????? Hands Down

In horse racing, to get the horses to run faster, the jockeys usually pull hard on the reins that are tied around the horse’s head. In doing so, the jockey has to position his hands forward. If the jockey lets go or loosens the tightness of the reins, the horse will likely slow down, switch to a trot, or come to a stop. In the 19th century, it was observed on occasion that when one horse was so much faster than its competitors, and had left such a large distance between itself and the rest of the pack, the horse would be guaranteed to win the race even if the jockey loosened his grip on the reins. 

Sometimes, if a jockey was totally sure that his horse was going to win no matter what, he would completely let go of the reins, and put his hands down as a sign of pride or self-confidence. In such cases, it would be reported that the horse and jockey had “won hands down.” That’s the origin of the expression “to win hands down,” which means “to win very easily, or with little effort.”

 

Daily Wisecracks & Wisdom

A day without sunshine is like,
you know, night.
Steve Martin

THE SPHINX—DELAWARE

GLP-1 drugs may cause blindness.

https://nypost.com/2026/03/10/health/this-glp-1-drug-has-a-risk-of-sudden-sight-loss-and-eye-stroke-study/

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Would you go to a rally in Iran ???

https://nypost.com/2026/03/11/world-news/irans-new-supreme-leader-mojtaba-khamenei-a-no-show-at-his-own-succession-rally/

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They should give away a toaster with each tanker that fills up.

https://townhall.com/tipsheet/dmitri-bolt/2026/03/10/oil-prices-down-n2672600

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Jennifer Newsom makes more news.    She must use the Somalia or Clinton Plan.

https://townhall.com/tipsheet/amy-curtis/2026/03/10/newsom-wife-charity-millions-n2672588

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Yamaha is leaving California!!!!!!!!!!!!!

https://townhall.com/tipsheet/amy-curtis/2026/03/10/yamaha-says-sayonara-to-california-n2672584

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The Basketball March Madness is almost here.

https://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/story/_/id/47809690/bubble-watch-mens-ncaa-tournament-march-madness-bracket-predictions-2026

https://www.espn.com/espn/feature/story/_/page/bracketology/ncaa-bracketology-2026-march-madness-men-field-predictions

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The NBA cancelled the stripper salute at an Atlanta Hawks game.   They are a sleazy team for a sleazy city.

https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/48156644/nba-cancels-atlanta-hawks-planned-magic-city-tribute-night

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Schumer is a POS.

https://redstate.com/wardclark/2026/03/09/hypocritical-dem-leader-blocked-spr-fill-at-29-now-demands-opening-the-taps-n2200028

NBC does a poll.

https://www.breitbart.com/entertainment/2026/03/09/poll-trump-more-popular-than-stephen-colbert-gavin-newsom-kamala-harris-aoc/

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Baby Trump discusses immigrants from Hell.

Congress has a tighter ‘no talk policy’ than the Mafia or any drug cartel.   They are in it together.

https://www.newsmax.com/newsmax-tv/tim-burchett-lauren-boebert-nancy-mace/2026/03/06/id/1248639/

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Mitch is a petty person.

https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2026/03/07/exclusive-nate-morris-mitch-mcconnell-doing-everything-he-can-to-block-save-america-act-national-voter-id/

Twisters rip through the Midwest.

https://www.breitbart.com/weather/2026/03/07/watch-twisters-rip-through-michigan-oklahoma-severe-weather-threat-remains-parts-u-s/

Socialists don’t understand how an economy works.

https://pjmedia.com/robert-spencer/2026/03/07/los-angeles-discovers-that-its-effort-to-force-employers-to-pay-a-just-wage-is-a-cruel-joke-n4950378

https://redstate.com/wardclark/2026/03/07/the-minimum-wage-is-always-zero-las-new-30-olympic-wage-axes-650-hotel-jobs-n2199965

Margaret Thatcher, a former Prime Minister of England, said it best, ” Socialism works great until you run out of other people’s money.”

NATURE

https://redstate.com/wardclark/2026/03/07/owl-be-darned-shoppers-find-real-bird-dozing-among-the-oddities-n2199963

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Mamstinky—-Is ISIS trying to remove Mamstinky.   Does his not public wife have security ??

https://nypost.com/2026/03/10/us-news/cops-probe-suspicious-package-near-gracie-mansion-just-days-after-thwarting-terror-attack-there/

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The First State Editor:    What is up with the first state to approve The Constitution, LL ?

