Okay, so a guy who lives just outside of Fort Worth decided the best way to be a good American Christian was to threaten to shoot his children if they ratted him out as an insurrectionist.

I’m not jacking with you.

Guy Reffitt went to the Capitol on the 6th and reminded his children that he went there to protect the country. And, for good measure, told them  ….

On Jan. 11, Reffitt commented to his son that he had to “erase everything” because the FBI was now watching him. Reffitt also told his son that if he crossed the line and reported him to police, that would put the family in jeopardy and Reffitt would have no option but to do his duty to protect the country and “do what he had to do,” according to the complaint.

In another threat, Reffitt told his son and daughter, “If you turn me in, you’re a traitor and you know what happens to traitors … traitors get shot,” according to the complaint.

Okay, here’s the deal.  Texas Governor Greg Abbott is all offended-up over the FBI doing background checks on people who will be carrying heavy weaponry close to the US Capitol where former and newly elected presidents will be present.

“No one should ever question the loyalty or professionalism of the Texas National Guard,” Abbott wrote in a tweet Monday night.

He calls it “offensive.” Wait a minute, wait a minute, isn’t this the F Your Feelings crowd?

You might want to shake your boots loose because the puddle of hypocrisy and humor is getting neck deep around here.

This is the same damn Greg Abbott who sent to Texas State Guard to watch over the entire United States of America Military Joint Forces doing training exercises in Texas because he thought they were going to round up all the Republicans and tote them off to abandoned WalMarts to be re-educated (like there’s any “re” part to that) to become liberals.

No, it was really worse than that.  Jade Helm in 2015 was Greg Abbott falling for a Russian test case to create disinformation and drive the media.  It was looney toons around here at the time and the beginning of the conspiracy theories becoming the driving force of politics.

And as my friend Elizabeth Moon says …

Despite the number of Texas residents who were part of the attack on the Capitol and the number of Texas Congresscritters who voted to reject the Electoral College count, didn’t wear masks, and in some cases gave tours of the Capitol the day before the attack…the FBI should ignore the Texas National Guard because Abbott might be “offended?” GRRR. Abbott’s an idiot. I’m offended by his being offended.

Somebody please check the Governor this morning.  He’s about a quart low on reality juice.

Written by Nick Carraway

“Rarely do we ever see sports and politics collide, but we saw it on MLK day. Some of us in the Houston area are Texans fans. That’s been an unfortunate thing lately as they finished 4-12, fired their coach, and seem to have a preacher/character coach as the power behind the throne. Deshaun Watson (the star quarterback) has apparently had enough.

I’m a football fan. Truth be told, I’m a bigger baseball fan. I’ve even written several books on the subject. As dialed in as I am, it has never occurred to me to protest anything related to any team. It certainly didn’t occur to do it on this day when we celebrate someone that spent his whole life fighting for peace, equality, and justice. About 150 people did it anyway at Reliant Stadium.

I suppose Dr. King would support their right to protest and he’d be happy that no one was hurt. Still, I can’t help but wonder what he’d think of people protesting a football team and the employment of a preacher. Talk about your first world problems. If that’s the worst thing going on in your life you should count yourself lucky. Just looking at the news proves that’s not true. I guess whatever takes your mind off of it all.”

Nick

The Bad News:  Word is coming out that Parler is back up, but not available to its racist base – yet.

The Worse News: The social media platform has moved to a new web service hosted by…wait for it…the Russian Federation.

Whoa, Nelly!

A few days ago, I told you …

Okay, so I wake up late this morning after the disturbing news last night that the historic courthouse in my hometown – a block from my home – is being closed to the public today through next Wednesday. They didn’t give any reason for the closing but I suspect it has something to do with the domestic terrorists who might get some ideas about courthouses next, which meant I did not sleep well last night.

I am happy to report that there were absolutely no problems at either the Historic courthouse nor the new courthouse in Richmond.  I don’t know if I told you that in November we elected our first African American sheriff since Reconstruction and the first Democrat in 35 years. That might have had something to do with it staying peaceful, but overall I haven’t heard threats of unrest today coming to fruition.

I guess they recognize what fools they were on the 6th and we are not playing cowboys and idiots here.

Today, Pro Publica published an amazing archive of over 500 videos of the attack on the Capitol posted to Parler by the insurrectionists who horrified all normal people on January 6th.  They are in sequential order and cover the time from noon until 6pm Eastern time.

The level of violence can disturb some, so be warned and cautious sharing this around.  This is significant work and preserves for all time how Americans attacked Americans because they didn’t like the result of a free and fair election and followed a profoundly corrupt man to the Capitol and now to jail for a long time.