Explanation: Which way is Comet R3 PanSTARRS going? Not towards the star at the top of the image, because that is Rigel, which, being far in the background, is unrelated to the comet. Not through the nebula in the image middle, because that is the Witch Head Nebula and it, too, is far in the distance — but not far from Rigel. Not into northern skies because over the past week Comet C/2025 R3 (PanSTARRS) has moved into southern skies and is now best visible in Earth‘s Southern Hemisphere toward the west after sunset. Angularly, Comet R3 PanSTARRS is slowly moving toward the upper right, night by night, and will soon be in the constellation Orion. Spatially, the comet is now headed out of our Solar System but should remain visible to cameras in southern skies for about a week. The featured image was captured last week near Cerro Paranal in Chile.

Tomorrow’s picture: stereo Moon

Bible Verse

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Everyone who knows you, Lord, trusts in you. You will never turn away from anyone who comes to you for help.

Patriot Post Memes

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I’ll take door number One, Monty.
The other 3 should be welded shut!
-Sheila Tolley-

Nazi Platner thinks he stands a chance with the Democrat perverts because he has breasts larger than Cher.
-MST-

Politicians…how pitiful. When a roll call is taken in congress,
they don’t know whether to respond with
“Present” or “Not Guilty.”
-MST-

My hair was that horrible shade of blue once, I quit using Lady Clairol and started going to a professional hair dresser.
-MST-

This will be funny forever!

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Fun Facts…Literature Part 2

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JD Salinger had an early draft of The Catcher in the Rye in his bag with him when he took part in the Normandy Landings in 1944.

John Steinbeck’s original manuscript for Of Mice and Men was eaten by a dog.

Carrie, Stephen King’s debut novel, was fished out of his trash bin by his wife after he originally discarded it.

Despite popular belief, there are not 1,001 stories in the Arabian Nights collection. The 900 or so stories instead were said to have originally been read over 1,001 nights.

In an early version of Edgar Allen Poe’s “The Raven,” the bird that repeatedly croaks “nevermore” was going to be a parrot. A meeting with Charles Dickens convinced Poe to change his mind, as Dickens had a pet raven at the time.

Bibliosmia is the name given to the scent of old books.

Harry Potter creator, JK Rowling, is popularly said to be the first author in history to make $1 billion from book sales alone.

Ray Bradbury’s original title for his classic novel Fahrenheit 451 was The Fireman.

Jane Austen’s original title for Pride and Prejudice was First Impressions.

Daily Wisecracks & Wisdom

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I can resist anything except temptation.
Oscar Wilde

THE SPHINX—UP

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Trump plans to rebrand ICE.

https://townhall.com/tipsheet/josephchalfant/2026/05/05/trump-just-gave-us-a-look-into-the-ice-rebrand-n2675588

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What a poor excuse for a judge.

https://townhall.com/tipsheet/josephchalfant/2026/05/04/wait-a-judge-did-what-to-the-guy-who-tried-to-assassinate-trump-n2675515

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Baby Dangerfield.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZWK5TzbAWw0

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Lock her up.

https://nypost.com/2026/05/02/us-news/ilhan-omars-name-came-up-6-times-in-resurfaced-trial-exhibits-from-feeding-our-future-fraud-case/

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What a joke. The Democrats and Hollywood types are the biggest dividers in America.

https://redstate.com/nick-arama/2026/05/03/mallory-mcmorrow-interview-n2201954

The Trump Ballroom.

https://pjmedia.com/tim-o-brien/2026/05/01/this-is-the-real-reason-the-democrats-hate-president-trumps-ballroom-n4952410

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Other than replacing the Socialist-Democrats the one thing to do is keep Federal Taxpayer Money away from them.

https://townhall.com/tipsheet/amy-curtis/2026/05/05/ahmed-abdullah-osman-seattle-cctv-refugees-n2675546

https://redstate.com/nick-arama/2026/05/02/reporter-asks-seattle-mayor-a-question-n2201928

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The Democrats and media say, there are no problems with voting security.

https://pjmedia.com/victoria-taft/2026/05/01/west-coast-messed-coast-suddenly-stealing-elections-just-became-much-much-harder-n4952401

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McDonald’s is ending self-service sodas.

https://nypost.com/2026/05/03/business/mcdonalds-is-quietly-ditching-a-popular-in-store-feature-nationwide/

Their biggest rival is closing 700 locations.

