No, that’s not a metaphor. I’m talking about can openers. The gadgets used to open cans. America is facing a can opener crisis. We can’t get good can openers anymore. The can openers available now are junk. They don’t work and they don’t last. You used to be able to buy[...]
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September 9th, 2019 - 12:19 am § in Misc.
100th Anniversary of Boston Police Strike
On September 9, 1919, Boston Police Department officers went on strike at 5:45 p.m. Of the department’s 1,544 personnel, 1,117 (72 percent) refused to report for work. Governor Coolidge assigned 100 members of the state’s Metropolitan Park Police Department to replace the striking officers, but [...]
SUNDAY REVELATIONS: When a Torah Dies
Pune, India – Over Two Decades Later, Indian Sifrei Torah Laid To Rest By NY Rabbi Today 03:12 PM Pune, India – Twenty two years after a suspicious fire ravaged the Aron Kodesh of a historic synagogue in India, the charred remnants of several Sifrei Torah have finally been given a pro[...]
September 2nd, 2019 - 1:47 am § in Misc.
SUNDAY REVELATIONS: on April 1
1 Kings 11:1-3 King Solomon, however, loved many foreign women besides Pharaoh’s daughter—Moabites, Ammonites, Edomites, Sidonians and Hittites. They were from nations about which the LORD had told the Israelites, “You must not intermarry with them, because they will surely turn your hearts af[...]
August 25th, 2019 - 4:26 am § in Misc.
SUNDAY REVELATIONS: Divine Hypocrisy
Genesis 19:30-36 Lot and his two daughters left Zoar and settled in the mountains, for he was afraid to stay in Zoar. He and his two daughters lived in a cave. One day the older daughter said to the younger, “Our father is old, and there is no man around here to lie with us, […][...]
July 21st, 2019 - 1:53 am § in Misc.
SUNDAY REVELATIONS: Friends with Jesus
1970’s Christian Ska Band Sonseed Sings “Jesus is My Friend” – watch more funny videos[...]
July 20th, 2019 - 12:08 am § in Misc.
Sunday Revelations: The New Testament gives lesson on joining the 1%
Luke 19:23-27 Why didn’t you put my money in the bank? On my return, I could have had the money together with interest.” Then he said to some other servants standing there, “Take the money away from him and give it to the servant who earned ten times as much.” But they said, “Sir, he [&hel[...]
July 16th, 2019 - 12:05 pm § in Misc.
ORIGINS of the NIH: July 16, 1798 US establishes the Public Health Service
Chronology of Events 1700 | 1800 | 1900 | 1910 | 1920 | 1930 | 1940 | 1950 | 1960 | 1970 | 1980 | 1990 | 2000 1700 1798 The Marine Hospital Service was established with the July 16 signing by President John Adams of an act for the relief of sick and disabled […][...]