#Black Holes Matter: First Principle

As I recall, “scientists” told us for years that black holes existed at the center of galaxies and possessed a gravitational force so strong that nothing – NOTHING - could escape; not even light.

Next, they told us that black holes don’t actually exist.

Now they tell us that black holes really DO exist, butt that light - along with other stellar, uh, vomit - can escape after all.The NASA fantasists even created a CGI to persuade us that this time they’re correct:

That’s as impressive as global warming! And possibly as real.

In fact, they claim they have actually witnessed (from 300 million light years away) a black hole suck a star in from it’s normal orbit, kill it, eat it and then barf part of it back out into space (see cartoon image above). Boy, that’s one heck of a telescope!

Still, it seems improbable to me. After all, how could any dark force manage to suck in such a bright, shining, star?

How could such a dark force manage to kill an entire star and devour it before our eyes?

Leaving just a little detritus to burp up?

I mean, who would believe such a foolish, untested, unproved theory?

A foolish, untested, unproved President?

So, got that? The science is settled: no light can escape from a black hole – which may or may not exist - except for the light that escapes from a black hole. Now, pack your bags: we’ve got a global climate change conference in Paris we have to tend to.

WARNING: BLACK HOLE IS BIGGER THAN IT APPEARS. AND IT SUCKS.

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Thanksgiving Dinner Interruptus

When it was finally served, dinner at the Big White consisted of the standard fare: Turkey, ham, prime rib, 10 sides and 6 pies (apple, banana cream, cherry, coconut, pecan and pumpkin). Doesn’t everybody go a bit overboard for Thanksgiving?

Where’s the %#@! banana cream! 

Unfortunately the feast was held up as another nut job scaled the fence and forced a 3 hour lockdown.

If I were a Syrian refugee, could I do this?

Whew! That was a close call; have you ever seen Lady M when her blood sugar drops to dangerously low levels? Trust me, not a pretty sight.

Fortunately the SS released the dogs - immediately this time - and Joey Caputo – who wrote anti-government screeds on his Facebook, so undoubtedly was a right-wing nut – didn’t get a chance to deliver his personal notebook of ideas on how to save the world by reducing everyone’s carbon footprint. Or something.

Joey-how you doin’-Caputo

Anyway, if you think your relatives grew drunk and obnoxious waiting for the turkey to come out of the oven, you should have seen what it was like around here.

Better have the little people bring up a few more bottles of champagne

That’s better!

So, add to your list of Thanksgiving blessings the fact that YOU didn’t have to advise Lady M that dinner was being held up indefinitely.

Now let’s get out there and make sure that Black Friday is not a bust. Because if you refuse to shop today, you’re probably a racist.

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Thanksgiving 2015

Happy Thanksgiving!

And speaking of turkeys, did you see that Barry issued a special executive order yesterday, granting amnesty  to two turkeys and providing them a pathway to citizenship? All they have to do is pay their past taxes plus a small fine and they will be fixed for life! Is this a great country or what?

So, as you go about preparing and eating your Thanksgiving dinner, be sure you are prepared to discuss terrorism, Syrian refugees and other officially government sanctioned topics with your young brainwashed relatives. Because they are going to be ready for you!

From the DNC Dumb Uncle Website:

The holiday season is filled with food, traveling, and lively discussions with Republican relatives about politics sometimes laced with statements that are just not true. Here are the most common myths spouted by your family members who spend too much time listening to Rush Limbaugh and the perfect response to each of them.

Here’s how I imagine it going:

Dumb Uncle: Letting Syrian refugees in the country is like hanging a “welcome terrorists” sign on the front door.

You, parroting what you “learned” at the DNC site: The United States has one of the strictest immigrant screening processes in the world.

Dumb Uncle: You can’t screen refugees from a country that has no records or systems to “screen.”

You: Cry and call him a stupid, old, mean Islamophobe and run to your “Safe Place.”

I think that should go well.

Oh, and by the way, both of those turkeys that were granted amnesty? Young, single males. Butt probably best not to bring that up at the dinner table as the  DNC “all your children are belong to us” website has no response to that ugly allegation.

