3.07.2025

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

(He's ok)
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Random Friday Morning Thoughts




It was on 3/6/15 when I first I took notice, and first made a reference to, Trump being connected to the presidential race (although he had not yet declared as a candidate.) "Interesting", I said. The election would be that November. 

  • At 6:00 p.m. EST today.

  • "A punk singer’s performance at a Mansfield sports bar has been canceled after backlash from some residents over his ties to the Proud Boys, a far-right nationalist group." I don't think management knows their clientele. It's Mansfield for crying out loud. There would have been a huge adoring crowd once the Proud Boys news got out. 

  • Another week in Texas. 



  • Elon Musk blew up another rocket last night.  How much of our tax dollars did he use on this?


  • He has no idea what he's doing. "One day he’s telling us that tariffs are amazing because they will bring lots of new jobs to the U.S. and raise so much money we won’t have to pay income tax, then the next day he’s telling us we aren’t doing them because people were nice to him on the phone."


  • This week in authoritarianism:
    • Trump banned an entire law firm from working for the federal government based upon who it had represented in the past.
    • The new U.S. attorney for D.C. sent a bizarre letter on his office letterhead threatening a private law school.  (Gift link.) Odd side note: It was dated February 17th but not emailed until March 3rd. 


    • Trump, moments ago, opened our borders to South African farmers (who just happen to be almost all white).  We have migration eugenics happening right before our eyes. 

  • I missed this from Trump's speech on Tuesday:

  • Very nerdy stuff: The Fort Worth Court of Appeals reversed a capital murder conviction yesterday in a very high profile case out of Wichita Falls.  The reversal was based upon a boilerplate search warrant affidavit for a cell phone (and other devices) which was insufficient to establish probable cause.  The court applied a 2021 decision from the Court of Criminal Appeals which really gave the court no choice other that to reverse. (Concurring opinion is an odd "We are so sorry" document.)

  • Lauren Whitener Clock: 5 years and 247 days. 

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3.06.2025

Random Thursday Morning Thoughts




The first mention of  "Hillary's private email server" was front page news everywhere. Somehow that qualified as a scandal back then. 

  • I'm not sure why we are so fascinated as to whether damaging winds go around in a circle or are straight. 

  • The company behind this is out of Dallas, and the founder and CEO, Ben Lamm, has Decatur ties (the Armes family.)

  • "Or any war." Everything's fine. Everything's fine. 


  • Tariff news: The tariff policy had a major change within 24 hours. "The president’s decision followed a phone conversation with executives from the Big Three automakers — General Motors, Ford and Stellantis — who sought relief from the new import taxes."

    • This fly-by-the-seat-of-your-pants tariff policy is ripe for corruption.  Want a waiver? Give me a call and tell me what what can you do for me.
  • DOGE update. I think Trump always says, "I love our veterans!" Well, get ready for longer wait times and less assistance . . . 



  • What are we doing?




  • Give that headline writer a raise. Story.


  • North Texas country club price list:

  • It's a marketing stunt. And I guess a pretty good one. 



  • Decatur man needs kidney. 
  • Messenger - Above the Fold



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3.05.2025

Random Wednesday Morning Thoughts





It got my attention that the lawyer for Nina Pham -- the nurse who contracted Ebola in Dallas -- released the lawsuit paperwork even before it was filed and, in what is common practice now, he treated it like a sensational novel. 

  • Tanner Horner trial news: Per the Star-Telegram, Wise County's most notorious criminal case will have opening statements and testimony begin on April 7, 2026, with jury selection scheduled to take place in February and March of that year.
  • Decatur making the list:

  • Breaking this morning. Good gawd. Why don't we just move the Oval Office to the Russian embassy?   

  • Trump addressed the nation last night in the faux State of the Union and set a record with the speech going 1 hour and 40 minutes - beating the old record held by Bill Clinton.   Trump pronounced that we are going to feel "a little disturbance" do to the (insane) tariffs, that we were going to obtain Greenland "one way or the other", and, with Elon Musk ironically looking on, that “the days of rule by unelected bureaucrats are over.” 

  • Canada retaliated with tariffs of their own yesterday with a great shot at Trump to boot. 

  • We live in strange times.
    • Part 1: "Andrew and Tristan Tate, two brothers charged with human trafficking in Romania, are under criminal investigation in Florida, state Attorney General James Uthmeier said Tuesday. The online influencers landed in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, on Thursday after they were permitted to leave Romania despite the fact that they are awaiting trial there."

    • Part 2:

  • Someone needs to give these ladies some tips before they go in front of the cameras: 
    • Trump's former trial lawyer shows equally poor interview skills. Video.

    • Another cosplay moment yesterday from the Secretary of Homeland Security.

    • Oh, my. Video.

  • Legal news quick hits:
    • Buzbee might get tagged big time in this case against him (excerpt from the Petition.) Jay-Z is (1) really mad, and (2) has many times more resources than Buzbee.

       

    • Back last July, I pointed out two errors that the special prosecutor had made in the wording of the indictment filed against the then Montague County DA.  Now the indictment has been corrected. 


  • "Investigators believe Austin Wayne Mullins, 31, stole 9 laptops from the Travis County District Attorney’s Office last week, according to an arrest warrant filed." Serious moxie on this guy.

  • This is worthy of flags being flown at half staff.


  • College football news: 

  • Moments ago we had a Supreme Court ruling (5 to 4) against Trump in his war with UDAID.

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