Random Tuesday Morning Thoughts

The picture of the dog alongside her photo made me laugh back then, and still does.  It looks like the criminal case actually was set for a jury trial in Tarrant County in September of the following year, but was resolved at the last second by what she called "a favorable outcome." 

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• It sounds like it was the body of a transient who had been dead for months. That makes it an event which should give rise to a special kind of reflection.   
  
  
  
• Story.
  

  

  
  
  
  
• A headline that will make you do a doubletake. 
  
  
  
  
• And another unusual story.
  

  

  
  
  
  
• The Internet outage yesterday showed how we are all screwed once their is finally a large cyber attack. 
  
  
  
  
  
• The destruction of part of the White House serves as both a metaphor for Trump's presidency and more proof that he isn't planning on leaving at all. 
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
• I love graphics to explain stuff. 
  
  
  
  
• All the images of the destruction yesterday came from the property of the Treasury Department which sits just to the side of East Wing. They put a kibosh on that. 
  
  
  
• This is admittedly just a report from TMZ, but would anyone be surprised? 
  
  
  
  
  
  
• This was from a three judge panel and a 2-1 decision. The two were Trump appointed judges.
  
  
  
• The dissent asks the whole court to consider to vote to rehear the case with all of the judges on the court particpating. (They'll do that.) But he seemed to forecast that, in the end, no court will be able to stop Trump. 
  
  
  
• The New York Times has a neat article with maps and images explaining the robbery of the Louvre.  Gift link. 
  
  
  
• Legal stuff, kind of. This statement was issued yesterday by the Dallas D.A.'s office about a case where an arrest was made five days ago. I don't know what prompted it. Here the background on the case and the video he referenced.
  
  
  
• New ICE recruits who had not previously been part of law enforcement must pass a physical test which involves being able to do 15 push-ups, 32 sit-ups, and run 1.5 miles in 14 minutes. One-third have failed. 

Random Monday Morning Thoughts

It was a better time when a Cowboys receiver would just show up with his new pet monkey. 

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• Drive-thru rage? This shooting sounds like a confrontation between people in the drive-thru line at around 8:00 last night. This is by I-35 and Western Center.
  
  
  
  
• A wild scene over the weekend after a guy allegedly kills three people  (a 51 and 72 years old who were shot, both women, and a 51 year old man who was stabbed) in Mabank in East Texas. He then crashed into a a Buc-ee's and shot himself while still in the car.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
• This shooting, while left three people injured, occurred after students returned from an off campus party.
  
  
  
  
  
  
• This was right out of Ocean's 11.  And, maybe I'm naive, but what exactly do they do with the jewels now? It's not exactly something you can sell on Craigslist. 
  
  
  
  

  

  
  

  

  
  
  
  
• So we're told that the people on these boats are drug dealers who are so dangerous that they must be killed without any due process, but if they don’t die in the initial strike, they just get released and allowed to go home? We are being lied to. 
  
  
  
• What are we doing here?
  

  

  
  
  
  
• You gotta be kidding me. 
  

  

  
  
  
  
• Trump let for U.S. Rep. George Santos out of prison on Friday because “[a]t least Santos had the Courage, Conviction, and Intelligence to ALWAYS VOTE REPUBLICAN!”   
  
  
  
  
• We also had a record from being in a prison cell to going onto the Fox News couch: 
  
  
  
• "Peace in the Middle East" didn't last long.  
  
  
  
  
• Trump had said only a month ago that Ukraine should be able to retake all the land Russia had invaded and "even more." No he's saying completely different as he refuses to give Tomahawk missiles to Ukraine. 
  
  
  
• The No Kings Protests:
• There were big crowds everywhere on Saturday and not a whiff of violence. 
  
  
  
• Trump responded with maybe his most shocking post yet.  He's not well.  
  
  
  
  
  
  
• The official White House account mocked the protestors as well.
  
  
  
• Now that would get your attention. Video.
  
  
  
  
  
  
• One of the two Texans arrested for leaving their infant alone on a Florida beach "currently serves as U.S. Heart and Vascular’s regional president for southeast Texas."

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

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Good morning.. 😂 pic.twitter.com/pglT7SkadZ

— Buitengebieden (@buitengebieden) October 17, 2025

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Aaron Rodgers was NOT happy getting tackled from behind by his 300 lb OT pic.twitter.com/lTA3XmXWYu

— Warren Sharp (@SharpFootball) October 17, 2025

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OMG, 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣👇 pic.twitter.com/EGwK4exEHv

— Vince Langman (@LangmanVince) October 11, 2025

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* Sorry for the technical screw-up in the delay in posting.

Random Friday Morning Thoughts

"In a stunning and rapid turn of events, USC coach Steve Sarkisian was fired Monday, just one day after appearing intoxicated at a team meeting and missing practice and just hours after he was placed on indefinite leave. The announcement by Athletic Director Pat Haden followed revelations of more than a dozen alcohol-related incidents involving the second-year coach, including routine excessive drinking after games."

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• Video from last night of the Celina coach who finds himself in a very uncomfortable spot.
  
  
  
• Yesterday on I-35E during rush hour. Video.
  
  
  
• Another day, another press release.  And Paxton can't be that dumb regarding Free Speech, can he?  You might find anyone "celebrating" someone's death to be offensive, but the government can't punish you for it. 
  
   
  
• And when did the Freedom to Assemble become just some quaint and outdated notion? 
  
  
  
• Those who didn't sign off on the the Pentagon's demand included Fox News, Newsmax, the Washington Examiner, the Washington Times and the Daily Caller. (Gift link.)
  
  
  
• Someone check on Marjorie. 
  
  
  
• The U.S. bombed another boat last night off the coast of Venezuela, but this time there may be survivors.  Meanwhile, the admiral in charge of the U.S. Southern Command, where the boats are being attacked, has resigned. 
  
  
  
• This isn't some troll in a basement posting online. This is from the press secretary of the president. 
  
  
  
• Who's "we"?
  
  
  
• Re: Trump's Justice Department office headed by Jeanine Pirro: Remember when this happened earlier this year? They had to finally file the case as a misdemeanor since doing so does not require grand jury approval.
  
  
  
• Well we have an update yesterday on that misdemeanor:
  
  
  
  
  
  
• He said it again yesterday.
  
  
  
• That was a heck of a night. Story.
  
  
  
• Comments like this drive me nuts.  All contracts of college coaches are "guaranteed."  If, say, only three years of a "10 year" contract were guaranteed, then it's only, in reality, a three year contract. If none of it was guaranteed, it wouldn't be a contract at all - he would just be an "at will" employee. 
  
  
  
• Lauren Whitener Clock: 6 years and 105 days.