CATHY’S CORNER

TELL ME, WHY DO WE OFTEN FUND AND GIVE OF OUR TREASURE TO OUR ENEMIES?   

“Coach” Tim Walz is the Governor of the State of Minnesota. It has been all over the TV News today about the Billions in Fraudulent funds that were spent in Minnesota.  A massive Welfare fraud now involves the indictment of some 79 people of SOMALI decent. They are saying Billions have been stolen since 2019. The money was allocated for food, housing, disability and addiction. One example: A small restaurant in Minnesota that seated around 35 people claimed to have been serving 18,000 meals a day for a children’s food program. The owner is now in jail.  As it now surfaces, how much COVID money and other monies in Minnesota has been misdirected? The Money that was earmarked to feed hungry children seems to have gone to “Somali Al-Shabaab terrorist groups”.  It was reported that Democrat congresswoman Ilhan Omar was frequently seen at this restaurant. There are photos of her there during her run for office with supporters in 2018.   

No wonder we can’t get ahead here in America, it seems we are often funding our own enemies.  Remember when we pulled out of Afghanistan and left Billions of New Military equipment of every description behind for our enemies?   My questions are:
1) How did it go this far for so long?
2) Who is in charge of the purse strings?
3) How is it that someone is allowed to be so free with the tax payers money? 

Now I ask, who is responsible for the over site of the funds for each state?  It is The State Legislature. They have the authority to approve the budget and appropriate funds for the state-level spending. The power of the purse can be used positively, awarding extra funding for programs that reach certain benchmarks.  I would like to know who was in charge of all this funding???

We need OVER-SITE to check the OVER-SITE. It Seems that we need several layers of OVER-SITE.

I would say every State needs a DOGE TEAM.  Some one that keeps a constant eye, and grip, on just where the money goes.

I heard the News media ask Coach Tim Walz earlier if he took Responsibility for all this errant spending…he had his nice face on and replied, “Of course I will see that those responsible are prosecuted.” Really, is he that eager to make sure that the Illegal Aliens in his city are removed?  

WE NEED MORE DOGE!

 

MEMES

Monday Morning Meme Madness

https://twitchy.com/fuzzychimp/2025/12/01/monday-morning-meme-madness-n2422058

Mother Nature At Her Best

Hooker’s Lips
(Psychotria Elata)

flowers that look like something else

 
Dancing Girls
(Impatiens Bequaertii)

flowers that look like something else

Laughing Bumble Bee Orchid
(Ophrysbbomyblifora)

flowers that look like something else

Swaddled Babies
(AnguloaUniflora)

flowers that look like something else

Parrot Flower
(Impatiens Psittacina)

flowers that look like something else

Flying Duck Orchid
(Caleana Major)

flowers that look like something else

An orchid that looks remarkably
like a tiger

flowers that look like something else

Happy Alien
(Calceolaria Uniflora)

flowers that look like something else

And his friends…
flowers that look like something else

Angel Orchid
(Habenaria Grandifloriformis)
flowers that look like something else

Dove Orchid Or Holy Ghost
Orchid
(Peristeria Elata)
flowers that look like something else

White Egret Orchid
(Habenaria Radiata)
flowers that look like something else

The Darth Vader
(Aristolochia Salvadorensis)
 
flowers that look like something else

An Orchid That Looks Like A
Ballerina
flowers that look like something else

Monkey Face Orchid
(Dracula Simia)

flowers that look like something else

Moth Orchid
(Phalaenopsis)
flowers that look like something else

What a wonderful world!

Why What When Where How?

Why is an Acre 43,560 Square Feet?

“Acre” is an Anglo-Saxon word that means, literally, the amount of land plowable in one day. The term was used before the tenth century, the acre originally referring to the area that could be plowed by a yoke of oxen in one day. The actual footage of the acre varied from region to region.

In the late thirteenth and early fourteenth centuries, Edward l and Edward lll  tried to codify English measurements. Although the quantity of land that could be plowed in one day was obviously variable, depending upon such factors as the durability of the animals pulling the plow, the plowing equipment, and the topography of the land, there were obvious advantages to standardization. By the reign of Henry Vlll, there was universal agreement that an acre should be 40 poles long by 4 poles wide (or 160 square rods). These nice round units of measurement (1 rod=16.5 feet; one pole =one square rod), popular in agricultural societies, translate exactly to our current standard of the acre as 43,560 square feet. With modern machinery, any farmer can plow considerably more than one acre in a day, but the acre has proved to be an enduring unit of measurement.

Magic????

Cartoon Parrot Stock Photos And Images - 123RF

A magician worked on a cruise ship in the Caribbean.

The audience would be different each week, so the magician did the same tricks each week. However, there was a problem, the captain’s parrot saw the shows each week and began to understand how the magician did every trick. Once he understood, he started shouting out the secrets in the middle of the show, “Look, it’s not the same hat.” “Look, he is hiding the flowers under the table.” “Hey, why are all the cards the Ace of Spades?”

The magician was furious but couldn’t do anything, it was, after all, the captain’s parrot. One day, the ship had an accident and sank. The magician found himself with the parrot, adrift on a piece of wood, in the middle of the ocean. They stared at each other with hatred, but did not utter a word. This went on for a day, then another.

