Random Thursday Morning Thoughts

People showing up in public with long barreled firearms - something which has been somehow legal in Texas forever - was becoming a thing. I think the guy in the hat is Kory Watkins, who I haven't heard about in years.

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• The lady who believes in Jewish Space Lasers, has doubled down on lasers. This is real.
  

  

  

  
  

  
  
  
• This was on CNN last night.  Two other small Texas towns in the area were hit as well. I don't know how every government entity, large and small, is not scared to death about a cyber attack.  And we all need to fear the day we wake up and suddenly find the Internet simply not working.
  
  
  
  
  
  
• Another example of how the Republican Party is now controlled by extremists that would make Ronald Reagan turn over in his grave:  A Speaker is about to be ousted because he supports Ukraine in its battle against Russian aggression and expansion.
  

  

  
  
  
  
• This is interesting, but none of the stories about it tell us anything of the circumstances of when and how she went missing. 
  
  
  
  
  
  
• Elon Musk is shocking dumb or shockingly reckless.  Does he ever think, "I wonder if I'm right about this?" before he speaks or writes something?   If you own a flag - any flag - you can burn it (even in a public area if open flames are allowed.) 
  
  
  
• More evidence that Trump has lost his mind:
• Not only is it weird to be ranting about Jimmy Kimmel at the crack of dawn, but he confused him with Al Pacino who was the person who actually presented the Best Picture award.
  
  
  
• If a party had unlimited jury strikes, how would you ever get a jury seated? Just object to every single person. But that never occurred to him. 
  
  
  
• Kind of legal nerdy stuff:
• I know no one is watching the Young Thug trial in Atlanta, but I've never seen a prosecutor very loudly argue with a judge and get away with it. And the judge needs some scene control. Video.
  
  
  
• This is a fantastic thread about a former Tarrant County prosecutor (name eventually revealed) who now has a job he doesn't need to have. 
  
  
  
• The Business Second.™ I go back in forth between "everyone is broke out there" to "who are these people with all this money?"
  
  
  
• If you like journalism, this part of this story is jaw-dropping.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
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