Five stories that have North Texas talking: Ted Cruz makes bacon; a court strikes down Texas’ voter ID law; George W. Bush shows up for jury duty; and more.
Ted Cruz is a senator and a GOP presidential candidate (he appears in tonight’s debate) – but did you know he's also a chef? He recently appeared in a video showing how to make machine gun bacon.
Yes, you read that right.
The video (it's posted below) is from IJReview, a conservative website, and it starts with Cruz talking about breakfast. “There are few things I enjoy more than on weekends cooking breakfast with the family,” Cruz says. "Of course in Texas, we cook bacon a little differently than most folks.”
Cue the bacon. The video shows raw bacon being rolled around a machine gun. Foil is wrapped over the bacon. Cruz grabs the gun and shoots at a target. He notes the grease dripping off the gun and onto the floor.
Cruz unwraps the foil, then uses a fork to sample the bacon.
“Mmm, machine-gun bacon,” Cruz said, laughing.
IJReview has featured videos of other GOP presidential candidates, including “Lindsey Graham destroying his cell phone and Dr. Ben Carson teaching viewers how to beat the kids' game ‘Operation,’” NPR reports.
Watch the bacon video for yourself:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EaZGaJrd3x8
- A federal appeals court has struck down Texas' voter ID law, ruling that the Republican-backed measure first passed in 2011 violates the Voting Rights Act. The 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in New Orleans said Wednesday that the Texas law, one of the toughest voter ID measures in the country, violates Section 2 of the landmark civil rights law. The U.S. Justice Department had joined minority groups in a drawn-out legal battle that has stretched for years. Read more here. [Associated Press]
- George W. Bush showed up for jury duty Wednesday. The Dallas Morning News reports: “Being summoned for jury duty at the George L Allen Sr Courts Building in downtown Dallas was anything but dull for Sheri Coleman. In fact, Coleman and other jurors were in for quite the surprise when former President George W. Bush also showed up for jury duty at Judge Eric Moye’s court on the 14th civil district. ‘They made it seem like it was an anonymous juror that never showed up and then they brought him in,’ she said. Coleman, of Dallas, said Bush spent time talking to the other jurors and took photos and spoke with everyone. She said the president’s visit was ‘awesome’ and ‘surprising.’” [The Dallas Morning News]
