4.22.2024

Random Monday Morning Thoughts




Random Deion tweet.

  • The House of Representatives, in rare Saturday session, passed an aid bill for Israel and Ukraine over the objections of Marjorie Taylor Greene and some far-right crazies. Greene now claims she will have speaker Mike Johnson removed because of the vote. 



  • The criminal trial of a former U.S. President begins today.

    • But -- and this seems huge to me --  Juror #2 would appear to be a major problem for the prosecution.  Source: New York Times.


  • A man set himself on fire outside Trump's criminal trial on Friday while all major news channels were broadcasting live. Here are videos from each showing how their on the on-the-street anchors and camera crews reacted: Fox News, MSNBC, and CNN.


    • He wasn't very stable.

  • It looks like a mysterious PAC is again getting involved in the Decatur School Board election. The last one was funded by a Dallas billionaire Montgomery Bennett. I haven't seen any financial filings for the new group yet which has begun to send out controversial text messages.  

  • People rescued a man from burning car in Minnesota. Video.  I can't believe they got him out. 

  • Fox4Terry was working this weekend.

  • Another Tarrant County Jail death. "A man who 'became unresponsive' after a fight with Tarrant County jail detention officers during a 'routine cell check' Sunday morning has died, the sheriff’s office announced."  And your friendly reminder that the county sheriff is in charge of the county jail. 


  • A largely Democratic Texas county elects a D.A. and now a Republican faction is attempting to remove him based upon a law passed by a Republican gerrymandered legislature. 


  • I've heard good reviews and horrible reviews about Civil War, but I was surprised that Jesse Plemons is only in the film for about five minutes.   Side note: It's those wild glasses that make him seem ominous in this still. 

  • Let's check in on Fox News:

  • College football news: 
    • More commercial breaks: 

    • We've got a full blow quarterback controversy at that Evil Empire after Saturday's spring game!


  • The ultra-conservative New York Post went after MTG:

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4.19.2024

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

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Random Friday Morning Thoughts




This time in April is historically bad. Especially today. 

  • Israel launched missiles into Iran late last night.    It appears to be a reserved and measured strike. Both sides have now pulled punches with each other. 





  • The D.A.s office in Wise County has jurisdiction over Jack County. Their murder caseload just increased. 

  • Oh, my. 



  • The arrest mentioned as the lead item in the Update yesterday was put into motion because of this video.
  • Day 4 of Trump's criminal trial begins right now. A full 12 jurors were selected yesterday and now they will finish up the alternatives today. It has moved faster than most expected. But Trump didn't like the cold courtroom yesterday. 

  • Harassment by ultra MAGA extremists:

  • Your reminder that this unsolved mystery has a strong Jacksboro connection. 


  • I don't know who the PR agent is for Mark Zuckerberg of Facebook, but I want him What a makeover.  

  • I could not avoid learning that last night Taylor Swift released a 31 song album.  (Side note: Since the 1990s, I have always had a weird distain for saying an album "dropped.")  (Second side note: Pearl Jam released their twelfth studio album in the middle of the night as well.)

  • The Business Second™.

     

  • The Second Business Second™. That number also represents the total number of Cybertrucks which have been shipped to date. 

  • Not much of a punishment to make someone who is already retired to surrender their law license. 



  • 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: 4 years and 291 days.

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4.18.2024

Random Thursday Morning Thoughts




People showing up in public with long barreled firearms - something which has been somehow legal in Texas forever - was becoming a thing. I think the guy in the hat is Kory Watkins, who I haven't heard about in years.

  • The lady who believes in Jewish Space Lasers, has doubled down on lasers. This is real.


  • This was on CNN last night.  Two other small Texas towns in the area were hit as well. I don't know how every government entity, large and small, is not scared to death about a cyber attack.  And we all need to fear the day we wake up and suddenly find the Internet simply not working.


  • Another example of how the Republican Party is now controlled by extremists that would make Ronald Reagan turn over in his grave:  A Speaker is about to be ousted because he supports Ukraine in its battle against Russian aggression and expansion.


  • This is interesting, but none of the stories about it tell us anything of the circumstances of when and how she went missing. 


  • Elon Musk is shocking dumb or shockingly reckless.  Does he ever think, "I wonder if I'm right about this?" before he speaks or writes something?   If you own a flag - any flag - you can burn it (even in a public area if open flames are allowed.) 

  • More evidence that Trump has lost his mind:
    • Not only is it weird to be ranting about Jimmy Kimmel at the crack of dawn, but he confused him with Al Pacino who was the person who actually presented the Best Picture award.

    • If a party had unlimited jury strikes, how would you ever get a jury seated? Just object to every single person. But that never occurred to him. 

  • Kind of legal nerdy stuff:
    • I know no one is watching the Young Thug trial in Atlanta, but I've never seen a prosecutor very loudly argue with a judge and get away with it. And the judge needs some scene control. Video.

    • This is a fantastic thread about a former Tarrant County prosecutor (name eventually revealed) who now has a job he doesn't need to have. 

  • The Business Second.™ I go back in forth between "everyone is broke out there" to "who are these people with all this money?"

  • If you like journalism, this part of this story is jaw-dropping.


  • Messenger - Above the Fold

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