Guys, I need to take some time off this afternoon.  All’s well and good, but I’m getting to do something Covid-safe this afternoon.

So, I’ll be gone from the beauty shop.  Two things: what one thing did Trump do that pissed you off the most? And, what’s in the news lately that you’re paying attention to?

See ya later —

You can take Alex Jones off the air, but there’s always gonna be some chubby white guy wanting attention.

Please meet Mark Taylor, a man with a mission.  He’s been on QAnon websites and knows there’s money to be made.

He has some new theories about what’s going on out there and most of his theories involve black people, or brown people, or China people, or … well, you get the drift.

Here’s his newest.  He’s trying to explain why there’s been a recent surge in black men found hanged across the country.

“It’s all about keeping the narrative focused on a civil war,” Taylor said. “A bunch of garbage that’s been going on like that—we’ve had what, five hangings now? They found bodies hanging? Give me a break. We know that’s deep state-related, that’s pushing some of this stuff to try to drive the narrative. Now, some of them have been maybe suicides, people trying to martyr themselves because they know what it’s gonna do to this whole black, white thing, to try to start the civil unrest, to try to stoke the fires again. This is what they’re trying to do. They’re trying to keep this going through the election.”

Actually, I think all hangings in America were suicides.  That damn deep state.

You know what? I think these people are the deep state. They are full of disinformation and do everything they can to cause unrest.

Thanks to Henry for the heads up.

Here ya go —

The former Director of the Office of Government Ethics Walter Shaub explained —

“Executive branch employees may not use their Government positions to suggest that the agency or any part of the executive branch endorses an organization (including a nonprofit organization), product, service, or person,” the office’s guideline says.

Ivanka doesn’t have rules.

She gonna Find Something New pretty soon.

Kayne West has dropped his bid to run for the presidency.

And who announced it?  The breathless folks at Fox News in a Fox News FLASH!

It looks like they filed under “Entertainment News.”  Isn’t all news at Fox entertainment news?

Oklahoma Republican Governor Kevin Stitt (R) announced he has tested positive for the coronavirus.

Stitt, who is a close ally of President Trump’s, stood by the president’s decision to move ahead with his rally in Tulsa several weeks ago despite warnings from public health officials.

Remember the rally where all the seats were empty?

Oh well, still it was worth losing a butt-kissing Governor or two, right? There’s more where that one came from.

And, as science proves again, Trump’s rally was likely (Really? Likely?) a source of an outbreak.

Governor Stitt was encouraging people to go out and eat.  Even Trump said maybe that’s not a great idea.

Texas senior senator John Cornyn has been in Washington for 20 years and latest polling shows him with a name recognition in Texas of 32%.  That’s because John lays low, keeps his hand out for money, and sells out his home state for backroom power.  He’s particularly bad at making speeches and answering questions off the cuff.  That’s why you only see him standing in the back behind Mitch McConnell in press conferences.

Here ya go —

Yeah, he’s dumber than bean dip.  It’s truly a display of kindness that Senator Harris did not reply, “Yo, Sherlock, you spent time thinking up that stunningly stupid question?”

Anyway, Cornyn has a financial backer by the name of James Dannenbaum, of Dannenbaum Engineering.  Dannenbaum Engineering, famous for its Bridge to Nowhere in South Texas, has found itself in a tad bit of trouble.

A dominant Texas engineering company led by a former University of Texas regent has agreed to a $1.6 million fine because top-level staffers facilitated hundreds of thousands of dollars of illegal campaign contributions.

They admitted they did it. The scheme was this – politicians cannot take corporate contributions. So, Dannenbaum had its employees give contributions and then reimbursed them with corporate money.

Dannenbaum, who was tapped to serve as a UT regent under Gov. Rick Perry, has been a major donor to Sens. John Cornyn and Ted Cruz, as well as Gov. Greg Abbott, Attorney General Ken Paxton and Mayor Sylvester Turner.

At the time all this news broke, Cornyn agreed to reimburse the donations to the US Treasury, as required by law.

However, his leadership PAC, called The Alamo PAC, has not bothered to give the money to the US Treasury.

Do you wanna know why he has not done it?  Because you can’t trust John Cornyn to call the dogs unless they’ve dug up money.

Let me tell you how aware John Cornyn is of Texas.  During the primary run-off, his campaign bought teevee ads attacking the candidate who lost last night.  It probably got that candidate more votes, but he still lost and always was going to lose.  Cornyn just could not resist getting to air a negative ad about a black man.  Seriously. The disclaimer should have said, “I’m John Cornyn and I approved this ad because I hate black people just like Donald Trump does.”

Y’all, help us get rid of this guy.

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