https://nypost.com/2026/05/05/business/mcdonalds-biggest-us-rival-shutters-over-700-restaurants/

Bezos is selling his mega-yacht.

https://pagesix.com/2026/05/04/celebrity-news/jeff-bezos-is-selling-his-500-million-superyacht-koru/?_gl=1*6g4omp*_ga*NTg1MzMxMTkyLjE3NzIyMTkxMjU.*_ga_0DZ7LHF5PZ*czE3Nzc4OTY4Njgkbzg2JGcxJHQxNzc3ODk4MTkwJGo1OSRsMCRoMA

Give the family guy a medal. Some people are learning to lock their cars when they are inside.

https://www.breitbart.com/2nd-amendment/2026/05/05/alleged-carjacker-shot-dead-by-father-while-trying-to-steal-vehicle-with-family-inside/

A good policy.

https://townhall.com/tipsheet/josephchalfant/2026/05/05/trump-just-brought-back-a-major-initiative-that-obama-killed-n2675586

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The Science Editor: What is up, LL ?

The Maybe Cat: I guess it means ‘above something else’. Here is what Webster says.

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

This is for reference only.

https://www.butte.edu/departments/cas/tipsheets/grammar/parts_of_speech.html

As an adverb it could mean–the sun came up or sit up.

As an adjective it might mean the corn is up.

I always liked ‘liquored up’ in Westerns, before the mob stormed the jail.

A great adverb is ‘uptown’.

https://www.google.com/search?client=firefox-b-1-d&q=uptown+girl+song+billy+joel#fpstate=ive&vld=cid:ab4c7cb2,vid:xUZ2TYsEM5Y,st:0

Downtown is a good song, but most cities have lost the ‘downtown’ excitement to other places.

Be careful.

https://theonion.com/report-you-probably-due-to-experience-big-life-tragedy-soon-sub-its-been-a-while/

https://www.bbc.com/news/england/london

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Trump is the man.

https://babylonbee.com/news/trump-enters-ceasefire-talks-with-democrats

https://townhall.com/

Bible Verse

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When you want to make a strong promise, never use extra words. Do not say, ‘I promise by heaven,’ or ‘I promise by the earth.’ Do not use any extra words like that. When you say ‘yes,’ that should be enough. When you say ‘no,’ that should also be enough. If you say more than that, God will say that you are guilty.

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Everyone who knows you, Lord, trusts in you. You will never turn away from anyone who comes to you for help.

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I’ll take door number One, Monty. The other 3 should be welded shut! -Sheila Tolley-

Nazi Platner thinks he stands a chance with the Democrat perverts because he has breasts larger than Cher. -MST-

Politicians…how pitiful. When a roll call is taken in congress, they don’t know whether to respond with “Present” or “Not Guilty.” -MST-

My hair was that horrible shade of blue once, I quit using Lady Clairol and started going to a professional hair dresser. -MST-

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JD Salinger had an early draft of The Catcher in the Rye in his bag with him when he took part in the Normandy Landings in 1944.

John Steinbeck’s original manuscript for Of Mice and Men was eaten by a dog.

Carrie, Stephen King’s debut novel, was fished out of his trash bin by his wife after he originally discarded it.

Despite popular belief, there are not 1,001 stories in the Arabian Nights collection. The 900 or so stories instead were said to have originally been read over 1,001 nights.

In an early version of Edgar Allen Poe’s “The Raven,” the bird that repeatedly croaks “nevermore” was going to be a parrot. A meeting with Charles Dickens convinced Poe to change his mind, as Dickens had a pet raven at the time.

Bibliosmia is the name given to the scent of old books.

Harry Potter creator, JK Rowling, is popularly said to be the first author in history to make $1 billion from book sales alone.

Ray Bradbury’s original title for his classic novel Fahrenheit 451 was The Fireman.

Jane Austen’s original title for Pride and Prejudice was First Impressions.

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I can resist anything except temptation. Oscar Wilde

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I’ll take door number One, Monty.
The other 3 should be welded shut!
-Sheila Tolley-

Nazi Platner thinks he stands a chance with the Democrat perverts because he has breasts larger than Cher.
-MST-

Politicians…how pitiful. When a roll call is taken in congress,
they don’t know whether to respond with
“Present” or “Not Guilty.”
-MST-

My hair was that horrible shade of blue once, I quit using Lady Clairol and started going to a professional hair dresser.
-MST-

I can resist anything except temptation.
Oscar Wilde