Monday, April 6, 2026

I want to believe

"Waffle House Employees Didn't See FEMA Official Who Says He Teleported to Georgia Location".

A senior official with the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) claimed he teleported 50 miles to a Waffle House in Georgia, but nobody can back it up.

 I'm not surprised that nobody saw him. Most people who eat at Waffle House don't want to be identified, themselves, so they're more than willing to return the courtesy to others.

Is it time to put NATO in the attic next to the Holy Roman Empire and the League of Nations?

"Is NATO really an alliance anymore?"

I have mixed feelings about whether we should withdraw, but they're not as mixed as they used to be; if Europe is going to abandon its western ideals and voluntarily join the Ummah, then I don't care what happens to it.

Classical corner

J.S. Bach's Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring (performed by Jonathan Scott).

Sunday, April 5, 2026

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

 












Some people shouldn't have a genie.

Mission: Edible.

Sassin' the boss.





From Power Line's The Week in Pictures.