Election Coverage
Tuesday’s election coverage was boring. Only Colorado voted this week and who cares?
Family Ties (Paramount Plus)
I watched an episode of this old 80s sitcom on Saturday morning. Michael J. Fox dreamt that he had to help Thomas Jefferson write the Declaration of Independence.
Full House (Disney+)
I watched four episodes of this infamous 90s sitcom on Saturday. In one episode, Jesse was fired from his band and replaced by Barry Williams. (That was actually funny.) In another episode, Stephanie was tempted to start smoking. Then, I watched an episode in which Uncle Jesse was revealed to be a high school drop out. (Loser!) And finally, I watched a truly terrible episode in which Jesse dressed his baby sons up as Elvis so that they could win a Cutest Twins contest. Seriously, this was a terrible show but I have a feeling I’m going to end up watching a few more episodes tomorrow. It’s strangely addictive.
It’s Always Sunny In Philadelphia (Hulu)
I watched four episodes on Saturday. The Gang went on Family Fight. The Gang went to the water park. Wolf Cola turned into a marketing disaster. And, Mac and Dennis battled the recession by giving out totally worthless Paddy Dollars. I still crack up at the idea of Frank selling knives door-to-door.
King of the Hill (Hulu)
There aren’t many classic 4th of July episodes out there. Back in the day of traditional network schedules, most TV shows were on hiatus during the summer and, as a result, Independence Day never got as much attention in TV Land as Halloween, Thanksgiving, and Christmas. That said, there are a few good episodes out there. On Saturday, I watched the “Born Again On The 4th Of July” episode of King of the Hill. From the show’s 13th season, it featured Bobby going through a religious phase and trying to stop the Independence Day rivalry between Hank and his neighbors. It wasn’t the strongest episode of King of The Hill — for one thing, Bobby had already gone through a religious phase a few seasons earlier — but no matter. Even the weaker episodes of King of the Hill are better than the best episodes of many sitcoms.
The Office (Peacock)
The Client, an episode from the second season, is not a 4th of July episode. It’s the episode where Michael and Jan have a lunch meeting with a client that ends up going late into the night. Meanwhile, at the office, Pam discover Michael’s screenplay for Threat Level Midnight and Jim organizes a dramatic reading. Dwight announces that he has some left-over fireworks, which he and Kevin proceed to set off outside of the office. That was enough for me to justify watching it on July 3rd.
Portlandia (Netflix)
This morning, I watched the 4th of July BBQs episode of Portlandia. The Mayor had to find fireworks for the city’s celebration. A couple tried to cycle through every barbecue in town. A punk rock barbecue led to chaos. I enjoyed it! It was nice to see Kyle MacLachlan as the mayor.
Saved By The Bell (Tubi)
On Saturday morning, I watched the 4th of July “Miss Liberty” episode. (There really aren’t that many good 4th of July episodes out there.) The Malibu Sands episodes are always strange to me. Why would Zack work a summer job? Zack’s rich!
What I Like About You (Tubi)
Tubi has the first two seasons of What I Like About You! The only problem is that they’ve replaced the cover of What I Like About You that originally played over the opening credits with his blandly generic, early aughts, girl group pop song. Bleh. The only reason I ever watched that show was because I liked that cover of What I Like About You. Anyway, I watched an episode where Amanda Bynes wanted to have a party at the loft and Jennie Garth didn’t want her to. All of the squeaky voices hurt my ears.
Through the Shattered Lens 
Moshiach as a wisdom k’vanna commandment: time-oriented positive Torah commandment
Prophetic mussar addresses the consequences of the Torah curse of g’lut. King David as Moshiach the death of Uriah defines David’s fallen booth, just as assuredly as king Shaul’s failure to obey the commandment of Shmuel the prophet (Who serves as the enforcer of the Sanhedrin court – in theory; שפטים ושוטרים.), in slaughtering Amalek together with its king and all its av tumah property such as animals. King Shaul, the first anointed Moshiach by Shmuel, erred in the exact same was as did the 2 sons of Aaron who offered up ‘strange fire’ and died (Aaron and his house Moshe anointed as Moshiach; Pinchas in the war against Midian the Talmud refers to as משיח מלחמה), and Cain. The Capital Crime of perverting korbanot unto only קום ועשה and not קום ועשה זמן גרמא commandments.
