3.27.2026

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

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Random Friday Morning Thoughts




Rhome was giving us almost weekly entertainment back then. 

  • A high-profile trial in Tarrant County just turned into a trial before a jury only about what the punishment will be. Her blood alcohol concentration was 0.12, and she was on probation for aggravated assault at the time of the crash. The range of punishment will be 5 years to 99 years/life with the tough job of defending her going to Stephen Gordon and Cami Gildner. Gift article. 


  • Story. I don't know if they can collect because the defendant might be really rich, but all of his money is in a trust fund. And it doesn't help that he is in prison. 


    • But the plaintiff's lawyer was the flamboyant Tony Buzbee who took a shot at the defense firm after the verdict.

  • With newspapers and TV stations struggling, it is almost impossible these days to get details of any particular story. Case in point: Below is what appears today on the front page of the Wichita Falls paper.  The shooting happened last weekend, and they story only quotes a bare bones DPS report which was released last Sunday. 

  • This happens way too often in Hawaii.


  • The far right wing CPAC is in Grapevine at the Gaylord Texan this weekend, so you have been warned. 
    • This was funny. Video.

    • They might not be as welcomed as they think they will be. Video.  

  • Trump changes his mind yet again on bombing the "power plants" of Iran and claims that Iran has requested it. Iran denies it made any such request. 


  • There was a 90 minute open cabinet meeting yesterday. 
    • For some reason, Trump talked about pens for over four minutes. (Side note: We've got a war going on, right?)


    • Someone needs to tell him that the U.S. bombed a school and killed over 160 girls. 

    • The chances of this being true are nil. 

  • Finally, TSA will get paid although Trump has no authority to do this: 
    • Then the Senate surprised everyone last night out of the blue.  And the House has already gone into session this morning to consider it, too.  

  • It's becoming awfully North Korea like around here. "President Trump’s signature will appear on U.S. dollars later this year, the Treasury Department said on Thursday. .  . . As a result, Mr. Trump is set to become the first sitting U.S. president to have his signature on the greenback. "

  • Lauren Whitener Clock: 6 years and 267 days.
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3.26.2026

Random Thursday Morning Thoughts





Little did we know that it was a lawsuit funded by billionaire Peter Theil whose sole desire was to bankrupt Gawker. It worked. Side note: A best selling book about it was written by Ryan Holiday - the same Ryan Holiday who has been preaching Stoicism full-tine over the last few years. 

  • What's going on with this?  Watch them here. 


  • The headline is all we know.  Edit: A faithful reader tells me it involved a father and daughter: Kevin Reese, 45, and Mckaylee Reese, 23, of Wichita Falls.

  • DFW Airport has somehow been immune from the long lines seen across the nation.  In Houston, however, things are so bad that even former AG Bill Barr had to wait in a line. 


  • We are paying these people now? Michael Flynn, who is an absolute nutcase, pled guilty twice to making false statements to FBI agents about his interactions with Russian officials. And they just wrote him a check with taxpayer dollars. 

  • Line up, boys. 

  • We've got a Missiles of October 2.0 scene quietly brewing. 
  • Trump railed at our allies early this morning. NATO isn't helping us, but we don't need their help!

  • "Sicken me." Trump was big mad at Justices Gorsuch and Barrett last night. 


  • This lady has no shame. This from yesterday:  

  • So long as it's a new Fox News Poll . . . 

  • The Business Second™. It would take me about a second to take the money.



  • Legal stuff.  And the judge saying she was hacked doesn't help her defense. 


  • This morning: Dash Crofts, best known for creating 1972’s double-platinum single “Summer Breeze,” has died at 85.
  • Messenger - Above the Fold

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3.25.2026

Random Wednesday Morning Thoughts




Ted Cruz went to the border in an attempt to boost his presidential campaign against Trump with a photo-op.

  • A faithful reader pointed me to the official FAA final report (and exhibits) being released last month on the January 2024 plane crash that claimed the life of Dr. Heath Smith and his two young sons from Paradise. 

  • A Star-Telegram feature today on a recent Paradise tragedy. Gift link.

  • I would not hold my breath on this. 

  • A mid-term Republican convention in Dallas?



  • Big verdict out of New Mexico involving social media, but this will have some big appellate hurdles. 


  • Trump's state house representative for the district where Mar-a-Lago is located will be a Democrat.. (Side note: Trump voted by mail)



  • The indictment in this case actually reveals what is mixed with fentanyl as a cutting agent to make it life threateningly dangerous in some cases: The animal tranquilizer medetomidine  It also allows the production to get ramped up. From the indictment: "For example, one kilogram of medetomidine effectively transforms a single kilogram of fentanyl and inert cut into dozens of kilograms of fentanyl mixture bound for street-level sales in this country."

  • War news:
    • We have some very confusing messaging going on.

       

    • The weirdest statement Trump made yesterday was about a "prize" form Iran. What's he talking about?. (Some think it might just be a tanker of oil.)

    • I'd feel much better if the head of the Department of Defense didn't act like a Frat Boy.

  • The snowfall for New Mexico and Southern Colorado was way down this season. 
  • Sports:  I'm being told that #2 Texas was up 7-0 over Houston in this game last night? 

  • Legal nerdy stuff.  If you want to see how victims will bad mouth prosecutors to the press even when a 50 years sentence is secured, see this story out of San Antonio.

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