10.12.2022

Random Wednesday Morning Thoughts




That's a great picture. Braves fans were upset because the "infield fly rule" was called on a ball hit to the *outfield* in an elimination game in the playoffs. And here's a fantastic video of the play taken from the stands. (It's cued up on YouTube.) Still not sure I understand that one. 

  • For a man who is accused of recklessly impregnating women left and right, the nonsensical little anecdote he told yesterday is mind-blowing. Video. He might be the dumbest man in America.

  • The Supreme Court refused to hear this case yesterday. Three justice dissented. It feels like we are going back in time.  


  • Seems a little harsh for a death which wasn't intentionally caused. 

  • School superintendent calls out his own town.

  • Having a slight "cash on hand" advantage doesn't seem to mean much less than 30 days before the election when you've just been outspent by $20 million -- all of which seems to have gone to radio and TV ads for Abbott.

  • There hasn't been much news about the Oath Keepers Insurrection Trial, but I did notice that these are the two Dallas lawyers who are defending Stewart Rhodes in D.C.   "Linder is a Baylor law school graduate ['91], endurance cyclist, part-time municipal judge and former Dallas County prosecutor with 30 years of criminal defense experience. Bright an SMU graduate ['03], has served as president of the Dallas Criminal Defense Lawyers Association and practiced law for more than 25 years."

    • "Mother Jones has reported that a nonprofit formed by Dallas lawyer Sidney Powell helped pay for Rhodes’ legal defense."
  • Let's hear a little more about that second allegation.

  • I came across this picture of a no-longer-in-existence Jack County courthouse which was built in 1886. I presume it burned down. The current "modern" one was built in 1940, and was a product of the WPA created during the depression.  Fun fact about Jack County: 37 slaves lived in the county before the Civil War but the county voted against secession, 76-14. 

  • I think win probability charts are fraudulent.  They always enter a ranger greater than 95% when there is no way it's that high.  It's high, but it ain't that high. 

  • Messenger - Above the Fold


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10.11.2022

Random Tuesday Morning Thoughts




This case was out of Dallas County and involved much more than gluing a kid's hand to the walls. This was also an "open plea" where the defendant waived a jury, pled guilty, and had a judge assess punishment. He hammered her. According to the opinion on appeal, there was a 45 year plea bargain offer on the table which her defense lawyer described as "ridiculous" to the defendant. 

  • Update on the four people shot dead in a car in Fort Worth will not create sympathy for one of them because of this previous track record: "Cravin opened fire outside Varsity Tavern, at 1005 Norwood St., about 1:30 a.m. on May 8, police said. After he fired shots into a crowd, Cravin either ran or walked away. Two people were shot and survived."

  • This ain't good. Video.

  • The equivalent of a coronation in Bridgeport.

  • Checking in on Fox News last night and its seemingly endless coverage of Hunter Biden. But I'm not sure what they hoped to gain with this graphic:

  • North Korea releasing photos of Kim Jong Un watching a missile launch were well done from a PR standpoint (at least from his perspective.) 

    • But the wardrobe guy needs to be fired. 

  • I don't like Greg Abbott, but whoever it is he hired to do the Beto attack ads are good at their job. 
  • Random political graphic from this morning: Presidential popularity at this point before mid-term elections. The only real outlier is George W who was still riding the 9/11 aftermath:

  • Recreational marijuana is on the ballot in November in the states of Arkansas, Maryland, Missouri, South Dakota and North Dakota. 

  • Troy Aikman started trending last night because of this line he uttered during a very questionable roughing the passer call. And, no, this is not a big deal. At all.

  • Video

  • TV watching update: I thought Only Murders in the Building petered out. But now I have high hopes after about four episodes of Reservation Dogs. I really, really like it so far. 
  • That railroad strike may be back on, but we won't know for sure until mid-November . . .  

at 8:30 AM

10.10.2022

Random Monday Morning Thoughts





10/9/2012 - An 18 wheeler veered off of 287 in Decatur, down an embankment, across a service road, and ended up almost taking out Panda Express.

  • Ukraine blew up the only bridge linking Russia to Crimea on Saturday, and Russia rained bombs down on Ukraine's capital city last night.


     
  • A play in Four Acts starring Kanye West:
    • Act I: Hang out with right winger Candace Owens at a Paris fashion show, and wear a T-shirt to get everyone worked up.

    • Act II: Be welcomed with open arms by Fox News and Tucker Carlson because you wore the shirt supporting white people.

    • Act III: Get all fired up after going on Fox News and go all Nazi on the Jews. 

    • Act IV:

  • This is like a violent movie. Four dead from shooting inside of a vehicle.  


  • "Michael J. Fox and Christopher Lloyd were reunited today in New York City at Comic Con" over the weekend. This video is equally hard to watch and glorious. 

  • What a mess in the El Paso mass shooting case. Her office allegedly impersonated victims via email in order to get around a gag order in order to communicate to the press, and she's overall in turmoil. 


  • On Friday afternoon, the New York Times confirmed, and added to, the developing Herschel Walker lie(s).  He now admits he at least "knows" the woman. 

  • Arizona governor candidate Kari Lake personally vacuumed the carpet before Trump's arrival in Arizona on Saturday night. Totally not a cult. 

  • OK.

  • The video is here. And the comments below it are something. 

  • College football thoughts: (1) Ok, go ahead and start Quinn Ewers, but can I please watch him in one game where he has to run for his life? He has had all day so far, (2) I ended up watching the Aggie/Alabama game until the end and can't believe the Aggies had a chance to win it only to call the worst play in the history of ever, (3) Watch Deion Sanders almost get into a fight with another coach after a game, and (4) Dicker the Kicker got to kick in his first NFL game and won the thing, (5) never bet on sports (-9???!!!):

  • About the only thing I've heard about the baseball playoffs which I'm told are ongoing:

  • Legal nerdy stuff: Who is this long haired judge on the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals? That first shot is from oral arguments last week. Compare it to the official photo on the court's web site: 


  • Word to the wise: Tap the brakes on the Cowboys.

at 8:29 AM

10.07.2022

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

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