- Texas Hospitalizations: Steady.
- Bridgeport ISD seems to be in a COVID mess. There was little to no transparency about the Homecoming game being canceled on Thursday of last week, and yesterday they sent a letter out saying one student who has tested positive was on campus "on Friday."
- I told you to watch this case. The Texas Rangers have already hauled off an arrested the 22 year old officer on a murder charge. There has to be a video, and it has to be really bad. But I find it very disturbing that the official DPS statement says the decision to arrest was made after a "preliminary investigation." Preliminary? Is there some rush here? Is there some new rule where law enforcement has to go off half-cocked before having all the information?
- In one of the weirdest moments of any president, a highly medicated Trump returned to the White House, fully infected with a disease there is no cure for, labored to breath, saluted for 23 seconds like he went into a trance, and then ripped of his mask before walking into a taxpayer mansion to infect people who actually work for a living.
- Not to mention he filmed it all, helicopter ride included, so he could post a campaign ad within 30 minutes of it happening. All at taxpayer expense. This was all very Third Worldly.
- Then, once he is through the door, he films another sound bite to tell us, "Don't be afraid of COVID." Yes, don't be afraid, if you have a free helicopter on standby to fly you to free hospital, to see a free team of doctors, who will give you free experimental drugs, and then return you to your free mansion where you will have a free team of doctors by your bedside. Correction, I'm wrong about the free part. You'll have to pay $750 a year.
- Good lord, he just called COVID the flu again. And that's after calling it the plague two days ago. He's gone full circle to his attitude in February. This is really insane. Either that or the Dexamethasone side-effects are kicking in.
- And another. (COVID version).
- There were some local Megachurch leaders in the audience in the Super-Spreader Rose Garden event a week and half ago. In front of COVID-positive Chris Christie is Prestonwood pastor Jack Graham. Over there on the far left is Southlake Gateway Church TV pastor Robert Morris. (Just for fun I circled the crazy Paula White in the middle. That remind me: When is Righteous Gemstones coming back on HBO?)
- Here's video of Kellyanne Conway and her daughter arguing (as posted by her daughter.) Everything is fine in that house.
- Texas hospitalizations: 3,192.
- A lady died in the custody of the Wise County Jail on Friday night. Jennifer Leinberger, 46, who listed an address of Springtown, died for undetermined reasons. She had picked her daughter up at the jail earlier in the day but was then stopped about two miles away for her own outstanding warrant. I've got a rumor I'm working on.
- It was a heck of a weekend at, and leading up to, Trump's visit to Walter Reed. Let's review.
- Those with the red underline got the COVID at a super-spreader event.
- Chris Christie caught it to.
- Kelley Ann Conway's very wheels off daughter caught it from her mom.
- Is this what it looks like when you catch something "just like the flu"?
- The "lead doctor", Dr. Sean Conley, had to explain why he lied to us about Trump not receiving oxygen on Friday. His explanation might be the weirdest statements of a multitude of weird statements: "I didn't want to give any information that might steer the course of illness in another direction." Huh?
- They moved Trump in front of a couple of desks with the same props so he could "review documents" and sign his name to a blank piece of paper.
- Then Trump decided to try and kill a few secret service agents for a photo-op.
- If you haven't seen the video of this guy sucker punching someone at the Buc-ee's in Denton, you need to. What a coward.
- Unless my eyes deceive me, it looks like that pretty big hotel by Brookshires in Bridgeport has locked its doors and shut off its lights.
- A funny move by Lindsey Graham's opponent during their debate Saturday night.
- Keep an eye on this especially if there was a bodycam. And it might be time for Texas to find a different agency than the Texas Rangers to investigate these things.
- College football: (1) Man, TCU has the Evil Empire's number. (2) I generally hate TCU but I really like that sophomore QB. (3) OU has lost 3 of its four last four and has dropped out of the Top 25. They were 67-5-2 against Iowa State. (4) Baylor lost in double overtime after a questionable call. They stole four games just like that last year. It all averages out. (5) If I ever turn on a Texas Tech game, I'm always wildly entertained. (6) Pic of the week. The score at the time makes if funnier . . . .
- It's probably a bad sign when seven of Texas AG Ken Paxton top assistants alert the federal authorities that he's taking bribes.
- Good lord. Last night a child was killed during a carjacking which occurred during a weekend custody swap in the parking lot of Hugely Hospital off I-35 near Burleson. An arrest has been made.
- I stumbled across Old School on network CBS last night. I stuck with it about 10 minutes. What was left after the editing for "regular TV' would be as awful as you think.
- Oh, my! Talk about an October Surprise! The President of Anti-Maskers Everywhere has been diagnosed with COVID-19.
