Herky-jerky

Published 5:52 pm Sunday, June 14, 2015

Oh boy! Seattle’s Oberto has sent a case of beef jerky to an Idaho lawmaker after she said she was ready for a special session because she had a good supply of the salty dried beef.

We’re asking Oberto to do the same for our state legislators who are in their second special session, but then shutting off the water fountains in the Capitol to get lawmakers to agree to a state budget.

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Can you hear me now? A space probe that landed on a comet but then lost power because a cliff’s shadow blocked its solar panels, has recontacted Earth.

Scientists were disappointed however when all that the probe sent back were seven months’ worth of selfies.

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Deep in the Wal-Mart of Texas: The History Channel miniseries “Texas Rising,” about Gen. Sam Houston’s defeat of Mexican Gen. Santa Anna, concludes tonight at 9.

The series ends with Houston taking on a role vital to the future of Texas: The territorial governor asks Houston to monitor the U.S. military’s Jade Helm “training exercises” and to check the local Wal-Marts for FEMA camps.

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