11.04.2024

Random Monday Morning Thoughts




The Republicans in the Texas legislature did away with straight ticket voting, and I'm not sure why. 
  • Hot prediction for tomorrow night: Fairly early in the evening, before anyone can possibly be declared a winner because most of the votes still need to be counted, Trump will take the stage and, without reservation, proclaim that he has won. His MAGA base will blindly believe him. It will be the first step in an attempted coop in the event he eventually loses.  We may be entering very, very dangerous times.



    • It's all part of a plan.


  • If you want a fantastic explainer on what various combination of the swing states can lead to victory for either Harris or Trump, here's a gift link to a New York Times article with very cool graphics. (It's a strange headline. The article spends equal time showing how Harris can win.)


  • But Trump is doing everything he possibly can in the final days to lose this race
    • If someone takes a shot at him, he's fine with the press being hit instead. Video

    • He simulated what? Video.

  • A police chase on Friday ended with a brief foot chase with a tremendous flip over a fence. Video.

    • Based upon the helicopter which was following the chase, he was headed to Wise County before detouring in Haslet.

  • Continuing the areas string of horrible wrecks, the metroplex had one very late on Halloween night which resulted in a chain reaction. The details began to come out on Friday afternoon. 


  • They are basically following the game plan that Baylor did in its scandal a few years back. Hire a law firm, have that firm do a private internal investigation, roll some heads, and then hope you've done some damage control from the lawsuits that are incoming. 

  • Did I hear this wrong, or did Pat McAfee drop a hard F bomb on College Game Day?  Video.

  • Random NFL pic from yesterday,

  • Liberally Lean Weather Team Flash Forecast: It will rain this morning in Wise County but with an absolute deluge for only about 30 minutes in a window from around about noon to 1:00 p.m. It will then quickly taper off completely by 2:00 p.m. 
  • Big election prediction coming tomorrow.

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11.01.2024

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

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Random Friday Morning Thoughts




Ten years ago, I reprinted this old "Dear Abby" type of letter from an old Bridgeport High School newspaper which was printed by the Bridgeport Index. Pure gold. 

  • Even I'll admit that Drudge is a little over the top this morning in saying he "calls for" Liz Cheney's execution.  But if you think that is 100% not possible at some point, you are seriously underestimating Trump. The actual clip from last night's interview is here. 

     

    • This caught my eye from the same interview. Look, I've said that I don't understand how this election is even close. Or how anyone can vote for Trump after January 6th.  But I will go to my grave absolutely dumbfounded on how the Christian community can support him and this guy's role in it. 

  • ChatGPT, as of yesterday, now has up-to-date web search capabilities.  Let me offer this hot technology opinion: This is the biggest development since the advent of the Internet itself. It's amazing, and Google, whose search capabilities have fallen off a cliff in the last couple of years, is now in major trouble. 


    • No ads. No searching through a ton of meaningless links.  Here's a couple of just silly examples I tried out: 


  • Weird airport things this week. One local, one not.
     

  • Trump has sued 60 Minutes for "editing" its interview with Kamala Harris. And he wants $10 billion. Since every interview by every outlet is edited -- and he has to know this -- this is nothing more than just a stunt despite his explicit desire to control the free press.

    • But he filed it in federal court in Amarillo so that its guaranteed to land in the court of one of his sycophant appointees, Judge Matthew Kacsmaryk .  It will get dismissed, and it may take a higher court to finally do it, but it will. 

  • They are all crazy.


  • This guy might single-handedly turn Tarrant County blue by the time he's done with his antics.



  • Texas Monthly is after Sen. Phil King for potential ethic violations. I was always suspicious of him.


  • Former Patriots coach Bill Belichick, 72, posed with his 24 year old girlfriend for their Halloween photo. 

  • The Religion Second™: The iconic Park Cities Baptist Church off of Preston Road in Dallas is leaving the Southern Baptist Convention.  This is a big deal in Baptist circles.

  • Elon Musk is one weird guy. He "purchased an Austin mansion for his 11 children along with adjoining properties for two of the three mothers of his children." (Gift link.)

  • Random tricked-up basketball tournament format for the Sun Belt next year which I'm on board with:

  • Re the Brandon Aubrey jury trial: Although the trial took last Monday off, it wasn't done to fit the schedule of the Cowboys' kicker. The 297th District Court in Tarrant County normally has a regular docket on Mondays and resumes all jury trials from the preceding week on Tuesdays.   (And one of the lawyers involved, Decatur's own Robert Keating, sends his regards. Nice guy.)
  • 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: 5 years and 119 days.

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10.31.2024

Random Thursday Morning Thoughts




When a girl got arrested on Halloween in Denton for an offense which is ultimately 
punishable by fine only.

  • According to the Tarrant County DA web site, the case where the Cowboys' kicker was sitting on it now officially over. It ended with a 65 year old sentence. (That tells me the guy had priors. I'm working on getting more info.)
  • So someone explain Trump's campaign strategy to me. 
    • After a comedian at Trump's ill-advised rally at Madison Square Garden called Puerto Rico "garbage", Trump thought it would be a good idea to trick up a garbage truck with his logo plastered on it and drive around in circles in Wisconsin. Maybe the greatest self-own in history?


    • And he ends up creating the worst campaign photo since Michael Dukakis decided to get into a tank. (Original photo in link.)

    • Then he compounded the problem by wearing that goofy vest to a rally last night where he said the was going to "protect women" whether "they like it or not" -- which the Harris campaign immediately turned into an ad. 

  • A little trouble this morning on I-35 south of Fort Worth.  Any you think self-driving trucks and vehicles would be worse than this? 

  • Your annual reminder that no matter what politicians tell you, people are not giving away their drug on Halloween. 

  • Your Dallas Mavericks.

  • As of late last evening, your Texas Rangers are no longer reigning World Series champions. 

  • Global news quick hits:
    • While we haven't been looking, Russia has been advancing in Ukraine. "In October, Russia made its largest territorial gains since the summer of 2022." 

       

    • Spain is being hit by crazy rains bringing lots of death.
       

  • The Business Second™.  The very conservative Wall Street Journal editorial page today: 

  • Texas judge controversy. Hays County district judge who was recently appointed by Abbott to fill a vacancy and is running for election for the first time.  He should be indicted because of the hat alone. 


  • Messenger - Above the Fold

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