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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11.12.2025

Random Wednesday Morning Thoughts




I can't find out what the selling price was. 

  • The Northern Lights were visible from Wise County last night.

  • Gift link.  That's a picture of the alleged victim. At first blush you would think it is a good case, but the Tarrant County DA's office also made the odd decision to charge the victim with resisting arrest, too.


  • TCU is raising tuition. (Gift link.)

  • Big breaking news. The House Oversight Committee just released new emails they received from the Jeffrey Epstein’s estate  




  • Who would have thought Fox News' Laura Ingraham would have the best interviews of Trump. (Video)

  • This has to be bad for even the New York Post to run with this story. 

  • So the Trump Administration is now relying on DoorDash economic reports? (And the Press Secretary even lied about the report and got community noted for it on Twitter.)


  • Just moments ago, the Trump Administration announced new free money. 

  • Tech is having a season for all seasons, and they need to pay ESPN royalties forever for this camera work after the interception in the opening moments of the game last Saturday. (Video.)

  • I thought it was pretty cool when I heard that Paradise and Boyd would face each other in the volleyball playoffs (in Chico) for the right to advance in the state playoffs. But I accidentally ended up being enthralled last night by the point by point update from the Messenger.  Boyd won the first two sets and looked to be on their way to a three set sweep. Then Paradise shockingly won the next two sets, and was leading 13-9 in the final set (first one to 15) when Boyd went on a six point run to win 15-13. Good stuff. 



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