The oldest known chess set dates from 900 CE. It was made in India.

The proper name for the hobby of collecting stamps is philately, while a stamp collector is a philatelist.

Other words for collectors and enthusiasts include an arctophile (a collector of teddy bears), deltiologist (a collector of post cards), phillumenist (a collector of match boxes), tegestologist (a collector of beermats) , and scripophile (a collector of stock and share certificates).

Chess is a compulsory school subject in Armenia.

In the Polish version of Scrabble, Z is worth one point.

There are around 1,000 possible openings to a game of chess.

The character on the front of a Monopoly box is called Milburn Pennybags.

The character you operate on in a game of Operation is called Cavity Sam.

The murder victim in a game of Clue is called Mr. Boddy (but was called Dr. Black in the United Kingdom version, Cluedo.)

 

 

It’s not about having time,
it’s about making time.
Unless it’s for lunch, then we make time.
Anonymous

Baby Trump and Palm Sunday.

Oh, no.

https://townhall.com/tipsheet/mattvespa/2026/03/31/ridiculous-judge-orders-construction-trumps-white-house-ballroom-to-be-halted-n2673735

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The ‘subject to the jurisdiction’ phrase would not have been included if births of illegals were automatically citizens.   The court screwed up, just like in the original abortion ruling.

https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2026/mar/29/160-years-supreme-court-settle-birthright-citizenship-illegal/

*****

Van Hollen is a lying Democrat worm.   The lies don’t work on informed people.

https://redstate.com/nick-arama/2026/03/30/watch-as-even-legacy-media-shuts-down-a-dem-over-their-false-narrative-on-dhs-funding-fight-n2200772

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North Carolina’s voter ID law is legal.

https://pjmedia.com/matt-margolis/2026/03/27/an-obama-judge-made-a-good-ruling-for-a-change-and-its-huge-n4951160

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Don’t Lie, like Schumer.

https://www.breitbart.com/middle-east/2026/03/30/trump-new-iran-regime-in-place-and-talking-but-u-s-will-blow-up-its-power-infrastructure-if-no-deal/

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NATIONAL

She wants to borrow money for this BS from children not yet born—NATIONAL DEBT $39,000,000,000,000  (TRILLION).  Any legal voter who supports her is a retard.

https://townhall.com/tipsheet/dmitri-bolt/2026/03/27/squad-member-doesnt-want-tax-dollars-funding-ice-but-is-okay-funding-reparations-for-illegal-immigrants-n2673554

Good.

https://redstate.com/wardclark/2026/03/27/new-game-changer-apache-helicopter-launches-altius-700-drone-n2200694

OTHER

English should have been taught in Quebec schools, as a second language, for the last hundred years.

https://nypost.com/2026/03/30/business/air-canada-ceo-steps-down-amid-backlash-over-apology-video-after-laguardia-plane-crash/

It should be as clean as a swimming pool.  Even Corn Pop should be able to swim in it.

https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2026/03/31/trump-doug-burgum-cleaning-up-d-c-s-absolutely-filthy-reflecting-pool/

Do it.

https://townhall.com/tipsheet/josephchalfant/2026/03/31/trump-just-issued-his-most-consequential-executive-order-yet-n2673749

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Mamstinky

https://nypost.com/2026/03/31/us-news/mamdani-heckled-while-speaking-at-nyc-passover-seder-during-tense-moment/

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The Architect Editor:    How do Trump’s preliminary library plans look, LL ?

The High Rise Cat:   I’m not sure I would land on my feet if I jumped from the top.   I might not land at all.                    

A first look at Trump’s Library.

https://x.com/EricTrump/status/2038773279788331022

https://redstate.com/bobhoge/2026/03/30/second-son-eric-gives-first-look-at-trump-presidential-library-and-its-yuge-n2200806

Visitors can land at Trump International Airport.

https://www.newsmax.com/politics/florida-ron-desantis-donald-trump/2026/03/30/id/1251311/

Obama’s North Korean guard tower shows the difference between DEI Woke, and Trump’s Individual Exceptionalism.

https://nypost.com/2025/10/15/us-news/obama-presidential-center-compared-to-death-star-trash-bins-eye-of-sauron/

The difference is…..

Everyone needs a goal.

https://theonion.com/new-enterprise-spokesman-claims-he-lost-250-pounds-by-renting-cars/

https://www.timesofisrael.com/

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Grrrrrwwwwwlll

https://babylonbee.com/news/tiger-woods-awarded-honorary-california-cdl

https://www.breitbart.com/

 

 

 

Between 1992 and 2010, quarterback Brett Favre made a record 297 consecutive starts.

The Arizona Cardinals had the longest post-season victory drought in NFL history, covering 76 seasons from 1947 to 1998.

The New England Patriots scored the longest winning streak in the NFL, taking 21 games between 2003 and 2004.

In 2021, when the Tampa Bay Buccaneers took on the Kansas City Chiefs at the Raymond James Stadium in Tampa, Florida, for Super Bowl LV, it was the first time in NFL history that a team had played a Super Bowl at their home stadium.

The most career touchdowns in NFL history is 208. Jerry Rice set the record 303 games, and played for the San Francisco 49ers, Oakland Raiders, and Seattle Seahawks from 1985 to 2004.

The NFL’s most successful coach is Don Shula, who oversaw 347 victories for the Baltimore Colts (1963-1969) and the Miami Dolphins (1970-1995) in a career spanning four decades.

NFL quarterback George Blanda played in a record 26 seasons of professional football in his 40 year career.

Jason Hanson played a record 327 games for the same team–the Detroit Lions–between 1992 and 2012. 

The record for the most consecutive games played for the same team was set by Jim Marshall of the Minnesota Vikings, who played 270 games in a row between 1961 and 1979.

Breaking up is like knocking over a coke machine.
You can’t do it in one push;
you’ve got to rock it back and forth a few times,
and then it goes over.
Jerry Seinfeld