Random Friday Morning Thoughts

And we would get to find out.

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• The shooter was 16 years old, and a "community member" was the one who brought him down.
  
  

  

  
  
  
  
• This youg man was from Azle.  After the hit, he was down on the field for over 45 minutes while first responders worked on him. 
  
  
  
  
  
  
• Story.  (The video is here but it's almost 4 hours long but the road side interaction is pretty crazy.)
  
  
  
  
• We don't know what is going on, but it has to be big if these two positions are involved.
  
  
  
  
  
  
• Seems excessive. 
  
  
  
• Video of the leap.  Yep, the dog was careflighted to the vet, but he's back home and on the mend.
  
  
  
  
  
  
• Democracy isn't supposed to have a $158,000.000(!) price tag: Elon Musk is single-handedly funding Ken Paxton.  And a friendly reminder that  SpaceX and Tesla are both based in Texas so  Musk couldn't possibly want anything for his money.
  
  
  
  
• We shouldn't trust this guy. At all. 
  
  
  
  
  
  
• Welcome to the Oligarchy.
  
  
  
  

  

  
  
• Trump decided that it wouldn't be good television. 
  
  
  
• ESPN would be smart to cut loose the most boring and overpaid play-by-play man in the business. 
  
  
• Legal nerdy stuff for you personal injury lawyers: Last night the Fort Worth Court of Appeals reversed a $55,000,000 verdict involving "Texas Live!" for a security guard hitting a guy in the head with a beer bottle.  It sounds like the plaintiffs' lawyer tried to make the case much simpler than what it was. 
• Lauren Whitener Clock: 7 years and 105 days.

Random Thursday Morning Thoughts

With his campaign reeling because of the release of the "Grab 'em by" video, Trump began to claim that the elections was going to be stolen from him.  

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• Much cooler tomorrow but look out for those winds from the north.
  
  
  
• She'll have to serve 1/2 of the time before becoming eligible for parole. 
  
  
  
  
  
  
• Dateline New York state: Did I say lots of this kind of stuff was going around?
  
  
  
  

  

  
  
• It's the small plane you have to worry about.
  
   
  
  
  
• Welcome to the Authoritarian State.  Prediction: Part of the mid-term election steal will be the refusal to acknowledge her win this November. And there will be others in the House denied their seat for a variety of other reasons. 
  
  
  
  
• I wouldn't care about this if she hadn't spent years holding herself out as a lawyer. 
  
  
  
  
  
• He's a sociopath. Video.
  

  

  
  
• From two days ago before his trip to Alaska: 
  
  
  
• This story is getting a five part series in the Morning News
  
  
  
  
• I'll believe Texas "turning blue" on election day when I see it. And I don't expect to see it next month. 

Random Wednesday Morning Thoughts

Ken Bone. For no real reason, this guy had his 15 minutes of fame because of an appearance at a Hillary/Trump at a "town hall" debate. (And probably the last town hall presidential debate we'll ever see.)

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• It was 54-year-old Chad Edward Fikes of Garland.  That's all we know. 
  
  
  
  
  
• The headline is all we know.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
• That anti-drag show law has it's first victim -- in a high school play. I saw this gal interviewed on Fox 4 last night, and she was fantastic. Smart. Articulate. And she just wants to act.  Plus, this wasn't the first time she has played male roles in plays at the school. 
  

  

  
  
  
  
• This is a pretty detailed article about the evidence presented yesterday. Even very old social media posts can come back to haunt you. Side note: You might not want to name your dog "Tequila." Gift link. 
  

  

  
  
• Someone needs to tell new Texas Comptroller Don Huffines -- who I have always thought is very strange -- that he is not the legislative branch of government. 
  
  
  
• Her first "press conference" was a train wreck. She's not going to make it. (And it would help if she would learn to read. Or at least prepare.)
  
  
  
  
  
  
• And there's another problem. She has held herself out on TV many times as a lawyer, but it looks like she never passed any bar exam in any state. 
  

  

  
  
  
  
• Gone Girl.  And it it were not for the investigative reporting of the Wall Street Journal, she'd still be there.  
  
  
  
  
• Sir, they were engaged.
  

  

  
  
• In case you think all is quiet in the Strait of Hormuz, it is not. 
  
  
  
• This is weird enough  . . .
  
   
• . . .  but this is even weirder.  Here's that post and video. He's insane. 
  
  
  
   
  
  
  
• I'm aware that www.wisecounty.com is currently down. (It went offline at 4:31 a.m. per my logs.). I'm working on it.  Edit: It's back up.