Are we insane? Sorry. Rhetorical question. Of course we are. Meaning the U.S. as a whole, or at least the people in charge.
Okay, let’s say you’re a guy from India, you’ve been married to a woman for 18 years who worked to put you through dental school, helped you get your papers to live in the U.S. on a permanent basis, and one day, now that you’re living in a luxurious house in Sharyland, making good money, you lose your cool and pistol whip your wife in front of your four kids (allegedly) because she (allegedly) forgot to buy propane to heat the stove in time to make dinner.
The federal jury selection in the Rodney Guerra case is set for May 7, 2024, according to the court docket (Federal Judge Randy Crane), but what a long, strange trip this has been, to steal from an old Grateful Dead song.
After years presiding over a divorce case, in which a woman with Stage 4 breast cancer (the Respondent) is trying to get her husband (the Petitioner), a local dentist, to split community assets, per Texas Family Law, state District Court Judge Joe Ramirez (the 464th) suddenly recused himself from the case late last month. No reason given; no reason necessary, even though he’s spent more than 2.5 years presiding over this case.
Okay, granted, Hidalgo County has a population of approximately 1 million people, not counting the new arrivals, so three people injured over the New Year’s holiday by morons firing bullets into the air may not seem like a lot, but that’s only because you and I are not one of the injured. Enough to ruin anyone’s holiday.
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