Vet friends and family are telling me that there’s a new Twitter trend of #BlueFalcon being used by Vets across the country.

In military parlance it stand for Buddy F@@@er. It’s a supposed comrade whose actions harm his friends, often for his own benefit.

The vets on Twitter are referring too John Kelly as a Blue Falcon.  If you’re on Twitter you can search #BlueFalcon or #BlueFalconKelly.

And under the category of I Can’t Prove It’s True But It Has To Be True … I’m starting to think that the reason Kelly, Tillerson, and McMaster have a suicide pack and continue to stay is that they are going to get their damn war.

We left a service member behind.  I can tell you for sure that La David Johnson did not sign up to be sent into an ambush with no protection, depending on a contractor to recuse him, and then left behind for 48 hours.

Has anybody heard anything from Trey Gowdy?  Crickets?

Thanks to SGray for the heads up.

I try real hard not to bore you guys with baseball talk too much.

Oh Sweet Jesus in glorious heaven above, the Astros won the pennant.

Ole Bubba and I went to over 50 Astros games this year, thanks to the block weeknight game buys where tickets with you-get-what-you-get seating cost as low as $7 a seat.  We drive an hour into Houston, park, and then ride the train to the game.  Then we drive an hour back home discussing every play.

We love these guys.

Some of my friends tell me that baseball is too slow and boring.  No, baseball is thoughtful. Baseball is mathematics combined with psychology and a whole bunch of art.  It’s knowing when to call a double steal or knowing when a triple is a good risk.

I love this game.  I also love this particular team of guys who play for the joy of the game.  I think every Democrat should root for the Astros – our team owner is a Democrat, the city hasn’t has a Republican mayor since 1973, and we are named after the most honorable Texan ever.

Baseball fans everywhere will appreciate my favorite sign from the game last night.

Hey, Joe Buck, kiss my big Astro-orange butt.

We will be watching the World Series from home.  I am donating the cost of one ticket to the Juanita Jean / Glen Maxey ballot by mail program.  (Yeah, that’s coming up!)

So, watch along with me next week.  Trust me, you’ll love it.

Okay, so when even the Washington Post says that John Kelly owes Congresswoman Wilson an apology,  Trumphouse went whacked out.

First of all, who the hell is Donald Trump to make fun of anybody’s headwear?  Has he noticed what’s on top of his head?

Who the hell is John Kelly (I’m dropping the “General” crap right now) to viciously and falsely  attack a congresswoman, and then run back into hiding?

Who is hell is any Republican who says the media is keeping this alive?  Good Lord, Trump tweeted about it this morning.  Twice, dammit.  Twice, in one morning.

Who the damn hell is Sarah Huckabooboo to say that we cannot question a 4 star general?  Would she like to point to that in the constitution?

Just give it a damn rest.

Thanks to Jan for this great find in Slate.

Sometimes, after a long day’s work, you’ve just had enough. So when you hear the president’s motorcade whining its way up Connecticut Avenue toward your apartment in Washington, you instinctively lift your head off the sofa and think: What can I do, in this moment, to be the change I want to see in the world? Across the room, a “Not My President” placard sits behind your softball bat. But there’s no time. So you run to the window and you, you know, resist.

From the White House Press Pool report —

What a hero!

Thanks to Jan for the heads up.

I do not give a damn diddle squat whether you supported Hillary or Bernie, you need to care about this.

The DNC is meeting this week in Las Vegas, and they are trying to insure that we have a party with heavy corporate influence.

Dammit. Dammit. Dammit.

The Democratic Party this week plans to name 75 people including lobbyists and political operatives to leadership posts that come with superdelegate votes at its next presidential convention, potentially aggravating old intraparty tensions as it struggles to confront President Donald Trump.

Every damn delegate to the Democratic National Convention needs to be elected to that specific position and not handed it as a bribe, a reward, or a money suck.

In Texas, our only Super Delegates should be the people we elect as DNC members.  They were elected to that job.  So, find out who your DNC members are – both elected and appointed – and send an email to the elected ones saying you support major changes in the Super Delegate selection.  Only people elected to the DNC should be super delegates.  All others can get into the pile to get elected at the state convention if they want to go to the national convention to nominate a Democrat to run for president.

Here’s the Texas list.

Another Republican has announced that he’s leaving congress.

Rep. Pat Tiberi (R-Ohio) announced Thursday that he is leaving Congress before the end of his term to lead the Ohio Business Roundtable.

“Today, it is with a humble and thankful heart that I announce I will not be seeking reelection,” Tiberi said in a statement Thursday. “While I have not yet determined a final resignation date, I will be leaving Congress by January 31, 2018.”

Tiber is a moderate Republican who supported John Boehner.  That adds his name to a growing list of moderate Republicans leaving the house.  He lives in a solid Republican district.

However, earlier this month at the Hill …

Lawmakers intending to retire often announce their plans in the period between Labor Day and the end of the year. But this week’s decisions by Reps. Dave Reichert (R-Wash.) and Charlie Dent (R-Pa.) to skip reelection bids in competitive districts have fanned speculation once again that the GOP will soon see more lawmakers heading for the exits.

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That ought to kickstart the thing.