Weird Animal Facts…Part 1

1. Octopuses have three hearts. One pumps blood around the body, while the other two pump it to the gills. Oh, and that blood is blue, thanks to high copper levels!

2. Owls don’t have eyeballs. They have eye tubes.

3. Polar bears have black skin, which helps them absorb heat from the sun to stay warm in an Arctic climate, and it likely protects the bears from harmful UV rays.

4. A human brain operates on about 15 watts.

5. Butterflies can taste with their feet, using something called chemoreceptors to help them identify plants. Females select the correct leaf on which to lay eggs by “drumming” it with their feet to release juices.

6. Animals with smaller bodies and faster metabolism see in slow motion.

7. Dogs’ sense of smell is about 100,000 times stronger than humans’, but they have just one-sixth our number of taste buds.

8. Reindeer eyeballs turn blue in winter to help them see at lower light levels. (They’re golden-colored in summer.) No other mammals are known to have this ability.

9. A single strand of spider silk is thinner than a human hair but also five times stronger than steel of the same width. A rope just 2 inches thick could reportedly stop a Boeing 747.

10. The claws of a mantis shrimp can accelerate as quickly as a .22-caliber bullet. Scientists must keep them in thick plastic tanks because their punches can break glass.

11. A sea lion is the first nonhuman mammal with a proven ability to keep a beat. Scientists trained a female sea lion named Ronan to do it, and she then showed she could transfer that skill to a song with a different beat that she had not heard before.

12. Squirrels can’t burp or vomit, nor can any other rodent, which is why rat poison is so effective; other mammals tend to expel any toxic substance they ingest.

13. The extinct colossus penguin stood as tall as LeBron James.

14. Honeybees can flap their wings 200 times every second.

15. A type of “immortal” jellyfish can cheat death indefinitely.

16. Cats and horses are highly susceptible to black widow venom, but dogs are relatively resistant. Sheep and rabbits are apparently immune.

17. Sharks kill fewer than 10 people per year. Humans kill about 100 million sharks per year. They should be much more scared of us than we are of them.

18. Tardigrades are extremely durable microscopic animals that exist all over Earth. They can survive any of the following: 300 degrees Fahrenheit (149 Celsius), -458 degrees F (-272 C), the vacuum of space, pressure six times stronger than the ocean floor, and more than a decade without food.

Daily Wisecracks & Wisdom

When in doubt,
dance it out.
Phil Dunphy

Life’s Weird Revelations…Part 1

THE SPHINX—NEW MEXICO

A Super Bowl ad.

https://redstate.com/bobhoge/2026/02/06/powerful-super-bowl-ad-will-have-the-pro-abortion-crowd-throwing-their-shoes-at-the-tvv-n2198922

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Fake.

https://nypost.com/2026/02/06/us-news/white-house-dismisses-fake-outrage-over-video-trump-posted-showing-obamas-as-gorillas/

https://townhall.com/tipsheet/mattvespa/2026/02/06/everyone-is-going-bananas-over-the-video-posted-by-the-trump-team-everyone-simmer-down-n2670816

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Funny.

https://www.breitbart.com/sports/2026/02/06/video-comedian-druski-horribly-mispronounces-seahawks-jaxson-smith-njigbas-name-at-nfl-honors/

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OLYMPICS

https://nypost.com/2026/02/06/sports/2026-olympics-dutch-speed-skating-star-jutta-leerdam-blasted-as-diva-for-flying-to-winter-games-on-private-jet/

A second Penis-Gate.

https://nypost.com/2026/02/05/sports/2026-olympics-may-have-a-second-penis-gate/

Private plane.

https://nypost.com/2026/02/06/sports/2026-olympics-dutch-speed-skating-star-jutta-leerdam-blasted-as-diva-for-flying-to-winter-games-on-private-jet/

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Trump and Saudi Prince.

