9.06.2024

Random Friday Morning Thoughts




It was the latter.


  • Georgia shooting developments:
    • We've got a photo of the 14 year old shooter. 

    • In our world of let's find criminal responsibility for everyone, his dad was arrested last night.   You want to charge the juvenile as an adult because he was mature enough to make his own decisions, but you also want to charge the dad for providing a gun because the kid wasn't mature enough to make his own decisions?

  • Hunter Biden, much to the shock of prosecutors, tried to enter a "No contest" plea at the last second yesterday in his tax case. But once the judge indicated he wouldn't accept that, Hunter entered a full guilty plea instead -- and without the benefit of a plea bargain. The best guess is that he will receive just under two years in the federal pen when sentencing occurs in December. 

    • President Biden, who still believes in the rule of law, has said he won't issue a pardon for his son.  
  • I've been meaning to mention this story where an off-duty Fort Worth officer was the victim of a hit and run, and ended up chasing the guy down and shooting him. Now . . . 

    • . . . local media has figured out the same officer was involved in a viral video in 2016 when he manhandled this group of people by their home for littering.  


  • Grand Prairie quick hits (?):
    • This guy has been the superintendent for only three months and is now suspended? I want to know what's going on, too, and I don't even care about Grand Prairie ISD.

    • We've got to see the mayor of Grand Prairie over the last couple of days due to a water issue, and my first impression was that he was very wheels off. But the man has grown on me.

  • Look at who wrote this article for D Magazine.


  • The MAGA and West Texas Oilmen PAC fanboys in the Texas legislature are after the House Speaker for trying to impeach Ken Paxton, so Phelan has done this:
  • News media development: I like this, but why start with Waco?
  • Trump quick hits:
    • Trump gave the most I'm-Winging-This-Like-A-Fake-Book-Report answer ever yesterday to a question about affordable child care. Here's the video. Here's the text: 

    • Oh, good lord:
    • Melanie has come out of hiding to hawk a new book in weird black and white video where she narrated it in her heavy accent.
  • The Kansas City Chiefs won their season opener last night (wild finish video here), but look what happened earlier in the day:
  • The new Dallas Observer cover story may interest those of you who are Ticket fans and/or followed the demise of The Freak:


  • 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 63 days.