12%20064205.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="312" data-original-width="544" height="184" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIUpYJcFUrf9PwFuZzssPJNAZpBbig_A6suPRPHNOp99PXrQH_WDpvmWzNEiDhwO1Y1WdEJ1BJr_lSHpz7Ty6pNLxPxSJlhQnXHSsn-9MxYL3fG7r_syL3iSPDIIxDmUZ9p73YJN-7PVo5AXcGdF4mtsG88tTXALZ4dcJ7CERS3LTlU2XwOYkA/s320/Screenshot%202024-03-12%20064205.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /></li><li><a href="https://famous-trials.com/hitler/2524-the-hitler-beer-hall-putsch-trial-an-account">Hitler in 1924</a> a year after his failed Insurrection: <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguUvc4e5XwV1LA3JHapaPwUjEma7ig-br7UXvJMZmTP-cyQjthy7lIPA8R8rTlWeEVJmruBuNl9tx-us_DpIacxC1ZvbvcJxu2f43Mz80xpeq29uKwhyphenhyphenB2biQqG2OvmPBnQco1J-odVJhcN5EJeeX3uZVfkbFAkjDiFlOWXeRRnRqPm0Y4hUHD/s643/Screenshot%202024-03-12%20063958.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="605" data-original-width="643" height="301" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguUvc4e5XwV1LA3JHapaPwUjEma7ig-br7UXvJMZmTP-cyQjthy7lIPA8R8rTlWeEVJmruBuNl9tx-us_DpIacxC1ZvbvcJxu2f43Mz80xpeq29uKwhyphenhyphenB2biQqG2OvmPBnQco1J-odVJhcN5EJeeX3uZVfkbFAkjDiFlOWXeRRnRqPm0Y4hUHD/s320/Screenshot%202024-03-12%20063958.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /></li></ul><li>You want to know how MAGA extremists have taken over the Regular Republicans in Texas? I think I figured it out. This is a stunning decline in voter participation: <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh71EFgJGj88SDXOMo129-75_X1wcjrJz7PMNXzR4dRbNopL-7j22H44ajzj1gxOWfccf0Pp72ovJHuaqDwYZ86073bF3a2ZitQpKnqp1L7tlI2QqncGtH2O7Lec-IpeFe8KeE5PtZ-XNqYILeXbfan2-u5WnKRUvSmNzW6a5Gob4sBBlpUm1kb/s404/Screenshot%202024-03-12%20061009.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="109" data-original-width="404" height="86" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh71EFgJGj88SDXOMo129-75_X1wcjrJz7PMNXzR4dRbNopL-7j22H44ajzj1gxOWfccf0Pp72ovJHuaqDwYZ86073bF3a2ZitQpKnqp1L7tlI2QqncGtH2O7Lec-IpeFe8KeE5PtZ-XNqYILeXbfan2-u5WnKRUvSmNzW6a5Gob4sBBlpUm1kb/s320/Screenshot%202024-03-12%20061009.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /></li><li>Trump taking over the RNC by Trump's daughter-in-law now being in charge, and the amount of money he will syphon from it, is a significant story. And the purge of Regular Republicans <a href="https://wapo.st/48RMtRq">began yesterday</a> with 60 people in the RNC being fired. Thing about it: You worked at the RNC for a living, and you weren't MAGA enough. <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYONXxCqeVrsmuKUhI1L4YLdmjF_Vy1ESMgMHRHhTdnfcLvCpqM0W13bL8yS0stHLK__pLPUrgkCopuACIIFnsWFmGy28hSXlleesmtczLwYqP4Nl7lPp7KbVnxiP9wqAQJQFuAJuKYGq0ljgXvjJApegWBtzJj0BU9iK96ljLOIg5lyMUpZjZ/s317/mastheadWashingtonPost.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="77" data-original-width="317" height="49" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYONXxCqeVrsmuKUhI1L4YLdmjF_Vy1ESMgMHRHhTdnfcLvCpqM0W13bL8yS0stHLK__pLPUrgkCopuACIIFnsWFmGy28hSXlleesmtczLwYqP4Nl7lPp7KbVnxiP9wqAQJQFuAJuKYGq0ljgXvjJApegWBtzJj0BU9iK96ljLOIg5lyMUpZjZ/w200-h49/mastheadWashingtonPost.jpg" width="200" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihAnQ6mf7uNbbwtWE09urvGm-S5JA868SqzuHYApSm5KfGkyuWKcP2Ivd6x2t3_Q9dO5wfRDpFoOHl4bZXYCf-GhGiS_6ZlKKMtZy2LsY1JFwYD78wusWgeJqRdhTL2o-9BlyTwtix0M_a0aRHnC6gjPAgc3tFzc8GjrR2nr9sQeaWue6osj7F/s1029/Screenshot%202024-03-12%20064759.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="706" data-original-width="1029" height="220" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihAnQ6mf7uNbbwtWE09urvGm-S5JA868SqzuHYApSm5KfGkyuWKcP2Ivd6x2t3_Q9dO5wfRDpFoOHl4bZXYCf-GhGiS_6ZlKKMtZy2LsY1JFwYD78wusWgeJqRdhTL2o-9BlyTwtix0M_a0aRHnC6gjPAgc3tFzc8GjrR2nr9sQeaWue6osj7F/s320/Screenshot%202024-03-12%20064759.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /></li><li>What is Truth Social worth? $99.95?<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdbfvVor4uU6bAMosSBF-U_TIZ8ucacvjtLMWbeu5-32NhWREUDPGUJ1BO3b6nII7xArG7Li7fzbxQEweft4mvymNFXPzIYOBf3DwzH6eMjBUIeGheBMdDvu45XRsZGauF93Cwz_xNj0kl5kucJGMDrKzEbsfc6bsy8M_OQJFBwwZzqbo4P6V7/s680/image%20(50).png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="680" data-original-width="616" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdbfvVor4uU6bAMosSBF-U_TIZ8ucacvjtLMWbeu5-32NhWREUDPGUJ1BO3b6nII7xArG7Li7fzbxQEweft4mvymNFXPzIYOBf3DwzH6eMjBUIeGheBMdDvu45XRsZGauF93Cwz_xNj0kl5kucJGMDrKzEbsfc6bsy8M_OQJFBwwZzqbo4P6V7/s320/image%20(50).png" width="290" /></a></div><br /></li><li>Kirk Cousins signed as a free agent with Atlanta yesterday in a deal for four years and $180 million with $100 million guaranteed. For a guy who was drafted in the fourth round by Washington, after they had already taken RG3 in the first round, he has parlayed the system into a gold mine. <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsyBrieHa5tbogiIpUo3PuYEpFeoZekLUmy-_xhNvVt-ytKAxDfwa5lINoGXYfX1x_av2sP3LsGSnrwM-LVn4Ig5emQitoC2lY6hmiwcez1GVdMRNJM-XKRxZD9ATQe7u9tE2Cc94Fd5B8oV4SqobZ9tBXNlAvLwqINzV8Lt_U5FlWhmgG2lvI/s1547/Screenshot%202024-03-12%20060708.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="780" data-original-width="1547" height="201" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsyBrieHa5tbogiIpUo3PuYEpFeoZekLUmy-_xhNvVt-ytKAxDfwa5lINoGXYfX1x_av2sP3LsGSnrwM-LVn4Ig5emQitoC2lY6hmiwcez1GVdMRNJM-XKRxZD9ATQe7u9tE2Cc94Fd5B8oV4SqobZ9tBXNlAvLwqINzV8Lt_U5FlWhmgG2lvI/w400-h201/Screenshot%202024-03-12%20060708.jpg" width="400" /></a><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3cHHX-SWEAouzx2TmrNvR-nqUfyRKjMPxGt-cc7iMFQrHPOySQvzKtCQ4DUCLQIaVHrgAiZK7kiz5rAU7vnElRD47VU9RZ4ZgRZ7Ylop9873cfe7fUPYhZT3-6J8D0_onHeeJ0VS2CS_sXn-b2TQGVfF03iT6HMaoQl9mWhCmJ3lmuw6YbZqS/s689/Screenshot%202024-03-12%20065718.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="689" data-original-width="532" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3cHHX-SWEAouzx2TmrNvR-nqUfyRKjMPxGt-cc7iMFQrHPOySQvzKtCQ4DUCLQIaVHrgAiZK7kiz5rAU7vnElRD47VU9RZ4ZgRZ7Ylop9873cfe7fUPYhZT3-6J8D0_onHeeJ0VS2CS_sXn-b2TQGVfF03iT6HMaoQl9mWhCmJ3lmuw6YbZqS/s320/Screenshot%202024-03-12%20065718.jpg" width="247" /></a></div><br /></div><br /></li><li>We thought Hamas is holding six Americans in Gaza. That number became five this morning when <a href="https://x.com/jaketapper/status/1767532701265883376">we learned</a> that Itay Chen, 19, was actually killed on October 7th. His parents attended the State of the Union message. </li></ul><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDMU7F2DyZUF-BakAe5S9yvss6EgK4MGdRaHJ0NQES-lbTK76aPhBlJvkO1z4KdbpWwijIzSP18zjBrzqRmSbI2h-7Hd1xFbPUhV8Fk2nPY7CEUwIOyOxqBswRjZaiQcGy0MS70Q5sC66tVWStay9UDB1KQsU32P6OI9DQgWiU55tNsb9gGmdf/s1218/TX_DRC%20(1).jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1218" data-original-width="700" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDMU7F2DyZUF-BakAe5S9yvss6EgK4MGdRaHJ0NQES-lbTK76aPhBlJvkO1z4KdbpWwijIzSP18zjBrzqRmSbI2h-7Hd1xFbPUhV8Fk2nPY7CEUwIOyOxqBswRjZaiQcGy0MS70Q5sC66tVWStay9UDB1KQsU32P6OI9DQgWiU55tNsb9gGmdf/w368-h640/TX_DRC%20(1).jpg" width="368" /></a></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14419062.post-1050310829858285532024-03-11T08:30:00.032-05:002024-03-11T08:30:00.129-05:00Random Monday Morning Thoughts<section class="bsgclass"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-kRZh_4YolC4/YDUKIFzkKGI/AAAAAAABjNc/5zUqmtaIL2YwDqWreLA-L4-57L4F70EigCLcBGAsYHQ/s400/header.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="43" data-original-width="400" height="43" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-kRZh_4YolC4/YDUKIFzkKGI/AAAAAAABjNc/5zUqmtaIL2YwDqWreLA-L4-57L4F70EigCLcBGAsYHQ/w400-h43/header.png" width="400" /></a><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3GjINTDfUgRdkJ9Y0NSFgR9wZSldM5tY0FFSJPdygrnPwXNhPcEERx9eRGQMO76xSde_iwjJVk69Z1WVAi-Ly6wpBxcfeNFMk77aeZGU8i5Zny4BqEMkf7sBEPcnomeTPYJ3jaxiuNA-xe3YNB4nWRp0Uh8S2ZzTs3vVvFY3lASuWv9t2PsAs/s1388/Screenshot%202024-03-10%20at%208.32.35%E2%80%AFPM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1220" data-original-width="1388" height="281" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3GjINTDfUgRdkJ9Y0NSFgR9wZSldM5tY0FFSJPdygrnPwXNhPcEERx9eRGQMO76xSde_iwjJVk69Z1WVAi-Ly6wpBxcfeNFMk77aeZGU8i5Zny4BqEMkf7sBEPcnomeTPYJ3jaxiuNA-xe3YNB4nWRp0Uh8S2ZzTs3vVvFY3lASuWv9t2PsAs/s320/Screenshot%202024-03-10%20at%208.32.35%E2%80%AFPM.png" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I had forgotten J.D. got over 50% in a three man race. (This was technically from 10 years ago <i>last</i> week, but I'm going to be scrambling for material because a decade ago I took off for vacation so there aren't any posts to choose from.)</div></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></section><hr /><ul style="text-align: left;"><li>In a Liberally Lean Exclusive™, my intrepid team of reporters has learned that Decatur lawyer Paul Belew has taken the first steps to run for election as judge of the 271st Judicial District which covers Wise and Jack counties. The election is two years away. <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFU64dvPetESvii6aMOzdvDablt2QL-3QsfOTRtLkKzsKcNqvzM4Tmwprd1CQ_yd9OQlxquvN0dZPkrzYs2vfZITVoof3YfKcZhDN0DuzYlU_Z-aT-oibfb-liqwr47MljuuyxpkaQuYuLgVnMa_Q4dIe6nSC6MRqCwJSoAeCymQ8cCUEvUe-A/s587/IMG_4416%20(1).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="587" data-original-width="446" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFU64dvPetESvii6aMOzdvDablt2QL-3QsfOTRtLkKzsKcNqvzM4Tmwprd1CQ_yd9OQlxquvN0dZPkrzYs2vfZITVoof3YfKcZhDN0DuzYlU_Z-aT-oibfb-liqwr47MljuuyxpkaQuYuLgVnMa_Q4dIe6nSC6MRqCwJSoAeCymQ8cCUEvUe-A/s320/IMG_4416%20(1).jpg" width="243" /></a></div><br /></li><li>I think this is an example how local newspapers and local media affiliates -- all of them -- are suffering due to staff cuts. This criminal case against the Affluenza Mom was pending for eight years and it, along with the case against her son, Ethan Couch, made headlines everywhere. But <a href="https://www.star-telegram.com/news/local/crime/article285158722.html?taid=65ebdb7e26cd000001fe7115&utm_campaign=trueanthem&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter">she quietly pled guilty</a> and received 180 days, credit for time served, <i>last November </i>and we are just now finding out about it.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdHw5FfmcO162txRhNOgOE8xo0drNHXuVMqqQdebGrtW1dhEL2xp1_1V-F46AURPorRyMoxD_XhA1oI02O2L-Pe3rfg9z8h2nnHUpR_7skDvMZEKxTPm3FY64ZnYQVRGmu4bCv5gRe1zE6_rmsqyw3NYMfvId_YS_cVTy5EZfICl_TUswX8mE7/s410/Screenshot%202024-03-11%20064536.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="361" data-original-width="410" height="282" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdHw5FfmcO162txRhNOgOE8xo0drNHXuVMqqQdebGrtW1dhEL2xp1_1V-F46AURPorRyMoxD_XhA1oI02O2L-Pe3rfg9z8h2nnHUpR_7skDvMZEKxTPm3FY64ZnYQVRGmu4bCv5gRe1zE6_rmsqyw3NYMfvId_YS_cVTy5EZfICl_TUswX8mE7/s320/Screenshot%202024-03-11%20064536.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /></li><li>The <i>Texas Tribune</i> <a href="https://www.texastribune.org/2024/03/08/tim-dunn-farris-wilks-defend-texas-liberty-election/">notes</a> the Wise County race, which is headed to a run-off, and its Texas Oilman PAC connection. And this is the first time I've seen in mainstream print that Hopper's son works for the Jonathan Stickland's Pale Horse Strategies (since renamed) whose offices <a href="https://www.texastribune.org/2023/10/08/nick-fuentes-kyle-rittenhouse-jonathan-stickland/">were the epicenter of the Nick Fuentes brouhaha</a>. <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBV91HqtCAERWq9hUHexfTrlsyhmm7BKJ1_kl6iiuAV8F-OyZxZF8rC3Fjs7IXvN1gCMXa13bFj9rH8GRdlXrsGijruZVS5KMkK6s8z2GowaxvTCForUAfuzMTCjMyz_yWsVSw03c2-Z0sH46U4ic9ltBHdfbzJV-K7Yf9hdldvMZfj0OZ4YXX/s891/Screenshot%202024-03-11%20060318.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="526" data-original-width="891" height="189" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBV91HqtCAERWq9hUHexfTrlsyhmm7BKJ1_kl6iiuAV8F-OyZxZF8rC3Fjs7IXvN1gCMXa13bFj9rH8GRdlXrsGijruZVS5KMkK6s8z2GowaxvTCForUAfuzMTCjMyz_yWsVSw03c2-Z0sH46U4ic9ltBHdfbzJV-K7Yf9hdldvMZfj0OZ4YXX/s320/Screenshot%202024-03-11%20060318.jpg" width="320" /></a><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8l6H2ewqm9c_1ms00A9fTHiCHYTWmiwtBFgmw0YFJR98KeK-d40RSBtXXy58FY09BCND7TL7sxj_d_-wf4fXdFcLvWT8RtqrINbS0_7o3VVTNEt8dgO2mV5pVZpfnhtDySnrpdCBM8gZBEXQjC3TfeSzAV6yHV9w1RXUxtrsXPQBHdYVJE_11/s880/Screenshot%202024-03-11%20060459.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="310" data-original-width="880" height="113" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8l6H2ewqm9c_1ms00A9fTHiCHYTWmiwtBFgmw0YFJR98KeK-d40RSBtXXy58FY09BCND7TL7sxj_d_-wf4fXdFcLvWT8RtqrINbS0_7o3VVTNEt8dgO2mV5pVZpfnhtDySnrpdCBM8gZBEXQjC3TfeSzAV6yHV9w1RXUxtrsXPQBHdYVJE_11/s320/Screenshot%202024-03-11%20060459.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /></div><br /></li><li>Katie Britt's cringe-worthy Republican Rebuttal to the State of the Union took a wild turn this weekend.</li><ul><li>There was on part of it where she said she had spoke with a woman immigrant who had been trafficked and how we wouldn't accept that in a "third world country" much less in America. <a href="https://x.com/VABVOX/status/1766040659620667530?s=20">Video</a>.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZmvuYzRH8r-oYoMnlOEtHti4h5mFQTRjMHaC2eEUb7MVb-tkPB1CLBdrLJAj2On5CDlNGDkTV-udzGHrJh4gUwoF99cySsDwFGRCguB7DM5k6YGRMg1WJNTyAeR55tn_gHp7yDy3zU92lv3dv_EXeCww-1IpWRxgc8fhcmE6v47lBwjFNn2Mz/s521/Screenshot%202024-03-11%20062255.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="299" data-original-width="521" height="184" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZmvuYzRH8r-oYoMnlOEtHti4h5mFQTRjMHaC2eEUb7MVb-tkPB1CLBdrLJAj2On5CDlNGDkTV-udzGHrJh4gUwoF99cySsDwFGRCguB7DM5k6YGRMg1WJNTyAeR55tn_gHp7yDy3zU92lv3dv_EXeCww-1IpWRxgc8fhcmE6v47lBwjFNn2Mz/s320/Screenshot%202024-03-11%20062255.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /></li><li>A TikTok sleuth quickly found out that she was lying. The woman does exist but she isn't someone who quietly confided in the Senator. Nope, she has speaking engagements everywhere, even in front of Congress, about being trafficked. But, get this: It occurred<i> over 20 years ago when she was 12 and when George W. Bush was President</i>, and had nothing to with America -- it happened deep in Mexico. This guy did a fantastic job. <a href="https://x.com/NickKnudsenUS/status/1766308578904998127?s=20">Video</a>. <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0wZYy8Wbdwa9WuwUXs7mOhHpkMrW6bRPoOBOOlG64OuVm1OjPlkZK5NEzvRgVCWG6bEG6XoDi4Vja8ssaK80t8wqbeVvd8bargGV4BDnSS5UZ2sgWCJ_YbZHIKx3BOaZVUzOCoE1X-lseEmpyQdwFaF1RHZmLw58-20Qmc7_dh7QQhOEJOEKk/s453/Screenshot%202024-03-11%20062034.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="453" data-original-width="289" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0wZYy8Wbdwa9WuwUXs7mOhHpkMrW6bRPoOBOOlG64OuVm1OjPlkZK5NEzvRgVCWG6bEG6XoDi4Vja8ssaK80t8wqbeVvd8bargGV4BDnSS5UZ2sgWCJ_YbZHIKx3BOaZVUzOCoE1X-lseEmpyQdwFaF1RHZmLw58-20Qmc7_dh7QQhOEJOEKk/s320/Screenshot%202024-03-11%20062034.jpg" width="204" /></a></div><br /></li><li>Scarlett Johansson then gives and Oscar-worthy performance recreating this whole mess on <i>Saturday Night Live</i>. <a href="https://x.com/girlsreallyrule/status/1766803567266955633?s=20">Video</a>. (Side note: Look how well they recreated the imagery of the whole thing.)<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhncZ7uhTmS7Wl1LX-h1mUCZ8OVI5vov1etNmTZnxW9MvP0Ur73VwPtrzgfBlqqPd7iMGOzgGEIld-x3wn73lZ_7HKFqmk18l-tgcyjtcPdAny3YS8zK8fMf5ErEO1XxfDQGidn6mJIZlJanWY1NSnAXnFocCPkP0-tnCI6TELPDKK_ykzHcEAm/s529/Screenshot%202024-03-11%20061910.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="317" data-original-width="529" height="192" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhncZ7uhTmS7Wl1LX-h1mUCZ8OVI5vov1etNmTZnxW9MvP0Ur73VwPtrzgfBlqqPd7iMGOzgGEIld-x3wn73lZ_7HKFqmk18l-tgcyjtcPdAny3YS8zK8fMf5ErEO1XxfDQGidn6mJIZlJanWY1NSnAXnFocCPkP0-tnCI6TELPDKK_ykzHcEAm/s320/Screenshot%202024-03-11%20061910.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /></li><li>Even Fox News had to confront her with the lie yesterday -- all because a TikTok guy is doing what journalists should do.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEil60I_pvjFTDaocv3LhrhgJxlfzOA58tYEFh7Nh5O_b8i50-wKgXOv76QedmmXtI_bJllXeUZ-v7hK4fLHmPxocE8tANhOPlK3sPxLbMNQd-YunzuLQjXqnXlPurQkhza8lX0-XG3C1WYJp3uMDzgDdtw_3_zl12ZzLnthQDCy00uuWmazbOVJ/s491/Screenshot%202024-03-11%20062209.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="273" data-original-width="491" height="178" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEil60I_pvjFTDaocv3LhrhgJxlfzOA58tYEFh7Nh5O_b8i50-wKgXOv76QedmmXtI_bJllXeUZ-v7hK4fLHmPxocE8tANhOPlK3sPxLbMNQd-YunzuLQjXqnXlPurQkhza8lX0-XG3C1WYJp3uMDzgDdtw_3_zl12ZzLnthQDCy00uuWmazbOVJ/s320/Screenshot%202024-03-11%20062209.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /></li></ul><li>Fox4Terry <a href="https://x.com/FOX4Terry/status/1766735744784060614?s=20">was on the job</a> this weekend. That was one heck of a wreck.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxcbb_ML2gh3J0tfnwj6qGDzap3IELzW3i1kLLi6uhPqraMKQqQ2agu6SSuywHE_n7F0J1DQJvajPdXtD-7lSHtoiVocLEBOpZqVVoWCW5E98GIc8S20csPDZNhajY5bJaOO4l2I5CH9oqI053Ggxf1yVlXZGZ4zPU_wZrYoTzan6dMfoOYy1l/s1091/image%20(49).png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="873" data-original-width="1091" height="256" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxcbb_ML2gh3J0tfnwj6qGDzap3IELzW3i1kLLi6uhPqraMKQqQ2agu6SSuywHE_n7F0J1DQJvajPdXtD-7lSHtoiVocLEBOpZqVVoWCW5E98GIc8S20csPDZNhajY5bJaOO4l2I5CH9oqI053Ggxf1yVlXZGZ4zPU_wZrYoTzan6dMfoOYy1l/s320/image%20(49).png" width="320" /></a></div><br /></li><li><a href="https://abc7chicago.com/carey-birmingham-spring-tx-patricia-murder/14504818/">Oh, my</a>. Carey Birmingham, 60, was sentenced last week in Harris County for shooting his wife Patricia, 48, after discovering she had an affair. It was an all-female jury (pretty wild for Texas) and, if I'm reading the story correctly, they also found that he acted in "sudden passion" which would have capped the sentence at 20 years anyway. <a href="https://x.com/CollinRugg/status/1766194814595563698?s=20">Here's the video</a> (which ends before the shot.)<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQqTKiavzO46Y0sfL3kR3b-tdDCg1WLvSZbbaVgV9IOxPUr2fvReIrO1Jao6KJ9zU-cRR2B3FTfOXNOwYQSI1Bfac-gCN3S12IDUqWqwyL83E4eZOH8h-BDYmIBuw2uRLVz5QMz253-xQgQRzNjuamYZGQD1XcqziIOyL-3-qkWeZxWJij6KED/s757/Screenshot%202024-03-11%20063639.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="259" data-original-width="757" height="109" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQqTKiavzO46Y0sfL3kR3b-tdDCg1WLvSZbbaVgV9IOxPUr2fvReIrO1Jao6KJ9zU-cRR2B3FTfOXNOwYQSI1Bfac-gCN3S12IDUqWqwyL83E4eZOH8h-BDYmIBuw2uRLVz5QMz253-xQgQRzNjuamYZGQD1XcqziIOyL-3-qkWeZxWJij6KED/s320/Screenshot%202024-03-11%20063639.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIC_9xZ2DHSUM3h1DRfoKDFNsGQAgz7Xqkke61ZLaH4_OUR2oHBwl8tzRAnRNtNbNUoZyPEWsYK_TuH1SdW2wGmynccw5zEJ3H8KperD4rL4IVdxRjfAarZv0pTGQ0Y-oC2cGbSwSl-m38cfzxvv5s08EfwoCg-TEVC1a3a2HmldxaymZ6jsCo/s402/Screenshot%202024-03-11%20063801.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="402" data-original-width="237" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIC_9xZ2DHSUM3h1DRfoKDFNsGQAgz7Xqkke61ZLaH4_OUR2oHBwl8tzRAnRNtNbNUoZyPEWsYK_TuH1SdW2wGmynccw5zEJ3H8KperD4rL4IVdxRjfAarZv0pTGQ0Y-oC2cGbSwSl-m38cfzxvv5s08EfwoCg-TEVC1a3a2HmldxaymZ6jsCo/s320/Screenshot%202024-03-11%20063801.jpg" width="189" /></a></div><br /></li><li>Trump news:</li><ul><li>He mocked Joe Biden's stutter over the weekend. <a href="https://x.com/atrupar/status/1766600821658075276?s=20">Video</a>.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQzUdHpNLC8YifOiWvpSs9uDS1CiC9fgwHIlAya_TzYZDLVY8JFIO7q-e2_MNaqLmUz7_YN3GQ862CuMu_3hao0pYLsAMWoYBF9WU_fSRBuTerfBWWFvQY6u5u-u6eL-pmwjicinDFLwfrTUBwqp1tVHy40iQbCD6XvdmFdwRZSAxyxXrrqigf/s523/Screenshot%202024-03-11%20070732.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="293" data-original-width="523" height="179" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQzUdHpNLC8YifOiWvpSs9uDS1CiC9fgwHIlAya_TzYZDLVY8JFIO7q-e2_MNaqLmUz7_YN3GQ862CuMu_3hao0pYLsAMWoYBF9WU_fSRBuTerfBWWFvQY6u5u-u6eL-pmwjicinDFLwfrTUBwqp1tVHy40iQbCD6XvdmFdwRZSAxyxXrrqigf/s320/Screenshot%202024-03-11%20070732.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /></li><li>He sounded like a drunken uncle last night when he got mad during the Oscars.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3phjLBuz72W-yTsaIatyScOFFqVQKkOeNdbYASi7FXz-XNYV5BenePO4Y99loPub43YKDE43nCZcfoQ4Q9RuCqfdfM070PhPXMZTtbsqpNJfJJeriRiH0G3XglvFKAJ_qe7tw4mehhyphenhyphen3IzgmlYNMOczTDJtq88ifIGlbY8rQBZdqe3zff0acz/s1549/image%20(18).png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1549" data-original-width="1169" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3phjLBuz72W-yTsaIatyScOFFqVQKkOeNdbYASi7FXz-XNYV5BenePO4Y99loPub43YKDE43nCZcfoQ4Q9RuCqfdfM070PhPXMZTtbsqpNJfJJeriRiH0G3XglvFKAJ_qe7tw4mehhyphenhyphen3IzgmlYNMOczTDJtq88ifIGlbY8rQBZdqe3zff0acz/s320/image%20(18).png" width="241" /></a></div><br /></li><li>Jimmy Kimmel then read the Tweet on stage and responded with a very funny retort. <a href="https://x.com/MikeSington/status/1767135092852527317?s=20">Video</a>.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjDuGawlMjPYKK5bf_NydkuuPF8JotxmUoMBtC9tuALg7d8O_wQA7fEGNSuYRNbLXf8Cjz4YSs1WGwnv9FLYw4uiZNKe9_P7zzCOF3wkXDjDNNRN2cr789jhBTGEpGv4uZfBAYp2FbhH6coY94B3Kr_3KrHXcWQOzUjVT0zBFchqe4tL34aQ6-/s678/Screenshot%202024-03-11%20055927.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="173" data-original-width="678" height="82" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjDuGawlMjPYKK5bf_NydkuuPF8JotxmUoMBtC9tuALg7d8O_wQA7fEGNSuYRNbLXf8Cjz4YSs1WGwnv9FLYw4uiZNKe9_P7zzCOF3wkXDjDNNRN2cr789jhBTGEpGv4uZfBAYp2FbhH6coY94B3Kr_3KrHXcWQOzUjVT0zBFchqe4tL34aQ6-/s320/Screenshot%202024-03-11%20055927.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /></li></ul><li>Rare Royal Family News from me: Questions surrounded the health of the Princess of Wales over the last two months so the Royals decided to release a photoshopped picture of her. <a href="https://apnews.com/article/princess-kate-manipulated-photo-482fda64281b4a63ccf30364d96b2622?taid=65eee3ca215c780001f3dabb&utm_campaign=TrueAnthem&utm_medium=AP&utm_source=Twitter">They were quickly busted for it</a>. She released this <a href="https://x.com/KensingtonRoyal/status/1767135566645092616?s=20">statement</a> this morning: "Like many amateur photographers, I do occasionally experiment with editing. I wanted to express my apologies for any confusion the family photograph we shared yesterday caused." Sheesh.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZjxTOl_rMyDCrr6N5kgf9Daq_5_RyCvzbSwbc4-8AAYiCLmBMxa36rA-xzzyakrz80EWhvSyQs_6q6G90N0HgeA2PuRD8lTGijKf9kkaB0Bo6R2ipV3d5baTWg5nLl-DffMKQhDWLzdj_ekSuvKq_3x0pcXlSwlp2ZUNN_qwpjI5wyU8LUo8U/s975/Screenshot%202024-03-11%20060914.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="266" data-original-width="975" height="87" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZjxTOl_rMyDCrr6N5kgf9Daq_5_RyCvzbSwbc4-8AAYiCLmBMxa36rA-xzzyakrz80EWhvSyQs_6q6G90N0HgeA2PuRD8lTGijKf9kkaB0Bo6R2ipV3d5baTWg5nLl-DffMKQhDWLzdj_ekSuvKq_3x0pcXlSwlp2ZUNN_qwpjI5wyU8LUo8U/s320/Screenshot%202024-03-11%20060914.jpg" width="320" /></a><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtbY9r2awadY_3wvt7WFHop3NyPErSBPzo7SbpBzHxRVH4U1-HHwTRlIogFPvdK4VKzhyphenhyphenuNHyNtMWwDOtHPWY7xbcpr4u_8V1XZTknYEMv4ZSrECL_4rS3P8s8t4Crzyam8v_bvLe8wWXJjUpPK7PbebzsJSCXiPoSKiwyn2pvx2wdC4oZ09Lb/s465/4480.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="279" data-original-width="465" height="192" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtbY9r2awadY_3wvt7WFHop3NyPErSBPzo7SbpBzHxRVH4U1-HHwTRlIogFPvdK4VKzhyphenhyphenuNHyNtMWwDOtHPWY7xbcpr4u_8V1XZTknYEMv4ZSrECL_4rS3P8s8t4Crzyam8v_bvLe8wWXJjUpPK7PbebzsJSCXiPoSKiwyn2pvx2wdC4oZ09Lb/s320/4480.png" width="320" /></a></div><br /></div><br /></li><li>Junior's not wrong. The normal and regular Republicans have been conquered.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiD0upO3grxnIE5921iAjhxXVrtMypPos3E5po5gXjQFoC8GfUZ_qbZVQ0J94cZ-0G1R5MkLw71yUGycVCrSQvr5bNsC62DORSVYfzBV7djIthqB-TECqB2LuIdSEfS79Z1_mCpmQZwlDsgTRl6oRm5LYaBL4fUbzyG7o5kGvKkV-GboA8mmtyV/s455/Screenshot%202024-03-11%20063214.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="455" data-original-width="424" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiD0upO3grxnIE5921iAjhxXVrtMypPos3E5po5gXjQFoC8GfUZ_qbZVQ0J94cZ-0G1R5MkLw71yUGycVCrSQvr5bNsC62DORSVYfzBV7djIthqB-TECqB2LuIdSEfS79Z1_mCpmQZwlDsgTRl6oRm5LYaBL4fUbzyG7o5kGvKkV-GboA8mmtyV/s320/Screenshot%202024-03-11%20063214.jpg" width="298" /></a></div><br /></li><li>Women's College Basketball fight yesterday! Kind of. <a href="https://x.com/iam_johnw/status/1766932292839059796?s=20">Video</a>.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4M_rFri-4zQtxbCINRsFjb5naxaR1puE_rGVbzyEY9MrsVDzX5JWef12P6uG8dbHDTlyvMyKZn6ISTFCNkS9R7HAMYm2Pz86D5vchCwldSic3fA51ZGE2XowuqPQtH3UjOjST0NqXf-dmImKvqObeDfVZOrJAWxOACirA0UsQupMFKHZeqf3V/s832/Screenshot-2024-03-10-at-3.30.58%E2%80%AFPM-832x447.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="447" data-original-width="832" height="172" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4M_rFri-4zQtxbCINRsFjb5naxaR1puE_rGVbzyEY9MrsVDzX5JWef12P6uG8dbHDTlyvMyKZn6ISTFCNkS9R7HAMYm2Pz86D5vchCwldSic3fA51ZGE2XowuqPQtH3UjOjST0NqXf-dmImKvqObeDfVZOrJAWxOACirA0UsQupMFKHZeqf3V/s320/Screenshot-2024-03-10-at-3.30.58%E2%80%AFPM-832x447.png" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOOYwR1036X2FK0OxHks-Tb5xmU3e1Z0d489KhEIrQ32V_JBouyVeXo8qUdwsqNVG4AELF8suJbVzkjfkrGw_i-U2o4jG4m07w3KaIKqei2E6fd9m3iuDvL9CR-fns718JVrfgb-6IX04pdRSXek4efklRfi4PtJUKx1kvWL0TZG2tnILRphAH/s1200/usatsi-22747904-1-1.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="675" data-original-width="1200" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOOYwR1036X2FK0OxHks-Tb5xmU3e1Z0d489KhEIrQ32V_JBouyVeXo8qUdwsqNVG4AELF8suJbVzkjfkrGw_i-U2o4jG4m07w3KaIKqei2E6fd9m3iuDvL9CR-fns718JVrfgb-6IX04pdRSXek4efklRfi4PtJUKx1kvWL0TZG2tnILRphAH/s320/usatsi-22747904-1-1.png" width="320" /></a></div></li><li>Hot Sports Opinion: There's no way I pay Micah Parsons the big money. Once paid, his motivation, which wanes as the season goes on anyway, will be gone. Think Albert Haynesworth from back in the day <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albert_Haynesworth#Washington_Redskins">who was once signed</a> as a huge free agent by Washington, and was immediately a shadow of himself.</li></ul><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhflYdPIoCDzIZj4R3eV4nMEgdKl7BzQjrn47N_hLa9L6Fo6CTTm70FyF15kReenfWqI_s0HTChHYcTsiynMb3QtEKuPzYJb96Pn3v4IgJE4gK2viCLb7o4UTL156JSYJ6oZFdClrCnDks2NgM_VUwu1qWo9cghCSnQIurLx3Tqbcs18BIWKY4a/s1324/TX_DMN%20(2).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1324" data-original-width="700" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhflYdPIoCDzIZj4R3eV4nMEgdKl7BzQjrn47N_hLa9L6Fo6CTTm70FyF15kReenfWqI_s0HTChHYcTsiynMb3QtEKuPzYJb96Pn3v4IgJE4gK2viCLb7o4UTL156JSYJ6oZFdClrCnDks2NgM_VUwu1qWo9cghCSnQIurLx3Tqbcs18BIWKY4a/w338-h640/TX_DMN%20(2).jpg" width="338" /></a></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14419062.post-53956826032699946512024-03-08T14:30:00.001-06:002024-03-08T14:30:00.245-06:00It's Friday - Let's Get Out of Here<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Two cars battle it out near I-35 & 635<br><br>(Via IG/ sookmiyagi) <a href="https://t.co/PHTStTWBSC">pic.twitter.com/PHTStTWBSC</a></p>— Dallas Texas TV (@DallasTexasTV) <a href="https://twitter.com/DallasTexasTV/status/1763668669559710073?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 1, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
