Random Wednesday Morning Thoughts

• Politically intensive upcoming before I move on to other things . . . 
• White House spokesman Josh Earnest said Tuesday, after yet another school shooting, that President Barack Obama is “always” looking for opportunities to act “unilaterally” on guns, though he would prefer to work with Congress. (That might have been a throw away comment by the new spokesman, but the conservative blogs sure did get riled up.)
• But there have been 74 school shootings since Sandy Hook?! "There’s no advanced developed country on earth that would put up with this." - President Obama yesterday. True that. 
• What a crazy upset last night in Virginia where an underfunded Tea Party candidate beat the House Majority Leader Eric Cantor. What's the old say? "A house divided against itself . . . ." It's like watching a political internal civil war. 
• And I was stunned to learn that Cantor was the only Republican in Congress who is Jewish. You think that had anything to do with his defeat? And before you jump me, the Texas Tea Party has long been under criticism for going after Texas House Leader Joe Strauss, who just happens to be Jewish, by sending out emails that said he was "going down in Jesus' name."
• And the guy who beat Cantor is named David Brat. That prompted the silly Texas Supreme Court justice to throw out this dad-like humor on Twitter. 
• But despite the "Tea Party Rising!" claims, target and Senator Lindsay Graham beat six Tea Party opponents and even avoided a runoff. They forgot the game plan: Make it one Tea Partier in a three man race and get it to a runoff.
• In connection with the "illegal horse racing" on the front page of the Messenger, did anyone in law enforcement go to them and say, "Hey, if you don't have a license cut this out or we'll have to take action"? Or did they haul off and make arrests and shove them in an already crowded system?
• Has the Messenger changed their policy of how much you can read of an article online without being a paid subscriber?
• I can't tell you what an awful night of nightmares I had last night -- all coming within 30 minute intervals between me being jarred awake. Examples: Watching a knifing, watching a heart attack, losing my passport (which I don't know why sent me into a panic since I was somewhere in West Texas) and others which I'm too exhausted to remember. After I awoke from each one, I dreaded going back to sleep because I new another one would follow. And it would. (Fortunately, I rarely go through this but I can't find any lifestyle correlation as to when they come to haunt me.)
• "The New Taco Bell Quesarito, Which Is a Burrito Wrapped in a Quesadilla, Is Perfect" - headline of an actual article on the Dallas Observer blog.
• I'm not an NBA fan but I did watch the second quarter of Spurs/Heat last night. What the Spurs did (going 25 of 33 at the half) was borderline historic, right? 
• I could have sworn I heard on the national news last night that Pat Tillman was the only other soldier to be killed by friendly fire in Afghanistan before the five soldiers yesterday. Anyone else even remotely believe that?