My apologies to all monkeys for comparing them to congress!

January 17, 2026January 15, 2026 tolleystopics1 Comment

Maybe it’s time to remove congress. All of them. At the same time. Here’s why!
-Sheila Tolley-

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If you start with a cage containing five monkeys and inside the cage, hang a banana on a string from the top and then you place a set of stairs under the banana, before long a monkey will go to the stairs and climb toward he banana.

As soon as he touches the stairs, you spray all the other monkeys with cold water.

After a while another monkey makes an attempt with same result … all the other monkeys are sprayed with cold water. Pretty soon when another monkey tries to climb the stairs, the other four monkeys will try to prevent it.

Now, put the cold water away. Remove one monkey from the cage and replace it with a new one.

The new monkey sees the banana and attempts to climb the stairs. To his shock, all of the other monkeys beat the crap out of him. After another attempt and attack, he knows that if he tries to climb the stairs he will be assaulted.

Next, remove another of the original five monkeys, replacing it with a new one.

The newcomer goes to the stairs and is attacked. The previous newcomer takes part in the punishment…… with enthusiasm, because he is now part of the “team”.

Then, replace a third original monkey with a new one, followed by the fourth, then the fifth. Every time the newest monkey takes to the stairs, he is attacked.

Now, the monkeys that are beating him up have no idea why they were not permitted to climb the stairs. Neither do they know why they are participating in the beating of the newest monkey.

Finally, having replaced all of the original monkeys, none of the remaining monkeys will have ever been sprayed with cold water. Nevertheless, not one of the monkeys will try to climb the stairway for the banana.

Why, you ask? Because in their minds…that is the way it has always been!

This, my friends, is how Congress operates… and this is why, from time to time: All of the monkeys need to be replaced at the same time.

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Daily Wisecracks & Wisdom

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A cluttered desk is a sign of genius.
Or someone who just gave up.
Anonymous

Biblical Humor Part 2

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THE SPHINX—MURMURATION

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Minneapolis has ‘No Go Zones’ where people can’t get home. Maybe they should run the Democrat bullies out of their neighborhood. They want Trump to send in troops, arrest Walz and Frey first.

https://townhall.com/tipsheet/amy-curtis/2026/01/16/leftist-confront-guy-driving-suburban-n2669589

https://redstate.com/sister-toldjah/2026/01/15/got-him-arrest-made-in-brazen-theft-of-fbi-rifle-that-happened-during-mn-anti-ice-riot-n2198197

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Are American military spy satellites working ? What about Google and other private satellites ???

https://nypost.com/2026/01/15/world-news/disturbing-reason-iran-appears-to-have-stopped-killing-protesters/

Iran

https://nypost.com/2026/01/16/world-news/iranian-commanders-distraught-daughter-reveals-leaders-are-killing-their-own-children/

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TRUMP’S HEALTH PLAN.

https://redstate.com/wardclark/2026/01/15/trumps-new-plan-dumps-obamacare-delivers-lower-costs-and-choices-n2198190

Trump gets Peace Prize.

https://nypost.com/2026/01/16/us-news/venezuelan-opposition-leader-maria-corina-machado-reveals-why-she-gave-trump-her-nobel-peace-prize-medal/

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THREE OF WALZ’S AND FREY’S BUDDIES.

https://nypost.com/2026/01/15/us-news/three-men-arrested-for-attempted-murder-of-feds-in-minneapolis-idd-as-illegal-immigrants-from-venezuela/

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Another FAFO Florida criminal.

https://townhall.com/tipsheet/amy-curtis/2026/01/15/florida-woman-ice-assault-n2669535

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BOEING’S CEO NEEDS SOME PRISON TIME. This might qualify for negligence, even in Congress.

https://townhall.com/tipsheet/jeff-charles/2026/01/15/ntsb-says-boeing-knew-about-ups-planes-flaws-before-it-crashed-in-louisville-n2669525

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Nick Shirley strikes again. Give him 10 million dollars for uncovering the Minnesota criminals.

https://redstate.com/bobhoge/2026/01/14/nick-shirley-strikes-again-drops-second-bombshell-video-exposing-rampant-mn-fraud-n2198158

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Another Biden-Merrick Garland boot licker.