What a sad person for a Supreme.   

https://nypost.com/2026/02/04/opinion/miranda-devine-justice-ketanji-brown-jackson-removed-any-shred-of-impartiality-by-applauding-anti-ice-speeches-at-the-grammys/

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NOTABLE ARRESTS OF ILLEGAL CRIMINALS AND TERRORIST.

https://pjmedia.com/catherinesalgado/2026/02/05/ice-arrests-illegal-alien-truck-driver-who-murdered-four-in-pennsylvania-n4949181

Bondi cleaning up Hillary’s mess from 2012.

https://www.newsmax.com/politics/benghazi-suspect-arrested/2026/02/06/id/1245126/

https://www.c-span.org/clip/senate-committee/user-clip-hillary-clinton-what-difference-does-it-make/4450574

A billboard in San Francisco.

https://redstate.com/sister-toldjah/2026/02/06/pro-ice-billboards-in-san-francisco-n2198895

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NATIONAL

Will Billie return her land to a local Native American Tribe.    She suffers from some sort of guilt.  Maybe she suffers from ‘Perpetual Guilt Disorder’.   Many Black Americans suffer from a similar disorder called ‘Perpetual Victim Disorder’.

https://nypost.com/2026/02/02/us-news/billie-eilish-under-fire-to-fork-over-mansion/

I’m just a cat, but from my experience every piece of land in the world is owned by people who used force, or laws with force to back them up.   Eilish wants to give away your property but not hers.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XBPrLU4Zspo

https://nypost.com/2026/02/03/us-news/native-american-tribe-has-message-for-billie-eilish-after-grammys-speech/

Maybe Bezos ( Amazon ) will sell it to an honest buyer.

https://townhall.com/tipsheet/jeff-charles/2026/02/04/washington-post-lays-off-a-third-of-its-workforce-n2670669

https://www.breitbart.com/the-media/2026/02/04/nolte-serial-lying-washington-post-staff-demand-new-sugar-daddy-after-jeff-bezos-hands-out-pink-slips/

A Democrat local government needed more officers.

https://nypost.com/2026/02/06/us-news/pima-county-sheriff-might-have-made-a-catastrophic-mistake-in-pivotal-first-hours-of-nancy-guthrie-search/

A wasted rest of his life.

https://townhall.com/tipsheet/mattvespa/2026/02/04/wannabe-trump-assassin-is-going-to-spend-a-long-time-behind-bars-n2670680

Trader Joe’s is # 1.

https://nypost.com/2026/02/04/business/trader-joes-edges-out-publix-costco-as-americas-new-favorite-supermarket/

North Carolina politics.

https://redstate.com/sister-toldjah/2026/02/04/report-roy-cooper-authorized-release-of-iryna-zarutskas-alleged-killer-in-2021-n2198849

The police are incompetent.

https://nypost.com/2026/02/07/us-news/police-tow-suv-from-nancy-guthries-home-take-down-wired-device-from-roof-after-tip-from-neighbor-report/

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The Land Of Enchantment Editor:    What are some good places to see in New Mexico, LL ?

The Cactus Cat:   Here are some great places to check out.

https://www.newmexico.org/places-to-visit/

State symbols.

https://www.sos.nm.gov/about-new-mexico/state-symbols/

State song.

Who can argue ?

https://genesiustimes.com/ilhan-omar-wins-oscar-for-best-performance-in-a-fake-and-gay-staged-attack-on-congressperson/

https://www.santafenewmexican.com/

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It could be better.

https://babylonbee.com/news/foul-smelling-substance-used-in-spray-attack-on-omar-identified-as-somali-food

https://www.newsmax.com/

Astronomy Picture of the Day

Active Sunspot Region 4366 Crosses the Sun
Image Credit & Copyright: Daniel Korona

Explanation: An unusually active sunspot region is now crossing the Sun. The region, labelled AR 4366, is much larger than the Earth and has produced several powerful solar flares over the past ten days. In the featured image, the region is marked by large and dark sunspots toward the upper right of the Sun’s disk. The image captured the Sun over a hill in Zacatecas, Mexico, 5 days ago. AR 4366 has become a candidate for the most active solar region in this entire 11-year solar cycle. Active solar regions are frequently associated with increased auroral activity on the Earth. Now reaching the edge, AR 4366 will begin facing away from the Earth during the coming week. It is not known, though, if the active region will survive long enough to reappear in about two weeks’ time, as the Sun rotates.

Tomorrow’s picture: groovy Miranda

Bible Verse

 The Lord saves the lives of his servants. Everyone who trusts the Lord to keep them safe will not receive punishment as a guilty person.

