They swear this is true.  But, it happened in England so I dunno.  As far as I know, we don’t have any correspondents in London.

They say the sun never sets on the British Empire, and that’s not good news because it’s a mean sun.

Fight fighters responded to a blaze in London.

Our investigators believe that this fire was the latest sunlight blaze of 2015. It is thought that sunlight bounced off of a make-up mirror and set curtains alight.

No, seriously.  It says that.

A Brigade spokesperson said: “Crystal and glass ornaments and items such as mirror tables should be kept out of direct sunlight.

So, you’ll just have to figure out another way to identify vampires in your home.

Thanks to Don A for the heads up.

If you live in Easton, Massachusetts, you need to learn to duck.

A man trying out a new gun holster accidentally fired his weapon and injured himself Tuesday night, police said.

The victim said he was “breaking in a new holster,” when he shot his Sig Sauer P226 9 millimeter handgun, Sullivan said.

The man has an active license to carry a firearm issued by Easton police and will not be charged, Sullivan said.

The man is expected to live but the condition of the holster is unknown.  I suspect it’s sitting on the floor in the corner going “hehehehehehe, got cha!”

It is the second recent attack gun incident in this town of 23,000 overarmed souls.

In April, a passenger accidentally shot the driver of his vehicle while the two men were driving down Route 138 coming from Stoughton.

“The passenger wanted to make sure it was secure and he accidentally fired a round,” Sgt. Daniel O’Reilly, at the time of the incident.

He said the men are friends and both have permits to carry guns.

I suspect “Remember that time you shot me?” will cover the bar tab from now on.

Thanks to Irene for the heads up.

Stop right now and read how Paul Krugman explains the reign of Donald Trump by the steeple people.  It’s short and it’s powerful.

Thanks to Craig for the heads up.

Captain Oops and the Pill Pushin’ Playboys are folding up the band.

Former Gov. Rick Perry’s (Texas) Iowa chairman is stepping down, delivering another blow to the GOP contender’s 2016 presidential bid. Sam Clovis cited the campaign’s financial struggles, noting that he left in part because he is no longer being paid, the Associated Press first reported.

That’s what happens when you play Pay to Politic.  You are liable to find out that your campaign manager is paid to love you and your message.  You know, like a pavement princess.

Poor Ole Rick, broke and broken hearted.  He’s just a regular honkey tonk song now.

Y’all, I figured it out.

Sarah has been using her time off to learn to speak word salad and Yoda!

She had this to say about Hillary Clinton —

If we were to elect someone who’s been part of the problem creating the socialism, really there is no hope.

Yeah, but we all know who is creating the dumb.

First they shoved Dan Quayle on us, then Sarah Palin, and now … well, 16 of the dumbest guys in America.

Today Ken Paxton was in court to be arraigned after he plead not guilty to felony securities fraud on Monday.

Then something weird happened.

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton left his arraignment hearing Thursday in Fort Worth in need of new counsel.

State District Judge George Gallagher granted a motion by defense attorney Joe Kendall to withdraw from the case.

I mean, it can’t be good if your lawyer quits in the middle of an arraignment.

The judge says Paxton has until September 3rd to find a lawyer.

We can assume that Paxton either stole his lawyer’s fountain pen, or just flat embarrassed himself so badly that even a lawyer was ashamed.

Gees.  You’d think he’d know that much from watching teevee.

But, when arrogance meets haughty, bad things happen.

“Shockingly, Paxton’s deceit against the public and record of demanding the white collar treatment continued today. Paxton attempted to move all further hearings to Collin County, his home county, and ban all cameras from the courtroom. Once again, Paxton is trying to keep the public in the dark about his crimes and dodge the press. This is unacceptable.

You know, I’d almost feel sorry for Paxton if he hadn’t already admitted that the committed the felony.  Nah, I wouldn’t.  He’s the creepiest guy in Texas.

Thanks to Kyle for the heads up.