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It’s a good thing Joseph works in the NYC Public Schools and can’t legally hit students.
For those concerned about his children, don’t be. Joseph is all talk and no action.
His daughter has spent the past two summers with us and he is a loving and gentle father. His bark is worse than his bite@Avram
Tomorrow I’ll be flying private, with professional pilots to take Mrs. CTL to Florida. She had more surgery last Friday and its time for her to recuperate in warmer weather. I’m flying right back as year end is busy at the office.
I cannot spare the time it would take to fly r/t commercial with holiday period delays and crowds, and she needs the comfort.@akuperma
The reason I asked is that I know a number of people/businesses who employ a private chauffeur for their vehicle(s). These have a full time career driving but don’t hold a public service or hack license.
They are privately employed professionals. Same with boat captains and plane pilots.I think a better term for one who only flies his/her own plane might be a recreational pilot (even if he/she flies on business).
@Akuperma
I believe you may be conflating ‘private’ and ‘professional’ in regards to pilots.
I regularly fly private (NetJets or charter). The Pilots are definitely professional, but operate private planes. This is different form the recreational pilot who pilots small prop planes for joy.
Most of the charter pilots I’ve encountered in the USA have many years of experience and like the pay scale compared to those of the regional jets used by many airlines.As for maintenance, many airlines cut corners and outsource maintenance to 3rd world providers. The US charter fleet is well maintained, many by the mfg (such as Embraer in Florida).
@chatzerstrauss
And what type of plane are you rated for and what do you fly?
I wouldn’t be interested in flying a Piper Cherokee with you at the controls, but if you had the rating and a G3, G4, G5 or G6 or a Phenom 300 I might consider it.
My Key-man life insurance policy held by my form prohibits my flying in single engine private aircraft or private/charter jets without 2 pilots.
Living in small town Connecticut, where Jews are the minority, I spend Nittel Nacht (on non-Friday nights) performing community service for the safety of all the townspeople.
For the last 20 years, the CTL adults man the 911 dispatch center. We take calls and dispatch police, EMS and Volunteer Fire Companies. There is a group of Russian Orthodox (they celebrate on January 6th) who takes over at 6AM. When the 24th falls on a Friday they also cover the night shift.
B”H last night there were no fires. Police were dispatched as backup for an automobile accident on a state highway. We dispatched 4 ambulance calls, 3 to senior housing locations and one to take a woman in labor to the hospital, but she was so far along that the EMS personnel delivered the baby en route.
While not sharing the same beliefs as our non-Jewish neighbors, it greatly contributes to harmonious living to give of our time so they can be home with their families on their special night.
@AviK
Engel v. Vitale
said that the schools/government could not compose or have an official prayer to be said in public school. It did not ban organized prayer. I did not forget about it, It was not on point.Furthermore, it doesn’t matter who file amicus briefs, only the court could have banned the organized prayer in response to the suits, not organized Jewish secular groups.
Rockstar gets an F.
It would be far more likely that organized secular groups could influence legislatures to change laws, than the court to rule something unconstitutional.You may be a star in Yeshiva, but when it comes to American history you have rocks in your head.
Secular Jewish organizations didn’t ban religion in public schools. The US Supreme Court found prayer in public school to be unconstitutional in the case brought by Madeline Murray O’Hare and the US atheists, not Jews.
@coffeeaddict
My initial response was because you used the word all, which I know to be false……………………I know many white males who voted in 2016 and did not vote for Trump.
You can not use absolutes and paint them as accurate, they are too easy to refute
@freddyfish,
90% of Jews did NOT vote for Trump
the percentage you mention might apply to frum Jews, not unobservant Jews@NevilleChaimBerlin
We don’t know that the 2020 election will be about Trump. It;s likely, but many things could occur that change the focus of an election.
Who knows, he might be out of office by then………………
@Coffeeaddict
Youguys? Who?
I have never said all Trump voters are white males,
I live in a little Republican dominated town. I know many females who voted Republican in 2016Your logic is warped
I am not sorry, I am thrilled that there is little chance of Trump having 8 years in office.
