3.13.2026

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

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Random Friday Morning Thoughts




I didn't understand the hotels being at fault, and I didn't understand the "damage" award. Still don't.

  •  A little excitement along 287 last night. 

  • And, yes, those are two photos of the same woman. 

  • Seems like a cluster. 


  • This number will rise to six. The crash appears to be the result of mid-air collision, and the photo below is of the other plane after landing:


  • I think we should probably expect more of things like this.  
    • I was sure that place was going to burn down once I first saw the smoke coming out. 

    • This shooter is a former Army National Guard member and had previously "been sentenced to 11 years in prison for attempting to supply support to the Islamic State terrorist group" and was released in 2024.

  • Seems very wrong. 


  • Secretary of Defense held a press conference this morning and said this about the crisis in the Strait of Hormuz: "Something we're dealing with. We have been dealing with it. You don't need to worry about it."


    • And this is pure fascism. 

  • This seems to be a very weird thing to post. 

  • Melania told us how much she thought of herself yesterday. 

  • Television: A man who died in the Wise County Jail will be featured. 

  • Legal nerdy stuff: We had a federal dissent yesterday which has a beginning that I'm not even comfortable reproducing here.
  • Google Maps has upgraded its navigation/maps app.


  • The Business Second. 

  • Raises at Wichita County DA's office. 


  • Lauren Whitener Clock: 6 years and 253 days.

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3.12.2026

Random Thursday Morning Thoughts




This was quite the Internet sensation for a couple of days. 

  • In a Fort Worth federal court, the jury is deliberating the fate of nine people in the Alvarado shooting at the ICE facility. There may very well be some of them found not guilty, but I don't know if I would have gone with this argument:

  • "In another Facebook post, [the victim's] daughter confirmed her last contact with her mother was Saturday morning, when she set out on a trail hike. McTernen was blind, her daughter said, adding she requested a critical Silver Alert when reporting her missing." Say what?

  • Cops are on the lookout for these two who allegedly stole well over $10,000 of GPS devices from Best Buys across Fort Worth. 

  • War Updates (or is it an "Excursion?")
    • Things are not going well at the Strait of Hormuz.



    • Oh, wait. I'm being told . . . 

    • The video of the drone hitting it is pretty wild.
       

    • Rough day in Israel yesterday.


    • It's official. Even the military is finally concluding that the United States killed over 160 schoolgirls. What a screw-up. 



      • Trump was asked about this new report.

      • And the White House posted this silly video later in the afternoon with the caption "Strike."

    • Story.  Good grief. 

    • Cyber attack.
       

    • Seems important.


  • A Wise County criminal case involving a conviction and 20 year sentence for Injury to A Child was affirmed yesterday on appeal. 
  • Messenger - Above the Fold

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3.11.2026

Random Wednesday Morning Thoughts




The first week of March has historically had crazy weather. 

  • Paradise is going to the state finals after this last second shot. (Video from the Messenger which has been doing a bang up job covering the high school playoffs.)

  • While a big crash shut down 287 northbound yesterday afternoon by Catfish O'Harlies, another wreck shut down I-35 northbound around Alliance. That van isn't supposed to be there. 

  • Story.

  • War updates:
    • Prepare for higher oil this morning. 

    • Support, of lack thereof, for the war during its beginning days. 

  • Someone loves bits in D.C. 


  • Election tidbit from Aggieland. 

  • Say what?

  • Gossip #1: We haven't heard much from ever since she got booted by the courts as the U.S. Attorney for New Jersey.

  • Gossip #2:

  • Who?

  • Didn't Trump say he was going to endorse either Paxton or Cornyn in the U.S. Senate run-off? What happened to that. 

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