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Random Wednesday Morning Thoughts

• What a crazy election night: 
• The Wise County turnout was embarrassing. 
• The Messenger's website was great last night for returns (although it did get overloaded at one point.)
• Look how close these Wise County races were. 
  
• In the JP#4 race, I'll give Todd Bailey credit. He actually knocked on my dad's door during the campaign. 
• Pat Fallon crushed, and I mean crushed, Craig Estes as our state senator. I didn't think you could beat an incumbent that badly. But he threw out red meat and it worked.
• The Waco DA got beat.  How's that ridiculous Let's-Indict-Every-Biker-At-Twin-Peaks work out for ya?
• The "propositions" on the Republican ballot were either written by a child, an intern for Fox News, or Trump.
• How on God's green earth does Dan Patrick get 76% of the vote in the Republican primary? Isn't there a better option?
  
• Meet who will be almost certainly be the next Dallas County D.A. Look at that platform. These times, they are a changing. Edit: I screwed this up. She lost, once the late returns came in, by about 500 votes.
  
• Former WFAA investigative reporter Brett Shipp failed to make the runoff for Congress.
• Former KXAS anchorman Mike ("I Love You, Jane") Snyder did make the runoff for Tax Accessor-Collector in Tarrant County.
• "It's always been about the program. Never about winning." - TCU Head Coach Gary Patterson in defense of the lawsuit by a player. It's never about winning?
• If you have allergies, get ready. 
• Trump is now a book promoter at the crack of dawn? 
  
• Another member of Trump's inner circle quit last night. His economic adviser decided it's time to jump ship because of Trump's tariff threat.
• BBQ talk whips me to no end.
• Mark Cuban is having the worst year ever. And it is just March. 
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• Fox 4 had a segment on how Park Place Lexus held a party for an army reserve before he is deployed. Isn't that amazing that the camera just happen to be there to film it? #PaidAd

Wise County Election Results

The Messenger is on it. Link.

"Kaaah, Kaaah!!

Edit: Early voting shows we are in for an insane night.

Edit: As the Messenger site crashed due to traffic, the Publisher and Owner announced the results via Instagram. 

A Pastor, Deputy, and A Restaurant Owner Walk Into A Massage Parlor

Four arrested in connection with Central Texas massage parlor raid include pastor, former deputy https://t.co/Rwby3bu4RL #BadPastor

— brian rogers (@brianjrogers) March 6, 2018

Waco. Oh, Waco.

Never A Dull Moment With This White House

JUST IN: Special Counsel finds Kellyanne Conway violated federal law against using office for partisan politics https://t.co/96v4H6KOGQ pic.twitter.com/vEulhP13aG

— The Hill (@thehill) March 6, 2018

Random Tuesday Morning Thoughts

• Wow. A visiting judge tells the Waco DA he should be "ashamed of himself" for using a Twin Peaks biker's photo in a political ad. And why would the DA even want to remind everyone of the biker cases which he is not competent to handle? 
• Random Oscar's pic: Jodie Foster is 5'3". Jennifer Lawrence comes in at 5'9". I don't know the height of the heels.
  
  
• Political junkies only: I had never heard of Sam Nunberg until yesterday but that was the most Wheels Off afternoon/evening  I've seen in a while. The former Trump aide decided to call every major media outlet. In interviews, he was accused of drinking in the afternoon by a CNN host, said he would (or maybe wouldn't) defy a Mueller subpoena ("screw that"), called Sarah Huckabee Sanders a "fat slob", and both berated and praised Trump.
  
• The first round pick of the Washington Nationals, who was kicked off the University of Houston baseball team, was "sent home" from spring training. (Who could have predicted it?!)
• It's election day.  Newspapers and TV stations are mourning due to to the loss of ad revenue. For the rest of us: Our long nightmare is over. 
• I'd pay a lot to have an option on the ballot for the Paxton/Huffines race which simply said, "I want both of them to just go away." 
• Man, Mrs. LL got upset while watching Waco.
  
• Let's check in on Trump's mental health this morning: 

  

  
  

• What did he say once? Oh, yeah: "And when you’re a star, they let you do it. You can do anything."
• You know, sadly, I barely remember this incident from last Fall. (Side note: He used an AR-15):
  
  
• Former Baylor and current Atlanta Falcons' kicker Matt Bryant  just received a three year deal for $10.5 million  So what, you ask? He entered the NFL in 2002. (An NFL year is like a dog year -- even for a kicker.) 
• The High School Freshman in the House used the word "dystopian" in a sentence over the weekend.  
• Williamson County, whose law enforcement at all levels has been a national embarrassment, continues its tradition. 
  
• Sharon Stone turns 60 this week. 
• Shout out to the Wise County media mogul for the hand delivery of "memories" yesterday of artifacts from the First National Bank of Bridgeport. 

Down By 2 with 2 Seconds Left -- State Title On The Line

HOLY CRAP! Ardsley wins on a miracle at buzzer. Julian McGarvey! pic.twitter.com/O4s8fyFdAP

— Kevin Devaney Jr. (@KDJmedia1) March 3, 2018

Saw This A Few Day Ago. Gold.

The Utah House of Representatives made a rap video about how a bill becomes law, and somehow it's worse than you would expect pic.twitter.com/Dq3U7RwGBu

— Robert Maguire (@RobertMaguire_) March 1, 2018

Random Monday Morning Thoughts

• I might need to make this the new "And Another" bullet point because it happens so often. Story. A prosecutor who wants to win more than seek justice is the most dangerous person in America.
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• I was watching Waco in front of the College Sophomore In The House Who Is Home and she was interested but confused. I asked her how much she new about it. It wasn't much. I was almost disappointed then I figured out she was born in 1998, and The Branch Davidian fiasco happened in 1993. 
• She had a friend who happened to be a boy over last night to watch TV. They wanted to watch something on Amazon and the guy tells me "I brought over a hacked Firestick so it will be easy." I did the slow head turn at him which caused him to say, "Uh, it's just a 'modified' one."
• I know one faithful blog reader who will find this story very interesting.
  
