10.15.2025

Random Wednesday Morning Thoughts




This is from the front page of the Star-Telegram, and I was surprised Taylor Swift was referred to as "the world's biggest pop star" even back then. Swift had one show the following Saturday at AT&T Stadium with the attendance announced at 62,630. 

  • Oh, my. 

  • That's a heck of a photo even before you notice the helicopter rescuing people off the roof.


  • Bridgeport's own puts out an APB for a dog owner.  (And kudos for referencing a very obscure Health and Safety Code provision for the alleged crime.)

  • Another day, another press release by Paxton. Probably the only thing the developers are guilty of is being Muslim in Texas. 

  • Update: After contacting police yesterday afternoon, she was identified as a 35 year old woman who lived in the area. She told them she was uninjured and that the incident involved her and her 22 year old boyfriend. He was promptly arrested.  


  • We're doomed. 


  • Disturbing new footage has been released of Cody Balmer — the man who broke into Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro’s home and set it ablaze. He was sentenced to prison yesterday.  There he is trying to kick in an interior door in to get to the sleeping family.

  • Insanity. "The U.S. military killed six alleged drug smugglers off the coast of Venezuela, President Trump said, raising further questions about his legal authority to use lethal force against vessels suspected of transporting illicit narcotics."

  • Four bodies were returned by Hamas, but there is a problem. And with Hamas carrying out executions of rival gang members in broad daylight, its just a matter of time before Israel resumes its attacks.  

  • A "movement" built around America First and Anti-Big Government is a little difficult to understand sometimes. Let's give away $20 billion and block reporters from finding out how the Department of Defense spends all of its billions?



  • The grift never ends. 

  • There was a memorial in the Rose Garden yesterday for Charlie Kirk. And Trump thought it was a good idea to say that he he dodged his sniper's bullet better than Kirk? 

  • Legal stuff (kinda): Two sentences from this story in the Dallas Morning News today.

    • "Nationally prominent Texas plaintiff’s trial lawyer Mikal Watts, who has successfully sued some of the biggest companies in the world for wrongful death and personal injuries, is taking on his first defense client: Camp Mystic and its owners. Watts said Monday that he is officially representing pro bono the Eastland family and the Christian girls summer camp that they have operated for decades in any potential litigation resulting from the July flooding tragedy"
    • "Watts said that no lawsuits have been filed so far naming Camp Mystic or the Eastlands as defendants."
  • The average price for a new car is now over $50,000.


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10.14.2025

Random Tuesday Morning Thoughts




Before she was a State Senator and before she filed for divorce, Angela Paxton would sing "I'm a pistol packin' momma, and my husband sues Obama" in front of groups like the "Golden Corridor Republican Women's Club."

  • Trump took a lot of time to praise her yesterday as she sat in the audience.  And he actually said, “She’s got $60 billion in the bank.” 


  • That's DFW airport.  And the guy seemed to be in no hurry to shut it off. Video.


  • Dateline Wichita, Kansas. This is weird. Apparently the video comes from a house that was unrelated to either person who are sought. 


  • Age 55.  I don't think a lot of people on ATVs understand they can actually flip. 


  • With the Constitution seemingly helpless to send them home, being fat did. 

  • A middle of the night rant because he didn't like the photograph. 


  • The is a heck of a lot better headline that what Alec Baldwin normally finds himself in.

  • Sports reporter Pablo Torre, who is really good at his job, teased his interview with Mark Cuban that comes out today . . . .

  • I think it only caused "chaos" because the play-by-play guy and cameramen didn't know the rule that it's not a catch if it bounces off the wall. And cutting away from the catcher running to third base for the second forced out at third really messed it up. Video.  Note: The umpires knew what was going on the whole time. 


  • With all the joy of the release of the twenty Israeli hostages yesterday, we still need to remember that approximately 60,000 civilians have been killed in Gaza. And those who survived are looking at a decimated landscape. 

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10.13.2025

Random Monday Morning Thoughts





This was so disturbing. Near White Rock Lake, a jogger was attacked and killed with a machete by a former Aggie receiver who had a permanent mental breakdown. After initially being mentally incompetent, he was later cleared to stand trial and received life in prison. 

  • The 20 living hostages held by Hamas were released overnight. Trump is in Israel taking a victory lap and, for once, it's a legitimate one. 


  • This happened yesterday afternoon just north of Saginaw and very close to Highway 287.  Video from one of the businesses that captured the moment of impact.

  • A dramatic helicopter crash in Florida on Saturday afternoon. There were no deaths despite even a child on the ground being pinned underneath is. Video

  • I'm surprised this doesn't happen more often. 

  • Otherwise, it was a normal weekend in America:
    • Mississippi.

    • South Carolina.


  • On Friday, an explosion at a munitions plant killed 16 people. They, and the plant they were working in, are just gone. 

  • Trump quotes: 
    • Before leaving for Israel, Trump had to throw out a couple of serious lies as he continues to rewrite history into a fiction of his own.  First, the 274 agents were sent to the Capitol after the riots began (and even FBI Director Kash Patel said so just a couple of weeks ago.) Second, whose FBI was it on January 6th?

    • After saying he will impose 100% tariffs on China on Friday (causing a mysterious $160 million crypto profit for someone), Trump said on Sunday, "Nevermind":
    • He's not good at geography as he spoke on Air Force One yesterday. Audio

  • Checking in on Fox News and Gov. Abbott:

  • Texas Tech is having a heck of a year, but resorting to chemical warfare between the third and fourth quarters seems over the top. 

  • It's Columbus Day, and I remain THWMISB™.

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10.10.2025

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

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