Observations Over Time

time, old, clocks, HD wallpaper

 

In my many years I have come to a conclusion that one useless man is a shame, two is a law firm, and three or more is a congress.
-John Adams-

If you don’t read the newspaper, you are uninformed, if you do read the newspaper you are misinformed.
-Mark Twain-

Suppose you were an idiot. And suppose you were a member of Congress. But then I repeat myself.
-Mark Twain-

I contend that for a nation to try to tax itself into prosperity is like a man standing in a bucket and trying to lift himself up by the handle.
-Winston Churchill-

A government which robs Peter to pay Paul can always depend on the support of Paul.
-George Bernard Shaw-

A liberal is someone who feels a   great debt to his fellow man, which debt he proposes to pay off with your money.
-G Gordon Liddy-

Democracy must be something more than two wolves and a sheep voting on what to have for dinner.
-James Bovard-
Civil Libertarian

Foreign aid might be defined as a transfer of money from poor people in rich countries to rich people in poor countries.   
-Douglas Case-  
Classmate of Bill Clinton at Georgetown University

Giving money and power to government is like giving whiskey and car keys to teenage boys.   
-PJ. O’Rourke-
Civil Libertarian

Government is the great fiction, through which everybody endeavors to live at the expense   of everybody else.
-Frederic Bastiat- 
French Economist (1801-1850)

Government’s view of the economy could be summed up in a few short phrases: If it moves, tax it. If it keeps moving, regulate it. And if it stops moving, subsidize it.   
-Ronald Reagan-

 

I don’t make jokes. I just watch the government and report the  facts.
-Will Rogers-

If you think health care is expensive now, wait until you see what it costs when it’s free!   
-P J. O’Rourke-

In general, the art of government consists of taking as much money as possible from one party of the citizens to give to the other.
-Voltaire-

Just because you do not take an interest in politics doesn’t mean politics won’t take an interest in you!
-Pericles- (430 B.C.)

No man’s life, liberty, or property is safe while the legislature is in session.   
-Mark Twain- (1866)

Talk is cheap, except when Congress does it.
-Anonymous-

The government is like a baby’s alimentary canal, with a happy appetite at one end and no responsibility at the other.   
-Ronald Reagan-

The inherent vice of capitalism is the unequal sharing of the blessings. The inherent blessing of socialism is the equal sharing of misery.
-Winston Churchill-

The only difference between a tax man and a taxidermist is that the taxidermist leaves the skin.   
-Mark Twain-

The ultimate result of shielding men from the effects of folly is to fill the world with fools.   
  -Herbert Spencer-
English Philosopher (1820-1903)

There is no distinctly Native American criminal class, save Congress.
-Mark Twain-

What this country needs are more unemployed politicians.  
-Edward Langley-
Artist (1928-1995)

A government big enough to give you everything you want, is strong enough to take everything you have.
-Thomas Jefferson-

We hang the petty thieves and appoint the great ones to public office.
-Aesop-


FIVE BEST SENTENCES

You cannot legislate the poor into prosperity, by legislating the wealthy out of prosperity.

What one person receives without working for, another person must work for without receiving.

The government cannot give to anybody anything that the government does not first take from somebody else.

You cannot multiply wealth by dividing it.

When half of the people get the idea that they do not have to work, because the other half is going to take care of them, and when the other half gets the idea that it does no good to work, because somebody else is going to get what they work for, that is the beginning of the end of any nation!

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Patriot Post Memes

 

Daily Wisecracks & Wisdom

The journey of a thousand miles
begins with one step.
Lao Tzu

THE SPHINX—NEW YORK

Will your drugs be cheaper ?

https://townhall.com/tipsheet/scott-mcclallen/2026/02/05/white-house-launches-trump-rx-n2670792

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The Olympics opening ceremony.

NOTABLE ARRESTS.

ICE arrests over 4,000 criminal illegals in Minnesota.

https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2026/02/05/operation-metro-surge-ice-agents-arrest-more-than-4000-illegal-aliens-across-minnesota/

Nancy Guthrie fraud.

https://nypost.com/2026/02/05/us-news/derrick-callella-charged-and-idd-as-nancy-guthrie-imposter-ransom-note-sender/

Antifa member.

https://townhall.com/tipsheet/scott-mcclallen/2026/02/05/antifa-member-arrested-after-online-calls-to-hunt-ice-agents-n2670760

Man wants to kill OMB Director.

https://redstate.com/bobhoge/2026/02/05/here-we-go-again-maryland-man-arrested-for-attempted-murder-of-key-trump-admin-official-n2198887

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Baby Trump holds a press conference.

