I have a beloved friend who is a retired Presbyterian minister.  He’s as liberal as they come, you know, like Jesus. He’s also non-judgemental, you know, like Jesus.  He’s in his upper 80’s and except for a few incidents daily of “why did I come into this room,” his mind works like it did in college.

Last week, he tried to convince me that maybe, just maybe, Trump is the anti Christ.  Let me say here that I don’t believe in Armageddon. He’s not sure that he does either, but if it is true, it could be Trump. He teased me that I should go get some locust spray.  

And then, the Washington Post prints this today.

Oh yeah, that’s exactly what I wanted to see.

Oh well, at least we don’t have to go out and stock up on hurricane supplies.  We’ve got that covered.

For those keeping track, the hurricane season starts June 1st.

Good ole Devin was back on Fox News last night fighting that damn ole science with Laura Ingraham.

He thinks it’s overkill to close California schools.

Of course he does.

Congressman Devin Nunes (R-CA) stated that it is “overkill” for schools in his home state of Califonia to be closed in light of the coronavirus pandemic on Laura Ingraham‘s Fox News program late Tuesday night – further downplaying the severity of COVID-19.

“The schools were canceled here in California, which is way overkill.”

There’s overkill and there’s way overkill.  Making Nunes read and understand a whole chapter in any high school science book when a whole paragraph is pushing it is overkill. Then making him go on Laura Ingraham’s show to defend it is way overkill.

Our friend Kary sent me this link. Pictures of New York right now on lockdown.

Thank God they are taking it seriously.

1.   When Trump is your President.

2.   When Greg Abbott is your Governor.

If you think that Trump has treated this catastrophe for political gain, then you haven’t met Texas Governor Greg Abbott.

His first plan of action again the virus was to ban abortion in Texas because it unnecessarily uses medical equipment. It took three days and God only knows how much tax money to get a federal judge to overrule that.

Now he has another idea.  Remember how I told you yesterday about the preachers who want to keep churches open for services?

Churches, synagogues and mosques in San Antonio and Bexar County can technically resume in-person religious services under Texas Gov. Greg Abbott’s latest emergency order handed down Tuesday.

Actually, it’s all counties, not just Bexar (pronounced Bear for people from foreign states) but this is a San Antonio (pronounced San An-tony-oh no matter what John Wane ever said) newspaper and people in San Antonio don’t give a Big Bexar’s Butt about the rest of the world.

He sits in his office handing down emergencies orders handed to him by the religious right.

As people freekin’ die.

I remember a friend telling me that having a no-smoking section in a restaurant was like having a no-peeing section in a swimming pool.  It doesn’t work.

But, along comes the Super DeLux Brand Christians to test it again, you know, just in case.

We have a snarling Republican activist in Houston named Steven Hotze. He found three ministers to sue Harris County’s stay-at-home policy, saying it is unconstitutional.

Throughout the petition, Hotze and the pastors argue that “the circumstances presented by coronavirus do not excuse unlawful government infringements” and “the free exercise of religion…should not be sacrificed at the altar of political expediency.”

Political expediency? How ’bout life or death?  You know, if the snake-handlin’  foot washin’ speaking-in-tongues Christians want to all meet together for a fainting festival, that’s fine. As long as they don’t leave. The minute they leave carrying the virus with them, they are making me practice their religion.

Yes, they are claiming that not  letting them meet is a violation of the First Amendment.  That’s kinda amusing considering that praying in front of crowds is a violation of the teachings of Jesus.

And of course, along with Sweet Jesus, they are also whining about gun stores being closed.  Hotze argues that buying a gun is a constitutional right and the government can’t infringe on the constitution.  There are two problems with that, the first being that gun stores aren’t being forced to close.  Secondly, this is Houston, Texas.  Hell at least 70% of all gun purchases are made out of somebody’s trunk on a backroad.

Onward Christian Soldiers!

There is no shortage of weirdness during these dire times and I find joy in knowing that I am not the dumbest smart person on the planet.

This is a story about a young astrophysicist who got magnets stuck up his nose for a perfectly good reason.  The story, which is long but worth every word with sips of coffee, is guaranteed to make you smile.  without spoiling the story, I can tell you that at the end …

“My partner took me to the hospital that she works in because she wanted all her colleagues to laugh at me. The doctors thought it was quite funny, making comments like ‘This is an injury due to self-isolation and boredom.’”

I think we all have partners like that.  And anybody who can make doctors laugh is a good egg.

Thanks to Carl for the heads up.