The True Facts always reside in the greatest CLARITY.
-MST-

When someone calls you a chicken, tell them you’re a penguin.
It’s still a bird, but way cooler.
Mesmos

The Ancient Greek polymath Archimedes invented the compound pulley, the screw pump (also known as an Archimedes screw) for raising water, and a fiendish military device called an Archimedes claw, which used a vast grappling hook to lift enemies’ ships from the water.

The Ancient used to tell the time using the action of falling water: they invented a special kind of water clock called a “clepsydras.”

The word “draconian,” meaning especially severe, is derived from a stern lawmaker from Ancient Greece named Draco.

The Roman emperor Commodus was one of Rome’s youngest serving emperors. He was only 16 when he took over from his father, Marcus Aurelius.

The Romans used to enjoy some bizarre dishes – including larks’ tongues, stuffed dormice, and lamb brains.

The Roman emperor Nero is one of the most bizarre and controversial  figures in the ancient world. In his short life (he committed suicide at age 30) he ordered his mother to be killed and his wife to be killed and attempted to marry his favorite male slave.

The infamous Roman leader Caligula’s name literally means “little boot”.  Cicero took his name from the Latin word for chickpea.

After Rome was split in two in 395 CE, the Western Roman empire only endured for another century or so – the Eastern or Byzantine Empire survived until the mid-15th century.

Very good.

https://townhall.com/tipsheet/mattvespa/2026/05/28/we-clinched-two-big-redistricting-wins-yesterday-n2676741

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Patriots were doing this while Democrats were defending pedophiles.

https://kutv.com/amazing-america/massive-american-flag-patriotic-light-display-unveiled-at-hoover-dam-for-america-250

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Pratt has another ad.

https://townhall.com/tipsheet/dmitri-bolt/2026/05/26/spencer-pratt-power-washing-campaign-n2676637

https://redstate.com/nick-arama/2026/05/26/pratt-electioneering-complaint-against-karen-bass-n2202717

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Mamstinky makes the big letters again.   How many apartment owners voted for Mamstinky ?   This already smells of a scam.

https://townhall.com/tipsheet/dmitri-bolt/2026/05/26/mamdani-announces-plans-to-begin-redistributing-property-n2676673

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Trump throws Colbert in a dumpster.

https://www.breitbart.com/entertainment/2026/05/23/watch-trump-shares-ai-clip-of-himself-tossing-no-talent-stephen-colbert-in-dumpster/

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Maybe it will work out.

https://townhall.com/tipsheet/cameron-arcand/2026/05/26/trump-chooses-symbolic-location-for-next-cabinet-meeting-n2676674

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You buys your ticket and you takes your chances.

https://nypost.com/2026/05/24/us-news/accused-dui-drivers-six-word-reply-to-cops-after-horrific-crash-killed-couple/

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How about starting a campaign to poison the rodents in infected areas.

https://nypost.com/2026/05/24/health/hantavirus-is-gaining-ground-in-the-us-startling-researchers/

The Muslims want religious laws and call to prayers 3 times a day.

https://nypost.com/2026/05/24/media/outrage-over-qurans-and-hijabs-at-texas-school-fuels-bible-revival-outside-school-gates/

MILITARY

Does Lockheed have a weapon to destroy swarms of drones ?

https://redstate.com/wardclark/2026/05/23/lockheed-martin-unveils-new-ai-superweapons-to-destroy-drone-swarms-n2202627

NATIONAL

For Georgia readers,  Dooley is a RINO.   He is a worse politician than football coach.

https://pjmedia.com/chris-queen/2026/05/25/derek-dooley-keeps-running-out-of-bounds-on-the-issues-that-matter-n4953223

https://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/coaches/derek-dooley-1.html

Beaten Trump supporter dies.

https://townhall.com/tipsheet/josephchalfant/2026/05/25/trump-mega-supporter-dies-after-brutal-assault-n2676627

A new island in the Antarctic.

https://redstate.com/wardclark/2026/05/25/this-antarctic-island-has-been-there-forever-and-they-just-now-found-it-n2202684

The chemical tank in Washington state explodes.

https://nypost.com/2026/05/26/us-news/one-dead-9-missing-as-washington-chemical-implosion-proves-worse-than-previously-thought/

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Mamstinky.

I hope it is local tax money.

https://nypost.com/2026/05/27/business/mamdanis-east-harlem-grocery-store-site-already-got-25m-in-nyc-taxpayer-funds/

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The All Aboard Editor:    What’s going on with trains, LL ?

The Woo Woo Cat:   This is a brief history from Wikipedia.  The truth of unimportant things is not very important.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_rail_transport

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_rail_transportation_in_the_United_States

America has fallen behind the world in Bullet Trains.

A small train.

It is simple.

https://theonion.com/timeline-of-china-taiwan-relations/

https://www.washingtontimes.com/

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The mushroom cloud is a dead giveaway.

https://theonion.com/nuclear-scientists-fucking-around-in-friend-s-backyard-1841186545/

https://www.breitbart.com/

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The difference between who you are and
who you want to be is what you do.
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The Ancient Egyptian empire reigned for so long, and the pyramids were built so long ago — that Queen Cleopatra, one of the last queens of Egypt, lived closer to our times now than to the construction of the Great Pyramid of Giza.

The Great Pyramid of Giza is the only one of Seven Wonders of the Ancient World that is still standing today.

Despite being one of the greatest thinkers of the ancient world, the writings of Aristotle were almost lost after his death in 332 BCE. They were stored in an old basement and largely forgotten.

The Greek mathematician and philosopher Pythagoras, was a strict vegetarian.

The first Ancient Greek Olympics were held way back in 776 BCE. The last, before they were revived in the 19th century, were held in 393 CE, under the European Emperor Theodosius the Great.

The Ancient Greeks did not live entirely on what is now Greece. They had overseas territories dotted across the Mediterranean, including what is now Italy, Turkey and northern Africa.

In parts of Ancient Greece, special votes could be held each year in which unpopular people could be ejected from the city and forced into exile. The word the Greeks used  for the shards of pottery on which the exiled people’s names would be written – ostakon – is the origin of our word ostracism.