Torah defines “FAITH” through צדק צדק תרדוף. Neither King Shaul nor King David obeyed the precedent first set by the prophet Yehoshua – Keep the Pesach to set the Yovel foundation of Liberty and sanctify brit melah as the sign of the brit sworn to Avram at the brit cut between the pieces. Both men failed to bring “shalom to the land” through the establishment of the Institutions of the Great/Small Sanhedrin Federal common law court system where the “Mishkan” (משל) permanently teaches the (נמשל) k’vanna that the spirit of HaShem’s tohor middot live within the hearts of the chosen Cohen nation, according to the mussar of the prophet Yermia’s ברית חדש.
All NaCH Meshiachim have failed to sanctify the Torah commandment of Moshiach – to establish the Yovel and faith: the Federal Sanhedrin court system/בית המקדש – משל. The prophet Natan rebuked David for confusing building a copy-cat Cathedral house of avoda zara with the Torah obligation to establish justice through Sanhedrin courtrooms within the borders of conquered Canaan. From Isaiah’s king Cyrus, to Shmuel’s king Shaul and David; to post Babylonian g’lut of Bar Kochba and JeZeus and Sabbatai Zevi and Yaacov Frank and even last Chabad rebbe – all false messiahs.
The Book of Shmuel specifically addresses the mitzva of Moshiach based upon the Book of Yehoshua and Book of Shofim where Yovel liberty did not prevail in the land and the people worshipped the Gods of Canaan.
All Torah commandments dependent upon the first Sinai commandment. Isaiah’s moshiach reference to king Cyrus the Great clearly only a משל. Torah commandments do not apply to Goyim who worship other Gods.
The closing blessing curse brit of Moshe stands upon the first two Sinai commandments. G’lut Jews live under the Torah 2nd commandment curse. When David fled from Shaul unto g’lut he too validate this Torah first commandment vision: “I have been forced to worship other Gods”. G’lut Jews living in curse g’lut “Egypt” (לאו דוקא) cannot obey Torah faith לשמה. Hence the Talmud instructs better to do mitzvot לא לשמה – to later do mitzvot לשמה. Failure to discern the contrast between blessing/Canaan\Yovel from the curse\g’lut-slavery. The fundamental proof that the NT a false messiah book of avoda zarah.
Torah common law/משנה תורה NOT Roman statute law. The Talmud states just as clearly as does the NaCH that the Yovel never kept as a Torah דאורייתא commandment. The kingdom of Yechuda “tabernacle fell” when the king of Yechuda failed to keep the Yovel. The Book of Yermia teaches this clearly – like the Sun on a cloudless summer day.
Attempts to change the clear Nach texts therefore “highly non-tranditional theological framework which ignores Moshe Rabbeinu building 3 of the 6 Cities of Refuge/Small Sanhedrin courts and Yehoshua doing the same! Torah rejects the av tuma avoda zarah which worships a God in the Heavens! The Book of D’varim explicitly states: תורה לא בשמים היא.
Torah faith – צדק צדק תרדוף – clearly never observed not in king David’s life (He failed to judge Uriah before a Sanhedrin court!) and equally clear no Non Jew can sanctify the mitzva of Moshiach in foreign countries. The oath brit lands sworn to the Avot as specific as the lands promised to both Moav Ammon and Esav. Observance of Torah commandments in Egypt (לאו דוקא) by definition according to all the Reshonim לא לשמה. No king of David or the 10 Tribes of Israel in Samaria ever once established the Written Torah as the constitution of the Republic which mandates Sanhedrin courts based upon the judicial oppression of Paro’s court in Egypt and the rebuke of Yetro Moshe his son-in-law.
Torah neither a theology nor a religion. Moshe validated Tribal land and rights. RambaN ויקרא יח:כה wrote in his Chumash commentary that mitzvot observed in g’lut only a “remembrance” for the time when Jews can observe mitzvot לשמה in ארץ ישראל. G’lut has its consequences. Just as the Oct 7th 2023 surprise attack upon Israel by UNWRA and Hamas resulted in the total destruction of Gaza no different from the 1000 plane fire-bombing of Japanese and German cities consequent to the Nazi invasion of Poland.
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That is one of the greatest “Office” episodes…when they start chanting “I want my baby back baby back” while Jan is cringing…and he closes the deal! Also love “Always Sunny”…my wife can watch the episode about the local play with the “boy hole” all day and night!
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It’s Sunny is the only television show to make me laugh so hard that I actually fell off the couch while watching it. It was when Frank was selling knives door-to-door.
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I have to go back to that one…what a great cast!
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