Oldies But Goodies…

Johnny Carson, Jim Fowler, etc.

Fun Facts: Airplanes & Airports Part 2

The plane that was crashed in the movie The Dark Knight Rises with the use of computer-generated special effects actually did crash the next year, killing two people on board.

Jets leave a white trail across the sky for the same reason that you can see your breath in the winter: it’s carbon dioxide and water creating visible moisture.

In 1986, Soviet pilot Alexander Kliuyev made a bet with a co-pilot that he could land an airplane blind. He curtained the cockpit windows  and crashed the plane into a landing strip, killing seventy out of eighty seven passengers.

MI-5 once had a plan to use gerbils to detect terrorists and spies at airports. This is because their sense of smell can acutely detect increased adrenaline in people. The project was scrapped when the gerbils proved unable to tell the difference between terrorists and those who were terrified of flying.

In 1987, Steve Rothstein bought a lifetime, unlimited first-class American Airlines ticket for $250,000. He flew over 10,000 flights, costing the company $21 million. They terminated his ticket in 2008.

Daily Wisecracks & Wisdom

Be the change you wish to
see in the world.
Mahatma Gandhi

Fact Or Fiction

We’ve all heard the warning: don’t feed rice to birds or don’t throw rice at weddings because birds will eat it. Fact is, rice cooked or uncooked won’t hurt wild birds at all. The rumor is that uncooked rice hits the bird’s tummy and then swells causing its stomach to explode. It’s simply not true. It’s not hot enough in a bird’s stomach to actually “cook” the rice. So, the rice doesn’t swell and cause any sort of an explosion.

The rumor was perpetuated in a 1996 Ann Landers column. But, no need to worry. Birds eat rice during migration all the time, and they do just fine. While the  rumor that eating rice kills birds isn’t true, fact is it’s been so popular that the rumor has pretty much killed the tradition of throwing rice at weddings. It may be for the best. Rice probably isn’t the easiest thing for churches to have to clean. Many people have switched from throwing rice to throwing white millet at weddings.

In general, it is not recommended to feed wild or domestic birds dairy on a regular basis; however, in small amounts, cheese, yogurt, and occasional sips of milk are not considered harmful.  Interestingly, like mammals some wild birds do produce a form of “milk” for their young.

 

New & Used

THE SPHINX—YELLOWSTONE

The point about married politicians is, if they can’t honor marriage vows, do they care about promises they make to supporters ?

https://townhall.com/tipsheet/amy-curtis/2026/06/04/swalwell-former-chief-of-staff-gomez-mistress-n2677236

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How did Victoria’s Secret get their investors back ?

https://pjmedia.com/vodkapundit/2026/06/02/youll-totally-believe-how-victorias-secret-got-investors-excited-again-n4953490

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A tunnel from Tijuana to California.

https://redstate.com/wardclark/2026/06/01/massive-us-mexico-border-tunnel-discovered-hidden-in-plain-sight-n2202927

Destroy the IRGC.

https://redstate.com/nick-arama/2026/06/01/iranian-regime-threatens-war-on-another-front-n2202922

More frauds.

https://townhall.com/tipsheet/jeff-charles/2026/06/01/senate-candidates-face-perjury-allegations-for-election-rigging-scheme-n2677031

Seattle can’t fill available office space.

https://www.connectcre.com/stories/tuli-lodge-opens-pop-up-location-at-vulcan-real-estates-lake-union-piers/

The American government permits the social media to program any bias into their product.   China is still involved.

https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/algorithm#examples

https://nypost.com/2026/06/02/opinion/tiktok-warped-americans-view-of-the-iran-war-post-after-post/

Have scientists found the Garden of Eden River.

https://nypost.com/2026/06/02/science/scientists-find-origins-of-garden-of-edens-euphrates-river/

FYI

https://redstate.com/beccalower/2026/06/03/environmental-activist-group-arizona-lawsuit-rare-snail-border-wall-n2203011

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Mamstinky.

https://redstate.com/bobhoge/2026/06/04/a-bridge-too-far-mamdani-wants-to-erase-name-of-jewish-predecessor-from-iconic-overpass-n2203043

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The Park Editor:    Is this about Jellystone National Park, LL ?

The Boo Boo Cat:    No, it’s about Yellowstone National Park.   Parts of it are located in Wyoming, Montana, and Idaho.

https://www.nps.gov/yell/learn/historyculture/index.htm

Geysers and Hot Springs are plentiful.

https://www.nps.gov/yell/planyourvisit/thermal-basin-exploring.htm

Old Faithful is the most famous geyser.

This land is your land, unless you let the politicians give it away.

https://www.google.com/search?client=firefox-b-1-d&q=biplane+flying+over+america+video#fpstate=ive&vld=cid:d9c7a77a,vid:KcuDdPo0WZk,st:0

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They don’t make them like they use to.

https://genesiustimes.com/are-you-not-validated-elliot-page-gladiator-remake-review/

https://cowboystatedaily.com/

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Finally.

https://babylonbee.com/news/the-babylon-bee-has-obtained-a-leaked-copy-of-the-iran-us-peace-deal

https://www.breitbart.com/

Astronomy Picture of the Day

Charon: Moon of Pluto
Image Credit: NASA, Johns Hopkins Univ./APL, Southwest Research Institute, U.S. Naval Observatory

Explanation: A darkened and mysterious north polar region known to some as Mordor Macula caps this premier view of Charon, Pluto’s largest moon. The high-resolution image was captured by the interplanetary space probe New Horizons near its closest approach to distant Pluto on July 14, 2015. The combined blue, red, and infrared image data was processed to enhance colors and follow variations in Charon’s surface properties with a resolution of about 2.9 kilometers (1.8 miles). A stunning image of Charon’s Pluto-facing hemisphere, it also features a clear view of an apparently moon-girdling belt of fractures and canyons that seems to separate smooth southern plains from varied northern terrain. Charon is 1,214 kilometers (754 miles) across. That’s about 1/10th the size of planet Earth but a whopping 1/2 the diameter of Pluto itself, and makes it the largest satellite relative to its parent body in the Solar System. Still, the moon appears as a small bump at about the 1 o’clock position on Pluto’s disk in the grainy, negative, telescopic picture inset at upper left. That image was used by James Christy and Robert Harrington at the U.S. Naval Observatory in Flagstaff to discover Charon in June of 1978.

Tomorrow’s picture: Jupiter and Venus from Earth

Bible Verse

 When Christ died on the cross, he carried our sins in his own body. He took this punishment so that sin would no longer rule over us. Instead, we can now do the right things that God wants us to do. Because people hurt Christ’s body, you have now become well.

If animals could talk…..