8.11.2025

Random Monday Morning Thoughts





I'm not sure who #13 was for Decatur, but the linebacker from Kennedale is now in the NFL with the Arizona Cardinals.  He never went to Baylor because the school's scandal would erupt in 2016, and he moved his commitment to Ohio State. 


  • Wreck in Wise County on Saturday.

  • Sheesh.

  • A homeless guy was shot, and his shooter waited for police to arrive. As with almost all local stories these days, we don't have any details. 

  • A gunman in Georgia on Friday tried to enter the CDC with a weapon because he thought that the COVID vaccine had made him sick. One policeman is dead. 


    • Perfect.

  • "Tarrant County District Judge Megan Fahey granted Paxton’s request for a temporary injunction, barring O’Rourke and Powered by People from fundraising for the Democrats or spending money to cover their expenses. The order came less than four hours after Paxton’s office filed the petition."  This is clearly a First Amendment violation by the judge, and I fear she is simply scared to rule against Paxton. He has a history of going after such judges in the next election. 


  • You see those things on the highway all the time, but I had never seen one stuck on an entrance ramp.

  • A right wing group got a hold of a video.of Arlington May Jim Voss berating a "preacher" at a  LGBTQ event in New Orleans in 2018. That was definitely some salty language.

  • Astronaut Jim Lovell of Apollo 13 fame has died. I had no idea he had a cameo in the movie of the by the same name. 

  • Video of the aftermath. The news organization has been critical of Israel's mass killing of civilians in Gaza.

  • Trump's enemies are going to end up locked up.  It's over. 
    • First we have an investigation over "mortgage fraud."  And the special prosecutor in the cases is Ed Martin, an election denier.

    • And James seems to also be the target of Trump's Justice Department in a separate grand jury investigation. She sued the Trump Organization in a civil lawsuit as AG in New York.  Mark my word, Alvin Bragg and Jack Smith are next. 

  • Trump showed off a "Trump 2028" hat to the Azerbaijan dictator on Friday.

  • Trump is normalizing putting troops in the streets of the U.S.   First Los Angeles, now this. 
  • The IRS chief was fired after he refused to turn over the records of illegal immigrants. 

  • Here's an example of just how nutty everything had become.  A guy running for AG in Texas is promising to go after a particular individual.  In this case, it's the Harris County Judge.

  • No one can figure this post out from Saturday.

  • The (Weird) Business Second™. "Nvidia and Advanced Micro Devices are expected to pay the United States 15 percent of the money they take in from selling artificial intelligence chips to China, as part of a highly unusual financial agreement with the Trump administration."

  • If you want to see a Facebook video of a drone showing the traffic backed up on FM 51 in Decatur for the first day of school, here ya go. 



8.08.2025

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






Random Friday Morning Thoughts





That "court" was the Fifth Circuit.  Oh, have things have changed in 10 years.


  • In case you are missing a Fed Ex package, this might be a clue:

  • And TWU's new admin building almost went up in flames. 


  • A 10 foot alligator was found in Eagle Mountain Lake. 


  • I'm not sure the Olympian didn't also punch her boyfriend at the 11 second mark.


  • Yesterday in authoritarianism -- none of this is normal:
    • Just the President trying to control a private company.

    • I'm telling you, January 6th is going to be a national holiday by the time Trump is done with it. 

    • The federal government has no jurisdiction but that doesn't seem to matter. 

    • Just making up charts and numbers to prove the economy is great. The video is like a SNL skit. 

  • Trump's deadline for Russia to stop bombing Ukraine or face sanctions is today.
    • Yesterday:

    • Last night:

  • Business Second™: They put a little pizzazz into an otherwise boring bankruptcy story. 

  • Lauren Whitener Clock: 6 years and 35 days.



8.07.2025

Random Thursday Morning Thoughts




My reaction to Trump's first debate.


  • Man, this vehicle with the Wise County Sheriff's marking on it sure did make the rounds on social media yesterday.

    • But the WCSO didn't buy it. It's just on loan from the guy in the 3%er shirt.

      • And we have a spelling error. 

  • Bad day for the military. 
    • Fort Stewart:

    • Fort Bliss:

  • He still hasn't figured out how to handle the Epstein situation. Video.

  • They aren't even trying to hide it. 


  • We just accept this as normal now.  Rounding up dayworkers in a Home Depot parking lot and justifying it by calling them MS-13. 


  • Oh, no.

  • Who could have predicted that appointing a crazy anti-vaxxer would have lead to the death of COVID vaccine? "After reviewing the science and consulting top experts at NIH and FDA, HHS has determined that mRNA technology poses more risk than benefits against these respiratory viruses."  - Robert Kennedy.

    • Trump used to so proud of Operation Warp Speed.

  • They just accidentally deleted that provision of the Constitution that protects the use of  habeas corpus. 

  • This would be dumb even by Trump's standards.

  • Nancy Mace has decided to run for Governor of South Carolina. That's a heck of a platform.

  • The federal PACER system was compromised. 


  • Messenger - Above the Fold