Random Monday Morning Thoughts

I know I've beaten that ice storm to death, but it dominated the news back then. Watch this youtube clip of sheets of eyes falling off a building in Plano during the Monday thaw. Insane. 

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• The Texas Supreme Court, at the request of Ken Paxton, has at least temporarily stopped a district court judge's ruling which would allow a 31 year old woman to terminate the pregnancy of a non-viable fetus. A final ruling could come any second. Follow all the filings in the case here.
  

  

  
  
  
  
• The woman's lawyer had to file a response last Friday afternoon. They did, and it started off with fire: 
  
  
  
• I watched a little bit of this trial on Friday, and it may be one of the weirdest murder cases ever in Dallas.  This guy lives with two women and claims one of them -- the woman on trial -- stabbd and killed a girl in his bed who he had met on the streets of Deep Ellum hours earlier.  And I'm not sure he's all that believable about what happened. The trial continues today. 
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
• Edit: There is one report this morning that the companion murder charge against one of the women who is not currently on trial has just been dropped.  That would be the lady in the middle of the above photo. The defendant is on the right. If true, I don't think that's a good sign from the prosecution. 
• Local politics: I'm not sure I understand why the challenger to our state representative, Dr. Lynn Stucky, is criticizing him for receiving a $1,000 contribution from the President of the University of North Texas . . .
  
  
   
• . . . when he he is the one who received $55,000 from the embattled Texas Oilman PAC and is touting this as a badge of honor: 
  
  
  
• This isn't some online poll. Oh. no. This is legitimate poll by The Economist.  Now if you had told me that 1 in 5 (or even way more) had never heard of the Holocaust, I could more easily believe it.
  
  
  
  
  
  
• Elon Musk is allowing Alex Jones back on Twitter because of an online poll Musk posted. Jones, who has more conspiracy theories than can be counted, thinks Sandy Hook was a hoax and false flag.
  
  
  
  
  
  
• Flashback:
  
  
  
• Last week at a congressional hearing, some high tone university presidents couldn't come out and condemn any of their students calling for the genocide of all Jews. One resigned over the weekend in the fallout. But . . . 
  
  
  
  
  
  
• . . . remember when I told you Big Law was the biggest scam there was? Below is Exhibit A. (Story.) WilmerHale has over 1,000 lawyers and billed $1.34 billion in fees in 2022. 
  
  
  
  
  
  
• Ken Paxton's lead impeach lawyer couldn't win a city council race in his hometown. 
  
  
  
  
  
  
• Sports quick hits:
• We've never seen anything like him, and now we've never seen anything like the contract he was just awarded. All guaranteed. (Here's you're occasional reminder that the NFL owners, on the other hand, have a self-imposed salary cap.)
  
  
  
  
  
  
• High school football very random note: Brock knocked Paradise out of the playoffs and last Thursday Brock was knocked out as well. This story by a contract reporter by the Star-Telegram had some great photos but some very odd captions. This one got my attention because it doesn't seem possible, and it's kind of harsh considering the kid is in high school:
  
  
  
• NFL excitement:
• Final score:
  
  
  
• First half of of Texans/Jets: 
  
  
  
• The Business Second: Something is going on.
  
  
  
  
  
  
• An Intoxication Manslaughter case that started last week in Decatur might still be going on. I'll find out this morning. A subpoena got issued on Friday, the fourth day of trial.