I laugh at most of the comments in this thread.
The majority of posters live in the northeast where the 2016 vote had nothing to do with Trump. WE, the voters of these districts, continued to elect and reelect Democrats as we have done for many years.
Our civil rights and protections in the USA have been brought to us by Democrats (Civil Rights Act of 64-LBJ and a Dem Congress).
Post WWII Republican administrations have brought us economic downturns.Changing the plaque on a consulate to read embassy is meaningless when we harm Israel by removing US forces from Syria.
The sooner Trump is gone from the White House the better off the country will be.
“ALL” the libs would say…………
NONSENSE,this lib is a white male who voted against Trump, as did his sons, brothers and sons-in-law
Don’t use absolutes that are FAKE NEWS and ALTERNATIVE FACTS, that’s Trumpian…open your mouth and spew lies
You are not totally accurate in your comments.
The 13th and 14th amendments superseded the Dred Scott decision of 1857,BUT!!!!!!!!!!!!!
The Supreme Court overruled it in part in Kieppe V. New Mexico (1976)
This was about state ordered protection of wild horses on federal lands within a state.
“the Court said that Congress may enact legislation governing federal lands pursuant to the property clause and “when Congress so acts, federal legislation necessarily overrides conflicting state laws under the supremacy clause.”
This writing by Justice Marshall in the decision overruled part of Scott. States could not rule what happens on federal land in their boundaries. Sometimes something that is moot can still be overruled@Coffeeaddict
Charity is tax deductible….up to a limit.
“Wages mean more money to pay to taxes” ????????????????????????
Wages are a direct expense and the higher the wages a business pays the lower the taxable profit will be.
Yes, the recipient may have to pay taxes on the wages, BUT if frum with 8 kids, he probably doesn’t have to pay income tax. There is a cap on Social Security Tax and Unemployment tax, it is not on every dollar earned. Again the employers Social Security Tax and Unemployment taxes are direct business expenses lowering the net taxable profit of the business.That said, many frum Baalei Batim pay salaries through their businesses (as I do) but give Tzedaka from personal funds, so it is not a choice to have the business expenses go up so the personal expenses go down.
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Non union wages are individually negotiated and a business can pay different employees different wages for similar jobs as long as the reason to do so isn’t discriminatory to a protected class. I can’t pay Chaim more than Susan because she’s a woman, but can if it’s because I think he has better knowledge of the business and my needs,#1
Why do you always choose to start an argument?
You asked if I hated Football because it’s an American game, not if I played football or anything about salaries.I gave you an honest answer and you should learn to accept the fact that opinions are personal preferences, not subject to your rebuttal.
I din’t like playing football as a child, I don’t think it is a safe sport.
For every professional player being paid millions, there are thousands of college and high school players being paid nothing, but still exposed to injury.
It has nothing to do with being an American Game, I don’t like Rugby for the same reasons.Go pick a fight with someone who’s interested, I shall be ignoring you in the future.
@1
I hate football because of its roughness and injuries caused, especially concussions and brain injuries.
I love baseball and basketball which are also American games. In fact we have a basketball court and a Little League sized baseball diamond here in the compound (along with a swimming pool and tennis) my kids and now grandchildren and siblings’ kids and grandchildren spend their summers and holidays here, not shipped off to sleep away camp.As a follow up to my comments in this thread November 25, 2015.
“Dr. Mark Schwartz, 76, of New Haven, died Dec. 2. He was the husband of Heni (Borenstein) Schwartz. Born in New York City, he was the son of the late Solomon and Eleanor (Applebaum) Schwartz. In addition to his wife, he is survived by his children, Peter Schwartz and his wife Elisabeth of Englewood, N.J., Ari Schwartz and his wife Ruth of Sharon, and Yoav Schwartz and his wife Pam of Raanana, Israel; his sisters, Sheila Rubin of Los Angeles, CA, and Libbe Rosenthal and her husband Paul of Phoenix, AZ; and his grandchildren, Mollie, Alexandra, Betzalel, Brooke, Ellie, Hillel, Andrew, Elon, Avi, David and Nachshon. He was also predeceased by his grandson Ezra.”
