San Antonio is in Bexar County (it’s pronounced Bear because in Texas we mostly just ignore X’s, which kinda explains our next-to-the-bottom educational system).

Bear County is Democratic.  Republicans managed to get one Republican elected to the county commissioners court.  In Texas, commissioners court has nothing to do with real court.  It’s just a panel of 5 people who decide how every single tax dollar is spent in the county.  They also set the tax rate.

Republicans got Kevin Wolff elected to the Bexar County court because there’s one section of San Antonio that’s very rich.  They are plenty proud of electing Wolff because, according to his biography, he describes himself as “Bexar County’s strongest voice for fiscal conservativism and strong Republican principles.”

At 3:00 a.m. last Sunday morning Kevin Wolff was arrested at a WhatABurger after rear ending two vehicles at the drive-thru.  Hey, when a man needs a WhatABurger, he’s willing to knock some people over.

When asked if he had anything to drink earlier in the evening, Wolff said, “Oh yeah, sure.”

Strong Republican principles.  Gotta love that.

The largest newspaper in Texas, The Houston Chronicle, who rarely if never, supports a Democrat hauled off and endorsed Hillary Clinton this weekend.

I know that’s pretty darned unbelievable.  Yet, it happened. They not only endorsed her, they praised her. And the cherry on the top? They quote Michelle Obama.

The rightwing folks have blown a gasket and their doohickey ain’t working proper.  They are upset on top of angry covered by desperation with fear dripping around the edges.  In short, they are not happy.

My local newspaper, the smallest in Texas, editorialize that you can’t vote for Hillary because she lies.  You know, like the time she said the NFL sent her a letter about the debate schedule.  And that she had proof that Barack Obama wasn’t born in the United States because she sent investigators to Hawaii and they were the best investigators, not like your stupid investigators.  And that she said three times that she had a relationship with Putin and now says she doesn’t.  She’s a liar.

We’re having fun now.

Oh y’all, this morning, even damn old Mitch McConnell figured out what was going on in the war between Donald Trump and goodness and mercy.  The result was that we get to see how fast a turtle can run —

“Captain Khan was an American hero, and like all Americans I’m grateful for the sacrifices selfless young men like Captain Khan and their families have made for the war on terror,” McConnell said.

And John McCain got even, too.

Sen. John McCain accused Donald Trump of defaming Khizr Khan and argued the Republican presidential candidate does not represent the GOP.

“While our Party has bestowed upon him the nomination, it is not accompanied by unfettered license to defame those who are the best among us,” McCain said in a statement Monday.

Trump?  Well, he’s still saying —

“While I feel deeply for the loss of his son, Mr. Khan who has never met me, has no right to stand in front of millions of people and claim I have never read the Constitution, (which is false) and say many other inaccurate things,” Trump said.

Uh, did he say “no right”?  Dude, that right there is prima facia evidence that indeed you have never read the Constitution.

I want you to meet Nebraska Republican State Senator Bill Kintner.

Kintner is a member of the Donald Trump Peanut Gallery.  He also belongs to the Christian Prayer Breakfast meeting in the Nebraska senate.

Bill Kintner is a conservative man of God.  Until he gets nakkid.

Then, boy howdy, he’s Ron Jeremy.

There are pornographic videos of Kintner on his state computer.  Honey, I have seen Kintner and you could not pay me to look at those videos.  If you held a gun to my head I’d just have to die.  If you threatened me with a flea infested goat living in my house, I’d just have to call him Honey and get get some itch powder.

Now here’s the fun part.  Nebraska Republican Governor Sweet Pete Ricketts has known about it for a year and said nothing.  Not one damn word.  The Gov says he couldn’t comment because of “an ongoing investigation.”  Yeah, right.

Sen. Bob Krist, chairman of the Legislature’s Executive Committee, said he alerted Ricketts’ chief of staff, Matt Miltenberger, last year about a sexual video involving Kintner.

Krist said he told Miltenberger that one of the Legislature’s junior senators had been solicited online by someone offering to sell the senator an explicit video involving Kintner.

Yeah, and the junior senator said the same thing I did.  No, thank you.

So, here we are with a state senator who has made a sex tape of himself and Lord only knows who else but if that flea carrying goat is in it, I’m gonna gonna throw a fit right here on the spot.  Think of the people who knew and have been extorting him all year.

Look, Governor, you know as well as I do that a state senator in your back pocket is far more valuable than honesty or decency.  You knew.  You just rolled in it like it was a bail of goose down and now you’re gonna have to walk away with only the quack.

Republicans.  I can’t stand those suckers.

Thanks to Charles for the heads up.

Look, I’m not saying that Trump is Lenin, but yeah, he probably is.

Thanks to Craig for the heads up.

Is it just me or has the leader in LGBTQ rights has evolved to become the United States Military?

The navy has decided to name a ship after Harvey Milk, a navy veteran.

The news came in a report published by the U.S. Naval Institute, citing a notification sent to Congress earlier this month by Secretary of the Navy Ray Mabus, signaling his intention to name a Military Sealift Command fleet oiler after Milk. The Navy has not officially confirmed the plan.

I mean, here’s the United States military leading the gay right fight.  Hell, in North Carolina, they can’t even go the bathroom.

Thanks to Bryan for the heads up.