So, simply allow me to wish each of you and your family a very happy Thanksgiving. Despite whatever hardship has befallen us, we can still all pause and reflect on the blessings that have been bestowed on us this year.

God has blessed us, everyone

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Will Global Warming Bake My Turkey?

It’s not as if this is the first time Barry has conflated terrorism with global warming:

“Wednesday is Earth Day, a day to appreciate and protect this precious planet we call home. And today, there’s no greater threat to our planet than climate change.”

It only seems like Islamo-fascists have been trying to wipe out Western civilization for as long as earth’s climate has been changing.

“Stifle yourself! You’re causing global warming/cooling/climate change.”

The truth however is that the earth’s climate has been changing since it’s inception while the Muslim scourge has only been in our midst for the better part of 1500 years.

Undeterred by these facts our President is bravely fighting with his entire being, and all of our resources, not jihadis, butt “climate change.”

“Next week I will be joining President Hollande and other world leaders in Paris for the Global Climate Conference,” Obama said. “What a powerful rebuke to the terrorists it will be when the world stands as one and shows that we will not be deterred from building a better future for our children.”

So take that, ISIS. We will smite you by reducing our carbon footprint. Does anyone else think we should get ISIS to make the same commitment?

ISIS destruction of Palmyra: maybe we should ask them to stifle themselves?

As Senator Cruz recently pointed out, "it's gotten to the point where I don't think 'Saturday Night Live' can even parody this president anymore."

Well it’s not as if they ever could. Well, ok, there was that one time they made fun of his sign language interpretor at Nelson Mandela's memorial service. Butt seriously, who could have passed on that gem?

And now, because global warming will not yet bake your Thanksgiving turkey by itself - Man The Stoves! (apologies for the micro-aggression)

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Ignore Obama’s Recipe for Thanksgiving

In preparation for the upcoming Thanksgiving holiday, Oceana on the Potomac wishes to point out that – while there is nothing to worry about - you should be vigilant as you travel through those jam-packed airports this week because there are “a few bad apples” out there.

Also, while you’re free to celebrate as you see fit the Ministry of Truth would just like you to keep in mind that Thanksgiving actually commemorates America’s colonial, imperialist, racist, genocidal past. Butt if you white people want to go on pretending that it is a day set aside to thank the Creator for all the blessings bestowed upon you and show gratitude for our abundance, well, go right ahead.

Racist white symbol of America’s Thanksgiving: micro-aggression!

And since it takes much more than a little propaganda to deter us from our appointed rounds, I’m proceeding with our annual Thanksgiving Recipe Marathon.

So let’s get on to the recipes: we want your sentimental favorite, bestest, easiest or just plain delicious recipes that say “home for the holidays” – no matter where home is this year. Feel free to repost old favorites, since I’ve yet to get around to capturing all of the fine submissions from previous years. And let’s face it, a few of us around here have been known to “misplace” things on our computer and never see them again.

Lost in the virtual circular file

With that in mind I’m reposting my Little Sis’s bestest breakfast dish ever: Pear Gruyere Strata. It’s worth getting up early to make, butt even better if you assemble it the night before. Serve with ham, bacon or sausage (or all of the above, and skip the turkey dinner altogether).

Pear Gruyere Breakfast Strata

Ingredients

• 4 cups sliced peeled Anjou/Comice/Bartlett pears
• 1 Tbs. butter, melted
• 6 tablespoons granulated sugar, divided
• 12 (1-ounce) slices cinnamon swirl bread (such as Pepperidge Farm), cut in half diagonally
• Cooking spray
• 1-2 c. (4-8 ounces) shredded Gruyere cheese (depends on how gooey you want it, I like the 2 c.)

• 1 1/2 cups milk
• 1 c. eggs, lightly beaten
• 1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 1 tablespoon turbinado sugar
• maple syrup

Preparation

1. Combine pear, butter, and 1 tablespoon sugar in a large bowl; toss gently.

2. Arrange half of bread in an 11 x 7-inch glass or ceramic baking dish coated with cooking spray. Spoon pear mixture evenly over bread; top evenly with cheese. Arrange remaining bread over cheese.

