6.19.2024

Random Wednesday Morning Thoughts




This was referring to local radio host Mark Davis, but I reprinted it because of the "private army" conspiracy theory.  I was wrong the other day when I thought it was new when Trump mentioned it in his speech in the Bronx: "And if you look at these people, did you see them? They are physically fit. They’re 19 to 25. Almost everyone is a male, and they look like fighting age . . . . I think they're building an army ... they want to get us from within."  Side note: Now Mark Davis would agree with the caller if he phoned in.

  • Robert Morris of Gateway Church resigned yesterday, That Board, which probably actually fired Morris, said that they are "appalled by what has come to light over the last several days."  Up until then, it looked like they were going to support him. . 





    • But I bet the departure is 100% a forced reaction to liability concerns. In a statement released by the victim yesterday, she said, "The leadership at Gateway received actual notice of this crime in 2005 . . . ." That's not good if any other abuse has occurred since then by him or any other employee.  Yep, the Board has to be behind this resignation.
    • More proof this is a lawyer/liability decision: The church also announced that it had hired the very expensive "law firm of Haynes & Boone to conduct an 'independent, thorough and professional review' of the allegations to 'ensure we have a complete understanding of the events' from 1982 and 1987." 
    • Here's Morris from around the time of the abuse:

    • You know who is really sad? His son. "According to Gateway’s website, Morris’ son James was poised to take over senior pastor duties in 2025. Following Morris’ resignation, it is unclear who will take his place."

  • When I first saw this post-DWI arrest photo of Justin Timberlake, I didn't think it was real. But it's from the Daily Mail. 

  • I haven't seen this reported locally yet, but the timestamp on the video is 6/17/24. Note: It is horrifying, and I'm stunned no one was killed. (WFAA was in the comments asking permission to show the video.) The post says it happened at DFW Airport, and that's definitely the DFW Marriott in the background, and the police uniform is from the police department which has jurisdiction over the airport.

  • Let's check in on Fox News. Someone needs to tell him that his network recently had to pay $787 million for just one of its many lies. 

  • The Real Estate Fun Fact Minute™:
  • Which led me to this paragraph

  • Which led me to these pictures and story of that mansion in Tampa which is going to be torn down.


    • Which led me to this paragraph about that property and new owner:

  • Random civil case. You always hear about big verdicts, but you rarely hear about those cases where a plaintiff goes to trial and gets nothing after seeking millions of dollars as just happened in Waco.  But the headline is a little misleading because the key was that the jury found the company not at fault at all while also attributing fault to other defendants who I think had already settled.  That would be a complicated jury charge, but I noticed the Plaintiff's lawyer was a former editor of the Baylor Law Review so he probably knew what he was doing.

  • If you have the day off, and even if you don't, here's 22 minutes from John Oliver's most recent Last Week Tonight show where he breaks down the horrifying plan for Trump's next term called Project 2025.



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6.18.2024

Random Tuesday Morning Thoughts




I think this was the first inkling that DPS troopers would eventually become mainstays on the border. And do they mind? Nope. Just two years ago, they were making an average of $41,000 more a year in "overtime pay".

  • The Star-Telegram has the story on the wreck that killed a Paradise High student. We learned that the driver was 16 years old, also from Paradise, and the other two passengers were a 16 year old boy and 14 year old girl "from the Bridgeport area."

  • When she went missing, police said that she was "known to suffer from several medical conditions that necessitate regular medication and ongoing medical treatments." We don't know much about the case other than the headline (which is basically the state of local news these days.)


  • I really don't know anything about this case, but the defendant showing up on the front row of  a press conference where the prosecutor announces your indictment is a power move.


  • "This year is the first that the police department has introduced its own set of legislative priorities to the city council." They chose two horrible propositions: One is the laziest of police work and the other is a violation of innocent people to be left alone from unwarranted intrusion.

  • Wise County is still unrepresented in January 6th Insurrection prosecutions. I never believed we would go 0-fer in this category.

  • Oh, my. "[O]fficers noticed the white BMW had a 'hole in the front passenger windshield' and 'an entire arm on the front passenger seat' along with blood."

  • Wise County doesn't have its own juvenile detention facility and has to contract it out. They use Denton all the time. Is this the same one? 



  • Random photo I came across.


  • That's some next level taunting. 

  • Breaking entertainment news: Justin Timberlake was arrested for driving while intoxicated in the Hamptons last night.



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6.17.2024

Random Monday Morning Thoughts




That was some foreshadowing. 

  • I presume these are related. A GoFundMe has been set up.


  • I think this story buries the lede.



  • I don't know why all the headlines about this say "accused." Heck, he admitted it. 



    • In his statement, says he has "walked in purity" since the event.  But he had a weird "confession" in a sermon to something else a few years back which no one has mentioned yet. 
  • The accessory-of-choice of the shooter of the greatest mass murderer in U.S. history is now perfectly legal based upon a Friday ruling. 


    • Legal nerdy stuff: I love how Sotomayor's dissent called out every single justice in the majority in one paragraph.

  • The white supremist leaning True Texas Project will have their party in the Botanical Gardens after all once the City of Fort Worth overruled their objections. (I was talking with someone at the courthouse before that announcement. Unless the Botanical Gardens was privately owned -- they aren't -- they couldn't cancel an event based upon content spewed by the group.)

    • In the meantime, crazy Louis Gohmert has backed out.  He'll speak at QAnon events , but not at this.

    • A faithful reader pointed out that Wise County's state rep-elect Andy Hopper promotes being endorsed by the True Texas Project on his website. 

  • Cops creating crime and catching some poor sap in a trap. He has already resigned.


  • No one is more upset about this than Ronny Jackson whose sole purpose for existence is being accepted by Trump. Video.


  • But Texas will still put you in a cage for possessing it. 

  • George Strait at Kyle Field in Aggieland is quite the sight.
  • Try to wrap you ahead around your twenty-something year old daughter stopping by to introduce you to the guy she's dating and it is Bill Belichick.

  • Watched Hit Man on Netflex. Thumbs up. 



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6.14.2024

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

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