Ronald Reagan

“Government does not solve problems; it subsidizes them.”

Aretha Franklin

In 1987, Aretha Franklin became the first woman inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame?

Not the Band and Not Formerly Twitter – Just X

Recognized by Guinness World Records in 2023, Pepper X is the world’s hottest chili pepper replacing the Carolina Reaper as Number 1 according to the Scoville Heat Index which measures such things.

Pepper X was created by the Puckerbutt Pepper Company in South Carolina, the same company founded by Ed Currie, that created the Carolina Reaper. The Carolina Reaper previously held the record for the world’s hottest chili pepper.

Using Scoville Heat Units (SHU) as a measure of spicy heat, Pepper X averages just under 2.7 million SHU, comparable to using pepper spray and just about 1,000 times hotter than most jalapeño peppers.

Charles Krauthammer

“Every two years the American politics industry fills the airwaves with the most virulent, scurrilous, wall-to-wall character assassination of nearly every political practitioner in the country – and then declares itself puzzled that America has lost trust in its politicians.”

Edward Abbey

“The duty of a patriot is to protect his country from its government.”

Anakin Skywalker

C-3PO was rebuilt from spare parts by Anakin Skywalker (played by Jake Lloyd), in the Star Wars motion picture, The Phantom Menace. George Lucas based C-3PO and R2-D2 off Tahei and Matashichi, two characters in one of his major inspirations, the 1958 film The Hidden Fortress. C-3PO was portrayed and voiced by the actor Anthony Daniels, who had met George Lucas in 1975.

C-3PO

In the “Star Wars” saga, who built C-3P0?