8.16.2023

Random Wednesday Morning Thoughts




Wise County and Duck Dynasty were a match made in heaven back in the day. 

  • This was a headline from one year ago. I'm hearing a rumor it is about to become very relevant to Decatur. You know, focusing on the important stuff.

  • I noticed that Rep. David Spiller of Jacksboro has entered an appearance as co-counsel for Fed Ex in the civil case that arose out of Athena Strand's kidnapping and murder late last year in Wise County.
  • West Texas Far Right Wing Oilmen updates:
    •  One of them gave about-to-be-impeached Ken Paxton $250,000 last month. They have money to burn out there.


  • Southlake PD went on a Twitter comedy routine yesterday in trying to identify this guy which they say bears a resemblance to Elton John. Thread.
  • A reminder that a great percentage of the population is dumb as a box of rocks, incredibly gullible, have no capability to discern the truth, and are all around you. 

 
  • Speaking of, below are a couple of reactions to the Georgia indictments by the Ultra Maga Extremists. These are not serious people.

  • Elon Musk ain't right. In addition to texting Mark Zuckerberg last weekend that he wanted to drive to his home to fight him (really), he has revamped Twitter to build in a five second delay if you click on a link on Twitter that redirects you to the New York Times, Washington Post, Facebook, and others.
  • Random Fort Worth company work van.
  • Very, very nerdy legal stuff for civil practitioners and court clerks (which will bleed over into criminal practice by default):
  • WCSO still hasn't fixed their jail list PDF. It hasn't been updated since August 9th. 



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8.15.2023

Random Tuesday Morning Thoughts




The Dallas woman would receive probation for this a couple of years later. 

  • The hammer dropped on Trump and his henchmen/henchwomen last night in state court in Georgia.




    • If anyone takes the time to learn the basic facts of what Trump did in Georgia, your jaw would drop.  The New York Times summarized it yesterday in a very concise article here (free.) And the federal indictment, at pages 12-16, is a quick read about Georgia which is equally stunning.  Trump is in big, big trouble. 
    • We got to see the mundane process of a clerk handing the grand jury indictments to a district judge to receive them. He signed a cover sheet and then handed them back to her for filing. (Procedures vary state to state.)

    • Trump's talking point is that all of these recent indictments are "election interreference." Someone needs to tell him he's being indicted for actual election interference. 
    • Flashback from February when Trump tried to spin a report released by the special investigating grand jury which recommended indictments:

  • The video is out where Wise County Congressman Ronnie Jackson berated a state trooper and acted like what appears to be a drunken fool. It's on Youtube, and I've got the "best" part queued up here.  The Texas Tribune article doesn't delete the slew of profanities the disgraced elected official uttered.



    • He has no respect for law enforcement. He doubled down last night. Can we please vote him out of office?  

  • The death toll in Maui is up to 99.  Of those, 80 have been found "in their cars or in the water." 

  • The most non-surprising news ever.  

    • I wrote this 10 years ago: 

  • Missed this last week. A Garland man was sentenced to 27 months. Not enough. But I like how the sentences keep coming.  

  • We set a record yesterday (which actually ended early this morning.)

  • Zeke finally signed with someone. The guaranteed money is only $1 million so the Pats might cut him before the first game once they get a good look at him. 

  • My weekly business/investment show on CNBC called, "It's Warehouses, People!™": 

  • Nerdy legal stuff: A criminal case of a Waco attorney in a murder-for-hire case is being live-tweeted out of Waco. The Texas AG's office has come into assist the DA. Never use them.  They are awful.  What is printed below was just said in an opening statement. You never say that.  As a prosecutor, he might has well have said, "I understand how you might have a reasonable doubt about this case at the end of the trial - it's really complicated!"

  • The AP Top 25 was released yesterday.   There were two teams listed which had losing records last year: OU (#20) and Aggie (#23). There was not a Big 12 team in the top 10.

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8.14.2023

Random Monday Morning Thoughts




Ten years ago Johnny Manziel and the autograph "scandal" were still dominating the news every day.  And I had forgotten Deadspin took a deep dive into family background on this week. (I love how they have kept their archives alive.)

  •  A young lady drove off the damn into Lake Bridgeport on Friday night. She survived despite the fact that the vehicle, according to the Messenger, ending up in "17 feet of water about 22 feet from the lake shore." 

    In the process of being pulled out



  • Our Congressman continues to embarrass us. The Chief Deputy said he had witnessed Jackson drinking earlier in the night, and an EMT said "he did appear drunk."  



  • This probably didn't get noticed enough. Late Friday, Dallas PD released a video of an undercover officer (sitting in a tricked up car in a parking lot) when he was randomly carjacked. Both sides then opened fire at each other at point blank range. I have no idea how no one was hit. The video is wild.

  • Dear Wise County Sheriff's Office: Please fix the jail inmate PDF. It hasn't been updated since last week. 
  • An incredible home explosion in Pennsylvania, which killed five, was caught on Ring doorcam video. 

  • A couple of homes burned in the Crestwood area of Fort Worth over the weekend. I don't know what I think about them having a photographer along on any major fire to basically take glamor shots. 

  • Republicans at the Iowa State Fair:
    • I don't know much about this candidate but the video is, uh, something. 

    • Rep. Matt Gaetz introducing Trump and saying that "only through force" will change happen in the United States. Video. Believe them when they say it. 

  • The Justice Department for some reason appointed a special prosecutor to investigate Hunter Biden who, last time I checked, was not a public official. Ted Cruz was not happy with the person appointed, David Weiss: 

    • Flashback: Ted Cruz and other Republican senators specifically requested David Weiss be appointed special prosecutor of Hunter Biden last September. 


  • Legal stuff: I think this is just a default judgment that they will never collect. (But I'll have to ask my civil lawyer friends if you can have a jury, instead of the judge, assess damages when the defendant defaults and doesn't answer the lawsuit.)

  • Nerdy legal stuff: Out of a Denton case, we've got lawyers behaving badly.

  • "The faintest ink is more powerful than the strongest memory." - a quote from Mad Men that I saw over the weekend. I couldn't agree with that more. 

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8.11.2023

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

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