One of Trumps major selling points leading into the primaries was his fabulous wealth, if we use “fabulous” in the mythical sense of the word.   The credulous conservative cretins believed that he was worth $10 billion, and that that cash would be spent to make America something or other. But without a view behind the curtain, speculation has run to Trump having much, much less than that. And most of what he does own is tied up in things like jets, buildings, resorts and golf courses, all of which are notoriously hard to fit inside a wallet.

Still, the legend Trump was selling, the prestige (in several senses of that word) was that he would be self-funding, and so free of ALL evil corporate influences, save one: himself. Well, this part is true: Donald Trump is “self-funding,” just not in the generally recognized sense of THOSE words.

The recent FEC filing from his campaign has revealed that the biggest ticket items paid out in the last month are for things like jets, buildings, resorts and golf courses.

• Jets: over $300,000 to Trump’s TAG air
• Buildings: over $125,000 to Trump Tower
• Resorts: over $400,000 to Trump’s Mar-a-Lago
• Golf Courses: over $65,000 to Trump National and Trump International, both in Florida

This guy’s got NOTHING on Trump.

There was one expenditure over $200,000 which did appear to be paid to someone other than himself.  It was $208,000 for hats.  Lots and Lots of Hats.  Each one saying Make America Something-or-Other.

Trump is not self-funding in the sense of paying for his own campaign. He’s self-funding in the sense that he’s funding himself.

Lordy, Lordy, when it is too hot to land an airplane from Houston, it’s too damn hot.

A Phoenix-bound flight was forced to return to Houston Sunday evening because of weather conditions in the Valley of the Sun. Passengers who were on the plane said the flight crew told them the record-breaking heat is to blame.

United flight 6186 departed from Bush Intercontinental Airport at 2:30pm and was minutes away from landing at Sky Harbor Airport when the flight crew notified passengers it would be turning back around because of the weather.

And that weather was heat.  It was too hot to land an airplane.  From Houston.  Houston, mind you, the totally air conditioned city because it’s so damn hot.

Thanks to Bryan for the heads up.

The GOP’s most celebrity mouthpiece, Ted Nugent, did not have a good weekend.  I know you’re sad about that.

For his concert on Friday night, acidic rocker Ted Nugent didn’t draw much of a crowd even though the tickets for “Laconiafest’ in New Hampshire were lowered from $67 to $5.

Honey, I would not go see Ted Nugent even if they paid me $67.

They are even claiming that he skipped town without paying the employees of the venue.

Twinsies!

Thanks to Larry for the heads up.

Okay, so there’s this large and cheerful rumor going around the internet machine this morning that Clarence Thomas is considering resigning after the November election.

I can see where that rumor got started.  I mean, with Scalia gone, who has their hand up Thomas’s hinney to operate him like a muppet?  Apparently Scalia left a well trained replacement.

Clarence’s wife, the resentful and odd Genni Thomas, says no way that’s happening.

Paul Bedard is a writer for the Washington Examiner and Genni does not like him one little bit.

Sorry if I ruined your Monday, but Thomas is here to stay because Genni says so.

Fun With Guns has some rules.  To make Fun With Guns, first of all, nobody can die in the story unless it’s the person accidentally shooting themselves.  If you run a Goggle search on “accidental shooting” you will see dead bodies everywhere.

But sometimes there is an exception.

Authorities say the owner of an Ohio gun shop who was teaching a concealed carry class was fatally shot in the neck by a student who accidentally fired a weapon.

The (Cincinnati) Enquirer reported that the shop owner, 64-year-old James Baker, was shot on Saturday while students practiced weapon malfunction drills.

I do not know where the good guy with a gun was, but he was probably not trained too well either.

Thanks to everybody for the heads up.

Donald Trump is just spinning his wheels now and, to use his words, “it’s a a beautiful thing.”

Presumptive Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump has parted ways with his embattled campaign manager, Corey Lewandowski, amid ongoing scrutiny over several missteps as the real estate mogul has sought to pivot to the general election.

Wouldn’t it be cool if Trump did it on teevee and said, “You’re FIRED!”

Trump has been under heavy fire in recent weeks for a string of damaging controversies, from his clumsy response to the mass shooting in Orlando to his highly personal attacks against a federal judge overseeing two lawsuits against him, to his campaign’s failure to disburse pledged donations meant for veterans’ charities.

Wait a minute!  Wait a minute.  You’re going to fire your campaign manager over something you said?

I want to share this with you.  This was photographed in Houston this weekend during Trump’s visit.  You might have to click here to see what it says.

Well played, Texans, well played.