Liawatha is funny.

https://townhall.com/tipsheet/dmitri-bolt/2026/02/05/scott-bessent-elizabeth-warren-n2670742

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What is Iran asking for ?

https://townhall.com/tipsheet/amy-curtis/2026/02/05/iran-seizes-oil-tankers-n2670729

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Bass should run for Senator.   She is all smiles as she screws the citizens.

https://hotair.com/john-s-2/2026/02/04/mayor-bass-watered-down-the-palisades-fire-report-then-lied-about-it-n3811560

Good.

https://redstate.com/mike_miller/2026/02/04/fbi-arrests-man-who-doxxed-federal-agent-threatened-childusing-stolen-govt-files-in-minneapolis-n2198831

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Keep Federal Taxpayer money away from the thieves.

https://townhall.com/tipsheet/josephchalfant/2026/02/03/baltimore-mayor-calls-reporter-racist-for-asking-why-he-needs-165k-taxpayer-funded-suv-n2670616

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Maxine Waters will be 88 years old on primary day.    California needs more smelly Democrats that have no manners, class, or common courtesy.

https://nypost.com/2026/02/04/us-news/tempers-flare-between-dem-rep-maxine-waters-and-scott-bessent-over-inflation-can-you-shut-up/

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NATIONAL

The Supremes can’t even keep their work private.   

https://redstate.com/jenniferoo/2026/02/04/chief-justice-roberts-finally-moves-to-secure-supreme-court-processes-leaky-media-hardest-hit-n2198853

Trump plans for the Trump-Kennedy Center to be renovated.  

https://redstate.com/mike_miller/2026/02/02/trump-makes-major-announcement-about-trump-kennedy-center-democrat-heads-explode-in-3-2-1-n2198742

Good.

https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2026/02/03/florida-to-administer-driver-license-tests-exclusively-in-english-to-ensure-safety/

A good idea financed by the builders–if it works out.

https://nypost.com/2026/02/04/real-estate/major-homebuilders-considering-1-million-trump-homes-intended-for-first-time-buyers/

Meeks is another Democrat that is happy ONLY when his party wins.

https://x.com/EricLDaugh/status/2019080857731129549?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E2019080857731129549%7Ctwgr%5E9b56470c9cab27395d48e23c20ad04827e755e2f%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Ftownhall.com%2Ftipsheet%2Fdmitri-bolt%2F2026%2F02%2F04%2Fbessent-greg-meeks-n2670678

Chris discovers The White House.

https://redstate.com/sister-toldjah/2026/02/04/trump-christopher-columbus-statue-white-house-n2198839

More Americans killed by illegals and the Democratic Party.

https://hotair.com/tree-hugging-sister/2026/02/05/illegals-driving-semis-kill-again-n3811591

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Mamdinky.

https://nypost.com/2026/02/05/opinion/mamdanis-free-for-all-including-illegals-will-only-end-in-bills-for-all-taxpayers/

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The Empire State Editor:     What is up with New York state, LL ?

The 21st Century Cat:   Here are a few things to see in N.Y.

https://stantonhouseinn.com/places-to-visit-in-new-york-state?utm_term=&utm_campaign=Website+traffic-Search-3&utm_source=adwords&utm_medium=ppc&hsa_acc=4657494219&hsa_cam=10505038213&hsa_grp=&hsa_ad=&hsa_src=x&hsa_tgt=&hsa_kw=&hsa_mt=&hsa_net=adwords&hsa_ver=3&gad_source=1&gad_campaignid=21079354011&gclid=EAIaIQobChMI9JzthIuskgMVTjcIBR0jtx0oEAAYASAAEgJV4PD_BwE

Symbols of New York state.

https://dec.ny.gov/get-involved/education/kids-go/new-york-state-symbols

State song.

A bonus from Minnesota.

https://tolleystopics.com/2026/01/27/the-somali-waltz/

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When will it end ?

https://genesiustimes.com/how-many-protesters-need-to-die-from-back-alley-deportations-just-because-local-politicians-think-the-procedure-should-be-banned/

https://www.timesunion.com/?utm_source=marketing&utm_medium=google&utm_campaign=content_acquisition&gad_source=1&gad_campaignid=17872827498&gclid=EAIaIQobChMI04j32paskgMVUUb_AR0YUw0PEAAYASAAEgINuPD_BwE

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Just do it.

https://babylonbee.com/news/tim-walz-says-he-will-do-anything-to-keep-minnesota-residents-safe-except-cooperate-with-federal-law-enforcement

https://www.newsmax.com/