THE SPHINX—CLEARANCE

Ilhan takes Nancy Pelosi’s place as the number 1 HOR criminal.

https://nypost.com/2025/12/27/us-news/ilhan-omars-hubbys-30m-firm-quietly-scrubs-names-from-website-as-squad-member-faces-mounting-questions-on-sudden-wealth-amid-minnesota-welfare-fraud/

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Different takes on Christmas.

https://redstate.com/jenniferoo/2025/12/25/christmas-cheer-hhs-and-the-department-of-interiors-christmas-greetings-are-making-spirits-bright-n2197473

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Nice surprises.

https://nypost.com/2025/12/25/business/louisiana-boss-hands-workers-240m-in-bonuses-after-selling-his-company-for-1-7b/

https://nypost.com/2025/12/25/lifestyle/vintage-christmas-ornament-had-hidden-notes-inside/

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NATIONAL

Wouldn’t it be funny if The Supremes say send in the Marines first.

https://redstate.com/jenniferoo/2025/12/25/attorney-and-gw-bush-aag-warns-jb-pritzker-not-to-be-too-quick-taking-a-victory-lap-on-scotus-decision-n2197481

If you defaulted on your student loan–wake up.     College students make worse decisions than 7 year old children and their sex change operation.

https://pjmedia.com/matt-margolis/2025/12/23/trump-makes-huge-move-on-student-loan-debt-and-democrats-are-gonna-flip-n4947459

Rand Paul lists waste, but the process continues.

https://redstate.com/wardclark/2025/12/23/bat-viruses-beagle-torment-rand-pauls-new-grievance-airing-n2197411

Some mayors differ with Timmy Walz.

https://redstate.com/mike_miller/2025/12/23/nearly-100-mn-mayors-warn-in-no-nonsense-letter-that-tim-walz-is-leading-state-to-fiscal-disaster-n2197404

This sounds like good news.

https://redstate.com/terichristoph/2025/12/23/hageman-announces-run-to-replace-lummis-n2197413

OTHER

It’s tit for tat.

https://nypost.com/2025/12/23/us-news/trump-admin-bars-five-european-officials-from-entering-us-due-to-extraterritorial-censorship-campaign/

New York is not the place to be–give me the countryside.

https://nypost.com/2025/12/23/us-news/pit-bull-attacks-baby-on-nyc-street-and-refuses-to-let-go/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=umS3XM3xAPk

We haven’t had a construction SNAFU in a few months.   The moral is get your money in advance–maybe in escrow.

https://nypost.com/2025/12/24/real-estate/neighbors-sue-220-central-park-south-over-construction/

It begins in the state elections.

https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2025/12/24/south-carolina-republicans-sweep-special-elections/

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The Everything Has To Go Editor:   What are your plans, LL ?

The Clear The Files Cat:    It is time to clear the files of items that didn’t make the publication cut.   They were inappropriate, vulgar, made by Democrats, in bad taste, or just fell between the cracks ( like the Brown University killer ).

https://babylonbee.com/news/brown-university-hires-chief-wiggum-to-track-down-shooter

Here are more items we lost track of when I switched to AI instead of having Fluffy do our research.

USPS NEWS

https://babylonbee.com/news/brilliant-trump-puts-himself-on-all-postage-stamps-forcing-democrats-to-abolish-the-usps

2026 PREDICTIONS

https://babylonbee.com/news/the-babylon-bees-predictions-for-2026

Trump’s surprise album.

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Give them some chicken gizzards and livers.

https://genesiustimes.com/local-kids-announce-they-are-starving-2-minutes-after-leaving-a-party-with-endless-amounts-of-food-they-didnt-touch/

https://www.theepochtimes.com/china/hong-kong-the-world?utm_medium=GoogleAds&utm_source=PerfmaxM&utm_campaign=PM_max-G-GasPrices_AU22_81-mik-20251209&gad_source=1&gad_campaignid=23351185894&gclid=EAIaIQobChMIqbb9l9nHkQMVdBmtBh1vMilJEAAYASAAEgI7evD_BwE

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Corey is the woman.

https://babylonbee.com/news/to-show-solidarity-with-trans-kids-corey-booker-to-get-his-vagina-removed

https://pjmedia.com/

Astronomy Picture of the Day

NGC 1898: Globular Cluster in the Large Magellanic Cloud
Image Credit: ESA/Hubble & NASA

Explanation: Jewels don’t shine this bright — only stars do. And almost every spot in this jewel-box of an image from the Hubble Space Telescope is a star. Now, some stars are more red than our Sun, and some more blue — but all of them are much farther away. Although it takes light about 8 minutes to reach Earth from the Sun, NGC 1898 is so far away that it takes light about 160,000 years to get here. This huge ball of stars, NGC 1898, is called a globular cluster and resides in the central bar of the Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC) — a satellite galaxy of our Milky Way Galaxy. The featured multi-colored image includes light from the infrared to the ultraviolet and was taken to help determine if the stars of NGC 1898 all formed at the same time or at different times. There are increasing indications that most globular clusters formed stars in stages, and that, in particular, stars from NGC 1898 formed shortly after ancient encounters with the Small Magellanic Cloud (SMC) and our Milky Way Galaxy.

