Iowa has a whole mess of empty land.  That is a good thing because —-

Iowa is granting permits to acquire or carry guns in public to people who are legally or completely blind.

No one questions the legality of the permits. State law does not allow sheriffs to deny an Iowan the right to carry a weapon based on physical ability.

What could possibly go wrong?

Jane Hudson, executive director of Disability Rights Iowa, says that denying blind people their Second Amendment rights violates the Americans With Disability Act.  My research, although limited, has not shown if Jane has volunteered to help with target practice for a blind person.  I dunno.  Maybe we should start out slowly, like a bow and arrow shooting an apple off Jane’s head.

Thanks to Chloe and Alan for the heads up.

People who count these kinds of things have discovered that Texans drank 44% more hooch in August of this year than they did in the same month last year.

I have some possible explanations for this:

1.  The Republican National Convention was in August of 2012 so all the really big drinkers were delegates in Tampa, Florida.

2.  August of 2012 was when we discovered that Tom DeLay had registered as a lobbyist on sex-trafficking issues.  Everybody stayed sober to see if he was for it or against it.

3.  However, in August of 2013 when it was revealed that while in college Ted Cruz used to stroll through the women’s dorm wearing a paisley robe, everybody said, “To hell with it,” and got rip snorting drunk.

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I admit it.  I got so drunk that I had to hold on to the grass to lean against the ground.

It should also be noted that the sale of alcohol increases at the same rate as the sale of guns.  I can’t prove that other than the fact that I can see with my own two eyes.

Thanks to Frank for the heads up.

In a large case of Oops, Never Mind, the State of Florida has finished an 9 month of investigation of “rampant” voter fraud in their state.  They needed to justify their new restrictive Voter ID laws.

So, they did find some cases.  Two cases to be exact.

Oh, and the kicker?  The two cases consisted of two voter registration forms fraudulently filled out by a man who worked for the Republican party.  He admitted to stealing the identity of his former girlfriend’s ex-husband and filling out the two forms.

Well, the number of cases might increase considering two more cases do remain open, though it’s clear Governor Scott has moved on from this investigation.

I think a solution much better than restrictive Voter ID might be to not let Republicans vote.

And while we’re in Florida, there’s this precious little nugget.

A “hometown campaign kickoff” at a waterfront home in Tampa for Attorney General Pam Bondi is scheduled for the same night that Gov. Rick Scott had once set as the execution date for Death Row inmate Marshall Lee Gore. The execution was moved to a later date at Bondi’s request.

Wait a minute!  Wait a minute!  An execution is a downer at a Florida Republican political fundraiser? Florida is damn wimpy.   Hell, in Texas they’d move the execution to the fundraiser and double the “suggestion donation” price.

Thanks to Carl for the heads up.

It came from Waco.

A Waco sign printing company decided a real dandy way to advertise their business was to create a decal that fits perfectly on the lift gate of a pickup truck.  And they put the only natural, God fearing, American, pick up truck decal fit for gun-toting Texas Republicans.

A woman tied up in bed of the truck.

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Ain’t that purdy?

So if you were wondering where the mud flap girl went to, here’s your answer.

Thanks to everybody for the heads up.

Preparing for all eventualities, a wing commander at a West Texas Air Force base says he has a plan for defending the base from attacks by zombies.

Brig. Gen. Glen VanHerck commands the 7th Bomb Wing at Dyess Air Force Base near Abilene. His answer to an online Q&A session that he had a zombie defense plan drew attention from the magazine Air Force Times.

That’s definitely handy, but what we really need is a plan for the next time that Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott says, “Come and Get It” with his cannon, y’all can actually come and get the damn thing.

Thanks to Kyle for the heads up.

All the Republican House members from Texas have formed a massive joint fundraising committee called Texans for Texans.

The joint fundraising committee is based in . . .  Georgia.

Thanks to Alfredo over at the Dairy Queen for the heads up.