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<hr>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14419062.post-1297735452678393432024-03-08T08:30:00.005-06:002024-03-08T08:33:17.365-06:00Random Friday Morning Thoughts<section class="bsgclass"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-kRZh_4YolC4/YDUKIFzkKGI/AAAAAAABjNc/5zUqmtaIL2YwDqWreLA-L4-57L4F70EigCLcBGAsYHQ/s400/header.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="43" data-original-width="400" height="43" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-kRZh_4YolC4/YDUKIFzkKGI/AAAAAAABjNc/5zUqmtaIL2YwDqWreLA-L4-57L4F70EigCLcBGAsYHQ/w400-h43/header.png" width="400" /></a><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrzx3Ao-qpa_ob7ms4CBFELRoXO3HPpXDGL7LlV2V_7T6D3m09U-L-byerWRXq3AgNWyWjci9FLdCeUGLFwBv3PFDxxMjze3RBc76sQ6WTw2XR1UL4PrrQ0mAQNlujvSxWyOxatGOSFWy9tO6IHGNVfVaRBX830mMJgpQhczpI_V7xSTn4-SLp/s623/Indian.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="355" data-original-width="623" height="182" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrzx3Ao-qpa_ob7ms4CBFELRoXO3HPpXDGL7LlV2V_7T6D3m09U-L-byerWRXq3AgNWyWjci9FLdCeUGLFwBv3PFDxxMjze3RBc76sQ6WTw2XR1UL4PrrQ0mAQNlujvSxWyOxatGOSFWy9tO6IHGNVfVaRBX830mMJgpQhczpI_V7xSTn4-SLp/s320/Indian.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1VLRK4XtcmQajS1H4hetpfl9JWsVNfUKbBm4nAvu5hXGv9tdwqsDOFqS1_Yt3gpB2X1dRqq68hxhUFVnTiipWNBNHauh7d0uJDfc54YLAuXwgggwAvFm7gCznUwoxGOtpQ6qH4sRLrJQCSIIf_xypcEqrRXAkcKTv0riyV-b8cCPl_cC06JU2/s1800/Screenshot%202024-03-07%20at%208.08.35%E2%80%AFPM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="798" data-original-width="1800" height="142" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1VLRK4XtcmQajS1H4hetpfl9JWsVNfUKbBm4nAvu5hXGv9tdwqsDOFqS1_Yt3gpB2X1dRqq68hxhUFVnTiipWNBNHauh7d0uJDfc54YLAuXwgggwAvFm7gCznUwoxGOtpQ6qH4sRLrJQCSIIf_xypcEqrRXAkcKTv0riyV-b8cCPl_cC06JU2/s320/Screenshot%202024-03-07%20at%208.08.35%E2%80%AFPM.png" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i>I short summary won't do this one justice. A boy found dead in a bathtub in Frisco, the mother arrested before an ME's report put the case in complete doubt, and then seven months later both the lady and her husband were dead. <a href="https://www.thebeliever.net/mallika-rao-three-bodies-in-texas/">Here's a long read on it</a>. </i></div></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></section><hr /><ul style="text-align: left;"><li>Biden did really well on the State of the Union although in this day and time no one is sitting through an hour long speech. But I did.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoK8Et5SsEVs3GOfjrdbjCTOL94yf0y_Twex8xOOl6YojZzyN_F_Qg4MxRR0_eBQyyeXBM_6Mx5512fiVaNEAC4LHZEpato1Jo2EccAvT0bMKwHxhHOcjrveu8d7Pb-HfWOHFISac7oNCvVIOVjbERyGl-cOEE_PQkEvtysMt44FC9HcgJJWiB/s787/Screenshot%202024-03-08%20071829.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="457" data-original-width="787" height="186" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoK8Et5SsEVs3GOfjrdbjCTOL94yf0y_Twex8xOOl6YojZzyN_F_Qg4MxRR0_eBQyyeXBM_6Mx5512fiVaNEAC4LHZEpato1Jo2EccAvT0bMKwHxhHOcjrveu8d7Pb-HfWOHFISac7oNCvVIOVjbERyGl-cOEE_PQkEvtysMt44FC9HcgJJWiB/s320/Screenshot%202024-03-08%20071829.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /></li><ul><li>Let's check in on some GOP images. <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOcFGykF5tPykHn2QgvPUFrUQGlJGb_rU3cgFD2_jLJMGxs5q-47ImlWQi0jWjRIXxNyCQ2kPMiSO2QZG4gk5fs1ApXSB0wlgBMtc3jk1yEH5qP_cSkjq8wchbDDQA9ecx7-YFdn1YzN-azPf3lW1QMhTOjRYGCqrGflzcj1_PFWfYWn1xIjG9/s948/Screenshot%202024-03-08%20072108.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="639" data-original-width="948" height="216" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOcFGykF5tPykHn2QgvPUFrUQGlJGb_rU3cgFD2_jLJMGxs5q-47ImlWQi0jWjRIXxNyCQ2kPMiSO2QZG4gk5fs1ApXSB0wlgBMtc3jk1yEH5qP_cSkjq8wchbDDQA9ecx7-YFdn1YzN-azPf3lW1QMhTOjRYGCqrGflzcj1_PFWfYWn1xIjG9/s320/Screenshot%202024-03-08%20072108.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjE2DRDFiGnyGcAqXvihc9tFA4klIEwobrA6fNNSosSLZ1UZgJPdXbKQ-DTx9k8G_UDcURg89-zN5TumcoDQ-9MRWMFRCS67KrVdaeEXwXDsir-GaSmYwTgL4cF1wauYo9VEo9emKj7tZ3v-4h1EqZoO3-jDBro0SyDR6DbnHuWBe0EUQcX2wxS/s680/image%20(47).png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="680" data-original-width="510" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjE2DRDFiGnyGcAqXvihc9tFA4klIEwobrA6fNNSosSLZ1UZgJPdXbKQ-DTx9k8G_UDcURg89-zN5TumcoDQ-9MRWMFRCS67KrVdaeEXwXDsir-GaSmYwTgL4cF1wauYo9VEo9emKj7tZ3v-4h1EqZoO3-jDBro0SyDR6DbnHuWBe0EUQcX2wxS/s320/image%20(47).png" width="240" /></a></div><br /></li><li>Was Rep. Ronny Jackson feeling uncomfortable as he was on his phone in the audience? <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiY6hPIcxwqX_hHBa3dnqo4vCC-aZ3N4Bnu3SrKvy7vqWsZk81W8ZpvOs0R7nn9W8PLDHN-ol1m7vDXe4TEPGF7uxp5aBsP8CLJZYNccvR9S8xnGJ3SRbXAkgdcu1Xk2GlFOvKy-jeXAW7oSVxAhs2LV6FDnzGa_phKihu5XXaWd2HyW-t-l2na/s422/Screenshot%202024-03-08%20070859.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="189" data-original-width="422" height="143" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiY6hPIcxwqX_hHBa3dnqo4vCC-aZ3N4Bnu3SrKvy7vqWsZk81W8ZpvOs0R7nn9W8PLDHN-ol1m7vDXe4TEPGF7uxp5aBsP8CLJZYNccvR9S8xnGJ3SRbXAkgdcu1Xk2GlFOvKy-jeXAW7oSVxAhs2LV6FDnzGa_phKihu5XXaWd2HyW-t-l2na/s320/Screenshot%202024-03-08%20070859.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /></li><li>If you want to see 21 seconds of the Republican response, <a href="https://x.com/nycsouthpaw/status/1765954564283392032?s=20">check this out</a>. It is like the first day of acting school. <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAzO65jOAVop8f70pElgG5R1UauX3fVDkQpNYVBqIMH4omCjgiQzBOHfxRUfzrFQes9fYqHt-6eIYElOADIAoqbZzxZDbeNqdrOxQiJCeqlM2AJgItf9pSOAzNuNyQ4sqw7NObm4V0IXhBbz6l2WM-sD3m3cS6YIi8pgZ7M9hebKTzSWqxNnYa/s574/Screenshot%202024-03-08%20074615.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="324" data-original-width="574" height="181" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAzO65jOAVop8f70pElgG5R1UauX3fVDkQpNYVBqIMH4omCjgiQzBOHfxRUfzrFQes9fYqHt-6eIYElOADIAoqbZzxZDbeNqdrOxQiJCeqlM2AJgItf9pSOAzNuNyQ4sqw7NObm4V0IXhBbz6l2WM-sD3m3cS6YIi8pgZ7M9hebKTzSWqxNnYa/s320/Screenshot%202024-03-08%20074615.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /></li></ul><li>Oh, before I forget, <a href="https://wapo.st/3TprtNo">we learned yesterday</a> that Ronny Jackson has been lying about his military rank.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMJHWFr8H_pFWqRxn3oZGoNLtsyTsY9HHT_iCw_pjN4GAuZ8XMdimBvE6lgWfyuElb2jv7tlk56wXb07mzsKhNldrweRTu4HQqxhpoBCRKe0zhKzj9iili_SuZL40e40pCznnoWrKnPn1HsZxJz8mbsO2rw-7YEYWNU0tUWBQg4lB4oXpgyH1I/s698/Screenshot%202024-03-08%20071424.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="383" data-original-width="698" height="176" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMJHWFr8H_pFWqRxn3oZGoNLtsyTsY9HHT_iCw_pjN4GAuZ8XMdimBvE6lgWfyuElb2jv7tlk56wXb07mzsKhNldrweRTu4HQqxhpoBCRKe0zhKzj9iili_SuZL40e40pCznnoWrKnPn1HsZxJz8mbsO2rw-7YEYWNU0tUWBQg4lB4oXpgyH1I/s320/Screenshot%202024-03-08%20071424.jpg" width="320" /></a><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlK5v9Af66nnI-1AlA7BX3hPnkWr4NR0525yzbF-sV0N3dLG8c2LhwOfBOrug1rjUsTGoLHIsZ7Mt4xXrklflxb-FL3J8RMFGW4ncr7UKT7iWm2BdLb3lBJ0GYDN09aRSivvFkxXOV50oOpuG2P-1Kgz2UBY2YdteZRFitEL5h6QL14tFSNsei/s1681/ronny-jackson-rodeo-ffc3bab2b8acc43cfb7a587509084204a6287c8e.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1260" data-original-width="1681" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlK5v9Af66nnI-1AlA7BX3hPnkWr4NR0525yzbF-sV0N3dLG8c2LhwOfBOrug1rjUsTGoLHIsZ7Mt4xXrklflxb-FL3J8RMFGW4ncr7UKT7iWm2BdLb3lBJ0GYDN09aRSivvFkxXOV50oOpuG2P-1Kgz2UBY2YdteZRFitEL5h6QL14tFSNsei/s320/ronny-jackson-rodeo-ffc3bab2b8acc43cfb7a587509084204a6287c8e.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><i>Editor's note: This is not the photo that ran with the story, but it seems like a good time to <a href="https://www.texastribune.org/2023/08/11/ronny-jackson-rodeo-altercation/">remind everyone of that incident. </a></i></div> </li><li>The metroplex was far worse than Wise County yesterday.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFGBGaO7rRscpUFZP4dbLYZDdphq75WmdPyVb9wvcaRaVAHZjUZJ9oqYB1bdfZXjMPsD1MoY3_ZAAX9Rku5KUFnTcetkLN0hTaAJrcaUHg6j7BC6d21oRDPkv6UBpaWypAx7Lkmhw9oDG_vEi1-EHX7gOs9JbMrrYmgXIPMdK-8hBB6YnZe6I4/s1104/Screenshot%202024-03-08%20065150.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="452" data-original-width="1104" height="131" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFGBGaO7rRscpUFZP4dbLYZDdphq75WmdPyVb9wvcaRaVAHZjUZJ9oqYB1bdfZXjMPsD1MoY3_ZAAX9Rku5KUFnTcetkLN0hTaAJrcaUHg6j7BC6d21oRDPkv6UBpaWypAx7Lkmhw9oDG_vEi1-EHX7gOs9JbMrrYmgXIPMdK-8hBB6YnZe6I4/s320/Screenshot%202024-03-08%20065150.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /></li><li>I'm not sure what the purpose is of <a href="https://tx.my.xcelenergy.com/s/about/newsroom/press-release/statement-from-xcel-energy-regarding-wildfires-in-the-texas-panhandle-MCTRIWLNFFOFBHZNTXB4D25BKCKU">acknowledging</a> by a press release "that its facilities appear to have been involved in an ignition of the Smokehouse Creek fire" while denying any negligence. <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvOmtmj-2I7NwlrpPfbTcowXQEhAEmah1sWOsbof7yPqe6MNQIpAOvERg0iPpHOsEnY_GZLVyL2dh83-0u54gF_xqca8PujCuo6eEYFkFmCq09LwCYHcBykJWweQdbLt6wx8FaQZTT7tOxRRiHb24Fi_GeTV9ewVKkXLFxK1fsPcTERvp8dHHS/s1304/Screenshot%202024-03-08%20065727.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="211" data-original-width="1304" height="65" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvOmtmj-2I7NwlrpPfbTcowXQEhAEmah1sWOsbof7yPqe6MNQIpAOvERg0iPpHOsEnY_GZLVyL2dh83-0u54gF_xqca8PujCuo6eEYFkFmCq09LwCYHcBykJWweQdbLt6wx8FaQZTT7tOxRRiHb24Fi_GeTV9ewVKkXLFxK1fsPcTERvp8dHHS/w400-h65/Screenshot%202024-03-08%20065727.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /></li><li>"UVALDE, Texas (AP) — An independent report commissioned by the City of Uvalde into a deadly 2022 school shooting found that none of the city’s officers violated department policy, infuriating families of some of the 19 children and two teachers who were killed in one of the deadliest classroom shootings in U.S. history." If the "department policy" was to stand around while kids die, I suppose it is right. <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHgGWqnhnlYE0tFU2MDBuN2hnZHBSrNXvNS_bgq7LByDQfRXxQnYAxfHXUUQGqGRt-3gOnAFKcnL4gyZfrk7Y7S6Eb26Em1bEzzff2FgxFglghYjrtVu5an93bCaXfefshPySz5j5mcZLIi71BOmGxYyAOHHcd6NJJ0FOplZLzlMegGrKtpBRn/s928/Screenshot%202024-03-08%20064406.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="421" data-original-width="928" height="145" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHgGWqnhnlYE0tFU2MDBuN2hnZHBSrNXvNS_bgq7LByDQfRXxQnYAxfHXUUQGqGRt-3gOnAFKcnL4gyZfrk7Y7S6Eb26Em1bEzzff2FgxFglghYjrtVu5an93bCaXfefshPySz5j5mcZLIi71BOmGxYyAOHHcd6NJJ0FOplZLzlMegGrKtpBRn/s320/Screenshot%202024-03-08%20064406.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiN_N9dNz2qQkjOtt7p0PJEGmwOzie9TiFfBgj_RvSkT-19mwjGR5mW3FlgRdGlYYPfD0ja07W5PBJPb27slZL4yoib-aWnFiYK6deomda9I4_apUW-Hbc163wQYXY65e3kurrjv5j7z7qcN4Whr-BPVaKa9PoJ2p3cMuz9v8uHUVvwwomqmWuU/s992/Screenshot%202024-03-08%20064433.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="692" data-original-width="992" height="223" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiN_N9dNz2qQkjOtt7p0PJEGmwOzie9TiFfBgj_RvSkT-19mwjGR5mW3FlgRdGlYYPfD0ja07W5PBJPb27slZL4yoib-aWnFiYK6deomda9I4_apUW-Hbc163wQYXY65e3kurrjv5j7z7qcN4Whr-BPVaKa9PoJ2p3cMuz9v8uHUVvwwomqmWuU/s320/Screenshot%202024-03-08%20064433.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /></li><li>The last thing we need is this on the State Board of Education. <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZnGYiqEb7K3S54NWPlRpcTGef0yvuSRvF8ug2JW60GamoyNT1qYS-WPhLPEUOtAChVBOC8djUWVQSNYsmYNS4uHUNwI_cF2a09ZfvEcfJqxnCt6EjyswsijvHpa0ufvB1TAFTPoCGcaEPmLSTt6AyIuqBlBMRAm8_YDlVZ5TRxFM1vVIXFlKf/s424/Screenshot%202024-03-08%20065915.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="393" data-original-width="424" height="297" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZnGYiqEb7K3S54NWPlRpcTGef0yvuSRvF8ug2JW60GamoyNT1qYS-WPhLPEUOtAChVBOC8djUWVQSNYsmYNS4uHUNwI_cF2a09ZfvEcfJqxnCt6EjyswsijvHpa0ufvB1TAFTPoCGcaEPmLSTt6AyIuqBlBMRAm8_YDlVZ5TRxFM1vVIXFlKf/s320/Screenshot%202024-03-08%20065915.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAZyCm1J4p54D4jMPNca1JV5GlxYFzkN2EvqrpLK8TAemx8Ve2ME9izW8nKx9yZPpZj6ekGP1ENGpIyAQR5R8f2nWfviP4K0jwmgaAnrjjBDpfDpWyI4NeTNo1dL-vnLGLmcApNdxeJLf3QzlDq1VGawZMFLFUu9ZrrhNsmWVZrWZfTRxZ3znw/s1302/Screenshot%202024-03-08%20070014.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="222" data-original-width="1302" height="69" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAZyCm1J4p54D4jMPNca1JV5GlxYFzkN2EvqrpLK8TAemx8Ve2ME9izW8nKx9yZPpZj6ekGP1ENGpIyAQR5R8f2nWfviP4K0jwmgaAnrjjBDpfDpWyI4NeTNo1dL-vnLGLmcApNdxeJLf3QzlDq1VGawZMFLFUu9ZrrhNsmWVZrWZfTRxZ3znw/w400-h69/Screenshot%202024-03-08%20070014.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /></li><li>Speaking of vouchers, that's a big bullet point for the Texas Oilman PAC. They want to gut public education and move tax dollars to private, unregulated Christian schools. Andy Hopper, who the PAC has thrown a ton of money at with more to come, fell in line yesterday. <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzQNoj8a1PTjZGrFXuksr8RBycQWaTGuvWTllZSHdeFqqoBPTlKBeMOEt3K26ibvUmasz6oP1fRE2AdOhyphenhyphenRRqx0mYi3-OEbZhAYGoH9of98mjritoI4o0mBpIZAJ32sVT7DpSMqpbDwZxK0xyqMYBaM3Z65dfpEzj9LyTdhmlwDqMkuEFNSjHV/s419/Screenshot%202024-03-08%20070359.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="325" data-original-width="419" height="248" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzQNoj8a1PTjZGrFXuksr8RBycQWaTGuvWTllZSHdeFqqoBPTlKBeMOEt3K26ibvUmasz6oP1fRE2AdOhyphenhyphenRRqx0mYi3-OEbZhAYGoH9of98mjritoI4o0mBpIZAJ32sVT7DpSMqpbDwZxK0xyqMYBaM3Z65dfpEzj9LyTdhmlwDqMkuEFNSjHV/s320/Screenshot%202024-03-08%20070359.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /></li><ul><li>Sidenote #1: That voucher proposition on the Republican ballot was horribly worded. It might as well have begun with, "Do you want to follow God's Word and have your personal hard earned savings follow your precious child instead of going to cross-dressing devil worshipers?" </li><li>Sidenote #2. You are not "the representative of #HD64."</li></ul><li>Let's check in FBC Dallas Pastor Robert Jeffress to see what message of Christian love he was spreading last night. <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWFl2sTT4npwHkoQGZz4ueWsWs1o6RlZzvIuxyMuir7kklkC1x-Ya3AdPfsI10Ox-wWi65jFw_cmPNIne5FusC8txYnRBsVxEQSrd8we7bcYg6bGUbFoddPtgxHMcdoFy10JjGEQuAS5-h-FE4NAbRl1XRTRNYESDUhCnSHsTltDqhUXzNhYv5/s594/Screenshot%202024-03-08%20073323.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="495" data-original-width="594" height="267" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWFl2sTT4npwHkoQGZz4ueWsWs1o6RlZzvIuxyMuir7kklkC1x-Ya3AdPfsI10Ox-wWi65jFw_cmPNIne5FusC8txYnRBsVxEQSrd8we7bcYg6bGUbFoddPtgxHMcdoFy10JjGEQuAS5-h-FE4NAbRl1XRTRNYESDUhCnSHsTltDqhUXzNhYv5/s320/Screenshot%202024-03-08%20073323.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /></li><li>Time which has passed since the Wise County Sheriff's Office, despite having a full male DNA profile, has failed to solve the murder of Lauren Whitener in her home at Lake Bridgeport: <a href="http://www.liberallylean.com/2024/02/random-friday-morning-thoughts_0874019324.html#:~:text=Time%20which%20has%20passed%20since%20the%20Wise%20County%20Sheriff%27s%20Office%2C%20despite%20having%20a%20full%20male%20DNA%20profile%2C%20has%20failed%20to%20solve%20the%20murder%20of%20Lauren%20Whitener%20in%20her%20home%20at%20Lake%20Bridgeport%3A%204%20years%20and%20242%20days.">4 years and 256 days</a>.</li></ul><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgK8sDM9Z8bLC0tKEAKdRVmN9U0q_tG71mUpqfwYrw1JsPjCphxzq3PYV5Y1tDG7-AnqdgKj_UUHmXuyxGNGUg6cxTLB8p6uDOSFNMqP4iraxZoAWDp5sg6-i9AMB2dkw0_NBzIukBpCEkkcUr8VKS587xPnYMbHhPQIrCpdlvvct7dsXqzKRlV/s1324/TX_DMN%20(1).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1324" data-original-width="700" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgK8sDM9Z8bLC0tKEAKdRVmN9U0q_tG71mUpqfwYrw1JsPjCphxzq3PYV5Y1tDG7-AnqdgKj_UUHmXuyxGNGUg6cxTLB8p6uDOSFNMqP4iraxZoAWDp5sg6-i9AMB2dkw0_NBzIukBpCEkkcUr8VKS587xPnYMbHhPQIrCpdlvvct7dsXqzKRlV/w338-h640/TX_DMN%20(1).jpg" width="338" /></a></div><div><br /></div>
Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14419062.post-45218414315052881032024-03-07T08:30:00.036-06:002024-03-07T08:30:00.146-06:00Random Thursday Morning Thoughts<section class="bsgclass"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-kRZh_4YolC4/YDUKIFzkKGI/AAAAAAABjNc/5zUqmtaIL2YwDqWreLA-L4-57L4F70EigCLcBGAsYHQ/s400/header.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="43" data-original-width="400" height="43" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-kRZh_4YolC4/YDUKIFzkKGI/AAAAAAABjNc/5zUqmtaIL2YwDqWreLA-L4-57L4F70EigCLcBGAsYHQ/w400-h43/header.png" width="400" /></a><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVXnzHr8KiqPbvBJWbbMHN1lzxwRsnBopd4KHczjVlajd5hVtm1DbCDGVZQ3iNuRrsdWKy0mEXdtpSR8TEBgVCoUfSYGr46-EZW-xJY6dQuloc8LzALmG7p6ZXgq4yuwaz7CnGcYJphYujkx_W4dtE4NY-5IYVwVwgywPwktjY4FQhGi49oVA-/s1344/Screenshot%202024-03-07%20073331.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="794" data-original-width="1344" height="189" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVXnzHr8KiqPbvBJWbbMHN1lzxwRsnBopd4KHczjVlajd5hVtm1DbCDGVZQ3iNuRrsdWKy0mEXdtpSR8TEBgVCoUfSYGr46-EZW-xJY6dQuloc8LzALmG7p6ZXgq4yuwaz7CnGcYJphYujkx_W4dtE4NY-5IYVwVwgywPwktjY4FQhGi49oVA-/s320/Screenshot%202024-03-07%20073331.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i>That Farmer's Branch lawsuit was over an ordinance which prevented private landlords from renting to undocumented aliens. It never went into effect, but legal bills cost the city over $8 million. And it was all spearheaded because of Mayor Tim O'Hare who is now the administrative County Judge of Tarrant County.</i></div></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></section><hr /><ul style="text-align: left;"><li>We've got an Anti-Gaza Invasion <a href="https://x.com/DFWscanner/status/1765744005424284060?s=20">protest</a> in Fort Worth this morning outside of General Dynamics.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMBEhQRB8P1F1VTyXy-B8VNOI_-XzRGoTudKyM_Tll9j0qc2Jlbzm3aT0khMgI_HataxdJsHxH6-IO2CQCpm6SVa1F7SphFW_I7FIhFS-g0whsD0nEFq62wwnkGsNyZRYkj0J-oCPiS3S7MwplsOA4GMNHXn8CwIeCXRpIpp-qpM0C62uLHSnC/s580/Screenshot%202024-03-07%20082102.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="570" data-original-width="580" height="314" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMBEhQRB8P1F1VTyXy-B8VNOI_-XzRGoTudKyM_Tll9j0qc2Jlbzm3aT0khMgI_HataxdJsHxH6-IO2CQCpm6SVa1F7SphFW_I7FIhFS-g0whsD0nEFq62wwnkGsNyZRYkj0J-oCPiS3S7MwplsOA4GMNHXn8CwIeCXRpIpp-qpM0C62uLHSnC/s320/Screenshot%202024-03-07%20082102.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /></li><li>I said yesterday that I didn't know much about the newly elected Brandon Gill who will become Wise County's Congressman along with Ronny Jackson, but yesterday <i>Wired </i>magazine <a href="https://www.wired.com/story/brandon-gill-2000-mules-texas-election/">educated me</a>. Good lord.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiulxKB69rOI8ii39r7vN7RExuWADgOI_9fKv9gH3Os8y8It1D2mLlzxmVqao4eMHN_wjnKdAgPr_ZXYYvcJPQLjzgHfilYoUrr1uAoxXGuvWVqo_zwK0syL1Px4MnB_udPmkzONzP09GW_9Tz-VG97kUNfmVSvtIZ36-_HcJav8DBQ1oLH6zpq/s611/Screenshot%202024-03-07%20063558.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="424" data-original-width="611" height="222" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiulxKB69rOI8ii39r7vN7RExuWADgOI_9fKv9gH3Os8y8It1D2mLlzxmVqao4eMHN_wjnKdAgPr_ZXYYvcJPQLjzgHfilYoUrr1uAoxXGuvWVqo_zwK0syL1Px4MnB_udPmkzONzP09GW_9Tz-VG97kUNfmVSvtIZ36-_HcJav8DBQ1oLH6zpq/s320/Screenshot%202024-03-07%20063558.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEig3otv2vi5WbxAdVq7_4FtmGC53H2KYgPP07HyVV_lyGqzwCMbr3uLqtll-ciyAj3PGf6ddKB-6HSIivRiLwlfs9w_OgUfSb73GM0_cSeHv_Xdm9phbKC1s6vTwwIPhmrgaDowzphaWAig4Wk4a482Qs8aeNr3LdsQjUgsDTAr3O9KvOmCGhLP/s928/Screenshot%202024-03-07%20063710.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="273" data-original-width="928" height="94" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEig3otv2vi5WbxAdVq7_4FtmGC53H2KYgPP07HyVV_lyGqzwCMbr3uLqtll-ciyAj3PGf6ddKB-6HSIivRiLwlfs9w_OgUfSb73GM0_cSeHv_Xdm9phbKC1s6vTwwIPhmrgaDowzphaWAig4Wk4a482Qs8aeNr3LdsQjUgsDTAr3O9KvOmCGhLP/s320/Screenshot%202024-03-07%20063710.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlog-H9OoOg8bMZhT3K6ubqVYIfzslIdI8E1YaRhwuTzzc2YK6t3nmkoigIJS7Fxo-hF_FEGFcpijwqiDoaflRYnmf3UWMjt5MaloDLMKOpc0oi_PpQskYZ2ehhGhy2oo0VPd1LJwWypMNk6_0Hgd7LOsgVhBGcF3QYGx0DV4UqP68YEglYTP5/s821/Screenshot%202024-03-07%20063229.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="686" data-original-width="821" height="334" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlog-H9OoOg8bMZhT3K6ubqVYIfzslIdI8E1YaRhwuTzzc2YK6t3nmkoigIJS7Fxo-hF_FEGFcpijwqiDoaflRYnmf3UWMjt5MaloDLMKOpc0oi_PpQskYZ2ehhGhy2oo0VPd1LJwWypMNk6_0Hgd7LOsgVhBGcF3QYGx0DV4UqP68YEglYTP5/w400-h334/Screenshot%202024-03-07%20063229.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /></li><li>"The armorer faces up to 18 months in prison and a $5,000 fine after the involuntary-manslaughter conviction, according to the AP." I'm not too bent out of shape about the conviction, but she doesn't need to be put in a cage for this mistake. <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhjMg9YEEbz8wX27T-2UlQTKRQ7Pqej_sEekAdwQb1xSm5ke9jv8C64pB8Qp3TijaAGXOjr-c8CXaliMfgG-Ydd40hlEH3El2olJhqNLEd8tGBOjYYqtykZ9wPlbi467vqE_H3gvFlDfn-Js6qQZaVpkCNmGbcsubs2TYjbm_A4sONv_kBoieW/s454/Screenshot%202024-03-07%20062955.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="454" data-original-width="422" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhjMg9YEEbz8wX27T-2UlQTKRQ7Pqej_sEekAdwQb1xSm5ke9jv8C64pB8Qp3TijaAGXOjr-c8CXaliMfgG-Ydd40hlEH3El2olJhqNLEd8tGBOjYYqtykZ9wPlbi467vqE_H3gvFlDfn-Js6qQZaVpkCNmGbcsubs2TYjbm_A4sONv_kBoieW/s320/Screenshot%202024-03-07%20062955.jpg" width="297" /></a></div><br /></li><li>I'm not sure I've ever <a href="https://www.dallasnews.com/news/national/2024/03/07/retired-wrestler-ex-texas-congressional-candidate-sought-in-nevada-killing/">heard of this guy</a>. When he ran for Congress in Tarrant County he got less than 3% of the vote. <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjA4QXSHjQRGnreapYn4XIqtxQVGKJP1AOpucnPxpAIYt2HtNsm0UtvesOvCHdO9MhIKhesFFoAADREBghaJH_Lx-tmvqLQKfQHkJM1QZD-9Mg1dh5OYrB1EClolfPML__FMMXn8OmC5s-kDrKA7Rtk9cJ0PVxOcoMqLRynVEEpQyk8UNphKXvr/s404/mastheadDallasMorningNews.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="57" data-original-width="404" height="28" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjA4QXSHjQRGnreapYn4XIqtxQVGKJP1AOpucnPxpAIYt2HtNsm0UtvesOvCHdO9MhIKhesFFoAADREBghaJH_Lx-tmvqLQKfQHkJM1QZD-9Mg1dh5OYrB1EClolfPML__FMMXn8OmC5s-kDrKA7Rtk9cJ0PVxOcoMqLRynVEEpQyk8UNphKXvr/w200-h28/mastheadDallasMorningNews.jpg" width="200" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtrTF7WQU6PXdFOIHx3yNj1uf-I12tbI9E1br_9pKO-jJVVZRKrHlxsNmCeHalKGnro0crS2d9vLxAwnM6TtkP085ErWHVmHxGo4h_kJaG0UOmVrTWcRf9DMfrJVcMkQq1yAALjWjjQDB566kAN7kC_H7oKj2dAgF6L7Oo3CBRQflnmFLG8fzb/s1217/Screenshot%202024-03-07%20072721.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="216" data-original-width="1217" height="71" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtrTF7WQU6PXdFOIHx3yNj1uf-I12tbI9E1br_9pKO-jJVVZRKrHlxsNmCeHalKGnro0crS2d9vLxAwnM6TtkP085ErWHVmHxGo4h_kJaG0UOmVrTWcRf9DMfrJVcMkQq1yAALjWjjQDB566kAN7kC_H7oKj2dAgF6L7Oo3CBRQflnmFLG8fzb/w400-h71/Screenshot%202024-03-07%20072721.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQVysHDnRj1_tMojp8KNBknrelY-Sek9zdi6De5rowSvjuYEzjlpJUcgGLB2TUewVc7bpt5sDtJ1-H2qiIxmHuGy7jofLzypDQYPkqDumeZvv5XMSpVKExFoK1ggriUKZLfyKDuHl5-QESh-OAQ6wwV4WiEiLhZIZagGYYhnheUpawVAMYa4Ra/s1186/image%20(46).png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1075" data-original-width="1186" height="290" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQVysHDnRj1_tMojp8KNBknrelY-Sek9zdi6De5rowSvjuYEzjlpJUcgGLB2TUewVc7bpt5sDtJ1-H2qiIxmHuGy7jofLzypDQYPkqDumeZvv5XMSpVKExFoK1ggriUKZLfyKDuHl5-QESh-OAQ6wwV4WiEiLhZIZagGYYhnheUpawVAMYa4Ra/s320/image%20(46).png" width="320" /></a></div><br /></li><li>Having a ton of drama students show up at a school board meeting and passionately tell you that you are out of your collective minds apparently works:<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieg08vf2d5RrSF_Vn2_NsDcv44QpBNJbatPt6pUaSOTW4G2oW7dUIC1PXyBJWt-54rfP-ZGDmehNB0rD7rD7qIF7U1OLZgA-jWfaFo6XXjH9WnZI2lg0g3U2k2x6awDaiXlkRvn2ho2dOTidd856UjdEfPlW-1bECQWUDMdeduiJRWhGGFNPHl/s905/Screenshot%202024-03-07%20062539.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="403" data-original-width="905" height="142" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieg08vf2d5RrSF_Vn2_NsDcv44QpBNJbatPt6pUaSOTW4G2oW7dUIC1PXyBJWt-54rfP-ZGDmehNB0rD7rD7qIF7U1OLZgA-jWfaFo6XXjH9WnZI2lg0g3U2k2x6awDaiXlkRvn2ho2dOTidd856UjdEfPlW-1bECQWUDMdeduiJRWhGGFNPHl/s320/Screenshot%202024-03-07%20062539.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /></li><li>I haven't followed this case at all (I hate the Eagles), but it somehow got derailed because, of all things, a document dump in the middle of trial by singer Don Henley. Prosecutors <a href="https://wapo.st/3P9RbDe">had to dismiss it</a> shortly after it started. (That's a free link to the story.) <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZrpopZU7rSpGrwN0yEs36BY0MrbUNbGpAIpu9eBk2gi0EWIjK2g8uTuEZf8fWkpv46hef3_Dw74bOpuCOfgwmMjlu6rrh5r0lqyc2xGHx_-pnx7KSke7L3m4NCUAPVtsUpWPl4H7XOAZd3hwXTEE4Q97wiDU5rkX1uRixRNbdFyK_TNm8mQkJ/s317/mastheadWashingtonPost.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="77" data-original-width="317" height="49" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZrpopZU7rSpGrwN0yEs36BY0MrbUNbGpAIpu9eBk2gi0EWIjK2g8uTuEZf8fWkpv46hef3_Dw74bOpuCOfgwmMjlu6rrh5r0lqyc2xGHx_-pnx7KSke7L3m4NCUAPVtsUpWPl4H7XOAZd3hwXTEE4Q97wiDU5rkX1uRixRNbdFyK_TNm8mQkJ/w200-h49/mastheadWashingtonPost.jpg" width="200" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7B-jCqJ9Rf9j5eAIsnVHSRKzqElPVFfcNJ-Swx1dBwNdWdkG4Bf3u0M2VN47LjXH19Ok-iUaTklqoSrovXWCkRVKZITmElQKFiqDWnbJpp8xuNzAPmvLEJs_z4HZ317mnTUdU9jedOI68QGoh6bI7ZJwaqsxZibLMGRrXoixPxO2k8L-jJtve/s1401/Screenshot%202024-03-07%20081119.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="209" data-original-width="1401" height="48" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7B-jCqJ9Rf9j5eAIsnVHSRKzqElPVFfcNJ-Swx1dBwNdWdkG4Bf3u0M2VN47LjXH19Ok-iUaTklqoSrovXWCkRVKZITmElQKFiqDWnbJpp8xuNzAPmvLEJs_z4HZ317mnTUdU9jedOI68QGoh6bI7ZJwaqsxZibLMGRrXoixPxO2k8L-jJtve/s320/Screenshot%202024-03-07%20081119.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEif8XIApjK1AqduJU39gwfnoYUq1b5GkZ6NZaT_6_BelxnsbSrAisQaiRz3OXQCyB-SJoa0y_E9Qv1tFCP02C7kXiDYTNI_PnL5AfknhmRExcqhUCGz3TZ3rqIF93Ht2qvIPQKkeK99wOuk8aaueeYXpyRivh0h1em-ytQ6JuIwp6TfHa58bsR1/s994/Screenshot%202024-03-07%20081057.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="340" data-original-width="994" height="109" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEif8XIApjK1AqduJU39gwfnoYUq1b5GkZ6NZaT_6_BelxnsbSrAisQaiRz3OXQCyB-SJoa0y_E9Qv1tFCP02C7kXiDYTNI_PnL5AfknhmRExcqhUCGz3TZ3rqIF93Ht2qvIPQKkeK99wOuk8aaueeYXpyRivh0h1em-ytQ6JuIwp6TfHa58bsR1/s320/Screenshot%202024-03-07%20081057.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /></li><li>I asked on the Monday after Paxton's acquittal why the House Republicans risked the impeachment if they were not 100% sure the Senate would convict. I still wonder that. <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizijH9uDVCiuDEFVkf9K2-isz6lDAGtH2mL3pdWzz7BBySTpwpiOhQ4kK4RMvyfUc8PQYVpV0kROaAt2GFJt3_bEeyoB8v1ZLDYrzMg56q9CPWLqwdGya6FHTtYc56pWjSiymSX-G48vrazbu4ftGMl-FHuTfWrtJsiaL2y0eGTZjwTY22DBjG/s286/mastheadTexasTribune.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="47" data-original-width="286" height="33" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizijH9uDVCiuDEFVkf9K2-isz6lDAGtH2mL3pdWzz7BBySTpwpiOhQ4kK4RMvyfUc8PQYVpV0kROaAt2GFJt3_bEeyoB8v1ZLDYrzMg56q9CPWLqwdGya6FHTtYc56pWjSiymSX-G48vrazbu4ftGMl-FHuTfWrtJsiaL2y0eGTZjwTY22DBjG/w200-h33/mastheadTexasTribune.jpg" width="200" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPKKGZL77RRUw6tl62Qhg6oYrMDGDYv-wzup-BYR41ucXYf6zB0FKYglnvQhJ5KI2GDWI3_rR_vFLUvzHuKEkBg5Vie6i4vVlHuARv6fD_vYKWYChVLWRusvl9vIBJqW_PWhcJz8OzlFg30F6VHekkXsITMYBnaYLT4n95ADQt6zvPUvGpbPig/s684/Screenshot%202024-03-07%20062829.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="444" data-original-width="684" height="208" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPKKGZL77RRUw6tl62Qhg6oYrMDGDYv-wzup-BYR41ucXYf6zB0FKYglnvQhJ5KI2GDWI3_rR_vFLUvzHuKEkBg5Vie6i4vVlHuARv6fD_vYKWYChVLWRusvl9vIBJqW_PWhcJz8OzlFg30F6VHekkXsITMYBnaYLT4n95ADQt6zvPUvGpbPig/s320/Screenshot%202024-03-07%20062829.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /></li><li>State Rep. Glenn Rogers (Parker, Palo Pinto, and Stephens Counties) was defeated by the Oilmen PAC and went <a href="https://www.weatherforddemocrat.com/opinion/rogers-ill-wear-no-mans-collar/article_62c2c326-dbd9-11ee-bffc-bf52e1a4654c.html">scorched earth</a> yesterday in the <i>Weatherford Democrat. </i>He's not wrong. <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBvDRVKhP4pFsiVZCKbaOXXjy6CrVWyWv5AWpovSpKzDbSJQzRC0ytdIUPclapMkTKEaP4EpcnsmUATCpm698LfSTBKER_PHiqTfoR4KMdzpYwmpf4_dQNJC3Ma_EsyvJTRip4KCaYMrbz-h5dEGfQjbGh-4hG43VH72P54XOFIZM4csG7aQBD/s1199/Screenshot%202024-03-07%20071530.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="176" data-original-width="1199" height="47" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBvDRVKhP4pFsiVZCKbaOXXjy6CrVWyWv5AWpovSpKzDbSJQzRC0ytdIUPclapMkTKEaP4EpcnsmUATCpm698LfSTBKER_PHiqTfoR4KMdzpYwmpf4_dQNJC3Ma_EsyvJTRip4KCaYMrbz-h5dEGfQjbGh-4hG43VH72P54XOFIZM4csG7aQBD/s320/Screenshot%202024-03-07%20071530.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEit_78VSKTbnYDj3X-htG3sroVWoHRZwoqL03x7RlvLmWAXDqzEdAuM3cvCo2J0Wz7oeHgGklAV4ACVv9R-3UZVEyDamnrkvHmxynuLIcQqnCO7pHBp4VKuBPPqZZfk9oetqjshYc7OEPGe8VwmGJJsCH4BCY7Zh2nKfoaDLZqJRIHNhRc_Ak2A/s614/Screenshot%202024-03-07%20071313.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="439" data-original-width="614" height="229" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEit_78VSKTbnYDj3X-htG3sroVWoHRZwoqL03x7RlvLmWAXDqzEdAuM3cvCo2J0Wz7oeHgGklAV4ACVv9R-3UZVEyDamnrkvHmxynuLIcQqnCO7pHBp4VKuBPPqZZfk9oetqjshYc7OEPGe8VwmGJJsCH4BCY7Zh2nKfoaDLZqJRIHNhRc_Ak2A/s320/Screenshot%202024-03-07%20071313.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /></li><li>When I first saw the plans for the proposed new baseball stadium for the A's in Las Vegas, I thought I was being punked. Nope, <a href="https://thenevadaindependent.com/article/as-stadium-plan-includes-a-non-retractable-roof-baseballs-largest-jumbotron">it's legit</a>.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiJaCbEDwHzyRWPBTfiXT0MQHwf5YTRchwUk1E-DvX3PvazBs1oom4BFD4EfrXctz7uxssQ-5nce_zIWqMIKFtfJkyA1cEFyEbfvEsbOkm7CErIT6lRGu9E3wm8qsJIOMtmU9Qq1ElV4R8C8-dZxBORBugXO86_D5MDnBJTtsYxRs1iF3zHJYD/s1200/f63b55b6-as-vegas-ballpark-night-exterior-design-by-big-image-by-negativ-1200x683.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="683" data-original-width="1200" height="182" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiJaCbEDwHzyRWPBTfiXT0MQHwf5YTRchwUk1E-DvX3PvazBs1oom4BFD4EfrXctz7uxssQ-5nce_zIWqMIKFtfJkyA1cEFyEbfvEsbOkm7CErIT6lRGu9E3wm8qsJIOMtmU9Qq1ElV4R8C8-dZxBORBugXO86_D5MDnBJTtsYxRs1iF3zHJYD/s320/f63b55b6-as-vegas-ballpark-night-exterior-design-by-big-image-by-negativ-1200x683.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRZ2_gfpBSnmbtiV6w7gNNM91-3ab7BrZThNQgQylRMJDgsidrAkrpkO5YKQBGvVX5FxdGGjB7Q-Lq_XCWv4KjAv097JzgnAT_1lvEQlHr1On5wguDRyySiK95RZErBSdG5Ejs5B7nkcy7OIJSXJeYwG7vUhi5JHnENjDTLqyr-yFAmgDcT4HH/s2000/cdn.thenevadaindependent.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="2000" height="192" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRZ2_gfpBSnmbtiV6w7gNNM91-3ab7BrZThNQgQylRMJDgsidrAkrpkO5YKQBGvVX5FxdGGjB7Q-Lq_XCWv4KjAv097JzgnAT_1lvEQlHr1On5wguDRyySiK95RZErBSdG5Ejs5B7nkcy7OIJSXJeYwG7vUhi5JHnENjDTLqyr-yFAmgDcT4HH/s320/cdn.thenevadaindependent.png" width="320" /></a></div><br /></li><li>I don't think I ever mentioned that the big bucks for jury service went up starting last year.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgE8uUBbMgcx40SxlxIrr4SRPCzPykSE6ngvVehy52CLrMZyD4MF7OG87ZnMR2udAdQC1HMf54knMJ21lvb2PA8OCz7Ckz21HDjRMSuPb0aVlXYrEA_-2nU7ACz9juaOOsoPhRAIWHfJEayyDR4slLQhr2sCkPNO3yiwmualPw__07Kn-c4EvCm/s556/Screenshot%202024-03-07%20064049.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="133" data-original-width="556" height="77" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgE8uUBbMgcx40SxlxIrr4SRPCzPykSE6ngvVehy52CLrMZyD4MF7OG87ZnMR2udAdQC1HMf54knMJ21lvb2PA8OCz7Ckz21HDjRMSuPb0aVlXYrEA_-2nU7ACz9juaOOsoPhRAIWHfJEayyDR4slLQhr2sCkPNO3yiwmualPw__07Kn-c4EvCm/s320/Screenshot%202024-03-07%20064049.jpg" width="320" /></a></div></li><li>Legal Nerdy Stuff: Florida passed an "Anti-WOKE" law which is as dumb as it sounds because it prevented private employers from engaging in any type of diversity training. Well, the 11th Circuit <a href="https://media.ca11.uscourts.gov/opinions/pub/files/202213135.pdf">struck it down</a> on Monday on First Amendment grounds (infringing private speech based upon content), and it has one of the greatest first paragraphs ever: <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizI5MHH-lAMrww0SU9ok5wSIIqFsNiZfbIszAdjwhaaiL0nCQZOVzFf6LSWWCdbsf5PGBSz8NqDQb6ei76RluSTEAiuAKWtLHgzP7Sw_XMjed0Nyom6WA2wWs6351mkX0oqT_qIJ_v8PinHHF1rYUJFqsoisHWICF-WWB08r3HKce3HQPp7Fru/s902/Screenshot%202024-03-07%20065839.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="440" data-original-width="902" height="156" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizI5MHH-lAMrww0SU9ok5wSIIqFsNiZfbIszAdjwhaaiL0nCQZOVzFf6LSWWCdbsf5PGBSz8NqDQb6ei76RluSTEAiuAKWtLHgzP7Sw_XMjed0Nyom6WA2wWs6351mkX0oqT_qIJ_v8PinHHF1rYUJFqsoisHWICF-WWB08r3HKce3HQPp7Fru/s320/Screenshot%202024-03-07%20065839.