An FBI  intelligence report was issued the same date as the presidential debate, which I am certain Trump would have heard about at his intelligence briefing if he wasn’t talking all the damn time the whole damn day.

The report warned of an imminent “violent extremist threat” posed by a far-right militia that includes white supremacists.  The threat is from the Boogaloos. The report is centered on the Dallas area.

For example, this summer, one Boogaloo, Steven Carrillo, is alleged to have killed two law enforcement officers in Northern California. True to the group’s desire to hasten the next civil war, Carrilllo is alleged to have killed the law enforcement officers at an otherwise peaceful demonstration with a silenced machine gun, in hopes of provoking retaliation from the police against the demonstrators.

The whole report is here.

Apparently, Trump has them on stand-by.

Thanks to Henry for the heads up.  

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So, if somebody went to Ole Miss, they can say they studied at Oxford?

Thanks to Kyle for the heads up.

Ted Cruz, auditioning for a role in the Trump Loser Team.

This is the most heated tv moment I HAVE EVER WATCHED!

Chris Cuomo just called Ted Cruz out for his hypocrisy. pic.twitter.com/iBZXtdt4Gg

— Live On The Chat (@LiveOnTheChat) October 1, 2020

I am not so much waiting for a Coronavirus vaccine as a dwindling of teevee political battles.

And to add Holy Water to the fire …

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo is in Rome this week, but Pope Francis refused to meet with him, reportedly because the Vatican thought a meeting would be used to help President Donald Trump’s re-election effort.

The Pope isn’t speaking to Mike Pompeo.  Well, neither am I.

Thanks to Carl for the heads up.  

A couple of weeks ago, 29 year old Nicholas J. Ellingford, was playing Roy Rogers in the checkout line of his local supermarket.  He was trying to show off his

Nick has a Glock 9mm and tried to “show it off to a buddy,” according to the Lincoln City Police Department.

The cool part comes next.

Ellingford mistakenly pulled the trigger as he stuffed the piece back into his pants, police said. A bullet tore through the gunslinger’s groin and exited his thigh, just barely missing the man’s femoral artery.

You know, when Nick shows off, he really knows how to do it.

He was airlifted to Portland and is expected to make a full recovery.  Well, maybe not “full,” you know.

The police said he did not have a concealed handgun license and could face criminal charges for his reckless behavior.

Thanks to Fenway Fran for the heads up.

John Cornyn has often gotten into trouble for taking questionable political contributions and by questionable, I mean from crooks.

Now I don’t know if that’s because everybody in the Republican Party is a crook or that crooks are just naturally attracted to John Cornyn.

Back in April of last year, a man named Harry Sargeant gave Cornyn $5,600, the legal limit.  The limit was legal but Mr. Sergeant isn’t.  He owns a company named Sargeant Marine.

Sargeant Marine and its affiliates, through its employees and agents, concealed bribe payments to Brazilian government officials by creating fake consulting contracts and fake invoices by using cash payments and by wiring millions of dollars from the United States to offshore bank accounts held in the name of shell companies of bribe middlemen.  As a result of the Brazilian bribery scheme, Sargeant Marine and its affiliated companies earned profits of approximately $26.5 million.

They plead guilty last week and agreed to a $16.6 million dollar fine.  That means they only came out $10 million ahead, which certainly makes bribery a little bit unattractive.

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

Here’s a handy little list of people renting from Trump to impress him.

Ladies, my cookie days are over if that’s how you spend the money.

You shouldn’t have to pay to play.  Additionally, I do not think that Donald Trump represents the values of the Girl Scouts.