
Day: September 9, 2026
Daily Wisecracks & Wisdom
Never follow someone else’s path. Unless you are lost in the woods, then by all means, follow them.
Ellen Degeneres
I am glad she followed someone’s path to England’s bucolic Cotswold district. I hope all her Liberal followers follow her path to England.
-Sheila Tolley-
THE SPHINX—CALDERA

MANY HEROES.
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Are Michigan Jews waking up ????? What does it take, a ton of bricks ?????
https://pjmedia.com/vodkapundit/2026/09/03/michigan-jews-turn-against-el-sayed-n4956863
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More new jobs.
https://hotair.com/ed-morrissey/2026/09/04/boom-us-adds-162000-jobs-in-august-n3818685
Take hers.
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Be patient.
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Jesus Christ!!!!!!
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The problem is personnel in the service.
https://www.newsmax.com/politics/trump-secret-service-white-house/2026/09/03/id/1268279/
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Funny.
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Good news.
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The Volcano Editor: Do you know about calderas, LL ?
The Reading Cat: Just what I have read. The Pompeii volcano attracted a lot of comments. If this happened, it would be even worse.
That would be a mess.
You can’t escape.
https://theonion.com/u-s-lobbying-against-global-plastic-limits/
https://www.washingtontimes.com/
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Ole Tuck.
Astronomy Picture of the Day
Witness XZ Andromedae Wink
Video Credit: Ogetay Kayali (MTU, Starfront Observatories)
Text: Keighley Rockcliffe (NASA GSFC, UMBC CSST, CRESST II)
Explanation: Is this star winking at us? The central object in today’s animation is not one but two stars. XZ Andromedae, indicated by the bold lines, is an Algol-type eclipsing binary with a nearly edge-on orbit from Earth’s perspective. The bottom light curve shows the amount of light from the system dim and brighten as the cooler star eclipses its hotter, brighter companion. Analysis of several XZ Andromedae light curves indicates there may be two other stars orbiting the system. This particular light curve was created with Citizen Astronomy, an open-source software for differential photometry. The software takes the difference in brightness between a target and comparison star and traces its behavior over time. This technique reduces most variations from the instrument and Earth’s atmosphere. In addition to eclipsing binaries, this analysis is useful for studying transiting exoplanets, accreting black holes, supernovae, and many more time-varying astronomical phenomena. Astrophotographers: try it out on your own data!
Tomorrow’s picture: open space
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