The Dover Cat:   They have a lot of things.

https://www.visitdelaware.com/things-to-do/

State symbols.

https://statesymbolsusa.org/states/united-states/delaware

State song.

What about Speedy Alka-Seltzer ?

https://theonion.com/dads-favorite-piece-of-media-still-commercial-from-2005/

https://www.delawareonline.com/

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From The Peoples Land of New York City.

https://babylonbee.com/news/mamdani-orders-flags-at-one-world-trade-center-flown-half-staff-to-mourn-ayatollah

https://pjmedia.com/

Astronomy Picture of the Day

A Near-Full Rotation of Uranus
Video Credit: ESA/Webb, NASA, CSA, STScI, P. Tiranti, H. Melin, M. Zamani (ESA/Webb)
Text: Keighley Rockcliffe (NASA GSFC, UMBC CSST, CRESST II)

Explanation: For the first time we are witnessing outer planet Uranus take center stage and pirouette. Uranus is one of the Solar System’s strangest planets, laying on its side and spinning like a rotisserie chicken. The featured video is composed of over 1000 spectra taken over 15 hours of continuous viewing by JWST’s NIRSpec instrument while Uranus rotates. The data captures the behavior of Uranus’s ionosphere: the ionized layer of a planet’s atmosphere that strongly interacts with the planet’s magnetic field. The aurora’s rosy glow traces the complex interplay between Uranus’s misaligned rotation and magnetic axes. Clouds can be seen as bright spots traveling across the ice giant. The blue-to-red colors represent low-to-high altitudes, showing a brand new three-dimensional view into how energy is distributed throughout the planet’s atmosphere. In the image on the left, everything is framed by the rings of Uranus. This is the most detailed look into the atmosphere of Uranus achieved yet!

Tomorrow’s picture: happy trails

Bible Verse

Because we have become God’s children, we can live in a good way. We can refuse to live like people who belong to this world. We are able to win against the wrong ways of this world because we trust Jesus Christ.

GOOD ONES….

????? Ace In The Hole

In the game of poker, a card is said to be “in the hole” when it’s hidden from the view of the other players or spectators. A player can receive a card from the dealer, take a glimpse at it, and leave it lying face-down, saving it for a subsequent play. The other players are often left guessing what that card might be, or dreading that it might be an especially potent card. The ace is the most valuable card in the whole deck. So,  if the card that the player has “in the hole,” known in poker lingo as a “hole card,” turns out to be an ace, it could easily guarantee him victory.

That’s why the American expression “ace in the hole” means “information or some kind of resource that is held in reserve and can be used to give one a great advantage in a specific situation.” The phrase “ace in the hole” has been used in the context of poker since the 19th century, but it came to mainstream use after the 1951 movie, “Ace in the Hole” was released. It was about a man who chose to delay saving someone just so he could benefit from reporting on the incident.

Daily Wisecracks & Wisdom

Silence is golden, unless you have kids,
then silence is just plain suspicious.
Anonymous

THE SPHINX—DISASTERS

The new Supreme Leader.    The third Aircraft Carrier Battle Group.

https://nypost.com/2026/03/10/world-news/ayatollah-khamenei-opposed-son-mojtaba-from-becoming-irans-next-supreme-leader/

https://redstate.com/bobhoge/2026/03/09/maximum-pressure-us-reportedly-sending-third-aircraft-carrier-strike-group-to-middle-east-n2200034

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Gavin’s wife pays her company 3.7 million out of her charity.

https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2026/03/09/report-gavin-newsoms-wife-pocketed-over-3m-from-her-charity-for-herself-her-company/

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Jessie Jackson Jr.

https://nypost.com/2026/03/08/us-news/jesse-jacksons-son-blasts-obama-biden-for-using-fathers-memorial-to-take-shots-at-trump/

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It looks like the colleges/universities want a congressional law to cap how much money the students can earn.

https://redstate.com/beccalower/2026/03/07/white-house-roundtable-asks-a-complex-question-how-will-congress-go-about-saving-college-sports-n2199941

https://hotair.com/stephen-moore/2026/03/07/dont-let-congress-ruin-college-sports-n3812609

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Another Democrat Judge is overturned.

https://redstate.com/streiff/2026/03/07/seventh-circuit-takes-a-blowtorch-to-order-issued-by-abusive-anti-ice-chicago-judge-n2199974

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Baby Bill in a blue dress.

