Randon Friday Morning Thoughts

I'm not sure that guy was ever seen again. 

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• Northwest ISD's Eaton High School just got trumped by the Eagles. "Eaton principal Stacy Miles says the school found out about the concert through promotional emails."
  
  
  
  
  
• A cluster happened late yesterday as we had some friendly fire: "A U.S. official said a Defense Department's laser weapon was used to down the drone, which occurred in the area of Fort Hancock, a small community located on the U.S.-Mexico border." The air space near El Paso was shut down because of it. 
  

  

  
  
  
  
• For some reason, Hillary Clinton was deposed for six hours yesterday about Jeffrey Epstein. "It then got quite unusual because I started being asked about UFOs and Pizzagate."  Side note: She's looking and sounding good. 
  

  
  
  
• Rep. Lauren Boebert was in the room which resulted into momentary chaos. 
  
  
  
• Anthropic refused to bow to the Pentagon’s demands to remove certain restrictions on its AI which would allow it to kill. Sounds reasonable.
  
  
  
  
  
• ,After misrepresenting that they were looking for a missing child, ICE went into a dorm yesterday and snatched a student. She ended up released later in the day after the NYC mayor and Trump got together. My head is spinning. 
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
• Ken Paxton rolled out his daughter to defend him after John Cornyn's ad accused him of having affairs. In a new Paxton ad, his daughter says, “My dad is not perfect; none of us are. But he is a man of deep faith, genuine love for his family, and an unrelenting commitment to doing right by the people of Texas.”
  

  
  
  
  
• This woman has an incredible skill as well as having no fear. 
  
  
  
• It begins. It's over.  
  
  
  
• The Business Second™. 
  
  
  
• The Second Business Second™.  More highway 114 traffic.
  
  
  
• Lauren Whitener Clock: 6 years and 239 days.

Random Thursday Morning Thoughts

Side note: The CEO of Victoria's Secret back then, Leslie Wexner, has been in the news lately -- and not in a good way.

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• Former Wise County Sheriff Phil Ryan died yesterday at the age of 80. Good dude. He was in office from 1992 through 2004.
• Weatherford and other parts of Parker County spent the evening in darkness last night.
  
  
  
  
  
  
• "A former U.S. Air Force fighter pilot who once trained American servicemembers on advanced combat aircraft, including the F-35, has been arrested and accused of illegally training Chinese military pilots, federal prosecutors said Wednesday."
  

  

  
  
  
  
• John Cornyn's new ad against Ken Paxton. Oh, my.  
  
  
  
• University of Texas poll:
• U.S. Senate race:
  
  
  
• Attorney General race: 
  
  
  
• Anyone else think that is an overly specific number for a doctor to give? 
  
  
  
• Wait a second. We just found out about the year-old shooting this week, and the local DA just up and sends it to a grand jury yesterday and gets it no-billed? 
  
  
  
• Say what? From Wall Street Journal reporter: 
  
  
  
• That's some quality work right there. "A woman puts the finishing touches on a bear snow sculpture in Central Park in New York City, U.S., February 25, 2026.Adam Gray/Reuters."
  
  
  
• The Business Second™.   Nvidia released its financial report yesterday.  Good lord.
  
  
  
• Random nerdy legal stuff.  I learned this from the a concurring opinion released yesterday by the Supreme Court. I had no idea. 
  
  
  
• Messenger - Above the Fold

Random Wednesday Morning Thoughts

Trump was finally hitting his stride in his presidential campaign. 

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• Wise County Judge JDC hung out with RJK, Jr.!   If they didn't swim together later with their jeans on, I'll be very disappointed. 
  
  
  
  
  
  
• And the government says that is a deal breaker? (Anthropic's flagship product line is the AI based "Claude.")
  

  

  
  
  
  
• I'm beginning to feel like stuff like this happen every day.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
• Before the State of the Union address, Ken Paxton became very uncomfortable when asked about the rep who allegedly had an affair. Video.
  
  
  
• Paxton was the guest of Rep. Troy Nehls who wore a tie with Trump's picture on it.
  
  
   
  
  
  
• At the State of the Union, Chief Justice John Roberts was all of us. 
  
  
  
• Nothing moves the needle any longer. 
  
  
  
• There is now a spotlight on the insane banner of Trump hanging on the Department of Justice. 
  
  
  
• Sports: 
• "Aubrey, a restricted free agent, was offered a deal with an average salary of close to $7.5 million but is looking for nearly $10 million per season."  Be careful there, buddy. 
  
  
  
  
• That's a good bit. 
  
  
  
• It's Supreme Court opinion day. Normally just boring stuff is released this time of year, but then came the tariff opinion last Friday.