Finally……the parrot said, “Okay, I give up. Where the hell is the boat?”

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Daily Wisecracks & Wisdom

Without stupidity there wouldn’t be intelligence.
Without ugliness there wouldn’t be beauty.
So the world needs Democrats after all.
Anonymous

THE SPHINX—RAIN MAKING

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A California shooting at kids birthday outing.   California has more gun control than any other state.  They breed criminals and are proud of it, ask Gavin.

https://www.breitbart.com/2nd-amendment/2025/11/30/gun-control-fail-14-shot-at-family-gathering-in-stockton-ca/

https://townhall.com/tipsheet/scott-mcclallen/2025/11/30/14-shot-4-killed-at-childrens-birthday-party-in-california-shooter-at-large-n2667148

Don’t complain, NYC politicians breed and ignore teen crime.

https://redstate.com/wardclark/2025/11/30/enter-the-nyc-mcbouncer-good-idea-badly-executed-n2196673

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NATIONAL  NEWS

The Democratic office holders want vigilante justice from citizens.

https://nypost.com/2025/11/29/us-news/brooklyn-spitter-left-bloodied-by-two-men-tired-of-his-vile-antics/

Trump talks to a reporter.

https://townhall.com/tipsheet/mattvespa/2025/11/28/watch-trump-totally-cook-this-reporter-over-this-stupid-question-n2667124

https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2025/11/28/watch-trump-gives-fiery-answer-to-cbs-reporters-question-on-national-guard-shooting-suspect-are-you-stupid/

Bowser won’t seek a fourth term.   Here is her major accomplishment.

https://redstate.com/smoosieq/2025/11/25/bowser-bows-out-dc-mayor-announces-she-will-not-seek-4th-term-n2196568

https://www.newyorker.com/news/news-desk/the-secret-project-that-led-to-black-lives-matter-murals-coast-to-coast

Is this the 400 BILLION subsidy that goes directly to insurance companies for Obama Care ??

https://townhall.com/tipsheet/jeff-charles/2025/11/27/mike-johnson-warns-trump-against-obamacare-subsidies-n2667036

These morons had nothing constructive to say, what fools.

https://redstate.com/nick-arama/2025/11/25/fbi-to-interview-the-six-democrats-who-made-illegal-orders-video-n2196542

Trump is cleaning the Democratic Slime from the Reflecting Pool.

https://redstate.com/rusty-weiss/2025/11/26/the-white-house-ballroom-outrage-machine-is-about-to-lose-it-over-trumps-latest-renovation-announcement-n2196587

INTERNATIONAL

Trouble is brewing.

https://www.newsmax.com/world/globaltalk/trump-hezbollah-disarment/2025/11/27/id/1236248/

OTHER

Walmart sells out of Kraft Mac & Cheese.

https://nypost.com/2025/11/28/lifestyle/walmart-shoppers-rage-after-waiting-hours-for-65-inch-mac-amp-cheese-box-only-for-it-to-sell-out-in-seconds/

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The Dry Editor:   What is rain making about, LL ?

The Soaking Cat:   When places have extreme droughts they add chemicals to the sky to try to make it rain.   Here is a somewhat long history.

https://www.dri.edu/making-it-snow/

You can get the same results of a dust particle or silver-iodide particle giving moisture something to connect to in politics.   Show a bill in Congress about anything concerning the stock market and insider-traders will surround it just like making snow or rain.  Nancy Pelosi is the Queen of insider-trading.   In an honest country she would be in prison.

Iran tries cloud-seeding to bring rain.    Seeding is not an exact science.

https://www.breitbart.com/national-security/2025/11/19/iran-suffers-flash-flooding-after-cloud-seeding-to-combat-drought/

Here is a Rainmaker from 1956.

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Assault bacon in Michigan.

https://genesiustimes.com/michigan-bans-assault-bacon-following-dearborn-melee/

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/G0cxBCxqRSU

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It will catch on.

https://babylonbee.com/news/in-show-of-support-for-immigrants-pope-leo-dons-new-papal-sombrero

https://pjmedia.com/

Astronomy Picture of the Day

3I ATLAS: Tails of an Interstellar Comet
Image Credit & Copyright: Victor Sabet & Julien De Winter

Explanation: How typical is our Solar System? Studying 3I/ATLAS, a comet just passing through, is providing clues. Confirmed previous interstellar visitors include an asteroid, a comet, a meteor, and a gas wind dominated by hydrogen and helium. Comet 3I/ATLAS appears relatively normal when compared to Solar System comets, therefore providing more evidence that our Solar System is a somewhat typical star system. For example, Comet 3I/ATLAS has a broadly similar chemical composition and ejected dust. The featured image was captured last week from Texas and shows a green coma, a wandering blue-tinted ion tail likely deflected by our Sun’s wind, and a slight anti-tail, all typical cometary attributes. The comet, visible with a telescope, passed its closest to the Sun in late October and will pass its closest to the Earth in mid-December, after which it will return to interstellar space and never return.

Tomorrow’s picture: active galaxy

Bible Verse

 But some people want to have lots of money. This causes them to do wrong things. They cannot get free from their bad ways, like an animal in a trap. They want many things for themselves. Their foolish thoughts hurt them and finally destroy their lives.