  
• I told you that Denton County Sheriff was grandstanding, and his curious tough-guy-rant got him  onto Fox News. Do you realize the number of Chiefs of Police and Sheriffs who are in this country who just shut up and do their jobs? But a handful of them want to be the next Sheriff Joe or Sheriff David Clarke. (Side note: I know the cowboy hat is what that masses want to see, but that's a bad brim): 
  
• Compare and contrast.
  
• Any of these Texas high school basketball scores jump out at you? (And it didn't even involve overtime.)
  
• Trump had a rare Saturday midday tweet. I hope he's not going CRAZY. 
  
• Gary Oldman won an Oscar last night (or so I have heard.) His best character was his brief appearance in the underrated True Romance. 
  
• This is the most deceptive and horribly reported stories I've seen in a while. WFAA needs to be ashamed. They give the impression that a guy running for DA in Smith County cut a deal on a case involving the murder of a trooper. Nope, it was an unrelated case which they take a long time to mention and don't make clear.  (Side note: Fox 4 News in the last rating period swept every single time slot.) 
  
  
• Five people have filed to run for mayor in Runaway Bay. I'll tell you one thing, that "quiet" community is a constant political storm. 
• No way.
  
• Alex Alec Baldwin did the "cold open" on Saturday Night Live, but in looking for it  I ran across this photo from years back. That's one bizarre cast of characters. I could name three of the four. 
  
• Alabama's Roy Moore says he's broke. To refresh your recollection, (1) he was removed from the  Alabama Supreme Court for not obeying the law, (2) lost his Senate bid even with Trump's endorsement, and (3) "dated"  teenagers he met in malls. In a message begging for money (welfare?) he said, ""Gays, lesbians, and transgenders have joined forces with those who believe in abortion, sodomy, and destruction of all that we hold dear. Unless we stand together we will lose our country."
• The West Virginia teacher strike continues today. Oklahoma teachers are considering it. Texas? You guys gonna just sit back and watch?

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It's Friday. Let's Get Out Of Here.

Don't worry, kid. That's good training for Wac-A-Mole later in life.

If Tiananmen Square occurred on a Texas ranch.

Now make this my cat at 22 pounds and have him ram into your chest.

Which one matches your personality? 

Mrs. LL telling a story while me and the Freshman In The House listen. 

Tarrant County Case Overturned

And the reason is something you don't see every day:

Opinion.
Information on case.
State's Brief (Interesting in that of the 75 pages long brief only pages 23-25 concerned this issue. Unrelated, but odd, is the reference to www.dummies.com on page 71 as authority to support an assertion.)

Random Friday Morning Thoughts

• Let's check in on Trump's mental health this morning. Uh, oh: 
  
• And that one replaced his first attempt (at 5:42 a.m EST.) when he went with "Alex" and "dieing": 
  
• And Another (Florida):
  
• And Another (Idaho):
  
• Someone commented yesterday that there might be more to this Atmos fiasco over in Dallas than just shifting soil. Atmos will inspect people's homes and make repairs inside the home. They have no obligation to do that. That's like you asking your water supplier to fix a leaky pipe in your bathroom. Did Atmos do something wrong? Is it possible to over-pressurize natural gas pipes?  There's more to this story. 
• Also on Atmos, the logistics of relocating the residents of 2,800 homes is mind-blowing. There's no way to know how many people were living in each home. So when you are providing vouchers and/or hotel rooms to all those "living" in the restricted area, you've got a heck of a problem on your hands. And the opportunity to fraud is beyond high. ("Hey, Bill, let's say you were living with us. That way you'll get a check.")
  
• Trump, unilaterally, declared he will raise tariffs on steel and aluminum. If you sell steel/aluminum you are ecstatic. If you purchase steel/aluminum or work for a company who does  (that's 99% of the rest of the country), you are screwed. Even conservatives went nuts about this attack on capitalism.
• No. 1 Virginia was down by four with under a second to go last night and won. 
• Johnny Football is working on his comeback by relaxing on vacation with his scantily clad girlfriend. 
• Michael W. Smith will sing at Billy Graham's funeral today. I want the Vegas odds on whether or not he sings Friends.
• Anyone know the back story on this crazy photo? Is it real? Is that really KISS?
  
• Message to any prosecutor anywhere in the country when talking to the press after a big court win: Don't say, "They jury sent a clear message that [insert crime] will not be tolerated in [insert county]." At least be original.
• Looks like the Wise County D.A.'s office has another murder case on their hands. 
• Every school in West Virginia will remain closed today due to a teacher's strike. That's the fifth straight day. West Virginia may be one of our most Wheels Off states, but their teachers sure are organized.

Shooting In Bridgeport?

I got a cryptic note that it happened this morning and the shooter was "at large."

Anyone?

Edit: Messenger has the story. Chico ISD is on "soft lockdown." Why Chico? One person told me the alleged shooter was given a ride to the Allsup's in Chico by a person who had no idea what had happened. (The Messenger says the alleged shooter had wrecked east of Chico.)

Edit at 2:00 p.m.: Source says, "Cops on 14th Street in Bridgeport right now staging up.   Tons of cops!    Putting on vests and more pouring in."

Edit: I don't think this is related . . .