12.30.2024

Random Monday Morning Thoughts





This story out of Rhome even got picked up by USA Today


  • A murder suspect was chased down I-35W on Saturday, got into a wreck around Heritage Trace in North Fort Worth, and then shot himself.  The freeway was then shut down for hours.

  • Yet another airline crash. The fact this was a Boeing plane seems to escape most of the headlines. I'm sure you have seen the video


  • Say what?


  • The Tarrant County Sheriff has killed another.  


  • Exposure? Obviously we have a government cover-up going on here. 

  • Elon Musk discovered that ultra-MAGA doesn't want any immigration, legal or otherwise.

    • After calling his critics "retards", "subtards", "fools", and much worse, he then got dogpiled and begged everyone to back off:  

  • This story didn't get a lot of attention over the holidays.

  • Obituary news:
    • Random notes on the death of Jimmy Carter: (1) He was last Democrat to win the state of Texas in a presidential election, and (2) before yesterday, the last past Democratic president to die was LBJ in 1973.

    • Everyone seems to have liked this guy. 


    • RIP, but Alice was one bad show. 

  • Bowl highlights: 
    • There was blood in the Military Bowl. A stolen towel started it all. (Video)

    • The Pop-Tarts Bowl has lots of great bits, but the painted sprinkles on the sidelines was one of my favorites. 

  • A long, but always funny, Dave Barry's "Year in Review" from the Washington Post via a gift link. A little final holiday reading.