The State of Montana has found it necessary to issue a dress code for members of the legislature.

No, seriously.  It’s like high school.

You have to wonder how the female members of the Montana Lege were dressed when this Call of the Modesty Police was issued.

For women, “a suit or dress slacks, skirt, jacket, and dress blouse or suit-like dress” are appropriate. However, “flip-flops, tennis shoes, and open-toed sandals” are not allowed.

Additionally women are warned to be “sensitive to skirt lengths and necklines.”

I do not know what being sensitive to hemlines is.

I don’t.  Does that mean you have to cry when your hemline is longer than all the other girls?

And, they have flip flops in Montana?  How do their feet not freeze?  I mean, there’s frozen tundra in Montana.

Now, in case you were wondering … yes, the document was prepared by the incoming Republican male house speaker.  You know, the guys who think a “nanny state” is bad and believe in personal responsibility.  Yeah, those guys.

The House minority whip, Jenny Eck, speaks …

Eck said the dress code singles out women for admonishment if they’re not sensitive to skirt lengths and necklines.

“That phrase is right out of the 19th century as far as I’m concerned,” Eck said. “Women can be trusted to get up in the morning and dress appropriately. How would it be enforced? Would the sergeant of arms be the clothes police checking our skirt lengths and cleavage? “

Hey, at least they revised it from burkas.

Thanks to Deb for the heads up.

Sheldon Adelson is a tad slow on the uptake.

He has just now come to the conclusion that all the money he gave Newt Gingrich and Mitt Romney was wasted.  You know, you’d think he would have learned that after Newt wasted enough money to burn a wet elephant.  But, no, he didn’t.  He gave $10 million to Mitt, who already had enough money to burn a herd of wet elephants.

So he’s had a political epiphany.

So now Adelson is thinking of setting up his own super PAC to get involved in congressional and presidential races. The Times reports that Adelson is likely to be a bit more careful next time around on who to support in the primary.

“He’s very focused on picking someone who can win,” a Republican strategist “involved in the discussions” told the Times. “He wants to ensure whatever candidate he gets behind reflects that philosophy and can win the general election.”

But, see, here’s the problem.  If it’s someone who supports Adelson’s philosophy, they cannot win.  Because they support Adelson’s philosophy.

Which is probably a good thing.

Thanks to Deb for the heads up.

Ted Cruz is threatening to shut down the government of the United Damn States of America because he can.

No other reason.

Under Rule 22, even one senator can force two “cloture” votes and up to 30 hours of debate on any bill simply by objecting to a quick up-or-down vote.

There are two candidates for a potential filibuster that could force this scenario: Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) and Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-AL). Both have been screaming bloody murder over the fact that the House GOP bill fails to block Obama’s executive actions which would allow more than 4 million undocumented immigrants to gain three-year work permits.

Ted knows that he cannot stop an executive order but that’s not the point.  Actually doing something is never the point with Ted.  Putting on a show and forcing everyone to look at him is the point.  He’s standing at the center of the government yelling, “Look at me.  Look at me.  Look. At. Me.”

Now Ted sees this differently than I do.  He says he’s not shutting down the government; Barack Obama is.  Barack Obama is forcing Ted to shut down the government so it’s Barack Obama’s fault.  Which sounds like every wife beater on the planet.  He’s saying, “Obama is forcing me to hit him.”

Look, I’m not saying that Ted Cruz is a juvenile narcissistic bully … wait … oh hell, that’s exactly what Im saying.

Kiss me, Karma!

Fayette County is between Houston and Austin.  County Commissioner James Kubecka up and switched parties last summer from Democratic to Republican because he felt he was more aligned with Republican values.

No shoot, Sherlock.

I do believe that he broke some sort of land crooked record – even for Republicans, which is saying something.

Thanks to Vickie for the heads up.

Yep, Fort Worth.

I guess the Sweet Baby Jesus using a 9mm as a rattle didn’t work out.

Nothing says Christmas Peace and Joy like Santa with an AR15.

There’s some semi-hysterical woman on Fox news by the name of Jeannine Pirro.  In all fairness, I have to admit that I am not a regular viewer of Jeannine’s show.  And by regular, I mean ever.  And I am grateful for that.

Come to find out, Jeannine is a colorful person.  She is a tough talking law-and-order former prosecutor whose husband spent 11 months in prison for tax evasion and conspiracy.  She herself got into a bit of trouble when she tried to talk Police Commissioner Bernard Kerik into illegally wiretapping her husband’s phone and yacht to catch him doing the wild thing with another woman.

Now all this stuff would make you lower than a snake’s belly in a wagon rut in the real world, but in the world of Fox news, she’s a bright lights big city star.

And that’s because she knows things.  And she is white.  And she can spew without spitting, at least most of the time.

Jeannine has this whole police thing figured out.

First, whenever you say the word minority, you should put air quotation marks around it because, you know, minorities are not real.  In Janine’s world, a black person is a so-called minority.

Second, the problem is absolutely not that the police need to be more sensitive to minorities.  No, siree. Minorities should be more sensitive to the police.

Yep.  She said that.

Pirro quoted Fox viewer ‘Jeff’ who wrote, “Why is it always necessary to tip toe around the minority community,” with ‘Larry’ writing, “No. Enough is enough. The general public needs to be more sensitive to the police and show them the respect they deserve.”

Pirro added, “I agree.”

Yeah, like wives should be more sensitive to their philandering husbands.

If, like me, you have been blissfully unaware that this woman walks the earth and is entitled to an opinion that is obviously not her own, have a look-see.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PhjAe08pdak

I suspect that Jeaninne will start having sensitivity classes for black people as soon as she meets a black person.

Thanks to Irene for the heads up.