https://townhall.com/tipsheet/mattvespa/2026/01/14/heres-the-anti-trump-fbi-agent-who-launched-the-surveillance-probe-of-the-entire-conservative-movement-n2669376

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HEALTH

Help for in vetro fertilization ( IVF ).

https://nypost.com/2026/01/12/health/scientists-have-figured-out-how-to-rejuvenate-eggs-for-ivf-what-it-means-for-women-over-40/

Google-AI should not be used for medical information or anything important.

https://www.breitbart.com/health/2026/01/12/investigation-googles-ai-overview-provides-wildly-inaccurate-medical-advice/

Agent hit by car has internal bleeding.

https://redstate.com/bobhoge/2026/01/14/exploding-the-narrative-report-says-agent-who-shot-renee-good-suffered-internal-bleeding-n2198128

NATIONAL

Sign a 100 year lease, with an option for another.

https://redstate.com/terichristoph/2026/01/14/trump-weighs-in-on-greenland-as-vance-and-rubio-meet-with-denmark-n2198116

Every department head these funds went thru should be indicted.

https://townhall.com/tipsheet/amy-curtis/2026/01/12/frey-finally-admits-fraud-n2669316

Trump advises Kash and FBI.

https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2026/01/12/kash-fbi-scum-out-now-trump-orders-cleanup/

It’s good news from Illinois.

https://nypost.com/2026/01/14/us-news/supreme-court-rules-illinois-gop-rep-can-challenge-state-mail-in-ballot-rules-in-case-with-2028-election-implications/

What happened to Frey ?????

https://nypost.com/2026/01/15/us-news/minneapolis-frey-tells-anti-ice-activists-to-be-peaceful-or-go-home/

ECONOMY

It is supply and demand.

https://www.breitbart.com/economy/2026/01/12/trump-wins-affordability-rents-drop-americans-because-ice-deportations/

California’s economy doesn’t need the trillions of dollars leaving. Mousse Man is in the dark.

https://redstate.com/bobhoge/2026/01/13/desperate-gavin-newsom-tries-to-distance-himself-from-proposal-thats-already-cost-ca-1t-n2198093

OTHER

Save North Carolina from the dark side.

https://townhall.com/tipsheet/josephchalfant/2026/01/13/this-new-ad-eviscerates-roy-cooper-for-putting-illegals-behind-the-wheel-n2669410

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The Starling Editor: For our Oregon readers what is murmuration, LL ?

The Look Out Cat: I used to think it was what the ancient Egyptians did to their dead, but I learned the truth a few days ago.

https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/murmuration

https://www.bing.com/search?q=Starling%20murmuration%20over%20the%20ruins%20of%20Brighton%27s%20West%20Pier,%20England&FORM=

How and why Starlings act this way is a mystery. Are they guided by some energy or extra-sensory talent similar to radar ?

The only thing I have noticed in humans is when Democrats see an American flag or an ICE Agent, they act like Starlings in their haste to get moving.

Children of Democrats are great candidates to spread their evil.

https://theonion.com/neighbors-always-knew-teen-gunman-was-evil-and-did-nothing-because-they-are-evil-too/

https://www.startribune.com/

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Tim is the man.

https://babylonbee.com/news/democrats-once-again-threaten-civil-war-to-stop-republicans-from-taking-away-their-slave-laborers

https://www.breitbart.com/

Astronomy Picture of the Day

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Apollo 14: A View from Antares
Image Credit: Edgar Mitchell, Apollo 14, NASA; Mosaic – Eric M. Jones

Explanation: Apollo 14’s Lunar Module Antares landed on the Moon on February 5, 1971. Toward the end of the stay astronaut Ed Mitchell snapped a series of photos of the lunar surface while looking out a window, assembled into this detailed mosaic by Apollo Lunar Surface Journal editor Eric Jones. The view looks across the Fra Mauro highlands to the northwest of the landing site after the Apollo 14 astronauts had completed their second and final walk on the Moon. Prominent in the foreground is their Modular Equipment Transporter, a two-wheeled, rickshaw-like device used to carry tools and samples. Near the horizon at top center is a 1.5 meter wide boulder dubbed Turtle rock. In the shallow crater below Turtle rock is the long white handle of a sampling instrument, thrown there javelin-style by Mitchell. Mitchell’s fellow moonwalker and first American in space, Alan Shepard, also used a makeshift six iron to hit two golf balls. One of Shepard’s golf balls is just visible as a white spot below Mitchell’s javelin.

