Good Ones

 

Astronomy Picture of the Day

Artemis II: Flight Day 6
Image Credit: NASA, Artemis II

Explanation: On flight day 6 (April 6) the Artemis II mission achieved a historic lunar flyby. Rounding the lunar far side, the deep space maneuver marked humanity’s first venture to the Moon since Apollo 17 in 1972. The Orion spacecraft Integrity reached a maximum distance of nearly 407,000 kilometers, and the Artemis II crew, Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover, and Christina Koch, and Jeremy Hansen, set the record for the farthest distance from Earth traveled by any human since the Apollo 13 crew in 1970. From behind the Moon on flight day 6, a solar array wing camera recorded this space age selfie, framing the spacecraft and lunar far side. Planet Earth, home to the Artemis II crew, is the small, bright crescent beyond the lunar limb. The crew safely returned home on Artemis II mission flight day 10.

Tomorrow’s picture: beyond the Milky Way

Fun Facts…The Sciences Part 1

The faster you travel; the slower time goes.

50% of the world’s oxygen is produced by the sea.

Lightning strikes produce ozone.

The only two metallic elements that are not silver in color are copper and gold.

Only two chemical elements are liquid at standard room temperature, mercury and bromine. Some others melt and become liquid just above or below room temperature. The metal gallium, for instance, can be melted in a person’s hand. 

Daily Wisecracks & Wisdom

Don’t adapt to the energy in the room.
Set the tone and flip your hair like a
shampoo commercial… even if you have none.
Anonymous

THE SPHINX—ANALOGY

THERE ARE TOO MANY DIFFERENT REPORTS ABOUT WHAT IS GOING ON IN IRAN.  I will just wait on what the White House reports.   In the meantime.

https://townhall.com/tipsheet/mattvespa/2026/04/09/trump-dropped-some-bombs-tonight-but-not-on-the-iranians-n2674203

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A new iPhone scam to steal your money.

https://nypost.com/2026/04/09/tech/new-iphone-scam-can-empty-bank-accounts-experts-warn-heres-how-to-protect-your-money/

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CNN sux.

https://redstate.com/bobhoge/2026/04/09/journalism-fail-101-major-outlet-reports-on-hollywood-stars-death-his-response-is-golden-n2201129

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They wanted to push the Woke homosexual lifestyle.    They can go work with the ex-Bud Light officer.

https://townhall.com/tipsheet/amy-curtis/2026/04/07/jaden-ivey-bulls-fire-gm-vp-of-operations-n2674030

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An Indianapolis Democrat had his home shot up.   I had to search Ballotpedia to locate his party.

https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2026/04/07/indianapolis-official-says-his-home-was-shot-13-times-with-no-data-centers-note-left-behind/

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Ejection isn’t easy.

https://nypost.com/2026/04/06/world-news/f-15e-pilots-face-violent-reality-when-ejecting-from-plane-expert/

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Leave NATO.

https://townhall.com/tipsheet/mattvespa/2026/04/09/libs-are-not-going-to-like-what-natos-secretary-general-had-to-say-about-his-visit-with-trump-n2674148

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It isn’t easy to get away from Affirmation Action.    Fifty years is long enough.

https://redstate.com/bobhoge/2026/04/06/zohran-mamdani-touts-his-racial-equity-plan-for-nyc-what-could-go-wrong-n2201028

https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/affirmative%20action

NATION

Iowa doesn’t want Democrats to sexualize children.

https://www.breitbart.com/news/appeals-court-lets-iowa-enforce-book-ban-and-restrictions-on-lgbtq-topics-in-k-6-classes/

California schools love to sexualize children and keep it secret from parents.   Public schools are part of your local government.

https://redstate.com/ben-smith/2026/04/09/trump-admin-strips-federal-backing-from-transgender-school-policies-opens-la-probe-n2201113

We reported on her earlier.   Her buddy let her down.

https://redstate.com/wardclark/2026/04/09/amateur-hour-journalist-names-source-fbi-hauls-her-away-n2201119

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Mamdinky is the choice of the people.

https://townhall.com/tipsheet/jeff-charles/2026/04/09/mamdani-affirms-control-over-police-n2674161

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The Similar Editor:   Could you explain ‘analogy’ for our Democrat readers, LL?

The Simple Cat:   I sure can.   Here is one definition.

https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/analogy

Consider baseball as America, and the umpires as the media and judges.   The umpire is clearly wrong on the first base call, but nothing is said until the video is viewed.  Everyone knows the umpire made a mistake, but doesn’t want to go against the system.   In short, they push their own beliefs not the law.

Maybe one day incompetent officials will be fired.   

https://nypost.com/2026/03/31/sports/umpire-c-b-bucknors-brutal-start-to-season-continues/

https://www.breitbart.com/sports/2026/03/31/watch-cb-bucknor-made-the-worst-call-in-mlb-history/

Baseball is improving.

https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/48346818/mlb-2026-automated-balls-strikes-challenges-abs-best-worst-opening-weekend

Wikipedia is not.

https://nypost.com/2026/04/01/opinion/woke-wikipedia-editors-try-to-erase-the-posts-reporting/

Sometimes it is tough to get satisfaction.   It’s still rated one of the top R&R songs of all time.

It is a big crawfish/crayfish.

https://theonion.com/nation-likes-when-bib-has-picture-of-food-they-eating/

https://www.timesofisrael.com/

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Three initials should seal the deal.   Any country that would approve her is in dire straits.

https://babylonbee.com/news/kbj-how-can-a-law-be-unconstitutional-if-i-like-it

https://www.breitbart.com/

Bible Verse

If you do what is right but you are not rich, that is better than to be rich because you cheat people.