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /></li><li>Extremely legal nerdy stuff for practitioners only: I complain about people being prosecuted for traffic accidents all the time, and yesterday <a href="https://search.txcourts.gov/SearchMedia.aspx?MediaVersionID=d6650bba-5c0d-45db-b573-ec3581b7d8ba&MediaID=99dcad4d-eb3c-42ad-96b9-8855fa263b8f&coa=%22%20+%20this.CurrentWebState.CurrentCourt%20+%20@%22&DT=Opinion">a Texas court overturned a manslaughter conviction</a> in an auto-pedestrian case because the State failed to prove the often misunderstood legal standard of criminal "recklessness." </li><li><i>Messenger </i>- <a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/18xDokAHuh7tS7rPinF9BAOfGZc3Tu3CU/view?usp=sharing">Above the Fold</a></li></ul><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitrGYzpXd-NVnbXh2jnmqe6sYoGMdm44ewolJA_XsK8icRXVJpMR2oL1inL_gFhGfYrlzIswHLa0MlmR4hzIFEpDiImaGAhbq5-upNjJBaeNYr0lJ73jQ0KA69TZu79qYn3W-3ngHNoTZBqXq5_nMGjkLigll6Ro599RmE0eVsSnNFr232rEzx/s1352/TX_AAS%20(8).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1352" data-original-width="700" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitrGYzpXd-NVnbXh2jnmqe6sYoGMdm44ewolJA_XsK8icRXVJpMR2oL1inL_gFhGfYrlzIswHLa0MlmR4hzIFEpDiImaGAhbq5-upNjJBaeNYr0lJ73jQ0KA69TZu79qYn3W-3ngHNoTZBqXq5_nMGjkLigll6Ro599RmE0eVsSnNFr232rEzx/w332-h640/TX_AAS%20(8).jpg" width="332" /></a></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14419062.post-53874908653485667352024-03-06T08:00:00.006-06:002024-03-06T08:14:55.933-06:00Random Wednesday Morning Thoughts<section class="bsgclass"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-kRZh_4YolC4/YDUKIFzkKGI/AAAAAAABjNc/5zUqmtaIL2YwDqWreLA-L4-57L4F70EigCLcBGAsYHQ/s400/header.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="43" data-original-width="400" height="43" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-kRZh_4YolC4/YDUKIFzkKGI/AAAAAAABjNc/5zUqmtaIL2YwDqWreLA-L4-57L4F70EigCLcBGAsYHQ/w400-h43/header.png" width="400" /></a><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCYAcy4ulBm9aibM6aK3YQmA6eUkuT-qKXbjhbA59dz2szqiQ5Sk714tO5ecVbQWavU7xbBsUMSFRbVk3O10AkHuSRRWdWe7ba3JLJvDKx_3LgxCmNl7hgLGLtMDwuZRtWsp58W26h1DrIpbGGdLDeQscNmM-G2XSVtqTVvVIszjDGPs7MKPsq/s1397/Screenshot%202024-03-06%20072723.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="313" data-original-width="1397" height="90" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCYAcy4ulBm9aibM6aK3YQmA6eUkuT-qKXbjhbA59dz2szqiQ5Sk714tO5ecVbQWavU7xbBsUMSFRbVk3O10AkHuSRRWdWe7ba3JLJvDKx_3LgxCmNl7hgLGLtMDwuZRtWsp58W26h1DrIpbGGdLDeQscNmM-G2XSVtqTVvVIszjDGPs7MKPsq/w400-h90/Screenshot%202024-03-06%20072723.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><i>I was right about that election and everything else about this still holds up. And that strategy is now even being used at the local level. </i></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></section><hr /><ul style="text-align: left;"><li>Welcome to my post Super Tuesday voting update. The big takeaway is that the Republican Party in Texas, and in Wise County, moved further to the far right. And that Ken Paxton is somehow turning out to be the most powerful politician in Texas. Here we go . . . </li><li>First up is the Wise County Sheriff's race where we have, in my opinion, a shocker. The choice of the renegade Wise County Conservatives, who have taken over the Republican Party of Wise County, was the top vote getter. Cary Mellema is a a former Rhome Police Chief and tows the MAGA line. He'll be in a run-off with Craig Johnson, the current Chief Deputy in the Wise County Sheriff's Office. I honestly thought it would be a run-off between Johnson and Hoskins. <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh46JCg4u0KyntiBhl64S2sZLz4VjCiIwAyu9Ae4Py6eSVpTkCu7DqNqo7wM5LYKI70RYNEkR-gedUfzBqXNnhiATP5cVPbcAstGa15Dg3E0cn9bdQrsbGNx9mwx-YszwgFNeBXIK3GFbgGICCSc2L2AO4p0XF8cRIkPCPJEYQUtOFnDqOC8kLW/s584/sheriffsrace.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="301" data-original-width="584" height="165" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh46JCg4u0KyntiBhl64S2sZLz4VjCiIwAyu9Ae4Py6eSVpTkCu7DqNqo7wM5LYKI70RYNEkR-gedUfzBqXNnhiATP5cVPbcAstGa15Dg3E0cn9bdQrsbGNx9mwx-YszwgFNeBXIK3GFbgGICCSc2L2AO4p0XF8cRIkPCPJEYQUtOFnDqOC8kLW/s320/sheriffsrace.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /></li><li>In my closely watched State Rep race between Andy Hopper and incumbent Lynn Stucky, if I thought Wise County would be put off by the Oilman PAC trying to buy this election, I was sorely mistaken. (Does anything matter anymore?) Hopper almost won outright, but he and Stucky will go into a run-off where I think Hopper will have a distinct advantage.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGGWsq_zYlITAvqo94u9QGkuzLb1Mz6Cr6fbl5fyhtbCxGtbzCssn1SXwCEpm77xofmB3DYxjpML-1AJXhAFE0I7Yso-oYOhpH4tfdaNyljXgnyIWy44H-2oB2ES9d41y1g7ylpGhYgPl-Cmme3kjPZh6wKP1HpgOtRafKBtTIN8drBYAUYF_K/s867/Revose.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="217" data-original-width="867" height="100" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGGWsq_zYlITAvqo94u9QGkuzLb1Mz6Cr6fbl5fyhtbCxGtbzCssn1SXwCEpm77xofmB3DYxjpML-1AJXhAFE0I7Yso-oYOhpH4tfdaNyljXgnyIWy44H-2oB2ES9d41y1g7ylpGhYgPl-Cmme3kjPZh6wKP1HpgOtRafKBtTIN8drBYAUYF_K/w400-h100/Revose.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7KKDlr8gPu5vPjIVG0rja09_HreA5hIgn-9gi0VWPkxvjcevP63wgTqP2qOVSKwpuQYDDeQUFzfOsfQM58ndblhA2qZtJI8Xb0GaYjP7Spg6M70tGjRw8pfu5wqVE3YUCKfgtLEtYUZV3ODP9rT05bg6RZThu1La0YE4EFLsKIeMG_GaOcYe4/s679/image%20(45).png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="382" data-original-width="679" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7KKDlr8gPu5vPjIVG0rja09_HreA5hIgn-9gi0VWPkxvjcevP63wgTqP2qOVSKwpuQYDDeQUFzfOsfQM58ndblhA2qZtJI8Xb0GaYjP7Spg6M70tGjRw8pfu5wqVE3YUCKfgtLEtYUZV3ODP9rT05bg6RZThu1La0YE4EFLsKIeMG_GaOcYe4/s320/image%20(45).png" width="320" /></a></div><br /></div><br /></li><ul><li>Any my apologies for basically ignoring Elaine (Taylor) Hays throughout this race. We lived a stone's throw away from each other when we both grew up on the mean streets of Bridgeport. </li></ul><li>The biggest stunner statewide was the little watched Texas Court of Criminal Appeals. Three incumbent pro-prosecutor and tough-on-crime judges were thrown out simply because Ken Paxton targeted them (after they correctly ruled that DAs, and not the AG, had exclusive jurisdiction to prosecute voter fraud.) This is absolutely nuts. How does the disgraced Paxton have this much power? And these races ended up not even being close. Amazing. <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIo594Ing0z-hVysx7v3UVSOyfkcMdKcKjdmlN4XfgzCSYelnaaC3yy-33HFov5NSuzm7EbmyiW6nUAxv5tHqVHsi2wzTH8spKJZGWcGYpYQt_kV5L8ULSRjQwWV12Jf6SRXG_ZSQX5a0_U_9cJkNSVlXVRfspBhTbRMbWTdr85DIh8y-vypAo/s441/CCA1.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="227" data-original-width="441" height="165" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIo594Ing0z-hVysx7v3UVSOyfkcMdKcKjdmlN4XfgzCSYelnaaC3yy-33HFov5NSuzm7EbmyiW6nUAxv5tHqVHsi2wzTH8spKJZGWcGYpYQt_kV5L8ULSRjQwWV12Jf6SRXG_ZSQX5a0_U_9cJkNSVlXVRfspBhTbRMbWTdr85DIh8y-vypAo/s320/CCA1.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigVjedEf7bf35rNZMGr09rZC2nBkPTxFRLiF3L9uHyAzl9of5BWrRM2CdphiEohV14JGaEpjipc2mAVuFCjVLRsgRg0PwhtfpBV7CrNCe7RUJpMu849IHXRjqHuhoRkXR0u4mrFndyoWlqyZYn7rluP9uifYR3GYrvlc8tF5sAehMl-7ZV20C_/s454/CCA2.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="235" data-original-width="454" height="166" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigVjedEf7bf35rNZMGr09rZC2nBkPTxFRLiF3L9uHyAzl9of5BWrRM2CdphiEohV14JGaEpjipc2mAVuFCjVLRsgRg0PwhtfpBV7CrNCe7RUJpMu849IHXRjqHuhoRkXR0u4mrFndyoWlqyZYn7rluP9uifYR3GYrvlc8tF5sAehMl-7ZV20C_/s320/CCA2.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHDaWbZgMLTBlCgCSnMfWMCg2_-FgXeysoiZppvwXpNeLFEVIQPyg7o_7OwzDtj3QSdmcq1yyQqwhk5k167GFSRngwizz9IP9V5vECljb0yr9Ux30XdHHueSAOgpBfQdR6KYh22CEEbM2Nc76n23raQsmIXtfqiqb3Yw92lh4kJjZqWnWSO8Wm/s507/CCA3.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="234" data-original-width="507" height="148" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHDaWbZgMLTBlCgCSnMfWMCg2_-FgXeysoiZppvwXpNeLFEVIQPyg7o_7OwzDtj3QSdmcq1yyQqwhk5k167GFSRngwizz9IP9V5vECljb0yr9Ux30XdHHueSAOgpBfQdR6KYh22CEEbM2Nc76n23raQsmIXtfqiqb3Yw92lh4kJjZqWnWSO8Wm/s320/CCA3.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /></li><li>I was worried for David Spiller (R-Jacksboro) after he led Paxton's impeachment as a House Manager, but Paxton, for some reason, never put him on blast. And the big money never lined up against him. As a result, he cruised easily. <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8vd0JoAq6h_RqjwQgNBXziN4YqxPFtcPJxWx3EaMKRJwKp7UvC2MXhkiVqGOQSPBI8zR4jf7mJ0iFJ4zoTPo1Oqx0vM_zS79KT6OUhLjdAjZx0XxsRBQrOKAV832UEZAkDSxt8mLXF6LPGDGmr8-BFVZL6xyih_HxGyEpMIoKOBKq7Ze1Xc2h/s462/Spiller.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="234" data-original-width="462" height="162" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8vd0JoAq6h_RqjwQgNBXziN4YqxPFtcPJxWx3EaMKRJwKp7UvC2MXhkiVqGOQSPBI8zR4jf7mJ0iFJ4zoTPo1Oqx0vM_zS79KT6OUhLjdAjZx0XxsRBQrOKAV832UEZAkDSxt8mLXF6LPGDGmr8-BFVZL6xyih_HxGyEpMIoKOBKq7Ze1Xc2h/s320/Spiller.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /></li><li>More proof that the ultra-MAGA extremists and the Texas Oilman PAC are gaining power is the victory, over an incumbent, by a COVID protesting hairdresser. Remember her?<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJKA_xiS8hEZ91ShC_4LVX02O3GPtcEIHwpIqJ4NuDVuDcWvfgU3yfdXa1qUCgUbNJRxwncobcpasqBKxwlZT0o_pXV8EfXThKh2BAQFssjn_b8B04E_20uaJX9FNpGBbYKd-BhgPAWVSZfy-KCt4ZkKTy_QzwK-l6kSPgLJY1HZsIUjy5oQrA/s460/Luther.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="230" data-original-width="460" height="160" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJKA_xiS8hEZ91ShC_4LVX02O3GPtcEIHwpIqJ4NuDVuDcWvfgU3yfdXa1qUCgUbNJRxwncobcpasqBKxwlZT0o_pXV8EfXThKh2BAQFssjn_b8B04E_20uaJX9FNpGBbYKd-BhgPAWVSZfy-KCt4ZkKTy_QzwK-l6kSPgLJY1HZsIUjy5oQrA/s320/Luther.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /></li><li>More Paxton power: One of his impeachment defense lawyers defeated an incumbent by just a hair.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWbcmxghBhXHvPw48L3kpbwlJTWhXqTCIWEbYXQSNy0rXuQghWHIh8rkO1AjVKlrjanHDmLt-NrPSnmTh41KZsoYswXK_Iw1RySHiWnc7fXqv4zp94nICGdCurZW11OrXIAlAsGvQ2PvIu1mwJuDXkauAnneKOnBtklv_Y5uojQ5GmXUnWUNnR/s452/little.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="228" data-original-width="452" height="161" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWbcmxghBhXHvPw48L3kpbwlJTWhXqTCIWEbYXQSNy0rXuQghWHIh8rkO1AjVKlrjanHDmLt-NrPSnmTh41KZsoYswXK_Iw1RySHiWnc7fXqv4zp94nICGdCurZW11OrXIAlAsGvQ2PvIu1mwJuDXkauAnneKOnBtklv_Y5uojQ5GmXUnWUNnR/s320/little.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoOTvqPJNfHspY1oPYQ_flJcmRl4GgfBzRH8DRy4kOxOesMHZIEK4KYWOx-pIyUgwxFqjVVXKmCWcrf-R8JqeDOEW5CaJB2xdQuIZ-tw_1WbhAFT-_m7kDTwJ7WgNNL5Qff0j5yWYtEqrajNN0NGqZfUG245Tfh4BAcS4YZDIFRqoLAEJ5Csm0/s1920/175030ms002.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1280" data-original-width="1920" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoOTvqPJNfHspY1oPYQ_flJcmRl4GgfBzRH8DRy4kOxOesMHZIEK4KYWOx-pIyUgwxFqjVVXKmCWcrf-R8JqeDOEW5CaJB2xdQuIZ-tw_1WbhAFT-_m7kDTwJ7WgNNL5Qff0j5yWYtEqrajNN0NGqZfUG245Tfh4BAcS4YZDIFRqoLAEJ5Csm0/s320/175030ms002.png" width="320" /></a></div><br /></li><li>To our north, an incumbent District Attorney was defeated in Montague County. (Shout to the lawyer who told me yesterday in the Wise County district courtroom that this was gong to happen based upon what he had seen.) Man, this was a beat down. <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbt_RqhAj1LvfrP6bEEHcu5MBkIkdgh47DD9QwzBNEqt-kxEZsij-MqqpehyotAEBNF0kwyE3aVSD5jPQ2TagtDXQOtPaWKAAGGUw9vDTi2FLjX9tiDgYJJbdIt-FQK2WekADdgXHgzF-FqFkfML7rDtkAfBC2UwrcBda2ZsTPDxl-EGrV5Dxe/s472/damontague.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="235" data-original-width="472" height="159" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbt_RqhAj1LvfrP6bEEHcu5MBkIkdgh47DD9QwzBNEqt-kxEZsij-MqqpehyotAEBNF0kwyE3aVSD5jPQ2TagtDXQOtPaWKAAGGUw9vDTi2FLjX9tiDgYJJbdIt-FQK2WekADdgXHgzF-FqFkfML7rDtkAfBC2UwrcBda2ZsTPDxl-EGrV5Dxe/s320/damontague.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /></li><li>I don't know anything about the guy, but the southern part of Wise County will be represented in Congress by Brandon Gill. To clear 50% and avoid a run-off with that many candidates is amazing. He will replace the retiring Michael Burgess. The rest of us will still be stuck with Ronny Jackson who did not have an appointment. <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoF7M56McCr8sg2gsfVBrHWt2q3Ztiq1ClOOtw8gTcQRYLI_wd8neLy_lcHR55W6btMko2ZYCYzu0va1I9Ai4VXGZE9leRKi1kJhWmhiLnWYLuohfw1bO6NQocClVZOp5-Hf4ZrJ7f3dGydjXFqQ2tcU13P3p6HhIfesN6QhWM31hFCyTUoNy1/s875/brandongill.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="605" data-original-width="875" height="221" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoF7M56McCr8sg2gsfVBrHWt2q3Ztiq1ClOOtw8gTcQRYLI_wd8neLy_lcHR55W6btMko2ZYCYzu0va1I9Ai4VXGZE9leRKi1kJhWmhiLnWYLuohfw1bO6NQocClVZOp5-Hf4ZrJ7f3dGydjXFqQ2tcU13P3p6HhIfesN6QhWM31hFCyTUoNy1/s320/brandongill.jpg" width="320" /></a><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxaCIFqacd8bY6wv9PwdmgzQNVzAqAE587rn9tnOvaV2Au5nf46BRbCxcrNG6yYWMCE7_B0PqZkRLGYTNNZS-m558QMRvRLCVpyqqDjET4I42Yd5uLh6iaSczIDQVo9B6vn094TBaljZvxHFu67Q2xF2WPIf8hTqprExraQkFATEceo5qag4xr/s1043/gillpho.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="757" data-original-width="1043" height="232" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxaCIFqacd8bY6wv9PwdmgzQNVzAqAE587rn9tnOvaV2Au5nf46BRbCxcrNG6yYWMCE7_B0PqZkRLGYTNNZS-m558QMRvRLCVpyqqDjET4I42Yd5uLh6iaSczIDQVo9B6vn094TBaljZvxHFu67Q2xF2WPIf8hTqprExraQkFATEceo5qag4xr/s320/gillpho.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /></div><br /></li><li>Trump rolled in Wise County (88%), in Texas (78%), and all across the nation. As you sat in your homes on the evening of January 6th, in your wildest dreams did you think this would happen? <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghRM10m5zboaIjs-u7XmkIxa2hMuTXr3NBpGze0nrijLSBn6UBguryeJ8xtrrnEmVSyAbPy10rn5G8_ImEN4RXADuLDjAsJfO1VdsHO3uLELFesU2UGVVH3CJEsOanyrN9EkcrVsAhYIZ_Y4j9P3fNEuIh5cFxHgy1Mm8DfLn1_PCcFFpIP3AB/s1819/TrumpWiseCounty.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="553" data-original-width="1819" height="121" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghRM10m5zboaIjs-u7XmkIxa2hMuTXr3NBpGze0nrijLSBn6UBguryeJ8xtrrnEmVSyAbPy10rn5G8_ImEN4RXADuLDjAsJfO1VdsHO3uLELFesU2UGVVH3CJEsOanyrN9EkcrVsAhYIZ_Y4j9P3fNEuIh5cFxHgy1Mm8DfLn1_PCcFFpIP3AB/w400-h121/TrumpWiseCounty.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Wise County (above)</i></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQOiKURkLbj45lkettztXdSNqbViF9RDZpht9Edh38yYLsHUD1_L0s8GvhlMtsOCC7mzcFmWj3jL3KMzMZKnFzqb0D5bWw5_AZTGqIHjAI5GpAwhgQ0fNrkxjIFZgkcQE-5O4MYA73wXXKz7g57grHg204cTSTY0jmYRZxeCw5CUqx605HSsYJ/s742/Screenshot%202024-03-06%20065137.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="742" data-original-width="585" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQOiKURkLbj45lkettztXdSNqbViF9RDZpht9Edh38yYLsHUD1_L0s8GvhlMtsOCC7mzcFmWj3jL3KMzMZKnFzqb0D5bWw5_AZTGqIHjAI5GpAwhgQ0fNrkxjIFZgkcQE-5O4MYA73wXXKz7g57grHg204cTSTY0jmYRZxeCw5CUqx605HSsYJ/s320/Screenshot%202024-03-06%20065137.jpg" width="252" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>National Margin of Victory</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /></div><br /></li><ul><li>The above was so bad than Nikki Haley will (finally) drop out of the race today at 9:00 a.m.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpJivy3Ua1SSmWVtxmS7j7otEg1bqBpOnwbaOvnxqAr4PsePIVqAIDacvcP3Z4DMpep6pBtfqKDAc6yH3ezcPa-QeL8X70FBxEVs4RVg2F4yhQb2clrI0lFWPw-s-bEWLHfh2by_Q99UAMTFTYAKvnv7tsJl2-eAQ3g7rW9bTtlYRGgwb637-s/s317/mastheadWashingtonPost.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="77" data-original-width="317" height="49" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpJivy3Ua1SSmWVtxmS7j7otEg1bqBpOnwbaOvnxqAr4PsePIVqAIDacvcP3Z4DMpep6pBtfqKDAc6yH3ezcPa-QeL8X70FBxEVs4RVg2F4yhQb2clrI0lFWPw-s-bEWLHfh2by_Q99UAMTFTYAKvnv7tsJl2-eAQ3g7rW9bTtlYRGgwb637-s/w200-h49/mastheadWashingtonPost.jpg" width="200" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7HckR3tqIrVx3ipLLAfHarALQn9G8E7QsC1O3ZDiBFtD0D3_HLx8MjFd14kL5v2yhkQeuJ7pGUqTep2ok-TBhR-rM67no4-1m5rOXV5SKMrWEkBxUg32Yo_g2c4OVYJ2Xxcez-Mjp-VqsVxtWcahADF709wyaE9li39BTFMC_XkSatvaR6Gy5/s1460/Screenshot%202024-03-06%20065353.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="374" data-original-width="1460" height="103" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7HckR3tqIrVx3ipLLAfHarALQn9G8E7QsC1O3ZDiBFtD0D3_HLx8MjFd14kL5v2yhkQeuJ7pGUqTep2ok-TBhR-rM67no4-1m5rOXV5SKMrWEkBxUg32Yo_g2c4OVYJ2Xxcez-Mjp-VqsVxtWcahADF709wyaE9li39BTFMC_XkSatvaR6Gy5/w400-h103/Screenshot%202024-03-06%20065353.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /></li></ul><li>I doubt he can beat Ted Cruz in the Fall, but Colin Allred will be the best chance ever. (And who wouldn't want a former Baylor linebacker over a Harvard graduate?) Breaking 50% an avoiding a run-off is, once again, impressive.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyKtaU5ddq9xCEU6xG72YMwrf3B9QMoHNvp8IUybaFl0RX4j9j-kUBQA5vK1x9hA7Lo6COsoNmucIBaxU49i70StnrWbdw91TBddLDF-v9ffg0aJHiQansxrsv8T2r1ASod_EI2btps3QWR2cOxoKFp8PiIWyJ-B-u-AT0MAZ1UEBkih9_nHwf/s894/col.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="828" data-original-width="894" height="296" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyKtaU5ddq9xCEU6xG72YMwrf3B9QMoHNvp8IUybaFl0RX4j9j-kUBQA5vK1x9hA7Lo6COsoNmucIBaxU49i70StnrWbdw91TBddLDF-v9ffg0aJHiQansxrsv8T2r1ASod_EI2btps3QWR2cOxoKFp8PiIWyJ-B-u-AT0MAZ1UEBkih9_nHwf/s320/col.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /></li><li>The Paxton forces had Texas House Speaker Dade Phelan in their cross-hairs big time. They might still take him down since that race is headed to a run-off.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrwNV4RnFMXiQjC90Q-lMHfJJjZFNzn9wfikyBBx9hueIhVaqebm3Kqaqfxx6tZZLq_8bAeoh4j7h3zmQEtxkELz6VAJRTbCmhY1-Aap_xkR6USgGtHWmsCdynGV35byD1tXbdxWhwfdQ_o1IREBPgTmX67bzndWpUiovVE4ieHjjggtNHq-Rk/s1151/Screenshot%202024-03-06%20070228.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="279" data-original-width="1151" height="78" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrwNV4RnFMXiQjC90Q-lMHfJJjZFNzn9wfikyBBx9hueIhVaqebm3Kqaqfxx6tZZLq_8bAeoh4j7h3zmQEtxkELz6VAJRTbCmhY1-Aap_xkR6USgGtHWmsCdynGV35byD1tXbdxWhwfdQ_o1IREBPgTmX67bzndWpUiovVE4ieHjjggtNHq-Rk/s320/Screenshot%202024-03-06%20070228.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /></li><li>As depressing as all this stuff is, I love it all. </li></ul><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8LJ0rMO1C8GMLsQutK3Cjj47RlVMTdjzUkfNpd_q-GZn-BwX4nI7k6g4yeo60vn-KHOclLqHnN5OdQin3QLU6zfFtzQopDYjtl6VdgJRomFHUDd74B_PZpfskFrGXvOPbchFPxQAy3Vem3QjB1kjs7QF0kdKpEKeP-AuT32ToPkNXS0Do-48G/s1218/TX_DRC.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1218" data-original-width="700" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8LJ0rMO1C8GMLsQutK3Cjj47RlVMTdjzUkfNpd_q-GZn-BwX4nI7k6g4yeo60vn-KHOclLqHnN5OdQin3QLU6zfFtzQopDYjtl6VdgJRomFHUDd74B_PZpfskFrGXvOPbchFPxQAy3Vem3QjB1kjs7QF0kdKpEKeP-AuT32ToPkNXS0Do-48G/w368-h640/TX_DRC.jpg" width="368" /></a></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14419062.post-24233643841668549192024-03-05T08:30:00.010-06:002024-03-05T19:11:59.783-06:00Random Tuesday Morning Thoughts<section class="bsgclass"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-kRZh_4YolC4/YDUKIFzkKGI/AAAAAAABjNc/5zUqmtaIL2YwDqWreLA-L4-57L4F70EigCLcBGAsYHQ/s400/header.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="43" data-original-width="400" height="43" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-kRZh_4YolC4/YDUKIFzkKGI/AAAAAAABjNc/5zUqmtaIL2YwDqWreLA-L4-57L4F70EigCLcBGAsYHQ/w400-h43/header.png" width="400" /></a><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjezK5skC5ICmIthzfaU_q2HfSFzpZKpeBmliGGKkbO8xSGe8uPIe7MSCl3NPilVqb1DciRie-yVhd9WHq0t1cDzAdSFP8EgoIWN0CPi_RjSWwA2vq1_uAl0d7U-xJnY-j4jH1i7swnucSbk3jxXRCr3a7zl53b8mXjAg6KK2iroH0OJ1q773H3/s892/Screenshot%202024-03-05%20074141.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="892" data-original-width="770" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjezK5skC5ICmIthzfaU_q2HfSFzpZKpeBmliGGKkbO8xSGe8uPIe7MSCl3NPilVqb1DciRie-yVhd9WHq0t1cDzAdSFP8EgoIWN0CPi_RjSWwA2vq1_uAl0d7U-xJnY-j4jH1i7swnucSbk3jxXRCr3a7zl53b8mXjAg6KK2iroH0OJ1q773H3/s320/Screenshot%202024-03-05%20074141.jpg" width="276" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">A <a href="https://www.dallasnews.com/news/investigations/2014/03/02/planos-baylor-hospital-faces-hard-questions-after-claims-against-former-neurosurgeon/#:~:text=Christopher%20Duntsch%2C%20once%20a%20supremely,him%20to%20a%20serial%20killer.">story</a> about a guy who would later be known as "<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christopher_Duntsch">Dr. Death</a>" was on the <a href="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-qBU5mYjHI6w/UxRw7xEI9YI/AAAAAAAAwqM/eao4ApJmumE/s1600/afoot.jpg">cover</a> of the <i>Dallas Morning News</i>. Interestingly, this story was <i>before </i>he was even arrested which would occur the following year in 2015.</div></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></section><hr /><ul style="text-align: left;"><li>Tonight's Wise County election results (official) will be posted <a href="https://www.co.wise.tx.us/315/Elections">here</a>.</li><li>Happy Super Tuesday. We've got some interesting local races, but this is the first time in decades where there is absolutely zero doubt how the national presidential races will fall in the various states. Trump should win every single one. <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmqqeZcYn6QIrD6SSOZ7SNlh0W4bQZ_XYN-6K4m6BZ7myQHWAA-GarXq7bUvPek26RIcPP0nFgzrU4KdGPI8EGI9V8evXqAe4ZYK8tAg3eqUWzh17xB1TFFQ1NTYc4JgbGcFmvNsYsVKjn8FRUFcDDd4QhK6epwZtrIo2cqdDtJhLpyhbZLBjh/s1280/cbsn-fusion-super-tuesday-contests-next-in-2024-presidential-election-thumbnail-2725774-640x360.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="1280" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmqqeZcYn6QIrD6SSOZ7SNlh0W4bQZ_XYN-6K4m6BZ7myQHWAA-GarXq7bUvPek26RIcPP0nFgzrU4KdGPI8EGI9V8evXqAe4ZYK8tAg3eqUWzh17xB1TFFQ1NTYc4JgbGcFmvNsYsVKjn8FRUFcDDd4QhK6epwZtrIo2cqdDtJhLpyhbZLBjh/s320/cbsn-fusion-super-tuesday-contests-next-in-2024-presidential-election-thumbnail-2725774-640x360.png" width="320" /></a></div><br /></li><ul><li>I am guessing the Wise Sheriff's Office race will go to a run-off which won't be until May 28th. That's too long away. </li></ul><li>As expected, the Supreme Court unanimously said Colorado, and all other states, can't decide to keep a presidential candidate off the ballot for engaging in insurrection. Interestingly, they went further and said how it should happen: It will take Congress to pass a law making that 14th Amendment provision active. I doubt that's ever going to happen so there is now, for all practical purposes, no Insurrection Clause in the 14th Amendment.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhV24FHCOpYamLrctyTio4L6Wfzcx5GWRadx8STPGVd5tnuNudrZk4EB2t1tOpJIG_cslWFCUwgARp-Iyn4QqGrA8Qs-IWa1erH_nb-2FbOsQOkgd9APdTyyq8H25pAWndv_MJvlY09x0V8lbN-Kb9mdd88t2Q5MtZYYpWZvTRM83zc4R5DNf9f/s1430/Screenshot%202024-03-05%20064733.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="298" data-original-width="1430" height="84" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhV24FHCOpYamLrctyTio4L6Wfzcx5GWRadx8STPGVd5tnuNudrZk4EB2t1tOpJIG_cslWFCUwgARp-Iyn4QqGrA8Qs-IWa1erH_nb-2FbOsQOkgd9APdTyyq8H25pAWndv_MJvlY09x0V8lbN-Kb9mdd88t2Q5MtZYYpWZvTRM83zc4R5DNf9f/w400-h84/Screenshot%202024-03-05%20064733.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /></li><ul><li>Legal nerdy stuff: You think I look for legal nerdy stuff? Well <a href="https://twitter.com/mjs_DC/status/1764720374107767190">someone checked</a> the "meta-data" of the Supreme Court opinion (open the PDF document in Adobe Acrobat and go to File > Properties > Description) and discovered that the opinion <a href="https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2024/03/supreme-court-metadata-sotomayor-trump-dissent.html">originally had a lone dissent </a>(instead of a three judge concurrence.)<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNDehn_k4d1_tZNSAQsShP3jsGvxEOL0Pc4ml6rAy5tZGUqoUYVgwsTFPu_29m5nh1murZUHqsdf2BZ_KayjeUa_EgOKqClgnPrpfsHsQNZqKrKC7eC_-Y9Q1Vr01Ljy4rCZmm3x9Vr3rhddGeS7IXjhCEqgJgt0ASsLsfK87fsYhfYj4EjWM-/s951/Screenshot%202024-03-05%20064416.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="286" data-original-width="951" height="96" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNDehn_k4d1_tZNSAQsShP3jsGvxEOL0Pc4ml6rAy5tZGUqoUYVgwsTFPu_29m5nh1murZUHqsdf2BZ_KayjeUa_EgOKqClgnPrpfsHsQNZqKrKC7eC_-Y9Q1Vr01Ljy4rCZmm3x9Vr3rhddGeS7IXjhCEqgJgt0ASsLsfK87fsYhfYj4EjWM-/s320/Screenshot%202024-03-05%20064416.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="415" data-original-width="1178" height="113" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6LDRjh8lUEy31FrAkrTPDPPv-cKbiuzDMiy54qtN6iR8PSmvAd6OLSR-T6TAhB2hmKo13scUeJFdvA7cZ6eVUTjRi1maYiUKMEYjB8dJOXerXUDkcGZZCn_JT2Z_542zoVJ4suxwMzMm0xD6ag6ColYyhXP9jsT48j23mg86BZ0Cc8frdkKxb/s320/Screenshot%202024-03-05%20061849.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /></li><li>You think we have a Fifth Circuit problem?<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVNYMrMtxzbA_hB65vx5jRK7zDeua_Zix6FQ6pXiIc1Lg9jq7SWC-hMuS5LWTApNs5qUoa92-7Fir4DmwycXJGvOiwJZEdMNyI1ROFv6FNKZ8_EutFCh_E1s_2A5qEXcilwb04Lxy_Iqe6ppOyQBKoEFo9U2Qj20Bkug6OM4l_5bChz_mmEUCE/s416/Screenshot%202024-03-05%20061934.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="287" data-original-width="416" height="221" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVNYMrMtxzbA_hB65vx5jRK7zDeua_Zix6FQ6pXiIc1Lg9jq7SWC-hMuS5LWTApNs5qUoa92-7Fir4DmwycXJGvOiwJZEdMNyI1ROFv6FNKZ8_EutFCh_E1s_2A5qEXcilwb04Lxy_Iqe6ppOyQBKoEFo9U2Qj20Bkug6OM4l_5bChz_mmEUCE/s320/Screenshot%202024-03-05%20061934.jpg" width="320" /></a></div></li></ul></ul><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><a href="https://www.fox4news.com/news/suv-crashes-into-rowlett-home?taid=65e65aeb99a0eb0001ff4c81&utm_campaign=trueAnthem_manual&utm_medium=trueAnthem&utm_source=twitter">Oh, my</a>.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgkt6xtO81uqYXLrbukwkicNn5BT1c5pMnrqRTHKPPNLmYjLzf_ZcUXcvAKsziycWxPHwyUi2P9RUBicU05lMfucIDAhT24kDIeuNLNh0Yefw30fXRUwaP7GAEVJ3XgaMTY4U5ApovifjhDaNyL6LRYHrTfzY7YplHGFEp4IfUA2PRUh7o1dkX/s1575/Screenshot%202024-03-05%20062814.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="359" data-original-width="1575" height="73" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgkt6xtO81uqYXLrbukwkicNn5BT1c5pMnrqRTHKPPNLmYjLzf_ZcUXcvAKsziycWxPHwyUi2P9RUBicU05lMfucIDAhT24kDIeuNLNh0Yefw30fXRUwaP7GAEVJ3XgaMTY4U5ApovifjhDaNyL6LRYHrTfzY7YplHGFEp4IfUA2PRUh7o1dkX/s320/Screenshot%202024-03-05%20062814.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiz7UM6OxY32Md__Z6hgl4UaMQFoxYrLCLyiVRYkd8TCSr5SWYJH4COolUDFna1bdLz_BnHZVWzHyH1uKxNNZYG8HtBDzYF4_VLHnlWr5o00gGoq-8fJ2BydWT-gtltLMR8tlVyUuHxVxFHrjKAPiIL_8Raqd1FQUB48A4vHW8qkSuNix4BreGR/s680/image%20(44).png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="383" data-original-width="680" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiz7UM6OxY32Md__Z6hgl4UaMQFoxYrLCLyiVRYkd8TCSr5SWYJH4COolUDFna1bdLz_BnHZVWzHyH1uKxNNZYG8HtBDzYF4_VLHnlWr5o00gGoq-8fJ2BydWT-gtltLMR8tlVyUuHxVxFHrjKAPiIL_8Raqd1FQUB48A4vHW8qkSuNix4BreGR/s320/image%20(44).png" width="320" /></a></div><br /></li><li>When I first <a href="https://www.fox4news.com/news/natalie-sorrells-lakepointe-church-rockwall-sexual-assault-child?taid=65e6597f17ae090001095ada&utm_campaign=trueAnthem_manual&utm_medium=trueAnthem&utm_source=twitter">saw this</a>, I guessed it was another case similar to teacher-student where the minor was some teenage boy. But due to the nature of the charges listed in the story, the victim will have to be under 14. We don't have any details because no news agency is smart enough to track down the arrest affidavit which is s public record. <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVPnTsa67O6e6Bk6fpGBiUPBpu_R2zCMILLBIGqK7nPTThCpsKGO2jLoc1RYdhxmzdW059aGclkwBsqMTVT2MO3H4LFyPhYRJPvBmqek1403T2b9CDmWxlNaWPbFUrGNQ8FGTI42xxWNX2-TbO-bVR60YGnOWrAqNrBMG5raoyKJIn9wpUzgHq/s598/Screenshot%202024-03-05%20062927.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="482" data-original-width="598" height="258" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVPnTsa67O6e6Bk6fpGBiUPBpu_R2zCMILLBIGqK7nPTThCpsKGO2jLoc1RYdhxmzdW059aGclkwBsqMTVT2MO3H4LFyPhYRJPvBmqek1403T2b9CDmWxlNaWPbFUrGNQ8FGTI42xxWNX2-TbO-bVR60YGnOWrAqNrBMG5raoyKJIn9wpUzgHq/s320/Screenshot%202024-03-05%20062927.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /></li><li>I'd tap the brakes <a href="https://www.reuters.com/world/us/xcel-energy-utility-equipment-started-texas-wildfire-homeowner-says-lawsuit-2024-03-02/#:~:text=March%201%20(Reuters)%20%2D%20A,fell%20and%20started%20the%20blaze.">on this</a>. The lawsuit was filed by a well known mass tort lawyer who has accused a lot of companies of doing lots of things. <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixf8kewfC2rJquhXIxTPuIz6Zhdn0GPPahCY5JaDIJk87h5Y03htIzV840Oj1TxyAsHb2ArfBQ8dDInXKHdEY1cPC8A16r3nA0Ltccsxi244laxHbcDj_XbpIz-bC5JBkfKlT5_nZwgRE2d3HV8qklT4HTp08V7zFLmLaLGzvZFq3-mIgtow7F/s1017/masstort.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="424" data-original-width="1017" height="133" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixf8kewfC2rJquhXIxTPuIz6Zhdn0GPPahCY5JaDIJk87h5Y03htIzV840Oj1TxyAsHb2ArfBQ8dDInXKHdEY1cPC8A16r3nA0Ltccsxi244laxHbcDj_XbpIz-bC5JBkfKlT5_nZwgRE2d3HV8qklT4HTp08V7zFLmLaLGzvZFq3-mIgtow7F/s320/masstort.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /></li><li>Ronny Jackson is mad at the <i>Rolling Stone</i> for publishing <a href="https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-features/trump-white-house-drugs-speed-xanax-1234979503/">this article</a> about him. <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaNxZt7q8e-Rs3PCsC7GpslsOAerLEddVjP58VIme4GtCbedCb7njb7hR69XPqQpklOGwG7wwEPSguKz7zJr2u98SC9qUzYHwRWJCNSy4JY_Dfame0FtcvWghq_XuJzLFzcys71KXhEuz0upM8KX-p9PsNR5bhUHWtYx5V2hgNFxJuGJvidPCi/s432/Screenshot%202024-03-05%20063240.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="406" data-original-width="432" height="301" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaNxZt7q8e-Rs3PCsC7GpslsOAerLEddVjP58VIme4GtCbedCb7njb7hR69XPqQpklOGwG7wwEPSguKz7zJr2u98SC9qUzYHwRWJCNSy4JY_Dfame0FtcvWghq_XuJzLFzcys71KXhEuz0upM8KX-p9PsNR5bhUHWtYx5V2hgNFxJuGJvidPCi/s320/Screenshot%202024-03-05%20063240.