Random Thursday Morning Thoughts

When the courthouse renovations are over, I hope they bring back

the guest book with a "remarks" column. Always fun to look at. 

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• Tragedy in D.C. last night at around 9:00 p.m. EST as an army Blackhawk helicopter collides with a landing AA passenger plane carrying 64 people. Video.  There are no survivors based upon a press conference this morning. 
  

  

  

  
  

  

  
  

  
  
  
  
• There were  around 14 very young figure skaters who were Olympic caliber on the plane as well as a couple of famous coaches. They were "returning home from the National Development Camp held in conjunction with the U.S. Figure Skating Championships in Wichita, Kansas.” 
  
  
  
• The President of the United States:
  
  
  
• "Obviously it is not standard to have aircraft collide. I want to be clear on that." -- Sean Duffy, the new Secretary of Transportation this morning. Video.
  
  
  
• I been telling you we were headed for a major collision around an airport. 
• This is a wacky story. He was in a patient room and peaked out after waiting some 30 minutes, and the whole place was shut down.  "I'm at CareNow," he posted to social media. "They forgot about me. The alarm is going off and police are on the way. #CareLater."  (Now that's a funny hashtag.)
  
  
  
  
  
  
• Wise County (in the red box) willed the heavy rain away for some reason last night.
  
  
  
• Trump's federal spending "freeze" was put on hold and then (maybe) put back in place again in a matter of moments yesterday. No one seems to know what is going on. 
  
  
  
• It's over:
  
  
  
• No, it's not: Press Secretary's official tweet.
  
  
  
• This is silly.  They are a private company and can ban whoever they wish.  This is closer to a bribe by Zuckerberg than a settlement. 
  
  
  
• And you just thought I was kidding about the concentration camps. It begins.  No word yet on whether this will include waterboarding.  
  
  
  
• Two of the nuttier people will have their confirmation hearings today at the same time.  That divides the public's attention in the "flood the zone" plan. 
  
  
  
  
  
  
• “President Trump was right. This process is political, and it’s corrupted to the core. I hope President Trump cleans up the cesspool and restores the integrity to the system.” He had gold bars in his home which were payments for bribes. 
  
  
  
  
  
  
• Idiocracy: The National Weather Service is now referring to the Gulf of Mexico in a manner dictated by our dear leader.
  
  
  
• Before the aircraft crash last night, Trump was hawking a book from the White House
  
  
  
  
• Messenger - Above the Fold.