Random Thursday Morning Thoughts

I was posting a lot from old Bridgeport Indexes back then, and this is a great one. Side note: Almost all the Index's had been digitized online here but now all the links are inactive. That's bad. 

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• Hurricane Milton seems to have had more hype than bang as it arrived about five hours earlier than expected.  The tornadoes yesterday appear to have been the biggest problem, although there was a ton of rain last night. 
  
  

  

  
  
  
  
• The worst damage appears to be to the fabric roof of Tropicana Field.
  
  
  
• The other big damage was a fallen crane in downtown St. Petersburg. 
  
  
  
• There was a house destroyed, but it had nothing to do with the hurricane. Dak Prescott tore down his mansion in order to build a better one. (Video which includes Dak rounding up his dogs as the bulldozers move in.)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
• This is weird. Over the last couple of weeks, the coach was dogged online by some "online content provider" named ThatDaneshGuy about allegedly physically assaulting a minor in public. Last week I looked at some of the "viral footage" of the aftermath of the incident and really couldn't tell much about other than some lady screaming at the coach. Police investigated it and closed the case without charges. In any event, the coach is now dead and the circumstances weren't released. The stories have coded wording like it could be suicide, but no one has said that.
  
  
  
  
  
  
• Another good inflation report this morning. 
  
  
  
• This story is about the killer in the recent ambush of a Dallas police officer in south Dallas. I've dealt with "sovereign citizens" before and, let me tell you, it's a wild ride. 
  
  
  
  
  
  
• Garth Strikes Back.
  
  
  
• Trump has already attacked Taylor Swift and Bruce Springsteen, and now he goes after Howard Stern.  Sound strategy he's got there. 
  
  
  
• A short documentary by The New Yorker available on YouTube which got my attention: "What happens when a lefty public defender agrees to represent right-wing January 6th rioters in court?"
• Legal nerdy stuff: The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals overturned  a "shaken baby syndrome" case yesterday after questioning whether it was based on junk science testimony. Interestingly, the "expert" who testified in that case is the same expert that prosecutors used in the case of Robert Roberson who is set to be executed in Texas in seven days. 
• Messenger - Above the Fold