9.17.2024

Random Tuesday Morning Thoughts




She got a big kick out covering Wise County. No one else has cared as much. 

  • We have a pipeline fire near Houston. Take a look at how close those house are to it. They eventually caught fire despite being pelted with water all day.





  • Earthquake near Midland last night.  Blame past fracking. 

     

  • The $350,000 Man will be a lap dog until the very end. He was at Abbott's side yesterday.


    • But he actually took on a different role when he spoke up during the press conference, referring to undocumented immigrants as "cockroaches" that are part of an "infestation." That is the language that is used before an extermination. Video.
  • This is kind of under the radar: There is still a federal grand jury investigative Texas AG Ken Paxton for bribery. And they heard testimony as recently as last month. From Bloomberg Law: 

  • Regarding the Trump new "assassination attempt", mess around with Google maps, satellite view, and street view here.  And look how close you can get to the the tee-boxes for hole #7.  That's less than 60 feet. (The guy was actually positioned further to the east on hole #6.)  But, honestly, what's to prevent a drive-by with one or more AR-15s spraying into those bushes? I think I'd cut out the golf at that location for a while. 
    Tee-boxes for #7.



  • Spin vs. Reality:
    • The statement: "One of our officers was shot while protecting our subway system."


    • The story: The officer was actually shot by other cops. They had opened fired on someone accused of not paying a subway fare, and also hit two bystanders. Now, in fairness, police at least say the man "charged" at them "with a knife". But still. 
  • In a world built on grift, Trump introduced another one last night in the final weeks of a presidential campaign. 


  • Pure clickbait. What he actually said to Wired magazine was, “If I had enough money to do it, which I don’t, I’d buy it in a heartbeat.”  And he is a pauper compared to what it takes to buy either of those entities. 

  • NIL is getting weirder.

  • DFW is now the #4 media market in the nation. It had been #5 for about 20 years. 

  • Random Entertainment Thought: Movies sure have gone downhill.  It's just sequels and/or superhero dreck over the last few years. 

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9.16.2024

Random Monday Morning Thoughts




Football is prospering 10 years later. 

  • Warning: Trump heavy today.
  • The eating-your-dogs story gets nuttier and nuttier.
    • The fake claims led to bomb threats in Springfield, Ohio.


    • Let's see how Trump handled it on Friday. Yep, he can't even condemn bomb threats:



    • But that was after he said he would deport the Haitians in Springfield, who are legally here, "back to Venezuela". Video.  Good lord. 

    • The Proud Boys, who must have been "standing back and standing by", marched on Springfield over the weekend.   Hitler had his SA/Storm Troopers during his campaigning. What's the difference?


    • So can we rely on J.D. Vance to at least turn down the rhetoric? Nope. He said on the Sunday morning talk shows that he didn't really care if the Haitians weren't really eating dogs and cats. 

  • We have non-Trump news. The second of the Jackson 5 has died.


  • Trump news  which got buried by yesterday's news (which I will get to):
    • This is real from yesterday morning. Has he lost what was left of his mind?

    • Funny: Trump invited a "latin music superstar" onstage with him -- proclaiming that "She's hot!" And he didn't expect  that person to be a man when they walked on stage. Video.
    • He repeated a wild conspiracy claim that Kamala Harris had an earpiece at the debate. 

      • Related: The dumbest lady in the world made false claims about a person that doesn't even exist. 

      • A Republican senator from the potential swing state of North Carolina tells Trump to quit hanging out with nutcase Laura Loomer. 


  • Ok, yes, there was an "Apparent assassination attempt", in quotes, that happened yesterday.
    • No shots were fired by the would-be assassin at Trump's Florida golf course, but he did leave an AK-47 and a Go-Pro behind. 

    • That person arrested miles away was a 58 year old former Trump supporter who turned on Trump in support of Vivek Ramaswamy. He also had a long criminal history. How did he have an AK-47?


    • Nerdy legal stuff just for good measure: This is not the way to handle the identification of a suspect. They didn't even go to the trouble of using a suggestive photo line-up -- they just took the witness right to the guy they stopped on the highway.
  • The Evil Empire is now a lock to win the national championship.  It's over.  And they can win even with a back-up quarterback who can run like Vince Young!  We may need to bring the Longhorn Network back to cover this greatness!  (Yes, this is my new bit.)

  • On the other end, the Cowboys treated yesterday like a playoff game. 
  • "Thousands" are moving to Springtown?:

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9.13.2024

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

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Random Friday Morning Thoughts





I was still posting old Index covers back then. I wrote that I thought it was weird that the funeral home came out to a crime scenes back in the day. Only recently have I learned that they still do on occasion(!)

  • Fox 4 has basically no information about this story other than a couple of facts that they learned from New York public documents, but that one fact is a heck of headline attention grabber.

  • Let me make a dark prediction: There is going to be a major disaster in or right above an airport in the next two years. These close calls happen all the time now.

    • I didn't even mention this slow impact collision at the Atlanta airport two days ago which knocked the tail off a plane

  • The still new County Judge of Tarrant County, Tim O'Hare, who is a MAGA extremist with a history of running local government into the ground, thought he could ramrod through a measure to kill voting locations on college campuses. Last night he was shot down.


  • She bought the vape at a local convenience store (this stuff is sold on every corner). "Kendall endured months of lost wages, court costs, debilitating emotional stress and a state jail felony, punishable by up to two years in prison. That felony remains on her record despite Collin County eventually dropping the case." One of the underreported punishments that the criminal justice system doles out is how some courts and prosecutor offices treat defendants simply by forcing them through the process.


  • If there is one organization that needs to pay more than Fox for the election lies, it's Newsmax.  But, I suppose, since their audience probably totals 1,000, the demation damages should be legally smaller. 

  • Trump
    • He wants no part of that disaster again.

    • In a speech last night, he's added geese to "They are eating your dogs; they are eating your cats" lie. Video.  But he's now using "migrant" instead of "illegal immigrants."  It's 1933 Germany all over again.  Migrants are the new Jews. 

    • And why exactly did he have nutcase Laura Loomer on his plane while going to the debate and accompany him the next day to Ground Zero? Gift link.  Side note: She called Lindsay Graham "gay" yesterday.



    • Who would have thought these lies about eating cats and doges would have had any consequences?

  • The Business Second™.

  • Texas State almost beat Arizona State last night, but here's a fun fact: There was an extra play that happened after ESPN ended its broadcast.
  • 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: 5 years and 70 days.

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