10.04.2023

Random Wednesday Morning Thoughts




I had never heard of Silk Road when this news broke. I then went on to read 
this really good book about it. He had Texas ties. 

  • The Republicans control one branch of government, and they drove it into a ditch yesterday.   

    • So how did this happen? Back in January, it took 15 votes before McCarthy was finally elected Speaker. And he was only elected because he appeased a handful of extremists Republican holdouts - not normal Republicans - by changing the rules so they could cause a re-vote on his speakership by the full House at any time. They took him up on it yesterday.  That's what happens when you sell your soul. 

    • Just a reminder that the "main stream media" is the best media. The Washington Post told us that all of this was coming a week ago.

  • Trump continues to spiral out of control. Yesterday he attacked a court clerk in the civil suit brought by the state of New York.  A court clerk! He's going to get her killed. The judge then imposed a gag order.  


    • This is what he posted: Her photo and a link to her Instagram account.

  • I woke up the Liberally Lean First Alert Weather Team™ and they said it will begin raining today in Wise County around 5:30 p.m. 
  • People lining up at the new H-E-B in Allen this morning. This is dumb. 

  • There is a missing person case out of Dallas involving a teacher. But something doesn't seem right to me because of the text messages mentioned below.  Either we've got a coincidence, a flat out abduction, or someone is faking one. And that was a weird thing for the police to say about the messages:


  • This is out of Eaton High School, but the allegations do not involve students. 


  • I don't understand this. The House Managers responsible for the impeachment proceedings against Ken Paxton, and who are now being targeted by the MAGA extremists, released "new evidence" yesterday which not presented during the senate trial.  Why double down now? This isn't going to change anyone's mind about Paxton. Not to mention it's a moot point. I don't get it. 


  • Just three?

  • Your iPhone will alert today at 1:20 p.m. even if it is on silent mode during the national test. You can stop that by going to Settings => Notifications => Scroll to very bottom to section called "Government Alerts."  You can turn "Emergency Alerts" to off or click on it and just turn off "Always Play Sound" to prevent the sound from overriding silent mode. 

at 8:31 AM

10.03.2023

Random Tuesday Morning Thoughts




Oh, my. That's a blog post from 10/3/13,There was a brief period of time when the Messenger was under different ownership. Ten years ago was part of that time frame. (Side note: I couldn't find out what happened to the lady in Midland County.)

  • Trump acted crazy outside the courtroom yesterday. In addition to saying the judge should be disbarred and arrested, he said, "you ought to go after this attorney general.” Yes, another threat. Things are getting really, really weird. 


    • I asked a couple of weeks ago why there would be no jury in this civil case. I got my answer yesterday. 

    • After the trial day was over, Trump shared this post. 

    • But late last night, he was up and railing against late night talk show hosts.

  • That chain link fence should be credited with an assist.


  • County Judge J.D. Clark updates us on the courthouse renovation. The elevator is gone and now you can stand in the basement and see all the way up to the top. More.



  • A car-jacking last night by "three armed assailants." The car was stolen but there were no injuries.

  • Republican Infighting: The crazy and attention seeking Rep. Matt Gaetz followed through on his threat to try to remove Kevin McCarthy as Speaker. There must now be a vote either today or tomorrow. Unless the Democrats decide to save McCarthy and vote to keep him in (or vote to table Gaetz's motion), there will be no Speaker of the House and chaos resumes. 


    • And then the two acted like Fourth Graders on Twitter: 

  • Major League Baseball is not a serious sport when they put playoff games on during a weekday. 
  • It looks like Texas is a 4.5 favorite over OU on Saturday.  Whatever you think, do not trust that game. Ever. 

at 8:30 AM

10.02.2023

Random Monday Morning Thoughts




You think government shutdowns (which were avoided this weekend) are new? We actually went through one 10 years ago -- that's a headline for 10/2/13. 
  • Chaos on Wise County roads this weekend. 



  • The UIL is looking into a referee ripping off a player's helmet in a high school game at Dallas Madison.  Best video I found of it is here.

  • It's now been over a month since the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals put a halt in Wise County to the capital murder prosecution of Tanner Horner until they sort our his lawyer issue. 
  • The Republican controlled House temporarily avoided a shutdown this weekend, but crazy Matt Gaetz says he will attempt to remove Speaker Kevin McCarthy this week because of it. 


  • It takes a special kind of ghoul to be the richest man in the world who wants to cosplay as a cowboy in order gaze upon the poorest people in the world being detained.

  • Trump became more unhinged on Friday.  He dropped the mother of all cuss words (video) and he mocked at 80+ year old being beaten with a hammer that sent the man to ICU (video).  And the Ultra-MAGA Extremists cheered him on. This is the best the Republicans have to offer?

  • Heck of a photo of a shooting in New Mexico on Friday you many not have heard about. The guy in the foreground was hit but did not die. (There's an Instagram video of the incident here, and it shows there's a whole lot more to this than meets the eye.)

  • For those who still glance at the front page of papers, most of them would have thought the DA in Dallas County was doing a bang-up job.  But the story was actually about the Wichita County DA -- a guy who probably had slumped shoulders about that fact being left out of the headline. 

  • A Trump Insurrectionist, as of last week, is on the run from his sentencing hearing but first he filed the document below in court.

  • That apostrophe in "you're" gives people a lot of problem -- even at the State Fair. 

  • September was a beating. Official highs at DFW Airport: 

  • Last Thursday, these are all of the scenarios that the Astros were facing in their attempt to win the division over Texas. The only way they could do it was to win three of three and Texas had to lose at least three of their final four. It happened. 

  • Knuckleballer Tim Wakefield, 57, died yesterday of brain cancer. Former Patriot TE Russ Francis, 70, was killed in a plane crash last night. 
  • Wednesday warning: "On Wednesday, Oct. 4 at 1:20 p.m. CDT, every TV, radio and cellphone in the United States should blare out the distinctive, jarring electronic warning tone of an emergency alert."

at 8:31 AM

9.29.2023

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

at 2:30 PM
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