10.17.2022

Random Monday Morning Thoughts




Big Tex up in flames on 10/19/12. And Fox 4 actually did this later that day: 




  • That was a wild pop-up thunderstorm at around 4:30 on Saturday afternoon.

  • Double motorcycle accident on FM 2123 near Cottondale on Saturday.

  • The portal to apply for student loan forgiveness is now open. It's easy. I mean very easy.
  • Here's the highlight of the Herschel Walker/Raphael Warnock debate over the weekend: Herschel flashing a fake badge, saying it is real, and being told to put it away by the moderator.

  • What's going on here? From Friday:


  • Russia was hitting Kyiv with drones this morning, and this photo was taken. Amazing. It sounds like these things were manufactured in Iran. And there's video.

  • When did Texas sheriffs get so nutty? But I like how Montague District Judge Jack McGaughey wouldn't issue an arrest warrant for the Clay County Judge (!) simply because this sheriff wanted it, and then McGaughey went one step further and handed over what the paperwork that the sheriff had presented to him once the media asked for it. The sheriff had said there wasn't a copy when the same media had made an Open Records request. Story.

  • Did you know this guy escaped from a jail work crew in Coryell County west of Waco on September 27, and is still on the run? Never fear, the Sheriff has said, they were "going to hunt you like a dog." 

  • This headline was all over the place on Friday. None mentioned that the body of the story revealed that the painting was behind protective glass and wasn't damaged. 

  • I question whether this story out of Watagua is true because (1) I haven't seen it anywhere other than at pokernews.com, (2) I don't know how players could be "fined" on the spot, (3) poker is legal in Texas so long as the house doesn't take a cut. Put the photo looks authentic. Edit: I've already got one faithful reader confirming this story to me. Edit: Now two. 

  • He's gone full Hitler by now threatening Jews to "get their act together" and worship him.  

  • A few years back, "Frack-Master" Chris Faulkner sponsored Mark Davis' podcast. Faulkner was a con man and is now in prison. Now we learn Davis was paid to sponsor the guy on the right who was running a  Ponzi scheme and who now sits in a Texas prison. Davis also starts every radio show off with a prayer. 

  • Radio ads have more con games than any other medium.
  • Somehow a grass fire broke out and destroyed 70 cars parked at a "pumpkin patch" in Temple, Texas over the weekend.


  • From Humble, Texas and caught in Nebraska. Good lord. 

  • Wichita Falls thinks they were robbed against Decatur on Friday. They kind of were. Video of the play.

  • The Big 12 Championship game will feature two of this group: Texas, TCU, Oklahoma State, and Kansas State. But I have no idea which two. 
  • My faith in medical examiners, which wasn't great to begin with, isn't helped by this long cover story:

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10.14.2022

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

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Random Friday Morning Thoughts




Two points: (1) I did lots of "Hey Nows" like that back then which make me cringe now, and (2) I tracked down the movie she was filming, and it was something called Song to Song with an all-star cast. It made only $1.7 million at the box office.  There are lots of bombs with huge stars like that out there -- just turn on HBO. 

  • Brandon Chapman, a Newark resident and Denton Police Department Officer (who was on military leave) was arrested in Wise County on Public Intoxication and Disorderly Conduct charges on Sunday after allegedly being found half naked and trying to enter a residence which was not his.
    • The Denton Record Chronicle tried to get public information about the incident, but our Sheriff's Office is fighting them:

  • This story was in the Dallas Morning News today -- it's not a good week for Denton PD.

  • Another day in America. The shooter was 15 years old. 


  • Also America. This was in an elementary school cafeteria. 

  • The Parkland mass killer of seventeen people was sentenced to life in prison yesterday after three jurors were not convinced beyond a reasonable doubt to impose the death penalty. And if you can't convince all 12, no one should die at the hands of the government. And, no, jurors did not "let you down" -- they did their jobs. 

  • The Supreme Court yesterday summarily refused to help Trump in his Classified Documents Prosecution(?) that the Justice Department is pursing. 

  • He'll never comply.  And January 6th is beginning to feel more and more like "Remember the Alamo" to the MAGA crowd.  

  • What's America coming to if there is not a ready supply of amphetamine? 

  • If you want to see a stop down anti-Greg Abbott ad, here ya go. Oh, my. 

  • I'm pretty sure this will not lead to lower prices.

  • I'm also pretty sure everyone and their dogs have heard about Camp Lejeune. And all of these lawyers, trying to take a bite out of the free money that Congress authorized in the "Burn Pit" legislation championed by Jon Stewart, make me want to bury my head.

  • Two weeks ago, OU's quarterback suffered a concussion while sliding after he he was targeted by a TCU player. Last night the exact same thing happened to Baylor's quarterback at the hands of West Virginia.  Video. Both hits were about as bush league as you can get. Both players were ejected which almost seems like not enough. 

  • Time which has passed since the Wise County Sheriff's Office, despite having a full male DNA profile, has failed to solve the murder of Lauren Whitener in her home at Lake Bridgeport: 3 years, 101 days.
  • Messenger: Above the Fold


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10.13.2022

Random Thursday Morning Thoughts




Vice-presidential debate 10 years ago. 

  • Breaking: New inflation numbers are in this morning. It was expected to be 8.1% (which wouldn't have been good) but they came in at 8.2%. Good grief.

  • On the bright side for a certain demographic, this was announced moments ago  . . . 

  • The Dallas PD officer who was killed yesterday morning by a wrong way driver is an awful story. But it's interesting how I keep hearing that the other driver was "drunk." Hey, he may have been, and that wouldn't surprise me in the least bit if that turns out to be the case. But there has been no arrest. And there were no field sobriety tests done on him because he's in critical condition in the hospital, so we'll have to wait for the blood test. But watch how the story has quickly evolved: 
    • The origin of all of those claims is simply a memo from the Chief of Police to other officers who said the other driver "might" have been drunk. The police department later used the word "may" have been intoxicated in press release. From the Dallas Morning News.

    • But the local WFAA morphed it into a "suspected" drunk driver. 

    • Fox 4 flat out claimed that DPD "said the man was intoxicated." That's not true.


    • The CBS affiliate takes it one step further and says the it's "expected" that intoxication manslaughter charges will be filed. I'm not sure where they got that. 

    • Another example

    • And then social media randos just flat out make things up. This guy, whose account has all the hallmarks of a Russian troll, adds facts and then links to a story which says no such thing about an "undocumented immigrant."

  • Alex Jones is a miserable human being who preys on the most gullible and simpletons of our society. And I hope he dies penniless. But a lot of what he said is constitutionally protected speech, and I don't see all of this verdict holding up.

  • Will this county in the corner of Texas give this lady the death penalty after convicting her of a truly horrible crime?

  • New DFW metroplex teacher salary chart. I think they are all pretty close. 

  • A new long read from The Atlantic that looks interesting.

  • Random Russian politician Valentina Petrenko. 

  • Jerry Jones turns 80 today.
    Jerry was 45 in this pic.

  • The January 6th Committee holds its final hearing at noon today. 


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