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Goldenberg’s Peanut Chews were invented in Philadelphia in 1917 as a high protein energy ration for troops in World War I. They didn’t become available to civilians until 1921.
John Wayne’s last film was not The Shootist but Star Wars.
A distorted snip of his voice was used to make the chirping by the minor character Garindan.
COVID Tyranny And Trump — Donald Trump sent establishment heads spinning when he said, yesterday, April 13, it was the president, not the states, who had absolute authority with regard to resolving the COVID-19 crisis.
Oh, the tyranny they moaned. Oh, our liberties they whined.
Let’s see, in the Democrat-governed Philadelphia in Democrat-governed Pennsylvania, police dragged a man off a SEPTA bus for not wearing a mask. (Note SEPTA changed its policy after the video went viral. Riders are no longer required to wear masks.)
In Democrat-governed Colorado, police handcuffed a father for playing tee-ball with six-year-old daughter and frog-marched him away.
In the Democrat-governed Kentucky, police disrupted a drive-in Easter service at Maryville Baptist Church, photographing license plates and issuing quarantine orders to those who attended.
And let’s not forget Michigan. In that Democrat-governed state, Gov. Gretchen Whitmer has prohibited the sale of garden supplies, transportation to second homes, and all gatherings.
Donald Trump is not the one we fear as a threat to our liberty. In these matters, a little federal intervention might actually be a good thing.
Turks drink more tea than anyone else at almost 7 pounds per year. The Irish come a distant second at 4.8 pounds per year.
The most popular food in the world is salad. At least that’s what Farm Flavor claims. Not sure we buy it.
Out of Shadows Sleeper Hit — Forget Tiger King , the sleeper hit of the quarantine is Out of Shadows, a documentary narrated by noted stuntman Mike Smith that claims that Hollywood is controlled by child molesting Satanists with connections to the CIA that itself practices social-control techniques learned from the Nazis.
Crazy, huh.
Out of Shadows has gotten about 100,00 views per hour since it popped up on Youtube April 10. As of 10:20 this morning (April 13) about 3.2 million have watched it.
Check it out.
Christos Voskrese 2020 — Christos voskrese, which means Christ has Risen, is the Easter greeting in Church Slavonic which brings the response Voistinu voskrese or Indeed, He has risen.
Easter, of course, celebrates the Resurrection of the Lord Jesus and the salvation of Man. The date for Easter is the Sunday following the first full moon after the spring equinox, which is always reckoned, regardless of astronomical observations, to be March 21 as per the Western churches that use the Gregorian calendar, so Easter always falls between March 22 and April 25.
The dating for Easter correlates with the means the Jews once used to set the date for Passover, which correlates with Scripture since Scripture indicates that the Crucifixion of the Lord occurred as the lambs were being slaughtered for the celebration of that holiday. In fact, in most Western languages the name for the day is a cognate of the Pesach which is the Hebrew name for Passover. In Latin it would be Pascha so Paschal lamb would be Passover lamb.
In English and German, the word comes from Eostre month, which was basically April, and which the pagans who spoke Germanic languages had named for the goddess Eostre much as our own March and April are named for the Greek god and goddess Mars and Aphrodite, respectively. In Slavic, the holiday is called “Great Night” (Velikonoce in Slovak) or “Great Day” (Velikden in Ukrainian). There are some caveats regarding the date. The Eastern churches that use the Julian calendar set the equinox at April 3, and, of course, the spring equinox is based on that of the Northern Hemisphere.
So, Christos Voskrese 2020.
Fort Sumter, where the Civil War started on April 12, 1861, defended Charlestown Harbor through World War II. Granted it was upgraded with 12-inch M1888 guns. The fort was deactivated in 1947 and became a national monument the next year.
Cuba deems Good Friday a national holiday as does Hong Kong, Indonesia and India. This holy day, which commemorates the last hours and crucifixion of the Lord Jesus, is not considered such by the United States, however.
We suppose that in this particular year, 2020 A.D., it doesn’t matter much.
The fastest production car is the 2018 Dodge Challenger SRT Demon which can do 0-60 mph in 2.1 seconds and the quarter mile in 9.65 seconds. Green power is catching up though. The Tesla Model S can do 0-60 in 2.28 seconds.