3. Combine the remaining 5 tablespoons granulated sugar, milk, egg, and cinnamon, stirring with a whisk. Pour milk mixture over bread, pressing down to submerge. Cover and chill 8 hours or overnight.

4. Preheat oven to 350°.

5. Uncover dish. Sprinkle turbinado sugar evenly over bread. Bake at 350° for 55 minutes or until a knife inserted in center comes out clean. Let stand 10 minutes. Cut into 8 equal pieces; drizzle with syrup.

I’ll also be fixing a pitcher of Bloody Marys a bit later, downthread.

So carry on troops, don’t let the party poopers get you down!

P.S. And this just in: IOWA: Trump 25, Cruz 23, Carson 18... more good news!

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Who Watches the Watchmen?

How many facts would a fact checker check if a fact checker would check facts?

That’s a rhetorical question of course, as we all know that early 21st century “fact checkers” are nothing more than conveyor belts of talking points set up to further advance the narrative.

John Hindracker documents a day in the life of Washington Post fact checker  Glenn Kessler (here) who dismissed The Donald’s statement that on 9/11, “thousands and thousands” of American Muslims in Jersey City celebrated the successful terrorist attacks.

Fact Checker Kessler calls the claim “outrageous” and wrote:  Trump says that he saw this with his own eyes on television and that it was well covered. But an extensive examination of news clips from that period turns up nothing. There were some reports of celebrations overseas, in Muslim countries, but nothing that we can find involving the Arab populations of New Jersey.

Only problem, Kessler’s own newspaper, the Washington Post, reported the following on September 18, 2001:

In Jersey City, within hours of two jetliners’ plowing into the World Trade Center, law enforcement authorities detained and questioned a number of people who were allegedly seen celebrating the attacks and holding tailgate-style parties on rooftops while they watched the devastation on the other side of the river.

Which demonstrates that the WaPo fact checker - and bestower of Pinocchios on those he finds to be liars - is not so much a “fact checker” as he is a fact trekker: going where no man has gone before to prove that lies are true and truths are lies. Because how else do you explain a “fact checker” who claimed that “Hillary didn’t lie about Benghazi but Carly Fiorina lied when she said she started out as a secretary when in fact she started out as a secretary.”

“Not even a smidgen of corruption.”

“What Emails?”

“I’m a girl!”

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National “Talk Like Trump” Day

Newest polls all continue to show The Donald leading in Iowa, the Granite State  and nationally. (And Ted Cruz is picking up momentum everywhere as well.)

In honor of this achievement, the Ace of Spades held a Talk Like Trump Day – the same as “talk like a pirate” only more fun. First, the premise:

If you follow Trump on Twitter, you see he has a specific style of messaging. The formula is Brief Opening Thought, Vague Elaboration, and then a Brief Summary With an Exclamation Point!

Followed by this Ace’s (made up) example:

Immigration policy is a disaster. A real shambles. People ought to be ashamed. Build the wall!

So what do you say? Let’s try a few. First, choose a topic – Thanksgiving, since it’s coming up:

The first Thanksgiving. Pilgrims and Indians, getting along, eating together. Now we can’t even play football together. Save the Washington Redskins!

Or the new Star Wars Movie:

Darth Vader, very tough, controversial guy. Got things done. Loved his son, good guy, even though he was an anchor baby. Ted Cruz is a foreigner!

On the Fox News Franchise:

Fox News, I watch it. I like Maria Bartiromo, nice looking girl. Asked good questions in the debate.  Needs to touch up those roots!

And the Syrian refugees:

Syrian refugees. I don’t like them. You know, they’re not sending us their best people. Most of them look like terrorists. Send them to Saudi Arabia, they have empty tents!

And finally, his Thanksgiving turkey:

My thanksgiving turkey will be the best ever. The best ever. Grown in America. It’s HUGE!

The Donald’s Thanksgiving prayer: Make America Great Again

Go ahead, try it yourself. Even some of The Donald’s opponents, who aren’t doing so well in the polls, are trying to play along – although they sometimes miss the main point.

So make some of your own up. It’s easy. It’s fun. And it might just make America great again!

Because everything old is new again

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