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /></li><li>The lady claiming to be abducted and forced to drive to the border last month is now showing her face as she tries to "<a href="https://www.wfaa.com/article/news/crime/collin-county-mom-sets-record-straight-nightmare-abduction-involving-man-she-tried-to-help/287-35be75e4-f7f6-4725-993a-1db63e265df5">set the record straight</a>." This interview was given to Channel 8. <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhmN797kmA2P3BByERWkwCENbODM-ScBfxmo23maFM8UH3MEA8a_BDL8d2qocL5ntJ4WtraNlyfyEHtNXhLDSqmaqhsHX6TdpmdPMjx9Szgb2wFs2GuertI3PkG2ghOmCcaYtWL5gG5bQsIEIi2EBk7BL3SdE02nAyoQzdEh9PK_3EZkXTYhK7/s855/Screenshot%202024-03-05%20071036.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="420" data-original-width="855" height="157" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhmN797kmA2P3BByERWkwCENbODM-ScBfxmo23maFM8UH3MEA8a_BDL8d2qocL5ntJ4WtraNlyfyEHtNXhLDSqmaqhsHX6TdpmdPMjx9Szgb2wFs2GuertI3PkG2ghOmCcaYtWL5gG5bQsIEIi2EBk7BL3SdE02nAyoQzdEh9PK_3EZkXTYhK7/s320/Screenshot%202024-03-05%20071036.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTcho98-W69UNg6SOJEph6jnsWY6hkaV8Q5C5mjExovbi5yMpqAug5S7IO82qlpgb9AbeNhyYTJ7_F2YvTuIj6yXsqu5t2QxKd0j3WvmH8Wro6b4e9ojKqgBCcNHiHJ7yrPT3Mb1LFh1WYgu6uPJ6iFb62Jz4WLXBMXlTHmqn8d8EeXFPWLsJi/s1920/b1252544-67ab-4522-b606-939c13d6b3e0_1920x1080.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1920" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTcho98-W69UNg6SOJEph6jnsWY6hkaV8Q5C5mjExovbi5yMpqAug5S7IO82qlpgb9AbeNhyYTJ7_F2YvTuIj6yXsqu5t2QxKd0j3WvmH8Wro6b4e9ojKqgBCcNHiHJ7yrPT3Mb1LFh1WYgu6uPJ6iFb62Jz4WLXBMXlTHmqn8d8EeXFPWLsJi/s320/b1252544-67ab-4522-b606-939c13d6b3e0_1920x1080.png" width="320" /></a></div><br /></li><ul><li>But even WFAA seems seems suspicious. So am I. Police are refusing to say anything. Maybe it's all legit. Or not. <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipqCZzhnM3ATI0iEoauJ3YMmCXTFIswo8juQCl3xha53SZZBykt-2OWo2b5fL47OrMVWel651vDzg2hm_J4N8PabxlJ8kIxJGeja36YyEHTkVHDT3_uzLp6SqvxsWQEb_pSYa9nU6aQ8A8fGvGHJ_NL0hn4j_arpc4cJF7B-8iwZyAxIVYTATn/s1154/Screenshot%202024-03-05%20071234.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="134" data-original-width="1154" height="46" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipqCZzhnM3ATI0iEoauJ3YMmCXTFIswo8juQCl3xha53SZZBykt-2OWo2b5fL47OrMVWel651vDzg2hm_J4N8PabxlJ8kIxJGeja36YyEHTkVHDT3_uzLp6SqvxsWQEb_pSYa9nU6aQ8A8fGvGHJ_NL0hn4j_arpc4cJF7B-8iwZyAxIVYTATn/w400-h46/Screenshot%202024-03-05%20071234.jpg" width="400" /></a></div> </li></ul><li>The Business Second™. This will take a very large check. <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijxpKrQi-UQ3YOypcHyVZ0zcJCu6AIDhjPsmf-94HOhTlKo_0e3TaXRwZBmO2penq6dL7j5Lc_dCdnc9k-sv1EVau1Tr66vS4bL9P7q63cmc2IvJr2ndXBCb4pvxvXGux6zP3HPmA7S6KCgdHihEN2QW18TMoxNPwfEevG3czz27jRzFIbAhX0/s446/Screenshot%202024-03-05%20065154.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="446" data-original-width="419" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijxpKrQi-UQ3YOypcHyVZ0zcJCu6AIDhjPsmf-94HOhTlKo_0e3TaXRwZBmO2penq6dL7j5Lc_dCdnc9k-sv1EVau1Tr66vS4bL9P7q63cmc2IvJr2ndXBCb4pvxvXGux6zP3HPmA7S6KCgdHihEN2QW18TMoxNPwfEevG3czz27jRzFIbAhX0/s320/Screenshot%202024-03-05%20065154.jpg" width="301" /></a></div><br /></li><li>Saw this on the back or a work truck yesterday. Kind of generic.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtp9hFSxUDK03BYi0tiCaR-7owQC_BY3AcZMCM_3MeBgGdji-ZSTE-wxGQ-byBF79EN3aZiDktpzYHgO3HvZwKoAwzImBi5dWms5mONwXJOaNPidtYjnRMNvWJDJLWqx0uW5nZ0LArKRTHf6aZBlzuiNC3nCC-wCrTpuxQzf39ajswjyTX33HI/s1284/Screenshot%202024-03-05%20061311.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="824" data-original-width="1284" height="205" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtp9hFSxUDK03BYi0tiCaR-7owQC_BY3AcZMCM_3MeBgGdji-ZSTE-wxGQ-byBF79EN3aZiDktpzYHgO3HvZwKoAwzImBi5dWms5mONwXJOaNPidtYjnRMNvWJDJLWqx0uW5nZ0LArKRTHf6aZBlzuiNC3nCC-wCrTpuxQzf39ajswjyTX33HI/s320/Screenshot%202024-03-05%20061311.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /></li><li>Any web page that causes a pop-up to appear when you move the cursor from body of the page to the URL bar needs to be banned.</li></ul><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnRXGhOnU5R0ylopOj8Up_xp64iBs_9W7satTcaXAnVDmIepZpylesEwpNsBfd4T6vijEI3ytHZisubbHLQTuQq2xb1wYAzTTzEwfTx6HHb18QWvEv5RUdSzLcZQqAfVM5wCu7ubtkOy2G_CtZ1Lz-3RiyB0zYMk4pkQzwgwQ5xbcvA0tiRTwt/s1336/USAT%20(3).png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1336" data-original-width="700" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnRXGhOnU5R0ylopOj8Up_xp64iBs_9W7satTcaXAnVDmIepZpylesEwpNsBfd4T6vijEI3ytHZisubbHLQTuQq2xb1wYAzTTzEwfTx6HHb18QWvEv5RUdSzLcZQqAfVM5wCu7ubtkOy2G_CtZ1Lz-3RiyB0zYMk4pkQzwgwQ5xbcvA0tiRTwt/w336-h640/USAT%20(3).png" width="336" /></a></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14419062.post-47543882304580841452024-03-04T08:30:00.071-06:002024-03-04T08:30:00.124-06:00Random Monday Morning Thoughts<section class="bsgclass"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-kRZh_4YolC4/YDUKIFzkKGI/AAAAAAABjNc/5zUqmtaIL2YwDqWreLA-L4-57L4F70EigCLcBGAsYHQ/s400/header.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="43" data-original-width="400" height="43" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-kRZh_4YolC4/YDUKIFzkKGI/AAAAAAABjNc/5zUqmtaIL2YwDqWreLA-L4-57L4F70EigCLcBGAsYHQ/w400-h43/header.png" width="400" /></a><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6dfY26LsaywT-5IICg47dswjj4VLauXrnNAy2lCUZ0tjurYd8xBrhJuHFmkPvGNGneZiPLYqPLExKuTgGX-bzL9seWXdFyMZmjNcsfVzWxTZHUGjtUOj-rVOjmGV2NSf-krFGzvn_QT8DGbu8AemSDY26dDC5uB549QanTg_9dU5m0t_SROqc/s855/Screenshot%202024-03-04%20072935.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="724" data-original-width="855" height="271" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6dfY26LsaywT-5IICg47dswjj4VLauXrnNAy2lCUZ0tjurYd8xBrhJuHFmkPvGNGneZiPLYqPLExKuTgGX-bzL9seWXdFyMZmjNcsfVzWxTZHUGjtUOj-rVOjmGV2NSf-krFGzvn_QT8DGbu8AemSDY26dDC5uB549QanTg_9dU5m0t_SROqc/s320/Screenshot%202024-03-04%20072935.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i>This was a shootout by the Wise County Sheriff's Office that had occurred a year earlier in 2013, but it was the Denver Post which finally obtained the dashcam video of the DPS trooper <a href="https://youtu.be/vrYU2FWAeHY?si=Mt66VqO9SzC92zTu&t=310">and released it</a> 10 years ago this week. Evan Ebel <a href="https://www.westword.com/news/inside-evan-ebel-murder-case-info-from-stripper-confidential-informants-7991468">had been wanted in</a> Colorado. </i></div></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></section><hr /><ul style="text-align: left;"><li>The Wise County candidate who is trying to unseat Rep. Lynn Stucky made an editorial in the <i>Dallas Morning News</i> this weekend for being a Texas successionist. <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtWa_7BdjOsDq0FKfj2EavGu4dNZgboTQnR8PYJS7cUKa7aw6zkx_UULq0duLGkP1D2CLWL8-rFDwDnQ8Xg7jARiQNcWXGqm3MjNbL-q9YXrzCrR_j0-2a-WlJjaJi9Qumg1XaqskCfxrmvDmctaZceq3M4B6e9I5JYhh2JpDTz7JfecttmXSX/s1267/IMG_2515.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1176" data-original-width="1267" height="297" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtWa_7BdjOsDq0FKfj2EavGu4dNZgboTQnR8PYJS7cUKa7aw6zkx_UULq0duLGkP1D2CLWL8-rFDwDnQ8Xg7jARiQNcWXGqm3MjNbL-q9YXrzCrR_j0-2a-WlJjaJi9Qumg1XaqskCfxrmvDmctaZceq3M4B6e9I5JYhh2JpDTz7JfecttmXSX/s320/IMG_2515.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /></li><ul><li>Here's the key paragraph from above.. It references Andy Hopper and what I refer to as the Texas Oilman PAC. Hey, you can vote for whomever you want to, but you need to be aware of what is going on.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi14qJ4_n5UcZvR9vWHk21T0Bjs5ryWaycJGj3i6QlQz2N0OQ5xlWBinCXOE3PTrg7vJnA3DpqjGhws9Io4w4k6LyTb0R7XwDbAnNnzlp2XDLBkkET6oIhFDPP7yazZkd7UMpJMEEIUIEXwRNJqvPto2MA8l_PmLCa35QcOl-rstsArQukrsbCU/s594/IMG_2515%202.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="500" data-original-width="594" height="269" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi14qJ4_n5UcZvR9vWHk21T0Bjs5ryWaycJGj3i6QlQz2N0OQ5xlWBinCXOE3PTrg7vJnA3DpqjGhws9Io4w4k6LyTb0R7XwDbAnNnzlp2XDLBkkET6oIhFDPP7yazZkd7UMpJMEEIUIEXwRNJqvPto2MA8l_PmLCa35QcOl-rstsArQukrsbCU/s320/IMG_2515%202.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /></li><li>I downloaded the finance reports for Hopper for the last two years. Here are his top donors and at the top, with staggering numbers, is Tim Dunn's oilman PAC. Throw Defend Texas Liberty in there, too, since it is also funded by Dunn. (I'm not sure about Darlene Pendery but a Google search has her come up multiple times as a "Texas Mega Donor." Mike Olcutt is running for the House as well and <a href="https://www.texastribune.org/2024/02/27/greg-abbott-tim-dunn-paxton-vouchers-republican-primary-texas/">has received $50,000 from Dunn</a>.)<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkMnkgK1UXmNE92f3u_ObYWa9wzvd2hBhgZHlo9ELizRiYhJKTq7YJArMj4-jErZN6uUlCbGH3_n6Fexg0Z5Y31M7T-kd6vXl3HHvvgSaAVKtcD4V7E0vN4km31uGRRmLBYosKRTd8bCGlYyQnYnlRVChHYgwQPTKS0nrj9_osBg2bcDP6WuFR/s1322/Screenshot%202024-03-03%20at%2010.46.54%E2%80%AFAM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="794" data-original-width="1322" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkMnkgK1UXmNE92f3u_ObYWa9wzvd2hBhgZHlo9ELizRiYhJKTq7YJArMj4-jErZN6uUlCbGH3_n6Fexg0Z5Y31M7T-kd6vXl3HHvvgSaAVKtcD4V7E0vN4km31uGRRmLBYosKRTd8bCGlYyQnYnlRVChHYgwQPTKS0nrj9_osBg2bcDP6WuFR/w400-h240/Screenshot%202024-03-03%20at%2010.46.54%E2%80%AFAM.png" width="400" /></a></div><br /></li><li>And if I haven't said it enough, Dunn is on the cover of <i>Texas Monthly</i> with a cover story of how he buys elections, I even included the "money paragraph" for you as to how Dunn targets incumbents who don't vote as he demands. <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOOhXFc28jUX2dPe9Ay9_0TSupd4cD02pc7ObDOVIwDyMAV6EyRdr_vB_WPKqoKwvPvYPp0ACvlujV4ezdjlME0JrCn52akU_276b61vfK6yC5uiluE_dN99IQ0p__EdFhIKIa8GI1kEURBZhGCLSMF_9rirfsQkYmtZH2-SPZxS0KOtlRxDC_/s1867/IMG_C96F26AE48F3-1.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1867" data-original-width="1451" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOOhXFc28jUX2dPe9Ay9_0TSupd4cD02pc7ObDOVIwDyMAV6EyRdr_vB_WPKqoKwvPvYPp0ACvlujV4ezdjlME0JrCn52akU_276b61vfK6yC5uiluE_dN99IQ0p__EdFhIKIa8GI1kEURBZhGCLSMF_9rirfsQkYmtZH2-SPZxS0KOtlRxDC_/s320/IMG_C96F26AE48F3-1.jpeg" width="249" /></a></div><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisadN8Qup2j5wW1vP3WYHntgxFpyK11fW3sCVohHslDy76dzrt6j7GNFEGlRNotxI5Nf2Yxy85WLUKBLZI8-y6915XsE7Arcsc3sKjrR18wR5WH5qB7ucuXEtzEgEyT_5Imfbq4d7wVnwRORtxuWpoK2m99i8W02US7wQ1DkwjvjInSNIUAAnh/s1225/IMG_2517.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="723" data-original-width="1225" height="236" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisadN8Qup2j5wW1vP3WYHntgxFpyK11fW3sCVohHslDy76dzrt6j7GNFEGlRNotxI5Nf2Yxy85WLUKBLZI8-y6915XsE7Arcsc3sKjrR18wR5WH5qB7ucuXEtzEgEyT_5Imfbq4d7wVnwRORtxuWpoK2m99i8W02US7wQ1DkwjvjInSNIUAAnh/w400-h236/IMG_2517.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></li></ul><li>Wise County's final early voting numbers. Four years ago there were <a href="https://www.wcmessenger.com/articles/update-for-monday-march-2-2020/">5,136</a> who early voted in the Republican primary. If my math is right, this year we've got 7,172. That's a <i>massive </i>jump. <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIvXeAVKEuKS01cJ1esO-W1fLbaWd5WCDMqPXP0DPqVUD7oKycYvDtPSgBIw4bGmnwwQWAxq3KXxpaAd2zLo0ONbFzIPc1cys1JzYpwYSnV42qFBge-FDss-EqlKQucN0r8MNh42tyGzhuaOTqNo8s8s1kka2guXZC9OMJmh6TccYhJQ9WGKFD/s867/Screenshot%202024-03-04%20062602.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="388" data-original-width="867" height="179" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIvXeAVKEuKS01cJ1esO-W1fLbaWd5WCDMqPXP0DPqVUD7oKycYvDtPSgBIw4bGmnwwQWAxq3KXxpaAd2zLo0ONbFzIPc1cys1JzYpwYSnV42qFBge-FDss-EqlKQucN0r8MNh42tyGzhuaOTqNo8s8s1kka2guXZC9OMJmh6TccYhJQ9WGKFD/w400-h179/Screenshot%202024-03-04%20062602.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /></li><ul><li>The above numbers buck the trend in Texas statewide where <a href="https://www.texastribune.org/2024/03/03/early-voting-turnout-2024-primaries/">early voting is <i>down</i></a>. Is it the Sheriff's race or Hopper/Stucky which is causing the Wise County turnout?<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilTMETdbq4MrgXLHp4q-j6yGcRw-vFID5mzML-WvvjwzYnKNiRKJAb7M-88Z9u3bSKGoSieQT1qsa5KbOQWGhbrWojvpbF2wExN_5BNVs8dxApwWEZqeyovHeDqP3rOiEIivjR2BirsjTtMmPhsl6Bgb9SuaBMHvSUrupOaTIRUNlrJkDOFjBa/s648/Screenshot%202024-03-04%20072017.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="234" data-original-width="648" height="116" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilTMETdbq4MrgXLHp4q-j6yGcRw-vFID5mzML-WvvjwzYnKNiRKJAb7M-88Z9u3bSKGoSieQT1qsa5KbOQWGhbrWojvpbF2wExN_5BNVs8dxApwWEZqeyovHeDqP3rOiEIivjR2BirsjTtMmPhsl6Bgb9SuaBMHvSUrupOaTIRUNlrJkDOFjBa/s320/Screenshot%202024-03-04%20072017.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /></li></ul><li>There was an authorized private burn in the Boonsville area on Saturday afternoon, but it sure got a lot of attention as a potential wildfire since the smoke could be seen county wide.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXJOjhaMH1Qghb8lwr7bqvt3SKjfxjOA4nhkIj1w3NpbhWjzcBZzI8QNKYO1ivGPNbdbe6tfhIjzb9ruaHP_F1QDijRiMLxNaHjsSWStwUmNqPS3yIgoZbh2t8hldlHqXGSiFFjkzzGvB6Dyx6Umzqt1d_h5_OVfI7zilhLFH6shtHAI2nEGBl/s692/Screenshot%202024-03-04%20082417.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="292" data-original-width="692" height="135" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXJOjhaMH1Qghb8lwr7bqvt3SKjfxjOA4nhkIj1w3NpbhWjzcBZzI8QNKYO1ivGPNbdbe6tfhIjzb9ruaHP_F1QDijRiMLxNaHjsSWStwUmNqPS3yIgoZbh2t8hldlHqXGSiFFjkzzGvB6Dyx6Umzqt1d_h5_OVfI7zilhLFH6shtHAI2nEGBl/s320/Screenshot%202024-03-04%20082417.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /></div><br /> </li><li>The Supreme Court might bail Trump out today. We will know in a few minutes. <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMl8urnoSusiSLNwcimXQO3mRDTcI5qZC__4if4LntcNSfhdUERRh_lXe8j35V0-6aBoZcVPESvHoG7ZWyl-FyhO0ZgeDtU_wsRrqF7h1Fjefi8EY8nwVY2mcBhriJpcUnzobDq_mpd6GRD4VlZ7xMObH2SiCPrTwqTr-k0LaB2LW5KGDs8svH/s415/Screenshot%202024-03-04%20061239.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="163" data-original-width="415" height="126" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMl8urnoSusiSLNwcimXQO3mRDTcI5qZC__4if4LntcNSfhdUERRh_lXe8j35V0-6aBoZcVPESvHoG7ZWyl-FyhO0ZgeDtU_wsRrqF7h1Fjefi8EY8nwVY2mcBhriJpcUnzobDq_mpd6GRD4VlZ7xMObH2SiCPrTwqTr-k0LaB2LW5KGDs8svH/s320/Screenshot%202024-03-04%20061239.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /></li><li>There was some kind of gala at the Alamo to celebrate Texas Independence Day. The outfits left a little something to be desired:<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMPj5JeT4-ca57Fwgb8XIazd4Rw3G7dAK7QibuvSqq_Gcg-w7aQL-oZ9zdVMPUD8v0PXWp6wbi14LdwOL3k4j3GVLfWM9BcPjOARWF6BbrgIBF0Hz8-o0EcfJ__8aHu2jck4tHA7_I67Q_BPrZ22qKGmPuX42qd1YEOGLnKXlAGOgTIs3dHD_b/s680/image%20(17).png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="453" data-original-width="680" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMPj5JeT4-ca57Fwgb8XIazd4Rw3G7dAK7QibuvSqq_Gcg-w7aQL-oZ9zdVMPUD8v0PXWp6wbi14LdwOL3k4j3GVLfWM9BcPjOARWF6BbrgIBF0Hz8-o0EcfJ__8aHu2jck4tHA7_I67Q_BPrZ22qKGmPuX42qd1YEOGLnKXlAGOgTIs3dHD_b/s320/image%20(17).png" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Dan Patrick</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkIE1T1I6sgUGaUvm8FUBN0ZgzXu23jMlYFpCNDEi1NgJzHxCqjRnCpOm8WbnyVziRPJjFIb-aJEFz5v3XwEJKLDnq2UHxLzEp3_kanWiA3K63a2GRZO3rMKlSw5gAKwRV8vWodW-H9M6lOoI39qpkCkI9gLU2w7zJhytyivlaf3Jdlw48HmrV/s680/image%20(16).png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="510" data-original-width="680" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkIE1T1I6sgUGaUvm8FUBN0ZgzXu23jMlYFpCNDEi1NgJzHxCqjRnCpOm8WbnyVziRPJjFIb-aJEFz5v3XwEJKLDnq2UHxLzEp3_kanWiA3K63a2GRZO3rMKlSw5gAKwRV8vWodW-H9M6lOoI39qpkCkI9gLU2w7zJhytyivlaf3Jdlw48HmrV/s320/image%20(16).png" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Failed governor candidate Don Huffines</td></tr></tbody></table><br /></li><li>There was a 35 year plea bargain entered into last week in Wise County for a David Biggers who was charged with "Evading Arrest or Detention With a Vehicle with a Previous Conviction or Serious Bodily Injury" in cause number CR25026. That's one of the longest plea bargains sentences ever. I couldn't find anything about the case in the <i>Messenger's </i>archives, but there had to have been a long criminal history involved.</li><li>Trump came on on top i<a href="https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2024/03/03/us/elections/times-siena-poll-registered-voter-crosstabs.html?unlocked_article_code=1.Zk0.0-_f.PhQdwe3dpadx">n a new <i>New York Times</i> poll</a>, but national polls in a presidential election are meaningless. For example, this poll involved 980 likely voters. But say the race comes down to Michigan, which it might. If the poll mirrored the number of voters by each state (doubtful), that means they polled 29 people in Michigan. For the critical state of Wisconsin, it would mean they talked to 19 likely voters from that state.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdtHdhG1c9iDpFd9ey71Z981qcHM6ATOkCIv9VTlolTYOz4MTJjO4P8tTYaUNwkpQ8YHsHBf56-0TxLjT3Aptxw1-rdafP7YV65y2NSUtvYX_4cKZ1EVL1GLrtcs1oyBly6yun9pAYS-FGUjK4g2AgBK0_7TH1ZCg-mu70w1e3uHLFM5QJCfmq/s1805/image%20(42).png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1805" data-original-width="1207" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdtHdhG1c9iDpFd9ey71Z981qcHM6ATOkCIv9VTlolTYOz4MTJjO4P8tTYaUNwkpQ8YHsHBf56-0TxLjT3Aptxw1-rdafP7YV65y2NSUtvYX_4cKZ1EVL1GLrtcs1oyBly6yun9pAYS-FGUjK4g2AgBK0_7TH1ZCg-mu70w1e3uHLFM5QJCfmq/s320/image%20(42).png" width="214" /></a></div><br /></li><li>The Business Second™: This would be not far from the Speedway -- on the other side of I-35 and a couple of miles south.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_H8uDj7dKxC2cE3TAtTQ45podNMq4WL9_JiVB0yMz1jNCyVoL5i84oECTN-_p43ragv7cP786Qe7es1tr7lofJ3KPuvcQPQitLS15ctdPyXcHRO38apRW-jvZQkVcGh5yZrVMaH6fiBcOIxXHnADYttXXjNfxYxWjEVsaXoLcLe9TyN7vaApC/s436/Screenshot%202024-03-04%20080906.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="364" data-original-width="436" height="267" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_H8uDj7dKxC2cE3TAtTQ45podNMq4WL9_JiVB0yMz1jNCyVoL5i84oECTN-_p43ragv7cP786Qe7es1tr7lofJ3KPuvcQPQitLS15ctdPyXcHRO38apRW-jvZQkVcGh5yZrVMaH6fiBcOIxXHnADYttXXjNfxYxWjEVsaXoLcLe9TyN7vaApC/s320/Screenshot%202024-03-04%20080906.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /></li><li>Very legal nerdy stuff: <a href="https://twitter.com/DougtheLawyer/status/1763981381212766354">Here is a fantastic Twitter thread</a> uncovering the little experience that a candidate for the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals, Lee Finley, has by examining online Texas appellate records.</li><li>Dak has a new look. <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinfNELcXGMo5tOLJXgJJtBIpZ1HUXb5SWL8bK9cQeEqvEJoSzD3fPkPQ6HqzeoCA2LBnn2mHob6-oIXKllWsmd6EmL0p6QaEZ6Mdxy5MCXn92msxV8yBzseQBx4hZxTZfuU0b9R6UREx5XFt_av692AHJ1W1rSekcf0stgxbQyJYRjraVHbYBz/s680/image%20(15).png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="564" data-original-width="680" height="265" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinfNELcXGMo5tOLJXgJJtBIpZ1HUXb5SWL8bK9cQeEqvEJoSzD3fPkPQ6HqzeoCA2LBnn2mHob6-oIXKllWsmd6EmL0p6QaEZ6Mdxy5MCXn92msxV8yBzseQBx4hZxTZfuU0b9R6UREx5XFt_av692AHJ1W1rSekcf0stgxbQyJYRjraVHbYBz/s320/image%20(15).png" width="320" /></a></div><br /></li><li>NCAA Softball: Oklahoma's amazing 71 game winning streak <a href="https://www.ncaa.com/news/softball/article/2024-03-03/oklahoma-softballs-historic-71-game-win-streak-snapped-extra-inning-loss-louisiana#:~:text=The%20Oklahoma%20Sooners%20(18%2D1,%2412%20million%20softball%20stadium%20project.">came to an end</a> against the Ragin' Cajuns, 7-5, in extra innings.</li></ul><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgy-_0f3g1cVHqzUom-duW4_j0CT0cFYGpvwGqifp9z5xtfmmwJbV9lntwvapdHmf-ciDcwM_m_Z6FZLF7dEE_b33SzjzvASffTfNt4LbPpfkP4zExJm63c22VSMCdchJyMJFKiBPvCFADtXKHwZBA0lLwgGu21lg5En6m55eO1GLtBOCuI29-g/s1336/USAT%20(2).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1336" data-original-width="700" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgy-_0f3g1cVHqzUom-duW4_j0CT0cFYGpvwGqifp9z5xtfmmwJbV9lntwvapdHmf-ciDcwM_m_Z6FZLF7dEE_b33SzjzvASffTfNt4LbPpfkP4zExJm63c22VSMCdchJyMJFKiBPvCFADtXKHwZBA0lLwgGu21lg5En6m55eO1GLtBOCuI29-g/w336-h640/USAT%20(2).jpg" width="336" /></a></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14419062.post-74695167584369801182024-03-01T14:30:00.012-06:002024-03-01T14:30:00.125-06:00It's Friday -- Let's Get Out of Here<hr>
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<hr>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14419062.post-90376228003297785392024-03-01T08:30:00.040-06:002024-03-01T08:30:00.123-06:00Random Friday Morning Thoughts<section class="bsgclass"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-kRZh_4YolC4/YDUKIFzkKGI/AAAAAAABjNc/5zUqmtaIL2YwDqWreLA-L4-57L4F70EigCLcBGAsYHQ/s400/header.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="43" data-original-width="400" height="43" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-kRZh_4YolC4/YDUKIFzkKGI/AAAAAAABjNc/5zUqmtaIL2YwDqWreLA-L4-57L4F70EigCLcBGAsYHQ/w400-h43/header.png" width="400" /></a><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqSB52QlyZ0tUipWg8Gfpb63f78A-BopyuY_zKyd1UUbCDjX_Sj-1ZM_xSk-j5vd82qBywDSsJwGr07uj7yUMIZcYEsTtiJBckKp1HBPlflHNQwDB0Ds4LRN87RmKBbPmHTaTy8n9JOdUC3YVTza2MDCi8jTrzpodiMTdXRodgMB9BagVJhE8f/s1262/Screenshot%202024-03-01%20073508.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="850" data-original-width="1262" height="216" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqSB52QlyZ0tUipWg8Gfpb63f78A-BopyuY_zKyd1UUbCDjX_Sj-1ZM_xSk-j5vd82qBywDSsJwGr07uj7yUMIZcYEsTtiJBckKp1HBPlflHNQwDB0Ds4LRN87RmKBbPmHTaTy8n9JOdUC3YVTza2MDCi8jTrzpodiMTdXRodgMB9BagVJhE8f/s320/Screenshot%202024-03-01%20073508.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjc2l1mHSPisDNx_ABA1KW3rtSSeIbKJSQYz2DO7qY_dM8At_jxsp6taf40C70wGsb-Nv81rIs19aPB_2vNhA4WAuE6hHNIVuDg4b1DRrH7IODnbE76tK0gtldGRySw7ZMmSfVP_NOOY1prVRiExvft-afPleDRk1CBPiEMjiYf_ACs32ZZweN4/s810/tex.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="614" data-original-width="810" height="243" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjc2l1mHSPisDNx_ABA1KW3rtSSeIbKJSQYz2DO7qY_dM8At_jxsp6taf40C70wGsb-Nv81rIs19aPB_2vNhA4WAuE6hHNIVuDg4b1DRrH7IODnbE76tK0gtldGRySw7ZMmSfVP_NOOY1prVRiExvft-afPleDRk1CBPiEMjiYf_ACs32ZZweN4/s320/tex.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">In the same week, UT announced beer sales at Memorial Stadium and former Aggie great Bucky Richardson got arrested for DWI. </div></div></div></section><hr /><ul style="text-align: left;"><li>I've said it before, Israel will pay for decades for the way they've killed innocent people in Gaza instead of just targeting Hamas. Gaza now puts the death toll at over 30,000. Our Defense Secretary yesterday said the dead at least numbered 25,000. <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7qULNOBkQcT7_gZR54PnHovbqFdAQkgY9sEmv8NGyd2tA72MBMUrMpuIhIGhMYl6U7QREJ8MlMGi7fRzpHiOyuOoVxHDX3oddqbD8kN6Bd0Ke1GyxonZjMsj1pQP3VdPlQe7MQNKWQ_KjxIa9faxDNcRX6tcwjSQniGY48CmgBYm4uMB71Sm6/s1304/Screenshot%202024-03-01%20071226.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="222" data-original-width="1304" height="54" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7qULNOBkQcT7_gZR54PnHovbqFdAQkgY9sEmv8NGyd2tA72MBMUrMpuIhIGhMYl6U7QREJ8MlMGi7fRzpHiOyuOoVxHDX3oddqbD8kN6Bd0Ke1GyxonZjMsj1pQP3VdPlQe7MQNKWQ_KjxIa9faxDNcRX6tcwjSQniGY48CmgBYm4uMB71Sm6/s320/Screenshot%202024-03-01%20071226.jpg" width="320" /></a><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3-sLkypGTU_CkH_xAWbWTqQRo6ZhuY6hXm78v5mK2COgFMGrUTCVUmHdYp7bDyH3MHx4Xjj-4_tTj7YynsvGdTeocXzQl-cpK8AzELcIWiqVAI_qNS_ugdf64JjwdMKXnUBEA-u7I9Sprv5hGmPaS4dx4rSyd6X8uxIYl3ErckhYfxzYqIVkv/s800/240301035035-exp-gaza-aid-trucks-deaths-gotkine-live-030102aseg1-cnni-world-00002001.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="450" data-original-width="800" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3-sLkypGTU_CkH_xAWbWTqQRo6ZhuY6hXm78v5mK2COgFMGrUTCVUmHdYp7bDyH3MHx4Xjj-4_tTj7YynsvGdTeocXzQl-cpK8AzELcIWiqVAI_qNS_ugdf64JjwdMKXnUBEA-u7I9Sprv5hGmPaS4dx4rSyd6X8uxIYl3ErckhYfxzYqIVkv/s320/240301035035-exp-gaza-aid-trucks-deaths-gotkine-live-030102aseg1-cnni-world-00002001.png" width="320" /></a></div><br /></div><br /></li><li>As I predicted, the bill co-sponsored by Rep. David Spiller (R-Jacksboro) giving state agents the right to arrest migrants and ultimately deport them <a href="https://www.texastribune.org/2024/02/29/texas-arrest-migrant-illegal-senate-bill-4-blocked/">has been declared unconstitutional</a>. It never had a chance. PDF of yesterday's opinion <a href="https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.txwd.1172770230/gov.uscourts.txwd.1172770230.42.0_4.pdf">here</a>.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwEOHnWhb14A_-WcLCuzwVyxxf69FaG5Jy4QVwhTguDFAFmiXhurxKkeBiIacVmsTP6ULEmT5h3fVPuiFs1yhU2lcgoxBQt1BStHd80ulKwPTDo6izskBQpe57RVhXNzkDsFOJrfzFPvlkUf0Zw9cHYUM3SpLGnSsfsOlcXYhIqhOqBElpIQWb/s1538/Screenshot%202024-03-01%20062514.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="421" data-original-width="1538" height="110" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwEOHnWhb14A_-WcLCuzwVyxxf69FaG5Jy4QVwhTguDFAFmiXhurxKkeBiIacVmsTP6ULEmT5h3fVPuiFs1yhU2lcgoxBQt1BStHd80ulKwPTDo6izskBQpe57RVhXNzkDsFOJrfzFPvlkUf0Zw9cHYUM3SpLGnSsfsOlcXYhIqhOqBElpIQWb/w400-h110/Screenshot%202024-03-01%20062514.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgI9DbZs1qPKP_vZXeAPQlPJUQvsXSQCic2rr-A-NquhtOLFPjxdvqKAh7_rbo9M6bY1QU3LYCyvK1TK2leKKHTq2dxzPhm5miYu79EoFvQvtiIXbIJEaSxJzh1sMvppCwcUb4xbziyXPvDb7A0Sc7Q87Zb83cJotDBSGuEzPwLiKK6ESCfp26X/s1386/GHhuwL0WMAA84dL.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="870" data-original-width="1386" height="201" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgI9DbZs1qPKP_vZXeAPQlPJUQvsXSQCic2rr-A-NquhtOLFPjxdvqKAh7_rbo9M6bY1QU3LYCyvK1TK2leKKHTq2dxzPhm5miYu79EoFvQvtiIXbIJEaSxJzh1sMvppCwcUb4xbziyXPvDb7A0Sc7Q87Zb83cJotDBSGuEzPwLiKK6ESCfp26X/s320/GHhuwL0WMAA84dL.png" width="320" /></a><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1AdYBjaWks3b8UcLwS2fH8U7vmciu76jO_ZCmrmSYTzf81IHUSnQBm9ekhYLogBUbxEqUXYXukZ_WYw4fXTZK3DaluLjQ2P3f9ytIW_FOgApmgKw_Kpeeen6TnF2fKaSPp_imMctoBefmw3uNBu8UM_JFSl4JmpHYkbY0Xry4kY9FBcHBJgcJ/s1237/Screenshot%202024-03-01%20063021.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="649" data-original-width="1237" height="168" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1AdYBjaWks3b8UcLwS2fH8U7vmciu76jO_ZCmrmSYTzf81IHUSnQBm9ekhYLogBUbxEqUXYXukZ_WYw4fXTZK3DaluLjQ2P3f9ytIW_FOgApmgKw_Kpeeen6TnF2fKaSPp_imMctoBefmw3uNBu8UM_JFSl4JmpHYkbY0Xry4kY9FBcHBJgcJ/s320/Screenshot%202024-03-01%20063021.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></div></li><li>I was tipped me off to the open mic session of the ultra-MAGA extremist Keller School Board last night and, let me tell you, it was wildly entertaining. Some time this weekend just put the YouTube event on in the background and watch to see if you don't sucked in. <a href="https://www.youtube.com/live/f66Mpl9UjP8?si=z4EgaCiKHewD98C2&t=4412">I've got it cued up for you</a>. But if you just want a taste, <a href="https://www.youtube.com/live/f66Mpl9UjP8?si=mpobbb6V--fzZbjT&t=10410">watch this gal here</a>. But <a href="https://www.youtube.com/live/f66Mpl9UjP8?si=wINUpSs46qE33r8Q&t=8534">the guy below</a> was after my own heart -- he's holding up the cover of <i>Texas Monthly </i>of the man who is trying to buy the Wise County election. <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgluC8slvdv5J_ah2YBfSsY8qbGkFm6g-07fLolF4j-LKC_tPUd3Ooj7D2_t7_1hJUPH6byKsmVakGr-0H6FCxC1ioJrB4wjiVEMGQO-J8EQxNgU0Bk0bRYRfqJ5W0DislZJyQXhb8w32yT_xHQipGGTgU570Ug_KMWXvwjZVbCXCdefjhEn764/s1241/Screenshot%202024-03-01%20065535.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="646" data-original-width="1241" height="167" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgluC8slvdv5J_ah2YBfSsY8qbGkFm6g-07fLolF4j-LKC_tPUd3Ooj7D2_t7_1hJUPH6byKsmVakGr-0H6FCxC1ioJrB4wjiVEMGQO-J8EQxNgU0Bk0bRYRfqJ5W0DislZJyQXhb8w32yT_xHQipGGTgU570Ug_KMWXvwjZVbCXCdefjhEn764/s320/Screenshot%202024-03-01%20065535.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /></li><li>We had a duel at the border yesterday. Compare and contrast. <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxe00EwSeQBRvzqMVvk7Kn68_NWD1GCpCk4t993Ay7We4BaAJ-LZMx0r_welyl3u4y-8EVkq9_izsJhSDwYjEvUNO_fXWJy4KVbVwq1DSawVLX2TyjMoC0qVN560PYs2sEn_IyI4tx_llWj1Zyrttg5ayGNC_9SrFjRJ3b-qfX_4QzmO8hHB8k/s2048/image%20-%202024-03-01T061705.572.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1218" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxe00EwSeQBRvzqMVvk7Kn68_NWD1GCpCk4t993Ay7We4BaAJ-LZMx0r_welyl3u4y-8EVkq9_izsJhSDwYjEvUNO_fXWJy4KVbVwq1DSawVLX2TyjMoC0qVN560PYs2sEn_IyI4tx_llWj1Zyrttg5ayGNC_9SrFjRJ3b-qfX_4QzmO8hHB8k/w238-h400/image%20-%202024-03-01T061705.572.png" width="238" /></a></div><br /></li><ul><li>What's he talking about again? <a href="https://x.com/Acyn/status/1763314123050267015">Video</a>.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitwjSZz_aoVFJ4pIKD12G42OEXucnLB-my3bhHVlTmZroRsMaNfHJLXb69L6UDMKnn63pd57RO_cYM5QAMHb_xQvNO8GKyY_ziraIx7t2_iik5q0WeKlbE9jTfeaB2tSQLQM05vVi-cvxtmfODV7qgrjQdwcLjbWU96zRLdEEFMKuWJj5stHFK/s439/Screenshot%202024-03-01%20061820.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="439" data-original-width="426" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitwjSZz_aoVFJ4pIKD12G42OEXucnLB-my3bhHVlTmZroRsMaNfHJLXb69L6UDMKnn63pd57RO_cYM5QAMHb_xQvNO8GKyY_ziraIx7t2_iik5q0WeKlbE9jTfeaB2tSQLQM05vVi-cvxtmfODV7qgrjQdwcLjbWU96zRLdEEFMKuWJj5stHFK/s320/Screenshot%202024-03-01%20061820.jpg" width="311" /></a></div><br /></li><li>This drives me insane. His daddy is rolling over in his grave. <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiD8Dxqaq7JuPvvuruN0tmeB4hytJO1xtYDnIobH9JeQEy3jxPLLEXkZIrHbvhzQEQoETL3nagVTB1VigZn3-1NVdhg18YGetHG5bn25SNBV0DhgZlYwrawdE0ebltiSc9veC9GQx8iVan4wuQrCGX8oJJtj2q0K_KL1LoINXVUHtGJsC5Ph1eo/s857/Screenshot%202024-03-01%20074431.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="857" data-original-width="585" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiD8Dxqaq7JuPvvuruN0tmeB4hytJO1xtYDnIobH9JeQEy3jxPLLEXkZIrHbvhzQEQoETL3nagVTB1VigZn3-1NVdhg18YGetHG5bn25SNBV0DhgZlYwrawdE0ebltiSc9veC9GQx8iVan4wuQrCGX8oJJtj2q0K_KL1LoINXVUHtGJsC5Ph1eo/w273-h400/Screenshot%202024-03-01%20074431.jpg" width="273" /></a></div><br /></li><li>Fox News's Neil Cavuto cut away from Trump's speech at the border after Trump started ranting about the 2020 election. “He still lost that election. That is not in doubt anymore. That’s not being debated anymore,” Cavuto said. It's amazing to watch, but this is what you get when you had to pay $787 million in a defamation lawsuit for previously repeating Trump's lies. <a href="https://x.com/MikeSington/status/1763346844015530460">Video</a>.