Investigation Looms After Failed Recall of Texas Mayor

September 2, 2025

This did not turn out as planned.

A recall petition of Texas City Mayor Dedrick D. Johnson has failed to obtain the necessary verified signatures. Unfortunately that may not be the end of the issue. According to a letter from the City the petition effort has been handed over to the Galveston County District Attorney. You can read the letter below.

As I said in a previous post: It seems like there is a pattern with some of these recall efforts, much like a playbook:

  • Make unsubstantiated claims against an elected official with words like “corrupt”, “cabal”, and “illegal”. You don’t need to provide any evidence, just say it. Over and over again. 
  • Find a 2 bit blogger (like me) or a self proclaimed “journalist” to repeat the allegations, over and over again.
  • Post to social media all the articles and videos from these self proclaimed journalists over and over again.
  • Get a local company to soil their name with some of the local voters and promote the recall effort

That’s what happened in Texas City. So now the focus is on those who submitted the petition. If the allegations of confirmed, these are very serious crimes and could land people with felonies and in jail.

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It’s Open Season on 10 Year Olds

September 1, 2025

No Place But Texas. Literally.

You can thank your republican leadership for creating this open season on human beings. How incredibly stupid can you be to pull out a gun after someone rings your door bell, chase the ding-dongers down the street, and then shoot them in the back multiple times. That’s what happened in Houston this weekend. From CNN:

As the boy ran from a house on Racine Street just before 11 p.m., someone chased after him and shot him in the back, according to KHOU.

The boy died. The shooter wasn’t protecting his property from a 10 year old. He wasn’t defending himself from the loud noise of a door bell. He wasn’t even sitting in his lounge chair holding his gun waiting for an excuse to use it. Instead he had to make a decision to arm himself after someone randomly his door bell at 11 PM. Is ding-donging annoying? Of course it is and the kid should be taught a lesson but to chase him down, shoot him multiple times in the back, and kill him? That is fucking criminal. Literally.

So far the shooter has been questioned and released. Who knows? Maybe the kid had an AR 15 while ding-donging. Maybe he was waving his arms in a threatening manner as he was running away. Maybe he had a vicious dog with him. Maybe he was running away with a neighbors TV.

Or maybe he was just a 10 year old pulling a prank. Way to go Texas.

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NASA’s Congressman Heckled at Rice Event

August 28, 2025

To be perfectly honest, there wasn’t much to heckle him about….until….

At the end of Congressman Brian Babin’s softball interview at Rice University Babin had to make the mistake of lying to the small crowd and he was called out for it. It was ugly. Babin was defending the NAZI saluting Elon Musk and DOGE claiming they had found millions of people over the age of 115 collecting Social Security checks. (It’s not true.)

A number of groans came from the audience with someone in the front row (me) yelling “That is not true Congressman!” A number of people chimed in calling him out on his stupid comment. A disabled individual went off on a tangent about going to Mars causing a problem for security. I continued with comments towards Babin such as “Your boss is a liar, you don’t have to be one too.” Others in the small audience were vocal and not happy that he resorted to what Republicans are good at, lying. The moderator then ended the event.

As Babin was leaving the podium I asked if he would come to his district and meet with his constituents. His response was “I’m not going to do that”. Babin has been in office for over 10 years and has never met with his constituents besides with the business community.

Fucking coward.

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Another Shooting. Another Opportunity to Tuck Tail by Americans

August 28, 2025

Let’s face it. Americans are cowards.

Following the tragic shooting in Minneapolis, which resulted in the loss of two innocent lives and left 17 others permanently injured, it is undeniable that Americans have demonstrated a lack of courage in addressing gun violence.

This pattern of inaction is not unique to Minneapolis. It has been a recurring theme, especially in Texas. After the shootings in El Paso, Santa Fe, Uvalde, and Sutherland Springs Church Americans have consistently failed to take decisive action to curb gun violence.

