The city of Cottonwood, Arizona, was treated to a brawl in the parking lot of the Walmart this weekend.  The headline is that the folks involved are part of a Christian band.

The video then shows a police officer being put in a headlock and knocked to the ground.

The sound of Taser fire is heard. Police say pepper spray was deployed and that at least three shots were fired in an apparent struggle for an officer’s gun.

Several times on the video the group appears to surrender, but starts fighting again. The melee goes for several minutes until backup officers arrive and make arrests.

Police charged four members of the family with assaulting an officer and resisting arrest.

Goodness gracious, we haven’t seen that much fun since the Palin family all got drunk.

Now here’s the best part.  The name of the Christian band is Matthew 24 NOW.  They even have a Facebook page.

For those of you who didn’t spend every summer in Vacation Bible School, Matthew 24 is Jesus warning the disciples of the end times.   Matthew reports that Jesus says some bad crap is coming.

However, Jesus also says that nobody, not even him or the angels, knows when it is coming.  Only God knows.  So when you go around predicting the end times, gnashing of teeth, pestilence, and whatnot you’re messin’ with Jesus.

Which may be what the fighting was all about.  I dunno.  Stranger things have happened in the Walmart parking lot.

Thanks to Bernie for the heads up.

Well, it looks like the New York Times editorial staff has finally recognized what we’ve known ince 2009 — the Republican attacks against this president are unprecedented, ugly, and based on a personal animosity. And they are getting worse. They are loud, angry, and destructive to this country.

… the tone of the current attacks is disturbing. So is their evident intent — to undermine not just Mr. Obama’s policies, but his very legitimacy as president.

At the end, they round it up and head it out —

If this insurrection is driven by something other than a blend of ideological extremism and personal animosity, it is not clear what that might be. But it is ugly, it deepens mistrust of government and it harms the office of the president, not just Mr. Obama.

It is ugly.  It is unAmerican.  It is shameful.

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And next we’ll let the toddlers clean the chain saw.

While doing a little spring cleaning a father in Albuquerque enlisted the help of his daughters.

The father handed the .22-caliber rifle to his 6-year-old daughter to take to another room, but she playfully pointed it at her older sister and pulled the trigger, county sheriff’s officials reported. The family drove her to an urgent care facility, where she was initially listed in critical condition.

Charges will not be filed because the father “suffers from incredible guilt.”  Personally, I think he should suffer from incredible pain.

Remember Ole Aaron Schlock?  The guy who was using his campaign account to parties?  And decorate?

Well, Darlin’, Aaron was a damn amateur.

Here’s how a pro does it.  Just watch Louie Gohmert.

New Year’s Eve in Times Square —

And, of course, some very fancy cab rides …

And he needs some fancy pens, you know.

If somebody can find a website for these people, I’ll be happy to see what $4,330 will buy. I just can’t find if such a business exists.  You’d think that people in sales and marketing would have a website.  You’d be wrong.

And it’s not like there’s some business in Tyler or Lufkin who needs the commerce.  But, no, Louie sends his business to Republican Congressman Bill Posey’s district.

Thanks to Alfredo at the Dairy Queen for the heads up.

You know Ted Cruz is stealing John Edwards’ “two-Americas” populism?  You know how he’s all upset at crony capitalism and thinks Wall Street shouldn’t be getting favors?

Well, Ted’s new sugar daddy is making all this pretty difficult.  Billionaire Hedge fund CEO Robert Mercer is big on Ted.

On the one hand, Mercer’s support is fantastic for Cruz for all the obvious reasons (having a billionaire in your corner is nice). On the other hand, Mercer’s hedge fund—Renaissance Technologies—recently faced an unflattering congressional investigation, the results of which indicated that it used complex and unorthodox financial structures to dramatically lower its tax burden.This drew scorching bipartisan criticism from investigators on the Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations.

The guy is a tax dodger – no doubt about it.

So what’s he buying with his millions to Ted?  Here ya go.  He’s buying favorable tax policies.

So Ted’s against Wall Street except for those parts of Wall Street who are for him.  Not surprised, are you?

Thanks to Alfredo over at the Dairy Queen for the heads up.

The Texas Legislature is the birthplace of bad ideas and that’s a provable fact.

The latest comes from Republican State Representative Morgan Meyer of Dallas.

It goes like this.  You know that sweet little retired librarian who helps you vote at election time?  But sometimes it’s a grouchy old man with his belt up under his armpits and he walks like his shoe laces are tied together?

Yeah, well, in voting locations held in schools HB3972 would required those people to sit down with the high school principal two weeks before voting day to come up with “a security plan for the building.”  Additionally,  that plan will be “filed electronically with the secretary of state at least 14 days before the first day of voting.”

First off, it’s kinda obvious that election judges are not security experts.  The little old lady would require everyone to sign a promise to behave before they enter the building and the crotchety  old man would have a plan with drones, an ammo depot, and a bottle of Viagra.

Second off, who is going to pay for this?  Election judges expect to be compensated for their time.  Hell, it would be cheaper to fly John Kerry around the state all day to negotiate settlements at any hot spots.

Third off, it’s real nice of you to give the bad guys two weeks to look over the security plans but I’m not real sure that nice is what you’re trying to accomplish here.  If you file something with the secretary of state, it becomes public record.

Fourth off, Mr. Meyer, you wrote this bill on the back of a napkin at a three martini lunch, didn’t you?  The old codger was trying to get you to come up with a plan to get him a drone, wasn’t he?

See, I know how the lege works.

Thanks to Monty for the heads up.