Random Friday Morning Thoughts

I can't believe I wrote 14 more bullet points back then on changing a tire, but I reread it and it's pretty funny. (Humble brag.) The unnamed man in the story was Allen Williamson, now deceased.

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• This happened east of Boyd last evening.
  

  

  
  
  
  
• The Fort Worth Court of Appeals yesterday affirmed a burglary conviction out of Wise County with one of the issues being whether the following structure in Rhome constituted a "habitation": A "manufactured double-wide home [which] did not have electricity, had been used to store property, and had not had a full-time occupant since 2018 . . . ." The court said it did. The female defendant got 10 years in prison. 
• This has to be one of those weird cases where someone looks way worse on video than you would expect for such a low alcohol test.  But normally that means it's a case where medication is also involved -  a fact which would normally work for the prosecution. But without getting a search warrant for blood in this case-- a process which is easy and commonplace these days -- the prosecution should lose this. 
  
  
  
  
• Ann Coulter stepped in it yesterday. She quickly took it down once someone told her about the kid's issues. And, by the way, mocking anyone about crying with pride about your father is, uh, weird.
  
  
  
• GOP VP candidate JD Vance had an awkward experience trying to buy some donuts yesterday, but his hairdo quickly grabbed headlines. 
  
  
  
• Trump was looking a little haggard himself as he ran to the border.
  
  
  
• DNC quick hits:
• Great photo from last night. 
  
  
  
• A Republican showed up to scorch Trump and how the Republican party has completely changed.  "The Republican party is no longer conservative. It has switched its allegiance from the principles that gave it purpose to a man whose only purpose is himself."
  
  
  
• Victims of gun violence, including this Uvalde mom, spoke.
  
  
  
• Pink (and daughter) as well as the Chicks were there, but rumors about a Beyonce appearance failed to materialize. 
  
  
  
  
  
  
• Two incredibly cute kids (nieces of Kamala Harris) taught everyone how to say "Kamala." Video.  The girl in pink was in the first photo, above. 
  
  
  
• Random photo I saw this week out of Springfield, Mass.
  
  
  
• Deion is trying to get Saudi money.  Hey it worked for the LIV tour and Jared Kushner, so why not?
  
  
  
• 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 49 days.