5.18.2026

Random Monday Morning Thoughts




The first report that a retractable roof ballpark was possible "and sooner than you think."

  • The police shootings are certainly related, but I'm not sure you can call them happening at the "same scene."

  • "AUSTIN, Texas — Three people were in custody following at least 10 random weekend shootings in Austin, Texas, that left four people injured, city officials said Sunday. Driving around the city in stolen vehicles, the suspects fired at two fire stations, apartment buildings and houses during a robbery and shooting spree from Saturday afternoon to Sunday morning, Austin Police Chief Lisa Davis said." Two of the three arrested are ages 15 and 17.


  • Ok, the Tarrant County DA (and no one else) has announced that the FBI has found the remains of Noel Rodriguez-Alvarez and that the Tarrant County Medical Examiner has confirmed it via "dental records."   I'm surprised. 
    • That exact same area which was searched in in 2023 when Everman police tore up the concrete porch to search underneath it:
  • Two military jets crashed into each other at an air show yesterday, but somehow all four pilots were able to eject.  Video.


  • It's over. 

  • This seems concerning.
     


  • I don't know anything about diving, but everyone seems to be freaking out that these folks were "deep inside a cave system about 160 feet underwater." The total death count was five.


  • Another day, another existential threat.  
  • So somehow the Senate parliamentarian is apparently our only hope left for any type of Congressional pushback of Trump. 

  • The Business Second™. Somehow it is not illegal for the president to hold and trade stocks. He just has to file public disclosures which Trump did this weekend.  


  • Breaking moments ago: Trump just dropped his $10 billion lawsuit against the IRS.    So is this rumored $1.88 billion slush fund for Insurrectionists and others going to happen?  (Legal nerdy stuff: Look at this footnote in their filed court "notice.")

  • This story starts off with a bang. 


  • Nope. You don't get to "up" the charges because you are pissed off a defendant successfully appealed. 

  • I promise you that I flipped over and watched this playoff game beginning in the middle of the 7th because I wanted to see how in the heck Texas Tech softball was getting beat 8 to 0 with the pitcher that they have.   But with the Red Raiders down to their final out and final strike, they ended up winning.

  • Evangelist James Robison has died.  He was a really big deal in DFW back in the day. 


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5.15.2026

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

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Random Friday Morning Thoughts




Ten year anniversary to the day.

  • RIP to any and all concepts of Sweetie Pie's.  

  • Last evening, we had the 600th execution by Texas since the reinstatement of death penalty in 1976. "Edward Busby kidnapped Laura Crane, 77, from the parking lot of a Fort Worth grocery store in January 2004. She suffocated in a car trunk." Man, this crime was a bad, bad case.  


  • An update from yesterday, but there's something odd about this.  They are not saying the remains are of the missing child, and they aren't saying exactly what they found. 


  • "On Tuesday evening, an Air Evac Lifeteam helicopter made a hard landing on the helipad atop Baylor University Medical Center in Dallas."  They had to bring in a crane to take it off the rooftop. 
  • Yesterday Abbott said that he will "champion creating a statewide prosecutor and the ability to impeach what he characterized as rogue district attorneys."  So much for local control. 


    • It's over.  At least it certainly is if he goes through with this.  He'll just line-up the January 6th Insurrectionists, and hand out a big bag of your money to everyone of them. And the masses will just shrug. 


  • Say what?

  • Of course.

  • Russia launched a massive and deadly attack on Ukraine yesterday. 

  • Didn't the vice-president give a big speech on his anti-fraud commission yesterday?

  • Report from the Wall Street Journal: 

  • CHI-na update. 
    • Good grief. 

    • New this  morning: Trump's first post about his trip while on his way back to the U.S. has been made. It was about his ballroom.  

    • China strong-armed him on Taiwan, and Trump offered no resistance. Reporter's asked him about it on the plane. 

  • This golfer was late to his tee time yesterday morning at the PGA Championship and was assessed a two shot penalty. After the round, he gave us a couple of great quotes.

  • Lauren Whitener Clock: 6 years and 316 days.

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5.14.2026

Random Thursday Morning Thoughts





This guy was always a tortured soul.  (Side note: Oddly, the Class C misdemeanor offense that landed him in jail to start with was actually filed in JP court two weeks after his death and then immediately dismissed. Case No. CR-16-02382-2)


  • Woah. And the freezer was still functioning which is somewhat surprising. 
  • This news must be big in this long running mystery, right?: "New evidence was discovered Wednesday at the Everman home where 6‑year‑old Noel Rodriguez-Alvarez was last seen more than three years ago, Tarrant County District Attorney Phil Sorrells confirmed. "

    • Well, let's see learn what the evidence is and why it merited the D.A. going to the dig site to get in front of the camera!


  • I guess this case needed some more documentaries about it. 

    • The conviction was reversed because the court clerk was communicating to the jury about the case while the trial was ongoing. She later wrote a book about it all, but it was taken off the shelves once plagiarism allegations surfaced. 

    • But I'm not sure why the juror referenced below was singled out in the opinion reversing the case. She truly had nothing to do with decision. 

  • I've seen one video of this guy and that was enough for a lifetime. What a meathead.  


  • "Lock him up! Lock him up!"
  • China:
    • Trump was met with pomp and circumstance including a group of children cheering wildly on cue.  Video. It was a little creepy.


    • Trump brought piles of money with him:


    • CBS is having a rough time covering the trip.  Video.
  • And back home, they have no shame. VP Vance had a news conference yesterday about his commission on fraud.  
  • The D.A. out in far, far West Texas had a rather honest post yesterday. 

  • Messenger - Above the Fold




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