Agatha Christie is popularly said to be the bestselling literary author of all time. Her 85 novels have sold an estimated three billion copies worldwide.

The single bestselling book of all time is the Bible.

JRR Tolkien and CS Lewis, the authors of The Lord of the Rings and The Lion, The Witch, and The Wardrobe, were best friends.

The earliest known use of the word “hobbit” in print dates from 1897-40 years before JRR Tolkien’s book was published.

Sixty five years before Dr. Seuss wrote How The Grinch Stole Christmas, Rudyard Kipling used the word “grinch” as a verb meaning to crush or grate in 1892.

The English novelist Enid Blyton, known for the Famous Five books, published 762 books in her lifetime.

Roald Dahl was inspired to write Charlie and the Chocolate Factory because British chocolate company Cadbury used to send boxes of chocolates to his school as a child to test.

In none of Arthur Conan Doyle’s novels does Sherlock Holmes ever say “Elementary, my dear Watson.”

Dr. Seuss wrote Green Eggs And Ham after his publisher bet him that he couldn’t write a story using no more than 50 different words.

PIZZA AND OTHER RECALLS.

https://www.foxbusiness.com/lifestyle/frozen-pizza-sold-walmart-aldi-recalled-over-salmonella-concerns

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The Secret Service is still rotten to the core.    Don’t tell me they work long hours and are away from their families.   Put them on the USS Gerald Ford.

https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2026/05/04/secret-service-agent-arrested-public-masturbation-miami/

https://www.newsmax.com/world/globaltalk/aircraft-carrier-uss-gerald-r-ford-record/2026/04/15/id/1253083/

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Baby Trump and Baby King Charles.

This is what the Democrats want for America.

https://www.breitbart.com/immigration/2026/04/30/canadas-newly-diverse-military-fights-itself/

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This is great if you can get the law enforced—SEE JOE BIDEN’S DEMOCRAT OPEN BORDER POLICY.

https://townhall.com/tipsheet/amy-curtis/2026/05/01/indiana-employers-n2675304

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Another fool elected by other fools.

https://redstate.com/jenniferoo/2026/05/01/secwar-pete-hegseth-gives-sara-jacobs-a-lesson-on-what-hypocrisy-looks-like-n2201898

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Take his parking space away and move his office to the basement.

https://nypost.com/2026/05/01/business/how-to-convince-jerome-powell-to-leave-the-fed-take-away-his-parking-spot/

Poisoning of baby food in Austria.

https://www.breitbart.com/news/austrian-police-detain-suspect-in-case-of-rat-poison-found-in-baby-food-jars-on-supermarket-shelves/

Seattle loses another.

https://redstate.com/wardclark/2026/05/03/elite-skyscraper-club-now-closing-amid-seattle-downturn-n2201949

Some people just can’t function in society.

https://nypost.com/2026/05/03/us-news/entitled-delta-passenger-causes-plane-to-return-to-agte-after-refusing-to-hang-up-phone-before-takeoff/

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One more time, state and national politicians come from cities.   Give strangers your house key or bank account number.

https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2026/05/04/los-angeles-democrats-seek-to-open-door-to-foreigners-voting-in-city-elections/

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The Old Editor:    What are your memes today, LL ?

The Goldie Oldie Cat:    They are some old hits.    The first is our Olympic Gold Medal Meme.

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GXr1nhuW0AEP85_?format=jpg&name=medium

Joe reading a map of where Hunter left his cocaine and gun.

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GgU9BC2a0AA-xMx?format=jpg&name=900×900

You can add the despots in Iran and Venezuela.

https://tolleystopics.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/18266.jpg

ICE drop box—-like the Democrat Ballot Boxes.

https://tolleystopics.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/01jz255zt2akccts7y641y8m7p.jpeg

It’s science.

https://tolleystopics.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/01jssetf00txek5vp1r5fr5xvz.jpeg

Times are a changing.

https://theonion.com/regulars-angry-dive-bar-now-popular-enough-to-be-financially-solvent/

https://www.washingtontimes.com/

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Help the Babylon Bee.

https://babylonbee.com/news/10-amazing-organizations-funded-by-the-splc

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