</li></ul><li>The Liberally Lean Weather Team asked me if I knew about the <a href="https://www.accuweather.com/en/winter-weather/biggest-storm-of-winter-to-bury-part-of-sierra-nevada-with-over-100-inches-of-snow/1626644">crazy snow storm</a> which will hit the eastern part of California and adjoining states this weekend. The numbers below are in <i>feet</i>, not inches.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEowR9kdHBlXWXcG6ZLVysvQKHG6m57_hzyqFO4S6eZwO28GSPGAH5WyReQFOMlYXMT4_8p58a7PmdurxjqPXmUmII87eYiZbsjvkfj3zIQ680UHzeHg0lb5mNjaJ8rNrZtMwCuEjl3ANg2mThyBD2bgg2lpm4NxULbNU96IWMKD74VlGqlsw7/s644/Screenshot%202024-03-01%20064606.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="180" data-original-width="644" height="111" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEowR9kdHBlXWXcG6ZLVysvQKHG6m57_hzyqFO4S6eZwO28GSPGAH5WyReQFOMlYXMT4_8p58a7PmdurxjqPXmUmII87eYiZbsjvkfj3zIQ680UHzeHg0lb5mNjaJ8rNrZtMwCuEjl3ANg2mThyBD2bgg2lpm4NxULbNU96IWMKD74VlGqlsw7/w400-h111/Screenshot%202024-03-01%20064606.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9Xfq3K8a_9qTfow_q4p43eabkLqIQXt5b9P1ro1GG_QlmbgGmGRkkouoVnitNy0KckLOmGThycPlKEzYMDN496BWRJYsECRG5kXwDnMaTxNYkkBVb_x_xWIg9kZ1PsHpKpR3uuYFNb86o2TSVA1ZNet6rsRjQHGbBzDotQ5NVIJNiMWHzEnzh/s632/SierraEstimatedSnowfall29Feb9a.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="355" data-original-width="632" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9Xfq3K8a_9qTfow_q4p43eabkLqIQXt5b9P1ro1GG_QlmbgGmGRkkouoVnitNy0KckLOmGThycPlKEzYMDN496BWRJYsECRG5kXwDnMaTxNYkkBVb_x_xWIg9kZ1PsHpKpR3uuYFNb86o2TSVA1ZNet6rsRjQHGbBzDotQ5NVIJNiMWHzEnzh/w400-h225/SierraEstimatedSnowfall29Feb9a.png" width="400" /></a></div><br /></li><li><a href="https://myrgv.com/local-news/2024/02/29/texas-bar-fines-starr-county-da-for-indicting-woman-with-murder-over-abortion/">A fine</a>? That's it? He indicted her back when abortion was legal in Texas because it was considered a constitutionally protected right. You know, just a few months ago.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8p7ospz4KrsbYdiSwlRSW233BFnEp2xPgt6v4Sx0il9SXsEmHZm1fpvTOtiPIORAM7M8o3ometIDfy-DnpoJQTIGeZpGEzFJqu50CMVB_L13tvuPHHa-75PCI6nEGbHElENWsPTNkxb94MEkSt6HC2uPcSatKQnGkorqwmvZeyniWaVwnjx0S/s706/Screenshot%202024-03-01%20081042.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="187" data-original-width="706" height="85" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8p7ospz4KrsbYdiSwlRSW233BFnEp2xPgt6v4Sx0il9SXsEmHZm1fpvTOtiPIORAM7M8o3ometIDfy-DnpoJQTIGeZpGEzFJqu50CMVB_L13tvuPHHa-75PCI6nEGbHElENWsPTNkxb94MEkSt6HC2uPcSatKQnGkorqwmvZeyniWaVwnjx0S/s320/Screenshot%202024-03-01%20081042.jpg" width="320" /></a><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXTRz3hsrVLZKDvprgU5t07szbucf16C72ZJeBvSvmPWlnQ5qOAn0iCkCMbQH5QNQ7TYvWdA_ua6pFCsTGk9L8cgxWj4d8yp8Zexl7PANJ8MAusG8bpvQQJAl4bGbme9ad94cUhemrIJ9VIzunokMkVYErpQA94mw21-F7ma4WfDTw6GaLtMrm/s300/Gocha-Ramirez-226x300.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="300" data-original-width="226" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXTRz3hsrVLZKDvprgU5t07szbucf16C72ZJeBvSvmPWlnQ5qOAn0iCkCMbQH5QNQ7TYvWdA_ua6pFCsTGk9L8cgxWj4d8yp8Zexl7PANJ8MAusG8bpvQQJAl4bGbme9ad94cUhemrIJ9VIzunokMkVYErpQA94mw21-F7ma4WfDTw6GaLtMrm/s1600/Gocha-Ramirez-226x300.jpg" width="226" /></a></div><br /></div><br /></li><li>Legal PR stuff: I cringed hard watching this lawyer's prepared remarks. He represents the Chiefs' fan known as "Chiefsaholic" who just pled guilty to bank robbery. <a href="https://x.com/PJGreenTV/status/1762943702446579993">Video</a>. It's worth a minute of your time. It begins, “From the beginning of this case, folks, the government has been blitzing.” <i>Groan</i>.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFKIlEy9vRcC9cK1YQ2M8fGrmzSxT3DldLE3KlOebRRjQ56OdcHIEOIGCz44AlXNtwJWGBymTK440Dji7grlUckUdJ9kxSU0WV-K-9CXEfU0E0xxO-TYpc__opIktuJiiyUGvgGAVBWhyphenhyphenBiD1miBHzXfEjuvENbzwzyx1yeiMcLGFzoQ302M7N/s441/Screenshot%202024-03-01%20063303.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="441" data-original-width="407" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFKIlEy9vRcC9cK1YQ2M8fGrmzSxT3DldLE3KlOebRRjQ56OdcHIEOIGCz44AlXNtwJWGBymTK440Dji7grlUckUdJ9kxSU0WV-K-9CXEfU0E0xxO-TYpc__opIktuJiiyUGvgGAVBWhyphenhyphenBiD1miBHzXfEjuvENbzwzyx1yeiMcLGFzoQ302M7N/s320/Screenshot%202024-03-01%20063303.jpg" width="295" /></a><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhl0wFnC0lJdD4AoAUI4sDIt9Zgj2zQQ2ySiwxDI-ZZTjm8plY9zDtN3SKVA8vol_iFXNGlb55d08usmzHiRHeiK0SCumbkugBGnt2U2XaVBss72Qrh6UAV5OUOrpzmgTWV3x5YlUfvvcHFVIXCNxKU9_uUTD4G1lrdW9mU197q-qq80M8BpT9N/s465/5389.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="279" data-original-width="465" height="192" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhl0wFnC0lJdD4AoAUI4sDIt9Zgj2zQQ2ySiwxDI-ZZTjm8plY9zDtN3SKVA8vol_iFXNGlb55d08usmzHiRHeiK0SCumbkugBGnt2U2XaVBss72Qrh6UAV5OUOrpzmgTWV3x5YlUfvvcHFVIXCNxKU9_uUTD4G1lrdW9mU197q-qq80M8BpT9N/s320/5389.png" width="320" /></a></div></div><br /></li><li>Want <a href="https://x.com/Ticket1to3/status/1762938628307611767">to see</a> a tattoo of the box score of the Ranger's winning World Series game?<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLfg-mMcz59eDxBko7e_kZp_j6KK4i-J8cE5chMZqbDtcomSbTehx-nv-PSzTSxchkdlxBQN_f6O8FlOpNUAqeKJlw90PRCas-owr9u0mydkh7OqooRfbk_kcW7S85spzWzvy7gJinqK4KSjsZyqYbxLPidCfSOxdRgX09gMr1OehYGiuKEdeK/s2048/image%20-%202024-03-01T075407.557.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="996" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLfg-mMcz59eDxBko7e_kZp_j6KK4i-J8cE5chMZqbDtcomSbTehx-nv-PSzTSxchkdlxBQN_f6O8FlOpNUAqeKJlw90PRCas-owr9u0mydkh7OqooRfbk_kcW7S85spzWzvy7gJinqK4KSjsZyqYbxLPidCfSOxdRgX09gMr1OehYGiuKEdeK/s320/image%20-%202024-03-01T075407.557.png" width="156" /></a></div><br /></li><li>I'm heavily linking to video today. I try not to do that. </li><li>Time which has passed since the Wise County Sheriff's Office, despite having a full male DNA profile, has failed to solve the murder of Lauren Whitener in her home at Lake Bridgeport: <a href="http://www.liberallylean.com/2024/02/random-friday-morning-thoughts_0874019324.html#:~:text=Time%20which%20has%20passed%20since%20the%20Wise%20County%20Sheriff%27s%20Office%2C%20despite%20having%20a%20full%20male%20DNA%20profile%2C%20has%20failed%20to%20solve%20the%20murder%20of%20Lauren%20Whitener%20in%20her%20home%20at%20Lake%20Bridgeport%3A%204%20years%20and%20242%20days.">4 years and 249 days</a>.</li></ul><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjc9yN_fsX_AMr1DvXe53N4KfwFsNufnsKtP0GrXeDOB2__OO-wBsC8_cprx8lEiuBkmnPyURjK-FgZtYHFCMZijuCWzYkX1XsqdevSO5StKLweTAogYufClYEwwV5WYWb8MK9tlidhCSXBThUhLkEc94WJlEJWEYn0ffqbzyOPQ4Fxgr0XmM38/s1088/TX_AAS%20(4).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1088" data-original-width="683" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjc9yN_fsX_AMr1DvXe53N4KfwFsNufnsKtP0GrXeDOB2__OO-wBsC8_cprx8lEiuBkmnPyURjK-FgZtYHFCMZijuCWzYkX1XsqdevSO5StKLweTAogYufClYEwwV5WYWb8MK9tlidhCSXBThUhLkEc94WJlEJWEYn0ffqbzyOPQ4Fxgr0XmM38/w402-h640/TX_AAS%20(4).jpg" width="402" /></a></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14419062.post-50981910875771367892024-02-29T08:30:00.002-06:002024-02-29T08:30:00.135-06:00Random Thursday Morning Thoughts<section class="bsgclass"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-kRZh_4YolC4/YDUKIFzkKGI/AAAAAAABjNc/5zUqmtaIL2YwDqWreLA-L4-57L4F70EigCLcBGAsYHQ/s400/header.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="43" data-original-width="400" height="43" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-kRZh_4YolC4/YDUKIFzkKGI/AAAAAAABjNc/5zUqmtaIL2YwDqWreLA-L4-57L4F70EigCLcBGAsYHQ/w400-h43/header.png" width="400" /></a><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXswpT_jaFkXvvdM0fnuqX1SIQgb1cRWrUeY-3qBTqMMFk9tw8Zv7xOorg496DpaqBQ069uQ06BqFrQW1Mg7k1yyBBztVqoItbEdxhl_I9QmiZ2go_gbVKgmsTyGP8gMP0w89C49b8SYhAsCC2f6gQOUWYDvOEVP0bRoQoJSpDBv_t9AU7GVHf/s757/Screenshot%202024-02-29%20072636.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="484" data-original-width="757" height="205" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXswpT_jaFkXvvdM0fnuqX1SIQgb1cRWrUeY-3qBTqMMFk9tw8Zv7xOorg496DpaqBQ069uQ06BqFrQW1Mg7k1yyBBztVqoItbEdxhl_I9QmiZ2go_gbVKgmsTyGP8gMP0w89C49b8SYhAsCC2f6gQOUWYDvOEVP0bRoQoJSpDBv_t9AU7GVHf/s320/Screenshot%202024-02-29%20072636.jpg" width="320" /></a><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAtGiAb7PRJLtdBTMNlrVd9LpegeDZqo6lZ5ZQZvetMJk3MuviIbiu2khOx5olVuItsEq79tMjr4QLXu5-FMg0w8_0sX_w-AJVJUb-iJh99sh-gkGdVPRy8_Ndj9VG9axCmDlMb0b-deOAw9_SgbwNGIqaAcs5r6Y2TP4orkvEH68cORbY0tTn/s259/image%20-%202024-02-29T072544.537.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="259" data-original-width="194" height="259" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAtGiAb7PRJLtdBTMNlrVd9LpegeDZqo6lZ5ZQZvetMJk3MuviIbiu2khOx5olVuItsEq79tMjr4QLXu5-FMg0w8_0sX_w-AJVJUb-iJh99sh-gkGdVPRy8_Ndj9VG9axCmDlMb0b-deOAw9_SgbwNGIqaAcs5r6Y2TP4orkvEH68cORbY0tTn/s1600/image%20-%202024-02-29T072544.537.png" width="194" /></a></div><br /></div><i>Yep, <a href="https://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/walmart-reduces-dog-food-display-amid-safety-concerns/100339/">that was</a> the Decatur Walmart. </i></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></section><hr /><ul style="text-align: left;"><li>The Supreme Court said late yesterday afternoon that the D.C. Insurrection case will remain on hold and, for some reason, thinks it is necessary to decide if a President gets to do anything he wants while in office with impunity. Sheesh. The quickest we can have a decision is May, and the latest is around July 1st. <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHvHhm2Xq9r-So-mfV1BfG_4nvxjw5AaEhZAq-CYyQn1jvqR7WuX8P2xh43LICRmxyXm-OcNDcg-w145W_hEjFt0Ovk9LpErcSZEybu0jShkWSZRTN8DBX26Quu4YndpZNJS7kuCG6tYIKF7h__NyG3TUjTWR3t_-Uc7UgHDInvXM1Lt8xjRRj/s860/Screenshot%202024-02-29%20061505.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="336" data-original-width="860" height="125" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHvHhm2Xq9r-So-mfV1BfG_4nvxjw5AaEhZAq-CYyQn1jvqR7WuX8P2xh43LICRmxyXm-OcNDcg-w145W_hEjFt0Ovk9LpErcSZEybu0jShkWSZRTN8DBX26Quu4YndpZNJS7kuCG6tYIKF7h__NyG3TUjTWR3t_-Uc7UgHDInvXM1Lt8xjRRj/s320/Screenshot%202024-02-29%20061505.jpg" width="320" /></a><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLZ_ZMdMe9uExZVRAer2vL9B09eSiZDcz8jxfoZPjsxxMyC_moLAbY-M3gbYHBcaKu9CaKd-gI0wtH9Lg0gUJZW-maGLPOAK1i4vMzJjbhBfw0VxxVixgG4LnHwXmWpOAthYaORQY_eA_jv_yhBrCd7J2IwWELSe-eIltKmZVigVmSikWqiSh3/s851/Screenshot%202024-02-29%20063153.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="851" data-original-width="741" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLZ_ZMdMe9uExZVRAer2vL9B09eSiZDcz8jxfoZPjsxxMyC_moLAbY-M3gbYHBcaKu9CaKd-gI0wtH9Lg0gUJZW-maGLPOAK1i4vMzJjbhBfw0VxxVixgG4LnHwXmWpOAthYaORQY_eA_jv_yhBrCd7J2IwWELSe-eIltKmZVigVmSikWqiSh3/s320/Screenshot%202024-02-29%20063153.jpg" width="279" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Felt like there should be a couple of commas in there. At least two.</td></tr></tbody></table></div><br /></li><ul><li>Heck, I'm resigned to just put all the criminal trials on hold. If Trump wins, and America wants an authoritarian form of government, so be it. He'll kill the federal cases and somehow kill the state cases. If that's what we want then we deserve everything we get. </li><li>Even assuming the D.C. Insurrection trial gets to start before the election, there is no way it's over before then. And what does it really matter? A criminal conviction, with an appeal of it, isn't going to change a thing from an election standpoint. </li></ul><li>Overlooked in everything, is that the State of Illinois kicked Trump off the ballot last night. I don't think there's any question that the Supreme Court, which is already about to decide this issue in a Colorado case, puts him back on all the ballots. <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYudVSXQk2rJtAw23i8UImOdbO-VGWFo9UCrguONa7CyVzTtbE6yQe5IuEQxm6px8CGFQd-bc2mAi0eTLzY5Zj0NmvXOyGEuXG53VgkT0O-FOO4s8ovqxNAuASx3Lxyj9vY1HUpnZsXO8y7VNjHxGOnpwgPEvEWf8eqLAq3SolXkCAx9zeYFQn/s339/mastheadNewYorkTimes.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="55" data-original-width="339" height="32" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYudVSXQk2rJtAw23i8UImOdbO-VGWFo9UCrguONa7CyVzTtbE6yQe5IuEQxm6px8CGFQd-bc2mAi0eTLzY5Zj0NmvXOyGEuXG53VgkT0O-FOO4s8ovqxNAuASx3Lxyj9vY1HUpnZsXO8y7VNjHxGOnpwgPEvEWf8eqLAq3SolXkCAx9zeYFQn/w200-h32/mastheadNewYorkTimes.jpg" width="200" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiG9jkBUsQ8c2ML12k3A_1wzh8Dcgg58E10J9kKGbGnsgU6ZZ8yK8TgiND-19jdS1qagFfyafg4KHQW5dHqvLyeE0U5a9qsaYG1-SVtxUWAwR1gwwqVIooKK67NUbIPeRWrU15PScVD3pflfCjTMeaqg42MPvtvw1Uhke18LXGYE508T3eZQFPg/s898/Screenshot%202024-02-29%20063948.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="263" data-original-width="898" height="94" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiG9jkBUsQ8c2ML12k3A_1wzh8Dcgg58E10J9kKGbGnsgU6ZZ8yK8TgiND-19jdS1qagFfyafg4KHQW5dHqvLyeE0U5a9qsaYG1-SVtxUWAwR1gwwqVIooKK67NUbIPeRWrU15PScVD3pflfCjTMeaqg42MPvtvw1Uhke18LXGYE508T3eZQFPg/s320/Screenshot%202024-02-29%20063948.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /></li><li>The Texas government killed a man last night. This was a picture of him from yesterday.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1mytN6I_5grdV8zynDAy5VkiAChHGct5uM7i9huTdXl64tSyPQq44KRA1PrWy_InkHd4-haeMKzL6lRwuY-Pqz453k7Somwu3ieBukHz60V6vBvO2JaH78mon8DBZtP33irZmWDgmFYknCWM9vcppYaOAoAdI2FktOYqAgRrII2WhMkeHJhsE/s1308/Screenshot%202024-02-29%20071012.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="170" data-original-width="1308" height="53" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1mytN6I_5grdV8zynDAy5VkiAChHGct5uM7i9huTdXl64tSyPQq44KRA1PrWy_InkHd4-haeMKzL6lRwuY-Pqz453k7Somwu3ieBukHz60V6vBvO2JaH78mon8DBZtP33irZmWDgmFYknCWM9vcppYaOAoAdI2FktOYqAgRrII2WhMkeHJhsE/w400-h53/Screenshot%202024-02-29%20071012.jpg" width="400" /></a></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJ3rojzp0LDyqbim461vEevJu5mdQp9OfQzJwARcAaPdKGhdt3Hh9W4odI7GJCbHKVBDdXqaoh-gYhwug08DgSukE8wuTi1kr7Bz9z0GaTghM_PURSZbNEy-YVweQRLTM684EzSsYCSRQHXk9-nHXm5jQWVeRbQUtjHGzX-Rm-0sJPnAjzjzHh/s374/image%20-%202024-02-29T061601.400.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="275" data-original-width="374" height="235" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJ3rojzp0LDyqbim461vEevJu5mdQp9OfQzJwARcAaPdKGhdt3Hh9W4odI7GJCbHKVBDdXqaoh-gYhwug08DgSukE8wuTi1kr7Bz9z0GaTghM_PURSZbNEy-YVweQRLTM684EzSsYCSRQHXk9-nHXm5jQWVeRbQUtjHGzX-Rm-0sJPnAjzjzHh/s320/image%20-%202024-02-29T061601.400.png" width="320" /></a></div><br /></li><li>What's the <a href="https://www.dallasnews.com/news/courts/2024/02/28/cowboys-jerry-jones-will-be-required-to-take-dna-test-in-paternity-case-judge-rules/">real point of this</a>? It's not financial. She's an adult and is entitled to nothing from Jerry Jones even if she is his biological child. Just write her out of the will and she gets nothing. <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPhG_a7E0EUTNoLRR1SVBM6z8trOwkJXy22PQXuVH_xNm9C6NDbMI2qUI38iif8rU0skr-APaMSwEW-9LSJdDPA4WCRX15R8yT54vcHFQhlNtJzuHP5_sbAoAdkH6vtb3sWIwNqLvA0RfkTNKk8L3bNNluq7a5J7XGKPCAy6cn9-k9aRw7EpJb/s751/Screenshot%202024-02-29%20061941.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="414" data-original-width="751" height="176" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPhG_a7E0EUTNoLRR1SVBM6z8trOwkJXy22PQXuVH_xNm9C6NDbMI2qUI38iif8rU0skr-APaMSwEW-9LSJdDPA4WCRX15R8yT54vcHFQhlNtJzuHP5_sbAoAdkH6vtb3sWIwNqLvA0RfkTNKk8L3bNNluq7a5J7XGKPCAy6cn9-k9aRw7EpJb/s320/Screenshot%202024-02-29%20061941.jpg" width="320" /></a><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMcQVbXGUaaW-3tsxMYYJYqsHPJjd5PH5bGD0jjFVvEjsTEIfgoyP0iqTT1XWMQ0gnutE9Pzdifz94O-YLcnZWjAoelcUdO4up0QjIJ1fRDLO0_YqimS3nWSE311ziPVGoLcrrWcKgqrLZpFcT7h2I-MRMAkYvfd3vfQP0ktO49-tRL7Nboy4a/s2000/alexandra-davis-221224-featured.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1333" data-original-width="2000" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMcQVbXGUaaW-3tsxMYYJYqsHPJjd5PH5bGD0jjFVvEjsTEIfgoyP0iqTT1XWMQ0gnutE9Pzdifz94O-YLcnZWjAoelcUdO4up0QjIJ1fRDLO0_YqimS3nWSE311ziPVGoLcrrWcKgqrLZpFcT7h2I-MRMAkYvfd3vfQP0ktO49-tRL7Nboy4a/s320/alexandra-davis-221224-featured.png" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Alexandra Davis</td></tr></tbody></table></div></li><li>Trump may have remade the Supreme Court, but he couldn't do it without the procedurally maneuvering of this man. Good riddance<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqkIoMvVDfJHVO6wra01wkJL8-v0u2JJgp5w-h9-kvyjJ26rIlwZJuFxdpm9Rds3k-gqvRPghUTxgICDdWvC32zV8MWRBYx6I4-LYSPkPZSteP-FongqBARTQkdKDbqJ_bxLtNFXoVRGUv70PDmQERE3AMdcF5eMCtIB0dbj1yi0fH08fLB_UL/s1075/Screenshot%202024-02-29%20064546.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="224" data-original-width="1075" height="67" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqkIoMvVDfJHVO6wra01wkJL8-v0u2JJgp5w-h9-kvyjJ26rIlwZJuFxdpm9Rds3k-gqvRPghUTxgICDdWvC32zV8MWRBYx6I4-LYSPkPZSteP-FongqBARTQkdKDbqJ_bxLtNFXoVRGUv70PDmQERE3AMdcF5eMCtIB0dbj1yi0fH08fLB_UL/s320/Screenshot%202024-02-29%20064546.jpg" width="320" /></a><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsbSuc0qXDXu2sVm-iAIjqVdGoXoQZpJb2GbAePv5hjp4MgCb_RET4QZqHswV6N_ExAxKvZCCe_vGHrY18sTSqSD3NufrRN96-x6b2arv7BoKPDvnt7ntwWDVCO0yEKlmc7EXdDZn0aF7PUiZPvZe5CAwVBtbbgJVTMe7pIwrUW7p1OX5nht_R/s768/ebf61fcc-5366-46de-86d4-12e3bec34622_24b58619.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="768" data-original-width="768" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsbSuc0qXDXu2sVm-iAIjqVdGoXoQZpJb2GbAePv5hjp4MgCb_RET4QZqHswV6N_ExAxKvZCCe_vGHrY18sTSqSD3NufrRN96-x6b2arv7BoKPDvnt7ntwWDVCO0yEKlmc7EXdDZn0aF7PUiZPvZe5CAwVBtbbgJVTMe7pIwrUW7p1OX5nht_R/s320/ebf61fcc-5366-46de-86d4-12e3bec34622_24b58619.png" width="320" /></a></div></div><br /></li><ul><li>There is a belief that John Cornyn could replace McConnell as the new Senate majority leader. That speculation gave rise to this wild exchange below yesterday. More Republican on Republican violence. <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidGbkXMHuFB-qwKkSE0zGA99a4dO8J3qIMACOKrzwXinCpBJdow6It4TMBn_JBvswtr0zuxV0WcYWQaE0yNuMaqt-_cOUWGaEQAXGQUcTKKjJpDZU9SlHCzjOrz3refOeTk7s9BMxanFPWVGWcVss8ihoZpyGWe_ZXpIOESUbo0_y1KavTlNWM/s1170/image%20-%202024-02-29T061634.488.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1009" data-original-width="1170" height="276" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidGbkXMHuFB-qwKkSE0zGA99a4dO8J3qIMACOKrzwXinCpBJdow6It4TMBn_JBvswtr0zuxV0WcYWQaE0yNuMaqt-_cOUWGaEQAXGQUcTKKjJpDZU9SlHCzjOrz3refOeTk7s9BMxanFPWVGWcVss8ihoZpyGWe_ZXpIOESUbo0_y1KavTlNWM/s320/image%20-%202024-02-29T061634.488.png" width="320" /></a></div><br /></li></ul><li>Wise County made this month's <i>Texas Monthly.</i> Honestly, there's a lot weirder stuff than that happening around here on a weekly basis.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBNbI-qFhWz0NnHbLb1_PUW20w1BLbekXA_r_K4LL6VWScLiX5wUMzJN1W_wpZpF-_-ivgxEDFy3BeSC2SFSxXZG30ZM4tNgnDJKuoiA2aZnMDcKNOCOHSBkPDq9dV044aPr06e_Qnar02L5J2FfRyGy9Qi2JAsylgLJXcS-rV-U4S0PIyncVw/s1676/Screenshot%202024-02-28%20at%206.11.44%E2%80%AFPM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1230" data-original-width="1676" height="235" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBNbI-qFhWz0NnHbLb1_PUW20w1BLbekXA_r_K4LL6VWScLiX5wUMzJN1W_wpZpF-_-ivgxEDFy3BeSC2SFSxXZG30ZM4tNgnDJKuoiA2aZnMDcKNOCOHSBkPDq9dV044aPr06e_Qnar02L5J2FfRyGy9Qi2JAsylgLJXcS-rV-U4S0PIyncVw/s320/Screenshot%202024-02-28%20at%206.11.44%E2%80%AFPM.png" width="320" /></a></div><br /></li><li>Here's a Houston mega-church pastor with 18,000 members and six campuses. Just like I wonder what happened to the Republican Party of days gone by, I wonder what has happened to the Church.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFQTgwuhH6hdiTugYgZ7IwtR8HCfdGoZXV7Dw0LyFTaSspTCCkL3GF6IIiU8TpZFaAhDituHaS1WC6QLwB87bmiR2g4_6OATTDS3aSd5fBSWJZE9y6ovP2DwAZgdMZ4wb4XZbT6V4lmKVybX7jAVBmwUs8P0az51-i_43L1TRcs3gMfCXrBJ7g/s1256/Screenshot%202024-02-29%20065758.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="371" data-original-width="1256" height="119" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFQTgwuhH6hdiTugYgZ7IwtR8HCfdGoZXV7Dw0LyFTaSspTCCkL3GF6IIiU8TpZFaAhDituHaS1WC6QLwB87bmiR2g4_6OATTDS3aSd5fBSWJZE9y6ovP2DwAZgdMZ4wb4XZbT6V4lmKVybX7jAVBmwUs8P0az51-i_43L1TRcs3gMfCXrBJ7g/w400-h119/Screenshot%202024-02-29%20065758.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSpS6xDHvKnsUQNelBcYp_LKPCzFtTjAukRJUMsSzlClY6KWcikyKK-ihm-yv1_ejKYMwrxcMSiBBpm2tOiuc71k9KLcCp5FtJZu8pNc0FzyYXIQJaB9nxiENpS7B2L2Ol_H1Hb2A4mISdc8DiogUNEW8xsuQaH2C0fRL1CVO16CimoVWRJAGK/s954/Screenshot%202024-02-29%20070129.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="270" data-original-width="954" height="91" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSpS6xDHvKnsUQNelBcYp_LKPCzFtTjAukRJUMsSzlClY6KWcikyKK-ihm-yv1_ejKYMwrxcMSiBBpm2tOiuc71k9KLcCp5FtJZu8pNc0FzyYXIQJaB9nxiENpS7B2L2Ol_H1Hb2A4mISdc8DiogUNEW8xsuQaH2C0fRL1CVO16CimoVWRJAGK/s320/Screenshot%202024-02-29%20070129.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNo5NqgWt45EVII_dRup4GxxhsLcfIBRtDZMsmTSlUW5eMiptPDlsGNo94YC6rzKvMPGXiWT1DE1CE1YZi7SfdMKJN9e_qx-D_JdzxxmUz4tF2fA7FWWrQrPZgefBmfvOITujaWgwcn3hM6KuEGp0jSO8dlbagCqTPlSJk4YapCU6DFMADbNvc/s960/960x0%20(1).png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="960" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNo5NqgWt45EVII_dRup4GxxhsLcfIBRtDZMsmTSlUW5eMiptPDlsGNo94YC6rzKvMPGXiWT1DE1CE1YZi7SfdMKJN9e_qx-D_JdzxxmUz4tF2fA7FWWrQrPZgefBmfvOITujaWgwcn3hM6KuEGp0jSO8dlbagCqTPlSJk4YapCU6DFMADbNvc/s320/960x0%20(1).png" width="320" /></a></div><br /></li><li>My graphics teams added a red arrow to this graphic to point out when the iPhone was released.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBqaPmJJujNOEJcdJIO11AQNlECjMHOuiyXZolRahMxbvuwC7xwc4FtjjA_c7NnHXKM20yiSjc7qr2ewIauhZWscXegK8YMN6Svj1Q1alEWBV5u7BbPhFWC4VnX66kMzwtMnkqp96fx1_btEY0FP9jzWgusf9xsW0mMtCPo90R8XvzXa-ChwT0/s1048/Screenshot%202024-02-29%20065446.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="794" data-original-width="1048" height="242" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBqaPmJJujNOEJcdJIO11AQNlECjMHOuiyXZolRahMxbvuwC7xwc4FtjjA_c7NnHXKM20yiSjc7qr2ewIauhZWscXegK8YMN6Svj1Q1alEWBV5u7BbPhFWC4VnX66kMzwtMnkqp96fx1_btEY0FP9jzWgusf9xsW0mMtCPo90R8XvzXa-ChwT0/s320/Screenshot%202024-02-29%20065446.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /></li><li>The fact that a bunch of billionaires place an arbitrary "salary cap" on workers' salaries -- and everyone is just fine with it -- is mind-boggling to me. Not to mention a "draft" where workers are forced into set salaries for set employers which they have no voice in. <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiElBJE6uIuHdngx_2ZGjGv36H7-cYcjGBODB6rKNkjBgvR4YYC6fDDi1izduEa7xQHI0-GQ7OplDUbchAiUZ7xPG_RLllhSYXvgR552tZgKfsMXa_mR3bozeTfwV26jLYOhHmt_t_0QjQtytRUmploEcC1xPkVS8SqqDxmQEX-QSTRKSV_B1iV/s419/Screenshot%202024-02-29%20062638.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="188" data-original-width="419" height="144" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiElBJE6uIuHdngx_2ZGjGv36H7-cYcjGBODB6rKNkjBgvR4YYC6fDDi1izduEa7xQHI0-GQ7OplDUbchAiUZ7xPG_RLllhSYXvgR552tZgKfsMXa_mR3bozeTfwV26jLYOhHmt_t_0QjQtytRUmploEcC1xPkVS8SqqDxmQEX-QSTRKSV_B1iV/s320/Screenshot%202024-02-29%20062638.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /></li><li><i>Messenger </i>- <a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/1KV5KXWByCBOfWM0jomlvtllZSU72DU1q/view?usp=sharing">Above the Fold</a></li></ul><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbzaXVqKAXCas2SF7CJh74q_pcpD-l0XnENz8HWs7ndmvWVHGE_soA87inBeH2YefYGgTVXLnwhnEQJ6MAzDPcdYx2pHH5KhreU94jTlxatxfEXU-c4fbgBVDIWpfI6a6haqJo-xqmHL0H1d8bAeYkSFi81vartF4LvgX3QhY4ubsR6LBeo7Xh/s1352/TX_AAS%20(3).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1352" data-original-width="700" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbzaXVqKAXCas2SF7CJh74q_pcpD-l0XnENz8HWs7ndmvWVHGE_soA87inBeH2YefYGgTVXLnwhnEQJ6MAzDPcdYx2pHH5KhreU94jTlxatxfEXU-c4fbgBVDIWpfI6a6haqJo-xqmHL0H1d8bAeYkSFi81vartF4LvgX3QhY4ubsR6LBeo7Xh/w332-h640/TX_AAS%20(3).jpg" width="332" /></a></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14419062.post-57552603280632347502024-02-28T08:30:00.015-06:002024-02-28T08:30:00.128-06:00Random Wednesday Morning Thoughts<section class="bsgclass"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-kRZh_4YolC4/YDUKIFzkKGI/AAAAAAABjNc/5zUqmtaIL2YwDqWreLA-L4-57L4F70EigCLcBGAsYHQ/s400/header.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="43" data-original-width="400" height="43" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-kRZh_4YolC4/YDUKIFzkKGI/AAAAAAABjNc/5zUqmtaIL2YwDqWreLA-L4-57L4F70EigCLcBGAsYHQ/w400-h43/header.png" width="400" /></a><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfERjigUd2T0dJVofvnB4f_5YpQ6U5WQ5zoFUeZlwROx7jMJMt2rxQF1jqoZpDR8whOTNrPJtbF0JhXT4DbvpmRxHE2pEPAHdu3OQ4B4Wje929JARYTWFZNYyfSz-G9FqxDHwo_oZZRDocBfAMSZs_QU5-ZsyKlmyjAxKzDrWKkR2vgPbr7S9d/s622/manman.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="491" data-original-width="622" height="253" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfERjigUd2T0dJVofvnB4f_5YpQ6U5WQ5zoFUeZlwROx7jMJMt2rxQF1jqoZpDR8whOTNrPJtbF0JhXT4DbvpmRxHE2pEPAHdu3OQ4B4Wje929JARYTWFZNYyfSz-G9FqxDHwo_oZZRDocBfAMSZs_QU5-ZsyKlmyjAxKzDrWKkR2vgPbr7S9d/s320/manman.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i>Then Texas Lt. Gov. candidate Dan Patrick <a href="https://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/dan-patrick-gay-marriage-typo">had an unfortunate typo</a> on Twitter.</i></div></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></section><hr /><ul style="text-align: left;"><li>We have a <a href="https://x.com/RobertDownen_/status/1762495211069190447?s=20">shocking update</a> on the Texas Oilman PAC trying to buy a Wise County election. Since January 1st, the PAC has contributed $280,000 to Stephen "Andy" Hopper in his attempt to unseat incumbent state representative Dr. Lynn Stucky. I'm speechless. We've never seen anything like this. <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbcLOC-WzzDZ38EyktFZOYuch0egnrA-RZG7NMPI949KV3rsMw8VSm5E5r6Y5GYwzfLyo616jeK2eVfPEnBzCddyTw2rk0mCTgVtaqfHTBvsZa9uOR2P4kIRX6mt0aRJ8ZywgojcadMK30TrlVkBhPzokgHOrPkscd6qKQZCV_7GGSqASm-s5n/s1168/Screenshot%202024-02-27%20at%205.59.02%E2%80%AFPM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="362" data-original-width="1168" height="99" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbcLOC-WzzDZ38EyktFZOYuch0egnrA-RZG7NMPI949KV3rsMw8VSm5E5r6Y5GYwzfLyo616jeK2eVfPEnBzCddyTw2rk0mCTgVtaqfHTBvsZa9uOR2P4kIRX6mt0aRJ8ZywgojcadMK30TrlVkBhPzokgHOrPkscd6qKQZCV_7GGSqASm-s5n/s320/Screenshot%202024-02-27%20at%205.59.02%E2%80%AFPM.png" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMINbHnQL-6jcE70d8eyzZNQVhR-u4IiZrJq6qi7FYkH5T-pxQHuzEDKTw8LVXKpG_k7AUiYnFQveJtqiSNfaKJuSLt2XPPMMsPBTleupidN9fcdSNWQThsCfu_L9hUHOUCi4EJBsn3iQjeJMs9VOakl7u4RvH-DZw2h4kBQa8DsbHux03nHVp/s1232/GHWjvSuW0AA58Es.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1134" data-original-width="1232" height="295" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMINbHnQL-6jcE70d8eyzZNQVhR-u4IiZrJq6qi7FYkH5T-pxQHuzEDKTw8LVXKpG_k7AUiYnFQveJtqiSNfaKJuSLt2XPPMMsPBTleupidN9fcdSNWQThsCfu_L9hUHOUCi4EJBsn3iQjeJMs9VOakl7u4RvH-DZw2h4kBQa8DsbHux03nHVp/s320/GHWjvSuW0AA58Es.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihW5Rz05nyIpQWVm136DQmDer8gTpWmgDvmqUqdwFhSEpgqkIStUsH91e26x-jxBGqYnpe4ZTGhbBca7KUqzmfyTLB-Ni2Hs9Uu74V1q8FsGGqe6c9bdZ5TDjdyRzXl092FDMu5oZj8lBAi6_bfqZ_QzrMluVeOOZ8oNI0dgbM-l0Lr0JBH7EJ/s1298/GHWjuDAXEAEjWYb.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1134" data-original-width="1298" height="280" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihW5Rz05nyIpQWVm136DQmDer8gTpWmgDvmqUqdwFhSEpgqkIStUsH91e26x-jxBGqYnpe4ZTGhbBca7KUqzmfyTLB-Ni2Hs9Uu74V1q8FsGGqe6c9bdZ5TDjdyRzXl092FDMu5oZj8lBAi6_bfqZ_QzrMluVeOOZ8oNI0dgbM-l0Lr0JBH7EJ/s320/GHWjuDAXEAEjWYb.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfFsk9nBJTkayptANdKrF7rYLSvuaAjs2KmplXI06dGv66EGf_A833s7MC2f9W4xzPIm6qwCzxgEdaw7Qkuo7cpzRG9dj50jThwPoh4k7RQqP-8q3puXItx_rVqz4S3vvslAy1jAwCCBfJDTy6c0Bd4WhwcMAvPB7Ry7945x1wjQa1sa8HZJz0/s1210/GHWjsgLXoAAMbzC.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="916" data-original-width="1210" height="242" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfFsk9nBJTkayptANdKrF7rYLSvuaAjs2KmplXI06dGv66EGf_A833s7MC2f9W4xzPIm6qwCzxgEdaw7Qkuo7cpzRG9dj50jThwPoh4k7RQqP-8q3puXItx_rVqz4S3vvslAy1jAwCCBfJDTy6c0Bd4WhwcMAvPB7Ry7945x1wjQa1sa8HZJz0/s320/GHWjsgLXoAAMbzC.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><br /></li><ul><li>The oilmen even threw $14,000 to the Wise County Conservatives (the ultra MAGA group who meet in a church) just for fun. It's circled above.</li><li>Here's the same data as above but sorted by Hopper's largest contributors since 1/1/24.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-oFRVlI6Hn3c7CPeiPOVBQRce6Wa9ozlM6eeV4MMW60ROVrD5nCYub1kY5xpm8kQKbfrvbo0EzmJCIbL5lILsQw93FXsZKrzwv3TiqwE8JJTk5PQ1pbQQtIc86DasXYu_jv6gBgUfUe9mY_HfAZ6gxMAurceYQ90yC3DlqovizW8mQpZTqLET/s863/Screenshot%202024-02-28%20061350.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="588" data-original-width="863" height="272" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-oFRVlI6Hn3c7CPeiPOVBQRce6Wa9ozlM6eeV4MMW60ROVrD5nCYub1kY5xpm8kQKbfrvbo0EzmJCIbL5lILsQw93FXsZKrzwv3TiqwE8JJTk5PQ1pbQQtIc86DasXYu_jv6gBgUfUe9mY_HfAZ6gxMAurceYQ90yC3DlqovizW8mQpZTqLET/w400-h272/Screenshot%202024-02-28%20061350.