Tuesday, March 24, 2026

Quick Hits: Volume CDIII

 - Imagine reading this headline: 


Quadruple amputee, professional cornhole player faces murder charges. 


When I learned it was not from The Babylon Bee or The Onion, I thought "Wow, that's quite the dynamic duo crime spree." But then to learn those description were applicable to......one person?!?!?!


Dayton James Webber, 27, of La Plata, Md., was arraigned in the District Court of Maryland for Charles County after being located in Charlottesville, Virginia, and arrested following the fatal shooting of 27‑year‑old Bradrick Michael Wells, according to court documents.

According to charging documents signed by a detective from the Charles County Sheriff’s Office, Webber is formally charged with:

  • First‑Degree Murder — accused of intentionally and with premeditated malice killing Bradrick Wells on or about March 22, 2026, at 1015 Newport Church Road in Charlotte Hall, Charles County, Maryland.
  • Second‑Degree Murder — also charged in the same incident.
  • Assault in the First Degree (two counts) — one relating to an alleged assault on someone identified as Bradwick Webber and another relating to Bradrick Wells.
  • Use of a Firearm in the Commission of a Felony — alleged firearm use during the felony offense.


Is it wrong that I'm downright impressed that someone with such a handicap is able to become a professional at tossing beanbags into a small hole from a significant distance and is also proficient in firearms? The former is pretty amazing. The latter is definitely a cautionary tale. 



- Oof. This is shattering a lotta prog narratives. 





Congressional Dems were shamed into voting to end the Federal government shutdown last year with virtually no concessions from Republicans. Now they may be in a similar position here. Essentially, Dems must decide to a) fund DHS without their desired reforms of ICE and Customs Border Patrol or b) have their anti-ICE sentiments rendered obsolete due to agents stepping up for traveling Americans.  


How is the Democrat party this bad at politics? 



- I was crestfallen when I heard this news. 


Longtime KQRS Minneapolis morning show personality and Radio Hall of Famer Tom Barnard announced he has Alzheimer’s disease on his family’s podcast on Friday.

Speaking from his home in West Palm Beach, the 74-year-old said he has undergone seven treatments so far and that he’s seen some improvement.

“Mine is getting better, little by little,” he said. “I can tell by a little tick that each one of them did something good. (But) it’s not overwhelming and it’s not gone.”

According to the Alzheimer’s Association, a Chicago-based nonprofit, it’s the most common cause of dementia, a general term for memory loss and other cognitive abilities serious enough to interfere with daily life. Alzheimer’s disease accounts for between 60 and 80 percent of dementia cases. There is no cure.

On the podcast, Barnard’s family said they had been telling him to get checked for the past three years. His wife, Kathryn Brandt, said the idea of the treatments is to slow down or stop the disease from worsening.

Barnard also said he’s going to start speaking publicly about the disease, including an upcoming engagement at Donald Trump’s Florida club Mar-a-Lago.

Born in Long Prairie and raised in North Minneapolis, Barnard worked at several Twin Cities stations before landing at KQRS in 1986. He quickly established himself as an outspoken, politically charged voice and turned KQ’s “Morning Show” into the highest-rated radio morning show in the market. In 1997, Howard Stern’s show began airing locally, going after Barnard’s audience. But Stern was unsuccessful at dethroning Barnard and left the market a couple of years later.


Tommy B. has been part of my life's soundtrack for 40+ years. Even though he left KQ in the early '80s after co-hosting the morning show Cat & Kincaid (which my 8th grade school bus driver listened to every morning), Tom returned in 1986 to lead a new iteration of that station's morning show. The kind of ratings that show pulled in over 3 decades was the envy of all morning radio shows across America. To imagine such a titanic figure like Tom potentially being silenced by such an insidious disease is impossible for me to comprehend. 


Prayers up on behalf of Tommy's loved ones. 


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