The Third Court of Appeals in Austin tossed out the charge against Rick Perry for “coercion of a public servant,” but left the felony charge of “abuse of official capacity” viable and standing.

It’s nitpicking.  In actuality he abused his official capacity by coercing a public servant.  The one they let stand is the stronger of the two charges.

Perry calls it a win but anydamntime you have the court affirming felony charges, you haven’t won.

FYI:  There are nine justices on the Third Court.  Seven of them were elected as Republicans, one was elected as a Democrat, and one was appointed by Governor Rick Perry.  He can’t very well blame politics for this one.  He will, but then I will giggle.

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Okay, so in Lancaster, Ohio, a volunteer decided that it was his duty to guard the military recruiting station.

Christopher A. Reed is 28 years old so you gotta wonder why he didn’t just join the Marines if he wanted to play with guns.  Reed was standing in front of the recruiting station at 12:01 pm and something predictable happened.

Reed told the officer who responded that he was standing, holding his AR-15 rifle in front of the military recruiting station to guard the personnel inside when someone approached him and asked if he could take a look at the weapon. Reed agreed to show him, and while he was trying to clear the ammunition from the weapon, he accidentally fired into the asphalt pavement.

Luckily, no one was hurt.

You’d think Reed would feel crummy about the irony of this situation but you’d be wrong.

Reed said he is not a military veteran. He described himself as an active gun enthusiast who makes a living working side jobs.

He downplayed the accidental shot fired.

“It is what it is,” he said. “Nobody got hurt.”

I dunno.  Aren’t side jobs something you do if you have a job?

This guy could have gotten extra points if he’d had missed the pavement and shot himself in the foot.

Thanks to Don for the heads up.

Please feel free to steal this for Facebook, Twitter, or Email.  Please give credit to John A. Kwitkoski.

Okay, this is true.  In north Texas, there’s a swarm of bugs so big that radar is picking them up.

Weather radar has picked up thousands of insects flying over Knox County, Texas, according to the National Weather Service of Norman, Oklahoma.

Rangers at Copper Breaks State Park in Quanah, Texas confirmed that the radar is picking up a large swarm of both grasshoppers and beetles.

I was glad they cleared that up.  I thought it was a horde of hate spewing from Rick Perry and Ted Cruz’s mouth.

Or that Donald Trump’s hair had just crossed into Texas.

Thanks to Michael for the heads up.

Hey, heads up.

A federal appeals court ruled Tuesday that accidental phone calls [butt dialing] aren’t private. You might not have intended for the recipient of the call to hear what you were saying, but you still called, and that means the recipient is entitled to listen—and even to record the call, the court said.

Two things:

1.  Check your cell phone before making whoopee.

2.  If Donald Trump butt dials you, you flip that phone on record as fast as you can.

 Thanks to chloe bear for the heads up.