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /></li><li>Just a reminder that one of the oilmen contributors is on the cover of <i>Texas Monthly</i>. <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBhA59CaqOEEpg9-7OG1SaF0GQFLBPkbhYcHMozqDh-UxvOrRC9PbjbW_srl4IYkDpmrBYlpGmC-EqC5sPRtpT_2VwtABsBNSJfTf-8R_Ib-Cn7OuKBsFl1Z9kIve8naRsAnDXBu8od4sX2mLBCO_XOc0plNXPl5X2YRE8NnpIOeQ9YZEUMDM7/s1360/Screenshot%202024-02-27%20at%206.05.33%E2%80%AFPM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1360" data-original-width="1054" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBhA59CaqOEEpg9-7OG1SaF0GQFLBPkbhYcHMozqDh-UxvOrRC9PbjbW_srl4IYkDpmrBYlpGmC-EqC5sPRtpT_2VwtABsBNSJfTf-8R_Ib-Cn7OuKBsFl1Z9kIve8naRsAnDXBu8od4sX2mLBCO_XOc0plNXPl5X2YRE8NnpIOeQ9YZEUMDM7/w310-h400/Screenshot%202024-02-27%20at%206.05.33%E2%80%AFPM.png" width="310" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5nfJnLBuSX-CujjKF2xZMGkQTCdiCrTiRj1VxUym_lnjl-c4DS6rUTOB1g5oZe9d8gMz2QyXpjGNj-n8_cJWobXtWrVArhPdb8jycDRhk8hdFhvqs_ScRyjvM079V-MbkROSdWQa6xv1emokEUZJoyw21qyqbh-Hl28dNqOe3H-N3zaB7L606/s2158/Screenshot%202024-02-27%20at%208.33.13%E2%80%AFPM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="748" data-original-width="2158" height="111" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5nfJnLBuSX-CujjKF2xZMGkQTCdiCrTiRj1VxUym_lnjl-c4DS6rUTOB1g5oZe9d8gMz2QyXpjGNj-n8_cJWobXtWrVArhPdb8jycDRhk8hdFhvqs_ScRyjvM079V-MbkROSdWQa6xv1emokEUZJoyw21qyqbh-Hl28dNqOe3H-N3zaB7L606/s320/Screenshot%202024-02-27%20at%208.33.13%E2%80%AFPM.png" width="320" /></a></div><br /></div></li></ul><li>The Panhandle <a href="https://www.texastribune.org/2024/02/27/texas-panhandle-wildfires-evacuations/">was on fire</a> yesterday afternoon and then the winds switched directions and kicked up when a cold front came in. I haven't seen a lot of great updates this morning other than <a href="https://x.com/AllHazardsTFS/status/1762832148904497615?s=20">this</a>. <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFMKWmSar1wWAlFBK0Qh1Tm5S5I6IqOoB_spJuUcyoWJa0zSIzjWnhZADQvHsssZ4RYfCAt6K8GuXTym1Iv0OvQqdh5DnckC3B2KhwimpkRxAXtVDRy_SXaAYYIPcucfUmng3ndMjJhDipJcQ148-NgrWY6vsHTR6U2_2Gp7k1GhFQXAzxkuH4/s855/Screenshot%202024-02-28%20075133.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="85" data-original-width="855" height="40" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFMKWmSar1wWAlFBK0Qh1Tm5S5I6IqOoB_spJuUcyoWJa0zSIzjWnhZADQvHsssZ4RYfCAt6K8GuXTym1Iv0OvQqdh5DnckC3B2KhwimpkRxAXtVDRy_SXaAYYIPcucfUmng3ndMjJhDipJcQ148-NgrWY6vsHTR6U2_2Gp7k1GhFQXAzxkuH4/w400-h40/Screenshot%202024-02-28%20075133.jpg" width="400" /></a><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipHdmhcaihj7al7QA4R4JvfUYu22il4CDjKeN2vEcDcw5slL12zi7o8awCl-27W9lJYBzVpe1SUy1_ngBkCtjOdPQyhx1EJhEAJjia2-KveIVfESzqmoCnzQ3fzPsgYwvmGLaHXJp87JGAHROxAkJveMBgnCwV3FdjuEP9SowCx4V13icYB7wo/s2048/image%20-%202024-02-28T081752.301.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1582" data-original-width="2048" height="247" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipHdmhcaihj7al7QA4R4JvfUYu22il4CDjKeN2vEcDcw5slL12zi7o8awCl-27W9lJYBzVpe1SUy1_ngBkCtjOdPQyhx1EJhEAJjia2-KveIVfESzqmoCnzQ3fzPsgYwvmGLaHXJp87JGAHROxAkJveMBgnCwV3FdjuEP9SowCx4V13icYB7wo/s320/image%20-%202024-02-28T081752.301.png" width="320" /></a></div><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPofj2dCMJfHAqwM7l7JwbyuidrmMJZqRsaqPczI6hE9I_X3KsD8rIjFDc9zRSST09LiDaJt9D-sxcqG4jrQALU6HiOrdpNbMO_Wt7MV2OWH5u_a2klU2EaXYw34X-1w4NzV3vTu71DCSLsvjK2QCYnQvoWA-Dh4kY672lKO8qKlOWBU0hCTKu/s1620/image%20-%202024-02-28T064140.392.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1620" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPofj2dCMJfHAqwM7l7JwbyuidrmMJZqRsaqPczI6hE9I_X3KsD8rIjFDc9zRSST09LiDaJt9D-sxcqG4jrQALU6HiOrdpNbMO_Wt7MV2OWH5u_a2klU2EaXYw34X-1w4NzV3vTu71DCSLsvjK2QCYnQvoWA-Dh4kY672lKO8qKlOWBU0hCTKu/s320/image%20-%202024-02-28T064140.392.png" width="320" /></a><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></div><br /></li><li>Trump won big in Michigan last night. No real way to spin it otherwise.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6NYWZDYAWLB3E7c4ZJWop84x_ByZJC_QdeBlYvdCMngMLHQqt600gtuvJ9LmiA3ou7qRyuYzif94vz4p3hi4BRt9gL-jrI9l_VDJkh8KzXxu1EqrmgIA2YLZWsqBeiZ9fknFEqUbKSqPwZ-VGDVp07jF17rA9Ts64qjGSHjn6cHwRfwzfpSyQ/s904/Screenshot%202024-02-28%20062724.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="484" data-original-width="904" height="171" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6NYWZDYAWLB3E7c4ZJWop84x_ByZJC_QdeBlYvdCMngMLHQqt600gtuvJ9LmiA3ou7qRyuYzif94vz4p3hi4BRt9gL-jrI9l_VDJkh8KzXxu1EqrmgIA2YLZWsqBeiZ9fknFEqUbKSqPwZ-VGDVp07jF17rA9Ts64qjGSHjn6cHwRfwzfpSyQ/s320/Screenshot%202024-02-28%20062724.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /></li><li>An 18-wheeler <a href="https://x.com/DallasTexasTV/status/1762509635272003770?s=20">didn't make it </a>across the tracks in Saginaw yesterday before the train had other plans for it.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWGNz1X9OcKWHTIx8JRll6MNDQvBx6masWv8U_GMJ236RSQpMT_Wkp0Gb_nYZ7qrKS9kXPvvf9CnLyTxZ3LoOb5JYoigQtKDo8QXzx2eWq8Tq1F54M9BGYeHAl30K3lgxLTxmPeue47jdyx6LPM5Z7Y4DLes_dBu6g0ES9oVvrpFCEDih9d39j/s668/image%20-%202024-02-28T062933.964.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="668" data-original-width="659" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWGNz1X9OcKWHTIx8JRll6MNDQvBx6masWv8U_GMJ236RSQpMT_Wkp0Gb_nYZ7qrKS9kXPvvf9CnLyTxZ3LoOb5JYoigQtKDo8QXzx2eWq8Tq1F54M9BGYeHAl30K3lgxLTxmPeue47jdyx6LPM5Z7Y4DLes_dBu6g0ES9oVvrpFCEDih9d39j/s320/image%20-%202024-02-28T062933.964.png" width="316" /></a></div><br /></li><li><a href="https://www.star-telegram.com/news/local/education/article285935621.html?taid=65df15e1d231d80001081d83&utm_campaign=trueanthem&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter">Problem solved</a>.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_usPhY2YeD5a7yopP16G43UMrVttDGQsoXHqlW84IGQJ5_AjAERhHRkQ69LM_fl_8RaAh1qMqhz6litKqd3G9qmUQQ-qa4MYdbo4oMoJh7tFozFnu7m2Jbb0yjYHAvfw50YitaNh-cY854m2JECVj6ijWYy5-P4fSU5fMmnTntLHYdlH68INg/s920/Screenshot%202024-02-28%20065123.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="281" data-original-width="920" height="98" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_usPhY2YeD5a7yopP16G43UMrVttDGQsoXHqlW84IGQJ5_AjAERhHRkQ69LM_fl_8RaAh1qMqhz6litKqd3G9qmUQQ-qa4MYdbo4oMoJh7tFozFnu7m2Jbb0yjYHAvfw50YitaNh-cY854m2JECVj6ijWYy5-P4fSU5fMmnTntLHYdlH68INg/s320/Screenshot%202024-02-28%20065123.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiopuPULVvx2bXh98c2tsFuP96c9vEHJp6pskSj-wJJmuvCFiB0c0Aj7lChYOctPgoQAsxFzn_fQnrKtCz3IiWN8T53ME34iq1fzOCo_ij00mAvKhZy0Pg9SX6lnKvPbjgDp6C8Bu7iLeB7VGbY1h2eLy3_XF6PX2V2xFvYdfCC1nyyqLppPUwk/s1140/CT_sexed_04.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="760" data-original-width="1140" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiopuPULVvx2bXh98c2tsFuP96c9vEHJp6pskSj-wJJmuvCFiB0c0Aj7lChYOctPgoQAsxFzn_fQnrKtCz3IiWN8T53ME34iq1fzOCo_ij00mAvKhZy0Pg9SX6lnKvPbjgDp6C8Bu7iLeB7VGbY1h2eLy3_XF6PX2V2xFvYdfCC1nyyqLppPUwk/s320/CT_sexed_04.png" width="320" /></a></div><br /></li><li>Goat jailbreak in Arlington!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLrayIAw02gPDuPlAYlLMAwyiDuGUhLFWR4DLyd1wu1iD2l-j7YIcu7vopVgpG_e9D3IWfr6t60hqF-gLf6PNMUWdXYig0cenprfv2glj5s5HzQS2sMLW3Gsa7Buvk_22EqaAPWajWWRuMM9h_dzuPmZlA-vIvJR2WDLpEAP1hprqYyIBiebWM/s769/Screenshot%202024-02-28%20062519.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="760" data-original-width="769" height="316" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLrayIAw02gPDuPlAYlLMAwyiDuGUhLFWR4DLyd1wu1iD2l-j7YIcu7vopVgpG_e9D3IWfr6t60hqF-gLf6PNMUWdXYig0cenprfv2glj5s5HzQS2sMLW3Gsa7Buvk_22EqaAPWajWWRuMM9h_dzuPmZlA-vIvJR2WDLpEAP1hprqYyIBiebWM/s320/Screenshot%202024-02-28%20062519.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /></li><li><a href="https://www.telegraph.co.uk/us/politics/2024/02/27/us-election-monica-lewinsky-modelling-voting-clinton/">Monica Lewinsky at 50</a>. Hey, now. <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhE6AcdjhiF_bP6XDxKP3n1JwTwH_GvgNAi20JzOBVx-cL1J92cJFEL-tRkqIXB0xk4u3Td6-m804cV2h-MXfBx8-aQ7wBe7IsiKhddsSt6AHqxy-mo0wfzANw-RbMdvSxfEr5OQbHB9e9zp_k0frK7Tinua5pkrieuwqzT3hzjQaSWRRgvEjnn/s679/image%20-%202024-02-28T062757.831.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="679" data-original-width="627" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhE6AcdjhiF_bP6XDxKP3n1JwTwH_GvgNAi20JzOBVx-cL1J92cJFEL-tRkqIXB0xk4u3Td6-m804cV2h-MXfBx8-aQ7wBe7IsiKhddsSt6AHqxy-mo0wfzANw-RbMdvSxfEr5OQbHB9e9zp_k0frK7Tinua5pkrieuwqzT3hzjQaSWRRgvEjnn/s320/image%20-%202024-02-28T062757.831.png" width="295" /></a></div><br /></li><li>The Business Second™. We are definitely in the end times. <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXqhPA1bBgXNNiMYKzayENCqI5ltKYfGDrrj3CbAMPI1Tyj41mDthyphenhyphenfA0qDUqgnzljN7HyzMQXYiCyVeama1NrRHiVatwPfzNNtzeFvn2OcEE6xns3CodLr54UKCB4oXaCmx7cScVnBCDwn2n0ifq1qr2CmYEcAPAkc8LyP_0KMY1KA-DW-csB/s599/Screenshot%202024-02-28%20063222.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="312" data-original-width="599" height="167" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXqhPA1bBgXNNiMYKzayENCqI5ltKYfGDrrj3CbAMPI1Tyj41mDthyphenhyphenfA0qDUqgnzljN7HyzMQXYiCyVeama1NrRHiVatwPfzNNtzeFvn2OcEE6xns3CodLr54UKCB4oXaCmx7cScVnBCDwn2n0ifq1qr2CmYEcAPAkc8LyP_0KMY1KA-DW-csB/s320/Screenshot%202024-02-28%20063222.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /></li><li><a href="https://www.ketk.com/news/local-news/tyler-lawyer-arrested-on-theft-charges-accused-of-taking-more-than-200000-from-client/">Lawyers doing bad things</a>.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcyVF0epWCAuSSk4EvUt5bmSX3MMAESJtsVJnjIYDP8n6T9j8DV4jJFlXpoxDH68Fosvpc1HuPeFmibYUZ7xeanCAvFc-DhIA6HKwpamBPcW0zjynj685WaU4Auo1kxPF3P_uKOW1ek2SSSxkvGhoFFTqc2Fe8c2fBybUUMXjY041KMI22zDgU/s596/Screenshot%202024-02-28%20065351.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="259" data-original-width="596" height="139" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcyVF0epWCAuSSk4EvUt5bmSX3MMAESJtsVJnjIYDP8n6T9j8DV4jJFlXpoxDH68Fosvpc1HuPeFmibYUZ7xeanCAvFc-DhIA6HKwpamBPcW0zjynj685WaU4Auo1kxPF3P_uKOW1ek2SSSxkvGhoFFTqc2Fe8c2fBybUUMXjY041KMI22zDgU/s320/Screenshot%202024-02-28%20065351.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikZ0Rp3bvja9dMgLaHDsgTp3BohWtrpNBYpNBpx30gMju2aJvzSuTSCsgX89HOO94GIeiOHSxZf3vLdvpCCOzZ7Pyxzdh_H-BC0wOq2Adi6cdNM-rBDChFOx57wcHbcNKXeuKemdfJQ4tVCdUjXPH7hVsH05z2W4NHHz844WDg2BETukDsHirK/s876/BruceBain_mugshot_background.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="491" data-original-width="876" height="179" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikZ0Rp3bvja9dMgLaHDsgTp3BohWtrpNBYpNBpx30gMju2aJvzSuTSCsgX89HOO94GIeiOHSxZf3vLdvpCCOzZ7Pyxzdh_H-BC0wOq2Adi6cdNM-rBDChFOx57wcHbcNKXeuKemdfJQ4tVCdUjXPH7hVsH05z2W4NHHz844WDg2BETukDsHirK/s320/BruceBain_mugshot_background.png" width="320" /></a></div><br /></li><li>Lawyer's doing embarrassing things. (<a href="https://www.meidastouch.com/news/lawyer-in-trumps-ga-case-caught-with-pants-down-on-zoom">This was in</a> yesterday's Georgia DA disqualification hearing for having and affair with the special prosecutor.)<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7ZGyMzEXl0j-Hk7AFBMBPl3-O562gOLppvSSK40XZmsmY0eQhgIEM6IrRLdBvQH161US-_u9E8zgmf1tykZnqFcReXxLQd_ZmeTQzzaxRGLUgWuktLGOUtDofzA4B-ohTAH9oBLG5V9Whk5GHTJ5BIiMXNioCAKgOBtXyQvWyJiZStlQgdubH/s597/Screenshot%202024-02-28%20071321.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="501" data-original-width="597" height="269" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7ZGyMzEXl0j-Hk7AFBMBPl3-O562gOLppvSSK40XZmsmY0eQhgIEM6IrRLdBvQH161US-_u9E8zgmf1tykZnqFcReXxLQd_ZmeTQzzaxRGLUgWuktLGOUtDofzA4B-ohTAH9oBLG5V9Whk5GHTJ5BIiMXNioCAKgOBtXyQvWyJiZStlQgdubH/s320/Screenshot%202024-02-28%20071321.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /></li><li>Hey, there's no way I saw it live, but the Mavslost last night in a dramatic way. Two great videos <a href="https://x.com/NBA/status/1762673526878671036?s=20">here</a> and <a href="https://x.com/BleacherReport/status/1762664271245123906?s=20">here</a>. </li></ul><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_lmL7PXJT-a9i-0PewygShZBkmU59-P3sgGN3WKj_sq00m1LRpO0WSnM3y-u1Kmu-aRIzrDs7cJPpSVlaBSxMD3SZ6o2FqRMSNw2VJn_cBZYUUIIJUvDmE-ZXKr3B9CEE-cTLQpZYDBVwBzgzGXSRkX3pFp1lgXpT7LPAM4F3XcCJMW0gMz5f/s632/Screenshot%202024-02-28%20065724.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="632" data-original-width="566" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_lmL7PXJT-a9i-0PewygShZBkmU59-P3sgGN3WKj_sq00m1LRpO0WSnM3y-u1Kmu-aRIzrDs7cJPpSVlaBSxMD3SZ6o2FqRMSNw2VJn_cBZYUUIIJUvDmE-ZXKr3B9CEE-cTLQpZYDBVwBzgzGXSRkX3pFp1lgXpT7LPAM4F3XcCJMW0gMz5f/w359-h400/Screenshot%202024-02-28%20065724.jpg" width="359" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14419062.post-5387040579445268392024-02-27T08:30:00.001-06:002024-02-27T08:30:00.140-06:00Random Tuesday Morning Thoughts<section class="bsgclass"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-kRZh_4YolC4/YDUKIFzkKGI/AAAAAAABjNc/5zUqmtaIL2YwDqWreLA-L4-57L4F70EigCLcBGAsYHQ/s400/header.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="43" data-original-width="400" height="43" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-kRZh_4YolC4/YDUKIFzkKGI/AAAAAAABjNc/5zUqmtaIL2YwDqWreLA-L4-57L4F70EigCLcBGAsYHQ/w400-h43/header.png" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOdsXyMOvm261da5B-7YoqHnb_25Z-4Ujls19l1EZbiraUYAyKMTI2MLBp32jNgMftHYSpbvPFS27-raQlgwSxGL7znj5_6LNt-HFLL_E-bvd6qg520zglFVSqgrV3n6WUsVnNQOh3AMAHS13vPJL1d7YYDiYi6NRPl2NEnaXBqxEChGq9L93A/s622/Screenshot%202024-02-27%20073440.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="161" data-original-width="622" height="83" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOdsXyMOvm261da5B-7YoqHnb_25Z-4Ujls19l1EZbiraUYAyKMTI2MLBp32jNgMftHYSpbvPFS27-raQlgwSxGL7znj5_6LNt-HFLL_E-bvd6qg520zglFVSqgrV3n6WUsVnNQOh3AMAHS13vPJL1d7YYDiYi6NRPl2NEnaXBqxEChGq9L93A/s320/Screenshot%202024-02-27%20073440.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJFETLDSo5mx3Jy3LaGtcjOKZxJVOclOTHY69uL-atcHoJ0bnOU_oc-g3IVWVBM5UVhWCXWo0JtnzAHNQcHVY_Xja_bb2XG4bRvSOBfRvPpsi6PhA90oNud5YPFonvGlkZwbIOQPkh1n2kWcUWqZVl_UjFI8bNdRG-pHm1V2GTWtM7bfmqknGj/s609/Screenshot%202024-02-27%20073217.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="429" data-original-width="609" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJFETLDSo5mx3Jy3LaGtcjOKZxJVOclOTHY69uL-atcHoJ0bnOU_oc-g3IVWVBM5UVhWCXWo0JtnzAHNQcHVY_Xja_bb2XG4bRvSOBfRvPpsi6PhA90oNud5YPFonvGlkZwbIOQPkh1n2kWcUWqZVl_UjFI8bNdRG-pHm1V2GTWtM7bfmqknGj/s320/Screenshot%202024-02-27%20073217.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i>Back in the day, lawmakers <a href="https://www.dallasnews.com/news/politics/2014/02/26/2-statewide-gop-candidates-fell-victim-to-energy-trading-scheme/">were suckers</a>. Ten years ago it was revealed that Paxton lost $100,000 and King lost $46,000.</i></div></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></section><hr /><ul style="text-align: left;"><li>Oh, man. <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhp5kqIwiqGvhT8FU2_GrWwlxl28h1POayX2OsuDf_NU8Mdnc27zFcqpXy3U6ndBSvsOSI72wcfykhmypMh9YRP09hsCc8CYNcP_Jneee50NQreUf1uyOXhFu_IJ8rlYIr7zimTMKNaumxb9I3OcI7waUevSFVOP_mpA1pTLB159RI9UPSjMNJs/s614/Screenshot%202024-02-27%20062149.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="614" data-original-width="586" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhp5kqIwiqGvhT8FU2_GrWwlxl28h1POayX2OsuDf_NU8Mdnc27zFcqpXy3U6ndBSvsOSI72wcfykhmypMh9YRP09hsCc8CYNcP_Jneee50NQreUf1uyOXhFu_IJ8rlYIr7zimTMKNaumxb9I3OcI7waUevSFVOP_mpA1pTLB159RI9UPSjMNJs/s320/Screenshot%202024-02-27%20062149.jpg" width="305" /></a></div><br /></li><li>Wise County Judge J.D. Clark has posted on Facebook <a href="https://www.facebook.com/100063755477219/posts/890667739735067/?mibextid=WC7FNe">a series of great photographs</a> showing the work at the top the courthouse. I'm feel like a kid watching those guys work whenever I'm outside and look up.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4jfKyyOBx4rPk4jpgssYCVDpz4Yz86-HeMDqabuqxzrqymIZXttlj66_fwf27OcNvWJhKWIkr5zjPufN9bX8BzDdu-Ta7C2HKZa7fii-lMb5d_fC95t2sUbR-_IbxoSTMmvs2aemeCa4ilquWTUcnSTbeUzcdYkjjqWs2kPiM-mXK9NTu6mDq/s1440/428653379_890667623068412_8341122240028437717_n.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="810" data-original-width="1440" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4jfKyyOBx4rPk4jpgssYCVDpz4Yz86-HeMDqabuqxzrqymIZXttlj66_fwf27OcNvWJhKWIkr5zjPufN9bX8BzDdu-Ta7C2HKZa7fii-lMb5d_fC95t2sUbR-_IbxoSTMmvs2aemeCa4ilquWTUcnSTbeUzcdYkjjqWs2kPiM-mXK9NTu6mDq/s320/428653379_890667623068412_8341122240028437717_n.png" width="320" /></a></div><br /></li><li><a href="https://www.wfaa.com/article/news/local/court-docs-reveal-collin-county-teenager-charged-with-aiding-suicide-zander-tashman/287-2398fcb4-9297-4f90-90df-2222ec0a7f4d">If this story</a> recounts all the evidence they've got, that case is beyond extremely weak.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIJq7Kcf8vsUWyDUM2Mi-3kiFgZncQyRJq-5O6oPs09xk7sDduRhadXk8HJXnqHLx3X9oGSbvSKGUIMpn4okf1EzBGWeLw_w0DJEup1p9vzeFaRKzwg2dP8t3LCYD8JTvio10T4IVkByY8iBC8WBC82QL7juI3jz4rpVpYHrqAq58AmbF61Q-p/s854/Screenshot%202024-02-27%20063332.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="376" data-original-width="854" height="141" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIJq7Kcf8vsUWyDUM2Mi-3kiFgZncQyRJq-5O6oPs09xk7sDduRhadXk8HJXnqHLx3X9oGSbvSKGUIMpn4okf1EzBGWeLw_w0DJEup1p9vzeFaRKzwg2dP8t3LCYD8JTvio10T4IVkByY8iBC8WBC82QL7juI3jz4rpVpYHrqAq58AmbF61Q-p/s320/Screenshot%202024-02-27%20063332.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /></li><li>I think its a very bad look for the New York AG to tweet the daily interest that Trump is accruing after his fraud judgment. <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_qOYRju8uRITd39HyCeYZPqZF6T1vXRXcaA-wv6UB6yvY_N3_3EGdoP823Q966Wbb0wKE_yf8_Qd3C27SGZ9911pNBab3IF2M264G7jMRGhurHZLAUZ2nMaOOpg07xMUPS9hpOYmN3sQIh8D6LnKNxAVFd5_R91zxol5mzdHOXsTBc-9Sfh7q/s747/inte.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="264" data-original-width="747" height="113" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_qOYRju8uRITd39HyCeYZPqZF6T1vXRXcaA-wv6UB6yvY_N3_3EGdoP823Q966Wbb0wKE_yf8_Qd3C27SGZ9911pNBab3IF2M264G7jMRGhurHZLAUZ2nMaOOpg07xMUPS9hpOYmN3sQIh8D6LnKNxAVFd5_R91zxol5mzdHOXsTBc-9Sfh7q/s320/inte.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /></li><li>I'm also not a big fan of the optics of <a href="https://x.com/HowardMortman/status/1762248423665717757?s=20">discussing a ceasefire in Gaza</a> while holding an ice cream cone.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXG_K71TyGyFtGnTLJ1mEZt0HiTNSnS4Moz187p1Tj1jQvWyxcd_qfChe3QJDviZ9w7Y-KhlVTBcoUCGjjaxLIRvk8RtNF_sWffP41iF4XvA4qJ9_9ouSgN3fb5ebmMDxExDm2i_Ssr4LVfUbK9V6ciyoaqw5oyzfd99bg5HrI7unkoDX3gFRE/s538/Screenshot%202024-02-27%20065614.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="306" data-original-width="538" height="182" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXG_K71TyGyFtGnTLJ1mEZt0HiTNSnS4Moz187p1Tj1jQvWyxcd_qfChe3QJDviZ9w7Y-KhlVTBcoUCGjjaxLIRvk8RtNF_sWffP41iF4XvA4qJ9_9ouSgN3fb5ebmMDxExDm2i_Ssr4LVfUbK9V6ciyoaqw5oyzfd99bg5HrI7unkoDX3gFRE/s320/Screenshot%202024-02-27%20065614.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /></li><li>For a man who takes bribes and has affairs, he sure <a href="https://www.dallasnews.com/news/politics/2024/02/26/ag-ken-paxton-sues-saying-porn-sites-are-not-following-new-texas-law-on-age-verification/">does hate all vices</a>. <br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_X4ZFXV3K7TY_kUgXtk6MJXSmI3YRgbGvU2AnJQSOeunOMNxhIoHWOZDE0v7di_TvvA2LHIJb3U3hki25QozK-xp2xoMyv9MH5_tnbwgsE4BeBpQ79VpBOgdtqpNnzttS3iFDRoeerc6-qzX4bylbAjzoDrKjk4L7FcwzhqV7Wi52wgFQ7BCN/s910/Screenshot%202024-02-27%20061620.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="107" data-original-width="910" height="48" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_X4ZFXV3K7TY_kUgXtk6MJXSmI3YRgbGvU2AnJQSOeunOMNxhIoHWOZDE0v7di_TvvA2LHIJb3U3hki25QozK-xp2xoMyv9MH5_tnbwgsE4BeBpQ79VpBOgdtqpNnzttS3iFDRoeerc6-qzX4bylbAjzoDrKjk4L7FcwzhqV7Wi52wgFQ7BCN/w400-h48/Screenshot%202024-02-27%20061620.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /></li><li>My favorite photojournalist, Fox4Terry, was <a href="https://x.com/FOX4Terry/status/1762408740131598764?s=20">on the job last night</a>. <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXk-J4upuH9qTwGkA5bzUNtOJGOx6jhixh2BXf53O7xniLzaeT53UecVLhFSgAoAQJf5ORAU3VQ4zgnkexmahRkJHm5jrvf29dBY_I5KGBWxI4pBG4dz7b8PI66NFZs5hl6L7kToYtFEkLNVTKqGbV42k8Bz_aSd656rfgwmC378NzQDfgTNvS/s1160/image%20-%202024-02-27T074336.681.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="928" data-original-width="1160" height="256" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXk-J4upuH9qTwGkA5bzUNtOJGOx6jhixh2BXf53O7xniLzaeT53UecVLhFSgAoAQJf5ORAU3VQ4zgnkexmahRkJHm5jrvf29dBY_I5KGBWxI4pBG4dz7b8PI66NFZs5hl6L7kToYtFEkLNVTKqGbV42k8Bz_aSd656rfgwmC378NzQDfgTNvS/s320/image%20-%202024-02-27T074336.681.png" width="320" /></a></div><br /></li><li>Ken Paxton is waging a war against three Republican ultra-conservative judges on the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals because they said what has <a href="https://twitter.com/JudgeSlaughter/status/1760791380589195360">always been the law</a>: Elected D.A.'s have exclusive jurisdiction to prosecute voter fraud and not the AG. It was a no-brainer of a decision. But Paxton has gone after them with a Trump-like lie that he had his authority "stripped." Now even Trump himself is promoting the lie. (Hey, I can't stand all three of the judges because they never saw a prosecution case they didn't like and would not uphold. But they are being unfairly attacked.) <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1papfxy_X3CDKmwOiAV4ESewcw247SQ7uotSLAGRr2W0hf6XTnQ5EnBLbcBUhNdyyARcuTy3vW0M3ktX-Po6Ck_VHhNBeIhnP-RQzvQJNfhveTZvrRm2EhbpbFqvppFK-ILHjdlpSw9qjWtUipJmUnfLIYRAu-kEU-aFOMvioUp40DXhiWhZH/s680/image%20-%202024-02-27T061046.737.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="607" data-original-width="680" height="286" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1papfxy_X3CDKmwOiAV4ESewcw247SQ7uotSLAGRr2W0hf6XTnQ5EnBLbcBUhNdyyARcuTy3vW0M3ktX-Po6Ck_VHhNBeIhnP-RQzvQJNfhveTZvrRm2EhbpbFqvppFK-ILHjdlpSw9qjWtUipJmUnfLIYRAu-kEU-aFOMvioUp40DXhiWhZH/s320/image%20-%202024-02-27T061046.737.png" width="320" /></a></div><br /></li><li>If you want a deep dive on the guy who set himself on fire over the weekend, <a href="https://wapo.st/42SUGU6">here's a gift link</a>. (And whatever you do, don't search for the the video he shot of his final moments. Even the blurred out version with audio is nightmare material.)<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjW4YGQH8BvrQXv_xrYaeLGPjp2PrJMcvgl8u11YXhnImXtp8rXPLeghDtewZLepGyN283gFKguw6nWnf400nZJr64gJTpbtLnzRoV2Ds9koRoOx4iwKgNvEB-0TBVPQ_9x6sFeK2qN48cS7TgVRQmVaMXVtEJ9ub_d6mp3ok7dMuHNzUwyu4a4/s1263/deepdive.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="852" data-original-width="1263" height="216" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjW4YGQH8BvrQXv_xrYaeLGPjp2PrJMcvgl8u11YXhnImXtp8rXPLeghDtewZLepGyN283gFKguw6nWnf400nZJr64gJTpbtLnzRoV2Ds9koRoOx4iwKgNvEB-0TBVPQ_9x6sFeK2qN48cS7TgVRQmVaMXVtEJ9ub_d6mp3ok7dMuHNzUwyu4a4/s320/deepdive.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /></li><li>This Business Second™. I bet the two chains give up on the merger instead of fighting for it. <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZUnoVKMbGntvsqQen6DwNmiVaytYinBRnTaz_ygVxdpO5NG9X2eliZJFqplJM631fYwWoC2hcDGHJMWVWaf1KROOK85DEVlh4ytUIGhkbBP8o2D3PdPEqZfnOxe_ZV0AwZnYx3h4ON5gI-SVnoaxjM27WaxEuz3mmTP_Jph8lhKJzD9EeuznB/s425/Screenshot%202024-02-27%20062424.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="425" data-original-width="412" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZUnoVKMbGntvsqQen6DwNmiVaytYinBRnTaz_ygVxdpO5NG9X2eliZJFqplJM631fYwWoC2hcDGHJMWVWaf1KROOK85DEVlh4ytUIGhkbBP8o2D3PdPEqZfnOxe_ZV0AwZnYx3h4ON5gI-SVnoaxjM27WaxEuz3mmTP_Jph8lhKJzD9EeuznB/s320/Screenshot%202024-02-27%20062424.jpg" width="310" /></a></div><br /></li><li>Legal nerdy stuff: In the Supreme Court yesterday, the Texas Solicitor General tried to defend the unconstitutional Texas social media law and actually uttered the phrase, "Sir, this is a Wendy's." If the following makes no sense, that's a pretty good indication of how bad of a job he did. <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiiLKnMv0uj3eAqXkbnT-qW__kZCQDnbqKDXY9yuz8C5rK18uIXIW2YN2syjKEawFdD1YhLAGVHqWwjliBdU2HtCI6pkgMrfbGFCJn2Lvo6OjdoWHliRe1MMFh5_zBqhT0F4HFSSxIAguwGyN85Z1LF7fseSKPL3_sJ20m80hB8U7bog3odkZI/s783/image%20-%202024-02-27T062049.830.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="435" data-original-width="783" height="178" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiiLKnMv0uj3eAqXkbnT-qW__kZCQDnbqKDXY9yuz8C5rK18uIXIW2YN2syjKEawFdD1YhLAGVHqWwjliBdU2HtCI6pkgMrfbGFCJn2Lvo6OjdoWHliRe1MMFh5_zBqhT0F4HFSSxIAguwGyN85Z1LF7fseSKPL3_sJ20m80hB8U7bog3odkZI/s320/image%20-%202024-02-27T062049.830.png" width="320" /></a></div><br /></li><li>If you drive through Bridgeport on 380, you better take a lunch because of all the excessively long red lights. </li></ul><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-kRZh_4YolC4/YDUKIFzkKGI/AAAAAAABjNc/5zUqmtaIL2YwDqWreLA-L4-57L4F70EigCLcBGAsYHQ/s400/header.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="43" data-original-width="400" height="43" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-kRZh_4YolC4/YDUKIFzkKGI/AAAAAAABjNc/5zUqmtaIL2YwDqWreLA-L4-57L4F70EigCLcBGAsYHQ/w400-h43/header.png" width="400" /></a><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrLPzycTN-63jD2JsXiDMMLn5KXDgO9UgwdoG_YNJrpeLtiY3qYTPLB87C_IXYYFzlNp5qUvFwlFNAtOTXhxQX9wgskjBinY3TKw5kutKUk30mDZffyMeix_JJPl75-q_iBgMkXedIHkQ2cV7iS3XHyN7y37RrmcDcYDfiRtKt1FlL-YyElS6k/s605/Screenshot%202024-02-26%20074200.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="64" data-original-width="605" height="34" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrLPzycTN-63jD2JsXiDMMLn5KXDgO9UgwdoG_YNJrpeLtiY3qYTPLB87C_IXYYFzlNp5qUvFwlFNAtOTXhxQX9wgskjBinY3TKw5kutKUk30mDZffyMeix_JJPl75-q_iBgMkXedIHkQ2cV7iS3XHyN7y37RrmcDcYDfiRtKt1FlL-YyElS6k/s320/Screenshot%202024-02-26%20074200.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i>I wrote that on 2/28/14.</i></div></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></section><hr /><ul style="text-align: left;"><li>We are headed to record territory today.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCCCTbH0U7LO8iZc9ppeGGWLFkPyuxlnO6KYi3UIpYLKM4DY85tauUqBzNev29oshng3at0tZbC-Y2DyIOX0PJqEsyiW5JAk9QWNz7eRIL5pYiEYJc4EuxOlCK2Dn38lwuauUVUEya1-E5aeAYWyXaSVpzCHPAiRIwS6YsWPqBc3k_Dw9CGOAD/s680/image%20-%202024-02-26T080532.805.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="383" data-original-width="680" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCCCTbH0U7LO8iZc9ppeGGWLFkPyuxlnO6KYi3UIpYLKM4DY85tauUqBzNev29oshng3at0tZbC-Y2DyIOX0PJqEsyiW5JAk9QWNz7eRIL5pYiEYJc4EuxOlCK2Dn38lwuauUVUEya1-E5aeAYWyXaSVpzCHPAiRIwS6YsWPqBc3k_Dw9CGOAD/s320/image%20-%202024-02-26T080532.805.png" width="320" /></a></div><br /></li><li>Cam Newton got jumped. <a href="https://x.com/ArtOfDialogue_/status/1761873680596918742?s=20">Video</a>.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtI2v_fs4y1ZNfydlSdhIRpjqhe1x8x2O7z0RsU5vF7qi6fqcDn2l-V-q8D2EH4ru0YylkgLCovreiiOaulh1x2g0rFOhRDm5lHiSIF-8BpiXsRSGDIMvkze1LXTz1PNQ5MX7qy70167lKqKG3Fcw7e8LJI5B8TMKClYZEETd18Uy0oyfq_BjD/s735/Screenshot%202024-02-26%20061628.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="241" data-original-width="735" height="105" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtI2v_fs4y1ZNfydlSdhIRpjqhe1x8x2O7z0RsU5vF7qi6fqcDn2l-V-q8D2EH4ru0YylkgLCovreiiOaulh1x2g0rFOhRDm5lHiSIF-8BpiXsRSGDIMvkze1LXTz1PNQ5MX7qy70167lKqKG3Fcw7e8LJI5B8TMKClYZEETd18Uy0oyfq_BjD/s320/Screenshot%202024-02-26%20061628.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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"Prior to setting himself on fire, the man said he would 'no longer be complicit in genocide [by Israel in Gaza]' and that he was 'about to engage in an extreme act of protest.'" This gives me flashbacks to the Buddhist monk <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Th%C3%ADch_Qu%E1%BA%A3ng_%C4%90%E1%BB%A9c">who famously set himself on fire</a> in Vietnam in 1963.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQUL7AIz40cLTjVJQXbjmDUyQ9wjCjMlNycmglMO3BjxbM9ilD_lDNf63UHlJe32WGCiDbdBLfiU9FID8uGgThsQySNl_NODlV7P1IKbDitg6gZ10-tjKxS7Xu4H_OLeXDBVCW-yxtYtb8t12wB2TRR1x2PngpyJ0xYkluthf1eNCyJPYqfJCd/s1224/Screenshot%202024-02-26%20065434.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="272" data-original-width="1224" height="71" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQUL7AIz40cLTjVJQXbjmDUyQ9wjCjMlNycmglMO3BjxbM9ilD_lDNf63UHlJe32WGCiDbdBLfiU9FID8uGgThsQySNl_NODlV7P1IKbDitg6gZ10-tjKxS7Xu4H_OLeXDBVCW-yxtYtb8t12wB2TRR1x2PngpyJ0xYkluthf1eNCyJPYqfJCd/s320/Screenshot%202024-02-26%20065434.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFUAQ9LHFrT8Tcao6n8GqyYU1PmxrlVnQEwmhsnyy12iGXnFHThYgx_6wXNhVyx16snLhNIr82IlQcehgBEtDV33WO6QNtbW3qCcfA4ioAw-8hAkTY50hO6H_7vnBIAusru4H0sSt9a9Lw3eUnfzf9pV0gv7hX2PM2BUWAxTlyo9KbC3quTnIq/s680/image%20(38).png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="669" data-original-width="680" height="315" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFUAQ9LHFrT8Tcao6n8GqyYU1PmxrlVnQEwmhsnyy12iGXnFHThYgx_6wXNhVyx16snLhNIr82IlQcehgBEtDV33WO6QNtbW3qCcfA4ioAw-8hAkTY50hO6H_7vnBIAusru4H0sSt9a9Lw3eUnfzf9pV0gv7hX2PM2BUWAxTlyo9KbC3quTnIq/s320/image%20(38).png" width="320" /></a></div><br /></li><li><a href="https://t.co/EoOBYJLQHi">And another</a>.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGkPdJXt-uw0NLxMG-zTr1efrFniWPVmRTh-R_A-vf93ELhiws726rYQvkl998d3HEaXrrmpXyEUMGDTqK6NfHX5nxRROTBvDAf33zNzltLpEMOsC6uwMZQrXMO33NFkkc3do8k3Mu3s67ZfMjHXdWTYIMJ9CizsbjqJDZU926RlDiHfEvtHpR/s1073/Screenshot%202024-02-26%20063545.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="486" data-original-width="1073" height="145" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGkPdJXt-uw0NLxMG-zTr1efrFniWPVmRTh-R_A-vf93ELhiws726rYQvkl998d3HEaXrrmpXyEUMGDTqK6NfHX5nxRROTBvDAf33zNzltLpEMOsC6uwMZQrXMO33NFkkc3do8k3Mu3s67ZfMjHXdWTYIMJ9CizsbjqJDZU926RlDiHfEvtHpR/s320/Screenshot%202024-02-26%20063545.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /></li><li>I watched quite a bit of CPAC last week and it was as nuts as I thought it would be. But this was a scary thought . . . <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglbZO_yxui4jpCAwvX_S4FgU8L-At8ifyvgjpC18yNtd4YGjxquI7Egf3ARMC6uSIPDZIE1JtXsmZoYl1wqw-GdPgnVbk_XRfHhrVy6bLQUwl8g940bX7ltzb-XCkQ1Fq06uakToBZbEGIOCWvl1CQlJJ5lkxKsB5LV0qDDNVnmSZa1YkL-pBu/s415/Screenshot%202024-02-26%20063738.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="383" data-original-width="415" height="295" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglbZO_yxui4jpCAwvX_S4FgU8L-At8ifyvgjpC18yNtd4YGjxquI7Egf3ARMC6uSIPDZIE1JtXsmZoYl1wqw-GdPgnVbk_XRfHhrVy6bLQUwl8g940bX7ltzb-XCkQ1Fq06uakToBZbEGIOCWvl1CQlJJ5lkxKsB5LV0qDDNVnmSZa1YkL-pBu/s320/Screenshot%202024-02-26%20063738.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /></li><li><a href="https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/24439581-trump_fultoncellphone?responsive=1&title=1">A filing</a> by Trump's lawyer <a href="https://wapo.st/3wmQcsH">may indicate</a> that the fiery DA in Atlanta might have lied in last the hearing two weeks ago. If this is true, it's bad. Very bad. They got the cellphone records with a simple subpoena. <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBSMkTundQCoEyfgHEj8d8gMC9SZGZFC9_isTaX-ZokhYnizC2CkcIJkmr_Hkt8307hJeX52uWc2t7CTEZnX4mZxg-vmT0fcutd8SoFKs8R3UB8oFiUQU6RwZFw0HeT4RoP8SyTNe1WxhAA-AM8dyUubyYkIqrjjR1xtFFIndsohWlO7cI4io_/s860/Screenshot%202024-02-26%20063926.