2.04.2025

Random Tuesday Morning Thoughts





The funeral for Pepper the police dog.


  • I think Fox 4 jumped the gun on this one yesterday.


    • They then deleted the story.

  • I noticed a not guilty verdict out of Tarrant County in a murder case yesterday 


  • In the heart of winter: 

  • As I predicted, Trump backed down on the tariffs by claiming victory although nothing changed.  He announced that Mexico will send 10,000 troops to the border and that Canada will spend $1.3 billion on border security. BUT . . . 
    • For Mexico, 10,000 troops from Mexico is not new.

    • For Canada, the $1.3 billion "boost" they agreed to was announced in December. 

    • We are watching a propaganda machine that would make Joseph Goebbels blush. 
  • Speaking of, Trump's lie of $50 million in "condoms to Gaza" just fantastically increased to a $100 million lie yesterday. Video.

  • ♪"That's me in the corner"♪ - Fox News owner Rupert Murdoch in the Oval Office yesterday.

  • So Wired magazine identifies by name the inexperienced, young people working for unelected Elon Musk who now have access to all of our personal data on the Treasury Department databases, Musk gets mad, and then the new U.S. Attorney for D.C. immediately threatens to prosecute anyone who "impacts the work" of DOGE.  (Democracy dies slowly, then quickly.)


  • New State Department appointment. They aren't even hiding it any longer 


    • The appointee certainly doesn't hide it. 

  • With it being Super Bowl week in New Orleans, I was curious what the atmosphere on Bourbon Street would be.  The main entrance off Canal Street has a makeshift memorial.

  • Wichita Falls criminal justice news.  Based upon the picture, even the DA likes getting into photos of seized drugs. 

  • Tom Selleck can almost convince me to do a reverse mortgage, and I don't need, and certainly don't trust, reverse mortgages.