6.29.2026

Random Monday Morning Thoughts




At least we have access to the old story now.

  • It looks like one of the State's witnesses turned on the prosecution mid-testimony.  That is not a good sign.

  • Dateline Del Rio. 


  • The vote was 9-5 on Friday. If only they would try to keep AR-15s out of schools with the same gusto they use to put Bibles in it.  

  • If I had 10 jurors tell me they were voting "not guilty", I don't think I'd be re-trying the guy. 

  • That sure was a lot of prosecutors mugging for the camera after a plea hearing.


  • The problem with the "Memorandum of Understanding" is that no one apparently understood it. 

  • Ken Paxton and his paramour caught in the wild. Video.

  • Weekend Trump craziness:
    • Story.

    • Can he go just one weekend without embarrassing the United States?

    • Nothing feels more like democracy on the 4th of July than troops guarding water. 

    • Not only does he lie about his poll numbers, he doesn't even know what "despite" means. 

  • The Business Second™. That's a ton of homes (but I'd call it more of a Denton development than a north Fort Worth development.)


  • The Mabank fire chief was killed after being hit by vehicle while directing traffic outside of the Mabank Rodeo over the weekend.


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6.26.2026

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

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Random Friday Morning Thoughts






A lot has changed in 10 years. 

  • The Odyssey computer system for Wise County government crashed yesterday so no new criminal or civil cases, or anything else for that matter, could be entered into the county's database.  
  • A small plane crashed into Beijing's tallest skyscraper a few hours ago, bounced off, and then crashed to the ground. Video.

  • Update on the civil lawsuit I mentioned last week. Gift link. 

  • Supreme Court "roundup" from yesterday: 




  • I just love this headline. 

  • They jury will continue to deliberate today, but I don't think that case is going anywhere.  And, frankly, there's not much proof against this guy. 


  • Headline from early yesterday:

    • Headline from around noon yesterday: 

  • Informal Amazon for federal prisons: "MACON-BIBB COUNTY, Ga. (WGXA) — Twelve people, including eight Macon natives, are facing multiple felony charges for allegedly running the prison contraband ring using drones from a former Macon daycare."  This was widespread involving deliveries to ten federal prisons in eight states.


  • Don't believe a word the U.S. Government says about how great things are going with Iran. 


  • These posts have a real Jews-in-1930s-Germany feel to them. 
    • A pastor and a state rep.

    • She not only said it, she promotes it. 

  • Nerdy legal stuff: Jim Adler, the Texas Hammer, filed suit in Wise County to recover attorney's fees in a personal injury case where his firm was fired. It went all the way up appeal with an opinion released yesterday. 
  • From earlier in the week: 

  • Lauren Whitener Clock: 6 years and 357 days.

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6.25.2026

Random Thursday Morning Thoughts



Someonw hit the "pay" button twice. 

  • A child was killed in a house fire in Fort Worth last night. 


  • "The U.S. Geological Survey said the epicenter of the first, a 7.2 magnitude quake, was near the town of San Felipe, about 100 miles west of the capital, Caracas. It was followed 39 seconds later by a second, larger earthquake, which had a magnitude of 7.5 and was close to the town of Yumare, the USGS said."

  • I haven't read this story. but that's a wild opening sentence. 

  • "Family members said the pair left their hotel at around 7 a.m. Tuesday to hike the Hanauma Bay Rock Bridge Trail, according to officials. Passersby found a backpack containing the man's belongings near the trail at 8:45 a.m. and notified the Honolulu Police Department, the release said." That's a short trail and not difficult:


  • Trump did the strangest thing yesterday by cancelling the public ceremony for the signing of a bill on housing affordability only hours before it was to begin. It was an easy win, but he screwed it up.


  • New banners on Department of the Interior.  I'll say it again: He's not leaving.


  • As the flooring for the UFC fights on the White House lawn is removed, we now see the condition of the grass and it is not good,


  • The Business Second™. From the list of the most read stories in the Dallas Morning News right now. 

  • The Supreme Court will release more opinions at 9:00  a.m. this morning. These are the big ones still to be decided: 

  • Legal nerdy stuff: You don't see the "ecclesiastical abstention doctrine" being used to get a case dismissed, but it worked yesterday.

  • Messenger - Above the Fold



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