Today is primary day in Texas, and Daniel Strauss has your primer of six things to watch for as the state goes to the polls.
Man accidentally shoots 12 year old driving by his house; then gets nervous, bobbles the gun and accidentally shoots himself.
Rob Ford reportedly upset and surprised that Jimmy Kimmel had him on his show to make fun of him. Watch.
Zachary Karabell author of The Leading Indicators, points out some failures of a favorite economic indicator: “GDP goes up after natural disasters because of the rebuilding, but hurricanes, tornados, droughts and earthquakes are hardly a healthy recipe for economic growth.”
Do you remember when President Bush’s political adversaries starting ragging on him during the first days after 9/11? Or during the first days of the invasion of Iraq? Me neither. Whatever you think of the holder of the presidential office, if you are actually concerned about the nation’s welfare you don’t go on TV mocking him and saying he’s weak.
I’ll come out and say it: We need more Congressmen like Mel Reynolds. Or at least more ex-Congressmen like Mel Reynolds. Last month we heard that after serving time in the slammer in the 90s for sex with an underage girl and bank fraud Reynolds had landing on his feet and was working as an expat mogul in Zimbabwe with an alleged sideline as a producer/director of gonzo porn. Now he’s hiding out in South Africa to avoid a secret Zimbabwean death squad which he says is out to kill him.
Lindsey Graham: Path to Ukraine invasion began at Benghazi.
Even Arizonans support gay marriage: 49 yes, 41 no.
This is sort of fascinating as a history guy but somewhat terrifying as a human. It’s all very 1914ish. CNN (which is wildly outclassing the other cable nets on this story) just had a guy doing a live shot from a boat in the Bosphorus trailing a Ukrainian Navy vessel heading up the strait toward the Black Sea. This follows at least two Russian Navy vessels who did the same thing earlier in the day.
“Ready for Hillary” is ready to mow you down.
If you plan to run for president.