- That news knocked this off its first bullet point status. Texas Hospitalizations: 3,190 (-150)
- If I were to be a big conspiracy theorist, I'd predict that later today or early tomorrow we hear news that all the positive tests out of the West Wing were false-positives due to a "bad batch" of tests. Now I don't think that's going to happen, but (1) it would allow him to say it is proof that all the COVID numbers are inflated, and, more importantly, (2) it sure knocked some shocking First Lady news off the front page.
- Melania was recorded launching her own War on Christmas. (Audio.) Listen, Missy, we in America care about Christmas stuff! And you might want to check with the Baby Jesus about things like this before you start firing off these Slovenian commie views!
- Also in that clip, she revealed she was telling the truth when she wore that "I Don't Care" jacket.
- Press Secretary Kayleigh McEnany had a banner day yesterday.
- In her press conference, she wasn't wearing a mask despite knowing that Hope Hicks had tested positive and the whole inner circle might be infected.
- Fox News' John Roberts got royally put out with her for mincing her words when he asked her to just say the White House condemns white supremacy. (Video). Afterwards, he went on his own rant about her as well as those who criticize him for demanding accountability from the Trump Administration. "Stop blaming the media! I'm tired of it!" (Watch.)
- McEnany got mad when she was pressed to identify "the river" where "they" found "a lot of ballots in" as Trump falsely claimed in the debate. Instead of saying the President was just making crap up, she berates the reporter. It's great. Come on girl, just name the river like the guy is asking. (Video.)
- McEnany also said yesterday that Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett was a "Rhodes Scholar." She's not. Barrett got her B.A. undergraduate degree from Rhodes College in Tennessee. Sheesh. That caused some astute Cheers watchers to recall this great exchange:
- For a party comfortably in power, the Texas Republicans are absolutely paranoid about more people voting. Why is that? And doesn't crap like this fall clearly within the purview of the county election authorities?
- I was sad to see the passing of long time Star-Telegram reporter Mitch Mitchell. I had just spoken with him! He was funny and smart. My last exchange to him was him asking me "Why would the Sheriff say that?" Me: "I don't have a clue." Mitch (laughing): "Well I think I'll just give him a call and ask him."
- This got a Fort Worth cop justifiably fired. Good lord, man.
- The Harris County DA's office is a dumpster fire. The judge granted directed verdicts in a case which should have never been brought against company officials after a chemical fire.
- Messenger: Above the Fold
- Texas hospitalizations: 3,344 (+93) I'm still calling this a "flattening", but I'm not so sure a steady increase isn't beginning.
- A Hood County constable picked a bad time to disclose he's a Proud Boy supporter. (He's also a former Houston police officer.)
- At least Cornyn is honest enough to admit that he doesn't care about covering pre-existing conditions.
- Make no mistake about it: Next spring the Supreme Court will strike down Obamacare on the legal basis that the repeal of the individual mandate "tax" destroyed the only way it was constitutional. And its death will take with it coverage for pre-existing conditions. (I think we forget that the Republican lead lawsuit to kill Obamacare started and flourished because of the ruling of Fort Worth federal district judge Reed O’Connor. By the way, O'Connor used to work for John Cornyn.)
- And Another. (Actually a six months jail sentence imposed in Wisconsin instead of a new arrest.)
- Legal stuff which is kind of in the weeds:
- Since I've gone back and taken a hard look at the Michael Morton case, here's the appellant court opinion from 2010 where the court ordered the testing of the bandana over the objection of the Williamson County D.A. This was before it was known that the bandana actually contained the DNA of the victim and the real killer. It's interesting to read the opinion discuss how it "might" contain relevant evidence.
- I looked up the name of the assistant D.A. who was assigned to fight the testing on appeal by his boss, John Bradley. The name was Doug Arnold. It was familiar to me so I look it up, and this is what I found. Williamson County, folks. Williamson County. Everyone who takes part in a travesty down there becomes a judge.
- Someone check on Rudy this morning.
- I'm suspicious of anyone who posts random Bible verses on social media. It's kind of a "Hey, look at me! I'm such a good person that I'm thinking about the Bible this morning and you're not!" And that's especially true when it comes from a politician. (And, yes, I can't stand this guy. I think Jeff Leach is the ultimate fraud.)
- The fact that this kid is being turned into some type of folk hero is disturbing.
- I rarely mention baseball because I find it ridiculously boring (and always have.) But the Minnesota Twins losing 18 straight playoff games got my attention because I don't understand how that can possibly happen. They have now been eliminated in the first round by being swept in 2020 (2 games), 2019 (3 games), 2017 (1 game wildcard), 2010 (3 games), 2009 (3 games), 2006 (3 games), 2004 (lost 3 of the last four.) That's impossible.
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