10.28.2024

Random Monday Morning Thoughts





I'm not sure they ever caught him. A couple from Paradise would later be federally indicted for a string of bank robberies around this time, but I don't see anything about a bank in Rhome being part of their charges.

  • Stephen Wren, long-time Decatur lawyer and former County Court at Law judge, passed away on Saturday. 

  • The Jeff Bezo owned Washington Post decided not to make an endorsement this year -- of all years -- in the presidential race. "Democracy Dies In Darkness" indeed.

    • Compare and Contrast the New York Times yesterday:

  • That Blue Alert guy was arrested on Friday afternoon. 

  • Another day. Another horrible wreck. "Fort Worth Police say a Ford Focus carrying a father, mother and their two children was traveling in the wrong direction on Loop 820 when it crashed into another vehicle. "


  • No injuries.

  • There were some lies spread on Friday of a Wise County voter having their vote "changed." This didn't happen. Don't embarrass yourself by spreading this lie or believing it.  Oh, and don't do this:


  • Holding a rally at Madison Square Garden, the home of a famous 1939 Nazi rally, and having a speaker insult minorities (video), is certainly a bold closing campaign strategy to persuade those who are "undecided." 



    • Ken Paxton, of course, was there.

    • A Sarah Palin sighting along with the Jewish Space Laser lady.

    • Trump lawyer, who was able to get him convicted of 34 felonies, came out on stage and danced to the podium. Video.

    • Totally normal. 

  • Trevon Diggs, somehow knew about a negative tweet during the game from WFAA's Mile Leslie, and confronts him on the way to the dressing room after the game.  Video.

  • Stunt drving on the campus of the Evil Empire on Saturday night. 
    During
    After

  • The kicker for Texas Tech sported a handmade Trump T-shirt for the cameras on Saturday. Video. Tech then lost to TCU.
  • Someone going through the transcript of the Robert Roberson "shaken baby case" found this weird tidbit. While the jury was sequestered during the punishment phase to decide life or death, the judge joked about seeing a dirty movie with them. 

  • This seems like a big deal not getting enough attention: The Fifth Circuit, on Friday evening, ruled that mail in ballots received after election day cannot be counted. 


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10.25.2024

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

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Random Friday Morning Thoughts




And the defense attorneys were right: He was released on parole six days later. Still a genius move that caught the D.A. completely off guard . (Here's a very deep dive on the case from Slate.)

  • Regarding Cowboys' kicker Brandon Aubrey who is sitting on a jury in criminal trial in Tarrant County, one faithful reader pointed out that one of the defense lawyers, Robert Keating, graduated from Decatur High School in 1988.
    • Side note: In looking at other parts of the Tarrant County "trial board", I saw three not guilty verdicts this week. One of them in a murder case. 

  • If I ever get convicted of anything, I hope Netflix does a documentary so I can ultimately be set free. 

  • The Wall Street Journal has a revelation which should come as no surprise at all.

  • The amount of money that DPS troopers have been paid as overtime as part of this is insane. 

  • Israel continues its random bombings.


  • Our Wise County Judge, J.D. Clark, has released a new single today.  (Spotify link.)
  • Trump rallies:
    • Last night. It's such a strange strategy to bad mouth America.

    • Just incredible. (From the Turning Point rally two days ago.)

  • Kamala Harris rallies: Beyonce today. Springsteen last night.

     



  •  Rupert Murdoch's paper endorses Trump today. No surprise.

    • Flashback:

  • The "very private" Dak Prescott continues to beat me down. He has a photographer at his engagement proposal, splashes it on Instagram last week, and now gives interviews about it. All while earning $60 million a year as a season collapses around him.


  • If you are a high school football fan, you won't believe the ending of an overtime game last night at The Star. Video.
  • 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 112 days.

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10.24.2024

Random Thursday Morning Thoughts




One of my flashback posts from on old Bridgeport Index from 1974. Here's the verdict after an actual trial in federal court. 

  • The Cowboys' kicker is sitting as an actual juror in a felony case in Tarrant County. Don't worry, juries don't work on Sundays.

    • Here is the actual case he's on: 

  • For Texas to not be a battleground state, I think these appearances are odd.


  • Trump is mad at John Kelly for warning the country what a threat Trump is to democracy.  Kelly is a former four-star general in the marines and was handpicked by Trump to be his chief of staff. 

  • AG Ken Paxton has become bloodthirsty as he enters the fray regarding the execution of Robert Roberson.

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  • Trump spoke at Turning Point last night. Tucker Carlson did this introduction. Video. This is just weird.:

  • One of my favorite features of the New York Times is their every-month-or-so article outlining a person or couple shopping for a new home, letting you see their three options, and then voting on what they chose or should have chosen. Here's the latest. (Gift link.)


  • The Business Second™. Two things were going to happen this week for troubled Boeing: Quarterly results were going to be announced and workers were to vote on ending their strike. We got the results yesterday:


  • Random tweet from the former head of the Dallas DA's Appellate Section who went into private practice for a bit.


  • Messenger - Above the Fold

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