3.17.2026

Random Tuesday Morning Thoughts




I stand by my "Huh."


  • Fox 4 has pretty good coverage of the wreck that killed three from Paradise.  

  • The Wise County Sheriff's Office did another prostitution sting over the weekend. Thirteen were arrested for soliciting prostitution from someone they thought was an adult. 
  • Bodycams are as good for cops as they are for civilians. 


  • Step right up. No experience required.
  • The New York Post will use stock photos as a bit pretty often. This one is kind of funny.

  • Calling her an ex-prosecutor really doesn't do her justice. She served as the U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Texas from 2017 to 2021, and has been a partner at Kirkland & Ellis in Dallas since then.


  • Guess what happens when you unilaterally hit nations with tariffs and bad mouth them in general?

  • Trump quotes from yesterday:
    • He claimed a past president talked to him about Iran.   There is not a single chance this is true.

    • He might have been shocked, but no one else was.

    • This was really, really bizarre.  Video.
       
  • Let me save you some time: The answer is "no." 
  • The Aggies getting a car sponsored at the F1 race in Arlington this weekend would a good marketing strategy -- depending on the cost, that is. 
  • Liberally Lean March Madness Pick 'Em Tournament sign-up is here.  (Ignore the "2025" in the bracket's name.) You have about 48 hours left. 

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3.16.2026

Random Monday Morning Thoughts




The pianist's wife was charged and tried but acquitted by "reason of insanity" by agreement between the State and defense.  

  •  Tragic news out of Paradise. Messenger story. 


  • Messenger story.


  • The Paradise Panthers won the state basketball championship.  But when throwing ball in with only 0.8 seconds to go, it almost all went up in smoke. Video.
  • Last week, Dallas police officers shot an killed a man in a parking garage of Children's Medical Center Dallas in the Medical District. The story took a strange twist on Friday: 




  • Fatal police shooting out of Hood County.   This sounds a bit weird.


  • Seems like a big deal. 


  • War news:
    • The six soldiers killed in plane crash in Iran last week have been identified.


    • The Wall Street Journal reports that "Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has approved a request from U.S. Central Command, responsible for American forces in the Middle East, for an element of an amphibious ready group and attached Marine expeditionary unit, typically consisting of several warships and 5,000 Marines and sailors, the officials said."


    • Israel is on the march, and no country will listen to Trump's demand they help him try to reopen the Strait of Hormuz. 

    • Trump got mad at the coverage of the war so the Administration went full fascist. 


    • Wasn't this thing formed like a month ago? 

    • Appropriate, I guess. 


  • The Bizarre Business Second™.

  • This guy got 11.2% of the vote in his attempt to unseat Gov. Abbott, so guess what he is going to do?   Video

  • Legal nerdy stuff
    • This guy.

    • Magicians Penn & Teller (with the UT Clinic) just filed an amicus brief for a Texas death-row prisoner convicted partly on “hypnotically enhanced testimony,” arguing it’s the same technique they use to trick audiences.

  • It's time for the Liberally Lean Annual Tournament Pick 'Em contest with the modified scoring system. Sign up here. (Ignore the "2025" in the name of the bracket.)



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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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