MEMES

Fun Facts…Art & Artists Part 3

Andy Warhol’s 32 Campbell’s Soup prints are displayed in New York’s Museum of Modern Art in chronological order, but not in the order Warhol painted them. The display begins with the soup Campbell’s introduced first to the American market. That’s because, despite them being some of his most famous paintings, Warhol never left specific instructions about how he wanted them displayed.

Pieta, a 1499 sculpture by Michelangelo, is the only one of his works that the artist himself signed. He later saw his name on his work as a sign of ego and pride, and he never signed another work again.

The rich blue pigment ultramarine was once so expensive that many artists could only use it sparingly. The exception was when painting the robes of the Virgin Mary, which are often shown to be ultramarine in color as a sign of sacrifice and devotion by the artist.

Comedian was a 2019 artwork by an Italian artist named Maurizio Cattelan. It consisted of a banana duct taped to a wall. In 2020, while Comedian was on display at an art fair in Miami, performance artist David Datuna ate it. The banana was replaced later the same day.

The most expensive painting in the world is da Vinci’s Salvator  Mundi. It was sold at auction in 2017 for $450 million.

The French artist Paul Cézanne was known for his wild fits of temper at what he saw as his own failings when his paintings did not work out, he would often rip up or throw away his works before they were complete. In one instance, he was found trying to retrieve a canvas from the branches of a large tree after he had thrown it up there in frustration.  

Daily Wisecracks & Wisdom

Hard work never killed anyone.
But why take the chance.
Edgar Bergen

THE SPHINX—SPRINGTIME

Bring our troops, in NATO, home to Greenland.   Europe is too much of a woke bunch of socialist countries to support.   They want to protect Hezbollah, a terrorist group, in Lebanon.   I like this quote in the article ( Islamization and socialistic rot ).

https://redstate.com/bonchie/2026/04/09/americas-european-allies-just-executed-yet-another-betrayal-and-its-time-to-finally-act-n2201111

https://www.breitbart.com/europe/2026/04/09/trump-vows-u-s-forces-to-stay-near-iran-until-real-agreement-is-reached-as-next-conquest-awaits/

https://nypost.com/2026/04/09/world-news/israel-wiped-out-hezbollah-chiefs-top-secretary-in-fresh-strikes-on-lebanon-that-iran-says-jeopardizes-cease-fire-deal/

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Baby Trump discusses rescue of second pilot.

The only policies the Democrats support are everything against Trump, and everything they did under Biden.

https://townhall.com/tipsheet/amy-curtis/2026/04/09/the-democrats-are-already-punishing-their-political-opponents-n2674153

Press conference notes.

https://townhall.com/tipsheet/mattvespa/2026/04/08/wh-press-secretary-karoline-leavitt-had-this-warning-to-the-media-about-their-iran-ceasefire-reporting-n2674084

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Iran salvages destroyed rescue planes.

https://townhall.com/tipsheet/dmitri-bolt/2026/04/06/here-is-what-iran-was-able-to-salvage-from-us-military-equipment-left-after-rescuing-downed-f-15e-officer-n2673982

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Can Virginia be saved ?   Virginia is for losers.

https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2026/04/06/fairfax-county-murders-illegal-aliens/

https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2026/04/06/rnc-sues-to-block-virginia-law-allowing-non-residents-to-vote-in-elections/

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The same politicians want to ban guns.

https://nypost.com/2026/04/06/us-news/inmate-deaths-linked-to-paper-laced-with-toxic-drug-in-cook-county-jail/

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Boston 70 years ago.

https://x.com/fenwaypark/status/2039864569095471607?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E2040453419224211898%7Ctwgr%5Ef47226d4d3afe46f24c4330eba8d7acdc5296b9d%7Ctwcon%5Es3_&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Ftownhall.com%2Ftipsheet%2Fjosephchalfant%2F2026%2F04%2F04%2Funlimited-third-world-immigration-takes-center-stage-after-fenway-parks-opening-day-post-n2673933

Republicans need to educate the voters.

https://pjmedia.com/sarah-anderson/2026/04/06/why-are-members-of-congress-hanging-out-in-cuba-n4951521

They should visit China.

https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2026/04/06/exclusive-levi-browde-details-largest-civil-disobedience-movement-chinese-history/

OTHER

Help from The Democratic Republic of the Congo.

https://www.breitbart.com/africa/2026/04/06/democratic-republic-of-the-congo-agrees-to-take-third-country-deportees-from-u-s/

Another one convicted.

https://redstate.com/ben-smith/2026/04/08/new-ai-abuse-law-gets-its-first-conviction-in-ohio-guilty-plea-n2201073

Reelect Hochul.

https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2026/04/07/new-york-sanctuary-state-kidnapper-released-ice/

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The Reptile Editor:    With Spring coming in the Northern Hemisphere, are there other things to be wary of, LL ?

The Sidewinder Cat:    Snakes can be dangerous.   Here is a little history.

Low-life people, like politicians, are often referred to as snakes.   Personally I rank them with Dung Beetles.

Some historians say snakes developed from lizards.

Be careful of poisonous snakes.

Poisonous snake tips.

https://www.google.com/search?client=firefox-b-1-d&q=spiders+and+snakes+song+video#fpstate=ive&vld=cid:5a1af633,vid:4lYdD9DdLNY,st:0

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It is your subconscious at work.

https://theonion.com/breaking-all-of-world-s-problems-solved-overnight-whil-1847752837/

https://www.timesofisrael.com/

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Nancy still has no Soul.

https://genesiustimes.com/politicians-40-years-in-office-loudly-declare-no-kings-about-guy-in-office-for-14-months/

https://www.breitbart.com/