I attended the funeral. Ezra’s grandfather Z”L was our family doctor for 40 years@Joseph and others
Politicians are not stupid, although they do some stupid things.
They know that Hareidi children will nor be entering public school en masse, even if they are registered to do so.If 10,000 Hareidi children register for the 2019-2020 term this coming spring/summer (in a school district), the district will not build schools and hire many staff.
The first thing the district will do is send transfer notices to the current yeshivos, telling them buses, health services and free lunch (in form of money or food stuffs) has been cut off effective the first day of school. If the Hareidi kids re-enroll in the yeshivos it will take months to restore these services.If some Hareidi kids actually show up for public schools they will be put in empty seats where available, not their closest neighborhood school. Similar to the baby boom days, some schools could go on double sessions,
7:30-12:30 and 12:30-5:30. That afternoon session would not be appreciated by Hareidim on winter Fridays.
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Not all states treat parochial schools the same way. Here in CT we not only provide transportation within the district, but secular textbooks, school nurses, psychologists, social workers and Special Education for secular subjects. All of this to the bsame extent that public school children receive them within an individual district. So, if the district only buses kids who live more than one mile from public school, the same rule applies to parochial school. Our public schools are closed on RH and YK, but the district still provides bus service to the parochial school on those days. Our district (one town) has an Orthodox Day School and Catholic and Protestant schools from K-12.“the Supreme court has no juristiction over State laws. ”
WRONG!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
When a state law abridges rights conferred by the US Constitution, the US Supreme Court can and does act to make the state law unconstitutional.
We have seen this with abortion and same-sex marriage in recent times.@NevilleChaimBerlin
“Mueller has ruined tons of lives in the past convicting innocent people. ”WRONG!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1
Prosecutors don’t convict anyone, only the judge or jury (if there is one) can do that.You may not like prosecutions brought by Mueller, but don’t make false accusations.
@Joseph
If you read my post carefully I wrote about citizens who are residents in the USA.
AviK may be a citizen, but he does not reside in the USA.@AviK
You don’t live in the USA. Let us resident/citizen/voters handle who we vote for and you can deal with your own mess in the Knesset.Republican Party, who brought us garbage such as Trump, Harding, Hoover, Reagan, McConnell, Ryan, Hatch, Gingrich, Guiliani…………is not something to be touting.
Vote individuals not party…it’s not a parliamentary system where you have to vote the party list…thank G-d!
@laksern
NO, The Lubavitcher Rebbe did NOT graduate the Sorbonne. He enrolled in 1937 to study math, but left in 1939 when war broke out. In 1940 he fled to Vichy and then on to the USA in 1941.Tonight we had very special latkes, and yes they were served with applesauce on the side.
We are fortunate to have a separate Pesach kitchen on our second floor. Every Chanukah we follow a very old tradition of using the Pesach kitchen (In Europe they would kasher for Pesach) to prepare a roast Goose for a Chanukah dinner, and render jars of goose schmaltz for Pesach. We use enough of the goose schmaltz to fry one night’s worth of latkes for the family. Truly a unique taste…………..@Milhouse
My 30 year old daughter is a carbohydrate queen.
She loves mashed potato sandwiches and would eat a latke sandwichLatke sandwiches? Not with latkes as the filling, but in place of the bread. Tonight we served both pastrami and corned beef sandwiches with the meat between thin potato latkes. A side of both cole slaw and applesauce was on the plate and sour pickles
@laskern
Understand is from the Old English ‘understandan’
Old English understandan “comprehend, grasp the idea of,” probably literally “stand in the midst of,” from under + standan “to stand” (see stand (v.)). If this is the meaning, the under is not the usual word meaning “beneath,” but from Old English under, from PIE *nter- “between, among” (source also of Sanskrit antar “among, between,” Latin inter “between, among,” Greek entera “intestines;” see inter-). Related: Understood; understanding.
