5.06.2025

Random Tuesday Morning Thoughts




Do you remember the incident at the Culwell Center in Garland? It has its own Wikipedia entry.

  • I'm didn't know Wise County had an up-to-date web page dedicated to road closures because of the Trinity River currently overflowing.  

  • Colleyville lightening strike of a home was caught on video yesterday. That's unnerving. 



  • "McEuen is accused of shooting and killing his neighbor, Aaron Martinez, on Neal Road in Forney on May 1, 2023. Investigators said he shot 35-year-old Martinez multiple times . . . . "

  • Newark airport has been a mess for over a week, and yesterday we learned one of the reasons why: At least five air traffic controllers took "trauma leave" after an incident a week ago where there was a complete communications blackout with all aircraft for 30 seconds.



  • It probably sank from the weight of  the self-importance onboard.






  • So they think that an immigrant, who has seen you round people up and send them to an El Salvadorian prison, will trust you enough to enter their identifying information into a government app? And for just $1,000? To be paid after you have been returned?


  • Trump thinks all immigrants are entitled to a full jury trial before deportation.  Due Process does not always equate to a jury trial.  For immigration purposes, due process requires notice and a hearing. Jury trials, like for criminal cases, are the "gold standard" of due process.  (Side note: The NFL Commissioner having to uncomfortably stand there while Trump held an impromptu press conference was unusually satisfying to me.)

  • And that's how you begin to remake a military which will become Trump's own personal army.

  • The grift never ends.

  • Just Trump "directing" the Justice Department (who he thinks is his personal team of lawyers) to somehow free a person who was convicted by a state jury for a state crime and sits in a state prison. This is insane. 

  • Bad legal takes. 

  • The Business Second™. 

  • I finally got around to watching all episodes of the Robert Durst documentary, The Jinx. Very good stuff. And I'm almost through with the Karen Read documentary A Body in the Snow. It's great, too. Both are on Max. 

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5.05.2025

Random Monday Morning Thoughts





Yep, that means one of the original MTV VJ's turns 80 today.

  • Bridgeport voters, once again, proved it is next to impossible to pass a school bond proposal these days.  Boyd's bond proposal failed as well. 

  • In the always interesting Decatur school board races: .

    • Extreme conservative PAC supported candidates got crushed in Tarrant County.

  • He's insane.
     

  • On Saturday, Greg Abbott signed the voucher scam bill into law surrounded, for some reason, kids who just happen to be black.


  • It's a weird world when a lady can drop the n-word at a kid and his parent and then get rich because of it.  Video.


  • And everyone shrugs. Video.


  • Let's check in on how January 6th is being handled these days. 
    • Are you kidding me? (Details of the settlement are unknown.)

    • On April 9th, Trump shockingly ordered Pam Bondi to go after him. It has now begun. 

  • Israel news.
    • The Houthis took time off from bombing ships in the Red Sea to launch a missile from Yemen at Israel.

    • Meanwhile, Israel expands the war over what's left of Gaza. The U.S. is supposed to take over that strip. right?

  • Because things like Uvalde are simply "woke" now: 


  • The current Texas DA who had no experience (other than running for a different election while topless), but won election anyway out in far, far, far West Texas, is having some problems. 


  • The NFL draft in 2027 will be held on the National Mall in Washington D.C.

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5.02.2025

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

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Random Friday Morning Thoughts




This was a prelude to a 70 month federal sentence for a Decatur woman. 

  • Jacksboro! All nine officers and former Chief of Police Bryan Corb resigned Wednesday. Oh, my!

    • Random campaign sign in Jacksboro:

  • Death penalty verdicts are getting harder and harder to come by. 

    • "Known for his compelling, if somewhat bluster-filled argument to juries, [Prosecutor Dale] Smith has a penchant for walking up to seated defendants during his closings and pointing at them for emphasis as he shouts. Smith’s argument in the Cousins trial was no different." It didn't work this time.  (The link above has a video of it. Paywalled)

  • Nothing drives me more nuts than the claim of "furries" and "litter boxes" in schools.  So, of course, the Texas legislature wants to enact a law to ban this non-existent problem.  But in the committee hearing on the bill this week, the author of it couldn't name one single school where an incident had occurred. Video.


  • Wait a second! That chimney is not a permanent structure? 

  • The guy responsible for accidentally adding the journalist to the Signal group text detailing plans to bomb the Houthis was removed from his position as National Security Advisor yesterday. And then, oddly, moved over to be ambassador to the United Nations. But that will require senate confirmation hearings,


    • And all of that occurred one day after an AP reporter caught Waltz using Signal during a cabinet meeting.  



  • New authoritarian move by Trump this morning. It's over. 


  • And nothing says Authoritarian more than military parades.
    • Part I (released last night)

    • Part II (this morning).  This clears the way for even more military parades. Side note: What's he want to do with Veteran's Day which is already on November 11th?

  • Trump gave the commencement speech at the University Alabama last night and just regurgitated his standard campaign speech.  But this moment was my favorite. Video.

  • A Texas federal judge, appointed by Trump, struck down Trump's use of the Alien Enemies Act to summarily snatch up and deport "suspected" Venezuelan gang members. Now we just have to wait for Trump to ignore the ruling. 

  • Let's check in on Fox News.

  • Story. I've always thought it weird that Dallas County Judge has a law practice. 


  • The Wise County judge, on the other hand, just dabbles in wholesome country music. He has released a new single today.

  • Lauren Whitener Clock: 5 years and 304 days.

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