Thanks to Craig for the heads up.

This morning, Governor Greg Abbott made it very clear that he intends to sign HB40, a screamingly horrible bill that says local governments cannot ban fracking in their jurisdiction.

And God answered —

The U.S. Geological Survey reports an earthquake rattled North Texas early Monday afternoon.
The USGS reports a 3.3-magnitude earthquake was recorded at 1:14 p.m.

Friends reported a few broken windows and a jolt.  And this follows a 4.0 earthquake in Dallas on May 7th.

I need to add that some Democrats supported HB40.  I hope they walked away with a suitcase full of money because everybody thinks they did.

Thanks to Paul for the heads up.

By using arithmetic, it turns out that the Republican Party is dying off.  Same deal with Fox News viewership.

Since the average Republican is significantly older than the average Democrat, far more Republicans than Democrats have died since the 2012 elections.

Turns out that young people aren’t as attracted to 1950 as Republicans thought.

So the people who are actually paying off college loans, making marriage decisions, having or not having children, looking for job, and paying for grandpa’s war ain’t all that thrilled about what a bunch of old white guys have to offer.

The last GOP convention I saw looked like every person in the room owed Noah a dime.  You’d have to carbon date them to figure out how many candles to put on their birthday cake.

And for those  of you in love with numbers, there’s this.

In 2012, there were about 13 million in the 15-to-17 year-old demo who will be eligible to vote in 2016. The previous few presidential election cycles indicate that about 45 percent of these youngsters will actually vote, meaning that there will about 6 million new voters total. Exit polling indicates that age bracket has split about 65-35 in favor of the Dems in the past two elections. If that split holds true in 2016, Democrats will have picked up a two million vote advantage among first-time voters. These numbers combined with the voter death data puts Republicans at an almost 2.5 million voter disadvantage going into 2016.

Phew!  Go kids!

The sheriff in my county is pretty much an idiot.  He has a “degree” from Jerry Faldwell’s Liberty University and pretty much Peter Principled out as a constable.

He does have a military background but not any combat experience, which makes him hungry, hungry, caterpillar hungry for things that go Boom!

He talked our commissioners court into a military helicopter and a big SWAT Team mobile home, but only because he promised to give them rides in it.

So, you cannot even imagine my relief when …

The Obama administration plans to prohibit federal agencies from providing to local cops certain kinds of military equipment such as grenade launchers, high-caliber weapons and bayonets, in the wake of controversy over a “militarized” police response to unrest last summer in Ferguson, Missouri.

Imagine President Ted Cruz or Marco Rubio doing that.  Hell, they’d give the police nukes.

Y’all, it looks like summer is gonna be hotter than we expected.

Grab yourself some butter and sour cream because we are kicking off June with news so hot that it’ll cause potatoes to bake in the ground.

You’ve already heard that Rick Perry is announcing for President on June 4th.  Oh thank you, Sweet Baby Jesus.

But now there’s news so good that I don’t even know how to tell you.

Sen. Lindsey Graham said Monday he will announce his run for the presidency on June 1 from his hometown in Central, S.C. Graham, a Republican, confirmed his plans on CBS This Morning.

“I’m running because I think the world is falling apart. I’ve been more right than wrong on foreign policy,” Graham said.

I warned you.  I myownself am a’quiver with delight.

June is appropriate for both these announcements because … least we forget – June is Brides Month.

Lindsey Graham, more right than wrong.  Gotta love that on a bumper sticker.

Heads up.  Biker wars have broken out in Waco.  At least 9 dead.  The fights are apparently continuing in the area.

Guys, Fun With Guns has a rule that nobody dies.  As one of the commenters said, it is not fun when someone dies.   Well, except for the gun toter.  That’s why I didn’t title this Fun With Guns.

It was stunning and frightening for me because I have a friend from college who innocently drove by this war as it was happening.  I cannot imagine losing her, especially some thing so senseless and brutal.

There will be more news and maybe we can process it.  No, it is not funny.  It scares the crap outta me.