11.02.2026

Random Monday Morning Thoughts





On October 29, 2016, cheerleaders from Greenfield-McClain High School in Ohio displayed a banner reading "Hey Indians, Get Ready for a Trail of Tears Part 2" before a high school football game against the Hillsboro High School Indians


  • If you go to Deep Ellum, you're nuts. "The shootings occurred about 12:20 a.m. in the 2600 block of Elm Street, 1:05 a.m. in the 2600 block of Main Street and 1:35 a.m. in the 200 block of South Crowdus Street, according to a preliminary police investigation."

  • In Lake Highlands.  And the forehead tattoo would certainly add to the shock of it.   

  • Gift link. 

  • I'm sure you've seen the shocking video of the Lear jet, headed from Austin to the Bahamas, coming down like a rocket in Florida with nine people on board. And the audio between the pilot and the tower is chilling. No IDs yet. 

  • Former Cowboys cheerleader, former contestant on The Bachelor, and the winner of Dancing with the Stars winner Melissa Rycroft Strickland has been arrested in Southlake on Halloween on a second-offense DWI charge.  And it sounds like she was on probation for the first DWI when this arrest occurred. 
  • An ICE agent now faces state charges for running over a man.  (Side note of legal nerdy stuff : There seems to be a really good chance the agent can move the case to federal court.)



    • But the following is unheard of: The U.S. Attorney for that district goes after the local D.A. for pursing the state indictment.  (Typos and all.)


  • Oh, no! What hope is there for the rest of us?

  • Ken Paxton spoke to a small crowd in Fort Worth on Saturday, but a bus from Runaway Bay transported these folks to be a part of it. 

  • Trump decided to body-shame the reporter again over the weekend.  Trump. Body-shame.   
  • He's almost gone from your TV. 

  • The Texas Supreme Court, all elected and/or appointed Republicans, protected their own on Friday. 

  • Prosecutor (and NBA) news. 



  • Embattled Federal District Judge Ada E. Brown failed to show up for her misconduct hearing in Fort Worth on Friday.  (Transcript of the proceeding  here.)