The big "question" was whether police officers could ask those visibly carrying guns to present their permits (which were still needed under the new law.) I don't recall a single case where that was ever an issue.
- A couple has pled guilty in federal court of basically being a fake Chris and Joanna Gaines, and I was surprised to see three of victims were in Decatur and hit for a big chunk of change. The couple lived in Keller, and she used to work in a dental office. DOJ press release
- And this is from the indictment which lists the Decatur victims (although not by name.) Source
- Odd paragraph in the original criminal complaint since none of the victims appear to be in Runaway Bay. :
- This appears to be the image of the fire beginning in the Swiss nightclub. That's acoustic paneling on the ceiling. And here's a video from seconds after that photo.
- I've seen lots of images of vehicles just stopped on the major freeways in downtown Dallas to watch the fireworks at Reunion, but here's a video of a couple of folks just firing off their semi-auto weapons to join in the celebration.
- We've got a mystery going on in Ohio. Authorities believe an unknown assailant is out there.
- We're doing great.
- Trump:
- America first?
- He continues to want you to belief this:
- So the Dallas Stars run a promotion for the chance to win a T-shirt with a corporate logo on it?
- College football:
- I feel bad for Tech but, they never could get that offense going. Never fear, their big donor says he will "double down" for next season.
- The Georgia/Ole Miss game last night was fantastic, although it had the most unnecessarily tortured ending.
- Lauren Whitener Clock: 6 years and 183 days.
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- Overnight in Switzerland. The fire damage, even from inside, amazingly doesn't look widespread. But a four second video, which is unverified so far and all over the Internet, shows huge flames.
- All we know is what is in the headline.
- You don't think a certain someone would project their image onto the Washington Monument sometime in the near future, right? Right?
- The biggest game in the history of Texas Tech kicks off at 11:00 a.m.
- There's a new mayor in New York City, and the New York Post can't stand it.
- This about as warm of a winter as I can remember.
- Get ready.
- Extremely nerdy legal stuff: I've ranted for years that proving "recklessness" or "criminal negligence" is ions tougher than a lot of lawyers realize. Case in point, yesterday the Dallas Court of Appeals reversed and acquitted a man who was convicted for Endangering a Child when three children in his care got out of the house while he was sleeping - on three different occasions. Opinion here.
- My favorite bowl season photograph was taken yesterday.
- It's been a rough decade so far.
- THWMISB™.
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Let's bring that back.
- And that opinion comes from the new 15th Court of Appeals which is composed of only three judges and all appointed by Gov. Abbott.
- When I first saw this story last night, I thought that's pretty surprising result from the appellate court in Austin. A reversal with an acquittal? You don't see that very often. He had been sentenced to two years in a state jail.
- But then I tracked the opinion down. The appeal was transferred from Austin to Amarillo as part of docket overcrowding distribution. And it began like this:
- From yesterday afternoon:
- Update from yesterday evening. "The body was found in a field roughly 100 yards from Olmos’ home, which authorities had previously searched."
- This may be the craziest video I've ever seen, and that's not hyperbole. Story. Full video.
- New this morning from the Washington Post. Keep an eye on ICE and this moment in history. It's quickly becoming large, more untamed, and it is all Trump's. I saw someone refer to the agency the other days as the Ice Storm Troopers.
- Marijuana? The U.S. is killing people over marijuana?
- Yesterday we had another day of Orwellian information from your government:
- Trump posted a picture claiming is was a bald eagle killed in America by a windmill. It was actually not an eagle, and the picture was taken in Israel in 2017. Original here.
- AG Pam Bondi posted a graph to tell us how great Trump's war on drugs was going. But the graphic only had data ending in 2024. She later deleted it.
- The Wall Street Journal this morning has a warning about the phones killing, of all things, dancing.
- Flashback:
- Messenger - Above the Fold
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