Instead of demanding actions, Americans resort to superficial gestures such as engaging in prayer sessions, purchasing “Texas Strong” t-shirts, and then doing what they do best. They forget. Then in November they vote for the very people who provided easy access to military-style firearms to the mentally ill shooters.

Republicans will not curb gun violence and the only people who can make it happen are the American voters but instead of demanding action they tuck tail and forget like the fucking cowards they have become.

Godamn us all.

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La Marque Council Member Embarrassed at Council Meeting (Video)

August 27, 2025

Note to the Mayor and other Council Members: Do yourself a favor and just ignore CM Joseph Lowry. Don’t feed into his stupidity and pettiness. Let him make his baseless allegations and move on.

Once again La Marque City Council Member Joseph Lowry gets put into his place on Facebook Live, Facebook Live! By now you would think he has had enough of the humiliation. The discussion was accepting the independent audit of the City’s financials. All but Lowry voted to accept it. As the acting City Manager stated the audit is required by State law, is about 178 pages long, and has no evidence of malfeasance, corruption, or anything unusual. Of course that didn’t stop Lowry from talking, once again, about a “forensic” audit.

Lowry has been spouting off about corruption, bribes, recorded phone calls, malfeasance, corruption, cabals, etc etc for years now without any evidence whatsoever. As the Mayor said “You are the only one saying this. Not the Police. Not the Sheriff. Not the District Attorney”. The Mayor, once again, told Lowry is he has evidence of cabal-ness he needs to bring to the Council so they can evaluate and take action including requesting a “forensic” audit. So far Lowry has squat. He is a one man clown show.

The second slap in the face was concerning limiting the rights of citizens to address the Council. Lowry claimed people were coming to complain about him. He had the gall to claim “It wasn’t like this in the past.” The Mayor slapped his fat ass by stating “The reason they are coming is because of you! You are the problem.” (not the exact words) Lowry wanted council to be more professional which was met with eye rolling and laughter.

You can watch the first beat down starting at 1:19:18 and the second one at 1:31:00

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BREAKING: EMS Called to the White House

August 27, 2025

Multiple members of the President’s Cabinet were involved.

Multiple units of the Washington DC fire department were called for an incident involving the President and his Cabinet. According to the report: “The Fire Department Station 42 was called late Tuesday night to assist the Cabinet Members. Our first responders, who are trained in the use CPR, were able to revive many of the individuals but some required hospitalization.

According to the first responders the incident began during the President’s Cabinet meeting lasting over 3 hours. “When we arrived we immediately called for extra support. The scene was horrible with many gasping for air and pleading for help.”

“Our brave first responders took decisive action, provided CPR and mouth to mouth resusitation and tried to pry each and every one of them off of Donald Trump’s ass, but they were stuck. I’ve never seen so many people on their knees sucking someone’s ass so hard that they got stuck. We continue to struggle with the situation. The fact that Trump continued to walk around with so many of the Cabinet Members stuck to his ass didn’t help.”

You can watch the entire ass kissing session below. It might make you vomit and laugh at the same time.

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La Marque Gag Order Hearing Scheduled for August 28 for Joseph Lowry

August 25, 2025

Thursday August 28, 11:30am. Be there. It will be wild.

There is a gag order hearing this Thursday concerning the civil suit against La Marque City Councilman Joseph Lowry by a number of individuals including CM Kimberley Yancy, former CM James Ross, CJ Beard, and Walter Burt. When this suit was filed a request for a Temporary Restraining Order against Lowry to prevent him from posting damaging allegations pertaining to the plaintiffs. This was eventually denied, but tomorrow there is a hearing concerning a proposed gag order. This is an in person hearing so I can only assume Lowry’s fat ass will be there.

You can read the proposed gag order here and the motion for the gag order here. The motion is full of examples of why there should be a gag order against Lowry.

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In Defense of Harris County Judge Lina Hidalgo

August 25, 2025

Do better ABC13.

