Random Monday Morning Thoughts

Seven years later, the money would amazingly be found by a plumber working on a toilet. The public would only learn about it because he called into a radio show and casually spoke about it. 

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• The Liberally Lean March Madness tournament is up. Join it here. As we've done the last couple of years, the scoring system is very tricked up which rewards upset picks.
  
  
  
  
  
  
• I said that I needed to compile a list of Wise County murder indictments over the last handful of years so I did. We will probably have one more added to it based upon an arrest last week. 
  
  
  
• They better get control over that area.
  
  
  
• The death of an Alvord man is getting coverage on WFAA and in the Star-Telegram.
  
  
   
  
  
  
• Republicans are all free market capitalists and limited government until the are not. 
  
  
  
• Trump is going full Hitler and he's not even disguising it. I cannot believe what I am seeing. 
• He ramped up his defense and support of those engaged in Insurrection on January 6th calling them hostages and saluting them as the Convict Choir sang in the background. The recorded voice going over the loudspeaker even boomed, "Ladies and Gentlemen, please rise for the horribly and unfairly treated January 6th hostages!"  Video. This is full fledged insanity.
  
  
  
• He then delivered a doozy of speech in Ohio. A bloodbath if he's not elected*, and immigrants are "not people" but "animals."  Yep, full Hitler. (*Yes, I know his campaign now claims he was just talking about the auto industry but this is coming from the same guy who told the Proud Boys to "stand back and stand by.")
  
  
  
• And this is not the first first time he used the animals comment. At least a few years ago he would try to walk in back by saying he was just referring to specific gang members.  He's abandoned that. They are all animals now. And if all of this sounds very familiar. . .
  
  
  
• . . .it should. 
  
  
  
  
• Mike Pence joined this list over the weekend of former Trump confidents who are not endorsing him. Those who knew him best and saw him behind the scenes in the Oval Office want nothing to do with him. 
  
  
  
• The Business Second™. I'm not sure I understand this after a big lawsuit settlement on Friday, but it sounds big. 
  
  
  
• NCAA Basketball notes from yesterday.
• Teams who didn't make the NCAA Tourney also declining an NIT invitation.
  
  
  
• The confetti went off while a tournament championship game was still being played. Video.
  
  
  
• Love this. 
  
  
  
• Once again, sign up for the Liberally Lean tourney or you will have a bad week.