Random Monday Morning Thoughts

I'm not sure they ever caught him. A couple from Paradise would later be federally indicted for a string of bank robberies around this time, but I don't see anything about a bank in Rhome being part of their charges.

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• Stephen Wren, long-time Decatur lawyer and former County Court at Law judge, passed away on Saturday. 
  
  
  
• The Jeff Bezo owned Washington Post decided not to make an endorsement this year -- of all years -- in the presidential race. "Democracy Dies In Darkness" indeed.

• Compare and Contrast the New York Times yesterday:
  
  
  
• That Blue Alert guy was arrested on Friday afternoon. 
  
  
  
• Another day. Another horrible wreck. "Fort Worth Police say a Ford Focus carrying a father, mother and their two children was traveling in the wrong direction on Loop 820 when it crashed into another vehicle. "
  
  
  
  
  
  
• No injuries.
  
  
  
• There were some lies spread on Friday of a Wise County voter having their vote "changed." This didn't happen. Don't embarrass yourself by spreading this lie or believing it.  Oh, and don't do this:
  

  

  
  
  
  
• Holding a rally at Madison Square Garden, the home of a famous 1939 Nazi rally, and having a speaker insult minorities (video), is certainly a bold closing campaign strategy to persuade those who are "undecided." 
  
  
  
  

  

  
  
  
  
• Ken Paxton, of course, was there.
  
  
  
• A Sarah Palin sighting along with the Jewish Space Laser lady.
  
  
  
• Trump lawyer, who was able to get him convicted of 34 felonies, came out on stage and danced to the podium. Video.
  
  
  
• Totally normal. 
  
  
  
• Trevon Diggs, somehow knew about a negative tweet during the game from WFAA's Mile Leslie, and confronts him on the way to the dressing room after the game.  Video.
  
  
  
• Stunt drving on the campus of the Evil Empire on Saturday night. 

  

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• The kicker for Texas Tech sported a handmade Trump T-shirt for the cameras on Saturday. Video. Tech then lost to TCU.
  
• Someone going through the transcript of the Robert Roberson "shaken baby case" found this weird tidbit. While the jury was sequestered during the punishment phase to decide life or death, the judge joked about seeing a dirty movie with them. 
  
  
  
• This seems like a big deal not getting enough attention: The Fifth Circuit, on Friday evening, ruled that mail in ballots received after election day cannot be counted.