2.28.2025

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

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Random Friday Morning Thoughts





They still had that thing a couple of years ago, but it may be gone. 

  • Gene Hackman update: . It looks like his wife was found lying on the bathroom floor, and he was found in what appeared to be a mud room near the kitchen. But police don't seem to think the deaths were do to a carbon monoxide leak. Rank Speculation: She had a fatal medical issue, and the 92 year old Hackman fell after finding her? 


  • After dramatically promising the release of the Jeffrey Epstein files on Fox News on Wednesday night, AG Pam Bondi released 200 pages of redacted information yesterday. .And, since everything is a show, she first released the pages in a binder to 15 right wing "influencers" at the White House.  The problem is that those documents had already been on the Internet for years. After extreme blowback from the base and conspiracy theorists everywhere, she blamed the FBI for not giving her everything, and wrote a sternly worded letter to FBI Director Kash Patel. It's a clown show.


    • Compare and contrast:
      Page from yesterday's release by Bondi.

      Same page that has been on the Internet for years

  • Here's the story on these guys for those unfamiliar. I'm confused as to how those two meatheads became famous in the first place.   


  • Now Elon's in charge of hiring? 

  • When you've lost the Barstool Sports guy . . . 

  • One dead. Two arrested. All 15 years old.

  • Update on the Southlake Town Square cartel hit that occurred in 2013.


  • Dateline Cleveland. All 15 students got out safely of this bus on fire in a residential neighborhood. (The video is even wilder.) 

  • Your lawmakers hard at work.

     

  • These two posts came across my Twitter feed yesterday from the official account of the Texas District and County Attorney's Association. They might want to clarify that the guy in the photo is neither a drug user or child abuse defendant. He's the Collin County sheriff.


  • Extremely nerdy legal stuff: Yesterday the Fort Worth Court of Appeals reversed a criminal conviction -- a rarity these days -- and felt so bad about it that they basically apologized to the prosecutor and the judge (who were, in fact, the cause of the error). See footnote 55 on the last page.
  • Lauren Whitener Clock: 5 years and 240 days. 



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2.27.2025

Random Thursday Morning Thoughts



Ten years ago to the day, we had a "surprise" snow and ice storm. Since it hit mid-morning, everything began to shut down despite everyone already being at work and school. 


  • Wild speculation: Carbon monoxide? 


  • The Texas Voucher bill in the House was officially unveiled, and it already has enough support to pass. One of the many co-authors is Wise County's representative Andy Hopper who, by doing so, has sold out both you and our local schools. No rural representative should ever support using your tax dollars for private schools. But considering his campaign was funded by West Texas Oilmen who are anti-public schools, Hopper's stance should come as no surprise. 


    • Hey, I'm not the only one who feels this way.

  • We now have the first death from measles in 10 years. 

    • HHS Secretary RFK, Jr. was asked about the death and outbreak at yesterday's cabinet meeting, and he dismissed the news as "not unusual." Video. Honestly, I was surprised to learn that he's actually correct about the outbreak itself not being that unusual. However, the death certainly is.


    • But it's RFK, Jr.'s anti-vax stance that makes me nuts. And later in the day, we got this news from his department:

  • As expected, Elon Musk showed up at Trump's cabinet meeting. What was surprising was that Trump invited him to speak first and take questions.  This keeps getting more and more bizarre.


     
    • This was quite the moment. Video.  A mistake like that would get someone in the private sector fired. 

  • Last night, the Supreme Court came to Trump's aid in his battle with a court whose orders he has been ignoring. 

  • Say what?


  • Here are the weirdest screenshots from the AI generated video that Trump posted regarding what he wants to do with Gaza. Bearded women, a scantily clad dancer, and Trump and Netanyahu sunbathing. 

  • Kind of local legal stuff: She was appointed as judge to the Tarrant County court where the Tanner Horner capital murder case was transferred to out of Wise County. But since a visiting judge has already been designated to try that case, her appointment will not impact that.

  • The chief justice of the Texas Supreme Court asked for a 30% raise for all district judges and higher yesterday. (He also asked for bail bond reform although the Texas Supreme Court has no criminal jurisdiction.) 


  • On the other end of the spectrum: we have this Texas legal news:

  • Messenger - Above the Fold

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2.26.2025

Random Wednesday Morning Thoughts




It was 10 years ago today that two llamas were on the loose in a neighborhood in Sun City, Arizona. Most of the news channels carried it live because it was so entertaining. 

  • Those Wise County Messenger boys are working hard -- and driving all over the southwest proper -- to cover some extraordinary developments in local high school basketball. 

  • You probably saw the video of the near collision in Chicago, but may not have heard about the one in Washington D.C. which occurred at about the same time yesterday.  As I've been telling you, a crash involving two planes at, on, or by a major airport is going to happen soon. 

  • Trump has his first cabinet meeting today. Guess who he invited.  


  • Welcome to the Kremlin. Even Fox News is mad about this decision. 

  • If we have private groups rounding up illegal immigrants, we will have officially entered Brownshirt and SS territory. And the fact that this is being proposed by Blackwater makes it doubly scary. 



  • It looks like Ukraine was left with no choice and caved to Trump's demand even thought the U.S. is promising absolutely nothing in return in the future.  It was still an offer they couldn't refuse. 

  • Musk has posted multiple times over the last few days about impeaching judges who disagree with Trump's decisions.  And he has no idea how American democracy functions (or is intended to function.) 


  • Well, at least Trump's approved immigrants will be wealthy enough that they won't worry about the price of eggs. 


  • Trump has posted an AI video on the future of Gaza which is insane. It includes a golden statue of him as well as a Trump hotel. 

  • Measles/Anti-vax update:

  • See this press release yesterday from Texas Ag Commissioner Sid Miller about an incident of "cartel violence" which occurred "near Brownsville"? It actually occurred 100 miles within Mexico but he never says that. 

  • Sounds bad -- especially that 48 hours part. Gift link.


  • Baylor news: Former quarterback and current team football color commentator J.J. Joe has died of a heart attack at age 53.

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