Today's Tids Issue
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Too Big to Grasp?
The
world is abewilderin’. Yet it doesn’t have to be so if you
never forget the foundations of goodness and understanding and honesty.
Easter
egg
puns crack me up.
In
case you missed it, as chickens and bunnies dominate the aisles
of drug stores and supermarkets, April 19 is also the beginning of Passover.
The story of Passover is one most heartfelt, of deep meaning to survival. Of
the love of God upon the Jewish population.
Oh,
I’m sorry. I don’t know what may have come over me in this
time of love for all. Stars caught up in the dishonest college entry scandal
don’t like to be called “cheaters”. God. I’ll have to make amends if I have
made any disparaging remarks about their integrity. I hadn’t known the truth
hurt them so.
The
Question:
Who is the biblical figure most centric to Passover?
Name three of the ten plagues inflicted upon Egypt.
The
Headlines:
--S&P Even, Dow Down, Nasdaq Up; China Growth Above
expectations As Manufacturing Strengthens; Qualcomm And Apple Settle Royalty Problem;
T-Mobile/Sprint Merger Officially On Hold; Market Edginess May Be Tied To Anticipation
Of New IPO’s On tap..
--Countdown For Release Of Mueller Report Begins.
--Billionaires Quickly Pledge $600 Million To Begin
Notre Dane Rebuild.
--American Christian Missionary Wayne Goddard Gunned
Down In Paraguay
--Trump Veto’s Bill To End Yemen War Involvement.
--Assault To take Over Tripoli Heightens.
--US Politicians And Celebs Trade Various And Sundry
Insults Too Numerous To Mention In Single News Item.
--Sanders Pulls Ahead Of Biden In New Polls
--SpaceIL Immediately Planning Second Attempt At
moon Landing After First failure.
Two
of my all-time favorite novels were Ken Follett’s “Pillars
of the Earth” and the sequel “World Without End”. If for some reason people are
wondering why an 850-year-old cathedral is being mourned so, they just have to look
beyond the stones and timbers, into the lives of generations of families who
made it so.
Headlines
of the Day: “City of Lights has its darkest night.”
Thinking
of the world love for the Cathedral Notre Dame, I’m wondering
if eating hot dogs also makes you a Frankophile?
Bugs
Bunny is an Easter rabbit with fleas.
The
real battle for the American mind is being waged by left
wing and conservative groups funded by gobs dark money. Be wary of what you can’t
see.
Tiger
Woods has been named to receive the prestigious Presidential
medal of Freedom. Some say he shouldn’t, but many athletes of his dominance
have already been awarded: From Babe Ruth to Stan Musial to Hank Aaron; from Michael
Jordan to Bill Russell to John Wooden, from Jack Nicolaus and Arnie Palmer to
Tiger(?). Pat Summit and Billie Jean King are winners as are Richard Petty and Mahammad
Ali. Just 33 athletes in all.
If
I had a choice, I’d name Althea Gibson and Babe Didrikson.
Dems
who can’t get beyond the hate in their hearts were irate that
Bernie would show up on Fox News. But any intelligent person would applaud a candidate
wading into deeper waters, the so-called foreign territory to inform a broader
voting public. A lot of candidates and columnists throw raw meat to their
faithful, and wallow in the returned acclaim. That’s great if you need ego
boost, but not so hot for broadening your base. Too many political experts and
pundits think there is impenetrable armor surrounding all of these newly defined
tribal groupings, but it just isn’t so. People still have minds, and to get inside
them you have to be where they are. It’s not rocket science to understand that there
are many conservative democrats who see beyond the single party platitudes. And,
Vice-versa.
A
mischievous Easer Egg is a practical yolker.
Buying
a quart of milk could make you an untouchable in the new
world of instant communication. That is, if you walk past a Stop & Shop strike
line to buy it. Apparently, every person going into the store to buy something is
being photographed and uploaded, and designated basically evil person by a Union
social media operation. Shoot me.
Reading
Between the Lines Movie Reviews:
--It seems like it’s been forever that I have been
watching the previews for “Breakthrough”. It is a story of a mother’s faith and
an apparent miracle that brought back her son from death. While critics have troubles
using the word “God” in their reviews, that is what it is all about plain and
simple – prayer and faith. I may or may not see it, but it’s not about the
story line. It’s just that the movie didn’t look that hot to me.
--The new Disney Penguins probably does not add that
much new to the previous super popular live documentary Penguins film. Still
though, Penguins are cute. This one adds a name of a character, and singles out
his exploits before attempting to matte and have a family. Probably pleasant to
watch for awhile.
--In “Little Woods”, two formerly estranged sisters
are faced with the potential of a foreclosed mortgage on their recently
deceased mom’s house and one in the last days of parole for drug running must
fight for herself and her unplanned pregnant sister as urges to return to her past life as a drug runner
to pay for it plague her thought process. I don’t know about this latest dysfunctional
melodrama.
The
Answer:
Moses s the figure who led the Jews away from Egypt.
As an infant he was singled out for death by Egyptions but saved buy a princess
who made him a member of the royal Court. He learned of his true heritage, left
and lived 40 years as a shepherd. He was told by God to return to liberate the Jewish
people. Moses promised Ten plagues if the Jews were not set free – Turning Nile
River red with blood, diseased livestock, boils, hailstorms and three days of darkness
culminating with the death of every first-born son. The Israelites however were
to mark their door frame with the blood of a lamb so the Angel of Death would
pass over the household.
As
the bunny said to the carrot, it’s been nice
gnawing you today.
Today is Wednesday of the week before Easter.
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