Random Friday Morning Thoughts

Decatur connection.

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• After two hours of trying to coax him to not do it, a man jumped off a bridge yesterday in Dallas. He did not survive. 
  
  
  
  
• He should have been fired earlier because of the shoes and suit combo. 
  

  

  
  
  
  
• Magic bullet. 
  
  
  
• "Prosecutors allege Turner placed two people on the county payroll as deputy tax clerks when they were actually caring for her elderly mother."
  

  

  
  
  
  
• I don't think Pete Hegseth's defense department has heard about drones yet. 
  
  
  
  
  
  
• "A California man has been charged with murder after allegedly poisoning his foster mother, burying her in a hole and forging a marriage certificate so he could take control of her assets."
  
  
  
  
• Months after giving Ken Paxton $650,000 in the primary, the prolific advertising lawyer Thomas J. Henry endorsed James Talarico yesterday.  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
• The Atlanta Falcons rolled out a new logo, many people noticed something familiar about, and then the comments filled up with some comedy gold. 
  
  
  
  

  

  
  
• Lauren Whitener Clock: 7 years and 112 days.

Random Thursday Morning Thoughts

Twenty-one year old Zuzu Renee Verk went missing from Sul Ross State University in Alpine, Texas.  It would not end well. 

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• Deputy Adam Sherifi was identified as the Van Zandt County officer killed in the line of duty yesterday. 
  
• This pick-up, riddled with bullet holes, was photographed at the crime scene, but I can't find a report explaining why. 
  
  
  
• "The arrest followed an investigation into reports from an adult female, who stated Jenkins repeatedly contacted her through social media messages, phone calls and in-person contact." Uh, "repeatedly" needs some clarification here. 
  

  

  
  
  
  
• I'm getting reports that this mysterious pamphlet has been received by many, many Wise County residents. 
  
  
  
  
• Unrelated fun fact: 100 years ago yesterday "Frank Lloyd Wright and his companion Olga Milanoff are arrested at a Lake Minnetonka cottage on charges of adultery. He had fled Wisconsin to escape his messy divorce and pursuit by Olga's estranged husband. Wright spent a few days in jail before being released on bond, charges were later dropped."
  
  
  
  

  

  
  
• Breaking (literally) this morning. Gift link. 
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
• The Fuhrer has spoken. 
  
  
  
• Russia released an American hostage yesterday and Trump contradicted himself in a matter of moments as to whether the U.S. gave up anything in exchange for that release.  
  
  
  
• There are few people as smarmy as Vivek Ramaswamy, and he may have really stepped in it this time. 
  

  

  
  
  
  
• Legal nerdy stuff: Second Amendment ruling: The Fifth Circuit struck down the Federal Switchblade Act yesterday.
• Messenger - Above the Fold

Random Wednesday Morning Thoughts

Runaway Bay always has a big fire from time to time. 

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• Story. (Surprise: We don't know much.) 
  
  
  
• But that wasn't the only big news coming out of Van Zandt County last night: "The children who died were ages 3, 5, and 8." Good lord. 
  
  
  
• What a mess. They allegedly took the cell phone of their deceased father from their stepmother's home. And for some reason bond was set at $100,000 -- a comically high amount. 
  
  
  
  
  
  
• So what's the purpose of taking state tax dollars intended for a public school and forfeiting them to the federal government?
  
  
  
• "Investigators allege Willie Herndon stopped along Interstate 170, got out of his vehicle, and fired into Wilson's passing car. She was traveling to a Halloween event at the zoo." It sounds like it was a road rage incident. People are nuts. 
  
  
  
• Let me tell you, that is one fantastic mask.
  
  
   
  
  
  
• I keep saying to keep an eye on this guy: 
  
  
  
• Early voting comparisons for Dallas, Tarrant, and Denton counties. 
  
  
  
• Just when you think the grift can't be any more brazen. "Julio Herrera Velutini, a Venezuelan billionaire, really wanted a pardon. He got it not long after his daughter hired Alina Habba, a lawyer close to Trump, in a deal worth more than $50 million. Habba was also working at DOJ at the time." And the "deal" is to be general counsel for four years for a company that appears to exist in name only. New York Times gift link. 
  

  

  
  

  

  
  
  
  
• War criminals. From the Wall Street Journal:
  
  
  
• He's told us that we can't let the communists and the socialists take over the country. 
  
  
  
  
• I gave you a heads up yesterday: 
  
  
  
• Special envoy Steve Witkoff just told Putin to his face and in front of the cameras: "[Y]ou are a humanitarian also, sir, and I salute that.”