6.19.2023

Random Monday Morning Thoughts




I didn't watch The Sopranos until a couple of years ago. It lived up to the hype.

  • THWMISB™.
  • That's all I know about this from last night. 

  • Abbott went nuts this weekend with his veto stamp. This is really, really strange.  Here's the list. He even vetoed part of the budget last night.  

  • I don't mind politicians going to weather damaged areas for a photo op. Heck, it's kind of expected and required. But don't put on gloves and act like you are working when you aren't.  Ted Cruz played pretend this weekend in Perryton:

  • What a mess. The truck was stolen and driven by a kid who just turned 17. His passenger, who died, was a 15 year old girl.

  • Flashback. More proof that Pete Delkus is all about the hype. This was his 10 day forecast from a week ago. He missed the 100+ predictions for the last four days. And although it will be hot and miserable today, it's not going to be 102.   

  • Highland Park ISD superintendent perk. Click to enlarge (as always)

  • That didn't work out. Here's an appellate opinion out of Fort Worth in the case if you want to take a deep dive into it.

  • From the campaign trail. (This was actually in early June in Iowa.) I don't think I posted it.  

  • This might indeed be the worst home run TV call of all time. And it was on ESPN. It was the first game of the college world series on Friday, and TCU was ahead by two in the top of the ninth and pitching. The ORU batter pulled off a shocking three run homer. The announcer first calls it a "walk off home run!" -- which is impossible at the top of an inning -- and then he gets further confused and says it is TCU who has won it:  "Oral Roberts wins it and rallies  . . . TCU I should say . . . in a walk off." What a train wreck.  Video.


  • Random college football recruiting news that made me cock an eyebrow.

  • Uh . . . 

  • A very, very random Twitter post and replies that I stumbled across which I shouldn't have read right before bedtime. 

  • Legal nerdy observations: 
    • I know nothing about Texas civil law, but the Texas Supreme Court on Friday may have begun to curtail the right to recover large damages for past and future mental anguish and loss of companionship (summary here) because the Plaintiff's lawyer argument:

    • The U.S. Supreme Court did not have a Fourth Amendment case on the docket in 2021 and 2022. Thus far, they have not agreed to hear one for the 2023 fall term.

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6.16.2023

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

at 2:30 PM

Random Friday Morning Thoughts



Still true. And that would not be good for me over the next decade. 

  • Perryton got crushed last night by a tornado.  That town seems to have a weird connection to Wise County becomes it seems like a local school is always playing them or playing there during the high school football playoff season. 


  • This image from a bank in Lavon in Collin County throws you off at first when you think a whole building collapse but it was just the drive-thru. Still bad, but not as bad. 

  • Fox 4 had better shot of the house where the dead woman and child were found.


    • And we got the first image of one of the deceased. 

  • I love Norm and have been listening to him since his morning KLIF show. I couldn't believe back then there was a whole radio show at 7:00 a.m. dedicated to sports.  And, no, he really didn't have time for bits back then. 


  • Travel crime news: 
    • Fear the hotel which is adjacent to big pool pump house.


    • Fear the guy you meet on a hiking trail near a German castle who wants to hang out. Story 


  • It's getting a little crowded.



  • Random sports notes:
    • Here's a quick loading video of Ranger Marcus Semien, the pitching coach, and the manager all being thrown out out of the game last night within seconds. 

    • Fun fact from yesterday.

    • Fun U.S. Open fact.


  • Legal bickering news. It's funnier if you read the story with the Texas Hammer screaming, "I want my money!" after every paragraph.

  • Legal nerdy stuff that is outside of my bailiwick but involves in Wise County: The Fort Worth Court of Appeals affirmed a property ruling in a divorce case yesterday handed down by retired judge Stephen Wren. 
  • 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, 346 days.

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6.15.2023

Random Thursday Morning Thoughts




Kind of missed the blue state part. Still have faith in the Perry prediction. 

  • We've got another Wise County (alleged) murder. This one is wild where authorities say that a man killed his 42 year old wife and 11 year old daughter months ago and their bodies have been in a house south of Decatur for months.  It was on CR 4371 which has some really nice homes on it. 








    • Man, for a county which hardly ever saw a murder, we've had an avalanche of them recently.
    • The Wise County Sheriff's Office desperately needs a PR person. The office apparently sent out a press release about this case, but you can't find it online anywhere. And their Facebook page and other social media accounts are silent about this killing which, I'm guessing, has a lot of public interest. Plus, they have no link on their web page for  media releases. This is 2023. 
  • This got my attention. Oncor had to pay the Messenger for an eight page spread today for a public notice about a massive web of powerlines going in on the southeast part of the county. They lines will run, very widely, from south of Rhome to Flower Mound. 

  • Trump federal case news: 
    • She is way in over her head: The judge in the Trump documents case, who had no prior judge experience before taking the bench in 2020, has presided over only four criminal cases for a grand total of 14 days. 


    • Doesn't surprise me. 


  • Here is your biennial reminder that Gov. Abbott is just grandstanding because, in Texas, every bill passed by the legislature will automatically take effect unless the governor vetoes it. Passed bills do not require his signature. 

    • Abbott and Dan Patrick are fighting over property taxes and Abbott, as a ruse of retaliation, hasn't been "signing" Senate originated passed bills like he has those from the House. But he also has vetoed three Senate bills and has been snarky about it. 
  • This is theft. According to the story, the State has allocated $7 million of your taxpayer dollars to pay private attorney's fees to prove to skeptical federal judge that its foster care system in good shape.  And $1,300 an hour is aggravated theft. The lawyer is also the wife of the way-over-the-top Fifth Circuit Trump appointed judge, James Ho.


  • Most of the local news had video of a concrete boom exploding in Richardson.  How much do one of those things run?  

  • By comparison, little Wise County, right next door, is around 70,000.

  • He's a child.

  • Legal stuff: Yesterday, the Court of Criminal Appeals finally settled the venue question in Ken Paxton's state charges.  The indictment was handed down in 2015. 

  • This SEC thing is going to take some time to get used to. Side note: Texas also goes to Michigan that year in a non-conference game. Brutal. 

  • Messenger - Above the Fold

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