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. 

Random Tuesday Morning Thoughts

It was a different time. 

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• Dateline: Commerce, Texas. I was curious about label on the bottle of her homemade bomb since it seemed unusual.  I clicked on the story link and found this caption under the photo: "Molotov cocktails sits inside the barricade which surrounds the Donetsk Regional Administration building on April 18, 2014 in Donetsk, Ukraine (Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images)." Yep, it was just a stock photo.
  
  
  
• I'm surprised that place rejected it.
  
  
  
• "ARLINGTON, Texas — A three-alarm apartment fire damaged 16 units of a residential building Monday afternoon, displacing 25 people, including five children, the Arlington Fire Department said. Firefighters were called at 1:34 p.m. after reports of a fire at the Oak Chase Apartments building."
  
  
  
• This is getting so messy that they can't even add to the headline that the staff member later killed herself.
  
  
  
  
  

  

  
  
  
  
• Wichita Falls has an opening in law enforcement. 
  
  
  
  
  
  
• Trump said yesterday: "It's going to be a long speech. Because we have a lot to talk about." 
  
  
  
• That decision is pretty easy, even for her, once a grand jury unanimously rejected her request for indictments in the case.  It's still shockingly insane that the government even attempted to criminally prosecute these senators. 
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
• Lewis from Revenge of the Nerds. "His manager and brother Keith Carradine said in a statement Tuesday to NBC News that the actor had 'succumbed to bipolar disorder after fighting it for almost 20 years.'”
  
  
  
• Random and confusing Trump tweet where he sounded like a character from Bring It On. "It has already been gotten . . . ."
  
  
  
• KERA does a really good job of covering this case. The judge picked a jury yesterday after last week's trial ended abruptly with a mistrial. 
  
  
   
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
• Wise County state rep Andy Hopper has filed his most recent campaign report. Top Donors:
  
  
  
  

  

  
  
• "BREAKING: Savannah Guthrie posts a new video, saying the family is offering a reward of up to $1 million for the recovery of their mother Nancy."