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Thanks to El Jefe for the heads up.

My favorite editorial of the week is in today’s New York Times and written by Michelle Goldberg.

Say this for Donald Trump. He may be transforming American politics into a kleptocratic fascist reality show and turning our once-great country into a global laughingstock, but at least he’s humiliating John Bolton in the process.

The bully finally gets to learn what being the victim feels like.  That’s Schadenfreudealicious.

It is particularity enjoyable that Tucker Carlson (Trump’s new shoe shiner) referred to Bolton as a “bureaucratic tapeworm.”  I am certain that Bolton thinks Carlson is an intellectual lightweight – Hell, Dirt Janochek thinks Tucker Carlson is a mental lightweight and Dirt still points at the words when he reads something.  So, being replaced in North Korea by boy child Carlson – that’s gotta sting.

And then Trump keeps calling him Mike. I guess that’s because John is so hard to spell what with that silent h.

I admit it. I’m enjoying it. I just wish they’d let me throw a pie in his face before he inevitably goes to jail for Trump.

The Texas Legislature is the only governmental body on earth that could accidentally legalize pot.

Oh yeah.  They did.

You can read the whole story right about here.  Here’s the short story: Texas redefined hemp this year so that it can be a legal crop.  However, in doing so they made it damn near impossible to determine what is legal or illegal amounts of THC in said hemp.  It can be done, but the only known machine that can do it costs almost half a million dollars.

Already we are spending close what it costs to land on Boardwalk with two hotels to prosecute marijuana users and even more to “rehabilitate” them for using a product that’s legal in ten states and medically legal in 33.

So, now Texas DA’s – especially those in large cities – are saying they are not going to prosecute cases that will be overturned on appeal.

The Texas legislature meets every two years so for the next two years, it’s Cheech and Chong time in Texas, thanks to a bunch of legislators who were probably high or drunk when they wrote the bill.

UPDATE: and it’s spreading …

Thanks to Kyle for the heads up.

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The Los Angeles Times

It will come as no surprise to you that Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross says he disagrees with the Supreme Court decision but that … you know, the census forms have already been printed.  As they were two weeks ago when Trump said he was going to fight the Supreme Court decision.

I heard a good idea today at lunch.  Every time Trump calls the media “fake news,” they should all shout back, “fake president.”

I dunno.  Maybe they’s asking him to reinforce the bridges to DeeCee so Trump’s tanks can get there by Thursday.

Or maybe Kim called Trump a dotard again.

Okay, 30 minutes later —

Any guesses what that would be?

I’m headed out for a lunch date.  Be back in a couple of hours.  Y’all make sure nothing crazy is going on.

Back from lunch and all’s quiet.  We may never know what happened but I suspect it had something to do with IQ points and how well organized this government is.