It is one of the 60% of English words not having Germanic origin, thus the lack of a match with the German verstehenSO, if sitting under or standing over or amongst the latkes I prefer them with applesauce
@laskern
I have heard that story
I was exempt from taking a foreign language in college because of my scores on both the Hebrew and Latin Achievement tests.
My father Z”L was a linguist by hobby. He read, wrote and spoke 18 languages. My mother A”L was a Classics major who only had fluency in 12 languages (very unusual for 4th generation Americans.
The children in my family were not permitted to take modern languages in school, we had to take classics: Hebrew, Latin, Ancient Greek. Parents felt with that background we could pick up modern languages by ear. I’m quite good at most Romance languages and Germanic tongues. Right now I’m struggling to learn Mandarin Chinese@laksern
Thanks, I did not need a translation. Although my maternal side arrived in NY from Bavaria in 1868, each generation has been taught to read, write and speak German, albeit High German.My post was to show that Jews in different countries had different names for the same food. Yiddish was not an universal language
My OMA said: Kartoffelpfannkuchen
My Bubbe said: Latkes
I said….more please@NevilleChaimBerlin
#1 The fireworks drive our dogs crazy
#2 Many fires are started by these illegal fireworks
#3 I have no problem with legal fireworks and permitted displays
#4 Joe Lieberman continually moved to the right and is far from a liberal at this time. I personally have known him for more than 50 years and worked in his first campaign in 1970 (a Democratic primary for State Senate in my hometown of New Haven) 4 young Yale Law student worked on that campaign and I got to know them well: Bill Clinton and Hillary Rodham.#5 the left wing fringe should not be called Liberals, in most cases they are either socialists or radicals and that is quite a different philosophy
@NevilleChaimBerlin
Actually there are many laws I’d like made more strict and/or enforced.
I’d like strong noise ordinances in my town.
I’d like the police to stop those setting off illegal fireworks in the summer.
Until legalized, I’d like drug laws enforced. I don’t approve of decriminalization of marijuana. Either make it legal or enforce the laws that are on the books.
I don’t want 16-20 year olds tried as juveniles
DUI should mean fines, loss of license and jail time.
The list goes on……………..
My Liberalism has to do with free choice, equal rights applied to all groups, not just some.I want strict gun control with compulsory education before granting a license, not banning ownership of all guns.
@AviK
You will find that most suburbs or rural towns with minimum acreage zoning that precludes building ‘affordable housing’ have these requirement because they have septic systems, or cesspools and wells…not city water and sanitary sewers. Thus the limitation on density of housing.
I live in a neighborhood with 1/2 acre minimum lots (mine is about 4+ acres). We have sewers and city water. I paid off a 40K assessment for those sewers over 19 years. On my block (quite long) you can buy a 4BR 2 BA house built a in 1954 for $289K (listed yesterday), a 3, BR3BA w/pool remodeled this fall for $505K or a 7BR, 6BA McMansion for $975K.
1/4 mile up the street there are no sewers or city water. Minimum acreage for a legal lot is 2.5 acres and houses start at $625K.
The south end of town is about to get sewers this coming spring and acreage requirements will drop to 1/2 acre. Lots of houses built in the 60s and 70s (raised ranches) available for approx $300K) on 1 acre lots.
Cheaper to buy a 300K 3BR Raised Ranch then rent a 2 BR apt in town ($2400 average).
There are proposals before Planning and Zoning for three apartment developments of 200 units each. Town ordinance requires 15% minimum be ‘affordable housing’
BTW, this is a traditional Republican town and they control P&Z and BOE. The Town Council has a one vote Dem majority after 8 years of Republican dominance@NevilleChaimBerlin
“People on any religious-right are going to like rules and discipline. People on the political left don’t.”I am on the political left and I love Rules and Discipline, after all I’m an Attorney at Law.
I just spent 4 months chairing the revision of my Democratic Town Committee’s Rules.