Tomorrow’s picture: boom star

 


Bible Verse

35 Lord, your power has helped me to be strong. You have kept me safe, like a shield. Your kind help has made me great. 36 You have helped me to move safely, so that my feet do not slip.

That Squirrel…

Murphy’s Other Laws

1. Light travels faster than sound. This is why some people appear bright until you hear them speak.

2. A fine is a tax for doing wrong. A tax is a fine for doing well.

3. He, who laughs last, thinks slowest.

4. A day without sunshine is like, well . Night.

5. Change is inevitable, except from a vending machine.

6. Those who live by the sword get shot by those who don’t.

7. Nothing is foolproof to a sufficiently talented fool.

8. The 50-50-90 rule: Anytime you have a 50-50 chance of getting something right, there’s a 90% probability you’ll get it wrong.

9. It is said that if you line up all the cars in the world end-to-end, someone would be stupid enough to try to pass them.

10. If the shoe fits, get another one just like it.

11. The things that come to those that wait, may be the things left by those, who got there first.

12. Give a man a fish and he will eat for a day. Teach a man to fish and he will sit in a boat all day drinking beer.

13. Flashlight: A case for holding dead batteries.

14. When you go into court, you are putting yourself in the hands of twelve people, who weren’t smart enough to get out of jury duty.

15. The shin bone is a device for finding furniture in the dark.

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Smiles….

Unusual Pictures For Today

Daily Wisecracks & Wisdom

Don’t bite off more than you can chew.
(Unless you are trying to avoid small talk, then keep your mouth full.)
Anonymous

 

Very Heart Warming…Makes My Heart Smile

THE SPHINX—MORE HISTORY

INTERNATIONAL

Trump uses air strikes against ISIS in Nigeria.

https://redstate.com/beccalower/2025/12/25/breaking-trump-announces-deadly-strike-vs-isis-terrorist-scum-in-nigeria-n2197487

NATIONAL

Now America has foreign citizens telling the President who gets security clearances.

https://townhall.com/tipsheet/amy-curtis/2025/12/24/judge-blocks-stripping-of-security-clearance-n2668455

If you recall, The Supremes said Texas couldn’t stop the illegals, even though Joe refused to close the border.

https://townhall.com/tipsheet/mattvespa/2025/12/23/supreme-court-hands-trump-white-house-brutal-defeat-on-national-guard-deployments-n2668407

The janitor’s warnings were ignored, and I guess the cameras weren’t working.

https://nypost.com/2025/12/22/us-news/brown-u-janitor-says-he-warned-security-about-suspicious-gunman-ahead-of-shootings/

I’m just a cat, but the era of the battleship is over.   Drones are the future.

https://www.breitbart.com/national-security/2025/12/22/trump-announces-u-s-building-worlds-largest-battleships-for-golden-fleet/

California weather.

https://www.breitbart.com/news/more-stormy-weather-ahead-for-southern-california-state-of-emergency-declared/

SPORTS

They never learn.

https://nypost.com/2025/12/22/sports/dk-metcalf-suspended-by-nfl-for-taking-swing-at-lions-fan/

https://x.com/spotrac/status/2003232609443463644

OTHER

I will be cat-glad when Gretchen is gone.

https://townhall.com/tipsheet/scott-mcclallen/2025/12/24/federal-judge-rules-that-michigan-cannot-disrupt-international-line-5-pipeline-n2668447

Kill him in six years like Tim McVeigh.

https://redstate.com/bobhoge/2025/12/24/doj-hits-accused-guard-shooter-with-federal-murder-charge-jeanine-pirro-says-opens-door-to-execution-n2197462

More 60 Minutes drama.

https://redstate.com/nick-arama/2025/12/24/reaction-to-bari-weiss-decision-is-unhinged-n2197466

It is Merry Christmas!!!!!

https://redstate.com/sister-toldjah/2025/12/25/watch-the-final-word-in-the-merry-christmas-versus-happy-holidays-debate-n2197490

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The Past Editor:    What is today’s history, LL ?

The Once Was Cat:    With all the lies about things that happen today, I’m not sure much of history is true.

These are proven entertainment and military members.

https://tolleystopics.com/2024/09/01/a-few-reasons-why-we-may-be-feeling-old/

The top 25 film scores.

https://www.studiobinder.com/blog/what-is-a-film-score-definition/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AFI%27s_100_Years_of_Film_Scores

Memories are who you are.

https://synap.ac/blog/top-10-surprising-memory-facts

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NoAzpa1x7jU

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f8TflIIfuhs

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This corrects some misconceptions about The Pyramids.

https://theonion.com/new-research-reveals-ancient-egyptians-received-significant-help-from-parents-while-building-pyramids/

https://www.tehrantimes.com/

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The Introvert Samaritan.

https://babylonbee.com/news/introvert-samaritan-crosses-to-other-side-of-street-to-avoid-small-talk-with-man-left-for-dead

https://www.breitbart.com/