10.15.2024

Random Tuesday Morning Thoughts




What a glorious picture I had found from the July 19, 1973 edition of the Bridgeport Index.


  • I have no idea what happened in this trial because no news organization covered it. The Dallas Morning News just found out about it by looking at court records. So what went down? Who knows. "A spokeswoman for the Dallas County district attorney’s office declined to comment."  A guilty verdict would have meant an automatic life sentence which would mean at least a real 40 years.

  • He's lost it.  What a bizarre incident last night. Here's a quick video montage.  And, to add the appropriate flavor to this weird fascist lovefest, one of the songs on his playlist was Dixie (!) sung by Elvis. Video.  Edit: And here's one which greatly captures just how weird this was. 




  • Sheesh.


  • Kamala heads to Fox News for an interview. Do you ever see Trump sitting down with CNN? 

  • The Liberally Lean Weather Center tells me the cold front will now hit at 10:15 p.m. tonight which will bring a high tomorrow of 66 degrees. 
  • I think this is a  little underreported: Seth Altman, the man who was the subject of the Blue Alert that woke up all of Texas, is still on on the run. 

  • You two boys want to settle down? We've got enough problems in the world. 

  • This was the DA involved in the original Bernie case and who was played my Matthew McConaughey in the movie.



  • I'm halfway through this, and it is great.  It's not about how Twitter has changed, but instead is a recent history lesson of what went on behind the scenes of Elon's strange purchase of it.

  • Thanks to the krillions of people who came out the woodwork to tell me the concrete sidewalk being built on 380 between Decatur and Bridgeport will be for a safety barrier. Question: Were cars crossing that median a problem? I'm not sure I even recall one single wreck involving a car crossing the median. 

  • I'm working on my official election prediction, but I've still got to spend some more time in the lab.