Republicans have a great sense of humor and they take it to Twitter!

And …

And the diversity of the crowd at the Texas Republican convention is the real joke.

You know what they say about a man and his toys.

A real gun was found in the toy aisle of Target on Seaboard Street. The police report states a loss prevention worker stumbled upon the gun Friday night.

The gun was in plain view on top of a superhero Playskool toy box when the worker found it; he thought it was a toy. He realized it was real after seeing it was loaded with live ammo.

The fact that it was found in an aisle geared toward children makes some shoppers feel this was no accident.

“I don’t think someone would accidentally drop off a gun. I think he purposely left it there for a child to pick up and think, ‘Oh it’s a toy gun,’ and accidentally point it at somebody and it goes off,” says Kennedy McClain.

I sure it was a perfectly legitimate mistake.  They kinda go together.  Surely there’s no sickos out here with guns.  The NRA is making sure of that.

Thanks to AlanInAustin and Craig for the heads up.

During Houston’s Equal Rights Ordinance debate some pretty weird and/or mean comments were made at the public input part of city council’s meetings.

One of the comments that kinda stuck out in everybody’s mind was this one by Pastor Kendall Baker, a city employee who had recently been put on indefinite suspension by the Office of Inspector General pending an investigation.

During his speaking time, Baker, who is deeply troubled about transsexuals using the same bathroom as he does, addressed Mayor Annise Parker with this question —

“I say to you, what if I came into the bathroom while you were sitting on the toilet? Wouldn’t you feel uncomfortable?” Baker asked.

The Mayor did not reply but I suspect she was thinking, “Not near as uncomfortable as I am sitting here listening to this weird crap.”

Well, yesterday we found out why Baker was being investigated and why he has been fired.

The document says a woman complained on June 27, 2013, and the investigation found Baker solicited sexual acts, made crude comments about female anatomy and hugged subordinate female employees.

The investigation also found Baker asked employees for donations to his church. The document says Baker denied the allegations.

That is uncomfortable.

Thanks to Brian for the heads up.

Lord, forgive them because they know not what they do.  No seriously, Lord, they ain’t got a clue what they’re doing most of the damn time.

Because King James does not have a proper grasp of the English language …

Two cast members of the A&E reality show “Duck Dynasty” have announced the release date of their most recent book, a Duck Commander-themed Bible slated to be released online and in retail stores on Oct. 28.

We can only assume that other various Duck Commander money-making cheap crap entrepreneurial efforts from China will be sold along side the Holy Quackin’ Bible.

So The Holy Bible is going to be translated into phony reality show with a dose of hate and marrying 16 year olds on top.

I wonder if I can special order mine with a catfish bookmarker and a bullet hole through the parts I don’t like?

Thanks to Brian for the heads up.

Because … Freedom.

Outside of Kansas City, Missouri.

Highway traffic was diverted early Monday after a dummy wearing an Obama mask was spotted hanging from a noose attached to a Missouri overpass.

The bomb squad was called in, and crews used a robot to remove the dummy and take it to a nearby field where it was tested for explosives. Officers used an X-ray machine to look for a possible IED, but found nothing.

These people are going to be so sad when Hillary is elected President.  I guess they’ll have to tie a dummy to a broom using an apron.

Thanks to Larry for the heads up.

You remember how Tea Party candidate Chris McDaniel vs. Thad Cochran has been the craziest race in America so far?  I mean, it’s not every race that involves four arrests for sneaking into a nursing home to photograph a candidate’s wife.

And the candidate made a run-off against the incumbent?

When the goings get weird the political pros get weirder.

The Hinds County Sheriff’s Department is investigating why three people, including a high-ranking Chris McDaniel campaign official, were found locked in the Hinds County Courthouse in Jackson hours after an election official says the building was closed early Wednesday morning.

No, really.  Three people, each having a different story about how it happened.  And, boy howdy, they are Tres Amigos with some evil intent on their agenda.

There’s Janis Lane, Scott Brewster and Rob Chambers.

Lane is a member of the board of directors of the Central Mississippi Tea Party.

Chambers is a consultant with the Mississippi Baptist Christian Action Commission who has worked with McDaniel and members of the Senate Conservative Coalition to fight Common Core.

Brewster is a former coordinator of presidential candidate Newt Gingrich’s Mississippi operation and is currently McDaniel’s campaign coalition coordinator.

That makes the worse walk-into-a-bar joke ever.  A Tea Party organizer, a Baptist, and a political operative walk into a bar…. They drink all the liquor, steal the cash register and shoot out the security camera.

Get this:  They were locked inside the courthouse until 3:45 am when everybody else left at 11:30.  Mark my word — there was either hanky panky or devil worship going on.

With the rate that Chris McDaniel’s political operatives are getting arrested, they ought to name one of the prisons after him.

Here’s the latest —

Hinds County Republican Executive Chairman Pete Perry said he had serious concerns about the incident.

“I don’t care who it is. I have a concern with someone being in the courthouse with all the election material down there,” Perry said.

Perry said everyone left the courthouse by 11:30 p.m. Tuesday and locked up.

He said he got a phone call from Lane around 2 a.m. Wednesday saying two people, including her, were locked inside the courthouse and were looking for a way out.

Perry said Lane was a precinct worker and had dropped off her ballot materials about 8:30 p.m. Perry said some precinct information wasn’t sealed.

Honey, leave me, Thelma, and Verdelia alone with the ballots for a few hours and I could be President of the United States.  Or, hell, Queen of the World – my rightful title.

Ya know, this might be worth a road trip to Biloxi just to watch in person.

Thanks to Mike for the heads up.