Random Tuesday Morning Thoughts

She got a big kick out covering Wise County. No one else has cared as much. 

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• We have a pipeline fire near Houston. Take a look at how close those house are to it. They eventually caught fire despite being pelted with water all day.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  

  

  
  

  

  
  
  
  
• Earthquake near Midland last night.  Blame past fracking. 
  
  
   
  
  
  
• The $350,000 Man will be a lap dog until the very end. He was at Abbott's side yesterday.
  
  
  
  
  
  
• But he actually took on a different role when he spoke up during the press conference, referring to undocumented immigrants as "cockroaches" that are part of an "infestation." That is the language that is used before an extermination. Video.
• This is kind of under the radar: There is still a federal grand jury investigative Texas AG Ken Paxton for bribery. And they heard testimony as recently as last month. From Bloomberg Law: 
  
  
  
• Regarding the Trump new "assassination attempt", mess around with Google maps, satellite view, and street view here.  And look how close you can get to the the tee-boxes for hole #7.  That's less than 60 feet. (The guy was actually positioned further to the east on hole #6.)  But, honestly, what's to prevent a drive-by with one or more AR-15s spraying into those bushes? I think I'd cut out the golf at that location for a while. 

  

  Tee-boxes for #7.

  

  

  

  

  

  
  

  

  
  

  
  
• Spin vs. Reality:
• The statement: "One of our officers was shot while protecting our subway system."
  
  
  
  
• The story: The officer was actually shot by other cops. They had opened fired on someone accused of not paying a subway fare, and also hit two bystanders. Now, in fairness, police at least say the man "charged" at them "with a knife". But still. 
  
• In a world built on grift, Trump introduced another one last night in the final weeks of a presidential campaign. 
  
  
  
  
  
  
• Pure clickbait. What he actually said to Wired magazine was, “If I had enough money to do it, which I don’t, I’d buy it in a heartbeat.”  And he is a pauper compared to what it takes to buy either of those entities. 
  
  
  
• NIL is getting weirder.
  
  
  
• DFW is now the #4 media market in the nation. It had been #5 for about 20 years. 
  
  
  
• Random Entertainment Thought: Movies sure have gone downhill.  It's just sequels and/or superhero dreck over the last few years.