Jefferson Davis, the President of the Confederacy during the Civil War, died at the age of 81 in 1889, still a hateful, mean, and totally incompetent sumbitch.

Once Lee surrendered, plans were made to move Jefferson Davis and his staff to Havana, Cuba.  He tried to escape while wearing women’s clothing because that’s just the kind of guy he was.  It didn’t work.

Although he was guilty of treason, he fled to Canada for a while after being ensconced in officer’s quarters with the family wasn’t good enough for him.  After he returned he was offered the job of the first president of Texas A&M University but he turned it down.  Probably because the job didn’t include slaves, or women’s clothes.

I have some mild sympathy for Robert E Lee because he was a decent man who faced up to his wrong doings.  He took his punishment without whining and tried to help his beloved South recover.

You wanna know how much sympathy I have for Jefferson Davis?

Diddle squat.

The University of Texas will finally, oh thank you dear Lord, be moving the statue of Jefferson Davis off their campus.  It was the best thing that happened in Texas this weekend.

Picture from my friend Tarel on the UT campus today.  

Thanks to Steve for the heads up.

They swear this is true.  But, it happened in England so I dunno.  As far as I know, we don’t have any correspondents in London.

They say the sun never sets on the British Empire, and that’s not good news because it’s a mean sun.

Fight fighters responded to a blaze in London.

Our investigators believe that this fire was the latest sunlight blaze of 2015. It is thought that sunlight bounced off of a make-up mirror and set curtains alight.

No, seriously.  It says that.

A Brigade spokesperson said: “Crystal and glass ornaments and items such as mirror tables should be kept out of direct sunlight.

So, you’ll just have to figure out another way to identify vampires in your home.

Thanks to Don A for the heads up.

If you live in Easton, Massachusetts, you need to learn to duck.

A man trying out a new gun holster accidentally fired his weapon and injured himself Tuesday night, police said.

The victim said he was “breaking in a new holster,” when he shot his Sig Sauer P226 9 millimeter handgun, Sullivan said.

The man has an active license to carry a firearm issued by Easton police and will not be charged, Sullivan said.

The man is expected to live but the condition of the holster is unknown.  I suspect it’s sitting on the floor in the corner going “hehehehehehe, got cha!”

It is the second recent attack gun incident in this town of 23,000 overarmed souls.

In April, a passenger accidentally shot the driver of his vehicle while the two men were driving down Route 138 coming from Stoughton.

“The passenger wanted to make sure it was secure and he accidentally fired a round,” Sgt. Daniel O’Reilly, at the time of the incident.

He said the men are friends and both have permits to carry guns.

I suspect “Remember that time you shot me?” will cover the bar tab from now on.

Thanks to Irene for the heads up.

Stop right now and read how Paul Krugman explains the reign of Donald Trump by the steeple people.  It’s short and it’s powerful.

Thanks to Craig for the heads up.

Captain Oops and the Pill Pushin’ Playboys are folding up the band.

Former Gov. Rick Perry’s (Texas) Iowa chairman is stepping down, delivering another blow to the GOP contender’s 2016 presidential bid. Sam Clovis cited the campaign’s financial struggles, noting that he left in part because he is no longer being paid, the Associated Press first reported.

That’s what happens when you play Pay to Politic.  You are liable to find out that your campaign manager is paid to love you and your message.  You know, like a pavement princess.

Poor Ole Rick, broke and broken hearted.  He’s just a regular honkey tonk song now.

Y’all, I figured it out.

Sarah has been using her time off to learn to speak word salad and Yoda!

She had this to say about Hillary Clinton —

If we were to elect someone who’s been part of the problem creating the socialism, really there is no hope.

Yeah, but we all know who is creating the dumb.

First they shoved Dan Quayle on us, then Sarah Palin, and now … well, 16 of the dumbest guys in America.