1.03.2024

Random Wednesday Morning Thoughts




This was a weird case about a Dallas plaintiffs lawyer who died in a shootout at an Uptown condo. The Dallas Morning News reported two months later that the autopsy revealed he "had mixed cocaine with hydrocodone, alprazolam — commonly known as Xanax — and phenazepam, a Russian-made drug similar to Valium." He is still listed on his firm's website. Side note: He represented the family in a case of a stripper killed by a monster truck in the parking lot of Spearmint Rhino.


  • That's a story out of Jacksboro.

  • I'm telling you, something is going on. Cuban is acting like a man trying to get his hands on a mountain of cash. 



  • I don't know much about the implications of this, but it is all over the news this morning. The "slain general" is the guy who Trump's Administration took out about four years ago. 

  • When I saw this headline, I thought it would be about a snow monkey invasion. But this is the lede: "Texans bought land in Brazoria County looking for solitude. Then they heard about the monkeys. Last year, a $12 billion biomedical research firm quietly bought more than 500 acres of land in a sleepy corner of the county and shared a plan to house up to 43,200 monkeys on the property."

  • The great reporter Trish Choate asked why the sheriff didn't complete his 10 days behind bar, and she got an answer. Wichita Falls lawyer Bob Estrada provided to the jail a court case that "says" a defendant should receive credit for the time served while released (to go the hospital or even home, for example) through no mistake of his own. Here's the case provided.

  • Oh, Dallas.

  • An incredible image of a home explosion in Michigan over the weekend that you probably didn't hear about. It killed a family of four from Arkansas.

  • This is very true.

  • Quick hits with sports images/graphics:
    • Two more pics of the last play of the Texas/Washington game.


    • A score from last night. That's a "159." 

    • Baylor opened up a new basketball arena last night, and Bill Gates was there in Baylor gear. Here's why.

  • Extremely legal nerdy stuff: What's up with brief writing these days where lawyers are attempting to conduct clever and cutesy comedy routines? Take a look at a brief filed during the Christmas break in the Paxton criminal case which has been pending for almost a decade. The footnotes are full of references to obscure quotes from high brow literature, but there are also the use of phrases like "two dogs who won't hunt."

1.02.2024

Random Tuesday Morning Thoughts




A Dallas judge was arrested but would be no-billed two months later. But he would be back in the news a couple of months after that.


  • Japan is having a heck of a start to the new year. A landing commercial jet carrying 379 collided on the ground with a Japanese Coast Guard plane. Amazingly, only five are reported to be dead so far. Video of it happening
     





  • By the way, the death count in the earthquake in Japan is up to 48.
  • Not that it matters, but those were some little motorcycles involved in this. Video of the incident.


  • Texas vs. Washington quick hits.
    • The Texas Longhorns failed to make it to the National Championship game, and I have diagnosed the two reasons why: 


      • But it did come down to a final play. 


    • In other broadcast highlights: 

  • This Twitter account can have some wild videos, and they posted a gruesome one last night. (You've been warned.)

  • Train derailment in Roanoke this morning. And that's not how you spell locomotive.

  • Fun fact: National Championship game bound Michigan, who has opened as a 3.5 point favorite over Washington, will play both Texas and Washington next year:

  • When a game ends at midnight, it's hard to have coverage of it on the front page . . . 

1.01.2024

Random Monday Morning Thoughts




A real photo out of Colleyville.


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  • Overnight a massive 7.5 earthquake hit of the shore of Japan. Just do  a Twitter search for it and you'll see some amazing videos, but the damage seems minimal so far.  But this video of a river rocking back and forth is pretty amazing. A tsunami watch is up.

  • No word yet on the number of civilians killed in this strike yesterday. I presume it was most of them.  


    • This comes on the heels of a video released over the weekend showing Israeli forces detaining at least two children stripped to their underwear.


  • These headlines on the home page of the Dallas Morning News shows the continuing trend of teens being involved in violence. 

  • The Dallas Morning News has selected its Texans of the Year.


  • I think that's a weird headline
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  • Abbott recommended three pardons at the end of the year and this guy wasn't one of them. Abbott shockingly promised he would do so in an announcement less that 24 hours after the guilty verdict.


  • A good guy.

  • This is apparantly so common in Houston that they put this article on the front page this morning. 

  • The Business Second™: The books are closed on 2023, and the S&P 500 was up 24% for the year.

  • Rare Cowboys quick hits:
    • The Cowboys have stumbled around of late but all they have to do to win the division and ensure a home playoff game is beat Washington on Sunday? Yep.
    • Seconds before JimmyJohnson walked onto the field on Saturday to be inducted in the Cowboys' Ring of Honor, we were treated to this weird image.

    • CeeDee Lamb's 92 yard TD reception on Saturday became the second longest in Cowboys history. It replaced Tony Dorsett's 91 yard reception (video of it). I loved Dorsett. 
    • Lamb was promptly drug tested. Why the players union agreed to things like this is incomprehensible.
       

  • The Evil Empire fighs for a chance to get to the National Championship game tonight. I'd bet on Texas, but I don't feel real good about it.  Anyway, that's a pretty late kick-off at 7:45 p.m. 
  • I don't think we realize yet how it is now 2024 and Trump's collision course course with his legal problems are about to come to a head. This is going to be wild. 


12.29.2023

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