Iran has more submarines and cross-dressers.

https://babylonbee.com/news/america-graciously-converts-20-iranian-warships-into-new-submarines

https://townhall.com/tipsheet/amy-curtis/2026/03/06/irgc-wearing-niqab-to-hide-n2672414

An Iran ship surrendered to a neutral country.

https://www.breitbart.com/europe/2026/03/05/iranian-warship-surrenders-to-sri-lankans-first-time-ship-interned-by-neutral-nation-since-second-world-war/

NATIONAL

Another Minnesota Man is convicted.    What about Walz and Frey ???

https://townhall.com/tipsheet/scott-mcclallen/2026/03/05/juror-bribery-plot-in-feeding-our-future-fraud-trial-leads-to-57-month-sentence-n2672335

I’m almost tired of loser Gavin.   He has nothing to say.

https://townhall.com/tipsheet/amy-curtis/2026/03/06/gavin-newsom-save-act-will-make-us-lose-america-n2672411

Another lying loser.

https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2026/03/06/nolte-cassidy-trump-attacked-secret-service-agent-hutchinson-referred-for-criminal-charges/

Second Amendment.

https://redstate.com/streiff/2026/03/06/ubiquitous-use-dc-appeals-court-rules-large-capacity-magazine-ban-unconstitutional-n2199911

Another liar.

https://townhall.com/tipsheet/mattvespa/2026/03/07/a-colorado-dem-just-got-busted-for-peddling-a-massive-campaign-lie-n2672438

Who cares!!!!

https://pjmedia.com/matt-margolis/2026/03/07/this-might-be-the-clearest-sign-yet-the-obamas-marriage-is-a-total-lie-n4950359

INTERNATIONAL

OBAMA’S POLICIES WERE A DISASTER.  PALLETS OF MONEY-SHRINK WRAPPED-DELIVERED AT NIGHT.

https://townhall.com/tipsheet/mattvespa/2026/03/06/of-course-cnn-cut-to-a-commercial-break-when-an-iranian-political-prisoner-brought-up-this-point-n2672423

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Mamstinky.

https://nypost.com/2026/03/09/us-news/mamdani-refuses-to-condemn-alleged-isis-loving-bomb-tossers/

https://nypost.com/2026/03/09/us-news/mamdani-hosts-anti-israel-activist-mahmoud-khalil-at-gracie-mansion-for-ramadan/

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The Mistake Editor:    Are you still reporting the news just for fun, LL ?

The Yes Cat:    I sure am.   I have no interest in the government.   It is entertaining.    Can you match some of these disasters with recent government actions.

Match a disaster with one in your area.   I doubt if the ones in the video kept their jobs, got raises, and cursed Trump.  Maybe you are afraid to walk down your street or send your kids to school.

https://www.breitbart.com/pre-viral/2026/02/26/rep-rashida-tlaib-caught-chanting-kkk-as-gop-lawmakers-cheered-usa-president-trumps-sotu/

https://townhall.com/tipsheet/amy-curtis/2026/02/27/fairfax-woman-stabbed-by-career-criminal-n2671999

https://townhall.com/tipsheet/amy-curtis/2026/02/27/news-crew-threatened-in-portland-n2672000

College Presidents asked the government to get involved in their sports.   A DISASTER.

https://www.espn.com/college-football/story/_/id/48048786/trump-college-leaders-tackle-issues-roundtable

We need more conspiracies.

https://genesiustimes.com/us-facing-massive-shortage-of-conspiracy-theories-as-all-of-them-have-come-true/

https://www.dallasnews.com/

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It will be nice to get rid of the biggest sponsor of terror in the Mideast.

https://babylonbee.com/news/iran-says-they-will-rain-death-and-destruction-on-the-us-if-they-are-bombed-two-more-times

https://townhall.com/

Bible Verse

 Praise the Lord, as he deserves! Every day he helps us with our troubles. He is the God who keeps us safe.