Random Wednesday Morning Thoughts

Fear the wrong way driver.

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• New:
  
  
  
• Fox News host Pete Hegseth's nomination by Trump for Secretary of Defendant might be in trouble:
• This seemed to cause momentum to build in getting it sidetracked a few days ago:
  
  
  
• This late yesterday:
  
  
  
• And this stunner from the Wall Street Journal is the first time I believed he might not make it:
  

  

  
  
• Hegseth's momma went to the welcoming arms of Fox and Friends this morning to defend him.
  
  
  
• The declaration of martial law in South Korea was insane. It sounds like their president just hauled off and did it on national TV at 11:00 p.m. at night with no warning to anyone.  The country then revolted, and he withdrew the declaration hours later.  He may now be done as president. 
  

  

  
  
  
  
• She was seen on video clearly and freely walking across the Mexico border. But I completely missed that her dad searching for her committed suicide during the period she went missing: "Her father, Ryan Kobayashi, who had been in the search party along with volunteers, was found dead by apparent suicide on Sunday, Nov. 24, in a parking lot near LA International Airport."
  
  
  
  

  
  
  
• A couple of stories from the "Oh, my!" category.
• Pennsylvania
  
  
  
• Arizona
  
  
  
  
• I see the Tarrant County Sheriff is still doing a bang up job.  That's the eighth person to die this year. 
  
  
  
• Legal nerdy stuff: The federal judge in Hunter Biden's tax case dismissed the case yesterday in light of the pardon, but he was a little snarky about it. PDF 
• Very legal nerdy stuff in for Texas DWI cases: If someone passes the field sobriety tests, does that give the trial court enough to grant a Motion to Suppress based upon no probable cause to arrest and no probable cause to support a search warrant for blood? This appellate court said "no" yesterday and remanded the case back for trial. Incredible. 
  
  
  
• Random observation: If you regularly use the words "deep state" and "patriot", I'm incredibly suspicious of you. 

Random Tuesday Morning Thoughts

And this was while Obama was president. I'm surprised the Republican power brokers didn't get him fired for saying that. 

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• This seems noteworthy this morning. 
  
  
  
• This is regarding the drive-by at the wrong house. Ages 19, 18 and 17.
  
  
  
• We all know the intersection where I-35 goes over 380 as you go into Denton. Well, there was a little trouble there yesterday. Honestly, I don't know how this could happen. 
  
  
  
• The only interesting thing about the Ennis water situation is that we get to see a random mayor on TV. He's 29.  
  
  
  
  
  
  
• Oh, my. The trial was to begin yesterday. 
  
  
  
• Anyone with half a brain knew this film was a lie, so it's really no surprise that this news came about once the director was sued by one of the "mules." 
  
  
  
• I mentioned yesterday that Hunter Biden's lawyer had already filed a Notice of Pardon in his criminal cases to have the indictment dismissed.  The government responded yesterday saying, in essence, "Sure, nothing can happen to him because of pardon, and we can't go forward with the prosecution, but that doesn't mean the indictment just disappears." Honestly, no one is really sure how all this works from a procedural standpoint. 
  
  
  
• The Business Second™.  They make Chocxw chocolate -- which I've never heard of. 
  
  
  
• The Entertainment Second™.  The guy from “Jon & Kate Plus 8” has upgraded at that position. 
  
  
  
• $12.99?
  
  
  
• I thought all the Texas votes have been counted, but there was one straggler according to The Dallas Morning News today.
  
  
  
  
  
  
• For Ticket fans and former Ticket fans.  But the story is behind a paywall. On Wednesdays, he has been telling about his experience in rehab which is ironically entertaining. 
  
  
  
  
• Found this time waste website in the Washington Post: "Between 2009 and 2012, iPhones had a built-in 'Send to YouTube' button in the Photos app. Many of these uploads kept their default IMG_XXXX filenames, creating a time capsule of raw, unedited moments from random lives . . . . [This man created] a bot that crawled YouTube and found 5 million of these videos [which had almost no hits].  Watch them. . . ordered randomly."

Random Monday Morning Thoughts

This was actually a Northwest ISD bus. Ten high schoolers managed to get off and escape injury. 

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• It's not really surprising that the President pardoned his son since I think all of us would do the same. But I am surprised that he issued a statement saying he did it because of "selective prosecution."   Sheesh. Just say the pardon is something he wants to do as a father or, heck, just say nothing at all. 
  
  
  
• But I would like to be a defense lawyer who gets to file a "Notice of Pardon" as was done last night. (PDF). 
  
  
  
• Trump's response below. Get ready.
  
  
  
• The pardon will overshadow the bigger news over the weekend that an absolute nut, with no qualifications other than a being a Trump yes-man, will be in charge of the FBI. He will let Trump turn it into the SS.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
• What could go wrong with a guy who wrote a "children's book" defending Trump, and signed them with the QAnon slogan?
  
  
  
• "The total judgment amount of $60,650,000 includes exemplary damages of $50 million against Texas Live!, $5 million against Inner Parish Security Corporation and $500,000 against the security guard, Hasan Perryman, according to court documents," per the Star-Telegram.   The plaintiffs lawyer was Brian Butcher with the Noteboom Law Firm. I'm not sure how tort reform will slash the damages, but it will. 
  
  
  
• On a pretty normal looking street in North Richland Hills, a drive by shooting at the "wrong" house killed a 52 year old man.  Three arrests have been made but no names have been released. 
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
• Video.
  
  
  
• In another Trump appointment, he named hiss son-in-law's father, who Trump had to pardon from a felony conviction, as ambassador to France. 
  
  
  
  
  
  
• Flashback: 
  
  
  
• Re: Trump's Pick for secretary of defense. When your momma says this about you in an email, you might be a bad guy.
  
  
   
  
  
  
• The Aggies put up no fight against the Evil Empire on Saturday, but they might have known they were doomed with this state legislator showed his support. (And he has his name on his vest.)  If you don't remember him, this will refresh your memory.
  
  
  
• Baylor doing good bits:
  
  
  
• Texas is a 2.5 point favorite over George in the SEC Championship game.  SMU is also 2.5 over Clemson.