Re: Is Ted Cruz Satan? Discuss.
 

Just because it happened before they were born doesn't turn it into something other than what it is. I didn't suffer through slavery, Jim Crow, lynching, or severe racism. But I have anger about that stuff and the legacy of it I'm forced to deal with. You can say that I shouldn't have that anger because I didn't experience the overwhelming horror, but is someone who says they understand my anger anti-white?

TM

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For a party that never seems to elect or appoint anyone Jewish to public office, Republicans these days are sure throwing a lot of antisemitism charges at the party that does.

Re: Is Ted Cruz Satan? Discuss.
 

poor word choice. less Israeli supporting that I might expect is what I meant.

Here's something else, I spend a month each fall in the City, this is the sixth year. I don't see gradual change so I might notice it where I might not if I lived here all year.

the number of people who are begging has increased dramatically each of the last few years, but worse, the apparent level of desperation has spiked. you can't barely sit on a long train ride without running into someone making a "car-wide" plea that might make you cry. I don't have an answer but something needs to happen.

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unless you've experienced a Jewish MIL please don't mansplain to me about this.

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If people would take a step back, they may realize that a touch of empathy--as opposed to complete and total fealty to the Israeli state and whatever comes from Netanyahu--might improve matters. If you're killing Palestinians at a rate of 6 per every Israeli death, then it may be best not to inflame the already-high tension levels on the Palestinian side. Hell, as far as I can tell, Palestinian leaders were more upset with Kerry based on (the totality of) what he said than Israelis were. If he were able to diffuse some of that anger, wouldn't that be better than saying?: "Palestinians have become more violent recently because they hate Jews."

I guess the question is, what do you want to do?

We can go the Giuliani route and either arrest the homeless or push them to the "non-premium" neighborhoods so it looks like they don't exist. Or we could provide housing and programs that might help them get some food, shelter, and mental care. Of course, apparently, absolutely no one wants a homeless shelter anywhere near their "premium" neighborhood and no one wants to pay for any of that, but everyone wants the problem fixed. Magic maybe?

TM

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Teach thy tongue to say "I do not know" and thou shalt progress.

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ummm, talking Philadelphia JMIL here, that I'm ignorant is an unfortunate fact she assumes from the start. But thanks for playing!

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Um, that's an old Maimonides quote, one popular among JMILs.

But I'm a little frightened by your Philly JMIL reference. I hope we aren't related.

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As though nothing has happened, or escalated, in recent years...

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I can't even tell you the number of times that goyim have called me anti-Semitic for pointing out that it takes two sides to engage in combat. I imagine it's kind of like how you feel when white folks try to tell you what it's like to be black in NYC. Except of course that I'm safely removed from the danger by a few thousand miles.

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There is an easy way around the chicken/egg problem. Just stop.

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I'm offering coaching on that.

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fuck you. your kids are no more Jewish than mine.

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No, no, no. You're not anti-Semitic, you're a self-hating Jew. Tell these people to get their slurs right.

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Any predictions on who the first person will be to show up in both the Ashley Madison and KKK data dumps?

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Teach thy tongue to say $400 an hour and thou shalt prosper.

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I've not heard the Israelis are arming children with knives to fight back, so maybe they are following your really intelligent advice?

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Please baby Jesus make this be true! We just got one at the Detroit airport and I've been dying to eat one!

Re: Is Ted Cruz Satan? Discuss.
 

http://www.texasstandard.org/stories...amacare-plans/

can you guys explain again how you didn't fuck up the average person's health care?

Re: Is Ted Cruz Satan? Discuss.
 

The New York City public education system was so impressed with me, they gave me a full scholarship. Free all through high school.

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I bet you didn't even have to apply. One day at opera practice you met Fiorello La Guardia and he just offered you a scholarship on the spot.

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I wasn't referring to you. But while you've brought the topic up....

When Groucho Marx first went out to California, he wanted to join a beach club. He was told the club didn't accept Jews as members. He responded "my kids are only half-Jewish; can they go in to their knees?"

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My wife's maiden name was Kravitz. The sperm doner has no hand in it. My kids are 100% Jewish. If Groucho's wife was goyim, his kids are 0% Jewish. You know that.

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I thought the old JC couldn't come back until all the Jews are converted, or something like that.

Oops
 

Wrong spot.

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that what she said.

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It took you two days to come up with that?

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I look forward to TM bringing his picture galleries over here. Wonder what the political angle to them will be?

Ain't Gonna Take It
 

So Josh Marshall is starting to get all warm and fuzzy about Assad. Expect paeans to Hezbollah to follow.

I'm just glad we have a better relationship with Iran right now.

Perspective?
 

Re: Perspective?
 

For comparison, the American Klan is likely a bit smaller than shown for al Qaeda there and the American Militia movement is about the same size as shown for the Taliban (I don't know the source of those numbers, which seem a bit low to me in al Q.'s case in particular since it is such a decentralized, difficult to enumerate operation). But the Klan and Militia exist in a stable society with a functioning government and police force.

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Percentage of Muslims who have disavowed their faith based on extremist terrorists?

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Number of Klan who have advanced a particular religion as supporting their agenda?

Same for American militia.

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Dunno bout you guys but the Catholic church's goofiness on birth control, women's right to choose have caused me to abandon it.

I want to see a similar reaction by supposedly peaceful Muslims based on unabashed murder. Let me see them abandon their faith en masse.

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Non-zero.

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100%?

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Absolutely 100% for the Klan. It is an explicitly Protestant Christian organization. Anti-semitic and anti-Catholic as well, because they're real nice people that way. I am shocked Icky doesn't know this.

The militia have a variety of different organizations, most explicitly christian fundamentalist but a few more of the nazi variety.

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Why do you think there aren't plenty of ex-Muslims out there?

Is this comment based on any knowledge, or are you just talking out your ass?

It comes across like the idiots over the last couple days who keep asking why Muslims haven't disavowed or condemned Paris, to which we see thousands of responses along the lines of "Try Google, Moron."