Donald Trump may have finally nailed it when he proposed that people who deal opioids be given the death penalty.

Even Texas, the most executing state in the union found it to be “kind of over the top.”

I disagree.

When I get to see all the heads of big pharm and a whole mess of doctors taking bribes to prescribe opioids lined up on death row to be given their own drugs, that might not be over the top.

The opioid crisis is not starting in the streets or even the Mexican border – it’s starting (and sometimes ending) in the doctor’s office.

By the way, several sources ( here, here, here, and of course, here) say the way to end the opioid crisis is marijuana.

Gun Shows seem to be the most dangerous places on earth.

Last weekend two guys were sitting in a car in the parking lot of the International Sportsmen’s Expo in Utah.

You know what happens next.

One of the men was handing the firearm to the other man when the weapon was accidentally fired.

The bullet struck one man in the hand, ricocheted and then struck the second man in the leg.

The police say it was an accident so no charges will be filed.  Had they shot a toddler walking by outside the car … oh well, accidents happen.

Thanks to Deb B for the heads up.

A snide chuckle for you.

I was talking to an Austin political advisor last night who told me, “Now that we’re seeing the polling in Texas and the results from around the country, I cannot tell you the number of people who are horribly upset that they did not sign up last December to run for office in Texas.  And they are all named Castro.”

To my horror, I read this earlier today —

The nine-time Wimbledon singles champion and tennis commentator [Martina Navratilova] says the BBC pays her 10 times less than fellow commentator John McEnroe for doing Wimbledon broadcasts. And she’s angry because she fears what’s happening to her happens to women everywhere.

Okay, let’s face it, not only does she have 9 championships compared to his 3, but her job is much, much harder than his, because she has to work with  … John McEnroe.

Of course this happened in Texas, where men are men and Baptists are hateful.

The Olton Enterprise newspaper is owned by Phillip Hamilton, who is a Baptist minister. I glanced over a few copies of it online and my goodness, that is the whitest town I’ve ever seen.  The closest big town is Amarillo, which means that Olton is in Texas and not Oklahoma only by geographic accident.

This issue lists a lovely lady named Brenda Light in the obituary section.  Brenda’s son, Barry Giles, placed the obituary in the newspaper.  Here’s the problem:

The obituary submitted to the Olton Enterprise included the line “Those left to cherish her memory include her son, Barry Giles, and his husband, John Gambill of Dallas”. But there was no mention of Gambill or the union in the published version.

“It wiped John completely off the picture like he didn’t exist,” Giles told local news.

It was not a mistake.  The aforementioned Publisher Phillip Hamilton would not abide such mortifying sin and iniquity as same sex marriage.  The Publisher/Pastor explains:

“It is my religious conviction that a male cannot have a husband. It is also my belief that to publish anything contrary to God’s Word on this issue would be to publish something in the newspaper that is not true.

“The newspaper respects the first amendment rights of those who express such opinions. The newspaper’s decision to edit the obituary is both ethical and lawful. It would be unethical to publish a news item that is known by the editor to be false. Based on the truth found in the Word of God, I could not in good conscience identify Mr Gambill as the husband of Mr Giles.”

That statement about the First Amendment is so twisted that Chubby Checkers could sing it.

I can’t understand why the newspaper isn’t renamed The Baptist Church Sunday Morning Bulletin.

I also can’t understand why Baptists are so damn hateful and so damn certain how everyone should behave.

Thanks to Sam and Kary for the heads up.

Well, crap on a cracker, it’s Aladamnbama. What the fool tarnation did you expect?

Wondering if arming teachers is a dandy idea, Alabama Republican State Representative Harry Shiver (no kidding, that’s his name) had this to say:

… guns should not be placed in the hands of “our ladies” — meaning female teachers — many of whom he believes are “scared” of firearms.

“I’m not saying all [women], but in most schools, women are [the majority] of the teachers,” Shiver, a lawmaker representing a district northeast of Mobile, told AL.com in an interview published Thursday.

We can’t arm teachers because they are mostly girls and girls get all creeped out about guns.

Hey Harry, you bet your sweet misogynistic butt we do.  If it takes misogynistic crapola to stop this bad idea of arming teachers, I’m gonna let it slide this time.  And I hope some woman doesn’t get real pissed off at you and hit you upside the head with our weapon of choice – a frying pan.  Or strangle you with our apron strings.  Or give birth right in front of you and make you faint and hit your head on a rock.

Thanks to Sarah for the heads up.