March 5, 2026

Trump says he will endorse 'soon' in Texas GOP Senate primary -- and he wants the other guy to drop out

Because, you know, he's the King Maker in Chief. You wouldn't want the voters to decide!

President Donald Trump said Wednesday he will be endorsing a candidate in the Texas GOP Senate primary in the near future, adding that he will ask the other candidate to step aside.

Trump’s impending endorsement looms over the upcoming runoff — which could prolong an already expensive and bitter primary fight for 12 more weeks, unless somebody steps aside.

Trump wrote in a Wednesday afternoon social media post that the primary “cannot, for the good of the Party, and our Country, itself, be allowed to go on any longer.”
https://www.politico.com/news/2026/03/04/texas-senate-gop-primary-trump-endorsement-00812538

I like it when the GOP has to waste money here. It takes it away from other places.

February 28, 2026

"There was a time when strangers were welcomed here..." -Neil Sedaka

I always thought that this song was one of Neil Sedaka's masterpieces if not his greatest.
As timely today as it ever was.

RIP Mr. Sedaka
The world is poorer for your absence, but richer for having had you with us for the years that we did.

The Immigrant:
Harbors opened their arms to the young searching foreigner
Come to live in the light of the beacon of liberty
Planes and open skies, billboards would advertise
Was it anything like that when you arrived
Dreamboats carry the future to the heart of America
People were waiting in line for a place by the river
It was a time when strangers were welcome here
Music would play, they tell me the days were sweet and clear
It was a sweeter tune and there was so much room that people could come from everywhere
Now he arrives with his hopes and his heart set on miracles
Come to marry his fortune with a hand full of promises
To find they've closed the door, they don't want him anymore
Isn't anymore to go around
Turning away he remembers he once heard
A legend that spoke of a mystical magical land called America
There was a time when strangers were welcome here
Music would play, they tell me the days were sweet and clear
It was a sweeter tune and there was so much room that people could come from everywhere
There was a time when strangers were welcome here
Music would play, they tell me the days were sweet and clear
There was a time when strangers were welcome here
Music would play, they tell me the days were sweet and clear

February 13, 2026

Remember that Irish guy picked up by ICE and held for 5 months?

He has a valid work permit and is married to a US citizen.
Well, it seems that ICE might actually (accidentally?) have picked up somebody who isn't squeaky clean.
Seems it might have fled here to keep ahead of the law in Ireland...

On Thursday, it emerged that in April 2009 – a month after Culleton entered the US on a tourist visa – a district court in New Ross, County Wexford, Ireland, issued a warrant over the alleged possession of drugs for sale or supply the previous year. Culleton also faced charges of allegedly obstructing a garda – a police officer – during a search by throwing 25 ecstasy tablets on the ground, the Irish Times reported.

These disclosures have added a new dimension to a case that has become a lightning rod for concern about ongoing ICE immigration sweeps and detentions around the US.

“He received full due process and was issued a final order of removal by an immigration judge on September 10th 2025.” He was offered the choice to be instantly deported to Ireland but instead “chose to stay in ICE custody”, she said, referencing his decision to contest his deportation.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/feb/12/seamus-culleton-ice-detention-ireland-drug-charges

It seems he really really doesn't want to go back to the Old Sod.

February 11, 2026

All flights at El Paso airport in Texas halted for 10 days for 'security reasons,' FAA says

All flights to and from El Paso International Airport in Texas have been halted for “special security reasons,” the Federal Aviation Administration said early Wednesday.

“No pilots may operate an aircraft in the areas covered by this NOTAM,” the FAA said, using the abbreviation for Notice to Airmen. It listed the reason as “temporary flight restrictions for Special Security Reasons.”

The restriction for the airspace over El Paso and the neighboring community of Santa Teresa, New Mexico came in at 6:30 a.m. UTC, or coordinated universal time (11:30 p.m. ET). It will end at the same time on Feb. 21.

It did not elaborate on why the restrictions had been put in place for El Paso, which borders Mexico and is the the 23rd-most populous city in the nation according to the 2020 census.
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/flights-el-paso-airport-texas-halted-10-days-security-reasons-faa-rcna258497

WTF?

