12.31.2024

Random Tuesday Morning Thoughts




A big air disaster overseas happened 10 years a go as well. 

  • Two things: (1) Who has $40,000 worth of stuff in their car, and (2) who in the world physically possesses "computer software" these days? 


  • This occurred last night at the Shoot Smart gun range in the Alliance area in north Fort Worth.


  • Seems concerning.  One of these days, the whole Internet is going to shut down.

  • Speaking of, even Texas' top law enforcement office can't keep its computer systems up.   If only the $350,000 Man were still working to keep this from happening. Their offices are closed today and tomorrow for the holidays, so we won't know if the systems are back up until Thursday.


  • I've said it before: Soon we will see a major airline disaster in the U.S. which will occur just like this one almost did: On a runway.   This incident was actually caught on video by some guys who livestream takeoffs and landings at LAX every weekend. 


  • All the crime stories these days seem to involve teens. 
  • This brazen theft is incredible, although I seriously question the $600,000 figure. Video. 

  • I don't think she has to "file" anything, but it checks out that she would at least be eligible for parole after 30 years. 

  • I'm not sure how this Two Act Play is going to work out.
    • They are still arresting people even though Trump promises to pardon the Insurrectionists.

    • And the lead prosecutor of those January 6th Insurrectionists is stepping down. (That's not unusual. All U.S. Attorneys appointed by a president of a different political party resign when there is a presidential change.)

  • As of midnight tonight, Wise County literally has a new sheriff in town. 

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12.30.2024

Random Monday Morning Thoughts





This story out of Rhome even got picked up by USA Today

  • A murder suspect was chased down I-35W on Saturday, got into a wreck around Heritage Trace in North Fort Worth, and then shot himself.  The freeway was then shut down for hours.

  • Yet another airline crash. The fact this was a Boeing plane seems to escape most of the headlines. I'm sure you have seen the video. 


  • Say what?


  • The Tarrant County Sheriff has killed another.  


  • Exposure? Obviously we have a government cover-up going on here. 

  • Elon Musk discovered that ultra-MAGA doesn't want any immigration, legal or otherwise.

    • After calling his critics "retards", "subtards", "fools", and much worse, he then got dogpiled and begged everyone to back off:  

  • This story didn't get a lot of attention over the holidays.

  • Obituary news:
    • Random notes on the death of Jimmy Carter: (1) He was last Democrat to win the state of Texas in a presidential election, and (2) before yesterday, the last past Democratic president to die was LBJ in 1973.

    • Everyone seems to have liked this guy. 


    • RIP, but Alice was one bad show. 

  • Bowl highlights: 
    • There was blood in the Military Bowl. A stolen towel started it all. (Video)

    • The Pop-Tarts Bowl has lots of great bits, but the painted sprinkles on the sidelines was one of my favorites. 

  • A long, but always funny, Dave Barry's "Year in Review" from the Washington Post via a gift link. A little final holiday reading. 

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12.27.2024

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

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Random Friday Morning Thoughts





They blew up Aggieland to begin renovations. 

  • Messenger - Above the Fold (I forgot yesterday.)
  • That drone company based in Fort Worth is having a bad week. 

  • Musk and Ultra-MAGA got into some kind of online fight yesterday that gave me Tired Head. You can read about it here if you wish. 


  • A brief tornado targeted this postal worker near Houston yesterday. 

  • Total cases: 279.

  • A nineteen year old shot themselves in the store's bathroom last night. (Christmas always has a dark side for many, many people.)

  • You just know there's more to the story than this. 

  • Fox News love or something. 

  • That's at the Miami property they purchased for $24 million in 2021 and then gutted it for a two year renovation project. 

  • Speaking of the Aggies, they play in Vegas for their bowl game tonight (at 9:30 p.m.!)  That transition from Christmas at home to a Vegas weekend would be a beat down, but I bet they faithful show up in force. 

  • Time which has passed since the Wise County Sheriff's Office, despite having a full male DNA profile, has failed to solve the murder of Lauren Whitener in her home at Lake Bridgeport: 5 years and 176 days.

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