I believe in the rule of law and adherence to the law, I believe that bad laws should be changed by working through the system, not by overthrowing the system. I know many members of the political left who have those same attitudes.There are extreme fringes on the left and right who advocate force and anarchy for social change. The key word is extreme. Please don’t paint the left with such a broad brush.
BTW>>>>I live in Fairfield County, CT where 150K is an ordinary income and loads of people earning many times that supported Sanders. Many wealthy people believe in sharing wealth and paying a fair share of the burden to care for the old, ill and impoverished in this country.
@Lightbrite
Remember, potatoes were introduced to Europe after exploration and colonization of the ‘New World’ in the 1500s. Prior to that they would have been made from other ingredients.Mrs. CTL makes cottage cheese latkes, but they are served breakfast time….with applesauce
The US Flag will fly at half-staff at my home and office.
My interaction with the Federal Government may be curtailed this week. Traditionally there has been a three day shutdown of non-essential Federal services upon the death of a former President. Will Trump order this? Your guess is as good as mine,We are an applesauce family……………………………
Potato Latkes are served at suppertime in the CTL household, which mean they accompany a meat meal. Tonight they will accompany brisket…………tomorrow spicy chicken wings
I don’t remember ever serving a dairy supper during Chanukah in 45 years of marriage
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Mrs. CTL is the only family member who eats sour cream at any time, and is far more likely to eat it with berries than potatoes.@Curiosity
#1 I was not and am not debating anyone. I posted an opinion
#2 I don’t take kindly to being misquoted. Your use of the quotation marks falsely attributed a statement to me that I never made. That is not harping on a technicality, you posted a lie.
#3 I don’t rely on luck in the courtroom (and I don’t practice criminal law where defense attorneys look look to exclude evidence not legally obtained), and in Appellate Court there are no juries, just a multi-judge panel.
I won the case in appellate court (upholding my win in Superior Court). The children of the deceased first wife could not be removed from their late father’s estate and trust by the second wife who is both executrix and trustee. I wrote the original Prenuptial agreement 35 years ago which protected any issue of the first marriage. The second wife was trying to gain more than $5 million for her children with the husband at the expense of his two children from wife number one.
At my insistence, the late husband had provided an equal amount of life insurance for his second set of children which passed outside the estate and trusts. Wife two was being greedy and had made some decisions and transactions in the trusts without the consent of the other Trustee (an attorney in my firm).
Not only was my win in Superior Court upheld, but an order was issued for the Judge in Probate Court to remove Wife #2 as both Executrix and Trustee for malfeasance and appoint an institutional trustee i her place.
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BTW, my pointing out that the Republican Party was not a family values party, did not state that the Democrat Party was. I merely pointed out the hypocrisy in claims made.
I am not enamored of most candidates who run on the national level. I voted against Trump,. not for Clinton ( a person I have known personally since 1970 when her last name was still Rodham.@AviK
Who cares about Minnesota law? Trump’s adultery was based in NY and Clinton in Arkansas and Washington DC.
Noe of the other things you post have anything to do with US law. We no longer operate under English Common Law. The Noahide Laws don’t apply in the US legal system.All you post is merely obfuscation………………………..
I’ve had a Family law practice for many decades and have great knowledge of what adultery is in the USA. For a long time it was the main way to get a divorce decree in the civil courts.
@AviK
The definition of Adulerty in halacha has nothing to do with the definition in US laws, and as this is a discussion about non-Jewish politicians in the US it dos not apply.@AviK
I am conducting a trial in appellate court this week which is why I’m not responding to individual posters.
I don’t owe an apology, I did not put words in quotation marks and claim someone else wrote them.while
Curiosity wrote an out and out lie and besmirched me, which is why I did comment. (My son saw it and brought it to my attention, I didn’t have time for the CR while fine tuning my opening remarks. Court recessed at 3:30 and I am a passenger on the way back to my office so I am able to respond to you.@RebbYidd23…………..
Because they don’t have the capacitors to tell the difference.