Here's some interesting info on the Air Force special ops unit that was instrumental in rescuing the downed flyers

"Behind the US Air Force unit that spearheaded the mission to rescue downed airman".

When the first reports came on Friday of the downing of an American F-15 fighter jet over Iran with two pilots – the US military tasked the impossible mission of retrieving a pilot and navigator from behind enemy lines with the US Air Force Pararescue, commonly known as the “PJs.”

The PJs serve as the Pentagon’s ultimate insurance policy. Operating under the motto “So That Others May Live,” these elite specialists are trained to go where no one else can, often under heavy fire and in the most inhospitable environments on earth.

I knew that the Air Force had some special ops capabilities, but was unfamiliar with the particulars of the PJs. These guys are "mucho hombre", to be sure. Hats off to them - and to everyone involved - in rescuing our flyers.

Thanks be to God

And to our valiant military: "Americans have reportedly successfully rescued both members of the F-15E shot down over Iran."

Happy Easter!

 

Early on the first day of the week, while it was still dark, Mary Magdalene went to the tomb and saw that the stone had been removed from the entrance. So she came running to Simon Peter and the other disciple, the one Jesus loved, and said, “They have taken the Lord out of the tomb, and we don’t know where they have put him!”

So Peter and the other disciple started for the tomb. Both were running, but the other disciple outran Peter and reached the tomb first. He bent over and looked in at the strips of linen lying there but did not go in. Then Simon Peter came along behind him and went straight into the tomb. He saw the strips of linen lying there, as well as the cloth that had been wrapped around Jesus’ head. The cloth was still lying in its place, separate from the linen. Finally the other disciple, who had reached the tomb first, also went inside. He saw and believed.

John 20: 1-8

The Pacos wish you all a blessed Easter. Here is a photo of Easter morning Mass, being celebrated at the chapel of the Carmelite convent in Santiago, where one of Mrs. Paco's nieces is a nun.

Sunday funnies

 

Pope Leo Explains God Does Not Listen To People Who Wage War So Long As You Don’t Count Moses, David, Joshua, Elijah, Saul, Gideon, Samson, Or Anyone Else In Bible

Geeking with the enemy.

Drop that bucket!

Run for your life!

Some people shouldn't have a genie.

Mission: Edible.

Sassin' the boss.

From Power Line's The Week in Pictures.

So, why is this malevolent Islamic propagandist still on the payroll at a Jesuit university?

Oh, wait. Did I say "Jesuit university"? Never mind.  "Absurdly Evil: Georgetown Prof Jonathan A. C. Brown".

Related  Here's another great addition to the realm of higher education: "Howard University appoints racist crackpot as history professor, giving him an endowed chair".

Mmm, what's cookin'?

Now that warmer weather has returned, you outdoorsy types who like camping will want to make sure you take adequate provisions into the wild. So, just in time, Paco Enterprises' consumer products division has introduced a line of canned goods for the trail: Roadkill Du Jour.

H/T: Gregory

If I were a Californian, I'd be starting to think that maybe it's actually immoral to pay taxes

"Gavin Newsom’s Empire of Fraud".

California is a cash machine. The state collects some of the country’s highest income, business, and fuel taxes, and now spends more than $300 billion per year. And yet, everywhere you look, California seems to be falling apart.

The roads are crumbling. Mismanaged wildfires have turned neighborhoods into ash. Drug addiction and homelessness have metastasized, turning parts of Los Angeles and San Francisco into no-go zones. And the cost-of-living crisis is pricing middle-class taxpayers out of basic necessities like groceries and gas, even as the state spends billions on welfare programs that never seem to lift anyone out of poverty.

Californians are beginning to ask: Where is all this money going? On paper, it funds hospitals, universities, schools, prisons, infrastructure, and other public services. But beneath the surface, something else is happening that California Governor Gavin Newsom does not want you to see: massive, systematic, brazen fraud.