Random Friday Morning Thoughts

In a shocking crime in Graham, a man murdered his two young children and then sent a photo of their bodies to their mother.  After a change of venue order, the trial was transferred from Young County to Tarrant County where the jury rejected the death penalty. 

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• We might either blow away or catch fire today.

  

  Yellow Wise County box provided by Liberally Lean Graphics Department

  
  
  
• Unnerving scene in Denver late yesterday as passengers escaped via the wing while the plane was burning. Video.
  
  
  
  
  
  
• It was on southbound I-35 in Austin last night. Eleven more were hurt, some critically.
  
  
  
• And you wonder why I kept mentioning concentration camps? Get ready.  Here comes a 1798 law to move us ever closer to it:
  
  
  
  
  

  

  
  
  
  
• And Texas will play a major role. From today's Texas Tribune: 
  
  
  
  
  
  
• That was quick. 
  
  
  
  
• Ironically, we last invaded Panama in 1989 in order to remove a "Strongman."
  
  
  
• Steller week for Tarrant County DA's office in the felony courts:
  
  
  
• The Business Second™. 
  
  
  
• Tiger Woods is dating Trump Jr.'s first wife.
  
  
  
  
  
  
• Legal nerdy stuff outside of my area: Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick unveiled his second round of priorities yesterday.  If you are a plaintiff's personal injury lawyer, you might want to look at Senate Bill 30. 
  
  
  
• Oh, my.
  
  
  
• Lauren Whitener Clock: 5 years and 255 days.