The Empire State Building (NYC), Brandenburg Gate (Berlin), London Eye (London) and Eiffel Tower (Paris) are lit in blue and yellow, the colors of Ukraine’s flag in a show of solidarity. We’ve all seen convoys of military vehicles crossing the border and heard the air raid sirens in Kyiv but these images reflect a side of the story you may have missed. Pray for the people of Ukraine. Pray for the 40,000 NATO troops preparing to defend the rest of Europe and the 7,000 American soldiers that will soon join them. Pray for the whole of humanity should Vladimir Putin consider making good on his threat to use Russia’s nuclear arsenal. Even so Lord, come quickly.

We’ve been seeing the 2’s Day memes for about six months now. Tuesday was 2/22/22 and Google deployed animated confetti with multiple falling 2’s if you searched for anything related to these terms.

We had Turkey Taco Two’s Day at our house. I made turkey tacos and we each had… two.

The ways of Van Tillianism has obviously been poorly edited into the above image. This was on a satire page I follow and worth mentioning because you don’t see that many memes on social media… or hardly anything anywhere… that references theologian Cornelius van Til. Said theologian is of course the namesake of our blog editor and compiler of Happy Monday. Van Til was not only referenced in this week’s iMonk Radio Podcast but can be heard.

In a recent Unashamed podcast (Ep. 429, Friday Feb. 18) we learned that Jase Robertson tried to board a cruise ship with a rod and reel. He had every intention of fishing, in the ocean, off the side of the ship. Then just a couple of days ago I saw this cartoon with the caption “There’s one in every crowd.” That doesn’t look much like Jase with the fishing pole but others have pointed out that Moses here kind of does resemble Al Robertson.

The next hearing on this matter will be Monday, February 28th. I can’t imagine this decision not being reversed. A number of local citizens in DeWitt Township, Michigan, as well police officers everywhere have pledged their support of this fallen hero and legal council has been obtained. The firing seems to be the sole action of township manager Andrew Dymczyk and other managers say they were not even consulted before the decision was suddenly announced. You can read more of Officer Bob Stump’s story here. Life is often unfair and our health care system is far from perfect in this country, but firing someone after the fact that was injured while serving commendably in your employ is both wrong and illegal.

There will soon be only four Kmart stores left. There will be two stores in New Jersey, one on Long Island (the region has been slow to accept Walmart) and one in Miami, Florida. Kmart started the same year as Walmart and Target, 1962, and hit its peak in the mid 90’s. It’s been slowly going out of business ever since. Walmart had better prices, Target had better merchandise, and Kmart just did not have a niche in the marketplace. It seemed like an odd decision for Kmart and Sears to merge but somehow two retailers both on the brink of bankruptcy managed to help each out, for a little while. There is only one full Sears store left in the country. Attention Kmart shoppers, it is time to make your final purchases. The store will be closing soon.

Sesame Street has always parodied the culture of the time. When I was a kid there were characters like Polly Darton and Placido Flamingo, and a skit that taught counting money featuring the “Six Dollar Man.” Currently in it’s 52nd season, Sesame Street recently had their version of Comic Con, Numeric Con, featuring The Dark Nine, Doctor Two and a very William Shatner sounding Captain Kirk type. Here is a one minute preview.

The Babylon Bee is a satire news website. It’s kind of like The Onion for Christians. You probably know what the Bee is and you probably wouldn’t be reading this post if you had no sense of humor, but you know, disclaimers just in case. Click here for a hilarious yet barely informative breakdown of Christian denominations. It’s worth the 4 minutes, imho.

This ad for a diploma mill showed up in my newsfeed. I may not have a PhD in religious studies but at least I can spell religious correctly.

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1955: McDonald’s could mix multiple triple thick milkshakes simultaneously.
Today: We’re sorry, the ice cream machine is broken.