Random Wednesday Morning Thoughts

 

• That's a special Random Thought Girl. (And, yes, for those who are unaware, that's the First Lady -- for 3.5 more hours.) 
• Texas hospitalizations: +70.
  
  
  
• Last night: Normalcy is at the gate.
  
  
  
• 6:35 CST. Good morning. 
  
  
  
• 6:58 CST:
  
  
  
• 7:14 CST:
  
  
  
• 7:15 CST:
  
  
  
  
• 7:18 CST:
  
  
  
• A few remarks at Andrews Air Force base (where he mentioned "Space Force" and then walked to Air Force One with "Macho Man" playing -- really.) He ended it with "Have a good life. We will see you soon."
  
  
  
• Junior looking on:
  
  
  
• 7:47 CST (I highly suggest watching this clip from CNN as the plane took off with the loudspeakers blaring "I Did It My Way."  It's gold.) 
  
  
  
• One last split screen:
  
  
  
• It's over. 
• Yesterday, the Republicans continued to turn on Trump with Mitch McConnell taking the lead on the Senate floor: "This mob was fed lies. They were provoked by the President and other powerful people. And they tried to use fear and violence to stop a specific proceeding of the first branch of the federal government which they did not like."
• That made Sean mad.
  
  
  
• Remember on Monday when I posed the hypothetical about a third party led by Trump and how that could throw Wise County local elections into chaos? The Wall Street Journal reported yesterday he even has a name for it: The Patriot Party. 
  
  
  
• This was the most notable pardon late last night. A pardon for the man who defrauded Trump's most loyal followers. 
  
  
  
• No pardon for Joe Exotic. None for Ken Paxton. 
• In the middle of the night:
  
  
  
• This poor guy has not cut his hair since Trump took office, and he has posted a photo every day. This was yesterday:
  
  
  
• FiveThirtyEight.com will no longer be updating this composite poll of Trump's disapproval (top) and approval (bottom) ratings.
  
  
  
• At least one Wise County resident who attended the Trump "rally" in D.C. on January 6th and posted his picture while there has now completed deleted his Facebook account. 
• Messenger: Above the Fold

Random Tuesday Morning Thoughts

 

• Texas Hospitalizations: +130. That ends the streak of declining days. 
  
  
  
• It's Pardon and Clemency Day. 
• Reporter from ABC's affiliate station KOCO in Oklahoma City: 
  
  
  
• Tomorrow morning, Trump and Ms. Be Best will not stick around to greet the Bidens as they arrive at the White House.  
  
  
  
• When it is all said and done, Dominion might own MyPillow. Those boys aren't messing around in these defamation suits.  But he might be out of business before then: Bed Bath & Beyond, Kohl's, Wayfair, and HEB have dropped the product. 
  
  
  
• A couple of MyPillow Guy screenshots from yesterday:
  

  
  
  
• Compare and contrast these headlines:
  
  
  
  
  
  
• There were a ton of racists celebrating MLK Day yesterday. You don't get to come out one day a year and throw some hollow words at a cause you don't believe in. 
  
  
  
  
  
  
• Remember when Trump threatened to unleash "vicious dogs" on protestors last summer if they got close to the White House? At the time, I didn't know about this art work at the Kelly Ingram Park in Birmingham, Alabama.
  
  
  
• "But what I would submit to you what happened on January 6th [the Capitol riots] was not done at the hands of Trump supporters. I don't know who they were. Antifa? Black Lives Matter? Any random anarchist group for hire out there? Who knows." -- Rick Roberts, host on WBAP, yesterday afternoon at 3:35 p.m.  This is the type of crap being spewed by right wing radio every day. (And this guy ain't far behind Alex Jones, but for some reason WBAP thinks his is worthy of being on the air.) 
  
  
  
• I have no idea if this video of people running through what looks like a Cabela's is real. The caption reads "Every morning when you work for a store that sells ammo." I can see it happening, though. 
  
  
  
• Want to see a criminal defense lawyer who shouldn't be a criminal defense lawyer? She wanted her client/inmate to take a plea deal, he didn't want to do it, and she wants to withdraw because she "has been to the jail five times." The end is quite the shocker. 
  
  
  
• For the first time in my life, I visited something on Saturday which has been in my back yard the entire time: Fort Richardson State Park.  Verdict: Pretty cool if you have an understanding of the Comanches around and after the Civil War time period. Side note: Jacksboro seems to be doing a lot better than it used to.  Second side note: I don't think David Spiller needs to necessarily blanket his home town in campaign signs for his Texas legislative bid. Good lord, sir. They are everywhere. 

Random Monday Morning Thoughts

 

• Texas hospitalizations: They've only been slight declines, but there have been five straight days of them. That hasn't happen since the rise in October began. (But a Baylor student died of COVID yesterday.)
  
  
  
• Well the little Frisco real estate broker was finally arrested on Friday.  What's more shocking? That she immediately asked Trump for a pardon or that she actually lives in a townhome in Carrollton? (Side note: Did you know this gal is 50 year old? Dare I say she's a pretty good lookin' little terrorist?)
  
  
  
• But the little fireball is always closing. Two examples:
  

  

  
  
  
  
• We had a twofer: A county commission and a "cowboy for Trump" was arrested. 
  
  
  
• If you haven't seen the 12 minute video released by the The New Yorker of the storming of the Capitol, you need to.
• Couple of random shot:
  
  Going through Ted Cruz's notes. 
  
  
  
  
  
• The Evil Empire was represented! 
  
  
  
• Of course, they said a prayer. 
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
• Why is this?
  
  
  
• So I spend almost all of Friday's Random Thoughts on how you're an idiot if you think Trump is going to declare Martial Law under the Insurrection Act and then the idiot My Pillow Guy shows up at the Oval Office Friday afternoon carrying notes about Martial Law and the Insurrection Act. (It sounds like even Trump didn't listen to him.)
  
  
  
  
  
  
• Wall Street Journal:  Trump's tweet of "Big protest in D.C. on January 6th. Be there, will be wild!" inspired the Proud Boys. (Who didn't know that?) 
  
  
  
  
  
  
• Take a look at four female new Republican Congressmen twitter accounts. The QAnon supporting Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-Colorado) absolutely dwarfs the others in followers. That would seem to be a Republican problem. And Republican Senator Ben Sasse penned an article this weekend in The Atlantic saying just that. 
  
  
  
  
  
  
  

  

  
  
• From last Friday in Austin. The dude is wearing overalls. 
  
  
  
• You know what I'm not ruling out? Chief Justice Roberts, who presides over Trump's impeachment trial, dismissing the case on the Motion of Trump for want of jurisdiction, To-wit: You can't impeach a president no longer in office. 
• Here's a great question. What if Trump actually did form a third party? And what if on the next November ballot in 2022 in Wise County for a local county wide race, Candidate A was from the Trump Party and Candidate B was from the Republican Party. Which one wins? If I'm the Republican candidate, I'd be scared to death.