Comet ISON vanishes in a puff of dust as it goes around the sun

The dud of the century. It appears Ison has not survived its trip to the sun…

Comet ISON vanishes in a puff of dust as it goes around the sun

Judgement day for Ison

Here’s hoping the comet that could makes it around the sun..
Developing now.

Judgement day for Ison

What does thanksgiving mean to you?

Does it mean turkey?
Does it mean you’re going to have to work retail for sub-par wages?
Does it mean football?
Does it mean family?
Does it mean Christmas is coming?
Does it mean the winter is here, that the year is winding down?
Does it mean tales of Pilgrims and Native Americans?
Does it mean the stories of Thanksgiving massacres not told in history books?

Or none of the above.

Or something else.

What does it mean to you?

VIA soupsoup:

The 87th annual Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade was feared to have to ground it’s balloons due to high winds. Macy’s made the final determination to let the balloons fly early Thursday morning before the event.

IT’S ON!

THANKSGIVING 2013, WITH BALLOONS FILLING THE STREETS

Charlie Brown is my favorite

LET’S EAT!

GOBBLE GOBBLE

 

THANKSGIVING 2013

Enjoy, be safe.

WHO IS BEYOND EXCITED THAT COMET ISON MAY SURVIVE ITS DIVE TO THE SUN AND BECOME THE COMET OF THE CENTURY?

As you un-can your yams: The fire in the sky. And below.

Twas the night before Thanksgiving,
And all across Earth,
Eyes were staring at the heavens,
What’s Ison worth?

It may be a big show. Or a big dud.
We will not really know until Comet Ison makes its way around the sun—if it makes it, we will have a wonderful light show and a potential ‘Comet of the Century’ until Christmas.

We reported last night that Ison was looking like it would die a slow and icy death. Today there are mixed signals  and a renewed chance that we will witness this potentially historic comet.

While you spice your turkey and un-can your yams, tonight may be a great night to tune into Ground Zero with Clyde Lewis. He’s on right now live as I write this, affiliates can be found here. Among his topics will be Ison and, as he reported tonight, fireballs being seen across Greece—and also apparently San Diego.

ALSO THIS:

CNN: NASA’s Comet ISON Observing Campaign website says the comet is “brightening dramatically” ahead of its close encounter with the sun on Thursday.

The glare of the sun has blocked most ground-based observations for now, but NASA has a fleet of spacecraft watching as ISON plunges toward the sun. Two space telescopes recorded images of the comet after it started acting like it was falling apart. NASA’s STEREO satellite and later the ESA/NASA SOHO spacecraft both spotted ISON.

The images indicate that ISON is on course and “is seen to brighten … a reasonably bright tail might develop as the comet reappears,” said Padma Yanamandra-Fisher with observing campaign.

The party night is here.

Have a drink or two or three, and don’t drive. Unless you’re designated. In which case don’t drink.

Common sense, people. Cranberry sauce is waiting.

BY PLANE
BY TRAIN
BY AUTOMOBILE

AMERICA COMES HOME FOR THANKSGIVING 2013

Big news from the New York TIMES. They published a nipple on their front page today. Twitter quickly called it a “nip slip” and other media publications reacted in kind.

It brings a few things up in my mind. First off, have they gone ‘unfit to print’ with this? Nah.. Really.. they only show a slight portion of the nipple, in all honesty.

Why are we see infatuated with the nipple? On TV, you can see an entire breast as long as there is a pasty overtop of the areola?  And really, this whole prudish indignation we have about nipples is only made more ridiculous when you realize that 80% of the people ‘offended’ by the public display of a crescent nipple are probably involved with some nefarious sexual proclivities themselves.

And would a nipple be as offensive as, say, it was on a foot?

This is also a little reminiscent of the TIME magazine cover story on breasfeeding in 2012.

Let’s be perfectly honest. Sex sells. If a nipple gets a little attention to someone, and forces a story about breast cancer screening to get some more traction, so be it. Newspapers and magazine are left with few ideas to sell their paper. 

