10.30.2024

Random Wednesday Morning Thoughts




And I thought this was weird a decade ago. Little did I know what was about 
to happen to society.


  • According to the Tarrant County D.A.'s web site, the case that Cowboy kicker Brandon Aubrey is sitting on as a juror, reached a verdict on guilty/not guilt yesterday. But the case will fire up again today when the jury hears any punishment evidence.

  • Does Ken Paxton ever spend anytime doing regular work?

  • Kamala Harris returned to the exact place of Trump's crime last night to deliver some closing remarks before next week's election day.




    • Lets see how the objective Fox News network handled the event by looking at a collection of chyrons they used at the bottom of the screen during the speech. 

    • Flashback to Trump's January 6th rally at that location before the Insurrection:

  • The Liberally Lean Weather Team tells me that Wise County will see about an hour of "a pretty good little rain" shortly after midnight. 
  • Locally relevant quote from this Christian Post story: "We love you, Jesus, and we also love our country," Pastor Jack Graham of Prestonwood Baptist Church prayed. "And we thank you that you have raised up a man, Donald J. Trump, to be a warrior for the Word of God." Incredible. 

  • The "Let's Go Brandon" crowd is claiming that President Biden called "Trump supporters" "garbage" last night. Not true. What they are doing is playing a few second clip and cutting it off after the word "supporter's" in an effort to give the impression that Biden said "supporters" without the apostrophe.  The full clip matches the transcript below. 



    • He's clearly calling Tony Hinchcliffe garbage.
    • And if you want to see what you want to see, fine. Don't vote for Biden. (And then go by a little book by Strunk and White.)
  • The great overseas travel guide Rick Steves wasn't holding back last night regarding this election.

  • It's coming. He thinks he is going to lose Pennsylvania and the election, and he is doing pre-emptive lying Get ready. 

  • The Business Second™. D R Horton shares fell up to 15% yesterday after its quarterly earnings were released. But I wouldn't exactly say the sky is falling: "In the three months through September, buyers signed contracts for 19,035 homes, up 5% from a year earlier [but] analysts [had] estimated 19,994 . . . ."

  • Remember how windy it was yesterday evening? Well, there was an outdoor volleyball game in it in Argyle. Video clip of the action which was way too normal.

  • In case you missed this crazy moment in the World Series game last night, here it is.

  • Thanksgiving is in 29 days. Christmas is in 56 days. 

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10.29.2024

Random Tuesday Morning Thoughts




The positioning of the picture next to the story got my attention back then.

  • These are incredible photos wereposted by a Fort Worth firefighter yesterday regarding a wreck on 287 at the Saginaw cutoff. That's a guardrail that went all the way through the vehicle. And the driver survived.


  • Rep. Jeff Leach, who may be the worst look-at-me guy in the Texas legislature, improperly contacted a judge in the Robert Roberson case to try and have her reconsider her vote.  Incredible. And the court then called him out yesterday. He 100% knew better.



    • He tried to do damage control.

  • This reminds me: Did Runaway Bay ever fix their problem where raw sewage would flow into Lake Bridgeport during heavy rains?

  • Bold move.

  • People don't realize how quickly you can find yourself in trouble if you don't know what you are doing or aren't adequately prepared. 


  • A right wing panelist got in big trouble after a comment on CNN last night in a callback to Israel killing people in Lebanon with exploding pagers. It was pretty wild. Video.


  • Not enough.

  • Dumb guys like that are in prison because of the Big Lie over a stolen election. And get ready. Jut like last time, Trump is already laying the groundwork to scream "It was stolen!"  It's coming. It is 100% coming. He a psychotic liar, and he did it again last night:
  • Of all the poor decision the Trump campaign has done, the Madison Square Garden rally might be the biggest disaster of them all. And you don't want it to be on the front page of the largest paper in the swing state of Pennsylvania - the state that Trump is panicking about above. 



  • Steve Bannon was released from prison this morning. 


  • I didn't know Fort Worth is getting a mini-Las Vegas sphere. The one up in The Colony has received rave reviews. Video.


  • Random local high school sports: Bridgeport won its Friday night game in a wild way. With the score tied, its opponent lined up for a game-winning field goal, but Bridgeport blocked it and returned it all the way back for the game winning score -- as time expired. And there's a great video of it. 




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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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