Bits & Bytes

AMAZON: I opted to save a couple of bucks on this, because it wasn’t a gift, so I don’t care how the box looks. However, one of the two lights doesn’t work at all. I strongly suspect this box was a tad banged up, because it had already been returned at least once because that light doesn’t work and they just put it back on the shelf. Sadly, they’re going to be rewarded for their shoddy business practices, because I am not going to bother returning it. I really need the one that does work.

CATHOLIC: [4:11] – This video unpacks how Matthew 17:24-17 supports the papacy.

DEMOCRATS: Let me think how they’d feel about opting their kids out of any class that had any Christian content. Back in the early 90s, I had called the guy in charge of hot lunches to ask if they could move the weekly hot, meatless entree from Mondays to Fridays to accommodate the Catholic kids during Lent. He said he didn’t dare. I asked how it could possibly matter which of the 5 days the meatless entree appeared. He said, “It matters. I once had a Jewish lawyer dad threaten to sue him for putting pale blue tablecloths out at lunch time on the last day before Easter. I was just trying to make the last day before spring break more festive! So, yeah, if tablecloths have ‘religious content’, then moving a meatless entree to accommodate Catholic kids would be even worse.”

• https://www.pewresearch.org/social-trends/2024/02/22/public-views-on-parents-opting-their-children-out-of-learning-about-race-and-lgbtq-issues/
• https://www.foxnews.com/media/majority-democrats-say-parents-not-able-opt-kids-out-learning-lgbtq-issues-schools

EDUCATION: Public schools were originally founded so that every American citizen could learn to read the Bible. Spellcheck just told me it had never heard of “Capernaum.” ::sigh:: Methinks our educational system has gone to Hell. CLICK https://www.facebook.com/reel/7267783586611897 for more evidence.

• https://www.gotquestions.org/Capernaum-in-the-Bible.html
• https://www.biblestudytools.com/bible-study/topical-studies/why-was-capernaum-such-an-important-city-in-the-bible.html

ICE FOOTBALL: [4:28] – CLICK https://twitter.com/CoachDuggs/status/1761495184150344030 [1:06] to see highlights of an American football game on ice. My baby brother was way ahead of the curve on this one. When there was enough snow, he and his buddies would play tackle basketball on the outdoor court.

• https://notthebee.com/article/i-just-discovered-ice-football-and-its-one-of-the-funniest-things-ive-seen-in-my-entire-life
• https://fanbuzz.com/college-basketball/donkey-basketball/

TENNESSEE: Gov. Lee signed a law this week that gives public officials the right to refuse to “solemnize a marriage” if to do so would violate their consciences. The law went into effect immediately.

• https://notthebee.com/article/tennessee-governor-signs-law-allowing-for-public-officials-to-refuse-to-perform-wedding-ceremonies-that-violate-conscious

VAXXX: During a congressional hearing held on February 15, 2024, public health officials from both the FDA and CDC admitted that people vaccinated with the COVID-19 vaccine can still catch and transmit COVID.

• https://www.theepochtimes.com/health/vaccinated-people-can-still-transmit-disease-fda-and-cdc-officials-admit-5588370

GRAMMY NOTES: When my girls were in pre-K and elementary school, their play room was in the basement. To come up for dinner, they had to go through a door, up a scissor stair (turns 90° at the landing), and around a corner. Long story short: There was NO way anyone in the kitchen could ever see if they had left the lights on in the play room. Yet, somehow, if they forgot to turn them off, I always knew. They were mystified and puzzled over my strange super power for ages. I finally broke down and told them. The play room lights were cans installed between the play room ceiling and the kitchen floor. Since I rarely wear shoes indoors, it was easy for me to feel the hot spots on the floor when those lights were on.