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="819" data-original-width="860" height="305" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBSMkTundQCoEyfgHEj8d8gMC9SZGZFC9_isTaX-ZokhYnizC2CkcIJkmr_Hkt8307hJeX52uWc2t7CTEZnX4mZxg-vmT0fcutd8SoFKs8R3UB8oFiUQU6RwZFw0HeT4RoP8SyTNe1WxhAA-AM8dyUubyYkIqrjjR1xtFFIndsohWlO7cI4io_/s320/Screenshot%202024-02-26%20063926.jpg" width="320" /></a><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_heMJKsiM-kFcCA4lbUA4fg57G9eg9XHofmjrpqxGwehokqf-GT20_4Pr1GHxphjYXWxO4kJlVtbvtIqql6kfztU8q-oVYm1ehcNqjghtiQDqUwmx0mmzDrHm5USdHXYCA7YkJ3Zple50RhhD5tqPPwZhGySdj1HozMKRrhUPJIGTxl9RSE7p/s741/Screenshot%202024-02-26%20064211.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="342" data-original-width="741" height="148" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_heMJKsiM-kFcCA4lbUA4fg57G9eg9XHofmjrpqxGwehokqf-GT20_4Pr1GHxphjYXWxO4kJlVtbvtIqql6kfztU8q-oVYm1ehcNqjghtiQDqUwmx0mmzDrHm5USdHXYCA7YkJ3Zple50RhhD5tqPPwZhGySdj1HozMKRrhUPJIGTxl9RSE7p/s320/Screenshot%202024-02-26%20064211.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /></div><br /></li><li>Trump won South Carolina easily on Saturday. <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCM8uIrZu5jDhZxD29yL_7MMVZ_T5GoUMtdgFT3mwj1UTpDQ9eAeo_lC3Bv8KnUswBa3TIYjGVFVy3GPyJHaj0L29y9xgv-TnFVmZN-rTdY4HbGacv5SXXuRUVaHMn-7J3a3pKoElk-NGzKqCcGLcuaNGwOfAdkkb7qStSY-R9v87Z5NTMUdAP/s1315/Screenshot%202024-02-26%20060446.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="714" data-original-width="1315" height="174" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCM8uIrZu5jDhZxD29yL_7MMVZ_T5GoUMtdgFT3mwj1UTpDQ9eAeo_lC3Bv8KnUswBa3TIYjGVFVy3GPyJHaj0L29y9xgv-TnFVmZN-rTdY4HbGacv5SXXuRUVaHMn-7J3a3pKoElk-NGzKqCcGLcuaNGwOfAdkkb7qStSY-R9v87Z5NTMUdAP/s320/Screenshot%202024-02-26%20060446.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /></li><ul><li>Drudge has a different spin on it. <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiE6V3oXCImfl96aV32c9mVZshPSqYbDDYA5KD3uxyCYjAJWnq3aQWuGm-ZssHPboBHM_JkXNwDIQTybJ-PM9P03uedoXpwxhmXoB1XrB4DlcsE_zim8DFxd4eLy57VBaavcS1ogsaIt3OCbcBJkmVhAStP-mOLq12BB7zeUjghc0cj4VFXh5nM/s1599/Screenshot%202024-02-26%20055602.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="741" data-original-width="1599" height="148" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiE6V3oXCImfl96aV32c9mVZshPSqYbDDYA5KD3uxyCYjAJWnq3aQWuGm-ZssHPboBHM_JkXNwDIQTybJ-PM9P03uedoXpwxhmXoB1XrB4DlcsE_zim8DFxd4eLy57VBaavcS1ogsaIt3OCbcBJkmVhAStP-mOLq12BB7zeUjghc0cj4VFXh5nM/s320/Screenshot%202024-02-26%20055602.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /></li><li>As the graphic shows below, we are so doomed as a society. I've said it before: About 2/3rds of Republicans (who make up half all voters) are ultra-MAGA. That's 1/3 of all voters which is <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/November_1932_German_federal_election">exactly the percentage</a> that the Nazi party received in 1932 right before Hitler was appointed Chancellor. And Trump's propaganda machine is far better than that of Joseph Goebbels.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghDWN6o4JGFMHh6_oJQ7GIUjZBTPzzjfjTS7j7ZoT3QgFERPvEYitCbo_iXC7H-ZQWTPxU_XwxfiDFXQWfMH8oUz9u3Wr63H_LA_5SZcfY1kmzd5b447Qa-Carq5TaWfCl2BXZ4DPvQ_DOwf6mfN82RxprV3S0_pIBFxqtCuWGEFaUn-G-5-8t/s605/Screenshot%202024-02-26%20064603.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="350" data-original-width="605" height="185" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghDWN6o4JGFMHh6_oJQ7GIUjZBTPzzjfjTS7j7ZoT3QgFERPvEYitCbo_iXC7H-ZQWTPxU_XwxfiDFXQWfMH8oUz9u3Wr63H_LA_5SZcfY1kmzd5b447Qa-Carq5TaWfCl2BXZ4DPvQ_DOwf6mfN82RxprV3S0_pIBFxqtCuWGEFaUn-G-5-8t/s320/Screenshot%202024-02-26%20064603.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /></li></ul><li>Trump is sounds more and more authoritarian with each passing day. Highlights/Lowlights from this weekend: </li><ul><li>Black people will vote for him because he's been indicted? <a href="https://x.com/Phil_Lewis_/status/1761217235262030190?s=20">Video</a>. Side note: Show me a black person who has been indicted on 90 counts who is walking around free before trial. <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDxAQLT4uUKLePsx-BmUhUUtNmEI5kGA5tTs96cul7mqPeNNjrJGH7Sbk2O95vb-5tDUlkdKQ4t_FDpz9X3H_9nNSJdYvH5b3wKmhk2LHVPQCLTVcz594caLukTptgMyxmdHHTqNY_f7SEgCaCHZqADnYPetV0LUj7WvGnSZa3dEPdJ3gQ7syr/s930/Screenshot%202024-02-26%20063438.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="219" data-original-width="930" height="75" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDxAQLT4uUKLePsx-BmUhUUtNmEI5kGA5tTs96cul7mqPeNNjrJGH7Sbk2O95vb-5tDUlkdKQ4t_FDpz9X3H_9nNSJdYvH5b3wKmhk2LHVPQCLTVcz594caLukTptgMyxmdHHTqNY_f7SEgCaCHZqADnYPetV0LUj7WvGnSZa3dEPdJ3gQ7syr/s320/Screenshot%202024-02-26%20063438.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7indah4GvT2gUwRR0LPmLkHVTX7RglaEPrqo0arTtR4MI6GnFme7JlIt9AGJWs58FmFw-vXJVtV9gvb9-5k870NclbIDlDMYrBJQ4dEkGfIYW4XQYQFKvTkBorD1D8KmU5xaJ3Vo_T9XtsH3HvXFWR-m89dP4bHY-c5un4gASU3k8xwI70wiD/s427/Screenshot%202024-02-26%20062636.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="427" data-original-width="413" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7indah4GvT2gUwRR0LPmLkHVTX7RglaEPrqo0arTtR4MI6GnFme7JlIt9AGJWs58FmFw-vXJVtV9gvb9-5k870NclbIDlDMYrBJQ4dEkGfIYW4XQYQFKvTkBorD1D8KmU5xaJ3Vo_T9XtsH3HvXFWR-m89dP4bHY-c5un4gASU3k8xwI70wiD/s320/Screenshot%202024-02-26%20062636.jpg" width="310" /></a></div><br /></li><li>Translated: The minorities are coming for the white women. <a href="https://x.com/atrupar/status/1761469868434493865?s=20">Video</a>. <br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6usBl-7frjPjEGuGUkoZSdQZO2saZwsvpWD8tw3ICc5xe_jMtcEeD0N05PjVgUEGpiCPqLLeVMWufDRfEu23cHQmv10jf6p_CBAxZmK4eyVpPmdSLCayBCfbzeiHX8aGsv5YNeQPd0Ity6LujF0qOXkBxBO4jSeE-I9TGPwLZA9SLbd4t-w6o/s418/Screenshot%202024-02-26%20062542.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="352" data-original-width="418" height="269" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6usBl-7frjPjEGuGUkoZSdQZO2saZwsvpWD8tw3ICc5xe_jMtcEeD0N05PjVgUEGpiCPqLLeVMWufDRfEu23cHQmv10jf6p_CBAxZmK4eyVpPmdSLCayBCfbzeiHX8aGsv5YNeQPd0Ity6LujF0qOXkBxBO4jSeE-I9TGPwLZA9SLbd4t-w6o/s320/Screenshot%202024-02-26%20062542.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /></li><li>Immigrants are so dangerous they are even speaking mysterious unknown languages! <a href="https://x.com/BidenHQ/status/1761479635945050590?s=20">Video</a>.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="380" data-original-width="414" height="294" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEVG5vMcaoNTmI-Pltxu3E3KeXqsp4ebc-i9YAPOalDtvvUqYJO892KFfpVjD1nFEj6qEpSK0W4xOd8hyphenhyphenn6hoi-m78UW_8IQ5IJqtbL1ihtq2p8w7mC5f-ey7VkgSYdCqoI0P5qaV3ofcWfwBBAmwpZNb5HjueAMj-Cb_OAhblPPZibxiHCYZp/s320/Screenshot%202024-02-26%20062452.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /></li></ul><li>Legal political stuff: So what's unusual about Justice Clarence Thomas <a href="https://x.com/jaywillis/status/1761400067959964112?s=20">hiring this girl</a> as a clerk? <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/11/10/clarence-thomas-ginni-thomas-crystal-clanton-judicial-clerkships/">Quite a bit.</a><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihAIzLBnxqQoqC4-Eus8dnoeynL3CLfMOqCx7UoxiwjOlJRzyszX5HHnx5AW7BoN3iuc5jE74guUSHkCQVkoPJ_wW8KYsGBNIkOpWyeVYpTprRaErTsBEHMUzKdYTPaLbajZwy_e3lbVQ0jWi0NKPR6M4CZPfgpbWNRKb4T9rh-EtL-qWUn8-V/s1424/Screenshot%202024-02-26%20062047.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="349" data-original-width="732" height="153" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXvJ3_U-slfemnony9gb61HCcNg-WcLi0TGRB_mg4Xjzb01LUi2LmqmIV37glHPx5tLoQ7VwXA-UtIMvHgJnftMnQmZ-cS_wFEFe8wwF3lfenVHPV9dZk0D4SQa5CeDnUAii-dg9quYi8iIycegWuxtnImz9JV8kds_sN3-jExEs0ngaItK9ZN/s320/Screenshot%202024-02-26%20065923.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /></li><li>The Business Second. <a href="https://www.dallasnews.com/business/real-estate/2024/02/25/a-monster-boom-is-taking-shape-in-dallas-uptown-and-turtle-creek-areas/">Construction of high dollar property</a> in Uptown is really amazing:<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgETT6x_IUtJhk7VU9CtkVDoe8WFlSs_0Aarx3eNSXK1F8xDqKDKcDHIBKNkOyF2YiYugKijOrTAfALDPBTfVQPKy0q5f7xzhpowbogNaErKx4cY5x7S6l0j5qzy2r-FI1xHgjAulSrgm-SkeLItzbCg4tR6-jYW9dIYa3_whlIftHFRsd0a1mH/s1719/41785.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; 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For old guys like me, he is right in our wheelhouse. <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJu7gjKGTP7l_gD0QUgQBnQ_cqTmLliNEsKv4L68LQ1vQDRDrYcFGlTFdl8SwEjOpojSG7GXWEdU7mlZXn__vtTOz2ZC_n3zw42CV_xntYlFUMJL6tznUCb5yNLeqByDHVS4KSlQoBcT48-rwxo8TC8JI3K1beuNp4LLCrv6OmhYS7auBSVxUN/s679/image%20(41).png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="382" data-original-width="679" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJu7gjKGTP7l_gD0QUgQBnQ_cqTmLliNEsKv4L68LQ1vQDRDrYcFGlTFdl8SwEjOpojSG7GXWEdU7mlZXn__vtTOz2ZC_n3zw42CV_xntYlFUMJL6tznUCb5yNLeqByDHVS4KSlQoBcT48-rwxo8TC8JI3K1beuNp4LLCrv6OmhYS7auBSVxUN/s320/image%20(41).png" width="320" /></a></div><br /></li><li>Sportswriter Peter King <a href="https://x.com/peter_king/status/1761987766718455940?s=20">announced this morning</a> that he is retiring from writing his weekly column (which I used to dog relentlessly back in the day.) But I'll always remember him for odd tweets like this:<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAUAtiDZB6rMvlHDvOP3sFX94WPCZ8TIhL7b2mkTtgBkudYbVU4hzpZrcj4ARvr9qy6sHMmpndesrFgZmZLff4bk7-qw3_XhGGCXoMsfOJ93KjK19oK4ziwp2EZtjWmUI-LcbJJSHkZYY3uEaPH33ByQSh_3YuSsjJlcj9s7xbefKTtLyiaUWG/s680/image%20-%202024-02-26T072821.978.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="680" data-original-width="640" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAUAtiDZB6rMvlHDvOP3sFX94WPCZ8TIhL7b2mkTtgBkudYbVU4hzpZrcj4ARvr9qy6sHMmpndesrFgZmZLff4bk7-qw3_XhGGCXoMsfOJ93KjK19oK4ziwp2EZtjWmUI-LcbJJSHkZYY3uEaPH33ByQSh_3YuSsjJlcj9s7xbefKTtLyiaUWG/s320/image%20-%202024-02-26T072821.978.png" width="301" /></a></div><br /></li><li>The <a href="https://www.wcmessenger.com/articles/update-for-friday-february-23-2024/">mistrial in Wise County's district court</a> last week sounds pretty tense. </li></ul><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKHHHNOGGYw35gyMy0I9WLnnrw5ksZp8keCYBgPK9nVMQ2K8pr_kEcpF043r6-SiWysGv8h-HN561vNu9Nbf6FuSUI47yclvE3gKtd_cgaV_KWoSSXscwmsg9cQuelW7Nr2v7c5zDX-RlFpNL3qHUOV5Rnw-IiKfvvnSO9o2KA4PV1RH9nIPZM/s1329/shareFile.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1329" data-original-width="777" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKHHHNOGGYw35gyMy0I9WLnnrw5ksZp8keCYBgPK9nVMQ2K8pr_kEcpF043r6-SiWysGv8h-HN561vNu9Nbf6FuSUI47yclvE3gKtd_cgaV_KWoSSXscwmsg9cQuelW7Nr2v7c5zDX-RlFpNL3qHUOV5Rnw-IiKfvvnSO9o2KA4PV1RH9nIPZM/w374-h640/shareFile.jpg" width="374" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14419062.post-57245137155815179772024-02-23T14:30:00.001-06:002024-02-23T14:30:00.167-06:00It's Friday -- Let's Get Out of Here<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Hogwash 🛁 <a href="https://t.co/MFjpl0cmx4">pic.twitter.com/MFjpl0cmx4</a></p>— WOW ANIMALS (@WOW_ANIMALS1) <a href="https://twitter.com/WOW_ANIMALS1/status/1759350321912885461?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 18, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">The way this ride splashes the water up<br><br>[📹 ajay_.chaudhary]<a href="https://t.co/7B9PvLgsnT">pic.twitter.com/7B9PvLgsnT</a></p>— Massimo (@Rainmaker1973) <a href="https://twitter.com/Rainmaker1973/status/1759890639041466480?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 20, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Sketchiest jump ball ever 😂 <a href="https://t.co/b7VEM3TWj6">pic.twitter.com/b7VEM3TWj6</a></p>— Bad Sports Refs (@BadSportsRefs) <a href="https://twitter.com/BadSportsRefs/status/1759313499673473112?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 18, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">TMZ has obtained exclusive new video of the Amazon van that got split in half on a railroad track a few years ago -- and the footage is SHOCKING 😨 <a href="https://t.co/ik5BEhP7ku">pic.twitter.com/ik5BEhP7ku</a></p>— TMZ (@TMZ) <a href="https://twitter.com/TMZ/status/1760316085784772631?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 21, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">How Panama canal works<br><br>[🎞️ Joe LeMonnier]<a href="https://t.co/DRDRf93U8s">pic.twitter.com/DRDRf93U8s</a></p>— Massimo (@Rainmaker1973) <a href="https://twitter.com/Rainmaker1973/status/1758845580640411653?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 17, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
<hr>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14419062.post-42102745505089189662024-02-23T08:30:00.002-06:002024-02-23T08:30:00.133-06:00Random Friday Morning Thoughts<section class="bsgclass"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-kRZh_4YolC4/YDUKIFzkKGI/AAAAAAABjNc/5zUqmtaIL2YwDqWreLA-L4-57L4F70EigCLcBGAsYHQ/s400/header.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="43" data-original-width="400" height="43" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-kRZh_4YolC4/YDUKIFzkKGI/AAAAAAABjNc/5zUqmtaIL2YwDqWreLA-L4-57L4F70EigCLcBGAsYHQ/w400-h43/header.png" width="400" /></a><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhabDSP00UZv5u-Gn6OygmjzFj-fWD_NZz_qceO_CqBawxAgSorm5eKO8u8Nvrss0s4pHy86RYia_NlEqv_4lFv2S-MA10Aa3TXwk-jqC1M7JO5s9WtlkazuBsDhhVZXYdtxJrWMxu0YmLupm4u9sYFbPffrBfR31pu1imJFhmrT-i00yTlVSy4/s893/Screenshot%202024-02-23%20074203.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="382" data-original-width="893" height="137" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhabDSP00UZv5u-Gn6OygmjzFj-fWD_NZz_qceO_CqBawxAgSorm5eKO8u8Nvrss0s4pHy86RYia_NlEqv_4lFv2S-MA10Aa3TXwk-jqC1M7JO5s9WtlkazuBsDhhVZXYdtxJrWMxu0YmLupm4u9sYFbPffrBfR31pu1imJFhmrT-i00yTlVSy4/s320/Screenshot%202024-02-23%20074203.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/1iffRlJ--OiLNkLFxZAKiDftrL150Ic85/view?usp=sharing">Here's what the case</a> was about and what eventually happened with the prosecution. </div></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></section><hr /><ul style="text-align: left;"><li>The most surprising thing about this case is that Texas <a href="https://capitol.texas.gov/BillLookup/History.aspx?LegSess=88R&Bill=HB567">even has a law</a> that prohibits discrimination because of a "hairstyle associated with race." It somehow was passed in the last conservative session with <a href="https://journals.house.texas.gov/hjrnl/88r/pdf/88RDAY39FINAL.PDF#page=27">overwhelmingly numbers</a>. Yesterday, a country judge just <a href="https://thehill.com/homenews/education/4483270-texas-judge-black-teenagerdreadlocks-crown-act/">ignored it</a> in this case and screwed the kid over.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOtUCoW2M-0DH6LbWNvBH7t09YA1kjY2cOli0k77BphFOguo75ck9-JvnIXvyEB5m5n8bMZb3fjQEG188CVNBp2SnZRiNpnZZv87aSNx5Q9hCl6dW7qfEe9szAhG4mvi4MbovWKtVYltzidCSFvQf4FryhdRmDaU1AT01MX9AOIZIESc4U8OCm/s771/Screenshot%202024-02-23%20064348.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="714" data-original-width="771" height="296" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOtUCoW2M-0DH6LbWNvBH7t09YA1kjY2cOli0k77BphFOguo75ck9-JvnIXvyEB5m5n8bMZb3fjQEG188CVNBp2SnZRiNpnZZv87aSNx5Q9hCl6dW7qfEe9szAhG4mvi4MbovWKtVYltzidCSFvQf4FryhdRmDaU1AT01MX9AOIZIESc4U8OCm/s320/Screenshot%202024-02-23%20064348.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /></li><ul><li>I object to the judge's mustache.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicMjbkwk9fddqul4Z-74TksIlBpHztXpzsnFp4IlJ1MmX8oHXUvGMJ2Ns7fcn2SYcMACh4rz4Sl4bg9hN8mguhal-MlML_8uRypN7gZMO-cpSHbNNUu4OtNFsAbAEeUshYyuhzzq1nrVuXtvNeC0nwvPNYpLXTxmNZEOgeER36XSOX6GhRQP0g/s679/Screenshot%202024-02-23%20080101.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="388" data-original-width="679" height="183" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicMjbkwk9fddqul4Z-74TksIlBpHztXpzsnFp4IlJ1MmX8oHXUvGMJ2Ns7fcn2SYcMACh4rz4Sl4bg9hN8mguhal-MlML_8uRypN7gZMO-cpSHbNNUu4OtNFsAbAEeUshYyuhzzq1nrVuXtvNeC0nwvPNYpLXTxmNZEOgeER36XSOX6GhRQP0g/s320/Screenshot%202024-02-23%20080101.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /></li></ul><li>This is the strangest proposition on the Republican Primary ballot. No one "registers" in Texas for either party.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixy1yz10ds4_1zFG4cxao-sY_RU94aJmfpYATrPgDspBGU6UldLybMnOoBtrrNA_Ha6mMkMr0uYxqrFtRvt8dTPaKWSXTM7zBfM-oC_f9gFtFM4G9j7xCgc3RZF6VWktvMC_qCAzvcXYpJZwOnlCfkqd6SRL5VXQgWv1zQcdjBDJMokVqOc89o/s680/image%20-%202024-02-23T062358.759.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="680" data-original-width="528" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixy1yz10ds4_1zFG4cxao-sY_RU94aJmfpYATrPgDspBGU6UldLybMnOoBtrrNA_Ha6mMkMr0uYxqrFtRvt8dTPaKWSXTM7zBfM-oC_f9gFtFM4G9j7xCgc3RZF6VWktvMC_qCAzvcXYpJZwOnlCfkqd6SRL5VXQgWv1zQcdjBDJMokVqOc89o/s320/image%20-%202024-02-23T062358.759.png" width="248" /></a></div><br /></li><li>Have you seen <a href="https://twitter.com/stillgray/status/1760667256785395944">this video</a>? It is incredible. I mean jaw-dropping incredible. Both officer empty their clips, reload, and empty them again. And they have no idea what they are shooting at. <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvTJ03Bpi8tXfro1q3zhK6mdTDcYQKo7sfGb-695RbjqLvnlCAVehSW7Dx-e_HjdT8AxvFTsvHJ8QxlK5ZM6GoQsjxH9V9bBz728SKikRjQuw7wrQOvkeBuvdWJMPQWN_g1l7J8g6UO1E4ndrrYHDsvZw1YEGuSkpvzgjosvrnyT0zwtQCYNCJ/s744/Screenshot%202024-02-23%20065341.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="660" data-original-width="744" height="284" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvTJ03Bpi8tXfro1q3zhK6mdTDcYQKo7sfGb-695RbjqLvnlCAVehSW7Dx-e_HjdT8AxvFTsvHJ8QxlK5ZM6GoQsjxH9V9bBz728SKikRjQuw7wrQOvkeBuvdWJMPQWN_g1l7J8g6UO1E4ndrrYHDsvZw1YEGuSkpvzgjosvrnyT0zwtQCYNCJ/s320/Screenshot%202024-02-23%20065341.jpg" width="320" /></a><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiewqA_Yn7VkZVeaM-4Dfjid5wfCz8tjrvowCCXiDfzZcTtTdgwHxCes5a0KYIvSXEJzXUQQUOrCtI1qLPUUSJZdrX8Nx0QgjxiB-MJBxlrMd9fzdT5MWRqxV9jwHu7C9qEEQ2831of3PCf9ozqL9A3I0QkgGYrF5lltLNrYDyg0SiNHjgmmyTz/s575/Screenshot%202024-02-23%20070204.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="572" data-original-width="575" height="318" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiewqA_Yn7VkZVeaM-4Dfjid5wfCz8tjrvowCCXiDfzZcTtTdgwHxCes5a0KYIvSXEJzXUQQUOrCtI1qLPUUSJZdrX8Nx0QgjxiB-MJBxlrMd9fzdT5MWRqxV9jwHu7C9qEEQ2831of3PCf9ozqL9A3I0QkgGYrF5lltLNrYDyg0SiNHjgmmyTz/s320/Screenshot%202024-02-23%20070204.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /></div><br /></li><li><a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2020-election/judge-says-mike-lindell-must-pay-5-million-man-won-prove-mike-wrong-ch-rcna139986?cid=sm_npd_nn_tw_ma&taid=65d792bc141d0400013896a2&utm_campaign=trueanthem&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter">Love it</a>.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7fFAKsP3uzd4lfCVLFKhlojxRjETBsUbkmwLCKnHNF3VB1gUkRUHFCcS3zLdE-Vv2h88zDC9AuCx-gmybtX8nbWxqKr5i-1j_iGxN95Z-nvHzADj-t4PFzA9B5qHv4Jstlz5hiBieRu-etjR2Iafn2n1vNsVT-CTUxI9QpOGGRHNZwai2nxCH/s1213/Screenshot%202024-02-23%20062142.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="345" data-original-width="1213" height="91" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7fFAKsP3uzd4lfCVLFKhlojxRjETBsUbkmwLCKnHNF3VB1gUkRUHFCcS3zLdE-Vv2h88zDC9AuCx-gmybtX8nbWxqKr5i-1j_iGxN95Z-nvHzADj-t4PFzA9B5qHv4Jstlz5hiBieRu-etjR2Iafn2n1vNsVT-CTUxI9QpOGGRHNZwai2nxCH/s320/Screenshot%202024-02-23%20062142.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSCRS7w9Li3amvoE9ecd4v7uCn_QP2laeCbBjjb0M1xzoeyiPEeAwytYnfysBRf19Z2ReEMZCw_WRukDaIlr0juLOKGKMQdHRg_wb5Mxjmv6zk_7oYd8yE9VYcb2Xkdahm1SW7YWg0kUhVLOz-6YzP6qi6q71gO9mowwWf06bJ89pO6xvsSO6V/s1136/image%20-%202024-02-23T062312.935.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="852" data-original-width="1136" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSCRS7w9Li3amvoE9ecd4v7uCn_QP2laeCbBjjb0M1xzoeyiPEeAwytYnfysBRf19Z2ReEMZCw_WRukDaIlr0juLOKGKMQdHRg_wb5Mxjmv6zk_7oYd8yE9VYcb2Xkdahm1SW7YWg0kUhVLOz-6YzP6qi6q71gO9mowwWf06bJ89pO6xvsSO6V/s320/image%20-%202024-02-23T062312.935.png" width="320" /></a></div><br /></li><ul><li><a href="https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.mnd.207955/gov.uscourts.mnd.207955.45.0.pdf">Here's a PDF</a> of the decision. </li></ul><li>If you support Texas seceding from the Union, I'm sorry but you're a moron. <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTFK2oJoTtYVAQNJ_r8e_XRjlDI2L8AVcBNUXBdIhiQf3i1CoXx5HeLTFTRw-aMPcBMr5ZSFieHT9KrS3FIBk5P8jBjax3XbR4CNcb-GRZs_YC65ldPmcz_XZSLLenYObOVsxfiqQ5sqHgOwoSNn3jc7PBTDwypIwD9NAHuPiQ8a6mWcACJ-Af/s824/image%20-%202024-02-23T061811.685.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="824" data-original-width="636" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTFK2oJoTtYVAQNJ_r8e_XRjlDI2L8AVcBNUXBdIhiQf3i1CoXx5HeLTFTRw-aMPcBMr5ZSFieHT9KrS3FIBk5P8jBjax3XbR4CNcb-GRZs_YC65ldPmcz_XZSLLenYObOVsxfiqQ5sqHgOwoSNn3jc7PBTDwypIwD9NAHuPiQ8a6mWcACJ-Af/s320/image%20-%202024-02-23T061811.685.png" width="247" /></a></div><br /></li><li><a href="https://www.dallasnews.com/news/watchdog/2024/02/23/in-a-north-texas-visit-gov-abbott-breaks-news-expect-a-20-billion-budget-surplus/">Proof of being over-taxed</a> in Texas:<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgneH_RzwCfAU_nTDXdGNDgolLM6P5nxo7P_wr8zt3rWyEwl4DV-9ZP-JtEAFpGQ2keofX-0IClvQGhAw6X079j3SeY6CsEA7q3B9S36HiIy-N3dqIvc5OnS4UB7uHYYhzTkrUq_pkrUD8lXCvx8ocqPu08kpPExknNdzhsUDZL15Ilq8mY89Qq/s1313/Screenshot%202024-02-23%20063317.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="761" data-original-width="1313" height="185" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgneH_RzwCfAU_nTDXdGNDgolLM6P5nxo7P_wr8zt3rWyEwl4DV-9ZP-JtEAFpGQ2keofX-0IClvQGhAw6X079j3SeY6CsEA7q3B9S36HiIy-N3dqIvc5OnS4UB7uHYYhzTkrUq_pkrUD8lXCvx8ocqPu08kpPExknNdzhsUDZL15Ilq8mY89Qq/s320/Screenshot%202024-02-23%20063317.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /></li><li>We have the list of names for the the hurricanes later this year.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6Tj0BCLHUnVDea-S2AOQFN_6fOAqbZAsddfhxuYDCYAtwGjtBL13lklC-aRPqzeiJf5_LwiD97-DwYf2OUu9p4sRn4HOqx4yc0gh2Iceurs9XAWNdE5NnQ7KTQsKs7eNi3u4s_H7-KPtQhUXiBLjD0FTluKkNDfFvnlRz8ukRvvxAuZMg4EwI/s680/image%20-%202024-02-23T062446.215.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="383" data-original-width="680" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6Tj0BCLHUnVDea-S2AOQFN_6fOAqbZAsddfhxuYDCYAtwGjtBL13lklC-aRPqzeiJf5_LwiD97-DwYf2OUu9p4sRn4HOqx4yc0gh2Iceurs9XAWNdE5NnQ7KTQsKs7eNi3u4s_H7-KPtQhUXiBLjD0FTluKkNDfFvnlRz8ukRvvxAuZMg4EwI/s320/image%20-%202024-02-23T062446.215.png" width="320" /></a></div><br /></li><li>Good lord, I'm agreeing <a href="https://www.star-telegram.com/sports/nba/dallas-mavericks/article285687291.html?utm_medium=social">with Mark Cuban</a>.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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I got my answer.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjckpfhpv-4K5kjjwrTA7BsdMWMeWRDYq32DB8vgYoOu1yB5IBe-oZeP7ik-ytrYrYWYEs_yHUGaVekI9ZrIvd383abd88ci3mqnWcVmkdvuKpqfhWf2OY8eSNf2HuXhaOzk49Qon1lnamJHDfiBLJTcqS6c_BcELtH1vITasgNp9c6sSDA-uX7/s1429/Screenshot%202024-02-23%20062836.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="282" data-original-width="1429" height="63" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjckpfhpv-4K5kjjwrTA7BsdMWMeWRDYq32DB8vgYoOu1yB5IBe-oZeP7ik-ytrYrYWYEs_yHUGaVekI9ZrIvd383abd88ci3mqnWcVmkdvuKpqfhWf2OY8eSNf2HuXhaOzk49Qon1lnamJHDfiBLJTcqS6c_BcELtH1vITasgNp9c6sSDA-uX7/s320/Screenshot%202024-02-23%20062836.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjd5QwAmcbcjrhrdbPXU9lt6laakw0iNdTZu8ZQMprJ2FEOM_q26c6DjoZsCyHJ18Ul1t1YNjAhcRUnRu2p6aRZ1uaTBoUddqVZ_7g_238TsbQhy5wDElv4wV22EJ-Xljk4W2kiMSqhHyBQDhq4aeF9T1TvjUVeEz37RPznCe1FtGg6xokH_hkP/s1015/Screenshot%202024-02-23%20062754.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="416" data-original-width="1015" height="131" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjd5QwAmcbcjrhrdbPXU9lt6laakw0iNdTZu8ZQMprJ2FEOM_q26c6DjoZsCyHJ18Ul1t1YNjAhcRUnRu2p6aRZ1uaTBoUddqVZ_7g_238TsbQhy5wDElv4wV22EJ-Xljk4W2kiMSqhHyBQDhq4aeF9T1TvjUVeEz37RPznCe1FtGg6xokH_hkP/s320/Screenshot%202024-02-23%20062754.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /></li><li>The Business Second™: The stock of computer chip maker NVIDIA has been insane over the last year. It's now the third largest company in America.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbC-f8MCw_xZ30i9fsz-nbBmfnujFItIG6PDVo3ElF3H8smVNKnrae_RUVR2seN8hFFL3TZ_MofvEE2VN7FSCchrTrfIpiBylHJaSdrbMYGlw44hZ8HZDxYyr5eze5S3lbiycKqNzCssk1wQATTCF0w27P31naT39lBEZruvdY1wIO722C_0W3/s766/Screenshot%202024-02-23%20071556.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="473" data-original-width="766" height="198" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbC-f8MCw_xZ30i9fsz-nbBmfnujFItIG6PDVo3ElF3H8smVNKnrae_RUVR2seN8hFFL3TZ_MofvEE2VN7FSCchrTrfIpiBylHJaSdrbMYGlw44hZ8HZDxYyr5eze5S3lbiycKqNzCssk1wQATTCF0w27P31naT39lBEZruvdY1wIO722C_0W3/s320/Screenshot%202024-02-23%20071556.jpg" width="320" /></a><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZKkNmm3CJBF1I0j03GbawE-1BZUFkhbehxwazFzPAxYwQUa03lhtEKaomjGuq46jOTXBS-xMSgt6rfi6guTZUOYj2dHHk7iXN_evgqMpKb6sjWL31LFUGpGLyA6vDmnCGtCwEIXuIkjZIow7sgjpht5Ma3b9C4zLW0gbxWzGP8dzCDPLnNRTH/s697/Screenshot%202024-02-23%20072103.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; 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text-align: center;"><i>A guy got hit by a golf ball struck by Rory McIlroy and fell backwards into a cactus. <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_qmaeOQYBCA">YouTube</a>.</i></div></div></div></section><hr /><ul style="text-align: left;"><li>Not sure <a href="https://wapo.st/3wjw7n6">what is going on here</a>.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgn6s9Qe03jLlUDCkuYkSXyPaQSIJazzfvUsG6yU7C9MiiGD5IPkPgQCziA-1pV72CfBwVY8PBPyUKe2UHR3R1IuDn0o653KWnn2wMAUwUKdqdAN-OpnL8J9XBD9gnvVZ-pdpAmVl4iGXeMHmMOC8bG7jx95GniOfiWCUrRTSTpBXIYs_GG-1av/s869/Screenshot%202024-02-22%20062048.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="272" data-original-width="869" height="125" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgn6s9Qe03jLlUDCkuYkSXyPaQSIJazzfvUsG6yU7C9MiiGD5IPkPgQCziA-1pV72CfBwVY8PBPyUKe2UHR3R1IuDn0o653KWnn2wMAUwUKdqdAN-OpnL8J9XBD9gnvVZ-pdpAmVl4iGXeMHmMOC8bG7jx95GniOfiWCUrRTSTpBXIYs_GG-1av/w400-h125/Screenshot%202024-02-22%20062048.jpg" width="400" /></a><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQ5LMFct6tmKycWX3I2sYttIueUtJcgir0BB0VD4ugSu0Amd-n-Qf3N2t3DsI-oXfAweDSoRftD-a4unZbUvdLG7G2iWPH84DqQjH7hTyRBn4EQ0LsGHB_QXLH8fgSImQLfmApfsojL1NJ4ieBVyAWRF3TE_QPZ-_2g6VeiIf3BM3yLjbDoaca/s680/image%20-%202024-02-22T064535.308.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="375" data-original-width="680" height="176" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQ5LMFct6tmKycWX3I2sYttIueUtJcgir0BB0VD4ugSu0Amd-n-Qf3N2t3DsI-oXfAweDSoRftD-a4unZbUvdLG7G2iWPH84DqQjH7hTyRBn4EQ0LsGHB_QXLH8fgSImQLfmApfsojL1NJ4ieBVyAWRF3TE_QPZ-_2g6VeiIf3BM3yLjbDoaca/s320/image%20-%202024-02-22T064535.308.png" width="320" /></a></div><br /></div><br /></li><li>Incumbent House Rep. Dr. Lynn Stucky <a href="https://x.com/RepLynnStucky/status/1760368033271357492?s=20">alleges</a> campaign shenanigans against him in Bridgeport. I don't know if that was a distance violation or not, but I think any campaigning which involves the contacting of someone walking from their car to the voting booth is a bad, bad look. Leave me alone. <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgH-JXVVk8PpRLX-lSd12z7iIS8PZTUZ0ERdEffX9Tsl3-rsxQAWxHDatUwIe-EFBBrB29oEBkovT_AQfVcP1vmNiQH59XGeCeKcHf-bIyUy-zhFkTwn50A6patJmoUAGxnwGkCPbrPwt7v1fICBGcxu2rFdgebPBU_Uu33fky4S4j06xATgmTq/s754/Screenshot%202024-02-22%20062615.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="754" data-original-width="419" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgH-JXVVk8PpRLX-lSd12z7iIS8PZTUZ0ERdEffX9Tsl3-rsxQAWxHDatUwIe-EFBBrB29oEBkovT_AQfVcP1vmNiQH59XGeCeKcHf-bIyUy-zhFkTwn50A6patJmoUAGxnwGkCPbrPwt7v1fICBGcxu2rFdgebPBU_Uu33fky4S4j06xATgmTq/w223-h400/Screenshot%202024-02-22%20062615.jpg" width="223" /></a></div><br /></li><li><a href="https://www.dallasnews.com/news/crime/2024/02/21/carrollton-police-officer-arrested-on-prostitution-charge-in-plano-records-show/">This is a mind blowing waste</a> of taxpayer dollars. Cops set up a silly "sting" by running a fake escort ad which ended up snaring another cop. "Police said he reached out Monday morning to ask about rates and after some negotiation agreed to meet a person who he thought was a 27-year-old woman at a motel off North Central Expressway in Plano that afternoon." Cops were waiting for him inside the room.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbBF3qngCsj9OxwjzRx-m-uhvXpOCYA1BgAzPkMKqudzIIXqg788-iYGnXwjOFZ5oE-r903FzKEidgZeQAO-W3_GvkfPA8Z9X_tbCKnwitSxeLbMTxYd_l6tDvdSJ22l7AeXt3n9p2mJczbxmEk3i-5l6pGkupDAOAueO2n2DCoEFhQlH54lTA/s753/Screenshot%202024-02-22%20063852.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="460" data-original-width="753" height="195" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbBF3qngCsj9OxwjzRx-m-uhvXpOCYA1BgAzPkMKqudzIIXqg788-iYGnXwjOFZ5oE-r903FzKEidgZeQAO-W3_GvkfPA8Z9X_tbCKnwitSxeLbMTxYd_l6tDvdSJ22l7AeXt3n9p2mJczbxmEk3i-5l6pGkupDAOAueO2n2DCoEFhQlH54lTA/s320/Screenshot%202024-02-22%20063852.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /></li><li>So he <a href="https://www.texastribune.org/2024/02/20/ken-paxton-el-paso-annunciation-house/">wants to shut down</a> a Catholic nonprofit that feeds and clothes refugees? He really is a miserable human being. <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhSinm5nEdQ-mDi2YqFvLfzqaMq7B2pz7tO3xjrrN6IWW1UbY5-1RwxMzUB9cc0VhQ0NRtG0Xok_a89hOIz-6ojwuLCp1fXoOgpTgJLAX37fvWsmFhuCDqLWwb8FJEyaQz-bGhbFWx1c4cGapgLd5q-q2RfxaLOf-zTFSmtiQAlwuZZ57Xi_Ln/s414/Screenshot%202024-02-22%20062218.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="355" data-original-width="414" height="274" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhSinm5nEdQ-mDi2YqFvLfzqaMq7B2pz7tO3xjrrN6IWW1UbY5-1RwxMzUB9cc0VhQ0NRtG0Xok_a89hOIz-6ojwuLCp1fXoOgpTgJLAX37fvWsmFhuCDqLWwb8FJEyaQz-bGhbFWx1c4cGapgLd5q-q2RfxaLOf-zTFSmtiQAlwuZZ57Xi_Ln/s320/Screenshot%202024-02-22%20062218.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /></li><li>Good lord.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUYRiwgg_ICWKXtbOp2KHKthNUDm-xVUX0o1zAbjLZXLeQ1yUhcjw3LctY_803sZYdiJXIvfbpRucWuOn6M3m7fnqogbTitDUfaEmMRiKSDR2iVHez3gW1Fq3HWYwxv3GDKIRakpMjZ3nJrHqRvRcXmpR46EeFOnk1v5k9K6P0nfJ3MUC2k9GR/s586/Screenshot%202024-02-22%20062501.