ABC13 of Houston ran a bullshit “investigative” story titled “Harris County Judge Lina Hidalgo spent about $43K on Paris trade mission, per campaign report“. For those who read only the title of a story to form an ignorant opinion let me give you a heads up. It’s a bullshit title, but an accurate article, if and only if you take the time to read. Here is a snippet:

Judge Hidalgo used donations to her political campaign to fund the trip. “The rules are very flexible on how the office holders can use their funds, just so long as they’re publicly disclosed,” said Jonathan Neerman, a campaign finance advisor who previously served as the Chairman of the Dallas County Republican.

Yep even a Republican says the title of the investigation is bullshit. Candidates and elected officials can use their campaign cash for official business. Many do it then submit receipts to the State, County, or City for reimbursement. And at least one, former State Representative Joe Driver, a Republican, has been caught cheating.

Driver spent his donors money on lavish hotels for official business. He then applied for reimbursement from the State but instead of returning the $50,000 to his campaign account, he kept it. He eventually plead guilty, received 3 years probation, but kept his $62,000/year pension and his state sponsored healthcare for himself and his wife.

Now that is an investigative story! Go read or watch the entire ABC13 story. There is nothing illegal or unusual about what Judge Hidalgo did.

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Catholic Church Condemns the 10 Commandments Law

August 24, 2025

Praise the Lord!

According to Catholic Family Digest the Catholic Church has condemned the law requiring posting of the 10 Commandments in public schools in Texas. According to the Archbishop of Texas, the Reverend Jose Jimenez, “The 10 commandments are the cornerstone of the Catholic Church. The Catholic Church created Christianity. We created the 10 Commandments. If Texas wants to post the 10 Commandments then it must be the Catholic version.”

Texas Governor Greg Abbott recently signed into law a requiring all public school to post the 10 commandments if someone donates the sign and/or posters. Like in Louisiana, the law has been struck down as unconstitutional by a federal judge and is expected to be decided by the United States Supreme Court. Abbott was clear about his support of displaying the 10 Commandments in schools. “Just think if that shooter in Uvalde had the opportunity to read a poster stating Thou Shall Not Kill, maybe we would have had a different outcome.”

The Reverend’s reaction was also very clear. “If you want the 10 Commandments posted it must be the Catholic version. All other spin offs of christianity are just bastard religions. The Catholic Church is the only true Christian religion that follows the word of Jesus Christ our Savior. If Abbott thinks otherwise he can roll up and kiss by Catholic ass.”

God Bless Texas and welcome to Satire Sunday.

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Harris County Constables’ 65% Pay Increase is Excessive

August 22, 2025

It doesn’t take a rocket scientist to understand this is excessive.

Harris County Constables are asking for a pay raise from $178,000/year to $293,000, a 65% increase. It is almost double their salary from 2004. This is excessive for a number of reasons.

  • There are 8 Constables each responsible for only 1/8 of the County
  • The Sheriff who is responsible for the entire County earns $223,000
  • The Constable is an administrator job. Even though they carry a gun, law enforcement is not in their job description. They don’t patrol. They don’t confront bad guys. They sit at a desk.
  • The County is trying to balance their budget which has a $200 Million shortfall
  • No one except for CEOs of insurance companies, gets a 65% increase in pay. Not you. Not me.

Every Constable including our own Phil Sandlin requested the raise. If you don’t know who Phil Sandlin is you are in good company. For $178,000 a year citizens in the community should at least know who you are and what you look like. County Commissioners agreed to the increase by a vote of 3-2. I’m not in favor of this. I think it is excessive and not deserving especially when we are running a deficit. The Houston Chronicle has details.

“The eight constables should take what the sheriff makes and divide it by eight,” said Murray Newman, a criminal defense attorney who’s voiced concerns surrounding the constables previously. “That’s what they deserve to be making. They are supplemental law enforcement, not the marquee players.”

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