11.07.2025

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

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Random Friday Morning Thoughts



Since we've killed wokeness, can we do this now?
  • "Wanna get away?"

     
  • The prosecutor should quit today for either (1) being so dumb that he didn't realize that this was a dog of case from the very beginning, or (2) working for a Justice Department that forced him to try it to a jury.


    • And remember when the White House bragged about an army of officers being sent to arrest Sandwich Guy at his apartment and posted a "hype video" about it? Really. 

  • There are a lot of people who seem to be very excited about making up an excuse to kill someone. The victim, a mother of four, was 32 year of age.  Link. 


  • That there is a betting scandal in UFC might be the most predictable scandal ever. 

  • Corruption pardons corruption. 

  • Compare and contrast:
    • For the third time this week, a federal court has ordered Trump to restore SNAP benefits to the poor.  Trump appealed that order late yesterday.

    • Meanwhile . . . 

  • If there is ever a moment for a false flag of planted protestors and/or an "ugly incident" made for the cameras, this guy would plan it. 

  • Trump notes from yesterday: 
    • As others elevated the man's feet into the air, the greatest picture of all time was snapped.


    • Before that, and as Dr. Oz. was telling us that "Americans will lose 135 billion pounds by" this time next year (that's 400 pounds per person, by the way), Trump nodded off. 

    • Make it stop.

  • Let's check in on Fox News.
  • Ok, who took over Marjorie Taylor Green's body?
  • Legal nerdy stuff. If you want to see a a federal appeals court grill a lawyer about using AI in his brief, and the lawyer trying to deny it and then blaming a non-lawyer in his firm, here you go (cued up at 9:20 into it.)
  • Legal nerdy stuff (kinda) #2: I rarely get shocked any longer, but the facts set forth in this opinion yesterday from the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals, affirming the conviction and death sentence of a young woman from East Texas, did it for me. 

  • Lauren Whitener Clock: 6 years and 126 days.


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11.06.2025

Random Thursday Morning Thoughts




I still thought Trump's campaign was comical, and I certainly had no idea that Roe v. Wade would soon be gone because of him. 

  • Long overdue. 

  • It sounds like the house of an NBA coach went up in flames this morning.  


  • This was out of Montague County. I have a lot of questions. Gift link. 

  • Sandwich trial: No verdict. "Jurors deliberated for roughly two hours at Sean Charles Dunn's federal trial before they adjourned for the day. They're due back Thursday."

  • There's an incredible new video of the UPS jet crash in Kentucky.


  • What's Trump up to in the last 24 hours?:
    • He confused South Africa with South America yesterday.  If Biden had done this, it would be front page news for days. 

    • He actually did this to the outside of the Oval Office.  The tackiness knows no limits.  

    • The one lie he won't be able to get away with is that grocery prices are down. I'm surprised that he doesn't realize that. 

  • This was Rep. Nancy Mace's 99th post about her profane tirade at the airport. She's losing her mind. Seriously.


  • Who benefits from this? 

  • Legal stuff: You won't believe some of the comments made in court by this (now retired) municipal judge.  News story link. PDF of Public Reprimand. 

  • Random Dallas Mavericks note.

  • Messenger - Above the Fold

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11.05.2025

Random Wednesday Morning Thoughts





Oh, "mind blown" might have been an overstatement, but still pretty cool. (Side note: And remember when there were Vine videos?)

  • So the Wise County Courthouse will now have the ability to change the colors of the new lights in the bell tower? It was (oddly) green this morning.  

  • A UPS jet taking off from Kentucky, full fuel for a trip to Hawaii, crashed yesterday afternoon is a gigantic fireball.  Three are dead.  Video. Edit: The total death count has risen to nine with people on the ground now added.


  • The first election results are in since Trump's inauguration. Lots and lots of blue: 







    • The New York Post did not take the results well,


    • Trump has if figured out, though. And did he just blame the shutdown on the Republicans?

    • But get ready. Unsatisfactory results next year for Congress will not be accepted.  It's over. 
    • On a lighter note, this is the actual Kentucky Secretary of State explaining to Kentucky voters why the polls were closed yesterday: 

  • There were basically no metroplex races to give us a feel for what's going on out there, and the only one was a three person race for an open Texas Senate seat for north Tarrant County. The lone Democrat had the most votes but only because the two other candidates were Republicans and split their vote. Now that Democrat will have to beat the top Republican vote-getter in a run-off. But the district did grow to 48% Democrat from 42% last time. 


  • The Wise County Special Edition of the Business Second™.

  • ICE quick hits:
    • That second step is that "the Highway Patrol division" will now act as ICE agents.  (Gift link.)  Seems big. 

    • "How about we go as an ICE agent and an undocumented immigrant for Halloween?" / "Great! But don't forget the racist sombrero!" / "No problem! Got one right here!"
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    • We had the greatest play-by-play Twitter thread of the courtroom action yesterday in the ICE Agent Sandwich Assault case yesterday.  The jury will get the case today. 

  • James Comey prosecution update: The judge said in an order (PDF) yesterday that the grand jury transcript handed over by prosecutors "fails to include remarks made by [prosecutor Lindsey Halligan] both before and after the testimony of the sole witness . . . ." The judge wants the full transcript by 5:00 p.m. today. 

  • The College Selection show was last night and here is how it currently stands.  But it will look nothing like this once all is said and done. 
  • "You were making roughly $250,000 a year when you left the bench. What’s your going rate now?" "My hourly rate is $2,500. I’m charging $25,000 to $30,000 for a mediation." --- Newly retired Dallas federal judge Barbara Lynn, now in private practice, as quoted in the Dallas Morning News on Sunday. 

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