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Y’all, this is sad.  The world is going to hell in a hand basket.

It seems that an Amish horse and buggy were stopped by police in Ohio at 1:00 am on Sunday.

It was pretty much your regular horse and buggy, except for the fact that it had a stereo system blasting loudly and “a 12-pack of Michelob Ultra that was settled atop the buggy.” In other words, it was souped up and pimped out.

As soon as the cops stopped the buggy, the men on board took off running through the nearby trees.

While the men ran into the trees, the horse continued down the road, police said. The horse and buggy were eventually caught. The buggy was towed while the horse was turned over to someone who can take care of it until the owners come forward.

It apparently was not an Amish delivery service because several empty beer cans were found in the buggy.

We live in troubling times.

Thanks to Carl for the heads up.

Okay, so a General in the United States of America military told Trump about the “wall” being wired with sensors but asked hm not to tell anyone about it because that would make it easy to sabotage this massively expensive electronic system.

And what does Trump do?

Standing in front of the press with all the engineers, border security people, and the aforementioned General, it went something like this.

“They’re wired, so that we will know if somebody is trying to break through.”

Turning to Lt Gen Todd Semonite, chief of the US Army Corps of Engineers, Mr Trump added: “You may want to discuss that a little bit, general.”

But he was told: “Sir, there could be some merit in not discussing it.”

Oh hell no. Trump wasn’t having any of that.

To nervous laughter from officials, Mr Trump continued: “Ok. I like that. That was a great answer. I’ll just tell you they’re wired, ok? They’re wired. They’re technologically very advanced, all set up for cameras any place we want.

“They’re all wired out for drone technology. Anything you want, we have.”

The fence posts themselves are steel tubes, filled with concrete and rebar and topped with flat panels. ”It’s the Rolls-Royce version,” Mr Trump said.

And the lesson for today is … if you want someone to break or destroy the wall, let Trump tell them how to do it. Then he can build another wall.

So, it’s 11:00 after a good ballgame and Brian Williams is telling me that Trump promised something to some damn foreign leader that has the intelligence community filled with fear.

I hope there will be more hints about this tomorrow morning because I’m afraid he just gave away Kansas or something.  There’s a whistle blower.

CNN and the Washington Post have the story.

This morning, Trump revoked California’s right to control auto emissions in the state. He wants to revoke the idea that allows California to set its own tailpipe emissions standards for cars and light-duty trucks, as it has done for more than five decades.

Five decades – you know, back when Ronald Reagan was one of the people who formulated the idea of a state waiver for emissions standards.

Oddly, even auto manufacturers agreed to meet California’s higher standards.  So, what’s the hang-up?

A dozen other states (all but Pennsylvania are on the coasts) and the District of Columbia follow California’s standards, so revoking the waiver will have a broad impact particularly in the Northeast and on the West Coast.

Hmm, how did those states vote in the 2016 presidential election?

And which President touted the waivers as part of his environmental legacy?

The Times editorial board has called Trump’s maneuver on the waiver for what it is: “Sometimes it seems like the only consistent policy coming out of the White House these days is vindictiveness.”

No, pretty much batcrap crazy is consistent, too.

This time it’s Beto O’Rourke, who already has Texas State Representative Briscoe Cain threatening his life, now adds Alex Jones.

ALEX JONES (HOST): We got to fund this operation. I came in this morning, and I said, “Hey everybody, what’s a great Beto counter shirt? Like ‘from our cold dead hands’?” I was like how about “from his cold dead hands”? Well I don’t want to threaten him. But that’s what’s going to happen, you know they try to take the guns, it’s civil war. I mean, how do you do it?

Well, Alex has lost most of his advertisers over his fight with the Sandy Hook parents so now he’s selling shock tee-shirts.

When you have both Briscoe Cain and Alex Jones against you, you’re doing something right.  By the way, somebody please send Briscoe Cain a hand basket.  He’s gonna need it for the trip.