Cherry Nut Granola and the Observer
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Good morning breakfastpoppers. Today is Thursday, January 12, 2012. Our good friend from outer space, Scotty, the Observer, is in town. More precisely he is in my house awaiting your arrival. He is more than a little bit worked up. He says the government is engaging in a bit of spying and he is alarmed. He will elaborate further upon your arrival. Scotty is in the mood for some homemade cereal. Let's prepare some Cherry Nut Granola this morning.
You will need 3 cups of rolled oats, 1 cup unsalted peanuts, 1 cup dried cherries, 1 cup coconut, 1 cup dates, 1/2 cup honey, 1/2 cup sesame seeds, 1/2 cup brown sugar, 1/4 cup wheat germ, 1/4 cup peanut oil, 3 tablespoons melted butter, 1 teaspoon vanilla, 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon, 1/2 teaspoon salt and 7 million dollars to pay for all these ingredients!
Cut dates into small pieces to avoid choking and place them in a medium size bowl along with dried cherries. Set the bowl aside.
Preheat your oven to 300 degrees.. In a large bowl, mix together the honey, brown sugar, peanut oil, butter, vanilla and cinnamon. Add oats, peanuts, coconut, sesame seeds and wheat germ. Stir until all ingredients are coated.
Take a large baking pan and coat lightly with spray. Pour mixture into pan, spread evenly and bake for 45 minutes or until golden brown. It's a good idea to stir the mixture every 15 minutes.
Remove from oven and add dried fruit and salt. Let it cool, wrap it up and head for my place. Scotty will happily relieve you of your granola and hand you an Irish Coffee to show his appreciation,
Hello, my earthling treasures. I have to say that I am worried about you. Something untoward is occurring in your nation and I am not hearing much of an uproar. Are you aware of the fact that the Department of Homeland Security is keeping tabs on exactly what journalists, reporters, news anchors or just about anyone who uses traditional or social media is saying?
Under the National Operations Center Media Monitoring Initiative (what a mouthful) the DHS has permission to retain data on users of social media and online networking sites. From what I can observe that would include all of you. What is going on? Why are they compiling little dossiers about people who are very public in their communications? It's creepy. It's very big brother and it appears that it is being tolerated. This disgusting intrusion has been going on since 2010.
The Department of Homeland Security says that the data is being shared with both private sector businesses and international third parties. Is there anyone alive who knows what that means? This alien hasn't a clue, but what I do know is that the government via the DHS is collecting personal information about people who participate in online forums, blogs, websites and message boards. That pretty much includes almost everyone these days.
I haven't heard any complaint from the "journalists" who worship at your president's feet about this intrusion into their lives. Well if those fools don't mind, you certainly should. How un-American can you get. NA, NU, NA, NU...SCOTTY...NU, NA, NU, NA...POP...
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Pop and Scotty,
Wow what observations. DHS has become very Gestapo-like in their job performance. Himmler is smiling up on them.
Good morning Pino,
This situation and the complete non-response to it is beyond comprehension. When the Obama admirers who sit in the press briefing room are completely indifferent to this invasion of their privacy, you know things are way beyond the pale. The media is indifferent but I am not. None of us should be. Where are we living now? It can't be America. I'll meet you at the bar. Consider your seat saved.
Good Morning Tom,
You bet Himmler is smiling and proud of his pupils! See you at the Inn. I'm rowing over because it is raining cats and dogs! I have no idea what that means.
This is very gestapo-like. However, with this administration and the Lame Stream Media it is not surprising. There should be more ranting from members of congress about this and other things the government does that are most likely unconstitutional. I do have a message for DHS. HEY DHS, UP YOURS! Off to the bar. BARTENDER...........
Good Morning taxlarry,
Look out your window. Do you see a few black SUV's in the parking lot beneath your window? Get to the bar but leave by the back door. We'll barricade the Inn!
Hope and Change, that is what they asked for....
c'mon, 9 1/2 more months..
Hi Pop! Maybe there is something in the water (or not, at least in Dimock, huh?). You never know what the EPA is up to these days. I think Scotty should investigate more. Perhaps some of the people in the DHS, as well as the reporters are from another planet, posing as humans! Steven Spielberg anyone?
OMG! I had no idea. This is very scary. We need a whole new "privacy act." Yikes! I need to go to the bar.
Good Morning CMerritt,
All I can say is I Hope that we Change the current occupants in the White House. Let's drink to that at the Inn.....
Good Morning Dex,
Perhaps this administration and the DHS watched too many movies about the Kremlin and Germany! It is downright creepy.. See you at the Inn. Wear a disguise and make sure you aren't followed. Once you are safely inside, we'll barricade the doors!
Good Morning vocalcoach,
Scary indeed. I can see that we lost our privacy long ago. Head for the Inn. It's safe there.
I know that the first whole year of Twitter Tweets went to the Library of Congress, don't know about the rest. Many jobs could be created to sift through the quadrillions of messages and posts by Americans, couldn't they?. But to no good end.
