Tail of Two Turkeys

Obama's first presidential thanksgiving was about "others."

Trump's first presidential thanksgiving was about "self." A $4,000,000 (four million dollar) trip to Florida is a good start. Taxpayers pay full fare for Trump, his entire family, and secret service to stay at a property that Trump "owns."

President Donald Trump is germophobic. He calls handshakes “barbaric,” and is afraid of catching “all sort of things” from contact with others.

He was thrilled when Florida restaurant inspectors visiting Mar-a-Lago’s kitchens reportedly found fish that hadn’t been properly treated for potential parasites, raw meat stored at too high temperatures, and coolers that weren’t in working order. The inspectors were concerned that guests could catch "all sorts of things" from these improperly stored foods. Those three violations were deemed high-priority violations that could cause illness.

As a man who eats his steak extremely well-done, Trump’s probably not into the idea of risky meat, either.

The inspectors found a total of 13 violations during that visit, shortly before Japanese prime minister Shinzo Abe was a guest.

The greasy spoon at Mar-a-Lago hasn’t always been so filthy: The club’s unsanitary violation count jumped from just two in 2015 to 11 in 2016.

The president of the United States blasted companies for hiring immigrants over American workers.

Trump recently won permission from the U.S. Labor Department to hire 70 cooks, maids and servers to work at Mar-a-Lago for the tourist season. That's six more than Trump hired last winter. He's contributing to an influx of 2,159 immigrant workers for the temporary jobs in Palm Beach County.

Taxpayers pay for EVERYTHING - full fare!

Don't worry, Trump doesn't pay.

YOU PAY - Suckers!

The Epileptic Messiah

The epileptic messiah is dead. Thank whatever gods may be that reason, not superstition, prevails - at least for the moment.

He thought he was Jesus (he held himself in very high regard and collected a "cult following" - kinda like Donald Trump).

In the summer of 1968, at the height of the sex, drugs and rock ‘n’ roll era, Beach Boys drummer Dennis Wilson welcomed into his orbit an unknown and peculiar long-haired rocker who sang wildly and talked mystically.

“This is Charlie,” Wilson told friends. “He is the wizard, man. He is a gas.”

“As long as I live,” Wilson told Rolling Stone, “I’ll never talk about that.”

Charles Manson was one of the most famous "murderers" in American history. Known for his insanity, ties to Hollywood, and ability to "charm others" into following his orders.

But WHAT is at work here? WHAT was the very foundation on which evil thrived? BELIEF

Manson believed that he was the new Messiah. And so did most of his followers.

So what, you might ask, does epilepsy, LSD, and the Messiah have to do with any of this insanity?

Seeing 'God' may be caused by epilepsy: Scans taken during religious experience reveal how neurons light up in those who experience the divine.

Mystics claim to experience visions and trance-like states they say come directly from God. Temporal lobe epilepsy has become famous for causing religious experiences.

Not all religious people are sick. Not all epileptics are religious. But the link is well established that many epileptics experience "god."



Neuroscientist Vilayanur Ramachandran only recently discovered the case of split-brain patients with one hemisphere without a belief in a god, and the other with a belief in a god.

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Just saying... Be careful who your "friends" are...

Pig in a Blanket

England’s largest bakery chain, Greggs, unveiled its first-ever Advent calendar. But there’s something porky about it. It’s a nativity scene featuring the three wise men kneeling around a manger with an ersatz baby Jesus. In his place, Greggs has put a “pig in a blanket.”

This has upset 'Christians,' who say Greggs is a “sick” place full of “cowards” for portraying the Son of God as a non-kosher pastry.

The U.K. Evangelical Alliance claims the whole thing is a gimmick “to sell baked goods.”

But Greggs at least regrets trying to be funny about baby Jesus. “We’re really sorry to have caused any offense, this was never our intention,” the company said in a statement.

But Greggs can at least take credit for inspiring some clever Twitter jokes:

Greggs recently opened 20 new shops, including 11 franchised units in transport locations but closed 28 existing shops, giving a total of 1,663 shops.

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