Random Thursday Morning Thoughts

When the courthouse renovations are over, I hope they bring back

the guest book with a "remarks" column. Always fun to look at. 

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• Tragedy in D.C. last night at around 9:00 p.m. EST as an army Blackhawk helicopter collides with a landing AA passenger plane carrying 64 people. Video.  There are no survivors based upon a press conference this morning. 
  

  

  

  
  

  

  
  

  
  
  
  
• There were  around 14 very young figure skaters who were Olympic caliber on the plane as well as a couple of famous coaches. They were "returning home from the National Development Camp held in conjunction with the U.S. Figure Skating Championships in Wichita, Kansas.” 
  
  
  
• The President of the United States:
  
  
  
• "Obviously it is not standard to have aircraft collide. I want to be clear on that." -- Sean Duffy, the new Secretary of Transportation this morning. Video.
  
  
  
• I been telling you we were headed for a major collision around an airport. 
• This is a wacky story. He was in a patient room and peaked out after waiting some 30 minutes, and the whole place was shut down.  "I'm at CareNow," he posted to social media. "They forgot about me. The alarm is going off and police are on the way. #CareLater."  (Now that's a funny hashtag.)
  
  
  
  
  
  
• Wise County (in the red box) willed the heavy rain away for some reason last night.
  
  
  
• Trump's federal spending "freeze" was put on hold and then (maybe) put back in place again in a matter of moments yesterday. No one seems to know what is going on. 
  
  
  
• It's over:
  
  
  
• No, it's not: Press Secretary's official tweet.
  
  
  
• This is silly.  They are a private company and can ban whoever they wish.  This is closer to a bribe by Zuckerberg than a settlement. 
  
  
  
• And you just thought I was kidding about the concentration camps. It begins.  No word yet on whether this will include waterboarding.  
  
  
  
• Two of the nuttier people will have their confirmation hearings today at the same time.  That divides the public's attention in the "flood the zone" plan. 
  
  
  
  
  
  
• “President Trump was right. This process is political, and it’s corrupted to the core. I hope President Trump cleans up the cesspool and restores the integrity to the system.” He had gold bars in his home which were payments for bribes. 
  
  
  
  
  
  
• Idiocracy: The National Weather Service is now referring to the Gulf of Mexico in a manner dictated by our dear leader.
  
  
  
• Before the aircraft crash last night, Trump was hawking a book from the White House
  
  
  
  
• Messenger - Above the Fold.

Random Wednesday Morning Thoughts

This was actually pretty shocking news. Little did we know that we were five months 

away from Trump's ride down the golden escalator. 

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• I've written about this story before where a son-in-law head-butted his father-in-law three times at Woody's Tavern in Fort Worth. The plea bargain is for 23 years.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
• Godley is down in Johnson County. 
  
  
  
• That's a heck of way to transform the federal government into Trump yes men. 
  
  

  

  
  
  
  
• The offer to resign was via email and looked very similar to the email that Elon sent out to his employees when he bought Twitter -- right down to the title, "A Fork in the Road."   Want to resign? Just hit reply and type "Resign" in the subject line.
  
  
  
• It sounds like it was chaos yesterday with the federal spending shutdown -- including Medicaid shut down for a while -- but we'll have to wait until Monday to see how this is going to pan out.  That is, unless Trump ignores the federal judge, which he absolutely might do.
  
  
  
• Add General Mark Milley to the list of people no longer receiving protection from Iran. We are going to have our own modern day "Night of the Long Knives"  because these guys are so exposed.  Trump's enemy list grows.
  
  
  
• We unnecessarily crashed another plane again - this one at a cost of around $90 million. And it was caught on video. 
  
  
  

  

  
  
  
  
• Sure schools need teacher pay raises and more resources, and the legislature is about to gut them with school vouchers. And never mind that we fear our kids might be gunned down like in Uvalde. But Rep. David Spiller (R-Jacksboro) offered the Ten Commandments to schools yesterday. 
  
  
  
• I haven't done my Medical Examiner rant in a while, but there's a new reason. There is absolutely no way you can determine "suicide" by looking at a charred body.  You can tell me that he died by being burned to death, but that's it. 
  
  
  
  
  
  
• It was the first press conference ever for Trump's new 27 year old press secretary yesterday.
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• Chaser (an obvious lie.)
  
  
  
• Oh, my. He was a freshman at Temple University. 

• Crazy Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s confirmation hearing begins this morning. This comes on the heels of Caroline Kennedy telling us yesterday that "his basement, his garage, his dorm room were always the center of the action where drugs were available and he enjoyed showing off how he put baby chickens and mice in a blender to feed to his hawks."

Random Tuesday Morning Thoughts

Look at this ancient history of the Stock Show going all woke. 

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• Just getting shot and killed on the way home from work last night because of a road rage incident. He was identified as 62-year-old Ricky Langs.
  

  
  
  
• If President Biden had said something like this, we would have had him committed to the nuthouse 
  
  
  
• You're telling me these guys generally make poor decisions? 
  

  

  
  
  
  
• The Messenger is reporting that Wise County is teaming up with AI which makes for a couple I didn't expect to see together.
  
  
  
• Prosecuting the prosecutors? It begins. 
  
  
  
• All of these guys were long term Justice Department employees that have civil service protection, but the rules and laws don't matter any longer. 
  
  
  
• So last night the government paused all checks to anyone other than individuals (Medicare and social security, etc.)? That seems like a big deal since it includes "all grants and loans." Gift link.
  
  

  

  
  
  
  
• The White House released the official portrait of Melania. 
  
  
  
• I knew it looked familiar. 
  
  
  
• Everything this Administration does is for the cameras. She was confirmed on Saturday and is doing ride-alongs with immigration raids on Monday night. 
  
   
  
  
  
• Oh, my. 
  

  

  
  
  
  
• Bad cop.
  
  
  
  
  
  
• I don't exactly trust this Twitter account, and he doesn't tell us exactly where this happened. Regardless, that's a bad look for that new divorcee. Move on, buddy. 
  
  
  
  
• That press conference yesterday was the silliest bunch of mumbo jumbo the Cowboys have ever thrown out there -- and that's no small feat. 
  
  
  
• The opening to the the SNL "50 Years of Music" special last night on NBC was incredible.  Video.