Random Wednesday Morning Thoughts

Man, I had some hot opinions back then. And that's just the first half of the list.

 I'll post the remainder tomorrow. (But what did I have against Lane Kiffin?)

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• The Colorado Supreme Court has knocked Trump off the ballot in that state for insurrection under section 3 of the 14th Amendment. Quick thoughts on the practical implications . . .
  
  
  
• If the ruling stands, it doesn't mean much in the electoral count because Trump was never going to win Colorado.
• The decision will probably have the effect of ramping up the MAGA Trump Extremists more than anything else.
• There is a 100% chance the Supreme Court will have to decide this case now, and that's fascinating. Edit: I've got a big backtrack on this tomorrow based upon the decision.
• I think the Supreme Court will almost certainly overturn it, but the "state's rights" court is in a heck of a bind on just exactly how they do it.
• As someone smarter than me has pointed out, the Supreme Court could actually save the Republican Party by letting the ruling stand. With other states then following suit, the Republicans could rid themselves of Trump and his nutcase disciples who are only dragging the party down. It would then open up a path for Haley or DeSantis who might actually win. Seriously, the normal Republicans should embrace this path and start getting the message out to the partisan court that letting the ruling stand is OK. 
  

• We now have the face of the victim in the Man-Through-The-Windshield case. 
  
  
  
• Something interesting happened in the civil case against Fed Ex in the Athena Strand civil case filed in Wise County:  The lawyers dismissed it. However, they turned around and refiled it in Dallas County. I'm not sure about the reasoning behind that. Anyway, now Fed Ex and the other defendants have filed motions to get it transferred back to Wise County. 
  
  
  
• I-35 in Lewisville looked a little problematic this morning. 
  
  
  
• As predicted, the attack wasted no time. 
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
• Did you know there is a resort "town" being developed inside Runaway Bay which is quite elaborate and with a most unusual name? Website here.
  
  
  
• Ken Paxton is after a trial judge in Tarrant County who ruled against him one time.  Fascism is everywhere. 
  
  
  
• Let's check in on Fox News coverage of Justice Sandra Day O'Conner lying in a state of repose at the Supreme Court. No, she wasn't the Attorney General in Texas -- she was an assistant Attorney General in Arizona. 
  
  
  
• Not sure why Junior's girlfriend posted this of her in the sheer outfit with Trump in golf attire. It looks photoshopped. 
  
  
  
• Right before this denial last night, Trump said, "It’s true, they’re destroying the blood of our country. . . . . They don’t like it when I said that." And, interestingly, he pronounced Mein Kampf absolutely correctly. 
  
  
  
• Random screenshot from a random play during the Cowboy game. See anyone open? And that's with two safeties not even having to do a thing. 
  
  
  
• Israel's carpet bombing of Gaza will create generations of terrorists against them who otherwise wouldn't have been. And they will come from the families of the innocent dead. This will not ultimately end like Israel thinks it will.