Tomorrow’s picture: infrared Jupiter

Bible Verse

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Jesus then said, ‘The books of God’s Law and God’s prophets spoke God’s message until John the Baptist came. Since then, God’s servants tell people the good news about the kingdom of God. Everyone is now trying very much to get into that kingdom.

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My apologies to all monkeys for comparing them to congress!

Maybe it’s time to remove congress. All of them. At the same time. Here’s why!
-Sheila Tolley-

If you start with a cage containing five monkeys and inside the cage, hang a banana on a string from the top and then you place a set of stairs under the banana, before long a monkey will go to the stairs and climb toward he banana.

As soon as he touches the stairs, you spray all the other monkeys with cold water.

After a while another monkey makes an attempt with same result … all the other monkeys are sprayed with cold water. Pretty soon when another monkey tries to climb the stairs, the other four monkeys will try to prevent it.

Now, put the cold water away. Remove one monkey from the cage and replace it with a new one.

The new monkey sees the banana and attempts to climb the stairs. To his shock, all of the other monkeys beat the crap out of him. After another attempt and attack, he knows that if he tries to climb the stairs he will be assaulted.

Next, remove another of the original five monkeys, replacing it with a new one.

The newcomer goes to the stairs and is attacked. The previous newcomer takes part in the punishment…… with enthusiasm, because he is now part of the “team”.

Then, replace a third original monkey with a new one, followed by the fourth, then the fifth. Every time the newest monkey takes to the stairs, he is attacked.

Now, the monkeys that are beating him up have no idea why they were not permitted to climb the stairs. Neither do they know why they are participating in the beating of the newest monkey.

Finally, having replaced all of the original monkeys, none of the remaining monkeys will have ever been sprayed with cold water. Nevertheless, not one of the monkeys will try to climb the stairway for the banana.

Why, you ask? Because in their minds…that is the way it has always been!

This, my friends, is how Congress operates… and this is why, from time to time: All of the monkeys need to be replaced at the same time.

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Jesus then said, ‘The books of God’s Law and God’s prophets spoke God’s message until John the Baptist came. Since then, God’s servants tell people the good news about the kingdom of God. Everyone is now trying very much to get into that kingdom.

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Maybe it’s time to remove congress. All of them. At the same time. Here’s why! -Sheila Tolley-

If you start with a cage containing five monkeys and inside the cage, hang a banana on a string from the top and then you place a set of stairs under the banana, before long a monkey will go to the stairs and climb toward he banana.

As soon as he touches the stairs, you spray all the other monkeys with cold water.

After a while another monkey makes an attempt with same result … all the other monkeys are sprayed with cold water. Pretty soon when another monkey tries to climb the stairs, the other four monkeys will try to prevent it.

Now, put the cold water away. Remove one monkey from the cage and replace it with a new one.

The new monkey sees the banana and attempts to climb the stairs. To his shock, all of the other monkeys beat the crap out of him. After another attempt and attack, he knows that if he tries to climb the stairs he will be assaulted.

Next, remove another of the original five monkeys, replacing it with a new one.

The newcomer goes to the stairs and is attacked. The previous newcomer takes part in the punishment…… with enthusiasm, because he is now part of the “team”.

Then, replace a third original monkey with a new one, followed by the fourth, then the fifth. Every time the newest monkey takes to the stairs, he is attacked.

Now, the monkeys that are beating him up have no idea why they were not permitted to climb the stairs. Neither do they know why they are participating in the beating of the newest monkey.

Finally, having replaced all of the original monkeys, none of the remaining monkeys will have ever been sprayed with cold water. Nevertheless, not one of the monkeys will try to climb the stairway for the banana.

Why, you ask? Because in their minds…that is the way it has always been!

This, my friends, is how Congress operates… and this is why, from time to time: All of the monkeys need to be replaced at the same time.

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Maybe it’s time to remove congress. All of them. At the same time. Here’s why!
-Sheila Tolley-

A cluttered desk is a sign of genius.
Or someone who just gave up.
Anonymous