The good news is that Louie Gohmert has a opponent in the Republican primary.

The bad news is that his opponent thinks Louie is just not getting enough done.

Lufkin rancher Simon Winston thinks that Louie is just “promoting himself” and isn’t getting things done. Winston believes the same things Louie believes but also believes Louie isn’t effective. I think maybe we should be grateful for that.

He described himself as pro-life and a supporter of the Second Amendment right to bear arms who obtained a concealed handgun permit the first day they were available in Texas.

Winston said he opposes welcoming refugees from Syria into the Lone Star State and supports outright closing the border with Mexico.

“Until you stop the people from coming in illegally, you can’t get anything done,” he said. “You don’t know who’s coming across there in the first place. And they are bringing all these drugs in.”

So you’ve got your choice – tweedledee or tweedledum-with-a-cowboy-hat.

Thanks to Kyle for the heads up.

There will be a new empty space at the next GOP debate — Bobby Jindal has faced the big reality boogaloo and will be dashing his hopes of being president.

The kiddie table is emptying nicely.

And you might enjoy reading this.

Sometimes you gotta wonder if someone is just begging for a visit from the Secret Service.

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

Texas Republican State Representative (you’re cringing already, aren’t you?) Tony Dale, who is just about as conservative as they come, has been hollering about allowing Syrian refugees into Texas. He, of course, is against it.

So he put a poll on his Twitter feed to hear from his constituents.

He had to quickly shut it down.

Yeah, well, he doesn’t care what you think anyway.

Thanks to Harold for the heads up on Facebook.

Whoa, Wait —

He says he’s against them coming for an entirely different reason.

In a letter to Texas lawmakers, State Representative Tony Dale (R-Cedar Park) argued that the state should not accept any Syrian refugees because its lax gun-purchasing regulations would make it easy for any terrorists hiding among them to acquire a weapon and carry out an attack.

That makes my head hurt. Republicans believe that Texas needs lax gun purchasing regulations but agree that makes it easier for terrorists (and murderers and crooks) to get guns.

That makes my damn head hurt.

Thanks to Brian C for the heads up.

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, with a felony indictment and a persecution complex, is gonna be on the teevee.

The judge presiding over Ken Paxton’s securities fraud case has said he will allow cameras in the courtroom during the trial, over the wishes of the attorney general and his lawyers.

Paxton argues that he’s the victim because these special prosecutors are out to get him.  You’d think he’d want the public to see how mean everybody is being to him, and how securities fraud is just one of those things that happen accidentally.  You know, you go out to a party, someone coughs on you, and the next thing you know you come down with a bad case of felony securities fraud.

As soon as they set a trial date I’m clearing my calendar.

Overstock.com, an online Spend Your Money Here! site, announced that it has some hoarding practices and I’m not talking about towels, plastic containers, or old newspapers.

They have $6 million of gold and $4.3 million of silver stored at a secret location in Utah.

And you thought your roll of pre-1964 quarters hidden in your sock drawer was something special.

“I want a system that can survive a three month freeze,” CEO Patrick Byrne told BuzzFeed News. “If the whole thing collapses I want our system to continue paying people, we want to be able to survive a shutdown of the banking system.”

If there’s a shutdown in the US banking system, I’m betting on which people will get paid.  It’s probably not the stock boy.

Byrne said the company maintains a 30 day supply of food, and has a distribution system to pay and feed employees in case the banking and payments systems collapse.

All you have to do is get to Utah and be willing to eat silver on day 31.

Another benefit?  They can also get you a special guest appearance on Survivalists.