Pop, day 4 no notification that you've published. You can bet that we are on a list, I'd have to search for the article showing a few huge buildings that sort and store every email sent, given that I'm sure that forums and sites like this are stored and sorted. We are being classified as to a ranking of "threat" to the new world order and I believe that when they strike those who hold a high ranking will be shut down in a permanent way in order to minimize the alert/education of others just what's for dinner as the NWO machine eats through people in their genocide plans to lighten the load as they take over. If Obama gets elected again, I'm going under and will no longer be where I can be found. Scotty's got the view of things and I got a few hundred places to go, this desert is a wealth of caves akin to Afghanistan and I'm betting they won't waste the 500 pound bunker busters out here but I've been wrong before.
I'll be going to the watering hole for a few drinks, I'll set 'em up for all, 50
oops!
Dear Patty,
What could possibly be the purpose of all this snooping and gathering of information? It can't be good and it has to be a violation of our privacy, even if the information is already public. The thought of the DHS compiling all the bits and pieces of info about us is beyond unsettling. See you at the Inn. At least we can talk and be sure (I hope) that we are not being recorded!
Dear 50,
I always knew you had the right idea. Make room for me! Honestly though, this is beyond sickening. Meet me at the Inn and give me a few pointers about survival.
Bunch of creeps, Pop.
Little sister With Giant Brain,
Scotty makes a great observation as usual. None of this surprises me however. In fact, our bro at the CIA says that every thing I write and maybe even my phone calls are being monitored because of the Housefire Project. It's been four months since I last flew, but it wouldn't surprise me if I ended up on the do not fly list. That's cool. I don't plan on leaving the country, and I have a cool car anyway. They'll never shut my ass up without giving me a third eye in the middle.
Hey sis, if you haven't already, go visit my new "Eat The Rich" hub. Your thoughts are important to me. I'm going to head on down to the Inn early. They've got a new golf game and I want be the first one on it. I've got a case of the fuzzies from last night's activities at the Inn, but I'm a trooper and when chased by a bear, I attack. There were some guys wearing dark suits and sunglasses at the bar last night sitting all by themselves down there at the corner. I don't know if you saw them or not, but they were eyeballing us. Anyway, one of the ass holes dropped his credit card on the floor when he went to the bathroom, and I picked it up, so the drinks are on them tonight. I found some Hostess Ho Ho's which would probably be worth a lot of money someday, and I'm giving them to Scotty so he can take them back to his planet when he goes back for a visit. I don't think they have Hoes where he comes from, much less whole Ho Ho's. Gotta run. Much love sis,
Jim
Good Morning vrajavala,
They read that!!!
Good Morning Big Bro,
Look outside your window now and see if there are a few Black SUV's with tinted windows lurking about. If so, head for the Inn via the back door. Bring the credit card! As soon as we are all inside, let's barricade the doors and check for bugs. See you later. Be safe.
Love you back, Bro.
Yep, Pop -- was aware of this one. In fact, have advised those close to me to check it out if I should suddenly disappear unexpectedly. Doesn't seem to bode well for those of us inclined to speak our minds now does it? This one definitely is worth watching -- and doing something about. Now the next question is "what?" Informative and right on Hub - voted Up. Best, Sis
Good Morning Angela,
Well, for one thing we should contact our representatives and let them know how repulsive this is. In fact, we should do it often, until they have no choice and have to address the problem. In the meantime, watch your back! Enjoy the week-end.
Thanks for the info - and back at 'cha! Best, Sis
Hi, bp. I, too, read about the latest activities of the DHS and am disurbed that our elected representatives seem to be either ignorant or uncaring about this collecting of personal information. Save a seat!
Good Morning drbj,
Complacency is pervasive now. I think our President is counting on that to help in his re-election.
That black SUV comment was funny. Come to think of it, maybe not so funny, there was one in front of my neighbors house this morning. They're harmless, I think.
Dear FitnezzJim,
Listen, they are not harmless. Get to the Inn, . Knock 3 times and we will let you in and barricade the door!
Got it. Thinking further ... you know how some people act like 'we know those folks are up to something, so we need to watch them'? They seem harmless enough, but what if we actually hired them to go through all our e-mails, and told them 'they won't do anything as long as you read all their e-mails'? Wouldn't that both keep them busy AND make them feel like they had done something constructive? Those might be the folks DHS hired for that e-mail task. If they were good for something better, they'd be doing it.
Dear FitnezzJim,
Listen, I am afraid to go through airport security because a little bit of power in the wrong hands is a very dangerous thing. I feel the same way about this. Psst..go the Inn now.
Pino Krisio 4 months ago
POP: The DHS has nothing else to do? What about monitoring our borders? What about protecting us? Instead they are monitoring someone like me who likes to read and respond to political blogs? I hope they are reading my reply now, because I can say that they are foolish people who are bringing this country down.
Why aren't the journalists screaming about an intrusion into their personal life? This is all too strange, and why the media is not screaming is beyond my comprehension.
I must be off to the bar. I think Scotty is already there. Save me a seat.....