Random Monday Morning Thoughts

Seems longer ago than that.

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• The alleged assailants entered a hotel after the incident. Police are trying to identify them. 
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
• This happened a few hours ago at some pretty decent apartments along the Trinity River north of downtown. 
  
  

  

  
  
  
  
  
• That took a while.  He was also a deputy for the Collins County Sheriff's Office at the time.
  
   
  
  
  
• This place is right off Harmon Road in north Fort Worth.  No injuries reported. Video on Instagram. 
  
  
  
  
  
  
• The search for Savannah Guthrie's mother continues. Something is just not right about this whole thing. 
  
  
  
• Trump inserted himself into the search with a couple of weird statements while on Air Force One on Friday evening.
  
  
  
• Not a good look. 
  
  
  
  
  
  
• Super Bowl halftime:
• This guy always comes through:
  
  
  
• It spread like wildfire last night and then was shut down just as quickly. 
  
  
  
  
• The bushes were people. 
  
  
  
• The "alternative" Super Bowl halftime show with Kid Rock ran into a little trouble about an hour before its start:
  
  
  
• Wise County Rep. Brandon Gill with a hot opinion:
  
  
  
• Also Brandon Gill with 11 Pakistanis at a fundraiser in Southlake:
  
  
  
• Change your plans!  Elon Musk says we won't be living on Mars anytime soon after all.  
  
• She's a strange one. (Patriot's owner Robert Kraft was arrested at "Orchids of Asia Day Spa." in 2019.)
  
  
  
• Lindsey Vonn, who was competing with an alleged torn ACL, crashed and broke her leg yesterday. This AP photo captured the moment she caught the gate which led to her fall.  
  
  
  
  
  
  
• I think individual juror interviews start today in the Tanner Horner trial.  As I understand it, the plan is to get through seven potential jurors a day. 

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

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I miss this snow in europe.

— Polly🔥 (@Polly3092) January 31, 2026

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Westminster Kennel Club has shared the full tribute to Catherine O’Hara before the Terrier Group was shown at Westminster Dog Show earlier this week.

This is such a lovely tribute, and seeing her life celebrated everywhere is beautiful. 💕 pic.twitter.com/KozdjAlzJC

— Sare 🎀 (@RoseNyborg) February 6, 2026

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January 31, 2005: One of the most amazing Buzzer Beaters of all-time. In an NCAA Division 3 game, Guilford College’s (@GuilfordMBB) Jordan Snipes hits a 85-foot, 5-inch buzzer-beater to beat Randolph-Macon College in Ashland, Va.
pic.twitter.com/STD0dgCpfi

— This Day In Sports Clips (@TDISportsClips) February 1, 2026

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Random Friday Morning Thoughts

Ten years later, see bullet point #1.

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• Buller point #1:
  
  
  
• Meet out future. 
  
  
  
  
  
  
• I still don't know what to think of the Nancy Guthrie alleged kidnapping.  But did you know that Savannah's televised plea a couple of days ago which included the words "Talk to her and you'll see," was also said by the senator in Silence of the Lambs as she pled for her daughter's return?
  

  

  
  
• Dateline: Austin. 
  
  
  
• Dateline: Flagstaff, Arizona. 
  
  
  
  
  
  
• A still shot from a video posted by the President of the United States in the middle of the last night.
  
   
  
  
  
• Trump had lots of head-scratchers at the Prayer Breakfast yesterday. In addition to the one below, he also said: ""Mike Johnson is a very religious person. He does not hide it. He'll say to me sometimes at lunch, 'Sir, may we pray.' I'll say, 'Excuse me? We're having lunch.'"
  
  
  
• So why was Tulsi Gabbard at the seizure of the voting boxes in Fulton County, Georgia? We now have three different stories: (1) Last Sunday, Todd Blanche said Tulsi Gabbard just “happened to be in Atlanta.” (2) This week, Gabbard told Congress, via letter, that Trump sent her. (3) And yesterday, at the prayer breakfast, Trump says it was AG Bondi who sent her.
  
• Legal stuff: The Tarrant County Bar Association poll regarding current judicial races is out. (PDF). h/t Bud Kennedy.
• Sports: Yesterday, the SEC announced a revenue distribution of $1.03 billion to its 16 members for the year ending in August 2025, an increase of more than $200 million.
• Lauren Whitener Clock: 6 years and 218 days.

Random Thursday Morning Thoughts

The scandal wouldn't pick up steam until May, but there was some serious foreshadowing as early as February.

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• That seems like a really dangerous job. 
  
  

  
  
  
  
• Your tax money took another step out the door yesterday in Texas.
  
  

  
  
  
• This is long, but a great read about a drunken and tragic night in the stockyards. Gift link. 
  

  

  
  
  
  
• If democracy dies in darkness, the lights are being turned out all around us. The second richest man in the world gutted the Washington Post yesterday. 
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
• In Texas, a man got beat up by a bunch of woke kids and got arrested to boot. Story. Video of incident. 
  
  
  
• Something seems really, really off about this whole case. 
  
  
  
  
• Lightning strikes forecasted for D.C. this morning.
  
  
   
  
  
  
  
• Elon is sad. 
  
  
  
• I've seen lots of headlines about the temporary Assistant U.S. Attorney who said in open court that “The system sucks. This job sucks. I wish you could hold me in contempt so that I could get 24 hours of sleep.” I wondered about the context. Well, here is the complete transcript of the hearing: PDF.
  
  
  
• She has a wild gig. If a judgeship opens up in Dallas County where an appointment is needed to fill a temporary vacancy, Gov, Abbott appoints her. But after that, she can't win an election in the blue county. Ballotpedia entry.
  
  
  
• Messenger - Above the Fold