Random Wednesday Morning Thoughts

It never had a chance. The company would file for bankruptcy protection in February of 2015.

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• You thought I was crazy when I wrote about concentration camps? Get ready.
  
  
  
  
  
  
• Should we be worried?
  

  

  

  
  

  
  
  
  
• Flashback: Nothing to worry about. Trump promised us he will have the war ended "in 24 hours."
  
  
  
• The clown car of appointments continues. 
  
  
  
  
  
  
• And these people are going to end up in those positions one way or another. 
  
  
  
• Wait a second. DFW broke ground on a new terminal yesterday, Terminal F, but you can't enter it directly? You have to check in, check your bags, and go through security at Terminal E -- across the highway -- and take Skylink to Terminal F? 
  
  
  
  
  

  

  
  
  
  
• Trump was convicted on 34 counts but now the DA says, "We can just hold off sentencing for at least four years." Everyone is running scared. 
  
  
  
• Wise County new state rep wants to give the death penalty to sex offenders. This is so dumb that there is not a prosecutor in Texas who would support it.  Most notably because the conviction rates would plummet to next to nothing. (Not to mention it is clearly unconstitutional.)
  
  
  
• I loved this guy in the 1980s because he seemed to be one of the few who really understood Christianity -- or at least how I understood it. And there's not a Baptist out there who didn't get enthralled with his, "It's Friday, but Sunday's coming" sermon. And his "Party With Prostitutes" (video) speech is a favorite.
  
  
  
  
  
  
• This seems like a big deal. (Free link.) And I'm guessing it is not good news for MSNBC and CNBC.
  
  
  
• And Morning Joe is on MSNBC. This is an update from yesterday which, if true, is really disturbing.   I'm not sure there will be anyone left to challenge the State under Trump. 
  
  
  
• This is quite the graphic from Monday night:
  
  
  
• Here's a mind-blowing odd fact involving the Evil Empire: When Kentucky plays in Austin on Saturday, it will equal the farthest west that the Wildcats have ever played a football game. (They also played in Austin 73 years ago.) I didn't believe that when I first saw it. 

Random Tuesday Morning Thoughts

As the Decatur team heads to the state tournament today, I figured that the team a decade ago, who did the same, would want to be remembered. 

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• In one of the wrecks over the weekend in Wise County, a 34 year old named Zach Wyatt Ellis was arrested for Intoxication Manslaughter (book-in #113112).    It may be a total coincidence, but I found an old web page that shows someone with that exact same name and of the same age who was sentenced to 14 years in prison in 2013 for Intoxication Manslaughter out of Runnels County. Once again, I have no idea if it is the same guy or even if that page is accurate. 
• The bromance continues. For now.
  
  
  
• Oh my. Now the third victim has died.  
  

  

  
  
  
  
• Trump went back to the Fox News well for an appointment. He was also on MTV's "The Real World."
  
  
  
• I still don't think he'll need to invoke recess appointments. 
  
  
  
• Here's the video of it falling before last night's game in case you haven't seen it.
  
  
   
  
  
  

  

  Another loose one remained in the rafters.

  
  
• It's in Allen. (He actually listed it last summer.)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
• I was going to ask if everyone knew that Daikin was an a/c manufacturing company, but then I got distracted with the photo of the mascot being at the press conference.
  

  

  
  
  
  
• Get ready for a week's worth of fake "the busiest travel day of the year" stories. 

Random Monday Morning Thoughts

Back in the day.

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• For almost two weeks, the PDF of the jail list from the Wise County Sheriff's Office has been down. Now the entire county courts, jail, and bond information website is inoperable because of an expired security certificate.  Anyone still working out there?  Edit: Website back up. Jail roster finally working as well.  
  
  
  
• Carnage on the Wise County roads over the weekend.
  
  
  
  
  
  
• It won't matter.
  
  
  
• I said the other day that if the Senate won't confirm Matt Gaetz or any of the other nutty nominees, that Trump will just declare a national emergency and do it anyway.  Now we've learned that he won't even have to go that far. He'll invoke a never used part of the Constitution: 
  
  
  
  
• And in order to get a "disagreement", one will be manufactured with the help of the House and Speaker Mike Johnson:
  
  
  
• Oh, but don't rule out that National Emergency declaration either. Trump reposted this at 4:03 a.m.:
  
  
  
• And now we'll have an FCC chief who believes the government should control what private companies publish. Get ready.
  

  

  
  
  
  
• We are the dumbest country and its about to get dumber.
  
  
  
• And in true Idiocracy fashion, Trump went to UFC on Saturday and brought along some of his cabinet nominees along with his BFF Elon Musk. And he threw in the House Speaker -- which is another clear signal that he will use recess appointments if these people aren't confirmed. 
  
  
  
• And on the plane eating McDonald's with RFK Jr. who will "Make America Healthy Again." 
  
  
  
• As if we didn't have enough to worry about with near-collisions, we've got a new one.
  
  
  
• Legal stuff: The Fifth Circuit has ruled that the proceedings where bonds are set by a magistrate after an arrest must be made public. I think this is a big deal. These are almost always done behind closed doors. 
  
  
  
• Kinda legal nerdy stuff. The Texas Supreme Court issued its decision on Friday on the case where a legislative committee recently stopped the execution of Robert Roberson.  The gist of it is that if they issue another subpoena to stop the next execution at the last minute, the execution will go forward. Before that, however, they are free to try again so long as it doesn't delay the next execution date.
  
  
  
• But look how Rep. Leach and others on the committee lied about two things in their statement after the opinion. First, they said they didn't issue the subpoena for the purpose of delaying the execution. That's a laughable lie. 
  
  
  
• The second lie (in blue) is that the Texas Supreme Court expressly ruled that the subpoena was valid. No they didn't. Leach, a lawyer, knows this. From the opinion:
  
  
  
• I told you that the Tyson-Paul fight would be a farce. But at least the curtains were closed at JerryWorld. At night. 
  
  
  
• For those who turn into Morning Joe, you had to be surprised and disappointed that Joe and Mika, some of the most vocal Trump critics, went to Mar-a-Lago over the weekend - especially after all that Trump has done to them.  The battle is truly lost.