11.17.2025

Random Monday Morning Thoughts




I miss Sarah Palin sometimes. 
  • New this morning (below).  And this comes on the heels of a motorcycle death on 1810 near Chico on Sunday morning per the Wise County Messenger. 

    • Note to Messenger: If you want to see how AI took your story and turned it into an attorney ad, without attribution to you, look here. 
  • This headline and story don't do this story justice.  She was dragged under a car for about a city block and, seconds after it happened, someone filmed the aftermath of it all from above. (Video - disturbing warning.)


  • As so often the case now, the story has nothing more to tells us than what's in the headline. 

  • We had a DPS Trooper incident at the Aggie/South Carolina game on Saturday. Video. 




  • From the official government Twitter account of the Department of Homeland Security.  
  • Trump and the Epstein files had an interesting weekend.
    • On Friday, he again called it all a "hoax" but then specifically named people and companies who should be investigated because of their association with Epstein. And he instructed AG Pam Bondi to do so. 

    • Pam Bondi immediately said, "I'll do that investigation!"   

    • And then, last night, Trump did a complete 180 on his position of Congress voting on releasing the files.


  • And now Trump is in a wild fight with Marjorie Taylor Greene
    • He's working out some nicknames (and even has to explain his comedy routine.)

    • Marjorie says that she is going to get killed by the crazies out there because of Trump. 

    • Trump, in response, tells her not to worry because no one cares enough about her to kill her. Video. 

  • Quick hits: An incredible weekend of the crazy and insane things from the President of the United States.
    • Video.

    • Rep. Thomas Massie's first wife passed away in June of 2024, having been married for over 30 years and having four children together. He married Carolyn Grace Moffa, a former staffer for Senator Rand Paul, on October 19, 2025.

    • Trump criticized a comedian and wants him off the air. And then the Chairman of the FCC retweeted it. 

    • I keep telling you . . . . 

  • The Business Second™: There's going to be a lot of rebooting going on once we have another ice storm and the power goes out.

  • The college football playoffs are still taking shape, but there's still a whole lot that can happen. But for now, the Aggies look like they'll be in after a miraculous comeback, as would be Texas Tech keeps having a dream season, OU is back in the running after a big win at Alabama, and . . . .  The University of North Texas? "Do you believe in the Mean Green!"

  • The Waco Tribune is a little dramatic. At least I hope that's just the case. 
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11.14.2025

It's Friday -- Let's Get Out of Here

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Random Friday Morning Thoughts




While on the campaign trail in Iowa, this appears to the first time Trump delivered a long (95 minute) and wild speech where he would go off script. It made headlines everywhere. But it would become his trademark. 

  • Last month, a visiting judge in Wise County imposed a life sentence in a case involving Jeffrey Allen Short after a plea of guilty without the benefit of a plea bargain.  Short attempted to appeal the sentence but yesterday the Fort Worth Court of Appeals dismissed the appeal because of a, uh, procedural problem. 
  • Missing Dallas lawyer and professor on the Appalachian Trail. 

  • A fan rushing Ariana Grande in Singapore turned out to be harmless, but she had every right to be scared to death at that moment. Video.


  • Lots of very poor decisions made here.
     

  • Everything is for a photo-op. Everything is for show. 

  • Oh, my. (New York Times gift link.)

  • The only attorney that Trump could find in the U.S. to indict James Comey and Leticia James  probably won't be on those cases much longer. 

  • I'm not sure I agree with much of what this guy says, but he's 100% correct on this. 

  • The Business Second™ (breaking news).  He's 59 and has been the CEO since 2014.  This seems a little odd. 

  • The Business Second™. (Gift link.) "Hillwood celebrated the development Thursday during a ceremony to unveil the 6,000 home project. Model homes in the first phase of 747 homes are expected to open in the spring. The first phase is northwest of Interstate 35W and Robson Ranch Road . . .  . The project will also be home roughly 3,000 apartment units."

  • Can Baylor go a couple of years without bad press? He also resigned his position as chair of the College Football Playoff selection committee. It sounds like he has an anger issue. 

  • Lauren Whitener Clock: 6 years and 133 days.

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11.13.2025

Random Thursday Morning Thoughts




I couldn't believe the number of arrests back in the summer, and was even more stunned that the grand jury went along with it. The final conviction number was zero.

  • I think the Evading case might be a little shaky, but that's nuts to be doing that speed on North Tarrant Parkway at 8:53 a.m. Story. 

  • This guy is truly despicable. And whatever his plans would be for the position of Railroad Commissioner, they're not good. 

  • The comments on Twitter were about what you would expect.  Side note: The fact that this is a federal charge with a very rare RICO allegation seems odd to me.  The underlying crimes (very vaguely described with no details) at least had names that would typically be state charges. 

  • Story. 

  • I've never really had much of a fascination with the "Epstein Files", but it's beyond bizarre that Trump, the Attorney General, and the FBI Director summoned Rep. Lauren Boebert to, of all places, the Situation Room yesterday in order to put pressure on her to vote "no" on releasing the files. That looks about as bad as it possibly can.  Boebert, as of now, is a critical vote.  The pressure campaign doesn't sound like it worked. 




  • Wise County Rep. Ronny Jackson says your pocketbook is fine, and your dollar is going further than ever.  

  • Say what? This is very Orwellian.  If you don't like the facts, just eliminate them. 

  • And Eric Trump was on Fox Business this morning with a little advice:

  • We live in the weirdest of times. 


  • Legal stuff: Here's a pretty interesting short article where a juror in the Sandwich Guy case was interviewed. (The Atlantic gift link.)


  • Messenger - Above the Fold

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