Wednesday, October 3, 2018

A Jewel Box For the Ladies

(And whichever guys enjoy such things)

You gotta click the picture to claim your prize.


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  1. Gorgeous...amazing! Really amazing.

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    1. Always suspected you were a cheapskate IMP.

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  3. Orange and blue... Just like the colors of my 'alma mater' High School Flint Powers Catholic, where the nuns would light you up like a quasar for misbehaving. I think I see my tangerine class ring in that mix.

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    1. Me too Mr Blade. I was lit up a couple times. When the one and only Really Hot Nun at 24 yrs old put me over her lap in the 3rd grade for a truly wonderful spanking it made it all worthwhile. She didn't get the reaction she was looking for. Oooohrah.

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  4. That's what I call pretty. And the distances sure are a fer piece as we like to say when going down a country road. A good reminder as to our insignificance here living on this tiny orb.

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    1. Bunk, Yea I love the big picture. Keeps me sane I think.

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  5. Looks more like a Globular Cluster in the Large Magellanic Cloud to me, but what do I know?

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    1. Aha - That's what they Want you to think Ed.

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    2. Man, they ARE tricky, aren't they?

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    3. We-e-e-elll.. la-de-freakin'-da! We've got ourselves an astronomer here! [ jumps across the room ] Hey, Kid, I can't see real good.. [ lifts glasses off and on his face ] ..is that Nick Copernicus over there?

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    4. DaBlade, I've only met Nick once. I think. I'm not sure. I wouldn't be able to pick him out of a globular cluster though.

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  6. "Jewels don't shine this bright -- only stars do. And almost every spot in this glittering jewel-box of an image from the Hubble Space Telescope is a star. Now some stars are more red than our Sun, and some more blue -- but all of them are much farther away. Although it takes light about 8 minutes to reach Earth from the Sun, NGC 1898 is so far away that it takes light about 160,000 years to get here. This huge ball of stars, NGC 1898, is called a globular cluster and resides in the central bar of the Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC) -- a satellite galaxy of our large Milky Way Galaxy. ..."

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    1. That's part of what you can read if you click on the image.

      One-Hundred-Sixty-THOUSAND Light Years Away!

      Whatever it is, it sure is GORGEOUS –– in the truest sense of the word.

      If we start to THINK –– even a little –– we are bound to become less arrogant in our ignorance, as we contemplate the WONDER and GLORY of Cosmic Reality..

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    2. You sure are doing your part, Kid.

      Keep up the good work.

      And, I hope you're glad about the way thngs seem to be turiing out for Brett Kavanaugh? I still won't open the Champagne till he's actually seated on the high court, but his prospects look really good after last night, thank God.

      We'll know soon enough. ... Keep your fingers crossed.

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    3. Franco, I'm happy with anyone who is purported and has a record of ruling based on the Constitution. I'm happy. No contrast that with who clinton would have stuck on there....
      END OF AMERICA ! How many realize that?

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    4. I've been aware of the great ideological battle set to run us for morethan FIFTY years, Kid. It's darkened my entire adult life.

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  7. REJOICE! BE GLAD, and GIVE THANKS TO OUR BLESSED LORD and SAVIOR!

    BRETT KAVANAUGH nomination hais now been officially CONFIRMED. HE WILL TAKE HIS SEAT on the SUPREME COURT next TUESDAY

    HALLELUJAH!
    HALLELUJAH!
    HALLELUJAH!

    The strife is o'er the battle done
    Now is the Victor's triumph won.


    But we STILL have an ELECTION to WIN, so this is no time to rest on our laurels.
    The last two weeks have revealed the true nature of the DemonRats, They are
    SAVAGE, FERAL, HYSTERICAL, RUTHLESS, BARBARIC, deeply DISHONEST,
    HYPOCRITICAL in the extreme, thoroughly CORRUPT and VICIOUS.

    It's entirely possible they may also be clinically INSANE.

    THEREFORE, we MUST prepare to do BATTLE and meet their every thrust
    with every BIT of RESISTANCE we can MUSTER.

    In short:

    Either we FIGHT FIRE WITH FIRE or we LOSE the precious REPRESENTATIVE REPUBLIC our Founders gave us to the Forces of Darkness.

    So let us be grateful for today's victory, and CONTINUE to PRAISE the LORD by all means, but keep on PASSING the AMMUNITION till the dirty bastards and screaming bitches are totally VANQUISHED.

    SO, it's either MAGA! MAGA! MAGA! till early NOVEMER, or Chrstmas on the Ash Heap of History in December and experienc a New Year filled with misery and incalculable loss.

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    1. Franco, Let not your heart be troubled. :-)

      This is a 2 point swing. A plus 1 Constitutionalist and a minus 1 libtard.

      "Fk'n A" as we said in the Pittsburgh area.

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  8. God took a big handful of the brisghtest and most beautiful gems in the Cosmos,
    then flung them down on an enormous piece of the finest black velvet,
    –– and then He smiled.

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