December 31, 2025

Former DFW radio and TV car critic Ed Wallace dies at 72

Kind of sad. I worked with him for several years, didn't know him well but could tell he was a really nice guy. And sobering when younger people than me pass on.

Ed Wallace, who regaled radio listeners, TV viewers and newspaper readers with stories and advice about cars, died Sunday at his Fort Worth home. He was 72. “Ed was the most intelligent man I ever knew,” said his wife, Judi Smith*. “There was a challenge of lifting me up to be a better person.” Smith described her husband as a “voracious reader” who was curious about everything.

Wallace wrote almost 1,000 columns for the Star-Telegram about the auto industry and on topics such as the Middle East. He wrote his final column for the Star-Telegram on Feb. 12, 2021. He also hosted a five-hour radio show on KLIF every Saturday called “Wheels with Ed Wallace,” and he was the car and truck critic for the Fox 4 morning show, “Good Day” until he retired in 2022.

Wallace was born in Riverside, California, on May 4, 1953. Smith said Wallace was a “military brat” whose father was an Air Force pilot. His parents wanted to retire in Fort Worth, she said. Wallace graduated from Arlington Heights High School but never went to college. “He was too smart for college,” Smith said. Smith said her husband sold cars, had a stint on the “Dating Game” and played in a rock band called Santa Fe before his journalism career.
Wallace is a recipient of the Gerald R. Loeb Award for business journalism, bestowed by the Anderson School of Business at UCLA.

*I suspect this is a typo, I knew her as Judi White for over 20 years.

Read more at: https://www.star-telegram.com/news/local/obituaries/article314057736.html#storylink=cpy

He did his radio and TV shows on stations that one would consider "conservative" be he was quite progressive.

October 22, 2025

If this isn't an impeachable offense, I don't know what is.

This is disgusting. Not to mention dishartening.

Tuesday Picture

This is what the dance hall will probably look like:

May 6, 2025

"Why do some British people not like Donald Trump?"

Somebody on Quara asked this. A writer in the UK, Nate White, an articulate and witty writer in England had this response - (The whole article is worth a read, here is an excerpt.)
https://www.thelondoneconomic.com/satire/why-do-some-british-people-not-like-donald-trump-135275/

A few things spring to mind. Trump lacks certain qualities which the British traditionally esteem.
For instance, he has no class, no charm, no coolness, no credibility, no compassion, no wit, no warmth, no wisdom, no subtlety, no sensitivity, no self-awareness, no humility, no honour and no grace – all qualities, funnily enough, with which his predecessor Mr. Obama was generously blessed.

So for us, the stark contrast does rather throw Trump’s limitations into embarrassingly sharp relief.
Plus, we like a laugh. And while Trump may be laughable, he has never once said anything wry, witty or even faintly amusing – not once, ever.

I don’t say that rhetorically, I mean it quite literally: not once, not ever. And that fact is particularly disturbing to the British sensibility – for us, to lack humour is almost inhuman.
But with Trump, it’s a fact. He doesn’t even seem to understand what a joke is – his idea of a joke is a crass comment, an illiterate insult, a casual act of cruelty.

Trump is a troll. And like all trolls, he is never funny and he never laughs; he only crows or jeers.

May 6, 2025

It's like they don't realize CBS itself does not have a license.

Only the individual CBS local stations have FCC licenses for their over-the-air signals. I believe the FCC would have to hold hearings on every CBS affiliated station in the US: That's 251 of them. They would have to show some kind of reason to jerk their licenses. TV stations lawyers could keep this in the courts for years and years.

Trump and his lackeys think they're some kind of royalty from the 16th century.

April 7, 2025

An American tries to buy a gun in Germany.

Too bad we don't have 1/10 of these regulations...

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March 27, 2025

So. April 2 is 'Liberation Day' I guess April 1 would have been too ironic or something. Maybe too apt.

April 2 is also:
World Autism Awareness Day
International Children's Book Day
National DIY Day
National Ferret Day
National Peanut Butter and Jelly Day
and soon -
National Stupidest President in History Day