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="457" data-original-width="586" height="250" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUYRiwgg_ICWKXtbOp2KHKthNUDm-xVUX0o1zAbjLZXLeQ1yUhcjw3LctY_803sZYdiJXIvfbpRucWuOn6M3m7fnqogbTitDUfaEmMRiKSDR2iVHez3gW1Fq3HWYwxv3GDKIRakpMjZ3nJrHqRvRcXmpR46EeFOnk1v5k9K6P0nfJ3MUC2k9GR/s320/Screenshot%202024-02-22%20062501.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br />. <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiISalx_V674HJmGFmDGTI_rAH4eLYvGyQvM2zsEsgB5gw0pmtX7QfDjJ-OPGm9j74cp6gF6uy5S0ZLzdIWwTu9FNzBQz8oX-s40YEHdaMIqcrJehkx15O5seM4qvIVpXMAZa1i0CYGaSwLJXT4sb6j4WctW3tlCkDBsCfsm-oxy11OYN8RyDhu/s1058/GG5QOzIWkAAR4p0.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="675" data-original-width="1058" height="204" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiISalx_V674HJmGFmDGTI_rAH4eLYvGyQvM2zsEsgB5gw0pmtX7QfDjJ-OPGm9j74cp6gF6uy5S0ZLzdIWwTu9FNzBQz8oX-s40YEHdaMIqcrJehkx15O5seM4qvIVpXMAZa1i0CYGaSwLJXT4sb6j4WctW3tlCkDBsCfsm-oxy11OYN8RyDhu/s320/GG5QOzIWkAAR4p0.png" width="320" /></a></div><br /></li><li>You certainly can't have those poor people voting. (This is all directly related to wack job Tim O'Hare being elected County Judge.)<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghA_djvG-028iugjZMBmMaCnIfPh3nFaB39aOZlO_FpDsvEVqYhU_TrjrkLGbuoyNzObLOm8qJ1yecHEwO3KcU4GkP5cdtKIHCUO63-Uq4Joh_J-L2h4UEHwgGXggRvvZDma8LRUY3gGDAfKnKy3sFt4czpygaNxR59bIpbWS3y-vp9DCHU36Q/s446/Screenshot%202024-02-22%20064343.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="435" data-original-width="446" height="312" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghA_djvG-028iugjZMBmMaCnIfPh3nFaB39aOZlO_FpDsvEVqYhU_TrjrkLGbuoyNzObLOm8qJ1yecHEwO3KcU4GkP5cdtKIHCUO63-Uq4Joh_J-L2h4UEHwgGXggRvvZDma8LRUY3gGDAfKnKy3sFt4czpygaNxR59bIpbWS3y-vp9DCHU36Q/s320/Screenshot%202024-02-22%20064343.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /></li><li>An unmanned U.S. commercial spacecraft will <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2024/02/21/science/space/moon-landing-nasa-odysseus-intuitive-machines.html?unlocked_article_code=1.XU0.c4Pn.nSFy3r3lQQ9M&smid=url-share">attempt to land on the moon</a> at 4:30 p.m. CST today. I don't know why. <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgchlvA6ank-HAPLv6VMe-mUNrowVsnk6fN9gmdz70njeS1LF80zEpPYCb4xfgxn4LDxOtGRf5s_Nx1F3RCunSTNh6agWaTf2C9VPr0v3rmd9xHAYTCpWCN-wyGg-4DFd6i3B051IaIhmYQ6ueyWEtJc30n2XiVhP0gNo9BXmNd2Awv3E8O5f2n/s1117/Screenshot%202024-02-22%20071033.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="239" data-original-width="1117" height="85" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgchlvA6ank-HAPLv6VMe-mUNrowVsnk6fN9gmdz70njeS1LF80zEpPYCb4xfgxn4LDxOtGRf5s_Nx1F3RCunSTNh6agWaTf2C9VPr0v3rmd9xHAYTCpWCN-wyGg-4DFd6i3B051IaIhmYQ6ueyWEtJc30n2XiVhP0gNo9BXmNd2Awv3E8O5f2n/w400-h85/Screenshot%202024-02-22%20071033.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /></li><li>I think <a href="https://www.mediamatters.org/qanon-conspiracy-theory/alabama-supreme-court-chief-justice-spreads-christian-nationalist-rhetoric">I can explain</a> the crazy Alabama Supreme Court ruling that frozen embryos are people for "wrongful death" lawsuits. <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3h2EBmwhZJrpv5olOeLXCmsi_dWm8b9BcJVwTo-zcOreQeBDNL9hzsSVVQbpbShrezqu3KkNqIJ78yl-ZbML7LqA8YogeI0pU1Mkgd6pv4APZlrIo6HHiJNSp547fnQmU5o7VjAIHkipjQ4ES0_aujla4tZcmUuFfiU8s5BTGSMbVzCw_xp-J/s739/Screenshot%202024-02-22%20063021.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="624" data-original-width="739" height="338" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3h2EBmwhZJrpv5olOeLXCmsi_dWm8b9BcJVwTo-zcOreQeBDNL9hzsSVVQbpbShrezqu3KkNqIJ78yl-ZbML7LqA8YogeI0pU1Mkgd6pv4APZlrIo6HHiJNSp547fnQmU5o7VjAIHkipjQ4ES0_aujla4tZcmUuFfiU8s5BTGSMbVzCw_xp-J/w400-h338/Screenshot%202024-02-22%20063021.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /></li><li>Lawyers doing bad things out of San Antonio. <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4ghW6kbFXY2Yu7og54L-aIkcMMlWRB_JuRlIxta8skptW6_ngR-CuQil1mhCIR3_k1S-hrAe-gLazGSW8j2zh4jVR_7DUHknc8-H_kSRbp-tla0dhdR1MHZlL1UYdV81oSfRSrXAcot9vV1PJ6wnENjDk73xbjDSHntaJ59s8X_bXcyNfMbdd/s1232/Screenshot%202024-02-22%20061522.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="472" data-original-width="1232" height="154" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4ghW6kbFXY2Yu7og54L-aIkcMMlWRB_JuRlIxta8skptW6_ngR-CuQil1mhCIR3_k1S-hrAe-gLazGSW8j2zh4jVR_7DUHknc8-H_kSRbp-tla0dhdR1MHZlL1UYdV81oSfRSrXAcot9vV1PJ6wnENjDk73xbjDSHntaJ59s8X_bXcyNfMbdd/w400-h154/Screenshot%202024-02-22%20061522.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /></li><li>Nerdy law stuff: This guy, who is not a lawyer, represented himself in front of the Texas Supreme Court yesterday in <i>Texas Windstorm Ins. Ass’n v. Pruski</i>. I've <a href="https://www.youtube.com/live/lFt-qec-sRw?si=aoXvigm0GdfHM-6e&t=8576">got the video cued up</a>. He did pretty well. My only advice would be for him to invest in some collar stays. <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicvWvayJbCURkBK8f5KtkZcS4XFOJYy1s86sr5tuBZ-j8VMmIDo30gLiuAks-Yd2gPeFDjrzi5o8UppODmMDzUdE-zMgSK4nj-aeVJXpTzc4FnV48JpcFBc6hhdc6QnROTPXEB7HA_xAMrjuHMfYHZSIqTyO71VxLlVLApkePIPN4W-y9rp31E/s970/Screenshot%202024-02-21%20150454.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="642" data-original-width="970" height="212" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicvWvayJbCURkBK8f5KtkZcS4XFOJYy1s86sr5tuBZ-j8VMmIDo30gLiuAks-Yd2gPeFDjrzi5o8UppODmMDzUdE-zMgSK4nj-aeVJXpTzc4FnV48JpcFBc6hhdc6QnROTPXEB7HA_xAMrjuHMfYHZSIqTyO71VxLlVLApkePIPN4W-y9rp31E/s320/Screenshot%202024-02-21%20150454.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /></li><li><i>Messenger</i> - <a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/1DQXDorXIWDY1-a9aro4EmeD1NQT7gIjM/view?usp=sharing">Above the Fold</a></li></ul><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbA6tlfaUjTM2TuoxSGJufdklgb327Gf8XuXVEOPEsSv-jyjh1UI_zwgss8vEB-IkTgHmmcInVg21lLgfRgJRDPCUDnsWdjtcq-mkOIJvboke4xp3v-ZbWh2CfCSC0sqf7gfcTV7ojC8mIjvLzlvY8XPm9dGuWOU40oZR6DHWsxWR1g_hFeV-8/s1324/TX_DMN%20(2).png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1324" data-original-width="700" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbA6tlfaUjTM2TuoxSGJufdklgb327Gf8XuXVEOPEsSv-jyjh1UI_zwgss8vEB-IkTgHmmcInVg21lLgfRgJRDPCUDnsWdjtcq-mkOIJvboke4xp3v-ZbWh2CfCSC0sqf7gfcTV7ojC8mIjvLzlvY8XPm9dGuWOU40oZR6DHWsxWR1g_hFeV-8/w338-h640/TX_DMN%20(2).png" width="338" /></a></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14419062.post-65672907395574361542024-02-21T08:30:00.006-06:002024-02-21T08:30:00.136-06:00Random Wednesday Morning Thoughts<section class="bsgclass"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-kRZh_4YolC4/YDUKIFzkKGI/AAAAAAABjNc/5zUqmtaIL2YwDqWreLA-L4-57L4F70EigCLcBGAsYHQ/s400/header.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="43" data-original-width="400" height="43" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-kRZh_4YolC4/YDUKIFzkKGI/AAAAAAABjNc/5zUqmtaIL2YwDqWreLA-L4-57L4F70EigCLcBGAsYHQ/w400-h43/header.png" width="400" /></a><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibqYbH_kiSe0W7D-pXknIdBPNNZoV1qjMgbvIzrlcMW1JgXWuS8mW7-Am88mtmp-T80k10ssRkwAGNOx_4LD38UiNnx0BhBXnw3AAheF8E3cWSGqalpgjO5INLq6sg6K8J8Zdju1XsQVfaVgPQ-Tp8AyclWujpEOYkSjaMZWdtp7HzPTH2g4Yo/s809/Screenshot%202024-02-21%20070928.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="594" data-original-width="809" height="235" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibqYbH_kiSe0W7D-pXknIdBPNNZoV1qjMgbvIzrlcMW1JgXWuS8mW7-Am88mtmp-T80k10ssRkwAGNOx_4LD38UiNnx0BhBXnw3AAheF8E3cWSGqalpgjO5INLq6sg6K8J8Zdju1XsQVfaVgPQ-Tp8AyclWujpEOYkSjaMZWdtp7HzPTH2g4Yo/s320/Screenshot%202024-02-21%20070928.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i>WFAA <a href="https://www.wfaa.com/article/news/local/40000-burglary-stuns-small-town-texas-church/287-254887520">even did a story</a> on this photo from FBC of Slidell. </i></div></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></section><hr /><ul style="text-align: left;"><li>That's the second fire on the courthouse square this month. Makes me a little nervous.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjasSQDA7IyJ4-LQ3EFkScX6_Uz5vG-ISOg5FF0gx-Ja_X2I7sLXpy5N2bO_Ha6tu-r1Of9pi4bbaQEl3PBV-7cr7bJW-8pVCeAYeF9Y2NgmRTIZ0XOOOml_ZBayKOMTjCNRBhnM8ObgquNjmRvOA2-wE-3VNNXSiDj4l9bjXQSM6l0x3wgCOq5/s520/Screenshot%202024-02-21%20062824.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="520" data-original-width="422" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjasSQDA7IyJ4-LQ3EFkScX6_Uz5vG-ISOg5FF0gx-Ja_X2I7sLXpy5N2bO_Ha6tu-r1Of9pi4bbaQEl3PBV-7cr7bJW-8pVCeAYeF9Y2NgmRTIZ0XOOOml_ZBayKOMTjCNRBhnM8ObgquNjmRvOA2-wE-3VNNXSiDj4l9bjXQSM6l0x3wgCOq5/s320/Screenshot%202024-02-21%20062824.jpg" width="260" /></a></div><br /></li><li>Wise County early voting is in, and the Liberally Lean Election Desk can now boldly project that Wise County will remain red. Also, in 2020, the last presidential primary, the first day total was <a href="https://www.wcmessenger.com/articles/update-for-wednesday-february-19-2020/">566</a> -- 13 less than yesterday.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh16Ez4Csaxx1mziCx9iH7HaVFirl4RcLj3h5ngMRYmHLnLS59yrh6Lxtc5UN5jGKZmo7T3EI0980th5vLV1GLCZUdfdjhjRumSY7X8QEK2A6hXRKB2-iUQQSflsQZW5tT7xzDtMIZctRzPU3m22id0AI5yl3bxtz9DvodCqXTtcAysnPux0A_z/s880/Screenshot%202024-02-21%20074040.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="356" data-original-width="880" height="161" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh16Ez4Csaxx1mziCx9iH7HaVFirl4RcLj3h5ngMRYmHLnLS59yrh6Lxtc5UN5jGKZmo7T3EI0980th5vLV1GLCZUdfdjhjRumSY7X8QEK2A6hXRKB2-iUQQSflsQZW5tT7xzDtMIZctRzPU3m22id0AI5yl3bxtz9DvodCqXTtcAysnPux0A_z/w400-h161/Screenshot%202024-02-21%20074040.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /></li><li>Seems <a href="https://www.dallasnews.com/news/crime/2024/02/20/officers-fired-19-shots-at-student-who-brought-gun-to-mesquite-school-student-didnt-fire/">like a cluster</a>.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWQ6qevGPxSb1bJCSDBQC5-RfkGBMR23AzNJJ7ITnCBp4ftWRvi3FEbDqVq7sSU_25YXpVLhbAPjZvgykqBP05KxcI8p0M4LeT4rlwDkortLRfpVJY3HztqKoJ-m_W0Eqvjpjlhy_cfHEE0MbMNob9WO8FmBCs6AC2NWxamnCUEDsfUImoz_Gz/s1235/Screenshot%202024-02-21%20061416.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="322" data-original-width="1235" height="104" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWQ6qevGPxSb1bJCSDBQC5-RfkGBMR23AzNJJ7ITnCBp4ftWRvi3FEbDqVq7sSU_25YXpVLhbAPjZvgykqBP05KxcI8p0M4LeT4rlwDkortLRfpVJY3HztqKoJ-m_W0Eqvjpjlhy_cfHEE0MbMNob9WO8FmBCs6AC2NWxamnCUEDsfUImoz_Gz/w400-h104/Screenshot%202024-02-21%20061416.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /></li><li>The Supreme Court is awfully quiet about whether it will allow Trump's D.C. Insurrection case to continue while it considers the absolute immunity appeal. </li><li>Maybe its just me, but <a href="https://twitter.com/BedfordTXPD/status/1760023486418891154">these cases</a> seem hard to prove. Wouldn't you have to show that the pills that were sold actually contained fentanyl (with an actual pill from that batch being submitted to the lab)? And also prove that the deceased actually took one of those pills and didn't get it from somewhere else?<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhthzxI34oCZJMOOqjJXCeIG_x4hn-DpzJW7A2Ia91zqRWruBQJ2AY56sWt-gTnKTDaLb2V0dSfrkogglGqcmnzILNf7BuhDtIGLpz-C5ulbyhQaK8oUcSy1v5OWjPfWfAPnkyxh59d-UIVAfAHf4F_NSMrYHQGKGICLrsZY1gLFIgIz7kqJkJi/s580/Screenshot%202024-02-21%20075205.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="468" data-original-width="580" height="258" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhthzxI34oCZJMOOqjJXCeIG_x4hn-DpzJW7A2Ia91zqRWruBQJ2AY56sWt-gTnKTDaLb2V0dSfrkogglGqcmnzILNf7BuhDtIGLpz-C5ulbyhQaK8oUcSy1v5OWjPfWfAPnkyxh59d-UIVAfAHf4F_NSMrYHQGKGICLrsZY1gLFIgIz7kqJkJi/s320/Screenshot%202024-02-21%20075205.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /></li><li>Russia is <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/world/american-ballerina-dual-citizenship-arrested-russia-facing-life-prison-donating-51-ukraine">holding an American ballerina</a>. <div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="175" data-original-width="1075" height="65" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmihAfeETqGByjh5bNacOuhVIW9_vA9JikvKXQj4KDZJJ0UdvDaPb5i7ynsEDeAJC5DC6qw_B4JqTtDjtb-yep_CSWIXI6KMSGIcrNJM5E-mizHt1fk3ToiRbSbuQorBJmiJkTabH8e_RTMcY7I7OzgxSOVl_YMYKhgyPCn7Gpbj9hATpBOUBA/w400-h65/Screenshot%202024-02-21%20061709.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /></li><li>I'd be far more inclined to believe this if it were coming from anyone other than Elon Musk.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPFURI2s3orsGnos3wKGAirSLPVOu-jgSXn4PTYgpMid6Lgx5QLtmz4QmrYr8lHT2yfU4pDuKEjsNikdVYTAHq5M102faKIT2uSrRSSRmMg5Ucee5pazB_sEXxvspzAuXzKGNdeckDbDySAEvvdTHt7WjsC6cYcJPlMUcWNluE5pDLBVElCLms/s584/Screenshot%202024-02-21%20064013.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="490" data-original-width="584" height="268" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPFURI2s3orsGnos3wKGAirSLPVOu-jgSXn4PTYgpMid6Lgx5QLtmz4QmrYr8lHT2yfU4pDuKEjsNikdVYTAHq5M102faKIT2uSrRSSRmMg5Ucee5pazB_sEXxvspzAuXzKGNdeckDbDySAEvvdTHt7WjsC6cYcJPlMUcWNluE5pDLBVElCLms/s320/Screenshot%202024-02-21%20064013.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /></li><li>That hack "news" organization is going to get crushed in this lawsuit. <div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="660" data-original-width="680" height="311" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAjvdMJAHOQoc-c-UpUhUFRZ7SZcSUYs36f0sgb7WnDS7-oCNHIagpIYkB1O3hoYxOMRlSs-FOHcrkO_5Ao8DjB1Y5A7C3OlAQOz3veHuqcETCuGt_Ne4hFDWhNHH1zmZC92N4BNsv-GhtoQ-iXCBv7UCLDlSV5t6wFhvSnkyJ1JT0IrJavWfE/s320/image%20-%202024-02-21T073744.322.png" width="320" /></a></div><br /></li><li>This is almost downright weird for today.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTkbZn70SN9pUQpKxmZ5QO3-6iQQBFndMeuscajMaG6ybIqcpwvzBEhWf2AXeqx8imA8PZyyjeSYy-m53Ojn68hJHArEknsZFt12iDrd5V_gBa_El1uVPE3ucAHmIIB6QACfVHJV4q9_cDgbUslXlPasax3RhDdtw2z5opmmNm3TsVTw5HDxRc/s1280/image%20-%202024-02-21T065930.168.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="1280" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTkbZn70SN9pUQpKxmZ5QO3-6iQQBFndMeuscajMaG6ybIqcpwvzBEhWf2AXeqx8imA8PZyyjeSYy-m53Ojn68hJHArEknsZFt12iDrd5V_gBa_El1uVPE3ucAHmIIB6QACfVHJV4q9_cDgbUslXlPasax3RhDdtw2z5opmmNm3TsVTw5HDxRc/s320/image%20-%202024-02-21T065930.168.png" width="320" /></a></div><br /></li><li>The Business Second™: Dueling headlines this morning.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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An <a href="https://www.fox26houston.com/news/who-is-don-steven-mcdougal-criminal-history-of-man-accused-of-audrii-cunninghams-death">arrest has been made</a>.</li></ul><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4QUmCPc2sho9xcsUEY6C_cKGEmMhkNsY-6EV5_Hv6k-8JNaNqoeJXXwoQ6mTCQVezWSJ9Lc0oNtby3sQcmg____CXHniIxNklPX8mEpYPyprR2sqHzzidrpbDI2dXoohKWkWmrjCNXiWaKRLA3r_-yrWAkGnomsYTFPslqzx80OZvYrMiExca/s1213/TX_HC%20(1).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1213" data-original-width="678" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4QUmCPc2sho9xcsUEY6C_cKGEmMhkNsY-6EV5_Hv6k-8JNaNqoeJXXwoQ6mTCQVezWSJ9Lc0oNtby3sQcmg____CXHniIxNklPX8mEpYPyprR2sqHzzidrpbDI2dXoohKWkWmrjCNXiWaKRLA3r_-yrWAkGnomsYTFPslqzx80OZvYrMiExca/w358-h640/TX_HC%20(1).jpg" width="358" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14419062.post-83019771600748045772024-02-20T08:30:00.008-06:002024-02-20T08:30:00.125-06:00Random Tuesday Morning Thoughts<section class="bsgclass"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-kRZh_4YolC4/YDUKIFzkKGI/AAAAAAABjNc/5zUqmtaIL2YwDqWreLA-L4-57L4F70EigCLcBGAsYHQ/s400/header.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="43" data-original-width="400" height="43" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-kRZh_4YolC4/YDUKIFzkKGI/AAAAAAABjNc/5zUqmtaIL2YwDqWreLA-L4-57L4F70EigCLcBGAsYHQ/w400-h43/header.png" width="400" /></a><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvB4XTYG-e6kKtWg2JI_brKc1jyrwzqrlzgyIXrlExlZVMX06dJpCbcOZvWauCej3DCdsMlfRl0Bg3OdMMcLxPaRnfZFXEFnBo2Uy4E2h7yO7tWmw8cd6WX4sEFSNPdb7qoDCiRw8XgvBseIrL9BPSF1BfvxA873sMNxuVlN6N0S-hRW6F-cAj/s820/Screenshot%202024-02-20%20072716.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="140" data-original-width="820" height="69" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvB4XTYG-e6kKtWg2JI_brKc1jyrwzqrlzgyIXrlExlZVMX06dJpCbcOZvWauCej3DCdsMlfRl0Bg3OdMMcLxPaRnfZFXEFnBo2Uy4E2h7yO7tWmw8cd6WX4sEFSNPdb7qoDCiRw8XgvBseIrL9BPSF1BfvxA873sMNxuVlN6N0S-hRW6F-cAj/w400-h69/Screenshot%202024-02-20%20072716.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><i>That remains true a decade later. Except now you have to attack a fellow Republican.</i></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></section><hr /><ul style="text-align: left;"><li>The guy involved in the shooting in Bridgeport on Sunday was arrested but none of the charges have anything to do with murder or manslaughter.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOiGToHKXK3xNEm9pNCeh5RJQVoxo3WoZI6mBI3m2qClEAgVhvK7692Yrj6ulEDX3CaYZdQP0KgrP05pl_sZ3ZruWnus_5pvEuZEsXLaDGYzVNeYXAuxW-FzBvsFkJYwxLL4Rbx1H91RF9K68FuhmMyQtvGORfLB5HtQuKHzYq0USLDfWz40Tc/s1384/Screenshot%202024-02-19%20at%208.40.04%E2%80%AFPM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="186" data-original-width="1384" height="54" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOiGToHKXK3xNEm9pNCeh5RJQVoxo3WoZI6mBI3m2qClEAgVhvK7692Yrj6ulEDX3CaYZdQP0KgrP05pl_sZ3ZruWnus_5pvEuZEsXLaDGYzVNeYXAuxW-FzBvsFkJYwxLL4Rbx1H91RF9K68FuhmMyQtvGORfLB5HtQuKHzYq0USLDfWz40Tc/w400-h54/Screenshot%202024-02-19%20at%208.40.04%E2%80%AFPM.png" width="400" /></a></div><br /></li><li>You don't see this charge very often. Police don't say how he "aided" the girl. <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfjfGw-dZoVNLU2AR__WLudLTJ-i9TzHw-jIXtSyk1W9felIWtCVsoGC8EbP1G4nDhgt2S2zWe2QReKPQVTwEt3WbAnRMjC0Q_9sHSemMpEclp6XkaWaEWvNEtlPJ28bCS4hyphenhyphenonUCzYHdtln_px2P5BhE0WlSgM2ZLtevpNHmdCrOk0I5jh2ib/s855/Screenshot%202024-02-20%20062927.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="368" data-original-width="855" height="138" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfjfGw-dZoVNLU2AR__WLudLTJ-i9TzHw-jIXtSyk1W9felIWtCVsoGC8EbP1G4nDhgt2S2zWe2QReKPQVTwEt3WbAnRMjC0Q_9sHSemMpEclp6XkaWaEWvNEtlPJ28bCS4hyphenhyphenonUCzYHdtln_px2P5BhE0WlSgM2ZLtevpNHmdCrOk0I5jh2ib/s320/Screenshot%202024-02-20%20062927.jpg" width="320" /></a><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWGqmxzrHddD3TJYsEEzUaKaa-Dt9v8RYPniLyWlwoNAINjRqXF58GMiOKksEFkjCrysFljwgq82LnSux77X21FN2JTVFeslT9IEzdjyFMu0_FLdD8beFBaE06gmMv6DhTILDZ5ZHQZtcGBZoUOWq_b4SaXN3Njpm9gJzv64poiUueuyyxNW_3/s240/starlocalmedia.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="240" data-original-width="180" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWGqmxzrHddD3TJYsEEzUaKaa-Dt9v8RYPniLyWlwoNAINjRqXF58GMiOKksEFkjCrysFljwgq82LnSux77X21FN2JTVFeslT9IEzdjyFMu0_FLdD8beFBaE06gmMv6DhTILDZ5ZHQZtcGBZoUOWq_b4SaXN3Njpm9gJzv64poiUueuyyxNW_3/s1600/starlocalmedia.png" width="180" /></a></div><br /></div><br /></li><li>Ok that's some sorriness. <a href="https://twitter.com/fortworthpd/status/1759613623276601696">Video</a>. This was in Fort Worth outside the 820 loop not far from the old Civil War Museum. <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCVBM7YxBKFiuyyZi3fRYPcq3i7adY4L5dmolnGonN5YpA80PwofqBe4g1QlFmSBaVY2nff-euPE4iPKxncYiKUkOku_rG8_tzIfycK-TO6U17EQdMGSMopIyg8ADClI_ok8m7_A_r-YopPIAT2qvDrBf5VJkvvwJhcpg7x0jGwbCvrd624WGf/s850/Screenshot%202024-02-20%20063334.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="374" data-original-width="850" height="141" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCVBM7YxBKFiuyyZi3fRYPcq3i7adY4L5dmolnGonN5YpA80PwofqBe4g1QlFmSBaVY2nff-euPE4iPKxncYiKUkOku_rG8_tzIfycK-TO6U17EQdMGSMopIyg8ADClI_ok8m7_A_r-YopPIAT2qvDrBf5VJkvvwJhcpg7x0jGwbCvrd624WGf/s320/Screenshot%202024-02-20%20063334.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuWDnWIXH7e8xC6_iiHZ2MqqsDVToMyv21Ga4EdiBXs8SVEFs9OLyhH0eDznxMh4CLlOqjV530Gc9IhBH8mQ6xExLQjO6jQsAiduukNmxi8zQzOwdvMckk8Kjk2SCBBZFHnzpCSgb4cR25fWMHktDTzvJexs5KXMtYcB0zVW6oiz2aJMwgQtQu/s1024/girl-scout-theft-1.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="682" data-original-width="1024" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuWDnWIXH7e8xC6_iiHZ2MqqsDVToMyv21Ga4EdiBXs8SVEFs9OLyhH0eDznxMh4CLlOqjV530Gc9IhBH8mQ6xExLQjO6jQsAiduukNmxi8zQzOwdvMckk8Kjk2SCBBZFHnzpCSgb4cR25fWMHktDTzvJexs5KXMtYcB0zVW6oiz2aJMwgQtQu/s320/girl-scout-theft-1.png" width="320" /></a></div><br /></li><li>We had a serious basketball brawl break out last night involving, of all teams, Incarnate Word. <a href="https://x.com/NCAABuzzerBters/status/1759782897928790067?s=20">Video</a>.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjysQ5lkkLKYhW3_Gfkl2phuWvfNQLMM70gcrz69FzoSytj_x8BpAaHnRIUMkfaCBMFqXFah7q9GHyAC00_ephEJ-FIwryMrDKMlHWzBwAZrLcwylliqeqy4-1i26rq6TCxkp-sqdueRKsqNGZw6M8NGIsxJR0nrQPyFgWPL4C8lQtCoRLHTz8I/s525/Screenshot%202024-02-20%20080045.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="255" data-original-width="525" height="194" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjysQ5lkkLKYhW3_Gfkl2phuWvfNQLMM70gcrz69FzoSytj_x8BpAaHnRIUMkfaCBMFqXFah7q9GHyAC00_ephEJ-FIwryMrDKMlHWzBwAZrLcwylliqeqy4-1i26rq6TCxkp-sqdueRKsqNGZw6M8NGIsxJR0nrQPyFgWPL4C8lQtCoRLHTz8I/w400-h194/Screenshot%202024-02-20%20080045.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /></li><li>I don't understand, legally, <a href="https://www.dallasnews.com/news/courts/2024/02/19/judge-to-rule-on-if-dallas-cowboys-owner-jerry-jones-will-have-to-take-paternity-test/">where this case</a> stands procedurally. She sued him once but dismissed it -- and even then I never understood what exactly she was asking for. But after she dropped it, I guess she filed a new lawsuit for paternity (?) but no one ever really exactly says that. <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQgdE7l8CS08RwXkqmlbwZYj9eKLpdyrMIBd1vIrcAjXZlYLU28AfksBc5MxnFs808UYa0xzq572zgARpSbioyzozd2AC311FMNbqO3UMOcNyFAh2iGTppMHsK0-_7H6qwlspRluVJPSQpcJ_MhJ7krrBJvrPkfn8nmxMb7jGGnAuOmfxYTLQO/s1278/Screenshot%202024-02-20%20062219.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="255" data-original-width="1278" height="64" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQgdE7l8CS08RwXkqmlbwZYj9eKLpdyrMIBd1vIrcAjXZlYLU28AfksBc5MxnFs808UYa0xzq572zgARpSbioyzozd2AC311FMNbqO3UMOcNyFAh2iGTppMHsK0-_7H6qwlspRluVJPSQpcJ_MhJ7krrBJvrPkfn8nmxMb7jGGnAuOmfxYTLQO/s320/Screenshot%202024-02-20%20062219.jpg" width="320" /></a></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilZKx5BPoamYKUnaFH-t9Z5SCcAelSKXMt18I60fVYGkTb1USXmzXmqGAEvItwTuRuOk0rkJ_fCiSNjZO5J0ml6QvxhhCLIZdVGVlGvqZrQi2jif3aJvQru1Io14C0MYFJ1CDgllgyiNXyuH13H2UAY3xk0h-Wg8vxaZ6FoLnytbGDKhLy81bm/s1058/Screenshot%202024-02-20%20062203.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="198" data-original-width="1058" height="75" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilZKx5BPoamYKUnaFH-t9Z5SCcAelSKXMt18I60fVYGkTb1USXmzXmqGAEvItwTuRuOk0rkJ_fCiSNjZO5J0ml6QvxhhCLIZdVGVlGvqZrQi2jif3aJvQru1Io14C0MYFJ1CDgllgyiNXyuH13H2UAY3xk0h-Wg8vxaZ6FoLnytbGDKhLy81bm/w400-h75/Screenshot%202024-02-20%20062203.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /></li><ul><li>Side note: This is a reminder that the alleged daughter worked for Rep. Ronny Jackson so you have to question her judgment in general. <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMX_TAUCnzWNykDHnUpq-sP3w7bZSTO9i_QRHTGiEo3fiXMg9XTNIX9dODZd6x4JcQAA6Vpeu1e_eHkAcjzo6gp1NmJRqw6sR7tF7Lq8LdSvmhODTguBJ99HmGPghb7Y_PaAfO8Pe2v934g0P2A_wiK_anr2FRNEpAPidtJoIKyQPftCmtQX10/s362/Screenshot%202024-02-20%20062712.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="298" data-original-width="362" height="263" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMX_TAUCnzWNykDHnUpq-sP3w7bZSTO9i_QRHTGiEo3fiXMg9XTNIX9dODZd6x4JcQAA6Vpeu1e_eHkAcjzo6gp1NmJRqw6sR7tF7Lq8LdSvmhODTguBJ99HmGPghb7Y_PaAfO8Pe2v934g0P2A_wiK_anr2FRNEpAPidtJoIKyQPftCmtQX10/s320/Screenshot%202024-02-20%20062712.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /></li></ul><li>Trump has refused to criticize Putin for the death of Alexei Navalny. Below is all that he's said about it (using the same language as Russia in referring to it as a "sudden death.") Trump, as he shockingly proved to the world in Helsinki in 2018, will never say a word against Putin. <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxYX_3AKhuhpN9X8AfUiYlnEjc2p-vU766Ty31cgcqTeEF8b9pPy7jpoKKlkv5gXAzyuy6ycx55OX9iUBD6rv6oUSWF8O90843dTCgv7-_vZSQZZq__OqwI5Rcjm81OgCARzl8PG7lawRQla2rjTZjZgo4Nk9aUUtRswI9EbH-X_ADSSTTA9RH/s638/image%20-%202024-02-20T063626.463.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="468" data-original-width="638" height="235" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxYX_3AKhuhpN9X8AfUiYlnEjc2p-vU766Ty31cgcqTeEF8b9pPy7jpoKKlkv5gXAzyuy6ycx55OX9iUBD6rv6oUSWF8O90843dTCgv7-_vZSQZZq__OqwI5Rcjm81OgCARzl8PG7lawRQla2rjTZjZgo4Nk9aUUtRswI9EbH-X_ADSSTTA9RH/s320/image%20-%202024-02-20T063626.463.png" width="320" /></a></div><br /></li><ul><li>And <a href="https://x.com/MikeJohnson/status/1759743134823489550?s=20">we learned yesterday</a> how the Speaker of the House spends his time away from D.C. during a two week break. Answer: Mar-a-Lago.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiPE5sdoqoZ3zQbUIpz4N_ky59jC5PapaTQEjIRGJOs5GA6INjKTMojq3RX3mzOTD_gK6sqzWNiG_0O0FxpTQGuM2Np1ikFPfzVVJMhzV9JkYvsQxDxe41dLGxQ-7MFV1TNi4V_U-cXUwO9jlqR8HlPwZYnSOpRGzDjMZQr0_8YhRelAeXyrjg/s680/image%20-%202024-02-20T073726.006.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="680" data-original-width="650" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiPE5sdoqoZ3zQbUIpz4N_ky59jC5PapaTQEjIRGJOs5GA6INjKTMojq3RX3mzOTD_gK6sqzWNiG_0O0FxpTQGuM2Np1ikFPfzVVJMhzV9JkYvsQxDxe41dLGxQ-7MFV1TNi4V_U-cXUwO9jlqR8HlPwZYnSOpRGzDjMZQr0_8YhRelAeXyrjg/s320/image%20-%202024-02-20T073726.006.png" width="306" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></li></ul><li>It's February? My weather team is on the verge of announcing that Spring is here to stay. <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhU7mKkYHon_PvChhFSrfAzN0JFG06-Rp7nhFyneBxswecC384VtFytxiOePmh560yU6uTaRN7WKd-NPnW1GZCEPPZftO77Qzof3Fw0-gBrm8girMxkyan9j_2JQJ89M3tCseRYrQKMj-AEAtnCKKdBVkSICH_YUz5soWeICdHYzkWUmG5wfBBx/s1056/image%20-%202024-02-20T065942.955.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="1056" height="218" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhU7mKkYHon_PvChhFSrfAzN0JFG06-Rp7nhFyneBxswecC384VtFytxiOePmh560yU6uTaRN7WKd-NPnW1GZCEPPZftO77Qzof3Fw0-gBrm8girMxkyan9j_2JQJ89M3tCseRYrQKMj-AEAtnCKKdBVkSICH_YUz5soWeICdHYzkWUmG5wfBBx/s320/image%20-%202024-02-20T065942.955.png" width="320" /></a></div><br /></li><li>The Business Second™.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWOCokkcEpCI8NZa42cbkxdqOxxMxc4rGbh3QFrb5V3Ucf05rdnVB9_KmWrTVVGH43j-gO2TYvn1pkzRaCf0hGyGPtKeWql8bz680ojDV2dEQ92500TM3cQWAottFWu6Pa4_J2lRiunkbG_AGLNOwACb3Odp7S9AS5F-gCUJ3S4PykQxSd370N/s741/Screenshot%202024-02-20%20061823.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="503" data-original-width="741" height="217" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWOCokkcEpCI8NZa42cbkxdqOxxMxc4rGbh3QFrb5V3Ucf05rdnVB9_KmWrTVVGH43j-gO2TYvn1pkzRaCf0hGyGPtKeWql8bz680ojDV2dEQ92500TM3cQWAottFWu6Pa4_J2lRiunkbG_AGLNOwACb3Odp7S9AS5F-gCUJ3S4PykQxSd370N/s320/Screenshot%202024-02-20%20061823.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /></li><li>The Second Business Second™. I think this is interesting. Vizio smart TVs have their own operating system (like FireTV or a RokuTV) and Walmart wants to pump its ads into its free channel streams. So it <a href="https://www.cnbc.com/2024/02/20/walmart-agrees-to-buy-vizio-to-grow-ad-business.html?__source=sharebar|twitter&par=sharebar">bought the whole company</a>.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieXz8hhQmrQqgc3LgTpO-65mksWX0YBCQKTeeja0yreBgw6dPvkc7nUlwmYLN0fzlRA574EvGcf-3i_v7_YwvWFvR0SvDYpn9MooE3N-PPA6axqSQ53Hmge1yyX2aQ8t1ASM1nKSsEFVLsC8WwevkrxDueH_ty2oQpveV4TwnupwEpEN-YBBXa/s1074/Screenshot%202024-02-20%20065436.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="298" data-original-width="1074" height="89" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieXz8hhQmrQqgc3LgTpO-65mksWX0YBCQKTeeja0yreBgw6dPvkc7nUlwmYLN0fzlRA574EvGcf-3i_v7_YwvWFvR0SvDYpn9MooE3N-PPA6axqSQ53Hmge1yyX2aQ8t1ASM1nKSsEFVLsC8WwevkrxDueH_ty2oQpveV4TwnupwEpEN-YBBXa/s320/Screenshot%202024-02-20%20065436.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /></li><li>Legal nerdy stuff: Tell me if this, from a concurrence in an Alabama Supreme Court case, doesn't make your head spin. (This from the same state that became the first in the nation to execute a man with a mask full of nitrogen gas.)<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYGSGH04OpNfqgHEB6pHArcei_EoZDlz5NaOS3P9KrsgKX-J2n2sVafh2MinSMpyLkBoxVJaSgPFPPnbksBgqOWMZYtk_5rEhRRRSE1H__pIKbvaI5XlyYGuWDSgVFQwPPc_0k705Jv37KqRetCCIdENgbc8pK3JWl5oV-j61VXPnw0fcUpDK5/s924/Screenshot%202024-02-20%20064501.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="166" data-original-width="924" height="57" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYGSGH04OpNfqgHEB6pHArcei_EoZDlz5NaOS3P9KrsgKX-J2n2sVafh2MinSMpyLkBoxVJaSgPFPPnbksBgqOWMZYtk_5rEhRRRSE1H__pIKbvaI5XlyYGuWDSgVFQwPPc_0k705Jv37KqRetCCIdENgbc8pK3JWl5oV-j61VXPnw0fcUpDK5/s320/Screenshot%202024-02-20%20064501.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhS7VNxGpVcacXrLQD2kFylGcazhnVC7nOrc38bCvbJG-fOgqnRqC7tPFePODTzriWt7Ua1IhXLjg0Zz54v76-7GAyZpPm4Rui1YnM3ZmYLUhkmL_orsYBe-cGga0wwyfSv5xGIXOgxEkDgPTPkhuYROgg11tns1M8NG92LPEmrurg2lTqvYVeX/s931/image%20-%202024-02-20T064018.580.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="925" data-original-width="931" height="318" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhS7VNxGpVcacXrLQD2kFylGcazhnVC7nOrc38bCvbJG-fOgqnRqC7tPFePODTzriWt7Ua1IhXLjg0Zz54v76-7GAyZpPm4Rui1YnM3ZmYLUhkmL_orsYBe-cGga0wwyfSv5xGIXOgxEkDgPTPkhuYROgg11tns1M8NG92LPEmrurg2lTqvYVeX/s320/image%20-%202024-02-20T064018.580.png" width="320" /></a></div><br /></li><li>Having extra matching paint for wall touch up/tiny repairs around the house gives me great joy. </li></ul><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdbHM0IpqcWLEytmC4P2wwoAZafNYHAshQ4dsaq0IStzYWu7LM8sALXF9Ef60HoRXFJytXGP3AyW-A5IQ5TWQM4e_b6soy924LwpkF_QmjE9gUoBFhnkjufOnLjVpEViCUGbyccqErFnfzax25uD4NG8IfDirh233fpTQucXhyphenhyphenmWu3LUb0MiRg/s644/cscdscs.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="644" data-original-width="576" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdbHM0IpqcWLEytmC4P2wwoAZafNYHAshQ4dsaq0IStzYWu7LM8sALXF9Ef60HoRXFJytXGP3AyW-A5IQ5TWQM4e_b6soy924LwpkF_QmjE9gUoBFhnkjufOnLjVpEViCUGbyccqErFnfzax25uD4NG8IfDirh233fpTQucXhyphenhyphenmWu3LUb0MiRg/s320/cscdscs.png" width="286" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com