Random Wednesday Morning Thoughts

Ted Cruz went to the border in an attempt to boost his presidential campaign against Trump with a photo-op.

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• A faithful reader pointed me to the official FAA final report (and exhibits) being released last month on the January 2024 plane crash that claimed the life of Dr. Heath Smith and his two young sons from Paradise. 
  

  

  
  
• A Star-Telegram feature today on a recent Paradise tragedy. Gift link.
  
  
  
• I would not hold my breath on this. 
  
  
  
• A mid-term Republican convention in Dallas?
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
• Big verdict out of New Mexico involving social media, but this will have some big appellate hurdles. 
  

  

  
  
  
  
• Trump's state house representative for the district where Mar-a-Lago is located will be a Democrat.. (Side note: Trump voted by mail)
  

  

  
  
  
  
  
  
  
• The indictment in this case actually reveals what is mixed with fentanyl as a cutting agent to make it life threateningly dangerous in some cases: The animal tranquilizer medetomidine  It also allows the production to get ramped up. From the indictment: "For example, one kilogram of medetomidine effectively transforms a single kilogram of fentanyl and inert cut into dozens of kilograms of fentanyl mixture bound for street-level sales in this country."
  
  
  
• War news:
• We have some very confusing messaging going on.
  
  
   
  
  
  
• The weirdest statement Trump made yesterday was about a "prize" form Iran. What's he talking about?. (Some think it might just be a tanker of oil.)
  
  
  
• I'd feel much better if the head of the Department of Defense didn't act like a Frat Boy.
  
  
  
• The snowfall for New Mexico and Southern Colorado was way down this season. 
  
• Sports:  I'm being told that #2 Texas was up 7-0 over Houston in this game last night? 
  
  
  
• Legal nerdy stuff.  If you want to see how victims will bad mouth prosecutors to the press even when a 50 years sentence is secured, see this story out of San Antonio.

Random Tuesday Morning Thoughts

Happy anniversary to this banger. 

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• This shooting happened this weekend, and this is all that we know: 
  
  
  
• Decatur High School had a s a misfire on Twitter yesterday but finally replaced it after it was up for a few hours.
  
  
  
• I'm not sure what is going on here. The 18 year old wasn't charged with Intoxication Manslaughter but only Criminally Negligent Homicide so there probably wasn't any signs of impairment, The accident occurred at 3:30 a.m. in the morning. 
  
  
  
  

  

  
  

  

  
  
• Dateline Parker County.  "That’s divine intervention. That’s the man upstairs knowing that you don’t need to be out there running loose. That’s what that is."- Sgt. Shane Cartwright with the Parker County Sheriff's Office
  
  
  
• That's a lot of miles.  And what's the cost of just one of those things? 
  
  

  

  
  
  
  
• And if you want to see him load a pistol and fire it, there's a video of it. 
  
  
  
• We get what we deserve. 
  
  
  
• We do more for the good puppy dog that we do for humans. Video. 
  
  
  
• ICE Agents at airports:
• A Trump quote that's too good to pass up. 
  
  
  
  
• Hang it in the Louvre.  (Atlanta airport yesterday)
  
  
  
• These props for the cameras are getting out of hand. (At Memphis yesterday.)
  
• We went we went from “America First” to “Americans be careful everywhere on Earth” in about three weeks,
  
  
  
  
  
  
• Fire yesterday at the Floyd County Courthouse in Rome, Georgia.
  
  
  
• I'm sure you've seen the crazy footage from the video of the bizarre crash at LaGuardia Airport.

Random Monday Morning Thoughts

There's a great documentary about him on Netflix. 

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• Indictments in Wise County late last week:
  

  

  
  
• LaGuardia is in a ground stop until 2:30 this afternoon. 
  
  
  
  

  

  
  
  
  
• Dateline White Settlement: "Police say investigators concluded that three men came to Shoot Smart for a shooting session, and at its conclusion, one of the men removed a magazine from his firearm but left his hand covering the muzzle of the weapon. At the same time, the man pulled the trigger and seriously injured his hand, causing a loss of functionality in several fingers and his hand."
  
  
  
• That's a man-sized party. Story and satellite view of house.
  
  
  
  
  
  
• Update on the guy who once ran his truck into the Fox 4 studio. He may be a little nuts.
  
  
   
  
  
  
• Reading the comments from the assistant DA, it sounds like the prosecutors were in favor of the no bill.  They may have gone to the grand jury for political cover instead of just declining the case. Gift link.
  
  
  
  
  
  
• I want to know more about this. They landed on that ledge?
  
   
  
  
  
• Bo French is such a racist maniac that most Republicans want to have nothing to do with him. But Wise County's Andy Hopper will speak at a fundraiser for him. 
  
  
  
• Robert Mueller died over the weekend. And Trump then confirmed himself as a despicable human being. 
  
  
  
  
  
  
• They aren't going to show up with their faces covered, are they? 
  
  
  
  
  
  
• Once again, Russia and the U.S. walk hand in hand.  
  

  

  
  
  
  
• Having your local radio station throw it to the national feed of CBS radio at the top of the hour is now gone.  
  
  
  
• The biggest news of the weekend is that Trump threatened a war crime and a major escalation of the war unless the Strait of Hormuz was opened up by this evening at 7:44 p.m. EST  . . . 
  
  
  
   
  
• . . . Until this morning when Trump backed down.  Iran immediately said no such talks have occurred. I'd bet on Iran on this one. 
  
  
  
  
  

  

  
  
  
  
• Yes, Chuck Norris has died, and these sweet jeans would be a collector's item.
  
  
  
• The Justin Timberlake DWI video was released.  I can tell that officer wasn't used to doing field sobriety tests at all. 
  
  
  
• Liberally Lean Tourney Pick 'Em current standings.