If someone is reading the NY TIMES online, chances are they are doing it either before or after looking at porn. Real porn with full nipples uncovered. 

Finally, America, we can be thankful of one thing: At least the TIMES chose not to put the old gray lady’s nipple front and center.

Memories.. from the corner of my mind

This is going down a road that we may not want to.. 

Scientists are learning how to shape our memory by testing chemicals that can DELETE THEM!

Some memories are bad, and some who have went through awful stuff, well, they just want to forget it.

But when power as this rests in the hands of an elite few, to what end does that justify? Deleting memories, forever?

Shaping the reality we have lived? I find this scientific endeavor to be dangerous..

Holiday hell: The 2013 holiday shopping season may end up being remembered for its ugly sweaters and, for many retailers, even uglier discounts… A growing weak economy, no fashion trends, and no must haves.. it’s a year of jitters and sputtering.. a holiday season without guidance, or fun. Instead people are just going to try to make it through December and be fine..

But this will still be the Thanksgiving choice: Have dessert, or go shopping?


The UK GUARDIAN published a great story on he holiday shopping world we are about to enter.. The paper writes that Christmas is just an excuse to sell more useless crap. George Monbiot penned an article that would never have made it by editors in the United States starting with this sentence: “A global bullshit industry recruits the values with which we’d like the festival to be invested – to sell things no one wants”

This is a fascinating story: Welcome to Cicada 3301, the internet mystery that has the world baffled..

I’ll admit I had to read it about three times to fully grasp it, telling me that I will never be a cracked code breaker or CIA employee..

If you like liberty, personal freedom, and privacy, avoid any black Friday deals with the XBOX Kinect. It listens to you, it actually loves to listen to you. And as GIZMODO reports, it will also run you into future trouble if you use cuss words.

But does it go even deeper? Is Microsoft monitoring your Skype calls for swear words? 

Dad says his 7-year-old was playing outside when he was struck by meteorites!

[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zQjKFXA4QPA?feature=oembed&enablejsapi=1&origin=http://safe.txmblr.com&wmode=opaque&w=500&h=374]

May your holiday homecoming be safe and sound. And without a mess around.

Travel safe. And wise.

(Source: https://www.youtube.com/)

The great comet.. the weird booms. In the 1800s.

Weird booms were heard a few years prior to big quakes along the New Madrid fault line in the 1800s.

Also a great comet appeared in the sky.

Booms are heard today.. we’re told a comet may appear—if Ison breaks up there are three more ‘horsemen’ on the way.. way too weird, don’t you think?

READ MORE HERE: http://www.horrorreport.com/2013/11/new-madrid-shaking-booms-may-hold-answer.html

A tale of two Isons

There is conflicting information circulating today regarding the Comet of the Century, Ison.


On one hand, an expert named Stephen Lowry was quoted in the IB TIMES today saying that Ison is breaking up and may not survive its trip around the sun.. Lowry is a senior lecturer at the Centre for Astrophysics and Planetary Science School of Physical Sciences at the University of Kent Canterbury.. He told the publication that he does not think the comet will survive, commenting, “New reports show rapid decrease in gas emissions from the comet and a rapid increase in dust. Now these are early reports so we could be wrong. But for me personally I don’t think it’s likely to survive.”

And on the other hand…
A video update of Ison seems to paint a different picture..

Here it is for your enjoyment and knowledge:

[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P7atiCtOHH4]

We will see what occurs with this comet in a matter of days.
Tonight, CNN is reporting that the comet may be falling apart as it nears the sun..

The moment of truth comes on Thanksgiving.

A great ONION article from 2008: 26-Year-Old To See Every Asshole He Ever Went To High School With On Night Before Thanksgiving

It’s fiction. 

Right?

How true is this ONION article for you?

A great ONION article from 2008: 26-Year-Old To See Every Asshole He Ever Went To High School With On Night Before Thanksgiving

The comet of the century!!!

So much for that. It appears that ISON may actually be breaking up and could potentially not make it around the sun intact.

So that big light show? Gone.

So now we are only left with three other comets if this occurs. The four horsemen of the apocalypse will potentially lose a rider