Random Thursday Morning Thoughts

A teen was damaging cars in an auto dealership when he he was shot and killed by police. This was a big deal in the metroplex and even made national news. But a grand jury would ultimately no bill the officer. The City of Arlington settled a civil case for $850,000.

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•  Leander ISD. Forty kids were on board.
  

  

  
  
  
  
• My super secret sources tell me that there were multiple witnesses to the shooting of a homeless man in broad daylight on Saturday in Denton.  And a medical examiner's report yesterday said the man died from "multiple" gun shot wounds.  I bet this gets messy.
  
  
  
• Police finally release a photo of the guy who shot up the CDC offices in Georgia last week that left one officer dead. "Patrick Joseph White fired nearly 500 rounds during the shooting,"
  
  
  
• Putin and Trump will meet tomorrow in Alaska.  But here's some big news this morning: "The Kremlin says Trump and Putin will hold a joint press conference after their meeting in Alaska." And the White House just confirmed it.  The last time that happened was in Helsinki in 2016, and it did not go well. 
  
  
  
• The guy named chief of the Bureau of Labor Statistics to report numbers that Trump likes was hanging out in a crowd of Insurrectionists on January 6th.
  
  
  
  
  
  
• Uh, oh. This news this morning might get someone else fired. 
  
  
  
• Last night in Washington D.C.:
  
  
  
  
  
  
• The sandwich heard 'round the world. Video.
  
  
  
  
  
  
• Good news for you. 
  
  
  
• I'm always suspect of these numbers, but they are probably close.
  
  
  
• The great Steve Martin turns 80 today.
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Random Wednesday Morning Thoughts

Wikipedia entry.

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•  They actually did it last night.
  
  
  
• Jury verdict out of Collin County.  The defense lawyer was a guy named Ryan Kreck. The lead prosecutor was Ashleigh Woodall.
  
  
  
• A guy in Anna was arrested for stealing from newly constructed homes. In his vehicle was 288 electrical breakers.
  
  
  
• There was a big train derailment in Palo Pinto County yesterday afternoon. 
  
  
  
• Does everyone realize just how crazy this is?  It's over. 
  
  
  
  
• We have a few more details of the shooting in Austin at Target. One of the victim's was a 4 year old.  The shooter is, literally, crazy.  
  
  
  
  

  

  
  
  
  
• Here's a detailed post of what's going on in this Tarrant County case described below.
  
  
  
• I went nuts over this DA at the time when filed murder charges back when none of the statutes even arguably allowed it.  He dismissed the case once he figured it all out. But, man, is he ever in the news again (h/t @dejonredd) 

• That little girl was pretty funny on that show back in the day.
  
  
  
• The OU Quarterback faces questions about betting on college football when his Venmo payment messages were found.
  

  

  
  
  
  
  
• August weather is weird. DFW airport went into a ground stop at 8:05 this morning due to thunderstorms. 

Random Tuesday Morning Thoughts

Side note: "As officers were handling the scene, another man, also 52, jumped in the river several times in the presence of the officers. That man was arrested on a public intoxication charge."

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• Trump has taken over the  D.C. police.  It's like a soft opening for martial law.  And it's only the beginning. 
  
  

  

  
  
  
  
• The press conference announcing it was straight out of Bizarro World. “They love to spit in the face of the police as the police are standing up there in uniform… and then they start spitting in their face,” Trump said. “You tell them [now], ‘You spit, and we hit.’ Now they [the police] are allowed to do whatever the hell they want.”
  
  
  
• And we've got more news this morning. Plans are to have 600 troops on stand-by at any time to be deployed to any U.S. city in as little as an hour.
  

  

  
  
  
  
• We have a much needed challenger to local state Rep. Andy Hopper, as a lady from Krum announced her candidacy yesterday.  I thought she would campaign on being capable of passing a simple water district bill, but instead she went full MAGA.
  
  
  
  
  
  
• Jack County may be washing away.   A thunderstorm has been sitting on it for hours this morning. 
  
  
  
• Truck goes into a home in Mesquite. And there is a video from inside the home capturing the vehicular intrusion.
  
  
  
• Big news out of Austin yesterday but, as so typically is the case these days, there are few details. No names. No motives.  
  
  
  
• Trump has announced a new head of the Bureau of Labor Statistics after he fired the old one because he didn't like the numbers. Not surprisingly, the new guy is a yes man, would appear on  Steve Bannon's show, and is an author of Project 2025.  Trump will never have to deal with bad job numbers ever again.
  

  

  
  
  
  
• This photo was in the New York Times on Sunday, and it's so good that I thought is was fake.
  
  
  
• Midland Lee, named after Robert E. Lee, became Midland Legacy five years ago.  But now, with "wokeness" dead, the school board feels safe to possibly bring the Lee name back.  
  
  
  
• The AP pre-season poll was released yesterday. Texas opens the season at Ohio State and is a -2.5 underdog. 
  
  
  
• Overused phrases: I think "At the end of the day" has been replaced by "Two things can be true at the same time."