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Nice to see Shep Smith leave Fox.  Always thought he was a fair shooter.  Now he can come over to the good guys and be a real journalist. 



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Sent by Neighbor Tim.




 I wasn't aware that locust/cicadas had lion head markings as a defense.
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 As long as we are talking Northlandia, again, sent by Neighbor Tim.




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Trump, Rudy, Ukraine, Biden's, Kurds, Turkey, Foreign policy, resignations, Limu Emu...and Doug. 


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Too bad that's not me.


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Ayla and Norah vying for Papa's attention last Sunday.

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Here is the Scoop on Area 51

Had to get a new AC for the place last week.  One of the electricians who worked on it told me this story.  I will leave it to you to decide.  His father was one of the original scientists to formulate the blueprints for atomic submarines. He worked on the first two subs.  As a specialized group of people who had secrets that couldn't fall into enemy hands, he and their families travelled together all over the country to work on their projects.  The electrician told me they moved 28 times.  One of the stops was at Area 51.  He said the reason the place became so renown for possible UFO activity was because they tested experimental planes there as well as building a nuclear submarine as well.  The scientists didn't know what was going to happen when they installed a reactor in one so they wanted to make sure that if anything went wrong it would be in the middle of no where.  They wheeled the sub partially out one day and someone took a picture of it and thought it looked like a UFO.  According to this guy a false legend was created.      


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