Okay, so you know how Rick Perry is all Guns A’blazing Law and Damn Order?

Well, he just did a 180 turn that would be the envy of a stunt pilot.

He gets indicted.  The first thing he does is lawyer-up.  He jumped on his right to silence faster than a six-legged jackrabbit.  He refuses to talk unless his lawyer says he can.  Okay, so why didn’t we think of this six years ago, or at least before his “Duh” moment.  It would have been cool to have a lawyer standing behind him whispering the right answer in his ear.

The next thing he does is to hire a bunch of writ twits.  He’s got the biggest legal team since OJ got out of the white Bronco.

Then he asks his legal team to get him off on a technicality.  You know, that thing Republicans holler about all the time.  Perry’s lawyers wanted to get him off based on whether or not the special prosecutor was properly sworn in.  If that ain’t the silliest damn thing.

So, they go to court yesterday.

Senior Judge Bert Richardson on Tuesday denied Gov. Rick Perry’s effort to get the criminal indictment against him thrown out on technical grounds.

The Perry lawyers said special prosecutor Michael McCrum’s oath of office should have been signed by him. It instead was signed by Richardson, who is overseeing the case.

Wait!  When did this case become about signatures?  This case is about Rick Perry extorting another duly elected public official.

So the judge says, “No.”

They have a whole list of other technicalities they want the judge to consider.  So, it kinda hard to believe them when they say they want to go to trial and get a not guilty verdict.  It sounds to me like they are trying to run up legal fees and make Rick Perry look like a bigger hypocrite than he already is.

This is gonna be a fun one to watch.

Look, I know they will pass in January but somebody has to stand up now and say HELL NO!

Not on our watch.

The group Anonymous has done the deed.

#hoodsOff

The hacker collective Anonymous released another cache of information on people the group says are affiliated with the Ku Klux Klan and other white supremacist organizations.

“Having fun riding the waves of losing twitter accounts, ddos attacks, and being caught with your zipper down?” asked the letter, which contained the names and contact information of more than a hundred alleged white supremacists.

I wonder how many of my neighbors are on that list?

Thanks to Brian for the heads up.

Oh Lord in Heaven above, it’s Texas textbook time so all the trick-or-treaters are in full costume.

Over here on the right you have your average hate mongering Christians and on the left you have your more than average scaredy cats.

A conservative grassroots group formed by a San Antonio man with ties to a national anti-Muslim organization has made a late entry into debate over new social studies textbooks for Texas schools, which are set to gain final approval from the state Board of Education this week.

The Truth in Texas Textbooks Coalition (formerly known as the Let’s All Drool Consortium) has submitted 469 pages identifying more than 1,500 “factual errors, omission of facts, half-truths and agenda biases” in proposed materials.  The material was submitted a month after public comments ended on proposed changes to Texas textbooks.

Among its objections: A passage on coal mining should say it has “minimal effect on the environment”; a chapter on Spanish colonization of Latin America should point out the “continuous discrimination and oppression practiced by the native American peoples on each other”; and a statement that Shariah law requires religious tolerance of non-Muslims should be removed.

Considering the massive and late submission, one board member, a Republican even!, asked …

“Are you really trying to improve the textbooks, or are you trying to stage an ambush?” he said. “They clearly were aware of our process and our meetings, and according to their own website they were created in 2013. So I don’t understand why they couldn’t honor our deadline.”

Imagine that!  The Tea Party not playing by the rules.  Look, when in Republicans are shocked, that’s doin’ something.

Thanks to Sam for the heads up.

Okay, y’all, this is creepy.

Remember when I told you about the Ted Cruz Coloring Book?  Well, some of you decided to email the company that makes them and say, “Dude, what were you thinking?”

Okay, that’s not creepy.  This is America.  You can do that.

The answer they got back was real creepy.

Larry wrote them, “The Senator from Canada? How much did he pay you to do that?”   Short, snappy, to the point, and no weirdness involved.

The answer?

Larry
Our company makes book on President Obama: http://www.coloringbook.com/cultural-event-specialty-coloring-books.aspx

The gay community, libertarians, democrats and republicans.
Do you dislike all people or just Mr. Cruz. This is called freedom of the press.

We have captured your IP address and logged appropriately.

Sincerely

Pat
Customer Service

You captured his IP address and “logged appropriately”?  Really?  Are you going to “make book” on that, too.

Then Marion wrote them: “That’s one coloring book that’s bad for America and the American way.  Thanks for letting me know which company I need to boycott. Not for my children.”

And they answered her.

Marion,

Our company makes book on President Obama:
http://www.coloringbook.com/cultural-event-specialty-coloring-books.aspx

The gay community, libertarians, democrats and republicans. Do you dislike all people or just Mr. Cruz. This is called freedom of the press.

We do not discriminate against any person or groups in America; even you who wants to destroy-damage others based on your own email below.  We have captured your IP address and logged appropriately.

Sincerely

Pat
Customer Service

Again, they “make book” of President Obama.  Kinda makes you wonder what they are betting on, right?

So Marion’s ip address has been captured and logged “appropriately,” too.  I wonder if it’s made friends with Larry’s ip?  I wonder if they are tied up in a dungeon somewhere?

Hey, freedom of speech includes creepy speech.  So, if your ip needs capturing, here’s the place.

Thanks to Larry and Marion for the heads up.

The thing about the Klan is that they kill people.  They have promised “lethal force” in Missouri.

So the hackers group Anonymous did us all a favor and hacked their Twitter account.  Anonymous is now in the process of pulling off the bed sheets.  Honey, I’m buying popcorn and sitting by the computer screen.

ZDNet says it received two unconfirmed statements from Anonymous affirming the takeover. The second message said that the hacker group was in possession of KKK members’ personal information:

Also…. we have compromised personal accounts (which give us more faces), tied up their phone lines and filled every voicemail and inbox with love. We have barely scratched the surface, keep that pencil out….

Wanna bake cookies for them?

One anonymous group exposing another anonymous group.  Life is kinda cool sometimes.