4.24.2026

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

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Random Friday Morning Thoughts





I had forgotten about the "Jesus Shot." Miller would remain in office for 10 more years (he was defeated in the primary earlier this year.)

  • Tanner Horner updates: As the defense continues to present its case, things have really slowed down. But we did have this development:


  • Big shake-up in Wise County football.


  • We finally got a look at the guy behind the Aubrey hostage and standoff. 

  • I'm still not sure I understand everything going on in Godly, but it sounds like a heck of a place to live. Story.


  • "A television photojournalist for a local news outlet in Oklahoma has been arrested on suspicion of secretly filming people inside the TV station’s changing area." Oh, my. 


  • Not just any soldier -- he was involved in the actual invasion. 

  • Priorities. Priorities. 



  • Headline of the day. 
  • The Business Second™.

  • The NFL Draft began last night in front a ridiculous sized crowd at Pittsburgh. 

    • Jerry showed up to his post first round new conference with a "Cowboy-rita"

  • Crazy legal case facts. "A man stole William Woods's identity, then accused Woods of stealing his, had Woods prosecuted, jailed, and drugged in a mental ward." Opinion.
  • Lauren Whitener Clock: 6 years and 295 days.

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4.23.2026

Random Thursday Morning Thoughts




It was raining like crazy for days in Wise County. 

  • The Tanner Horner trial resumed yesterday with the defense presenting its case. 
    • The biggest witness was Tanner Horner's mom, and she was an absolute mess.  Drug addict. Former stripper. Mental issues. You name it.

    • But I think she absolutely caught the defense lawyer off guard when she blurted out that the defendant would have her care for his new child four years ago because "he was afraid he would hurt him."  The defense lawyer didn't exactly know what she meant by that, and was scared to ask. There was just a long and awkward pause before they moved on. 
    • If I heard her correctly, Horner's dad died a couple of years ago. His brother is (or was) in prison because of this case out of Parker County. And according to that document, the brother had a conviction for burglary of a habitation on July 14, 1998, in the 271st District Court of Wise County.  
    • The first witness for the defense, however, was this expert on "future dangerousness." He was qualified as an expert witness and testified that he was charging $450 an hour.  If the defense wanted to start off with a bang, this wasn't it. He bored everyone. 

    • But his appearance led me to an exclusive Liberally Lean Investigation™: I was wondering how much in defense expenses had been billed to Wise County for this case, so I looked at the "Accounts Payable" printouts for the county (just) for the last four months. The figures below are what I came up. 

    • Those are my totals, and may not be exactly correct. But I looked for line items that referenced cause number CR24559 and/or "sealed document." I feel confident, however, the actual expenditures for those months are at least the amounts listed.
    • Note: Those figures do not include the salaries of the defense lawyers which the county is not responsible for due to an agreement with the "Regional Public Defender Office."
  • Is this the socialism we were warned about?
  • Two? 


  • Do you want to do this when we are in the middle of a war where a naval blockade is going on? 

  • Get ready. There's no way Trump is going to allow an election in November to cause him to lose control of Congress. 

    • Yep, get ready. 

  • This really just happened this morning. The corruption knows no bottom. 

  • Picture of the day from D.C. yesterday as AOC confronting RFK, Jr. yesterday.

  • From last month:

    • From yesterday:

  • Snapshot of Congress yesterday: 

    • He was later on Fox News touting a conspiracy theory while he sported cockeyed glasses.

  • You bad mouth the government, and they will sick the FBI on you. It's over. 


  • Jerry Jones got very, very close to falling to the floor yesterday. Video.
  • Messenger - Above the Fold

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4.22.2026

Random Wednesday Morning Thoughts





Maybe this isn't such a bad idea now. 

  • Dateline Aubrey: 

    • Sidenote: Those are some interesting looking houses so I wanted to check out the neighborhood via Google Streetview.  Nope. There is none. In fact, the latest image from Google Satellite shows the entire subdivision awaiting construction.  Edit: A faithful reader sent me an active listing for one of the homes.

  • "A nude man who beat to death a stranger in Fort Worth was legally insane at the time he bludgeoned the grandfather with a piece of firewood and was on Tuesday acquitted of murder under an agreement between prosecutors and the defendant’s lawyers." And you might remember this case. Gift link. 


  • Full video. Story.




  • The Fifth Circuit might be the most predictable court in the country. 

    • Side note: Hey, they are hiring.  It's the best paying clerk job you'll find. (And probably one of the most difficult.) 

  • Palo Pinto County? Yep, "he owns a lakefront property on Possum Kingdom Lake, according to the online records." 

  • .The War
    • You knew this was coming. It's the sixth "extension" he's granted.  Trump is in a complete pickle as Iran now begins to dog-walk the U.S. 
    • New this morning. 


    • Hours after he said on CNBC that the Strait was open, he posted this yesterday afternoon. Up is down. Black is white.  

  • Hegseth is going to get troops killed one way or another.  

    • Flashback:

  • Sports: The question of the day!
  • Nerdy legal El Salvador criminal law news: 


  • Oh, man.  And the the letter to the court admitting the error is almost painful to read.  Heads had to have rolled in that silk-suited firm. 


  • Turning Point USA is at Baylor today. Donald Trump Jr. was supposed to be there but he cancelled yesterday so they are going with Ken Paxton instead. Baylor, what are you doing?  

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