Okay, I’m gonna be honest with you and admit that I’ve barely figured out PayPal, so Bitcoin makes my head hurt.  I read wiki about it and some stuff from the FBI.  Basically, I know enough to know that I need to learn more about it if I ever decide to do illegal crap.  Otherwise, knowing as much about it as I do about Chinese algebra will do just fine.

What got me interested was when I read this about Steve Stockman.

Rep. Steve Stockman, R-Texas, who is mounting an insurgent bid against Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas, in the 2014 Texas Republican Senate primary, is now accepting the virtual currency known as Bitcoin for campaign donations, Business Insider reports.

Well, I figured he was accepting Confederate Dollars but I didn’t know about this bitcoin stuff.

And on the same day of Stockman’s announcement, there was this —

FBI claims largest Bitcoin seizure after arrest of alleged Silk Road founder.

Silk Road used Bitcoins to let users pay for drugs – but now police have arrested Ross William Ulbricht, who they say is ‘Dread Pirate Roberts’, the owner and operator of secret online marketplace.

Okay, think about it.  This kinda explains his erratic behavior and that campaign headquarters/meth lab.

And, of course, Stockman says it’s about … wait for it … freedom.

“I really think digital currency’s more about freedom,” he explained in a YouTube video alongside Bitcoin Center founder Nick Spanos, a real estate developer. “Because all the time people are trying to get in your pocket, trying to do different things to control you. And if you have your own wealth, and control your own wealth, it’s about freedom, it’s not about anything other than that really. Freedom to choose what you do with your money, and freedom to keep your money without people influencing it by printing money or through regulation.”

Yeah, it’s not about ripping people off with a volatile currency.  It’s not even about untraceable campaign donations.  And it certainly isn’t about being able to track what Stockman spends that money on.   It’s about freedom.

Thanks to everybody for the heads up.

Okay, this is way cool.  Lookie at how scared Senator John Cornyn is of Crazy Congressman Steve Stockman.

But, bless his heart, John doesn’t realize that going to prison, being nuts, and stealing money is expected in Texas Tea Party circles.  Hell, they’ll think he’s their king sent by their Lord and Savior Jesus Christ of the Gun Show.

Those of you who donated to the Juanita Jean / Glen Maxey project got an email from Glen tonight asking you to please beta test the project before it goes live on the Texas Democratic Party website on Monday or Tuesday next week.

Glen forgot to tell you that the site won’t be ready for you to beta test it until tomorrow morning.

I cannot tell you how important your contribution is to getting this game changing project on its feet. We could not have done it without you. This weekend Glen is beginning training county and precinct chairs to use it. On Monday, we can link to it here and everyone can see what a small group of beauty shop customers can accomplish.

If you donated by snail mail but want to be included on the beta testing, please let me know. I’m sorry, but we are only allowing donors to beta test at this point. Glen has the names of the snail mail donors but not all their email addresses.

Once more, thank you. We raised about $8,500 total. You guys are better than recess in heaven.

Ted Cruz still has duel citizenship.  Someone is wondering why.

U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz vowed months ago to renounce his Canadian citizenship by the end of 2013, but the Calgary-born Republican is still a dual citizen.

Cruz, 43, recently said in an interview with the Dallas Morning News that lawyers are preparing the paperwork to renounce citizenship, just as he said in August.

Richard Kurland, a Vancouver-based immigration attorney, wonders what’s taking so long. Kurland said Friday that unless there’s a security or mental health issue that hasn’t been disclosed, renouncing citizenship is a simple, quick process.

Well, there ya go.

Thanks to Steve for the heads up and John for the graphic.

Cheyenne, Wyoming.

An accidental shooting occurred at Lowe’s in Cheyenne at approximately 2:30PM Thursday.  Cheyenne police say a 22-year-old woman was shot in the arm after a handgun fell out of the holster on a 58-year-old woman.  Neither names have been released.  The 22-year-old woman was transported to Cheyenne Regional Medical Center, her status is unknown.  Lowe’s remains open for business.  The investigation is ongoing.

Holster?  Crap. woman, don’t you have a damn purse?  No, you gotta wear a holster.  You know for a fact that it makes your butt look big.

Thanks to Brian for the heads up.

California, where they think safety first!

A 43 year old woman was shot in the shoulder with a .22 caliber handgun by her husband as he was “clearing a handgun for a safety check.”

The woman’s husband, who wasn’t identified, was “very distraught” over the shooting, which detectives have preliminarily determined to be accidental, Lightfoot added.

If he brings a date to her hospital room, I’d rethink this deal.

Thanks to Brian for the heads up.