9.24.2026

Random Thursday Morning Thoughts





Way before George Floyd, two police shootings in one week (Terence Crutcher and Keith Scott) dominated headlines for a week. 


  • Decatur city hall seems to be hell-bent on inserting themselves into controversies they could easily avoid.  First, the ICE 287(g) controversy, and now this:

    • Alternative headline: Decatur City Council is Anti-Trump; Goes Against MAGA! 

  • I still think this "hazing" incident is going to turn out to be a big bag of nothing. 


  • All we know is what is in the police press releases, and that is nothing more than what's in the headlines.


  • Overnight: A court ruling that was expected came down.
    • But so far this morning, all three networks have been denied access to the White House. We don't know yet whether this is just incompetence or defiance. 



  • The President of China got the red-carpet treatment at Andrews Air Force Base last evening. 
    • But a planned overhead fly-by scared Trump. Video.

    • But look what Trump posted this morning. (And even little Natalie is in the background.)

  • Every school needs an oligarch. 

  • Delivered by whom? (It's available online.) 


  • Fun fact: I had always heard of the Nixon/Kennedy debate in 1960., and the impact it had on the election.  But I didn't know that there would not be another televised debate until 1976. The Ford/Carter debate was 50 years ago yesterday.

  • Messenger - Above the Fold