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

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WHAT. A. SHOT. THE GAME-WINNING SHOT. LYDIA CAJUSTE. BUZZER BEATER! @SFAWBB #SCTOP10 | @ESPNAssignDesk | @SFA_Athletics pic.twitter.com/fu2S6jaOEv

— Southland Conference (@SouthlandSports) February 7, 2026

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Poor dog.. 😅 pic.twitter.com/Mila24z7N5

— Buitengebieden (@buitengebieden) February 12, 2026

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If Valentine's Day threw up in your living room #ValentinesDay2026 #DonnyAndMarie pic.twitter.com/s8b4dWryKa

— FlyGirl🧳526 (@dramatic_one) February 13, 2026

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Random Friday Morning Thoughts

Trump's first win.

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• Former Dallas Cowboy Nate Newton received a pardon yesterday from Trump. Others from the NFL were Joe Klecko, Jamal Lewis, Travis Henry, and the late Billy Cannon. 
  
  
  
  
  
  
• A Wise County Republican Precinct Chair was on Steve Bannon's War Room podcast for some reason. 
  
  
  
• "Brianna Arango, 21, was reported missing at 3:30 p.m. on Thursday. SMU PD said a family member reported her missing after she had not met them as planned earlier in the afternoon."
  
  
  
• Now that's a big school bond. 
  
• Paxton is going after the horse drug vote. "Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton on Thursday announced he’s taking up the case of a Houston doctor disciplined by the state’s medical board last year for trying to treat a patient with ivermectin at a hospital where she did not have privileges. It’s the latest example of Paxton going after a state agency he’s charged with defending, in this case, the Texas Medical Board."
  
  
  
• Story (with no paywall.)
  

  

  
  
  
  
• On January 15th, Fox News, relying on Kristi Noem, accused these men of "attempted murder." Yesterday, the DOJ dismissed all charges and said in its court filing that "Newly discovered evidence in this matter is materially inconsistent with the allegations in the Complaint Affidavit,"
  
  
  
• Imagine hearing this if you were in prison for cocaine possession.  Video.
  
  
  
  
  
  
• Crypto scam alert. It was a big radio advertiser in DFW, especially on The Ticket. 
  
  
  
• The Business Second™. Well, that Super Bowl ad didn't turn out as planned.  
  
  
  
  
• Legal stuff:
• A teen, identified only as "J.A.", was found the equivalent of "not guilty" in a rare juvenile jury trial yesterday in Tarrant County.  It was a THC case.  Something weird must be going on behind the scenes. Kerry Yanez was the defense lawyer. 
• Wise County case: A man who received 38 years in prison for DWI-Third or more (and having two prior prison sentences for unrelated felonies) had his conviction affirmed yesterday by the Fort Worth Court of Appeals. (Defendant's brief here. State's brief here.) He will be eligible for parole after 19 real years. 
• United States Attorney for D.C., Jeanine Pirro, has filed a $250,000 injury lawsuit against the city of Rye, NY for a slip and fall that she said happened last year. Her husband is representing her. 
  

• Lauren Whitener Clock: 6 years and 225 days.

Random Thursday Morning Thoughts

But Mark Cuban has never owned that yacht (named Fountainhead) nor any other yacht.

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• Breaking. 
  
  
  
• You would have had to have seen it to believe it. She's unhinged. 
  
  
  
  

  

  
  
• Her reference to the stock market when asked about protecting Epstein and his cohorts was bizarre. Video.
  
  
  
• And this might have been my favorite part.  Video
  
  
  
• The closing of the El Paso airport was indeed a cluster. 
  
  
  
• I wouldn't get too excited about this. "Detectives found the clothing item, which resembles the pair worn by the armed perpetrator caught on video, about one and a half miles from the home of Today show co-host Savannah Guthrie’s mother."
  
  
  
  
  
  
• With the death of James Van Der Beek yesterday, he gets added to the list.
  
  
  
• Story.
  
  
  
  
  
  
• Dateline Florida. Story.
  
  
  
  
• We live in wild times. 
  
  
  
• Make no mistake about it, buried in the avalanche of news are these two stories which provide the biggest proof yet that we now live in an autocracy.  It's over. 
• The attempt to indict and throw in prison elected representatives because of what they said. 
  
  
  
• The seizing of ballot boxes. Gift link. 
  
  
  
• Messenger - Above the Fold

Random Wednesday Morning Thoughts

After the New Hampshire primary, it seemed real for the first time. 

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• What?! 10 days?!! Edit:  And then 15 minutes ago, after issuing the shutdown notice at 11:30 p.m. CST last night, the FAA said "never mind."  What a cluster. 
  

  

  
  
  
  
• The Nancy Guthrie missing persons case took a couple of dramatic turns yesterday,
• First, the pictures and videos.
  
  
  
• And then some poor guy was "detained" for hours last night, and then released.  
  

  

  
  
  
  
• This is incredible. "Federal prosecutors in Washington [from the office led by Jeanine Pirro]  sought and failed on Tuesday to secure an indictment against six Democratic lawmakers who posted a video this fall that enraged President Trump by reminding active-duty members of the military and intelligence community that they were obligated to refuse illegal orders," 
  
  
  
• For all of my career, grand juries seemed (and were) just a formality in this country.  Now, at least in response to the federal government's actions, they are actually protecting citizens from overzealous (and crooked) prosecutors. And that was their purpose from the very beginning. 
• Terror to the north: A mass shooting yesterday afternoon in a remote Canadian town of 2,400. 
  
  
  
  

  

  
  
  
  
• This guy. Sheesh.  Let's just swing by an island with the family unit, including "nannies", for a quick lunch.
  
  
   
  
  
  
• We are the dumbest country. 
  
  
  
• Come on, take him back. 
  
  
  
• This is real. 
  
  
  
• Worth reading: "Something Big is Happening" on what is occurring with AI and how its coming for us all. I think it is 100% spot on.