Surer than moonlight, Ted Cruz made a joke of himself in the senate yesterday.  For all the bluster he could muster to face down President Obama over immigration, he ended up helping the president get some nominees approved.

By carving out more legislative time, Mr. Cruz inadvertently enabled the Senate majority leader, Harry Reid, Democrat of Nevada, to advance two dozen nominations, including several contentious ones that would otherwise have faced a more difficult confirmation process.

Susan Collins of Maine ashamed Cruz over that maneuver, saying of Cruz, “I don’t understand the approach that he is taking.”  Uh, Honey, it’s the Impotence on Display approach, made famous by his paisley housecoat at Princeton.

But the line of the day goes to Cory Booker.

As Senator John Cornyn of Texas, the No. 2 Senate Republican, struggled to explain to a group of reporters just what Mr. Cruz had hoped to achieve, Senator Cory Booker, Democrat of New Jersey, loped by and clapped him on the shoulder.

“Let me know if you need backup,” Mr. Booker said with a grin.

Yeah, his fellow Republicans are growing weary of him.  I passed that milepost about four years ago.

Thanks to David A. for the heads up.

After Elizabeth Warren delivered one of the finest speeches on the senate floor since … well, maybe forever … Lindsey Graham took the floor and oh dear God in heaven above he actually said words that burned a hole in my head.

“You’re tired, you’re frustrated, you’re upset about a provision in the bill you don’t like,” he added of Warren.

Yeah, his response was, “You’re a girl.”

I was very glad that I do not have smell-o-vision teevee because that stank like a pouch of week old crawfish tied to a billy goat.  And Lindsey better be glad I don’t have real-o-vision teevee because I would have slapped his face.

You’re tired and upset? Oh yeah, that’s the only reason we women fight for anything – we’re tired and upset.  The only thing he forgot is that it must be that time of the month.

Oh, but he wasn’t finished.

“If you follow the lead of the senator of Massachusetts and bring this bill down … people are not going to believe you are mature enough to run the place,” Graham said on the Senate floor. “Don’t follow her lead. She’s the problem.”

Oh yeah, we believe people who give our government to big banks are mature enough to run the joint.

Somebody get that boy a fainting couch because I do believe he’s worked himself into a tither.  “She’s the problem,” is certainly one of his more mature statements.  He had no justification for giving away the government except that Elizabeth Warren is tired.

Yeah, Bub, and so am I.

Thanks to John for the very cool graphic.

Okay, so you know that Texas Republican Congressman Blake Farenthold is not one of my favorite people.

He likes to pose with hotsies while wearing his duckie jammies.

Well, now he might be looking at a career in internet websites.  Momma, don’t click this link, okay?  Everybody else look what Blake is doing.

The website Blow-me.org is registered to Republican Texas Rep. Blake Farenthold, according to an Internet registration page.

Oh dear, that sounds just like him.

Thanks to Lorraine in Spring for the heads up.

Yeah, Buddy, I’m really glad I have this shirt to wear today.

There is a vacuum of leadership in the Democratic Party and she stepped up to fill it.  Hillary better watch out – another first term senator may beat her in the primary again.

Thank you, Senator Warren, for being a hooter toter Democrat with more courage than William B Travis.

Veronica Dunnachie, a 35 year old woman in Arlington, Texas, filed for divorce from her husband last October.  Yesterday, she went to the house where he lived with his adult daughter from another marriage and the couple’s three children.

She shot and killed her unarmed husband and his adult daughter and then drove herself to a mental health facility, where police found her.

This was almost dead solid perfect guaranteed to happen.

Veronica was an active member and proud demonstrator with Open Carry Texas, a group who feels the need to parade around town and in stores with military grade weapons.  Just because they can.

Here she is demonstrating her ability.  Click the little one to get the big one and read the cute comments from Cory Watkins, the head of Open Carry Texas.

And here she is on the left in an Open Carry Texas recruiting poster.

And there’s a group shot —

What is it going to take to see the mental health of these people who feel the need to carry weapons and scare the crap out of everyone?  Target kicked them out but Kroger is letting them carry.  I quit going to Kroger.

I know this isn’t funny.  It’s serious.  Deadly serious.

Thanks to Stephanie for the heads up.

Texas has sent a missionary brigade out into the world to spread crazy.

Out of Israel this week comes a case that involves our country actually exporting this terror, as American Adam Livix was arrested for allegedly plotting to blow up Muslim holy sites.

Livix is a 30-year-old evangelical from Texas who left the United States last year when he was sought for drug-related charges. He has lived in Israel since March 2013, apparently overstaying his tourist visa (his charges include being an undocumented resident).

Yes, our rightwing Christian druggie undocumented aliens are teaching the world about Jesus and, as a special gift, how to blow crap up.

So remind me again who the terrorists are.

Thanks to Sharon for the heads up.