Y’all, Thelma came back from lunch today and cheerfully told us that Trump had banned bump stocks.

“However,” she cautioned, “I wouldn’t get too excited.  I think he believes that bump stocks are what’s causing the stock market to crash”.

Probably.

Y’all, if it wasn’t raining right now at the beauty salon, my hair would catch on fire.  By gawd, this already has steam coming out my ears.

All of the ethics complaints filed against Justice Brett Kavanaugh during his confirmation proceedings were dismissed on Tuesday after a panel of federal judges concluded that Kavanaugh is no longer covered by the judiciary’s disciplinary process.

All 83 complaints were dismissed because the ethics code that applies to the judiciary does not apply to Supreme Court justices.

The Washington Post is almost as mad as I am.

Okay, so figure this out. The Supreme Court, who insure the rule of law and that no man is above the rule of law, is … you guessed it, above the rule of law.

I guess it kinda like the Pope. You become infallible when you become Pope.  And, we know how well that worked out.

Guys, this will only be of interest to Texans.  It’s the six Texas political players who lost power this year.  You’ll be glad to know that only two of the six are Democrats and they both fully deserve it.

I agree with the list but I would have added the Castro Brothers.  The clunking sound they made by sitting out this election is still ringing in the ears of many Texas Democrats.  And one thing about Texas Democrats – we dance with those who brung us.

… is Texas State Senator Dr. Charles Schwertner, a heavy duty defender of family values.

The University of Texas at Austin has released some redacted text messages that Schwertner sent to a UT grad student that are at best described as “lewd.”

In September, the Austin American-Statesman broke the news that Schwertner was being investigated by the University of Texas, after a student complained he sent lewd text messages including apparent photos of his genitals.

After the September release of the information that he was under investigation, Schweriner denied sending the texts but, you know, he sent them.   He was reelected in November because stuff like this only counts if a Democrat does it.

Ole Bubba tells me all manner of legal mumbo talko that there are legal reason the judge postponed the sentencing of Mike Flynn.

Nope. I am not buying that.

The judge, God love him,  just cannot give the privilege of being the one who says, “Lock him up.”

That, my friends, is real justice.

You know how when you rob a bank but then agree to give back the money and you are totally innocent like it didn’t happen?

Yeah, well … the same exact thing happened to the Trump Foundation.

… Trump‘s charity, the Donald J. Trump Foundation, has agreed to dissolve amid allegations from the New York Attorney General’s office that it engaged in a “shocking pattern of illegality.”

I think it’s the shocking part that got to him.

New York Attorney General Barbara Underwood announced Tuesday that her office will continue to pursue its lawsuit against the foundation.

Shocking, totally shocking.